City of Corvallis – Oregon State University Collaboration Project Update Oregon State University Faculty Senate Dec. 6, 2012 What has been happening over the past nine months? • Three work groups: neighborhood livability, neighborhood planning, parking and transit. • Work groups include OSU faculty, staff and students and community members. • Appointed by Mayor Manning and President Ray. • Twice monthly public meetings. • Review issues and recommend solutions and policy changes. • Collaboration steering committee decides what recommendations advance to the City Council and OSU. 1 June 28, 2016 Recommendations to date: • • • • • • • • • • NEIGHBORHOOD LIVABILITY: Create and distribute campus “living guide.” Provide more city police officers. Grow collaboration among Corvallis police, OSP, Public Safety. Enforce OSU “Code of Student Conduct” off campus. Cite – versus warn – first offenders. Increase fines for providing alcohol to minors. Develop a “social host ordinance.” Grow “town and gown” practices, resources. Engage in strategies to address underage drinking. 2 June 28, 2016 Recommendations to date: • • • • • NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING: Require additional parking for large housing units. Increase percentage of undergraduates living on campus. Make student housing a goal of OSU Campus Master Plan. Explore on-campus private-public housing partnerships. 3 June 28, 2016 Recommendations to date: • • • • • PARKING and TRAFFIC: Coordinate city and OSU transit services. Promote commute and parking alternatives. Evaluate and implement variable parking pricing on campus. Evaluate and recommend next steps for off-campus parking districts. • Re-define role of OSU Shuttle. • Complementary GPS and mobile apps for city and OSU transit. • Increase city transit ridership by 20 percent annually. 4 June 28, 2016 Recommendations to date: • Parking and Traffic continued: • Sustain Linn-Benton Loop connecting LBCC with OSU. • Explore creation of transit hub on campus. • Utilize targeted communications to promote alternative ways to reach OSU. 5 June 28, 2016 Next steps: • • • • • • More study on police staffing and effectiveness measures. Address staffing needs in Office of Student Conduct. Communicate to students. Continue work on variable campus pricing models. Make decision; promote concept, pricing options, benefits. Examine and formulate immediate parking district expansion and improvement recommendations. • Implement collaborative transit communications. • Promote transit to expand ridership, reduce car trips to OSU. • Create a regional Collaboration Project housing work group. 6 June 28, 2016 Next steps’ emphasis: • Focus on doing better, not just doing more of the same and getting the same results. • Establish realistic requirements, deadlines, metrics. • Identify who is responsible to get job done. • Identify who will fund what. 7 June 28, 2016 Faculty Senate Engagement opportunities: • • • • • • Participation in variable on-campus pricing evaluation. Continued engagement in work groups. Participation in new housing work group. On-going feedback. Engagement in expanded “town and gown” initiatives. As faculty leaders, emphasize Collaboration Project initiatives that make a difference. • Share your thoughts with peers and community members. 8 June 28, 2016