CAMPUS GROWTHCAMPUS GROWTH

Ashley Williams, Noel Wingers, Gabe Pean, Chris

Quinones, Shae Rigg

FGCU GROWTH TOPICS

• Enrollment Statistics

• On-Campus Parking

• Academic Facilities and Classroom sizes

FGCU ENROLLMENT

• Florida Gulf Coast University is currently the fastest growing university in the state.

• Surge of enrollment mostly due to a 1990s mandate from the Florida Legislature.

• University president William Merwin predicts enrollment to reach between 12,000-15,000 in the next 4 years, with 3,000 students living on campus in student housing.

FGCU ENROLLMENT CONT’D.

• FGCU opened in the Fall of 1997 with 2,500 students enrolled. • By Fall 2005, enrollment at FGCU had increased by 20%. • In 2005, a cap was lifted that previously limited class sizes in

order to accommodate enrollment growth. • FGCU has lobbied the state government for more than $46

million to accommodate building expansions on the main campus.

• Jeb Bush mandated that FGCU receive 2.2 million for enrollment growth funding in the 2006 Florida state budget.

STATE UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT STATISTICS

Growth Percent (State Rank)

Fall 1999-2000     Fall 2000-2001     Fall 2001-2002

FGCU      12.56% (1)      25.91% (1)      27.64% (1)UCF      8.54% (2)      7.90% (4)      9.10% (2)USF      5.25% (5)      4.24% (7)      7.08% (3)UNF      5.39% (4)      7.38% (5)      5.84% (4)FSU      4.20% (7)      3.07% (8)      4.91% (5)FIU      3.76% (8)      5.80% (6)      4.50% (6)FAU      5.13% (6)      12.44% (2)      3.67% (7)UWF      5.97% (3)      10.32% (3)      2.95% (8)UF      3.43% (9)      1.17% (10)      2.14% (9)FAMU      -1.03% (10)      1.77% (9)      1.96% (10)NCF                         1.53% (11)

SUS Total E&G     4.69%           5.81%           5.24%

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Resident Tuition

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Undergraduate tuition & fees (per credit hour) rate increases per year

Academic Year Resident Tuition Non-Resident

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'98-'99 $62.19 $284.05

'99-'00 $66.36 $299.32

'00-'01 $71.68 $316.27

'01-'02 $81.76 $344.68

'02-'03 $85.23

'03-'04 $96.86 $442.02

'04-'05 $101.85 $505.07

'05-'06 $108.67 $508.31

'06-'07 $116.66 $514.05

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Fees per year

Fees per credit

Parking fees Fees per year Fees per credit

97-'98 $0.00 -

'98-'99 $50.00 -

'99-'00 $50.00 -

'00-'01 $50.00 -

'01-'02 $50.00 -

'02-'03 $75.00 -

'03-'04 $126.96 $5.29

'04-'05 $126.96 $5.29

'05-'06 $126.96 $5.29

'06-'07 $168.00 $7.00

Parking fee increases per year

*Fees through 2003 are fixed for one year, after 2003 fees are per credit, shown here based on a full-time student taking 12 credits/semester, 24 credits/year

PARKING

• In 3 years of a $50 parking fee, the school profited $150,000, with the money being set aside for future repairs and maintenance to parking lots. The $25/year increase in 2002 increased this profit by another $80,000 per year.

QUESTION:

Could (should) the school have used this money towards the parking garage to have money sooner, then used later fees to replace the funds?

Current and near future parking spaces (as of 2005)

Table 11-1: Campus General Parking Inventory Parking Year Cummulative Facility Opened Capacity Spaces Parking Lot # 1 (main campus) 1997 244 244 Parking Lot # 2 (main campus) 1997 319 563 Parking Lot # 3 (main campus) 1997 116 679 Parking Lot # 4 (main campus) 1997 199 878 Parking Lot # 5 (main campus) 1997 205 1083 Student Housing Phase 1 1998 300 1383 Student Housing Phase 2 2000 238 1621 Parking Lot # 7 (main campus) 2001 803 2424 Student Housing Phase 3 2001 217 2641 Student Housing Phase 4 2002 205 2846 Athletic Complex Parking 2002 460 3306 Student Housing Phase 5 2003 149 3455 Parking Lot # 6 (main campus) 2003 66 3521 Student Housing Phase 6 2004 162 3683 Student Housing Ph. 7(planned) 2005 296 3979 Parking Facility 1 (Planned) 2005 600 4579 Total Spaces 4579

2005 Campus Master Plan

Existing Needs for parking at FGCU, as of 2005

2005 Campus Master Plan

Table 11-8: ParkingMatrix Existing Needs* Total General Parking Parking Required* Required (General

Residential General Total (0.3358* Parking + Total Parking Parking Parking Student Student Bed Bed Deficit / Available Available Available Population Population) Spaces Spaces) Surplus

2004-2005 1,567 3,012 4,579 6,198 2,081 1,946 4,027 552 2005-2006 1,567 3,012 4,579 7,478 2,511 2,164 4,675 -96 2006-2007 1,567 3,012 4,579 8,774 2,946 2,382 5,328 -749 2007-2008 1,567 3,012 4,579 10,191 3,422 2,600 6,022 -1,443 2008-2009 1,567 3,012 4,579 11,667 3,918 2,818 6,736 -2,157 2009-2010 1,567 3,012 4,579 12,838 4,311 3,036 7,347 -2,768 2010-2011 1,567 3,012 4,579 13,988 4,697 3,254 7,951 -3,372 2011-2012 1,567 3,012 4,579 14,990 5,034 3,472 8,506 -3,927 2012-2013 1,567 3,012 4,579 15,939 5,352 3,690 9,042 -4,463 2013-2014 1,567 3,012 4,579 16,895 5,673 3,908 9,581 -5,002 2014-2015 1,567 3,012 4,579 17,909 6,014 4,126 10,140 -5,561 2015-2016 1,567 3,012 4,579 18,984 6,375 4,346 10,721 -6,142 * Does not include the Northwest mixed-use/research district

Parking Facilities on Campus

• There are currently 4,891 parking spots available on FGCU’s campus (as of 2005).

– 1,971 of these parking spots are around campus buildings

– 1,730 of these parking spots are in the Student Housing developments

– 404 of these parking spots are in front of Alico Arena

– 125 of these parking spots are handicapped spots all over campus.

FGCU ENROLLMENT IN CONTRAST IN AVAILABLE

PARKING• Roughly 6,000 FGCU students are

commuters (meaning these students do not live on campus)

• There is a ratio of 3 students to every one parking spot on campus in the parking lots surrounding the academic buildings.

• There are 1,730 parking spots in Student Housing with over 2,000 students living in the dorms (plus any visitors residents may have over)

PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT PARKING SITUATION

• Due to the fact that current parking facilities are inadequate, students are forced to park illegally (in the grass, on curbs, in reserved parking spots, etc.)– Consequences for illegally parking on

campus include: • $20 for general parking fines (if paid within the

first 5 days of receiving ticket)• $10 fee is applied to general parking fines if

after the 5 calendar days• Having two or more overdue unpaid citations

may result in the immobilization of your vehicle, once immobilized all fines must be paid in full to release the vehicle.

FGCU BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Proposed Board Action

OCTOBER 6, 2004

With current enrollment, parking availability on the FGCU campus has become inadequate, and parking availability will increasingly become a challenge due to future enrollment and other growth needs. The current campus master plan projects the need to construct parking facilities in order to accommodate the needs of a growing campus with limited available land.

On September 1, 2004, the FGCU Financing Corporation Board of Directors approved a resolution granting the authority to finance and construct a 500-space parking facility in the principal amount of $6,000,000, contingent upon the approval of the FGCU Board of Trustees. Parking revenues are sufficient to meet debt and coverage requirements. The Corporation’s Board of Directors now request that the FGCU Board of Trustees approve the enclosed resolution authorizing the construction of a 500-space parking facility and financing in the principal amount of $6,000,000.

*Submitted and Prepared by Mr Curtis Bullock, Assistant to the President and Executive Director, FGCU Financing Corporation

What do students/faculty think about the situation?

• “I think it’s great,” said one student, pointing to his skateboard. “But no, for the people who live off campus it really sucks that they have nowhere to go and get ticketed for parking on the grass.”

• “I don’t understand why the school is having such a problem. Don’t they plan for these issues before the school year?” –FGCU Senior

• Many faculty members are frustrated with the amounts of students using the faculty/staff lots, as it does not leave enough spots for them in their ever-shrinking lot due to reserved spaces.

FGCU Parking Garage(to be completed by December 31, 2006)

FGCU PARKING GARAGE CONT’D.

• The FGCU Parking Structure is the first parking garage facility the University has undertaken.  It will be located just south of the new Student Services Building and adjacent the future School of Hospitality Management. This facility will help alleviate the current parking situation by adding 671 spaces within a 60,000sf footprint (Roughly the size of a football field).  The actual structure will consist of 1 ground level + 3 elevated decks.

PARKING SOLUTIONS

• Parking Garage on campus to accommodate more commuter students at FGCU (still not available)

• Carpooling• Parking in remote locations• Public transportation• Many students residing close to campus well

within walking/skating/biking distance – Ben Hill Griffin Pkwy. has highly accessible bike

lanes and paved sidewalks on both sides of road•Are these solutions feasible?

•What other possible solutions could FGCU provide?

CURRENT ACADEMIC FACILITIES AT FGCU

• Nearing the conclusion of the 2006 fall semester, there are currently five academic buildings on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University, including Ben Hill Griffin Hall, Reed Hall, Academic Building 3, Whitaker Hall, and Academic Building 5. According to the Fact Book ’03-’04, the most recently published edition, the seating capacity for the entire university exceeds 2400 seats and 35,000 square feet of space. That averages out to about 480 seats per academic building. With the current population of students at approximately 8100, there are only enough seats available for less than one-third of the students to be in a seat at any given moment. This lack of seat availability does not allow for many options when it comes to class scheduling and availability.

BEN HILL GRIFFIN HALL

• Ben Hill Griffin Hall is the location of the College of Health Professions and Graduate Studies. It contains 15 classrooms, three computer classrooms, and two computer labs. It also has two levels.

REED HALL

• The home to the College of Business is Reed Hall. The two level academic building contains the largest second largest lecture at the university seating 120 students. It also has two classrooms, 5 seminar rooms, and four computer labs.

WHITAKER HALL

• Opened in 2001, Whitaker Hall houses the College of Arts and Sciences. The two-level structure has one large multi-purpose room, 6 academic classrooms and 10 teaching and research labs.

ACADEMIC BUILDING 3

• Academic Building III, which was the first academic building at the university, was completed in 1993. It is home to the College of Professional Studies and the College of Education. This building has two levels and houses 14 classrooms, 8 teaching labs, and 6 computer labs. Following its’ construction, Ben Hill Griffin Hall and Reed Hall were both completed in 1997.

ACADEMIC BUILDING 5

• Completed in the summer of 2006 Academic Building 5 is the latest addition to the growing university. The newest structure is the first three-story academic building that the campus has seen. This building has only one classroom, but it is the largest lecture hall on campus containing seating for 280 students.

In addition to the five primary academic buildings on the campus, there are also classrooms in the on campus broadcasting building (WGCU Building), which contains one classroom. The Arts complex, which houses all of the art related classes, has one large podium classroom, five art studio classrooms, a woodshop, performance and rehearsal space, and two sound proof practice rooms.

PROJECTED ADDITIONSAccording to the Florida Gulf Coast University

2005 Master Plan Update there are plans for 15 additional buildings that will help to relieve some of the strains of the rapidly growing student population. It is estimated that these additional building will be completed by 2015. By the year 2010 it is estimated that five more buildings will be added to the primary academic section of campus. These buildings include Academic Building 6, which will house the College of Business, Academic Building 7, Multipurpose Education Facility, Science and Technology Building, and Fine Arts Phase II. By the year 2015, the remainder of the academic buildings should be completed. These buildings include the Hospitality Management building, College of Health Professions, Forensic Science Building, Academic Buildings 8, 9, 10, and 11, Health Education Conference Center, and Northwest Mixed use Buildings 1 and 2.

SOLUTIONSAlthough the projected expansion of the university

with the new buildings will provide relief for the ever growing student population, it will be years before the relief is seen or felt due to the time that the expansion requires. The number one issues the university faces with its over crowding is space. The only way that this issue can be resolved is for the classroom space to meet the enrollment growth, which can be accomplished by building bigger classrooms. Another thing that can be done to increase the space on campus is to plan ahead and anticipate the growth of the university in comparison to the growth patterns that have been experienced in the previous years. Taking examples from the past can help the university better plan for the future. Another way to deal with the issues of overcrowding is to actively monitor and manage the growth so that is does get out of hand.

CLASS SIZES, THEN AND NOW

• FGCU class sizes have gone from approximately 16 in 1998 to over 35 today in 2006.

SOLUTION

• With the projected additions to FGCU’s campus, as we saw earlier, these new academic facilities will be able to alleviate oversized classes by adding more classrooms and lecture halls.

• Distance learning centers off-campus will also enable FGCU to manage its growth more easily.

• FGCU has always prided itself on small, intimate class sizes, so with the new additions brought onto campus, FGCU will be able to honor that instead of allowing classroom sizes to reach astronomical and unmanageable numbers.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• What is it about FGCU that keeps drawing more and more students to enroll?

• As a student, do you think it’s ethical to be charged $20-$30 for a parking ticket on campus when the university does not provide adequate parking?

• How do you feel about the constantly-evolving construction on campus, seeing as how FGCU was built on conserved, protected wetlands?

REFERENCES

• http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/oct/21/nfunding_shortfall_shortchanging_fgcu_students/?local_news

• http://www.fgcu.edu/trustees/AgendaFile/2006/1-2006/BOTIS_1-17-2006.pdf

• http://admin.fgcu.edu/police/ticketsfine.html• http://www.fgcu.edu/crm/pressrelease.asp?id=14591• http://www.ajaxbuilding.com/FGCUParkingGarage.htm• www.fgcu.edu• http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q

=picture+of+fgcu+parking+garage

REFERENCES, CONT’D.

• enrollment.fgcu.edu/ • www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/aug/28/ • www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/sep/16/

not_enough_pavement_go_around_fgcu/ www.fgcu.edu/MasterPlan/Files/FGCU2005CMPdiagrams2-1.pdf

• admin.fgcu.edu/facilities/Webpage.html • FGCU Intranet• FGCU Factbooks (1998-2003)• McTarnaghan, Roy E. 2003. On Task, On Time The

Development of Florida Gulf Coast University. Fort Myers.