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UC DAVIS: Office of Resource Management and Planning January 26, 2007 DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RE: Advance Transportation Infrastructure Research Center Tiered Initial Study and Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration The UC Davis Advanced Transportation Infrastructure Research Center (ATIRC) project would provide a facility for two research programs: the Pavement Research Center (PRC) and the Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Research Center (AHMCT). The PRC is moving from UC Berkeley to UC Davis. Research at the PRC will be conducted in a variety of areas including geotechnical engineering, construction engineering and management, traffic engineering, material, mechanics, performance modeling, systems analysis and economics, information management, and planning. Undergraduate and graduate courses would be taught at the facility. Investigators at the AHMCT conduct research on the methods for automating highway maintenance and construction activities for the purposes of improving highway safety, efficiency and safety of highway maintenance and construction activities, and reliability of highway infrastructure, and of minimizing congestion delays and minimizing the environmental impacts of highway maintenance and construction activities. The four-acre ATIRC project includes (1) the construction of two paved test tracks for pavement testing and equipment evaluation; (2) construction of 42,800 gross square feet (gsf) (26,000 assignable square feet (asf)) of new buildings to provide laboratory space, offices, meeting rooms, and shop space; and (3) site development (parking areas, drainage facilities, access roads, landscaping, lighting, and fencing) needed to support the proposed facilities. Construction of the proposed facilities would occur in phases with the first phase expected to start construction in late 2007 and future phases to be constructed as funding becomes available. The proposed project would increase the campus population by approximately 40 people (faculty and staff). The ATIRC project would be located on the West Campus at UC Davis approximately 1,000 feet west of the intersection of Hopkins Road and Airport Road. 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 February 23, 2007. 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 February 23, 2007. 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. Sincerely, John A. Meyer Vice Chancellor - Resource Management and Planning 07-012
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