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APPROVAL OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

The following resolution was adopted:

WHEREAS, the Master Plan for the University was last updated in 1990; and

WHEREAS, a renewed planning effort began in 1996; and

WHEREAS, a set of five guiding principles has been developed which provides the framework for the current revision to the Master Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Master Plan includes as a central theme the promotion of a walking environment and the need to connect the different precincts of the Grounds from the North Grounds through the Central Grounds to the West Grounds and to the Health Sciences Center to the east; and

WHEREAS, the revised Master Plan provides for the future growth of the University by identifying potential building sites;

RESOLVED that the Master Plan for the University of Virginia, dated June 15, 1999, and prepared by Ayers Saint Gross of Baltimore, Maryland, is approved.