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UC DAVIS: Office of Resource Management and Planning July 26, 2001 DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RE: Unitrans Maintenance Facility Expansion Project Draft Tiered Initial Study and Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration The campus proposes to remodel and expand the Unitrans Bus Maintenance Facility located in the central campus east of Garrod Drive, south of La Rue Road, west of the Fleet Services Central Garage, and north of the UC Davis Arboretum. The Unitrans Maintenance Facility Expansion Project would renovate the existing approximately 6,085 gross square feet maintenance building, add approximately 9,860 gross square feet of new enclosed building space, and expand the facility by approximately 0.5 acre to improve circulation and increase parking space. In addition, the project would make the following improvements within the approximately 3.8-acre project area: relocate the chassis wash, provide protective overhangs over the fueling and service area and the relocated chassis wash, upgrade the diesel fueling equipment's security system, upgrade utility connections, and provide additional landscaping along the expanded facility's western and southern sides. Current Unitrans operations far exceed the capacity of the existing facility. Unitrans now operates 29 more buses and over 500 percent more rides than it did when the maintenance facility was built in 1986. The proposed renovations, additions, and improvements would alleviate currently overcrowded conditions, enabling Unitrans to better maintain its fleet of 43 buses. In addition, the project is designed to allow Unitrans to maintain a total of 47 buses to meet projected ridership demand through academic year 2005-06 (through implementation of the 1994 UC Davis Long Range Development Plan) and up to 56 buses to meet projected ridership demand through 2011-12. Specific plans are not in place to obtain additional buses, and future increases in the Unitrans bus fleet would be dependent on available funding and actual ridership demand. I am writing to inform you that a Draft Tiered Initial Study has been prepared that analyzes the potential environmental effects of the proposed project. You are invited to comment on the Draft Tiered Initial Study and proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration through August 27, 2001. Copies of the Draft Tiered Initial Study and proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration are available during normal operating hours at the UC Davis Office of Resource Management and Planning in 376 Mrak Hall on campus; at Reserves in the UC Davis Shields Library; at the Yolo County Public Library, 315 E. 14th Street, Davis; at the Vacaville Public Library, 1020 Ulatis Drive, Vacaville; and online at http://www.ormp.ucdavis.edu/environreview/. The public notice for this project is also available online at http://www.ormp.ucdavis.edu/environreview/. The notice includes a brief project description, statement of project objectives, and summary of potential impacts. Please contact Laurie Hanson at (530) 752-9259 if you would like to obtain a printed copy. Comments on this Draft Tiered Initial Study must be received by 5:00 p.m. on August 27, 2001. They may be e-mailed to environreview@ucdavis.edu or mailed to: John A. Meyer Vice Chancellor Office of Resource Management and Planning 376 Mrak Hall University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 If you have any questions, please contact UC Davis Environmental Planner Sid England at (530) 752-2432. Sincerely, John A. Meyer Vice Chancellor Resource Management and Planning 01-103
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