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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FUTURE LAND USE AND URBAN DESIGN
CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, 2005-2015 DATA & ANALYSIS
F. Policies Related to Intergovernmental Coordination
Goal 2, Objectives 1.0 and 3.0 of the Future Land Use Element discuss various intergovernmental
coordination policies. In keeping with the policies, the University has remained an active
member of the Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization, and has appointed the City
and County planning directors to the University Future Land Use and Facilities Planning
Committee. The University has also engaged in meetings, field trips and other activities of the
City of Gainesville’s Economic Development University and Community College Committee, as
well as other town-gown committees and task forces. The University’s redevelopment and
occupation of the former FDOT properties in east Gainesville also represent a step toward
supporting local government economic goals.
Other informal collaborations also produce significant results such as the coordination during
2004 that improved the University Arboretum located on W. University Avenue and W. 22 nd
Street. This improvement project was initiated by the NW 22 nd Street Neighborhood Association
to provide fencing, landscaping, and stormwater improvements. Several university units
collaborated to provide physical improvements and clean-up at the site, including the Facilities
Planning and Construction Division, Physical Plant Division, Office of the Dean of Students and
the University of Florida Foundation. The City’s Public Works Department and Gainesville
Regional Utilities contributed to the overall improvements with stormwater modifications, road
resurfacing and utility pole relocation adjacent to the university project. Members of the
neighborhood association provided financial contributions and volunteer labor. The University
Arboretum effort is one example of university and community collaborations that work toward
implementing master plan policies.
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