University of California, Santa Cruz
PROJECT PLANNING GUIDE
COASTAL BIOLOGY BUILDING
(970250)
June 13, 2013 DRAFT
PROJECT PLANNING GUIDE
COASTAL BIOLOGY BUILDING
(970250)
University of California, Santa Cruz
June 13, 2013
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Director of Capital Planning, R. Thomas
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Chancellor, G. Blumenthal
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Interim Associate Vice Chancellor—Physical Planning and
Construction, J. Barnes
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Vice Chancellor—Planning and Budget, M. Delaney
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Director of Capital Planning and Space Management, R. Draper
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Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, A. Galloway
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Senior Environmental Planner, S. Morgan
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Plant Accountant, A. Olson
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Dean of Physical and Biological Sciences Division, S. Thorsett
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Vice Chancellor—Business and Administrative Services, T. Vani
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McHenry Library—Special Collections
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APPROVAL OF PROJECT PLANNING GUIDE:
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George R. Blumenthal, Chancellor
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Contents
Page
Budget
I. INTRODUCTION
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II. STATEMENT OF NEED / PROBLEM ANALYSIS
A. Needs and Hardships
B. Enrollment and Campus Space
C. Physical and Biological Sciences
D. Space Needs in Physical and Biological Sciences
E. Academic Program
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III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
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IV. RELATIONSHIP TO UNIVERSITY MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
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V. COST BASIS AND SUSTAINABILITY
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Project Schedule
Environmental Impact Classification
Site Maps
Tables and Figures
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
Table 5
Table 6
UCSC Entities
Campuswide Student FTE Instructional Workload
Physical and Biological Sciences Division Workload
Coastal Biology Building Summary of ASF by Space Category
Coastal Biology Building Summary of Changes in ASF
Physical and Biological Sciences Division Summary
Distribution of Academic ASF
Figure 1 UC Santa Cruz FTE Enrollment
1997-98 through 2009-10
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I. INTRODUCTION
A defining feature of the UCSC student experience is the opportunity to work closely with
faculty, but those opportunities are being jeopardized in the biological sciences by surging
enrollments in those fields and overcrowding on the main campus. The Coastal Biology
Building will remedy this for multiple departments by accommodating undergraduate and
graduate students, faculty, and researchers for the department of Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology (EEB) at the Marine Science Campus (MSC) and providing much-needed release
space on the main campus for the Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) and Ocean Sciences
(OS) departments.
The proposed Coastal Biology Building represents an opportunity to accomplish multiple goals
and remedy multiple hardships in that it will:
 Provide the needed hands-on experience for students by creating adequately-equipped
marine and terrestrial biology instructional and research laboratories, with both fresh
water and sea water, and critical laboratory support facilities not available on the main
campus;
 Relieve extreme overcrowding on the main campus in the nationally ranked Earth and
Planetary Sciences and Ocean Sciences programs.
 Remedy numerous inadequacies of existing facilities for one of UCSC's most highly
regarded and fastest-growing programs – one which is very popular with students;
 Support EEB students’ access to faculty, staff, researchers, facilities and affiliates by
consolidating the location of all at MSC (faculty and department resources are currently
split between the main campus and MSC);
 Provide meeting spaces that will facilitate interaction among UCSC faculty and
students, and increase opportunities for students to collaborate with adjacent NGO’s,
and State and Federal scientific and marine agencies;
 Maximize opportunities for marine-dependent and coastal-related field-based learning,
and foster interdisciplinary exploration, learning, and discovery;
 Greatly enhance UC's research preeminence by integrating marine-dependent and
coastal-related biological sciences;
The Project
The proposed Coastal Biology Building, of approximately 33,000 assignable square feet, will
be located on the 100-acre Marine Science Campus, a vital research hub overlooking the
shores of Monterey Bay that is already home to the largest concentration of marine research
programs in the country. These include the UCSC Natural Reserve site at Younger Lagoon
and multiple non-UCSC entities, such as the California Department of Fish & Game Marine
Wildlife Center, the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Southwest
Fisheries Center (NOAA Fisheries Lab), and the US Geological Survey Pacific Science Center.
See Marine Science Campus photograph on page 14.
The infrastructure associated with the project will provide installation of a utilitiesinfrastructure backbone (electricity, natural gas, potable water, and sanitary sewer), main
access road, and enhanced seawater distribution, stormwater drainage, and information
technology systems necessary to support operations of the Coastal Biology Building.
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Released Space
Relocating EEB faculty, staff and researchers from the main campus to the Marine Science
Campus will benefit the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department and the Ocean Sciences
Department by freeing up much-needed space in the Earth and Marine Sciences Building
(EMS). Both the Ocean Sciences Department, which offers graduate degrees and offers
courses that contribute to several undergraduate majors, and the Earth and Planetary Sciences
Department, which offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees, are strongly multi- and
inter-disciplinary. These departments have invested heavily in joint use instrumentation,
laboratories and shared resources that are highly specialized and sophisticated; their continued
co-location on the main campus is essential. Both are severely space constrained, limiting
their ability to launch new research and curricular initiatives.
In addition, the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), a long-standing and successful Organized
Research Unit (ORU), has facilities at both the Marine Science Campus and in the EMS
Building that will benefit from released space (directly at the Marine Science Campus and
indirectly in the EMS Building), creating opportunities for expanded research collaborations.
Table 1 – This table lists the various entities involved with and affected by this project:
UCSC ENTITIES
ABBR.
DESCRIPTION
Physical and Biological
Sciences
PBSci
One of the two largest I&R
divisions at UCSC
Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology
EEB
Department within PBSci
Department would be
consolidated at MSC
Earth and Planetary
Sciences
EPS
Department within PBSci
Will gain release space
on main campus
Ocean Sciences
OS
Department within PBSci
Will gain release space
on main campus
Earth and Marine Sciences
Building
EMS
Building on main campus
housing EEB, EPS and OS
Institute of Marine Sciences
IMS
A PBSci organized research
unit with facilities at MSC
and in EMS
Will gain release space
and return of “loaned”
space
Marine Science Campus
MSC
100-acre satellite campus on
the northern end of the
Monterey Bay
Site of LML and nonUCSC organizations
listed below.
Long Marine Laboratory
LML
IMS facilities located at MSC
Includes the Center for
Ocean Health, Seymour
Marine Discovery Center,
labs, marine mammal
facilities and research
support buildings.
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II. STATEMENT OF NEED / PROBLEM ANALYSIS
This section describes the most immediate needs and hardships in the context of overall campus
enrollment, the overall campus space shortage, and space needs within the Physical and Biological
Sciences Division. Further information is provided on the academic programs proposed to occupy the
Coastal Biology Building and the released space.
A. NEEDS AND HARDSHIPS
Students
Undergraduate and graduate students at UCSC have experienced a number of serious hardships
caused by the division of EEB faculty and their teaching and research facilities between the main
campus and MSC.
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Although roughly 40% of EEB faculty and many of the upper division courses they teach
are located at the MSC, only one seminar/conference room with a maximum capacity of
45 is located there. This single room greatly constrains both the number and size of
upper division courses offered by faculty at the MSC, especially for the very popular
Marine Biology major. As a consequence, many students are denied access to some
courses that are both key to EEB majors (e.g., Marine Biology) and responsible for
attracting students to the major and UCSC.
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The decentralization of teaching facilities between the main campus and MSC creates
burdens and disincentives that detrimentally impact both undergraduate and graduate
students who enroll in courses held at both campuses. Because some courses are offered
at the MSC, students are required to arrange their own transportation between campuses,
a requirement not easily met by many students without personal transportation living in
dormitories on the main campus, or off campus and reliant on public transportation. The
nearest access to public transportation (a bus stop) is a half mile from the MSC main
entrance. Plans for the Coastal Biology Building include increased university-sponsored
and public transportation to MSC. Travel between the EMS Building on the main
campus and LML is a 12-13 mile round trip; with the very hilly campus terrain and steep
slopes towards the ocean, it is not walkable within a reasonable time frame. Because
there is no parking available adjacent to campus buildings, and the entire route is
comprised of two-lane roads, the one-way trip requires half an hour at best of times.
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Even when transportation is arranged by students, the delay in transport from one campus
to the other very often results in students arriving late to class or leaving early to get to
courses at the other campus. Faculty who accommodate these delays by starting class
late or ending them early reduce class time for all students. These transportation-related
scheduling conflicts are not only disruptive but also create disincentives for students to
take courses offered at either campus or attend seminars sponsored by EEB or related
departments (OS, EPS).
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Both undergraduate and graduate students depend on mentoring and advising by EEB
faculty and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) at both campuses and must arrange for
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transportation to these critical learning resources. In addition, important non-scheduled
interaction between faculty, graduate and undergraduate students becomes difficult or
impossible. These conflicts limit student access to faculty and resources, a key reason for
pursuing college education at a University of California campus.
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Students may have no sense of a coherent “department” or location;
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By moving upper division EEB courses to MSC, centralization will reduce the need for
students to move between campuses, allowing them to spend all or the majority of their
days at the MSC. Students who currently attend courses at LML benefit greatly from
exposure to the graduate students and research facilities there. Increased enrollment in
the expanded courses at the MSC will greatly enhance student exposure and access and
opportunity to the research activities conducted at Long Marine Laboratory.
Strategies to accommodate more students with no increase in space have resulted in
 increase in class sizes,
 increasing faculty workload by increasing course frequency, and
 increasing field activities, where lab work might be more beneficial.
On the instructional side, there is only one class laboratory equipped with seawater presently
available at MSC. This is a 24-station lab at the LML Seymour Discovery Center. Fall 2012
utilization of this class lab was 264% of the legislative standard.
The EMS Building and Long Marine Laboratory have no space for EEB graduate student or
postdoctoral scholar offices, forcing lab space to be used in that capacity (see photos below).
 Since OSHA regulations restrict certain activities in permanently occupied space, lab
research activities are compromised.
 A 2006 external review report, described in more detail on the following page, found that
the research productivity (published papers) of EEB graduate students on the main
campus was 1/5 that of the graduate students at Long Marine Laboratory.
These faculty labs have student “office” workspaces carved out of areas that should be actively utilized for research.
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Faculty and Researchers
A Fall 2006 External Review of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Academic
Program Review) done by evaluators from UCLA, UCSB and the University of Washington
identified three major space issues:
 The physical/geographic separation of the EEB faculty was found to be “undermining the
spirit and intellectual atmosphere of the department.” Faculty synergy has been a strength
of the department and on-going separation increases barriers to interaction among faculty
and graduate students;
 The lack of space for future hiring impedes programmatic growth, expansion of research
opportunities and collaborations;
 The lack of contiguity in offices and labs within the EMS Building, lack of proximity of
faculty offices, and the lack of meeting space are all obstacles to intellectual exchange and
activity.
At present, approximately 60% of the EEB department faculty is sharing overcrowded and noncontiguous space in the Earth and Marine Sciences Building on the main campus, while the
remaining 40% of the EEB department’s faculty, 66% of graduate students and 50% of
postdoctoral scholars are located at Long Marine Lab in space loaned by IMS. Compounding the
problem, faculty labs in EMS are on two different floors and faculty offices in an entirely different
wing of the building.
Time lost in transit of EEB faculty and graduate students to the main campus for teaching,
seminars and committee meetings is a drain on faculty and student productivity. This lost time is a
disincentive to attend EEB and other departmental seminars and impedes intellectual development
and collaborations.
Negative impacts of not providing adequate space for research and academic programs in the
departments involved are extensive, numerous and costly:
 EEB is diverting lab research to field work, limiting the type of research that can be
conducted by students and faculty and thereby losing indirect cost recovery funding
from grants;
 Even at their present restricted capacity, faculty in EEB were awarded approximately
$6.4M in extramural funds in 2011-12. This could, conservatively, increase by 50% to
$9.5M annually if research programs had room to expand;
 IMS researchers were awarded a total of $9M in 2010-11. When borrowed IMS space
is returned following the move of EEB to CBB, IMS will be able to expand research
space by 4 to 6 labs, and potentially increase extramural funding by 50%.
Space and equipment
The Earth and Planetary Sciences and the Ocean Sciences departments, as well as IMS, also
occupy space in the EMS Building and their space is filled to capacity. All programmatic
expansion for Ocean Sciences is occurring in space borrowed from IMS or Earth and Planetary
Sciences, which inherently creates tenuous occupancy, precludes any specificity in renovations,
and is greatly restrictive to both Ocean Sciences and the programs lending the space.
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The EMS Building was constructed in 1993 at a time when biology equipment needs were less
complex, and generally addressed with freezers and autoclaves. Historically, EEB departments
were located in buildings designed with labs that operated independently and with small, often outof-the-way areas devoted to equipment. Over the past 15-20 years, biology research has come to
use highly specialized instrumentation requiring “common” or shared equipment rooms, constanttemperature environmental rooms, analytical labs, and specimen chambers.
Easy and proximate access to shared equipment, such as sequencers and thermocyclers used in
molecular genetics, high resolution and phase microscopy, and mass spectrometers, is critical.
Even the newer Center for Ocean Health building at Long Marine Lab, constructed in 2001, is
inadequate in its equipment capacity. This deficiency was specifically and carefully addressed in
the planning for Coastal Biology Building, including design for sufficient and stable electrical
power, IT support, and appropriate ventilation.
These rooms were intended to be used for shared equipment and instruments. The spaces are now dominated by refrigerators
and freezers for specimens, forcing specialized equipment which should be in shared space back into individual labs.
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There is an essential program need to co-locate all Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty,
researchers and graduate students. The separation of faculty undermines the intellectual
collaboration vital to a dynamic EEB program and negatively impacts faculty-student interactions.
What is needed are modern, adequately-equipped facilities with access to all the tools used by
modern biologists and providing appropriate support for the department’s mission of field-based
learning and instruction in marine and coastal biology. By the very nature of the programmatic
functions of marine-dependent and coastal-related EEB research and instruction, they cannot be
performed on the main campus.
Therefore, the most practical solution is to provide a facility at the Marine Science Campus. This
project would provide 20,320 ASF in research and support space, 6,515 in academic and
administrative offices and support space, and 6,400 in greenhouses and greenhouse support. The
new building would be located on a site in the Middle Terrace area of the Marine Science Campus.
This provides proximity to both the other UCSC research facilities at LML and the non-UCSC
buildings occupied by the California Department of Fish & Game Marine Wildlife Center, the
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NOAA Fisheries Lab, and the nearby USGS. These adjacencies create a coastal biology “research
cluster” of buildings, resulting in a compact hub of research and collaboration. Released space in
the EMS Building on the main campus will provide much-needed expansion space for the Earth
and Planetary Sciences and Ocean Sciences departments, and the return of borrowed space at LML
will allow expansion of research programs in IMS at the Marine Science Campus.
B. ENROLLMENT AND CAMPUS SPACE NEEDS
Campus enrollment has grown from 10,194 FTE in 1997-98 to 16,752 FTE in 2012-13.
Figure 1 below shows enrollment growth from 1997-98 through 2012-13.
18,500
17,500
16,500
15,500
14,500
13,500
12,500
11,500
10,500
9,500
8,500
97-98
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02-03
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Campus space is insufficient to meet campus needs, with a shortage of space in many campus
programs. Even though construction of new space has met some of the campus needs, serious
space deficiencies have continued to be chronic and unrelieved—campus space has not been able
to adequately support past enrollment growth.
Based on 2009-10 budgeted enrollment of 16,075, the campus has only 80% of the space
allowed by California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) space guidelines for
instruction and research—approximately 191,000 ASF less than the allowable amount.
Assuming enrollments remain at the 2009-10 budgeted level, and after all currently approved
projects are completed, the campus would be at about 88% of space allowed under CPEC, or
still short by approximately 125,000 ASF. The proposed project would help alleviate this
space shortage. After the proposed Coastal Biology Building is completed, the campus would
be at about 91% of space allowed under CPEC, or short by approximately 83,000 ASF.
Table 2 on the following page shows budgeted campus student FTE by division for 2009-10.
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Table 2
Campuswide Student FTE Instructional Workload1
Budgeted
2009-10
Arts
Undergraduates
Graduates
Total
1749
52
1,801
Humanities
Undergraduates
Graduates
Total
2,726
202
2,928
Physical and Biological Sciences
Undergraduates
Graduates
Total
3,794
427
4,221
School of Engineering
Undergraduates
Graduates
Total
1,524
370
1,894
Social Sciences
Undergraduates
Graduates
Total
4,682
549
5,231
Total Campus
Undergraduates
Graduates
Total
1
14,475
1,600
16,075
Includes summer academic term and off-campus program workload.
C. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Table 3 below shows student workload and academic staff budgeted in 2009-10 for the
Physical and Biological Sciences Division.
Table 3
Physical and Biological Sciences Division Workload 1
Budgeted
2009-10
3,794
427
215.17
102.45
102
UG FTE
Graduate students
Faculty FTE
TA FTE
Postdocs
1
Includes summer academic term and off-campus program workload.
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Currently, the greatest need within the Physical and Biological Sciences Division is space for
Biological Sciences, consisting of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (MCD Biology)
and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). Expansion space to meet the MCD Biology
Department needs is being addressed by the recently constructed Biomedical Sciences Building.
Undergraduate degrees awarded in EEB (23% of degrees awarded in Physical and Biological
Sciences in 2011-12) have increased 277% in ten years, from 69 in 2001-02 to 192 in 2011-12.
Overall campus enrollment increased approximately 32% in the same period.
Undergraduate declared majors in EEB have more than doubled, increasing from 229 in 2005-06
to 504 in 2010-11. Fall 2012 declared and proposed majors totaled 1,033. Faculty for the
department (currently at 21) should be at 23 at this time, but there is no available space for new
hires.
D. SPACE NEEDS IN PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
After currently approved projects are completed, the Physical and Biological Sciences Division
programs will occupy approximately 344,400 ASF. The proposed project would provide
approximately 33,235 ASF for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in a new building at the Marine
Science Campus, and approximately 14,300 ASF in released space in the Earth and Marine
Sciences building on the main campus for Ocean Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences.
As various fields of science have grown more complex and technology-intensive, methods of
teaching students have evolved. Since the ability of students to absorb principles and techniques
through indirect, didactic learning is limited, universities are finding that the most productive
way to convey crucial understanding and skills is to directly involve the students in the
laboratory process. Increasingly, instruction is provided in a research laboratory to supplement
the more structured and constrained class laboratory.
A student’s ability to earn academic credit while participating in the investigatory process as a
member of a research team, working side by side with senior faculty, postdoctoral scholars,
and advanced students, provides a level of information transfer (and a level of stimulus) that
has immense educational value. At UC Santa Cruz, undergraduate students have opportunities
to participate in research as members of faculty-led research groups. Research is not simply an
important mission of the University, but a vitally important vehicle for improved education.
E. ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Within the Physical and Biological Sciences Division, the departments of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Ocean Sciences would receive space
as a result of this project. The instructional programs in all three of these departments have
experienced increases in student enrollment growth beyond the divisional and campus averages.
Instruction and Research
UCSC provides exceptional opportunities for undergraduate students to interact one-on-one
with faculty and other researchers in a laboratory or field setting. Advanced undergraduates,
with the consent of faculty supervisors, have access to extensive departmental laboratory
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facilities for independent research. Undergraduates are also encouraged to participate in the
active seminar series of visiting national and international scholars hosted by individual
academic departments.
The Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Santa Cruz is ranked among the top
15 Earth Sciences programs in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, 2010) and
received a similar ranking in the 2010 study of U.S. doctoral programs by the National
Research Council (NRC). It is one of the three largest undergraduate Earth Sciences programs
in the country, with more than 75 undergraduate degrees awarded annually. In any given year,
about 50 graduate students and 12 postdoctoral researchers are in residence. Students
obtaining a strong background in geology and related disciplines are prepared for a wide
variety of employment opportunities in teaching, research, government, consulting firms, and
industry. The department has been highly successful placing its Ph.D. students in academic
positions, with graduates accepting positions at Scripps, Stanford, UCLA, Penn State, and the
University of Michigan (all top 15 programs as well).
The Earth and Planetary Sciences Department offers a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Earth
and Planetary Sciences, and well as B.S. concentrations in Ocean Sciences, Environmental
Geology, and Planetary Sciences. In addition, it offers B.A. degrees as combined majors with
Environmental Studies and Anthropology. On-campus research facilities include laboratories
in seismology, paleomagnetism, high-pressure and high-temperature mineral physics, isotope
geochemistry, electron microscopy, coastal geology, earth system modeling, groundwater and
geomorphology, and XRF, ICP and XRD spectrometry.
Ocean Sciences. Ocean and marine sciences have been areas of excellence at UC Santa Cruz
since the 1970’s. Oceanography is a highly multi- and inter-disciplinary environmental
science, integrating research and education across traditional academic boundaries.
Oceanography provides a unifying focus on oceanic systems, present and past, and on the
interactions between geology, chemistry, physics, and biology in the ocean environment.
Biological oceanography is one aspect of ocean sciences, distinct from marine biology in its
emphasis on systems rather than organisms.
The Ocean Sciences Department at UCSC has an international reputation in research and
graduate and postdoctoral education. Despite the relatively small size of its faculty, it ranked
in the top quartile of programs in the 2010 NRC study of U.S. doctoral programs. Through
faculty sponsors, students have access to a wide variety of research facilities and equipment,
including analytical chemistry, geology and molecular biology laboratories for marine research,
computing and imaging facilities, and (through collaborative research) the use of the marine
laboratory facilities at LML, and Año Nuevo Island. In addition, the department supports
collaborative studies utilizing the innovative technologies of the nearby Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute, the Naval Postgraduate School, Stanford University's Hopkins
Marine Station, CSU Moss Landing Laboratory, and others. Students may also work at other
University of California facilities, including the Bodega Marine Laboratories and Scripps
Institution of Oceanography.
The Ocean Sciences Department offers only graduate degrees. These masters and doctoral
programs are designed to prepare students for careers in research, teaching, industry, and
government. The department also offers a range of undergraduate classes including lower
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division courses fulfilling UCSC general education requirements and upper division courses
serving as required and elective courses in other undergraduate majors, principally Marine
Biology and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Department strengths include biological
oceanography, marine microbial ecology, chemical oceanography, marine biogeochemistry,
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology, physical oceanography and climatology, and
biological-physical modeling of the marine environment.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Instruction. The Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, with 21 faculty, is devoted to the study of ecological and evolutionary
processes in both marine and terrestrial environments. The past 30 years have seen several
revolutions in our understanding of how the biological world works. Advances in both
analytical and genetic methods have given us a far more sophisticated understanding of the
complexities of ecological and evolutionary processes in the natural world. Biologists at
UCSC have played and will continue to play an important part in these advances, and the
campus programs offer unique educational opportunities in biology that feature small class
sizes and extensive faculty-student interactions.
Class offerings, as well as research opportunities, focus on the varied natural environments in
the Monterey Bay region, throughout the western US, and in more distant locations such as
Mexico, Tahiti, Australia, and the Far East. This emphasis on field studies is a unique focus of
the EEB department variety of undergraduate majors. Within this context they address not
only basic ecological and evolutionary processes, but also the application of this knowledge to
improve conservation strategies and environmental quality.
EEB faculty and students study a broad range of species and habitats, from the physiology of
marine mammals, to the evolutionary dynamics of invasive plant species, to the behavioral
strategies of lizards and birds. An outstanding group of faculty, each with a vigorous,
internationally recognized research program, teaches courses in their specialties as well as core
courses for the major. EEB faculty and students are uniquely able to take advantage of the
ecological and environmental resources of the Monterey Bay area and UCSC Natural Reserve
System. EEB also shares the on-shore marine laboratory facilities at LML, and a unique field
station on Año Nuevo Island (19 miles north of Santa Cruz) especially suited for studies of
pinnipeds and marine birds. Faculty and students at all levels can use the UCSC Natural
Reserve sites at Younger Lagoon (adjacent to Long Marine Lab), Fort Ord, and Landels-Hill
Big Creek (south of Big Sur) in support of instruction and research. These habitats, from fogenshrouded redwood forest to coastal scrub, provide an unparalleled natural laboratory for
marine, coastal, and terrestrial research and serve as UC-wide study sites for scientists and
students.
EEB offers B.A., B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Biology. Undergraduate degrees are also
offered in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology and Plant Sciences, and these
degrees prepare students to go on to graduate programs, positions in industry, government or
NGO’s, or to medical, dental, or veterinary medicine schools. The graduate EEB program is
comprised of four core tracks: Population and Community Ecology; Evolutionary Biology;
Physiology and Behavior (Marine & Terrestrial); and Systematics and Biodiversity.
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research
UCSC has a long tradition of undergraduates participating in research at the very forefront of
modern biological thought. The opportunity to perform basic scientific research provides realworld experience and a context for the information that students learn in class. EEB programs
provide opportunities for undergraduates to perform independent biological research with a
faculty mentor. These experiences are invaluable to students planning to continue their
education beyond their undergraduate years. In addition to research training, a record of
successful undergraduate research as demonstrated by participatory authorship of research
articles is a great advantage when applying to graduate or professional programs.
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program at UCSC reflects the remarkable local
and global diversity of species and environments studied by the EEB faculty and students. The
vision of the EEB graduate program is to provide a nurturing, creative, and intellectual
environment conducive to the development of world-class scientists. The EEB graduate
programs encourage close working relations between students and faculty in an informal
atmosphere conducive to rapid learning and professional growth. Interdisciplinary
collaborations with oceanographers, geologists, toxicologists, economists and others enable
students to explore the conceptual connections between related fields as they acquire mastery in
their areas of specialization.
The EEB graduate program is recognized as a very strong program nationally, ranking in the
second quartile in the 2010 NRC study. This is due to the quality and commitment of the
faculty and the unique environment of the Santa Cruz campus. UC Santa Cruz is unusually
fortunate in having varied and easily accessible marine and terrestrial resources for research,
with its Natural Reserve System, its own marine laboratory, a fleet of boats, one of the most
active scientific diving programs in the country, and close proximity to pinniped rookeries at
the UC Reserve at Año Nuevo. In addition to departmental laboratories, students have full
access to the analytical laboratories and other facilities of the Institute of Marine Sciences.
However, these laboratories fall short of providing adequate research area demanded by these
programs. And the current space limitations and the split of the department between the main
campus and Marine Science Campus are impeding efforts to increase the size of high profile
and well-funded sub-disciplines, which would raise the department’s profile even further
nationally and internationally.
UCSC-affiliated research units in coastal biological sciences include the Institute of Marine
Sciences and the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO).
III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
As described previously, this project would construct a new building of approximately 33,235 ASF
to be located at the Marine Science Campus in conjunction with necessary infrastructure upgrades
for the operations of the facility. The new facility would house Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Released space would provide much-needed space for two other Physical and Biological Sciences
departments, Ocean Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, and borrowed space would be
returned to IMS.
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The spaces needed to support Ecology and Evolutionary Biology programs are described below:
Research laboratories are planned for the proposed project, supporting student-faculty
research teams consisting of faculty, postdoctoral scholars, staff researchers, graduate
students, and part-time undergraduates. The required space includes laboratory
workspace for team members and essential equipment. All of the research laboratories
would be “generic use” laboratories and would be designed for the biological sciences in
general and not for specific researchers. Seawater would be provided to some of the labs,
as well as fresh water, natural gas, and fume hoods, with all researchers having nearby
access to fully outfitted labs for specialized research needs.
A multi-purpose wet lab providing both fresh water and sea water, along with related
prep areas, would serve both research and teaching functions. It would take the overload
off of the single existing 24-station wet class lab located at Seymour Discovery Center
and provide much-needed flexible teaching space for additional upper division courses
provided by the EEB programs.
Laboratory support spaces would include constant-temperature environmental rooms,
equipment rooms, including autoclave space, analytical labs, greenhouses and
greenhouse support, and storage.
Academic and/or research offices are needed for faculty, postdoctoral scholars and
graduate students. Offices would be located separate from the laboratory and laboratory
support spaces, but with convenient access to them. Separating office space from
laboratory space allows the campus to minimize the areas requiring 100% exhausted air
and stringent vibration requirements. Administrative office space would be provided for
EEB department staff, including core teaching support, as well as two conference rooms,
office service rooms (copy, mail, etc.), and a computer server room. One large
conference/seminar room would be provided for all users.
Table 4 below shows a breakdown of ASF by space category for the Coastal Biology Building.
Table 4
Coastal Biology Building Summary of ASF by Space Category
Space Category
Research and support
Academic and administrative offices and support
Greenhouses and support
Total project ASF
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20,320
6,515
6,400
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Marine Science Campus
Providing adequate space for EEB at the Marine Science Campus provides additional ancillary
benefits reaching beyond the impact to only that department. Some of these benefits are:

Space to accommodate affiliated researchers which provides additional research funding.

Enabling increased collaborations with the NOAA Fisheries Lab scientists who are
presently: co-funding a faculty FTE in EEB; advising graduate students (part of the reason
eight Ocean Sciences faculty can serve 50 PhD students); directly funding some EEB
research, including student support; and sponsoring some Ocean Sciences research directly.

Release space to IMS will enable increased collaboration with U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Geology Center (a major federal laboratory located
less than one mile from the Marine Science Campus and the USGS Biological Research
Division (co-located at the Marine Science Campus).

Release space to IMS will support the planned development of two new research centers
(Center for Coastal Conservation at the Marine Science Campus, and Center for Coastal
Environmental Change on main campus) to facilitate and coordinate research on Coastal
Sustainability.
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
Release space to Earth and Planetary Science and Ocean Sciences in the EMS Building
will provide classroom and laboratory space to develop a proposed jointly-sponsored
undergraduate degree in Environmental Science.

Shared equipment rooms will accommodate the specialized instrumentation necessary for
up-to-date technologies and protocols, supported by appropriate ventilation, IT support and
sufficient and stable power.
Released Space
The space released on the main campus by this project, 14,323 ASF in the Earth and Marine
Sciences Building, will be reassigned to Earth and Planetary Sciences and Ocean Sciences.
Table 5 below shows a summary of the space assigned to individual departments in Physical and
Biological Sciences now and after completion of the project.
Table 5
Coastal Biology Building
Summary of Changes in ASF
Inventory
prior to
Coastal Bio1
Physical & Biological Sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Biology EEB
Biology MCD
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental Toxicology
General PB Sci
Mathematics
Ocean Sciences
PBSci Core Facilities
Physics
Total Physical & Biological
Sciences
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14,497
45,406
67,907
69,035
40,001
20,939
32,518
15,357
15,198
14,185
25,427
360,470
Coastal
Biology
Bldg
+33,235
Earth
& Mar
Sci
Gain/
loss
-14,323
+7,160
+7,163
+33,235
0
ASF @
occupancy
+0
+18,912
+0
+0
+7,160
+0
+0
+0
+7,163
+0
+0
14,497
64,318
67,907
69,035
47,161
20,939
32,518
15,357
22,361
14,185
25,427
+33,235
393,705
Inventory (includes non-standard ASF) once currently approved projects are completed.
Table 6 on the following page provides an analysis of space by use (research, office etc.) for the
Physical and Biological Sciences Division with the completion of this project. The net space gain
is approximately 33,235 ASF in the Physical and Biological Sciences Division.
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Table 6
Physical and Biological Sciences Division
Summary Distribution of Academic ASF
Space by Category
Class & special class laboratories
Research/scholarly activity
Academic & administrative offices
Open teaching laboratories
Greenhouses
Total Physical & Biological Sciences Division
Before Project
42,865
226,482
80,063
2,585
8,475
360,470
After Project
42,865
246,802
86,578
2,585
14,875
393,705
Infrastructure
This project will provide the necessary backbone for utility services needed for the Coastal
Biology Building, such as sanitary sewer, domestic/fire water, electricity, natural gas,
telecommunications, and needed expansion to the existing seawater distribution system. Each
future project would be responsible for connections to the backbone; planning adequately with the
first building will avoid the needless expense of tearing up roadways or sensitive areas for each
future project. This project will also provide necessary and code-compliant stormwater
management, soil erosion control, and emergency access.
The following matrix summarizes the elements of the infrastructure improvements associated with
the Coastal Biology Building:
Infrastructure Improvements Associated with Coastal Biology Building
Circulation, Domestic/Fire Water, Information Technology, Sanitary, & Seawater Systems
• Upgrade system components
• Increased capacity
Electrical and Natural Gas Systems
• Sustainability upgrades
• General utility upgrades
• Increased capacity/ distributed generation
Storm Water System
• Upgrades at sources
• Upgrades within drainage channels
• Address new regulations
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Circulation and Underground Utilities
Existing Conditions
The MSC is served by a single entrance at Delaware Avenue and Shaffer Road. Most of the
utilities are served by the City of Santa Cruz (domestic/fire water and sanitary sewer) or PG&E
(Natural Gas) at this entrance. Communication service is provided by AT&T. Data service
connectivity is provided via a microwave link with University-owned facilities at 2300 Delaware
Avenue which, in turn, is linked to Information Technology Services (ITS) facilities at the main
campus. Both the main point of entry (MPOE) for AT&T service and the UCSC ITS main
distribution frame (MDF) for the MSC site are located within the Long Marine Laboratory
Younger Research Building. The seawater system is comprised of pumping, filtration, and storage.
LML was placed in its current location primarily to develop a facility where marine research and
instruction that requires large volumes of high-quality seawater can be carried out. All current
instructional and research facilities on the campus utilize this essential service.
The main access road is constructed of oil and gravel and is in poor condition. Exposed aggregate,
cracking, and potholing are all evident and limits emergency response to the lower terrace area.
The sanitary sewer system is composed of approximately 3,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer
collection piping, and collects wastewater from MSC facilities and Fish & Game and NOAA to the
City of Santa Cruz sewer collection system via two lift stations. NOAA owns and operates one of
the lift stations, while the University owns and operates the other.
Need
To provide the backbone for general utility services, portions of the underground utilities need to
be upgraded and or expanded. Additional conduits are needed to serve the new Coastal Biology
Building. After trenching for utilities is provided, the main circulation corridor will need to be
improved to provide adequate fire department access.
Project
This project will provide improvements to the existing utility systems and create a new backbone
for the Coastal Biology Building and future building connections. The teledata cabling and
improvements to the existing system will tie into a new MPOE that will be built out with
construction of the Coastal Biology Building. A new main pedestrian and vehicular access
roadway will be constructed on top of the utility corridor.
Electrical and Natural Gas Systems
Existing Conditions
The MSC site receives electrical service from PG&E via 21kV distribution lines, while natural gas
is served from existing two- and four-inch-diameter piping. The University does not own or
maintain the existing power distribution or natural gas system, as the power and gas are supplied to
the University, NOAA, and Fish & Game by PG&E through separate metered services. Natural
gas piping enters the MSC near the intersection of Delaware Avenue and Shaffer Road. Electricity
is brought to the site along an easement located off-campus in unincorporated Santa Cruz County.
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Need
Additional electrical and natural gas distribution and increased capacity is needed to provide the
backbone for service to the site.
Project
This project will provide the basis for a University-owned electrical distribution system, consisting
of a primary feed and meter connection to the PG&E 21 kV line and University-provided and
controlled distribution. The expansion of the electrical service system would implement a
University-owned distribution system, consisting of a primary feed and meter connection to the
PG&E 21 kV line and University-provided and controlled distribution. This will allow greater
flexibility in future routing of services and tying into renewable energy sources.
Consistent with the University’s sustainability goals, renewable energy production options,
including wind, solar, and micro-hydro, are being evaluated.
Standby power for MSC will be provided through a centralized standby generation facility
utilizing natural gas powered generators. The centralized standby generation facility is designed to
provide a modular approach to allow for future expansion with only the core facility for CBB
being included within the infrastructure project. A backbone standby power distribution network
will also be provided. Any future building project would be required to construct the connection
to the standby power distribution system and provide modular natural gas powered generators to
meet their standby power needs.
Emergency power for MSC will be incorporated into any future building project with natural gas
powered generators provided by each building project. In addition, the backup fuel supply
required for the natural-gas-powered emergency generators will be co-located with the emergency
generator at each future building. Natural gas (rather than diesel fuel) will be utilized to fuel
generators to supply emergency/standby power for development in the Middle Terrace. The
advantages of using natural gas include:
 Easier to comply with air quality limitations on emissions
 Natural gas may be lower in cost than diesel fuel
 Always there when needed–piped in place
Regulations require the use of propane backup for these systems. The propane backup fuel supply
required for the natural-gas-powered emergency generators will be co-located with the generator at
each future building to meet this requirement.
This project will provide trenching for the natural gas utility as part of the already planned
construction project; the gas line piping would be provided and installed by PG&E.
Stormwater:
Existing Conditions
The existing storm drain system consists of natural components, such as wetlands and swales, and
constructed components, including roadside ditches, reinforced concrete and corrugated metal pipe
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culverts, drainage inlets, grated open trench, drain pipe, detention/retention ponds, and
interceptors. The adjacent Younger Lagoon Reserve and the numerous wetlands that characterize
the site are reliant upon high water quality delivered at specific runoff rates and volumes.
Need
At the MSC, there is a need to address multiple deficiencies in the existing stormwater system
prior to development of any instruction and research facility. They are, therefore, being addressed
with essential infrastructure scope in support of the Coastal Biology Building. Many of the
existing deficiencies are related to storm water quality and quantity, and severe soil erosion.
Project
This project will correct the existing deficiencies and provide improvements and expansion to
accommodate the construction of the Coastal Biology Building. Deficiency corrections include
berm construction or stabilization, with native vegetation enhancement, filtering fabric and swale
rock, preservation of existing drainage patterns, removal of sedimentation and debris, erosion
control, and drain guard protectors at the drainage inlets. These improvements will enhance water
quality draining into the Younger Lagoon, restore natural hydrologic patterns, and prevent flooding
in areas.
The goal of storm drain system improvements made in conjunction with the development of the
MSC is to minimize the impact of development on the building site and surrounding habitats.
Both the correction of deficiencies and the system expansion will take a low-impact development
approach to storm drain treatment and conveyance consisting of multiple and varying solutions.
Elements of this approach include construction of a treatment train of vegetated strips, vegetated
swales, and detention basins. Low-impact development design at upstream source points will be
addressed in conjunction with the planning and construction of the Coastal Biology Building and
any subsequent facility.
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IV. RELATIONSHIP TO UNIVERSITY MISSION AND
OBJECTIVES
This project supports the instructional and research mission of the University of California by
providing essential facilities for undergraduate and graduate education in the biological sciences.
The campus recognizes the important benefits these programs provide to the State’s economy, and
the Coastal Biology Building would play a major role in fulfilling the University’s efforts to
accommodate expanding enrollments. Without this project, the campus will be unable to meet
existing enrollment demands in the Physical and Biological Sciences Division.
V. COST BASIS AND SUSTAINABILITY
The campus has conducted extensive pre-design studies and cost analyses and has prepared a
detailed cost estimate. The University has developed strategies addressing both favorable and
unfavorable market conditions to ensure the maximum amount of the project scope is built within
available funds. The project components described above reflect the most critical facility needs
for the project as identified during project planning, programming, and cost analysis.
Implementation of all project components will be subject to further assessment during design and
limited by construction market conditions at the time of bid.
This project will comply with the University of California Policy on Sustainable Practices. As
required by this policy, the project will adopt the principles of energy efficiency and sustainability
to the fullest extent possible, consistent with budgetary constraints and regulatory and
programmatic requirements.
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