UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • LOS ANGELES • MERCED • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607-5200 Phone: (510) 987-9074 http://www.ucop.edu August 07, 2018 The Honorable Holly J. Mitchell Chair, Joint Legislative Budget Committee 1020 N Street, Room 553 Sacramento, California 95814 Dear Senator Mitchell: Pursuant to Section 67504 of the Education Code, enclosed are summaries of the UC San Diego (La Jolla Campus) 2018 Draft Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) and Draft LRDP Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for review by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Complete versions of these documents are available at the following websites: UCSD 2018 LRDP: http://lrdp.ucsd.edu/campus/proposed/index.html UCSD 2018 LRDP EIR: http://lrdp.ucsd.edu/campus/review/draft.html If you have any questions regarding this report, Associate Vice President David Alcocer would be pleased to speak with you. He can be reached by telephone at (510) 987-9113, or by email at [email protected]. Yours very truly, Janet Napolitano President Enclosure cc: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review The Honorable Anthony J. Portantino, Chair Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee #1 (Attn: Ms. Anita Lee) (Attn: Ms. Cheryl Black) The Honorable Holly J. Mitchell August 7, 2018 Page 2 The Honorable Kevin McCarty, Chair Assembly Budget Subcommittee #2 (Attn: Mr. Mark Martin) (Attn: Mrs. Katie Sperla) Ms. Jennifer Troia, Joint Legislative Budget Committee Mr. Danny Alvarez, Secretary of the Senate Ms. Tina McGee, Legislative Analyst’s Office Ms. Amy Leach, Office of the Chief Clerk of the Assembly Ms. Diane Boyer-Vine, Legislative Counsel Bureau Mr. E. Dotson Wilson, Chief Clerk of the Assembly Mr. Jeff Bell, Department of Finance Mr. Jack Zwald, Department of Finance Mr. Chris Ferguson, Department of Finance Ms. Tina McGee, Legislative Analyst’s Office Mr. Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst’s Office Mr. Jason Constantouros, Legislative Analyst’s Office Chancellor Pradeep Khosla Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Pierre Ouillet Assistant Chancellor and Chief of Staff Jeff Gattas Provost and Executive Vice President Michael Brown Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Nathan Brostrom Associate Vice President David Alcocer Associate Vice President Peggy Arrivas Associate Vice President and Director Kieran Flaherty Chief Policy Advisor and Executive Director Jenny Kao Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer Oren Gabriel bcc: Associate Director Harrington (transmittal only) University Counsel Lounsbury (transmittal only) University Counsel Drumm (transmittal only) University of California San Diego 2018 Long Range Development Plan La Jolla Campus Draft Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2016111019 July 2018 VOLUME I UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO 2018 LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN LA JOLLA CAMPUS, CALIFORNIA VOLUME I DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT Prepared for: University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, California 92093 Prepared by: 10023 Wildlife Road San Diego, California 92131 In Association with: AECOM 401 West A Street, Suite 1200 San Diego, California 92101 Phone: (619) 610-7600 Fax: (619) 610-7601 SCH No. 2016111019 July 2018 Executive Summary Executive Summary This chapter is an executive summary of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) 2018 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), prepared in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This chapter highlights the major areas of importance in the environmental analysis for the proposed 2018 LRDP, as required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15123. It also provides a brief description of the 2018 LRDP, project objectives, alternatives to the 2018 LRDP, and areas of controversy/issues raised by agencies and interested parties known to the UC San Diego at the time of the Draft EIR preparation. In addition, this chapter provides tables summarizing: (1) the potential environmental impacts that would occur as the result of implementation of the proposed 2018 LRDP; (2) the level of impact significance before mitigation; (3) the recommended mitigation measures that would avoid or reduce significant environmental impacts; and (4) the level of impact significance after mitigation measures are implemented. A table is also provided which compares the anticipated impacts of the proposed 2018 LRDP with those of each project alternative. OVERVIEW As required by CEQA, this EIR (1) assesses the potentially significant direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental effects of UC San Diego’s proposed 2018 LRDP; (2) identifies potential feasible means of avoiding or substantially lessening significant adverse impacts; and (3) evaluates a reasonable range of feasible alternatives to the proposed 2018 LRDP, including the required No Project Alternative. The Regents of the University of California (The Regents) is the “lead agency” for the project evaluated in this EIR and as such has the principal responsibility for approving the proposed 2018 LRDP. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, this EIR is a Program EIR that evaluates the effects of the entire 2018 LRDP at a program level. This EIR will be used by The Regents to evaluate the environmental implications of implementing the 2018 LRDP. Once certified, this EIR would also be used to tier subsequent environmental analyses for future UC San Diego development projects through the plan’s horizon year. July 2018 UC San Diego 2018 Long Range Development Plan EIR ES-1 Executive Summary PROJECT DESCRIPTION The UC requires that each campus in the UC system maintain an LRDP to guide capital project development and review processes. The process of periodically updating an LRDP provides The Regents an opportunity to make certain that physical plans remain solidly based on academic, research, and public service program goals. The current LRDP for the UC San Diego campus was adopted in 2004 and the campus is proposing to update the 2004 LRDP, the focus of analysis in this report. UC San Diego’s La Jolla campus is located adjacent to the communities of La Jolla and University City, within the northwest portion of the City of San Diego. UC San Diego’s campus encompasses 1,158 acres and is composed of three distinct, but contiguous, geographical areas: the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) portion of the campus (178.7 acres), the West Campus (634.8 acres), and the East Campus (265.7 acres). Several non-continuous properties are also included in the campus LRDP, including the La Jolla del Sol housing complex (12 acres), surrounding beach properties consisting of the Audrey Geisel House and an adjacent coastal canyon and beachfront parcel (25.8 acres), the Gliderport, the Torrey Pines Center, and recently acquired Torrey Pines Court (41 acres). The on-campus population at UC San Diego consists of students, academic employees (faculty), and other staff employees (including general administrative and healthcare staff). Students make up the largest group, followed by staff and faculty. As of 2015-2016, UC San Diego is the 4th largest campus in terms of student enrollment (i.e., 32,850 students) in the UC system and occupies 15.7 million GSF with a total campus population of 48,850. UC San Diego’s Strategic Plan provides a visionary basis for the academic, public service, and development aspirations identified in the 2018 LRDP. The LRDP provides a policy framework to guide the physical development of the campus based on academic, administrative, and support programs through the 2035–36 academic year (i.e., planning horizon). Minor changes to the land use categories in the 2004 LRDP are proposed to facilitate the projected growth on campus, described below. Near-term development of the campus will continue under the 2004 LRDP until the 2018 LRDP is approved. This near-term development is projected to add an additional 3.3 million GSF of development (for a total of 19 million GSF) and increase student housing by 5,530 beds over the next several years. Under the 2018 LRDP, the campus projects a need to accommodate a total headcount of 42,400 enrolled students, as well as 2,200 faculty and 21,000 staff/researchers, for a total campus population of 65,600. To accommodate these population projections, the campus anticipates approximately 8.9 million GSF of net new development, including 3.3 million GSF for approximately 8,900 additional (net new) housing beds, through the 2018 LRDP planning horizon. The campus buildings growth under the 2018 LRDP would occur primarily through new construction and targeted redevelopment, including 1 million GSF of building removals as some existing structures underutilize the site and/or are obsolete and beyond their useful life. With this growth, campus student housing is projected to grow from 14,520 beds (as of the 2015–16 academic year) to 28,940 beds and overall campus space would increase from UC San Diego 2018 Long Range Development Plan EIR July 2018 ES-2 Executive Summary 19 million GSF to approximately 27.8 million GSF, including the near-term development under the 2004 LRDP. As part of the LRDP approval process established by The Regents, the campus must analyze the environmental impacts of implementing the 2018 LRDP in compliance with Section 21080.09 of the CEQA. To comply with this requirement, the campus is preparing this EIR to address the long-term consequences of implementing the 2018 LRDP. PROJECT OBJECTIVES The fundamental purposes of the 2018 LRDP for the UC San Diego campus are to: • Bring UC San Diego’s long range land use planning up to date in light of changes in the economic, academic, and environmental landscape; • Equip the campus with a broad, coherent, and adaptable policy framework to achieve UC San Diego’s program goals with regard to the UC research and teaching mission; and • Provide a basis for future decisions concerning land uses and capital projects for the La Jolla campus.