On the eve of a likely intense community meeting about theGeorgetown University campus plan, Councilmember Jack Evans wrote to his Ward 2 constituents that he was  "disappointed" with the university's proposed expansion plan. 

Every 10 years, Georgetown University (GU) submits a new 10-year campus plan to D.C. zoning and planning authorities for review and approval. On Dec. 30, 2010, the University submitted a plan to the Zoning Commission in which it seeks to increase its graduate school population, create several new development projects and carry over other projects from the last 10-year plan. 

The Citizens Association of Georgetown, with the Burleith Citizens Association, has organized a group in stark opposition to the GU plan. Neighbors argue that the university does not address the issue of students living in the neighborhood and the problems associated with student rentals, such as noise and trash.

In today's newsletter the Councilmember called student housing the "single most important issue" to the community.

Evans wrote that he "strongly urged" the University to go back to the drawing board on its plan and to create one that "houses 100% of undergraduate students on campus."

Evans had previously spoken to the community about the campus plan, at the time saying he had little personal influence on the ultimate outcome of the Zoning Commission decision. 

The public reaction to today's letter from Evans may come out at the ANC2E public meeting on the GU Campus plan, which is tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.