• A.2 - Develop a Central Clearinghouse for Planning Problem: The College Structure for Physical Planning is Disjointed Like its physical results, campus planning at Warren Wilson has been episodic and reactionary, and it has not had the attention of the full community or the coordinating hand of a single responsible entity. A central clearinghouse for all physical planning for the College should be developed. This office, officer or other entity would be responsible for coordinating all ongoing planning activities and for ensuring that planning for individual projects fit the framework of long-range strategic and physical plans. While review and coordination rather than direct planning would be the primary function of the office, it would also be involved in the development of building programs for future building projects, and possibly in the selection and direction of consultants. A second key function would be to ensure the availability of all planning work to the administration, College governance and the community. To this end a visible, accessible physical space where information and exhibits of current planning activities could be maintained would be most desirable.
Action Item A.2.1 – Establish a mechanism for providing ongoing oversight of survey and data-gathering, master planning, building programming, circulation management, and facility siting.
Pattern Language: Nurtured Evolutionary Planning (ADPL1)
• A.3 - Maintain a Catalog of Resources – The Land Problem: There is No Comprehensive Inventory and Survey of Land Resources The descriptive material from the 1996 Long-Range Land Use Plan, supplemented by available maps and aerial photographs, the Continuing Forest Inventory, GIS documents and a miscellany of information maintained in various departments and offices represents what is now available as a catalog of land resources.
Action Item A.3.1 – Review and update the 1996 inventory of campus lands (The Long-Range Land Use Plan). Supplement it with additional information to make it a useful planning tool for the future and incorporate the resulting database into a GIS document or documents. Also update the land boundary survey of College property.
Pattern Language: Land Inventory (IVPL3)
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