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UC DAVIS: Office of Resource Management and Planning August 17, 2001 DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RE: Conference Center, Hotel, and Graduate School of Management Building Project UC Davis proposes to construct and operate a conference center facility, a hotel, and a building for the Graduate School of Management on approximately five acres in the south entry area of the central campus. The proposed Conference Center, Hotel, and Graduate School of Management Building project site is located east of the Center for the Arts Performance Hall and South Entry Quad (currently under construction), north of a portion of Parking Lot 2 and the Union Pacific Railroad line, west of community gardens, south of Department of Environmental Horticulture buildings and gardens, and southeast of the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. The proposed conference center facility would comprise approximately 75,000 square feet and would include a restaurant, a pub, a 500-person capacity ballroom, meeting rooms, and office space for units in the Office of University Relations. The proposed hotel would comprise approximately 40,000 square feet and would include 75 guestrooms. The Graduate School of Management Building would comprise approximately 45,000 gross square feet and would accommodate office space for the Graduate School of Management and units within the Office of University Relations. The project would also establish associated open space and landscaped areas, and it would construct a 100-space parking area. In addition, Department of Environmental Horticulture teaching and research field activities currently located on a portion of the project site would be relocated to the west campus. A greenhouse and an agricultural support building would be constructed at this new location. Adequate meeting space on campus is insufficient to meet the current growing demand. Therefore, the ability of UC Davis' faculty to host conferences and foster partnerships on campus is limited. The proposed conference center would provide a state-of-the-art learning and meeting center where ideas and advances could be exchanged. The proposed hotel would complete the full-service meeting environment and would be critical to a successful regional meeting center of this type. The proposed Graduate School of Management Building would address the Graduate School of Management's needs for new space. Office space provided in the conference center facility and in the Graduate School of Management Building would help consolidate and provide space for growth in the Office of University Relations. 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. This document outlines the topics that will be analyzed in a Focused Tiered Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that will be prepared for the proposed project. You are invited to comment on the Draft Tiered Initial Study through September 17, 2001. Copies of the Draft Tiered Initial Study 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/. Comments on this Draft Tiered Initial Study must be received by 5:00 p.m. on September 17, 2001. They may be e-mailed to environreview@ucdavis.edu or mailed to: John A. Meyer Vice Chancellor - 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 01-109
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