Notice of Preparation and Scoping

UC Davis released the Notice of Preparation (NOP) to solicit comments on the scope of a subsequent environmental impact report (Subsequent EIR) tiered from the 2018 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) Program EIR (SCH #2017012008) for the Solano Park Demolition Project. A copy of the full NOP can be found here: NOP Link (PDF). The NOP comment period was from June 10 to July 11, 2022.

The purpose of the NOP was to provide an opportunity for the public, interested parties, and public agencies to comment on the scope and content of the Subsequent EIR.

Project Location: The Solano Park Demolition site is located on approximately 16 acres on the UC Davis central campus, located off Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive, south of the Arboretum Waterway and along the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.

Project Overview: Solano Park is a housing development, built in 1962 that consists of 26 two-and three-story multi-unit apartment buildings, a community center, and ancillary buildings for mail, laundry, storage, and maintenance. The apartments and all associated buildings are currently vacant.

The Project would involve demolition of the UC Davis Solano Park Student Housing Development, including the removal of all existing buildings, removal or modification of surface and subsurface infrastructure, and the establishment of a management plan for the site after the demolition activities. Future development of the site is not currently proposed.

Environmental Effects: Due to the sensitivity of the site in terms of Patwin history, UC Davis has identified the potential for significant environmental effects related to archaeological and tribal cultural resources, which will be evaluated in further detail in the Subsequent EIR. UC Davis anticipates that the Project’s other potential environmental effects were appropriately evaluated by the 2018 LRDP EIR and will substantiate that the Project is within the scope of the 2018 LRDP EIR for those resource topics.

Comment Period: UC Davis requests input regarding the scope and content for the Subsequent EIR that is relevant to your agency’s statutory/regulatory responsibilities or is of interest to individuals, to ascertain potential environmental impacts of the Project. The NOP comment period extended from June 10 to July 11, 2022.

Public Scoping Meeting: UC Davis hosted a virtual (on Zoom) public scoping meeting to inform interested parties about the Project, and to provide agencies and the public with an opportunity to provide comments on the scope and content of the Subsequent EIR. The scoping meeting was held via webinar only.