Construction and Operation of Building 49 Office Building and G-4 Parking Lot
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2003062097
Lead Agency
University of California
Document Title
Construction and Operation of Building 49 Office Building and G-4 Parking Lot
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL or Berkeley Lab) is a national research facility in Berkeley and Oakland, California, operated by the University of California for the Department of Energy (DOE). The 1987 LBNL Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) is the governing land use document for Berkeley Lab. The Building 49 site is currently in an area described as "open space" within the designated "Central Research and Administration Area" functional planning area. The G-4 parking lot site is partially within the designated "Central Research and Administration Area" functional planning area and is partially within the "West Strawberry Canyon" buffer area. The southern portion of the site is within an area not designated in the 19687 LBNL LRDP. Berkeley Lab is not subject to local and municipal land use designations and zoning. Nevertheless, Berkeley Lab, including both the Building 49 and G-4 parking lot sites, is designated as "Institutional" space in the City of Berkeley General Plan.
Document Description
The University of California proposes to enter into an agreement with a third party developer to construct a six-story, 65,000 sq ft office building (Building 49) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) or Berkeley Lab). LBNL would use the building for office and meeting space, and would "decompress" existing staff from other areas of Berkeley Lab that are currently overcrowded or that do not meet LBNL workspace standards for office workers. A parking lot (Parking Lot G-4) would be constructed on a largely undeveloped slope approximately 700 feet southeast of the Building 49 site. The G-4 parking lot would serve the approximately 1,235 occupants of the Bulding 50 and Building 70 complexes. This area of LBNL is historically underserved for parking.
Contact Information
Name
Jeff Philliber
Agency Name
University of California
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Berkeley
Counties
Alameda
Cross Streets
Cyclotron Road
Total Acres
3.6
State Highways
24
Township
1S
Range
3W
Section
6
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
Development Types
Office (Sq. Ft. 65,000, Acres 1.08, Employees 240), Other (Parking Lot)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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