Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a five-part series on the Department of Residence’s Master Plan. The plan, which spans across several years, will renovate and rebuild several of the ISU residence halls. The fourth area the Daily is profiling is Richardson Court Association.

Although Maple Hall already has been renovated as the first part of the Master Plan, more changes are in store for other areas of the Richardson Court Association.

However, Director of Residence Randy Alexander said the changes for the rest of RCA will be gradual.

“We do not plan to borrow money or sell bonds,” he said. “Instead, we will do it at a slower pace over the years, using money from the capital budget.”

Some improvements will be completed this summer for RCA, but others will not happen for a while due to lack of financing. “What was originally thought out has changed,” Alexander said.

Initially, Freeman Hall was going to be torn down so that a new community center could be built. But as the Department of Residence began investigating the idea of one food-service location for all RCA residents, that idea changed.

“We are thinking of moving [the single dining service] to where Freeman is because it is closest to campus and still on ISU property,” Alexander said. Any plans for a community center have been stalled since the department has begun to focus on changes for the Union Drive Association.

Alexander said he thinks the buildings in RCA are in the best condition of all the residence halls, and there are no plans to demolish any buildings. However, one building Alexander is concerned about is Larch Hall.

“It has some shower leaks we have fixed periodically for the last one to one and a half years,” he said. Alexander said the showers are fixed, leak again, are fixed and leak again in a never-ending cycle.

“Every break, we have them try to fix [the showers]. Two more are going to be done at break,” said Larch Hall Director Brad Knapp.

Sarah Rowland, junior in biology, would like to see some of Larch Hall updated. “The windows are really drafty, and it’s cold,” she said.

Alexander said a renovation needs to be done in Larch Hall similar to the one that was done in Maple, but he’s unsure where the financing will come from.

Dave Sandgren, resident assistant for Hanson House in Larch Hall, said the building’s appearance need to be improved.

“In an indirect way, it will make students more positive about living there,” said Sandgren, senior in zoology and genetics.

Alexander said some other changes planned for RCA are painting and carpeting in certain areas and the widening of some stairwells. He plans to have some projects in mind for the area each summer.

Last summer, new roofs were placed on Oak-Elm and Linden halls, and a new roof will be put on Birch-Welch-Roberts Hall this summer.