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BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING
MAY 17, 2007
POSSESSION OF PORTIONS OF CULLEN & HOLMAN
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PHASE I PHASE IICURRENT
CULLEN CLOSURE PHASES
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Meetings Held with External UH Community
• State Representative Garnet Coleman• Senator Rodney Ellis• Former Mayor Lee Brown• University Oaks Neighborhood Association• Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church• Holman Street Baptist Church• METRO Engineers• Sallie Mae Foundation• City of Houston Planning Department• City of Houston Southeast Corridor Study Group• Metro Planning• Rice University Design Alliance• Houston Hispanic Architect and Engineers• Alliance of Minority Contractors• University of Houston Entrance & Perimeter Committee
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Meetings Held with Internal UH Community
• Student Government Association• Residential Hall Association• Faculty Senate• Faculty Senate Executive Committee• Faculty Facility and Budget Committee• Faculty Plant Operations Committee• Staff Advisory Council• Deans Council• President’s Cabinet• University Business Administrators• Transportation Parking Advisory Committee• Campus Facility Planning Committee• Bauer College of Business• Cullen College of Engineering• University Law Center
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Meetings Held with Internal UH Community Con’t
• Hines College of Architecture• College of Optometry• College of Education• College of Liberal Art and Social Sciences• College of Pharmacy• Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management• Moores School of Music• Fine Arts Department• Athletics Department• Aramark Campus Food Service Provider• Market Match Study Committee• Barnes & Noble Bookstore
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CULLEN CLOSURE TIMELINE
MAY 2007 BOR Approves Transmission of Street “Take-over Letter” to the City of Houston
JUNE 2007 City Transfers Ownership of Holman and Cullen (TEC § 51.904)
Pedestrian Enhancement and Traffic Reduction at Entrance 14
(as requested by SGA)
JULY 2007 Visitor Parking Established in a Convenient and Visible Lot 15 Location
The governing board of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 in a county having a population of more than 3 million may vacate, abandon, and close a street or alley running through the campus if the institution: (1) owns all of the real property abutting the street or alley; (2) owns 20 or more acres of real property at the campus where the street or alley is located;…
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CULLEN CLOSURE TIMELINE, Cont.
MAY 2008 BOR Approves Cullen Closing & Landscape Improvements
JUNE 2008 Traffic Gates Installed
JULY-AUGUST SOFT CLOSURE BEGINS
TBD PERMANENT CLOSURE
2011 Projected SE Corridor Light Rail Complete
2015 Projected University Corridor Light Rail Complete
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STADIUM LOT ACCESS
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SPECIAL EVENT EGRESS--TENTATIVE