Wednesday, April 14, 1976 7 University Daily Kansan Construction at KU follows plan By MIKE THIESEN Staff Writer Although Mount Oread probably adds to the beauty and uniqueness of the University of Kansas, it also adds to the problems of distribution and production and the flow of traffic on campus. R. Keith Lawton, director of facilities planning, said yesterday that a long-range physical development plan used by the University helped administrators decide to place new buildings, where parks are located, how much land should be left open for schools and recreation areas and how traffic could best be moved across the campus. Lawton said that in 1973 the Kansas Legislature told all state colleges and **TONIGHT:** Students participate in the FRENCH SUMMER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE will meet at 7 in the International University of Kansas. **Kansas** Union, Vocalist EIGENE GOLENGE will perform at Auditorium. **ARTHUR C. TOWNSEND**, director of the Elizabeth M. Watkins Museum will speak on "Kansas at the Centennial" 8 in the Spencer Lecture Center. **ARTHUR C. STYLE SHOW** will be at 8 in the Wakksin College of the Union. announcements Events... A retraining program required of all persons with RED CROSS WATER taught in a nightlight at Robinson Natalatorium Apr. 20, 22, 27 Swimmers must attend all four sessions. Men's and w.men's INTRAMURAL MEMBERS may be pickup in 208 Robbinsy Grants and Awards... JIM PRENTICE, Turon senior, has been named the national conference speaker of the year by Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, the honorary forensic fraternity. This is the first time a KU debater has won the award. The Kansas incorrectly reported yesterday that the University-wide grade point average during 1973 was 3.090. It was 2.920. Correction . . . universities to prepare coordinated development plans for the Board of Regents. Guidelines were made for all students in Kansas when reviewing their own plans. KU already had a good long-range development plan, according to Lawton, so a Houston consulting firm was hired to evaluate, update and readjust the plan the University had before it was presented to the Regents. Lawton said that long-range planning at KU was almost pe-cetational and that the 1973 plan was not based on data, but says that representatives from the entire University periodically review it to be sure. The projected land-use plan that was presented to the Regents in 1973 set aside recreational and scenic open spaces where they could best harmonize with the areas of high activity, and still leave space for future construction. Once the need for a new building is determined by the University, Lawton said, it could still be years before that building was ready to be occupied. Each year University administrators meet to determine what priorities should be funded during the fiscal year, Lawton said. Once the priorities are determined, the university requests for financing the buildings to the Regents, the governor and the legislature. Lawton said the University then had to justify its priorities to show that a need for new construction really existed. It can take a number of years for a building to be finished, even after it has reached the priority stage, he said. As an example, Lawton won, the computer service facility was made a top priority about two years ago. Last year the legislature gave KU funds to plan the facility; this year funds were granted to the university. After summer before the plans would be approved and early fall before bids would be let and construction could begin. *From the time a new building is made a priority to the time it is completed could be freed.* Lawton said the plan presented to the Regents in 1973 accounted for the needs of the University through the 1980s. Land use and site planning at KU anticipated the possible locations for construction that coordinated with the development plan. Construction sites are chosen by the discipline and the function of the facility as well as how close it should be to the central location. It is important that many students will use it, Lawton said. The new visual arts center is being built near Marvin and Murphy halls so that the architecture department, the fine arts and art department, are in the new building, according to Lawn. He said that the long-range development plan also included parking and traffic movement so that "students and faculty are not forced to enter the parking area or temptation of continuous traffic on the hill." Lawton said he thought the campus would probably always have controlled parking to make the campus function efficiently. He said the parking lots off the central campus were very large, enough to campus for students to walk to their classes and near facilities designed for --spectator events, such as football and basketball games and musical events. FREE KURLY—"KU" Fries with each Sandwich Order at King Pretzel Serving Hot Protzels and Sandwiches Coors on Tan Planning also is done with consideration to building repairs, Lawton said, but these are done on a much shorter and faster cycle than cyclone or construction. Priorities on the repairs and the University has to justify their need to the legislature, he said. Lawton said that they never forgot that education was their profession when planning a new building or setting long-range goals. "We always have an eye to serve the student and faculty; that's our business," he said. 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