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This page provides summaries, timelines, and links to published environmental documents for current UC Davis projects. Current projects are either currently under environmental review, approved and in final design, or are currently under construction. Project summaries, review and approval timelines, and links to published environmental documents are presented below. Future dates presented below are subject to revision.
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Quail Ridge Reserve Road Connector
Quail Ridge Reserve (Reserve) comprises about 2,000 acres in Napa County, approximately 40 miles west of Sacramento on the south shore of Berryessa Reservoir. The Reserve is a patchwork of parcels under varied ownership, including the UC Regents, the Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy (QRWC), the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Bureau of Land Management, and the California Department of Fish and Game. The Reserve is administered by the University of California’s Natural Reserve System (NRS) and managed by UC Davis NRS.
The NRS proposes to construct a dirt connector road 12 feet wide and approximately 1,500 feet long. The proposed road would be located on land owned by California Department of Fish & Game and would be constructed and maintained by the University of California through an existing management agreement. The Reserve is accessed from Highway 128 on two deeded easement roads, one on the eastern and one on the western edge of the property. The dirt road would connect the two existing easement roads in order to provide reserve personnel and researchers with permanent access to properties in the distant northwest portion of the Reserve that are currently inaccessible by vehicle. The connector road would be used infrequently (approximately once per week) but is considered critical to the management of the Reserve in order to allow reserve access for checking site conditions and research projects at the Reserve. The proposed 1,500 foot route would follow a rocky ridge through chamise chaparral.
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Recreation Hall Seismic Retrofit Project
The campus proposes to provide seismic correction by adding tension cross-bracing along the length of the outer three bays on each side of the Recreation Hall. The Recreation Hall, a multi-level sports facility containing approximately 145,681 gross square feet, is located in the central campus, east of La Rue Road and the Colleges at La Rue student housing complex, north of an intramural sports field and Hutchison Drive, west of the baseball diamond, and south of an intramural sports field and Recreation Way.
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Research Park Master Plan
The proposed development would be located north and south of Interstate 80 and west of Old Davis Road and would primarily accommodate private, public, and non-profit entities in order to increase opportunities for collaboration, research, and teaching. Environmental effects associated with this project were evaluated in the 2003 LRDP EIR.
Robert Mondavi Institute
The proposed multi-component research and teaching facility would be located in the south entry area of the central campus north of I-80 and along New Davis Road. The facility would include a Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, a Viticulture & Enology Research and Teaching Winery, and an Anheuser-Busch Brewing and Food Science Laboratory. Environmental effects associated with this project were evaluated in the 2003 LRDP EIR.
Sciences Laboratory Building and Lecture Hall
The proposed project includes construction and operation of a three story, approximately 142,135 gross square foot Sciences Laboratory building and a one-story, approximately 12,250 gross square foot Lecture Hall. The proposed project site is located on the north side of Hutchison Drive and east of Kleiber Drive, between Haring and Briggs Halls.
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Segundo Improvement Projects
UC Davis proposes to construct a new 45,000 gross square feet dining commons and a dormitory for approximately 400 students. The projects would be located on the UC Davis campus within the existing Segundo student housing complex area located near the corner of Russell Boulevard and La Rue Road.
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Segundo Services Center
UC Davis proposes to redevelop approximately two acres within the Segundo Housing District for the Segundo Services Center Redevelopment Project (the project). The proposed redevelopment project includes the demolition of the existing dining commons building, removal of a temporary food service building, construction of a new community services building, and landscape enhancements to create a formal quad area on the east side of the new building. The new community services building would be called the Segundo Services Center and would contain approximately 25,000 assignable square feet (asf) (approximately 32,000 gross square feet (gsf)). The project site is within the center of the Segundo Housing District which is a dormitory-style housing area of approximately 10 acres located south of Russell Boulevard and east of La Rue Road on the UC Davis core campus.
The proposed Segundo Services Center will provide the services needed within the Segundo Housing District in a modern two-story building that will more efficiently utilize the available land area. The use of a more efficient two-story replacement building will allow installation of a centralized formal quad area to serve as a new outdoor living space for the area residents. The project site includes a portion of existing Parking Lot 24, and will result in the loss of approximately 50 parking spaces from Parking Lot 24.
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Service Unit Park
UC Davis is proposing the Physical Sciences Expansion and Service Unit Park (the project) that includes the construction and operation of two new campus facilities. The proposed project would relocate existing operations and maintenance facilities from a location in the Central Campus to a new Service Unit Park in the West Campus. The new operations and maintenance facilities are needed to provide modernized space and increased area at a single consolidated location. The existing buildings at the Central Campus location would then be demolished to provide a site for the Physical Sciences Expansion project. The Physical Sciences Expansion project would be a new academic building that would house the Department of Geology and teaching laboratory space for the Departments of Chemistry and Physics.
Elements of the Service Unit Park proposal include the construction and operation of a consolidated facility on the West Campus at UC Davis that would house service functions related to the operations and maintenance of UC Davis infrastructure such as plumbing, mechanical, and electrical operations. These uses are similar in function to a municipal corporation yard. In addition, the proposed Service Unit Park would provide facilities for specialized University services such as the campus reprographics unit, architects and engineers office, building alarm staff, shipping and receiving, mail services, and other similar services that support the administration and operation of the UC Davis campus.
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South Coast Research and Extension Center Cell Tower Expansion Project
The University of California, South Coast Research and Extension Center (SCREC) proposes to construct two new cellular phone tower sites adjacent to an existing cell phone tower. Each tower site would include a phone tower, antennas at the top of the tower, and an equipment area to serve the proposed tower. Each new tower would be constructed to mimic the palm tree appearance of the existing cellular phone tower and would be 60 feet tall to match the existing tower and provide the desired telecommunication service capability. At the base of each tower, the proposed project would consist of fenced enclosures of approximately 800 square feet containing the towers and up to 6 equipment cabinets for the electronic components associated with the communication transmissions. The metal equipment cabinets would be mounted on a concrete slab approximately 15 feet from the antennae tower and screened from view by the use of a chainlink fence with green-colored vinyl slats. For occasional maintenance purposes at each new site, locked pedestrian gates would be installed on Modjeska Road and Irvine Boulevard.
The proposed project would be located at the southern corner of the SCREC near the intersection of Irvine Boulevard and Modjeska Road. The SCREC consists of 200 acres for conducting agricultural research and extension activities. Most of the SCREC land is used for agricultural research and has active sites for conducting field crop or orchard research. The SCREC includes mostly dirt roads for access to the field facilities and an underground irrigation system for watering the field crops and orchard trees. Developed facilities at the SCREC include a main administration building, several supporting buildings for equipment storage, greenhouses, a shade building for growing plants, four houses for staff, a three-person dormitory, and a laboratory for processing research plant samples. Access to the SCREC is provided from a driveway along the west edge of the SCREC facing Irvine Boulevard.
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South Valley Animal Health Laboratory, UC Davis
UC Davis proposes to construct the South Valley Animal Health Laboratory (SVAHL), a new laboratory and office building of approximately 53,000 gross square feet. The building would provide space for a new veterinary diagnostic testing laboratory adjacent to the existing veterinary medicine research laboratory approximately ¼ mile east of Highway 99 in Tulare County south of Tulare. In addition to laboratory and office space, the project would include a cremator for animal parts and other waste, a back-up generator, an on-site water supply well and storage tank, a stormwater retention pond, relocation of existing residential modular buildings, and a new septic system for the disposal of wastewater.
The California Animal Health & Food Safety (CAHFS) Laboratory System is the backbone of California’s warning system that helps to protect the health of California’s livestock and poultry. CAHFS serves the people of California by safeguarding public health with rapid and reliable diagnosis of animal diseases common to animals and humans, as well as foodborne pathogens. CAHFS operates in partnership with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), UC Davis, veterinarians, livestock and poultry producers.
The proposed facility will create new preparation laboratories, diagnostic laboratories, large and small animal necropsy laboratories, and all necessary laboratory support, storage and administrative support functions. The proposed facility would accept avian and livestock sample submissions for complex diagnostic procedures to support on-going food production, food safety, and animal welfare programs overseen by the CDFA. Sample testing would involve primarily blood and tissue samples sent from throughout the region for testing and would also involve receipt of dead or dying animals delivered to the SVAHL for testing. The SVAHL would provide routine testing for on-going screening programs and would also provide testing and diagnostic services for animals with suspect disease symptoms.
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Steam Expansion Phase I
UC Davis proposes to construct and operate the Steam Expansion Phase 1 project to add heating and cooling capacity to meet projected campus needs for steam production through 2011. In addition, the project would increase the reliability of the steam plant by providing sufficient capacity to allow for routine maintenance, unexpected shutdowns, and exceptional peaks in heating and cooling demand. The Steam Expansion Phase 1 project will provide a new 150,000 pound per hour boiler and ancillary equipment in a new building of approximately 6,000 assignable square foot at the existing UC Davis Central Heating and Cooling Plant.
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SureWest Telecommunications Tower Project at UC Davis
The campus proposes to partner with SureWest, a Roseville, California, based telecommunications company, to exchange rights to use UC Davis property (for SureWest to construct and operate telecommunications facilities) for regional fiber optic connections. The proposed project includes the construction and operation of a 155-foot tall SureWest telecommunications tower with ancillary structures in the west campus, located northwest of Garrod Drive and adjacent and east of the existing 150-foot tall UC Davis telecommunications tower. The project also includes construction of a single-story, 336 square-foot SureWest Controlled Environment Facility in the south campus, located west of Old Davis Road. An approximately 750-foot long telecommunications conduit would be installed to connect the proposed Controlled Environment Facility to an existing SureWest conduit located south near the intersection of Old Davis Road and the Union Pacific Railroad Tracks.
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Tahoe Environmental Research Center
Visit the Tahoe Environmental Research Center Environmental Planning & Review Page.
Tercero Housing Improvement
The proposed project includes facility expansion and improvements to the Tercero housing area on the central campus. Three specific improvements are proposed: 1) new dormitory housing for 1,200 first-year students; 2) renovation and expansion of the existing Tercero dining commons building; and 3) construction of a new centralized catering kitchen.
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Thurman Laboratory Improvements
The proposed project includes two improvements to the existing Thurman Laboratory building located on the central campus: renovation of existing laboratory space and laboratory support space; and placement of an approximately 2,400 square-foot temporary building on an existing asphalt area south of the Thurman Laboratory.
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Tupper Hall Phase III
UC Davis has applied for funds from the National Institutes of Health to renovate existing space in Tupper Hall used by the School of Medicine's infectious disease research programs. The proposed renovations would modernize and improve existing facilities to support modern research methods and to provide a safe and efficient research environment.
The proposed project would renovate approximately 18,500 gross square feet of existing Biosafety Level 2 research laboratories, Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratories, and animal space to current BSL-3 standards and would accommodate BSL-3 practices, equipment, and facilities, which are suitable for work involving agents that may cause serious or potentially lethal disease as a result of exposure.
The space is utilized by School of Medicine faculty, staff and students from the departments of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Internal Medicine (Division of Infectious Disease) and Medical Pathology whose research focuses on using animal models of human infectious and immunologic disease to better understand the disease, diagnostic tools, and treatments. In recent years, the research has focused on among other things, HIV/SIV pathogenesis, anti-viral therapies and vaccine development; vaccine development for Valley Fever; strategies for control of malaria; host-pathogen interactions of Salmonella and other pathogenic species. Tupper Hall is located on campus in the Health Sciences District, approximately one mile southwest of the UC Davis academic core.
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Unitrans Hutchison Bus Terminal
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 buses 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.
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USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Tiered Initial Study
The proposed WHNRC would be constructed on an approximately 2.4-acre site in the Health Sciences District of the central campus just east of West Health Sciences Drive, north of Parking Lot 53 and northwest of Tupper Hall.
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Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory
UC Davis has applied for funds from the National Institutes of Health to construct he proposed Vector-borne Disease Laboratory (VBDL) at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC). The proposed approximately 7,200 gross square-foot building would include high quality research laboratories, research support space, and office space to jointly house staff from the CNPRC's Virology and Immunology Unit and research faculty of the Center for Vector-borne Diseases (CVEC). The Virology and Immunology Unit includes faculty, staff, and graduate students from a variety of disciplines whose research focuses on using non-human primate models of human infectious and immunologic diseases such as AIDS to better understand diseases, diagnostic tools, and treatments. The CVEC faculty's research is focused on aspects of host, pathogen and vector biology including the use of non-human primate models to study vector-borne disease. The proposed VBDL would be located at the CNPRC on a vacant site immediately north of the CNPRC's Administration Building. In addition to the laboratory and office building, an approximately 5,500 gross square foot vivarium and insectary would be constructed adjacent to the VBDL to provide secure containment of research insects and animals. Significant human illness and death as well as animal suffering occur worldwide due to vector-borne disease. In California, these diseases cause great economic loss to animal producers and recreation-based industries. The rapid spread of West Nile virus in the United States has highlighted the emerging nature of vector-borne diseases and indicates a critical need for expanding the national research capacity in this area of study. The CNPRC is located on campus approximately two miles west of the academic core and west of the intersection of Hutchison Drive and County Road 98.
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Veterinary Medicine Facilities Improvement Project
The proposed project includes construction and operation of several academic and support facilities for the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine in the Health Sciences District of the Central Campus of UC Davis. Three proposed new facilities include the Veterinary Medicine 3A building, the Veterinary Medicine Instructional Facility, and the Center for Companion Animal Health and Comparative Genomics.
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Veterinary Medicine 3B
UC Davis proposes to construct and operate the Veterinary Medicine 3B project. The project would consist of an approximately 124,700 gross square foot (gsf) (76,100 assignable square foot (asf)) four-story building encompassing: offices and workspace; research laboratories and laboratory support space, which includes 495 asf of biosafety level 3 laboratory space; rodent vivarium space; and centralized research support space, which could be used as future rodent vivarium expansion space. The proposed project would not increase the campus population, and would relocate existing members of the campus population from Surge 3 and Haring Hall in the core of campus to the Health Sciences District. The project would be located in the Health Sciences District of the central campus, adjacent to Parking Lot 50 and the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital, west of Garrod Drive, and south of Hutchison Drive. The project would be designed to allow for a possible realignment of Garrod Drive approximately 250 feet north of the current alignment, and to allow for a possible bicycle crossing at a realigned Garrod Drive. Construction is anticipated to start in fall 2008 and last approximately two years. The construction timing for the realignment of Garrod Drive is uncertain and depends upon funding.
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Veterinary Medicine Laboratory & Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory
The proposed project includes construction and operation of a new Veterinary Medicine Laboratory and a new Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory in the Health Sciences District of the central campus.
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Watershed Science Research Center
The campus proposes to construct a new academic and administrative building to provide space for campus growth in the study of watershed science. The proposed project includes the construction and operation of a two-story, approximately 9,800 assignable square feet (19,000 gross square feet) building. The new building would be located in the core campus, south of the Academic Surge Building at the intersection of South La Rue Road and California Avenue.
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West Entry Parking Structure and Office Building
The campus proposes to construct operate of a parking structure, roadway improvements to support the parking structure, and an office building. The project would be located on the central campus at UC Davis along Hutchison Drive between La Rue Road and Bioletti Way. The parking structure would be six stories tall with capacity for 1,474 automobiles and would occupy a site of approximately three acres. The roadway improvements would occur along Hutchison Drive from the La Rue Road intersection to Bioletti Way and along Dairy Road from Hutchison Drive to the South La Rue Road intersection. The office building would be located north of the proposed WEPS and west of the existing police/fire buildings.
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