Cal Beach Volleyball Complex Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025010536
Lead Agency
University of California, Berkeley
Document Title
Cal Beach Volleyball Complex Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
The project site is an approximately 1.1-acre part of the UC Berkeley campus. The site is largely covered by an existing asphalt concrete surface parking lot, but unmaintained grass and landscaping is also present.
Document Description
The proposed project would involve replacing the existing parking lot and landscaping with a five-court sand volleyball facility, a viewing capacity of approximately 500 spectators on berm seating (with no fixed seating) and an approximately 3,500 square-foot team building for locker rooms and restrooms. The seating area would consist of a ?at area and a sloped berm with a synthetic turf surface. The turf on the north side would be at ground level. The turf on the east side would be elevated to seat height, and the front of the raised pad built as a concrete bench. The proposed project also includes lighting and a public-address (PA) system for sound amplification, modifications to the existing sidewalk on Fulton/Oxford Street along the site frontage, and reconfiguration of on-street parking on this segment of the road.
Once operational, the beach volleyball complex would be used for Intercollegiate Athletics training and competitions (UC Berkeley women’s beach volleyball team), club/intramural play, recreational sports, youth camps, training camps, and recreational rentals. There would be up to 14 games per regular- and post-season play based on conference obligations and existing or future contracts. The existing women’s beach volleyball program would move away from the Clark Kerr Center Sand Courts, where volleyball events currently happen.
Contact Information
Name
Shraddha Navalli Patil
Agency Name
University of California, Berkeley
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Berkeley
Counties
Alameda
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Bancroft Way and Oxford Street
Zip
94720
Total Acres
1.1
State Highways
13, 24, 123, 580
Railways
Yes, BART
Airports
None
Schools
Several
Waterways
Strawberry Creek; San Francisco Bay
Township
1S
Range
4W
Section
1
Base
MDB&M
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, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), 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 Water Quality
Development Types
Other (Athletics facility- beach volleyball)
Local Actions
No local action because project is within UC system on UC Berkeley campus
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, 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, 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
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