UC Villages
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024031198
Lead Agency
City of Merced
Document Title
UC Villages
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Merced County GP: “Merced Rural Residential Center” No. 1 Rural-Residential (R-R). Merced County Zoning: Rural Residential/Single Family Residential. City of Merced GP: Community Plan, Mixed-Use TOD Character
Document Description
The proposed project would result in the annexation of 37.23 acres into the City of Merced. The site would be pre-zoned as Planned Development (P-D), which allows for a variety of development types that carry out the objectives of the City's General Plan. Within the annexed area, 35.6 acres would be developed with up to 700 multi-family and/or student housing residential units with approximately 18,000 square feet (sf) of amenity buildings (recreational center), approximately 30,000 sf of commercial/retail, and an approximately 75,000-sf hotel with up to 200 guest rooms.
Contact Information
Name
Diana Lowrance
Agency Name
City of Merced
Job Title
Deputy Director of Development Services
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jonnie Lan
Agency Name
City of Merced
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Christina Erwin
Agency Name
De Novo Planning Group
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Merced
Counties
Merced
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
Bellevue Road and Lake Road
Zip
95340
Total Acres
37.23
Parcel #
060-590-016, -017, -019, -025, -026, and 060-020-016
Schools
UC Merced, Cruickshank Middle School
Waterways
Lake Yosemite, Yosemite Lateral Canal, Fairfield Canal, Le Grand Canal
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Education, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 11, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Development Types
Residential (Units 654, Acres 1), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 105000, Acres 1, Employees 1), Other (Hotel - 200 rooms)
Local Actions
Prezone, Annexation, Tentative Parcel Map
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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