Berkeley Space Center at NASA Research Park

Summary

SCH Number
2024060942
Lead Agency
University of California, Berkeley
Document Title
Berkeley Space Center at NASA Research Park
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
The project site is on federal land within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center. The 36-acre triangular project site is currently developed with approximately 16 one- or two-story buildings that total approximately 112,000 square feet, along with surface parking lots, roadways, and utility infrastructure. The existing buildings are mostly vacant and many were formerly used as ancillary buildings that supported Navy operations (e.g., office buildings, food service, gas station). The project site is not subject to local zoning or general plan designations.
Document Description
Moffett Partners, LLC is proposing the project. The proposed project would redevelop the project site with academic and research facilities, including office, laboratories, and research and development (collectively, “research and office uses”); conference and amenity facilities, including a gym, lobbies, and other amenities (collectively, “active uses”); student/faculty housing; short-term lodging; transportation networks; and public open spaces as well as landscaped spaces, to create a state-of-the-art research and education hub that shapes the future of technology and innovation and to advance UC Regents' educational, scientific research, charitable, and other exempt purposes (within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code). The following project alternatives will be analyzed in the joint Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS): • Build Alternative 1 would create approximately 2.3 million square feet of research uses, a conference center, active uses, student/faculty housing, and short-term lodging for visitors and conference attendees. • Build Alternative 2 would create approximately 1.4 million square feet of research uses, a conference center, active uses, student/faculty housing, and short-term lodging for visitors and conference attendees. • For the purposes of CEQA, under the No Project Alternative, Moffett Partners, LLC would not construct and operate the proposed project at the project site.

Contact Information

Name
Shraddha Navalli Patil, Ph.D
Agency Name
University of California, Berkeley
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Mountain View, Sunnyvale
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Wescoat Road/Cody Road/Edquiba Road/Girard Road
Zip
94043
Total Acres
36
Parcel #
116-18-012
State Highways
US 101, SR 237; SR 85
Railways
UPRR; Caltrain
Airports
Moffett Federal Airfield
Schools
Khan Lab School, Mountain View Academy, Theuerkau Elem, etc.
Waterways
Stevens Creek, San Francisco Bay
Township
6S
Range
2W
Section
10

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 17, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)
Development Types
Commercial (Employee estimate for entire project, not just commercial uses)(Sq. Ft. 89000, Acres 36, Employees 5789), Educational (up to 1.99 million square feet of research and office uses), Other (141 student/faculty housing units; 99 short-term lodging units)
Local Actions
Redevelopment
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, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Local Review Period Start
Local 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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