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UC DAVIS: Office of Resource Management and Planning October 6, 2006 DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RE: Unitrans Hutchison Bus Terminal Tiered Initial Study and Proposed Negative Declaration UC Davis proposes to redevelop an existing parking lot to provide a new bus terminal adjacent to the existing bus loading and unloading area at the Silo Building. The new bus terminal would primarily serve Unitrans-the student operated UC Davis and City of Davis bus operation, but would also serve busses from Yolo Bus, Fairfield-Suisun Transit, and the UC Davis Health System shuttle bus. The new bus terminal would combine the existing bus layover and bus loading/unloading operations currently taking place within Parking Lot 29 with the bus operations taking place on Hutchison Drive between A Street and Bioletti Avenue and would provide terminal/layover space for 14 to 16 busses. The new bus terminal would improve bus operations and pedestrian and bicycle facilities along Hutchison Drive by providing an appropriately designed bus terminal, an integrated system of pedestrian sidewalks, and new bike parking facilities. Construction of the new terminal would take place on approximately 1.5 acres south of Haring Hall in the existing Parking Lot 29 and on adjacent land along Hutchison Drive. The new West Entry Parking Structure and other nearby parking lots are expected to provide adequate parking capacity to compensate for up to 49 spaces that would be lost from the displacement of Parking Lot 29. Parking Lot 29 currently provides a mixture of metered parking spaces, permit spaces, special restriction spaces (service vehicles spaces, handicap designated spaces, etc.), and some bus loading for Unitrans and the shuttle bus that serves the UC Davis Health System in Sacramento. Construction of the new bus terminal is expected to take approximately 6 to 8 months and would begin in Spring 2007. I am writing to inform you that a Draft Tiered Initial Study has been prepared analyzing the potentialenvironmental effects of the proposed project. You are invited to comment on the Draft Tiered Initial Study and proposed Negative Declaration through November 6, 2006. Copies of the Draft Tiered Initial Study and proposed 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 November 6, 2006. 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 06-104
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