University Circle Phase II Office Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020060144
- Lead Agency
- East Palo Alto, City of (City of East Palo Alto)
- Document Title
- University Circle Phase II Office Project
- Document Type
- NOP - Notice of Preparation
- Received
- Project Applicant
- Seven Bridges Properties
- Present Land Use
- Office
- Document Description
- The project proposes to redevelop the existing parking lot located in the southeast corner of the project site with a six-story, approximately 180,000-square-foot office building above three levels of below-grade parking. A conceptual site plan and building elevation are provided on Figures 4 and 5, respectively. The project would be built to the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) and designed to achieve the equivalent of LEED Platinum certification to minimize wasteful energy consumption. The project would connect to existing utilities lines (e.g., water, sanitary sewer, and storm drain lines) on Woodland Avenue and Manhattan Avenue and would incorporate stormwater detention measures to store and control project peak flow rates to pre-project levels. Project construction would take approximately 36 months to complete. Construction activities would include removal of the existing parking lot improvements and landscaping, excavation and construction of the below-grade parking garage, and construction of the office building. Excavation to a maximum depth of approximately 36 feet and removal of approximately 132,473 cubic yards of soil would be necessary to construct the project. Vehicular site access would continue to be provided via University Circle and Manhattan Avenue upon project completion. Community Benefits Consistent with Westside Area Plan Policy 5.14 in the General Plan, which requires new development in the Westside area to provide community benefits, the project includes the following community benefits: easement dedication for a future City bike path along the eastern property line from U.S. 101 to Woodland Avenue, parking space dedication for use by surrounding residences, improvements to the Manhattan Avenue bus stop, office space dedication for City use, and public art and memorial creation.
- Contact Information
-
Art Henriques
City of East Palo Alto
1960 Tate Street
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone : (650) 853-3121
Fax : (650) 853-3179
ahenriques@cityofepa.org
Location
- Cities
- East Palo Alto
- Counties
- San Mateo
- Regions
- Citywide
- Cross Streets
- Woodland Avenue and University Avenue
- Zip
- 94303
- Total Acres
- 11.84
- Jobs
- 539
- Parcel #
- 063-680-020
- State Highways
- California
- Airports
- Palo Alto Airport
- Schools
- Laurel School Upper Campus
- Waterways
- San Francisquito Creek
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Office (180,000 Sq. Ft., 539 Employees)
- Local Action
- Site Plan Redevelopment Grading Permit Design Review
- Project Issues
- Aesthetic/Visual Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Flood Plain/Flooding Geologic/Seismic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Traffic/Circulation Tribal Cultural Resources Water Quality Water Supply Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 California Department of Parks and Recreation California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics California Department of Water Resources California Highway Patrol California Natural Resources Agency California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water California Native American Heritage Commission California Department of Transportation, District 4
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- NOP University Circle (06 PDF 8935 K
- NOC
- Notice of Completion & Environmental Document Transmittal -NEW_Signed PDF 1746 K
- State Comments
- 2020060144_Caltrans Comment PDF 440 K 2020060144_NAHC Comment PDF 315 K
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