UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA
Seismic Life Safety
Phase 2 Project
Draft EIR Public Hearing
This evening’s goals
• To provide an overview of the Seismic Life
Safety Phase 2 project
• To give community members an
opportunity to provide input into the
environmental review process under CEQA
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Agenda
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I.
Overview of Meeting - Mark Chekal-Bain
II.
Research Needs – Dr. Joe Gray
III.
Project Objectives and Plans – Jerry O’Hearn
IV.
CEQA/Environmental Process - Jeff Philliber
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Public Comment - 1.5 hours
Public Comment Period
• Please fill out a speaker card
• Other ways to give input:
 EMAIL: planning@lbl.gov
 Letter to: Jeff Philliber at Berkeley Lab
 Fill out a comment card this evening
• http://www.lbl.gov/Community/SeismicSafety2
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Ground Rules
Fill out a card
All will get a chance to speak
3 minutes per speaker
May not defer time
Respectful to all speakers
No interruptions, no profanity
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Draft EIR Public
Meeting
Laboratory Space for Biological
Sciences for Human Health,
Energy and the Environment
Joe Gray
Director of Life Sciences Division
Life Sciences Research at Berkeley Lab
• Basic mechanisms underlying cancer
– How are molecular pathways de-regulated
in cancer cells?
– How do environmental factors cause cancer
or stimulate progression?
– How can novel imaging detect cancer earlier?
– How can we tailor treatments?
• Fundamental biology
• Neurosciences
– Study basic biology of Alzheimer’s and other
neuro-degenerative diseases
• Bioenergy and environmental clean-up
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Modern biology needs
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Specialized facilities at Berkeley Lab
– Advanced Light Source for microscopy and
crystallography
– High-power electron microscopy
– Sensitive light microscopy, MRI, PET,
CT imaging
– Novel ultra-fast imaging of biological processes
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Team science
– Collaborating teams of biologists, biophysicists,
biochemists, and computational biologists
– Experts in physics, chemistry, material, and
computational sciences
– Strong collaborations with UC Berkeley & UCSF
scientists and students
Impediments to urgently needed research
• Life Sciences research
is dispersed
– 11 different buildings
– Significant distances –
difficult for sample transport
• Many buildings are old
– Some structurally deficient
– Do not meet needs of
modern science
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Draft EIR Public Hearing
Seismic Life Safety Phase 2
Jerry O’Hearn
Project Director
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Project Objectives
• Provide researchers with safe, modern, flexible,
energy efficient space
• Address seismic life safety risks in general-purpose
research facilities and lab-wide resource buildings
without resulting in a net decrease in research space
• Consolidate approximately 100 research staff from
leased facilities back to the main LBNL site
• Demolish seismically “very poor” and “poor” space
along with antiquated trailers
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Proposed Project Scope
• Replace seismically unsafe buildings with a new,
modern and energy efficient General Purpose
Laboratory Building (GPL)
• Stabilize Building 85 slope
• Demolish seismically “very poor” & “poor” space
along with antiquated trailers
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B55 Demo
(Poor)
B71 Trailers
Demo
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B25/25B
Demo (Very
Poor)
Proposed
General
Purpose
Laboratory
(43,000gsf)
B85 Slope
Stabilization
New General Purpose Laboratory
• Proposed project location is the existing Building
25/25B site. Moved from the Strawberry Canyon site
• Proposed location is an infill site
• Three story ~43,000 gross square feet
• 130 occupants
• Planning for LEED Gold Rating
• Current design will out-perform energy standards by
over 50%
• Project would not increase stormwater runoff
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GPL Site
(Proposed)
Proposed General
Purpose Lab
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Advanced
Light Source
General Purpose Laboratory – West Elevation
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Building 85 – Slope Stabilization
• Stabilization of ancient landslide deposits that
could move in the event of a significant
earthquake
• Underground system would be installed such
as drilled pier foundations with cap beam and
tie-backs
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Underground retaining
structures
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Demolish Seismically Unsafe Space
Building 25: A 20,000 gsf engineering building built over five
phases starting in 1946. Seismic rating is Very Poor.
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Demolish Seismically Unsafe Space
Building 55: A 19,000 gsf life sciences building built over seven
phases starting in 1950. Seismic rating is Poor.
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Demolish Antiquated Space
Building 71 Trailers: Contains 3,348 gsf of offices that were
installed over 30 years ago.
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Preliminary Schedule
• Phased Demolition Start 2010
• GPL Building construction Start 2011
• Bldg. 85 Slide Stabilization Start 2011
• Project Complete 2015
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Seismic Life Safety Phase 2
Draft EIR Public Hearing
CEQA Presentation
Jeff Philliber
LBNL Environmental Planner
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Draft EIR Public Hearing
Purpose:
• Allow University to hear your questions and
comments on the Draft EIR
– Responses will be provided in Final EIR
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Public Hearing
• Present basic project information
• Explain CEQA process / EIR overview
• Record public comments
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CEQA Process
• Scoping
– Notice of Preparation
– Public Scoping Meeting
• Draft EIR
– Public review and comment period
– Public Hearing
• Final EIR
– Public review opportunity
• Regents Meeting
– Decision on EIR
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CEQA Schedule
• Scoping
--------------------- Dec ’08 – Jan ‘09
– Initial Study/Notice of Preparation (50 days)
– Public Scoping Meeting
• Draft EIR
----------------------- Feb – April ‘10
– Public review and comment period (46 days)
– Public Hearing
• Final EIR
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April ‘10
– Public review opportunity (21+ days)
• Regents Meeting ----------------------– Decision on EIR
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May ‘10
EIR Issues Evaluated
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Aesthetics
Air Quality
Biological
Cultural
Geology / Seismicity
Greenhouse Gases
Hazards / Haz Mat
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Hydrology
Land Use
Noise
Trans. & Traffic
Utilities & Services
Cumulative Impacts
Alternatives
Significant Impacts
Cumulative traffic impact on four intersections
• Considered unavoidable under CEQA
• Supplementation to 2006 LRDP EIR
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Alternatives
• Bldg. 74 Parking Lot
• Richmond Field Station
• Off-Site Leased Space
• Reduced Project
• No Project
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NEPA Process
Draft Environmental Assessment — March ‘10
Contact:
Kim Abbott, NEPA Program Manager
LBNL Berkeley Site Office
One Cyclotron Road, MS 90R1023
Berkeley, CA 94720
510-486-7909
KVAbbott@lbl.gov
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CEQA at LBNL
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Ground Rules
Fill out a card
All will get a chance to speak
3 minutes per speaker
May not defer time
Respectful to all speakers
No interruptions, no profanity
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Other ways to give input
 EMAIL: planning@lbl.gov
 Letter to: Jeff Philliber at Berkeley Lab
 Fill out a comment card this evening
 Comments due March 15th at 5:00 pm
This evening’s presentations may be found at:
http://www.lbl.gov/Community/SeismicSafety2
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