Campus Planning Committee

Campus Planning Committee 2023-2024

Mission

The Campus Planning Committee will concern itself with space allocation, facilities, and physical plant planning.

The chair or the chair’s designee should attend meetings as an observer to the Space Allocation, Repair and Renovation Committee. The chair or designee should attend meetings as a member of the Campus Master Plan Steering Committee.

Corresponding Administrators

1. Chief Operating Officer and VP of Administration, Chris Clement 
2. Associate Vice President for facilities and operations, Bill Janelle and
3. Executive Director of Campus Stewardship, Ken Weston

Related committees (Chair or appointed committee member should attend)

• SAARC (Space Allocation, Repair, and Renovation Committee)
• UNH Energy Task Force
• CORPAD (University Committee on Real Property Acquisition and Disposal)
• Transportation Policy Committee
• Committee for Campus Aesthetics (active when needed)
• Campus Master Plan Steering Committee (not currently active)

Members 2023-2024

Chair, Daniel Beller-McKenna, COLA
Jo Laird, CEPS
Mike Stocz, CHHS
Zach Scola, CHHS
Molly Campbell, COLA 
John Hasseldine, Paul College
Robert Robertson, COLSA
Ileana Chirila, COLA

Student Senate Representative, TBD
Graduate Student Senate Representative, TBD

Standing Charges 

Charges for Academic Year 2023-2024

1.  Monitor and report on current and planned projects related to campus facilities. What are the current funding priorities? What are the current and upcoming plans for stewardship of all University buildings, grounds, roads, and related infrastructure? 

•   Areas to consider: Master plan, public-private ventures, possible parking decks, the status of ATO property development, graduate and family housing. 
• The SAARC committee sets priorities during the fall semester, and for the Faculty Senate to have a voice in this process, CPC should report to Senate in September.  
• Ask the Director of Campus Planning to meet with the CPC once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary. 

2.  Monitor and report on-campus transportation issues and the number of parking spaces available for faculty and staff on campus. Obtain information about the full range of issues that relate to transportation management, including parking, bus routes, pedestrian walkways, and signage/wayfinding.   

  a. Explore and report on innovative ideas for creating a safer campus for pedestrian traffic. Suggestions should focus on those areas of campus most prone to accidents including but not limited to Main Street and intersecting roads and walkways. 

• Ideas include, but are not limited to, better lighting, enhanced crosswalks, tunnels, bridges, light sensors, speed bumps and/or sensors, and additional traffic personnel during peak times and disincentives (tickets) for pedestrians who do not follow road safety rules. Engage with Student Senate regarding student pressure on the Town of Durham to acknowledge the need for safe passage for pedestrians on campus. A review of innovative solutions from other universities and colleges may be helpful.  
  b. Continue to monitor changes in bus routes and fiscal/personal impacts.
  c. Support the administrative efforts to find acceptable transportation options for graduate students to allow them to avail themselves of more affordable housing).
  e. Areas to consider: Parking lot or deck plans, electric vehicle charging stations, and field trip transportation policies. 
  f. Consider policy direction to de-automobile the core campus and provide for increased consistent pedestrian and alternative transportation means while on campus. Bike sharing, electric scooters, bicycles etc. 
  g. Regarding parking, provide update to Faculty Senate on number of faculty/staff parking spaces. Review concerns about parking services taking spaces from faculty/staff lots for things like campus visitors and metered spaces.   

• Report on the availability and usage of EV charging stations for faculty, staff, and students. 
  
  ​h. Monitor the role of Transportation in the University’s carbon emission goals.  
  i. Monitor any disruption caused by university and contractor vehicles, especially if they impede access to pedestrian walkways and handicap parking spaces.
  j. Ask the Director of Transportation Services to meet with the CP once a semester. Work with Agenda Committee to invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.   
  3.  Assign members to various university campus planning committees.  

Other Charges 

1. Report on the status of on-campus housing opportunities for graduate students, international students, PDIS and other post-doctoral scholars, and junior faculty members and the status of the downtown Durham housing project. See Motion XXIII-M21 for additional context. 
   2. Follow up on 2019 Motion on the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming and report to the Senate about the status of the university’s efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the status of other recommendations in the motions.     See must current IPCC report at https://www.ipcc.ch/   

Members 2022-2023

Chair, Jim Malley, CEPS
Moein Khanlari, PAUL
Kerry Kazura, CHHS
Petar Ramadanovic, COLA (Marty McKinsey, COLA Fall Proxy; Lisa MacFarland Spring Proxy)
Dan Innis, PAUL
Zach Scola, CHHS
John Hasseldine, PAUL
Matt Magnusson, CEPS
Gay Nardone, COLA
Troy Troy, Student Senate Representative
Graduate Student Senate Representative,  Eileen Murphy

Charges 2022-2023

Standing charges

1. Monitor and report on current and planned projects related to campus facilities. What are the current funding priorities? What are the current and upcoming plans for stewardship of all University buildings, grounds, roads, and related infrastructure?
   1. Areas to consider: Master plan, public-private ventures, possible parking decks, the status of ATO property development, graduate and family housing.  
   2. The SAARC committee sets priorities during the fall semester, and for the Faculty Senate to have a voice in this process, CP should report to Senate in September. 
   3. Ask the Director of Campus Planning to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.  
2. Monitor and report on-campus transportation issues and the number of parking spaces available for faculty and staff on campus. Obtain information about the full range of issues that relate to transportation management, including parking, bus routes, pedestrian walkways, and signage/wayfinding.  
   1. Continue to monitor changes in bus routes and fiscal/personal impacts. 
   2. Work with the related entities (TPC) to explore alternative solutions to the New Market Bus Route service reduction plan.
   3. Areas to consider: Parking lot or deck plans, electric vehicle charging stations, and field trip transportation policies.  
   4. Consider policy direction to de-automobile the core campus and provide for increased consistent pedestrian and alternative transportation means while on campus. Bike sharing, electric scooters, bicycles etc.  
   5. Regarding parking, provide update to Faculty Senate on number of faculty/staff parking spaces. Review concerns about parking services taking spaces from faculty/staff lots for things like campus visitors and metered spaces.  
   6. Monitor the role of Transportation in the University’s carbon emission goals 
   7. Ask the Director of Transportation Services to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.  
3. Assign members to various university campus planning committees. 

Other charges

1. (carryover)  Follow up on graduate housing efforts and the status of the downtown Durham project and provide a report to the Senate.  
2.   (carryover)   Follow up on 2019 motion on the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming and report to the Senate about the status of the university’s efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the status of other recommendations in the motions.     See must current IPCC report at https://www.ipcc.ch/  

Campus Planning Committee 2021-2022

Mission

The Campus Planning Committee will concern itself with space allocation, facilities, and physical plant planning.

The chair or the chair’s designee should attend meetings as an observer to the Space Allocation, Repair, and Renovation Committee. The chair or designee should attend meetings as a member of the Campus Master Plan Steering Committee.

Corresponding Administrators

1. Chief Operating Officer and VP of Administration, Chris Clement 
2. Associate Vice President for facilities and operations, Bill Janelle and
3. Executive Director of Campus Stewardship, Ken Weston

Members 2021-2022

Chair, Moein Khanlari, Marketing, PAUL
Betsy Coleman (proxy for Matt Magnusson) Computer Science, CEPS
Matt Davis, Earth Sciences, CEPS
James Malley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, CEPS
Caitlin Mills, Psychology, COLA
Peter Ramadanovic, English, COLA 
Wilfred Wollheim, Natural Resources & the Environment,  COLSA
Student Senate Representative, TBD
Graduate Student Senate Representative,  Eileen Murphy

Charges 2021-2022

Standing charges: 

1. Monitor and report on current and planned projects related to campus facilities. What are the current funding priorities? What are the current and upcoming plans for stewardship of all University buildings, grounds, roads, and related infrastructure?  
   1. Areas to consider: Master plan, public-private ventures, possible parking decks, the status of ATO property development, and graduate and family housing.  
   2. The SAARC committee sets priorities during the fall semester, and for the Faculty Senate to have a voice in this process, CP should report to Senate in September.  
   3. Ask the Director of Campus Planning to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.  
2. Monitor and report on-campus transportation issues and the number of parking spaces available for faculty and staff on campus. Obtain information about the full range of issues that relate to transportation management, including parking, bus routes, pedestrian walkways, and signage/wayfinding.  
   1. Continue to monitor changes in bus routes and fiscal/personal impacts. 
   2. Work with the related entities (TPC) to explore alternative solutions to the New Market Bus Route service reduction plan
   3. Areas to consider: Parking lot or deck plans, electric vehicle charging stations, and field trip transportation policies. 
   4. Consider policy direction to de-automobile the core campus and provide for increased consistent pedestrian and alternative transportation means while on campus. Bike sharing, electric scooters, bicycles etc.  
   5. Regarding parking, provide update to Faculty Senate on number of faculty/staff parking spaces. Review concerns about parking services taking spaces from faculty/staff lots for things like campus visitors and metered spaces.  
   6. Monitor the role of Transportation in the University’s carbon emission goals 
   7. Ask the Director of Transportation Services to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.  
3. Assign members to various university campus planning committees.  (Work with the Senate Administrative assistant to confirm the list of committees and to coordinate the communication.)      

Other charges:   

1. (carryover)  Follow up on graduate housing efforts and the status of the downtown Durham project and provide report to the Senate.   
2. (carryover)   Follow up on 2019 motion on the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming and report to the Senate about the status of the university’s efforts in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the status of other recommendations in the motions.     See must current IPCC report at https://www.ipcc.ch/  

Campus Planning Committee (CPC) 2020-2021

CPC Mission

The Campus Planning Committee will concern itself with space allocation, facilities, and physical plant planning.

The chair or the chair’s designee should attend meetings as an observer to the Space Allocation, Repair and Renovation Committee. The chair or designee should attend meetings as a member of the Campus Master Plan Steering Committee.

Corresponding Administrators

1. Chief Operating Officer and VP of Administration, Chris Clement 
2. Associate Vice President for facilities and operations, Bill Janelle and
3. University Architect and Director of Campus Planning, Doug Bencks

Related committees (Chair or appointed committee member should attend):

• SAARC (Space Allocation, Repair, and Renovation Committee)
• UNH Energy Task Force
• CORPAD (University Committee on Real Property Acquisition and Disposal)
• Transportation Policy Committee
• Committee for Campus Aesthetics (active when needed)
• Campus Master Plan Steering Committee (not currently active)

Members 2020-2021

Chair, Moein Khanlari, Marketing (Paul)
Tom Ballestero, Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEPS)
Joyce Cappiello, Nursing (HHS) 
Robert Eshbach (Spring proxy, Casey Goodwin) , Music (COLA) 
Moein Khanlari, Marketing (PAUL)
Judy Sharkey (proxy, Mary Schuh)  Education (COLA)
Charles Vannette, Languages Literatures, & Cultures (COLA)
Logan Stevens, Student Senate Representative 
Allison Giannotti, Graduate Student Senate Representative
Clayton Mitchell, Natural Resources  &  the Environment (COLSA) (served as chair, Fall 2020)

Standing Charges

1. Monitor and report on current and planned projects related to campus facilities. What are the current funding priorities? What are the current and upcoming plans for stewardship of all University buildings, grounds, roads, and related infrastructure?
   1. Areas to consider: Master plan, public-private ventures, possible parking decks, status of ATO property development, graduate and family housing.
   2. The SAARC committee sets priorities during the fall semester, and for the Faculty Senate to have a voice in this process, CP should report to Senate in September.
   3. Ask the Director of Campus Planning to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.
2. Monitor and report on-campus transportation issues and the number of parking spaces available for faculty and staff on campus. Obtain information about the full range of issues that relate to transportation management, including parking, bus routes, pedestrian walkways, and signage/wayfinding.
   1. Continue to monitor changes in bus routes and fiscal/personal impacts.
   2. Areas to consider: Parking lot or deck plans, electric vehicle charging stations, and field trip transportation policies.
   3. Consider policy direction to de-automobile the core campus and provide for increased consistent pedestrian and alternative transportation means while on campus. Bike sharing, electric scooters, bicycles etc.
   4. Regarding parking, provide update to Faculty Senate on number of faculty/staff parking spaces. Review concerns about parking services taking spaces from faculty/staff lots for things like campus visitors and metered spaces.
   5. Ask the Director of Transportation Services to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.
3. In conjunction with the disruption of Covid. Consider possible modifications that can alleviate the room/class conflicts and schedules to find optimal use of space to increase revenues to UNH without adding more buildings and classrooms.
   1. Are we making decisions targeted for room opportunities with an eye toward revenue? Better use of space for more than one purpose.
   2. How should we maximize space use on campus for increase revenue and flexibility for students and faculty?
   3. Consider using hybrid model – one class in person, one remote to alleviate space crunch during key times.

COVID-related charges: 

1. Impact of transportation and parking changes related to COVID response on faculty/staff (e.g., reducing bus routes; offering free parking pass to students who give up space in the residential hall)
2. Follow up on all efforts by facilities to reduce the spread of COVID, including, but not limited to, improving ventilation
3. Monitor and report on COVID testing/contact tracing/quarantining communication and process for Fall 2020.

Other Charges: 

1. Consider long-term changes in modalities and classroom upgrades. This could include using rooms for the recording of lectures vs. lecture attendance and remote opportunities for hybrid courses.
2. Follow up on graduate housing efforts and the status of the downtown Durham project.
3. Follow up on the implementation of WildCAP (see IPCC motion)
4. Assign members to various campus planning committees.
5. Report on SAARC meetings

Campus Planning Committee 2019-2020

CPC Mission

The Campus Planning Committee will concern itself with space allocation, facilities, and physical plant planning.

The chair or the chair’s designee should attend meetings as an observer to the Space Allocation, Repair, and Renovation Committee. The chair or designee should attend meetings as a member of the Campus Master Plan Steering Committee.

Members

Chair, Ed Hinson, Mathematics & Statistics   CEPS
Tom Ballestero, Civil & Environmental Engineering  CEPS
Robert Eshbach,  Music  COLA
Marc Hiller (Spring proxy Semra Aytur),  Health Management & Policy   HHS
Moein Khanlari,  Marketing   PAUL
Clayton Mitchell (Fall proxy Richard Smith), Natural Resources & the Environment  COLSA
Jayson Seaman, Kinesiology   HHS

Corresponding Administrators

1. Chief Financial Officer
2. Associate Vice President for facilities and operations and
3. University Architect and Director of Campus Planning

Recurring Charges 

1. Monitor and report on current and planned projects related to campus facilities. What are the current funding priorities? What are the current and upcoming plans for stewardship of all University buildings, grounds, roads, and related infrastructure?

Notes:

• Areas to consider: Master plan, public-private ventures, possible parking decks, status of ATO property development, graduate and family housing.
• The SAARC committee sets priorities during the fall semester, and for the Faculty Senate to have a voice in this process, CP should report to Senate in September.

• Ask the Director of Campus Planning to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.

2. Monitor and report on campus transportation issues. Obtain information about the full range of issues that relate transportation management, including parking, bus routes, pedestrian walkways, and signage/wayfinding.

Notes:

• Areas to consider: Parking lot or deck plans, electric vehicle charging stations, and field trip transportation policies.

• Regarding parking, provide update to Faculty Senate on number of faculty/staff parking spaces. Review concerns about parking services taking spaces from faculty/staff lots for things like campus visitors and metered spaces.

• Ask the Director of Transportation Services to meet with the CP once a semester. Invite to full Senate if deemed necessary.

Charges

3.  Monitor and report on snow and ice removal efforts for the academic year and efforts made to avoid some problems that have occurred the last couple of years (e.g., ice remaining on key walkways; not having appropriately funded for snow removal efforts resulting in a curtailment).

4.  Research and report on the history of planned/promised upgrades/renovation/replacement of the Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC).

Note: Issues to consider include the suitability of the facility for current instructional needs, reported health-related issues with the structure, and its suitability for future performance and instructional needs.

5. Investigate and report on progress toward implementation of a UNH tobacco-free policy (Senate motion XXI-M13, passed 5-8-17).

6.  Investigate the process by which UNH facilitates makes decisions about how much to charge RC units for internal renovation and repair work on campus. Are the costs reflective of the cost if work was bid externally through a competitive process? What broader UNH process is used to monitor and control costs?

Background: This charge originated from the CEPS Dean’s caucus in which the Dean and others raised concerns about what seems to be very high costs for renovations.

Campus Planning Committee 2018-2019

Recurring Charges

1. Continue monitoring current and planned campus facilities. At least one member of the CPC should attend SAARC (Space Allocation, Adaption and Renewal Committee) meetings to obtain information about current and upcoming plans for stewardship of all University buildings, grounds, roads, and related infrastructure. Continue to maintain frequent communication with SAARC and report to the Senate regarding likely funding priorities for the current fiscal year—particularly how they will prioritize their “Space/Campus Improvements List” for the upcoming fiscal year; priorities are usually set during the fall semester, and the Senate should have a voice in the process.
2. Continue monitoring campus transportation issues. One or two members of the CPC should attend TPC (Transportation Policy Committee) meetings to obtain information about the full range of issues that relate to transportation management, including parking, bus routes, pedestrian walkways, and signage/wayfinding. Report to the Senate regarding any important TPC updates, and communicate Senate concerns back to the TPC.
3. Provide update on number of faculty/staff parking spaces. Review concerns about parking services taking spaces regularly from faculty/staff lots and reserving the spaces for campus visitors and also changing faculty/staff parking spaces permanently to metered spaces.

Charges 

1. Ask the University Architect and Director of Campus Planning (Doug Bencks) to meet with the Senate CPC one time in the Fall semester, and possibly one time in the Spring semester. Ask him to provide updates, including on the Master Plan, maintenance and other plans for PCAC, SAARC funding priorities, the former ATO property development, potential public-private ventures, and a possible parking deck at the Campus Crossing Visitor lot.
2. Ask Stephen Pesci (Campus Planning, Special Projects Director) and Dirk Timmons (UNH Transportation Services) to meet with the Senate CPC one time in either late Fall semester or early Spring semester. Ask for an update on the Campus Crossing Visitor lot parking deck plans, electric vehicle charging stations on campus, and best practices for UNH course field trip transportation (e.g., the most economical/efficient method of transport, recommended/UNH-approved pick up/drop off and parking locations, and how to mitigate instructor liability).
3. Ask the Associate Vice President for Facilities, and the Vice President for Finance & Administration for an update regarding snow and ice removal efforts for the coming year (in light of concerns with icy pedestrian paths in January 2017).
4. Research the history of planned/promised upgrades/renovation/replacement of the Paul Creative Arts Center (PCAC), including but not limited to the suitability of the facility for current instructional needs, reported health-related issues with the structure, and its suitability for future performance and instructional needs. Report to the Senate on current conditions, planned remedies, and the status of UNH plans regarding art facilities in general.
5. Provide an update on the installation of defibrillators (AEDs) in campus buildings and the progress of publicizing an online map showing AED unit locations (Senate motion XX-II-M9, passed 3-19-18).
6. Monitor the progress of adding two additional campus lactation rooms, one at Morse Hall room 121, and the other at 10 West Edge (Senate motion XX-M20, passed 4-25-16).
7. Continue monitoring the progress toward implementation of a UNH tobacco-free policy (Senate motion XXI-M13, passed 5-8-17).

Standing Charge

The charges from the Agenda Committee shall comprise the major and first-order work of the Campus Planning Committee. However, the Committee may pursue additional issues in pursuit of its mission, stated above. If the additional issue interferes with the timelines stated in the charges above, the Committee must receive permission from the Agenda Committee before proceeding. If the additional interest does not interfere with the established timelines, the Committee must inform the Agenda Committee.

Campus Planning Committee Membership 2018-19

• Danielle Pillet-Shore, Communication, COLA, chair
• Tom Ballestero, Civil & Environmental Engineering, CEPS
• Joe Dwyer, Physics, CEPS
• Marc Hiller, Health Management & Policy, CHHS
• Ed Hinson, Mathematics & Statistics, CEPS
• William Ross, Library
• Tom Hemstock, School of Law
• GSS representative
• SS representatitve