Capital Planning, Design & Construction 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132-4021 Tel: (415) 338-1698 Fax: (415) 338-2960 Notice of Availability and Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY RECREATION WELLNESS CENTER PROJECT Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15105, the San Francisco State University (SF State) has issued this notice to inform you of the availability of the Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) prepared for the Recreation Wellness Center Project (proposed project). The proposed project was approved on Winston Drive in 2013, but is now being evaluated at a new location on the campus, as described below. The document is available for public review and comment and copies of this document have been sent to the City and County of San Francisco County Clerk and the State Clearinghouse for mandatory review under CEQA. The Draft IS/MND is tiered to the Campus Master Plan EIR (SCH#2006102050), certified as a Program EIR under CEQA Guidelines Section 15168, by the CSU Board of Trustees in November 2007. Preparation of a Draft IS/MND does not represent a decision by SF State to approve the proposed project. The Draft IS/MND will be considered for adoption and the proposed project will be considered for approval by the California State University Board of Trustees most likely during their May 2014 Board meeting. The proposed project would involve the construction of a new 118,700 gross square foot (gsf) Recreation Wellness Center building, and an outdoor recreation field, as well as maintenance of the existing softball field on a 6.5-acre project site. Major revisions to the Campus Master Plan are also proposed to allow for the location of the RWC on the proposed project site. These revisions involve master plan map changes that would relocate other future planned campus buildings. The proposed project would also include pedestrian street improvements along Font Boulevard. The triangular shaped project site is located in the southwestern portion of the SF State campus, north of Vidal Drive, east of Lake Merced Boulevard, south of Font Boulevard, and west of Arballo Drive. The Draft IS/MND determined that the proposed project would not result in any additional potentially significant impacts over those identified in the Campus Master Plan EIR; however, additional projectspecific mitigation measures have been identified. Therefore, SF State, as the lead agency, is proposing to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Copies of the Draft IS/MND may be reviewed online at http://www.sfsu.edu/~build/design/RWC.html, or at SF State Capital Planning, Design & Construction offices located at 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132 (physical address is Corporation Yard 202 on North State Drive). Copies are also available for review at the J. Paul Leonard Library at SF State, 1600 Holloway Avenue, and the City and County of San Francisco Main Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California. Public Review of the Draft IS/MND begins on January 31, 2014, and ends 30 days after issuance of this document, by the close of business on March 2, 2014. Comments on the Draft IS/MND may be submitted during this public review period. All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on March 2, 2014. Please submit any comments on the Draft IS/MND in writing to the name and address below: Wendy Bloom Campus Planner Capital Planning, Design and Construction San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132 [email protected]