The University’s Comprehensive and Strategic Campus Master Plan is set to go before the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 13 for authorization and approval of the entirety of the Master Plan. In the summer of 2017, the process of putting the final pieces in place was started.

Over the summer, a tool to help prioritize campus needs to develop an implementation plan was developed, along with a governance plan once the Master Plan is completed. As part of this, the governance and decision-making structure to make these priority decisions is being developed.

“What we’ve done between April and now is…create that last piece about how we can take the Master Plan, which can be thought of as a multi-decade plan, and develop a shorter term, more practical strategic implementation plan,” said Assistant Vice President of Planning, Construction and Design Roger Husser.

This tool developed over the summer allows the University to analyze the total needs of the University and put in place a plan to implement the various proposals in the Master Plan in an effective way. Husser said  the implementation plan is still in the early stages.

“It really helps us understand more specifically how we will go about implementing this,” Husser said. “Now we have a Master Plan, what are our needs campus wide? What we’ve developed this summer is the totality of what those needs are.”

The Oct. 13 vote represents the end of the four-year planning and drafting process of the Master Plan. Husser said they are excited to reach the end of it, and the implementation plan would be developed over the next eight or nine months.

“What the Master Plan allows us to do is to collectively look comprehensively at what our total needs are and understand our academic priorities, then determine from all funding sources, how best to tackle them,” Husser said. “It all culminates next week, and we’re excited to get to the end of it and then be able to use it as a tool to guide our development into the future.”