UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
UCLA SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ
BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • LOS ANGELES • MERCED • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO
CAMPUS CAPITAL PROGRAMS 1060 VETERAN AVENUE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90095-1365
May 14, 2012
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT State Clearinghouse: Re:
2011111025 Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) proposes the development of a 255,000gross-square-foot (gsf) 8-level (7-levels above grade) project (“the Project”) on the site of the existing Parking Structure 6 (to be demolished). The new Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center would include conference/meeting space and associated support facilities, up to 260 guest rooms and amenities, service and support facilities, a loading dock, and one-level of subterranean parking . The Project would also include the relocation of the existing UCLA catering kitchen (approximately 10,000 gsf) and site improvements at the Westwood Plaza terminus. The proposed Project site is located in the center of the UCLA campus at the northwest corner of Westwood Plaza and Strathmore Drive in the Central Campus zone and encompasses 4.1 acres. In addition, development of the Project would require an amendment to the 2002 Long Range Development Plan, as amended (2009), to transfer square footage to the Central zone. The project-level analysis for the Project is tiered from the program-level analysis in the UCLA 2008 Northwest Housing Infill Project and Long Range Development Plan Amendment Final Environmental Impact Report(March 2009 LRDP Amendment Final EIR). Impacts related to agricultural and forest land resources, hazardous and hazardous materials, mineral resources, population and housing, public services and recreation were addressed in the Initial Study (included in Appendix A of the Draft EIR) and it was determined that these issues were adequately addressed in the March 2009 LRDP Amendment Final EIR and no further analysis is required for the proposed Project. The DEIR provides analyses of potential Project impacts to aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology/soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hydrology/water quality, land use/planning, noise, transportation/traffic, and utilities/service systems. Based upon the analysis contained in the DEIR, the proposed Project, which includes applicable March 2009 LRDP Amendment Final EIR campus programs, practices, and procedures (PPs) and mitigation measures (MMs) would result in no impact or a less than significant impact for each topical issue with the exception of air quality and traffic. The proposed Project would result in potential cumulative construction-related air quality and
traffic impacts that would he significant and unavoidable. The DEIR also identitied cumulative operational air quality and project—ILveI and cumulative operational traffic impacts that would bc significant and unavoidahlc The project area is not on a list of sites enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code. The public review period will extend from May 14, 2012 to June 29. 2012. UCLA will conduct a public hearing on the DEIR on June 5, 2012 beginning at 7:00 PM at the Faculty Center on the UCLA campus. Courtesy parking ill he provided in Parking Structure 2 from the parking kiosk at the Westholme Avenue and Hilgard Avenue campus entrance. 1-lard copies of the DFIR are available for review at UCI A Capital Programs at 106(1 Veteran Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, and at the following libraries: Charles F. Young Research Library, UCLA campus Biomedical Library, UCLA campus All documents referenced in the DEIR are available for review by contacting UCLA Capital Programs at the address/phone number below. In addition. the DEIR is available for review on the web at www.capital.ucla.edu ep-curr-projhtm1. SincereR’.
Tcy Dudman Senior Planner UCLA Capital Programs 1060 Veteran Avenue Los Angeles. CA 90095-1365 Fax (310) 206-1510 Enclosure