Administrative Building HVAC Renewal
Summary
SCH Number
2023110156
Public Agency
California State University, San Marcos
(CSUSM)
Document Title
Administrative Building HVAC Renewal
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/6/2023
Document Description
Renovation to address deferred maintenance, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency and implement energy conservation strategies through upgrades to the existing HVAC system. The project scope includes HVAC system for the main server/data center switching to E-power, replacing the transformer, main switchboard breaker, and new rooftop units and generator. The building will remain unchanged, and the building will remain approximately the same size, upgraded equipment will serve the same building square footage as existing equipment, and no expansion of the area to be served is proposed.
Contact Information
Name
Michelle Alves
Agency Name
California State University San Marcos
Job Title
Campus Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Marcos
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
S. Twin Oaks Valley Road & Craven
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 (Class 1)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt under Class 1 Existing Facilities, having met the qualifying criteria provided under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(a)(e), which apply to the minor alteration of existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of an existing or former use. The project site is within the already developed campus and not in an environmentally sensitive area, which in any event are qualifying considerations only for Class 3,4,5,6,and 11 and not Class 1, would no result in cumulative impacts, has no possibility of resulting in significant environmental impacts due to unusual circumstances, would not damage scenic resources, is not proposed on a listed hazardous waste site and would not result in a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 (Class 1)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is categorically exempt under Class 1, Existing Facilities, having met the qualifying criteria provided under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(a)(e), which apply to the minor alteration of existing facilities involving negligible or no expansion of an existing or former use. None of the exceptions to the categorical exemptions as set forth in Section 15300.2 of the State CEQA Guidelines applies to the project, as the project site is within the already developed campus and not in an environmentally sensitive area, which in any event are qualifying considerations only for Class 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11 categorical exemptions and not Class 1; would not result in cumulative impacts; has no possibility of resulting in significant environmental impacts due to unusual circumstances; would not damage scenic resources within a scenic highway corridor; is not proposed on a listed hazardous waste site; and would not result in a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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