CAMPUS 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
FGCU
UCF
USF
UNF
FSU
FIU
FAU
UWF
UF
FAMU
NCF
SUS Total E&G
12.56% (1)
8.54% (2)
5.25% (5)
5.39% (4)
4.20% (7)
3.76% (8)
5.13% (6)
5.97% (3)
3.43% (9)
-1.03% (10)
4.69%
Fall 2000-2001
Fall 2001-2002
25.91% (1)
7.90% (4)
4.24% (7)
7.38% (5)
3.07% (8)
5.80% (6)
12.44% (2)
10.32% (3)
1.17% (10)
1.77% (9)
1.53% (11)
27.64% (1)
9.10% (2)
7.08% (3)
5.84% (4)
4.91% (5)
4.50% (6)
3.67% (7)
2.95% (8)
2.14% (9)
1.96% (10)
5.81%
5.24%
Academic Year
Resident Tuition
Non-Resident
97-'98
xxxxx
xxxxx
'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
Undergraduate
tuition & fees (per
credit hour) rate
increases per year
$600.00
$500.00
$400.00
Resident Tuition
$300.00
NonResident
$200.00
$100.00
$0.00
97-'98 '98-'99 '99-'00 '00-'01 '01-'02 '02-'03 '03-'04 '04-'05 '05-'06 '06-'07
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
$180.00
$160.00
$140.00
$120.00
$100.00
Fees per year
$80.00
Fees per credit
$60.00
$40.00
$20.00
$0.00
97-'98 '98-'99 '99-'00 '00-'01 '01-'02 '02-'03 '03-'04 '04-'05 '05-'06 '06-'07
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
Facility
Opened
Parking Lot # 1 (main campus) 1997
Parking Lot # 2 (main campus) 1997
Parking Lot # 3 (main campus) 1997
Parking Lot # 4 (main campus) 1997
Parking Lot # 5 (main campus) 1997
Student Housing Phase 1
1998
Student Housing Phase 2
2000
Parking Lot # 7 (main campus) 2001
Student Housing Phase 3
2001
Student Housing Phase 4
2002
Athletic Complex Parking
2002
Student Housing Phase 5
2003
Parking Lot # 6 (main campus) 2003
Student Housing Phase 6
2004
Student Housing Ph. 7(planned) 2005
Parking Facility 1 (Planned)
2005
Capacity
244
319
116
199
205
300
238
803
217
205
460
149
66
162
296
600
Cummulative
Spaces
244
563
679
878
1083
1383
1621
2424
2641
2846
3306
3455
3521
3683
3979
4579
Total Spaces 4579
2005 Campus Master Plan
Existing Needs for parking at FGCU, as of 2005
Table 11-8: ParkingMatrix
Existing Needs*
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
Residential
Parking
Available
General Total
Parking Parking
Student
Available Available Population
General
Parking
Required
(0.3358*
Student
Bed
Population) Spaces
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
1,567
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
3,012
2,081
2,511
2,946
3,422
3,918
4,311
4,697
5,034
5,352
5,673
6,014
6,375
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
4,579
6,198
7,478
8,774
10,191
11,667
12,838
13,988
14,990
15,939
16,895
17,909
18,984
1,946
2,164
2,382
2,600
2,818
3,036
3,254
3,472
3,690
3,908
4,126
4,346
Total
Parking
Required*
(General
Parking +
Bed
Spaces)
Total
Deficit /
Surplus
4,027
4,675
5,328
6,022
6,736
7,347
7,951
8,506
9,042
9,581
10,140
10,721
552
-96
-749
-1,443
-2,157
-2,768
-3,372
-3,927
-4,463
-5,002
-5,561
-6,142
* Does not include the Northwest mixed-use/research district
2005 Campus Master Plan
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 multipurpose 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 ADDITIONS
According 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.
SOLUTIONS
Although 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/2006/12006/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-88591&q=picture+of+fgcu+parking+garage
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