December 11, 1999

Memorandum

To: Campus Planning Committee

• Mr. Joe Latulippe, Student Representative
• Mr. Steve Hernandez, Student Representative
• Dr. Bernard Goldstein, Chief Academic Officer
• Mr. Laurence Furukawa-Schlereth, Chief Financial Officer
• Mr. Nate Johnson, Director, Public Safety
• Dr. Andy Merrifield, Chair, Academic Senate
• Mr. Alan Butler, Campus Consulting Architect
• Mr. Steve Wilson, Associate Vice President for Administration and Finance
• Mr. Bob Worth, Faculty Representative
• Mr. Richard Gale, Faculty Representative

From: Ruben Armiñana, President

Subject: Notes from December 8, 1999 Campus Planning Committee Meeting

Naming of University Roadways

John Bond brought a request forward from the Task Force on Campus Signing asking the committee to consider naming the newly completed, realigned "Construction Road". The proposed name for that road was Vine Street. If approved, the Signing Task force was proposing to place just the name "Vine" on the street signs though campus maps would reflect the full name Vine Street. Dennis Harris moved that this recommendation be approved. Steve Wilson seconded the motion and the committee approved it unanimously.

The second half of the recommendation was to change the road name "Redwood Circle" to West Redwood Drive and East Redwood Drive. The divider would be at South Sequoia Way. There was general agreement that Redwood Circle would never become a circle and so the committee approved this recommendation unanimously as well.

Relocation of the Wareham

Sculpture The committee had approved the relocation of the Wareham sculpture to the southwest side of the Art Building at a previous meeting. The sculpture has not yet been moved but is waiting a budget allocation to do so. However, since that time, Michael Schwager and John Bond have become convinced that the southwest location present problems as far as existing utilities and the size and relationship of the sculpture to the Art Building. As a result of these concerns Michael Schwager and John Bond asked the committee to reconsider a new location at the northwest corner of the Art Building. Steve Wilson made a motion that the new location be approved. Bernie Goldstein seconded the motion and the committee approved unanimously.

Update on the Proposed Master Plan Revision

Deborah DuVall gave an update on the progress since the last Campus Planning Committee Meeting on the Master Plan revision efforts. She stated that the consultants were in the stage of responding to the comments and questions received during the public review period of the Environmental Impact Report. She exhibited a revised site plan of the Music Center Development project that reflected changes to the project resulting from the comments received and meetings with concerned campus members. These changes included:

• The Center for the Musical Arts building would be reconfigured and located further north on the site, away from Copeland Creek. The south edge of the south wing of the modified Center for the Musical Arts Building would be approximately 100 feet further north from Copeland Creek than the building analyzed in the DEIR.
• The width of the proposed Buffer Zone (which originates at the top of the creek bank and extends laterally along the creek) has been increased to an average of 150 feet (from an average of 100 feet, which was assessed in the DEIR).
• A suitable upland mitigation area (approximately 500 feet in length, and ranging between approximately 40 and 75 feet in width) is proposed, serving as a buffer between the wetland area and the parking area.
• In an effort to further minimize potential environmental impacts, reduce the mass and scale of the bridges, promote an aesthetic compatibility with the proposed Center for the Musical Arts, and to separate pedestrian/bicycle and vehicular travel, a number of changes to the number and type of bridges was made.
• All pedestrian and bicycle paths would be realigned to lie outside of the Creek Buffer Zone (other than the approaches to the bridge crossings of Copeland Creek), and the wetland area.
• The parking area would be divided into four quadrants (the parking area assessed in the DEIR was one large parking area). Open space is proposed between the quadrants so that native planting may be introduced in these areas and to act as a drainage system that collects and filters run-off before discharged with either Copeland Creek or the westerly wetlands area. In order to accommodate the proposed increased Buffer Zone width and the proposed upland zone adjacent to the wetland mitigation area, the loop road along the west and south edges of the parking area is eliminated.
• The sound attenuation berms would vary slightly in height along their length, providing a more natural-looking, undulating effect.
• If vineyards are selected to be planted in the northern acquisition area, they would be delineated as small "pocket" vineyards, and would be separated by native plantings and located approximately 300 feet from Copeland Creek.

The committee agreed that this modification produced an improved project.

CPC Minutes 1999-2000
Updated 2008-01-17
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