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UC DAVIS: Office of Resource Management and Planning September 2, 2005 DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RE: Campus Child Care Center Draft Tiered Initial Study and Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration UC Davis is proposing to construct and operate the Campus Child Care Center (the project) on a vacant site immediately west of the Recreation Pool Lodge and north of Parking Lot 30. The nearest street intersection is Hutchison Drive and Extension Center Drive. The project would offer accessible, affordable, and high-quality childcare, which is a contributing factor to the recruitment, retention, and success of faculty, staff and students. The project would provide year-round childcare for approximately 95 infant through preschool-aged children. In addition, the facility would provide school holiday and summer day care for approximately 24 elementary school-aged children. The proposed project would include a building with approximately 9,200 gross square feet (gsf) or 7,100 assignable square feet (asf) and approximately 10,710 square feet of play yards. The project would also include a drop-off area and provide staff parking in the adjacent Parking Lot 30. The approximately one-half acre proposed project site is currently designated in the 2003 LRDP for Physical Education/Intercollegiate Athletics/Recreation land use. This designation allows for "indoor and outdoor athletic facilities and fields" (2003 LRDP, 68). The conforming land use designation for the project would be Student Housing, which the 2003 LRDP identifies "for a variety of campus and privately-operated student housing types and densities, as well as campus childcare centers" (2003 LRDP, 63). Land to the north and west of the project site is designated Student Housing in the 2003 LRDP (see the 2003 LRDP map, "Land Use (Through 2015-2016)," page 55). The project would include changing the land use designation of the project site from Physical Education/ Intercollegiate Athletics/Recreation to "Student Housing" to accommodate the proposed project by extending the existing Student Housing designation to include the one-half acre project site. The change in designation for the site would be reflected in future printings of the 2003 LRDP land use map. The proposed land use is compatible with adjacent land uses and would be appropriate within the campus context. I am writing to inform you that a Draft Tiered Initial Study has been prepared analyzing 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 Monday, October 3, 2005. 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, a statement of project objectives, and a summary of potential impacts. Comments on this Draft Tiered Initial Study must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 3, 2005. They may be e-mailed to environreview@ucdavis.edu or mailed to: John A. Meyer Vice Chancellor-Resource Management and Planning University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 If you have any questions, please contact Sid England, Director of Environmental Planning, at (530) 752-2432 or Rick Keller, Assistant Vice Chancellor-Capital Resource Management, at (530) 752-2433. Sincerely, John A. Meyer Vice Chancellor-Resource Management and Planning 05-063
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