Los Altos Neighbor

Proposed Project: California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for an updated Campus Master Plan, including a Utility Master Plan ( Table of Contents, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 ). The Master Plan provides for facilities and improvements to accommodate the gradual growth in student enrollment, projected to reach 31,000 full-time equivalent students within the horizon year of 2020, while furthering CSULB’s aims to achieve greater distinction with strategic priorities of student success, academic quality, service excellence, and campus life and environment.

Project Location: The CSULB campus is generally bounded by East 7th Street to the south, East Atherton Street to the north, Bellflower Boulevard to the west, and Palo Verde Avenue to the east.

Significant Environmental Effects of Project: The DEIR concludes that the project’s potentially significant impacts can be reduced to less than significant levels as they relate to traffic at three study intersections; noise from athletic events at a proposed soccer facility; water use; construction-related traffic, parking, diesel emissions, and solid waste generation; and, archaeological resources. The project will result in significant impacts related to project-specific and cumulative vehicular traffic on one segment of Interstate 405 and at two study intersections; project-specific and cumulative air quality impact from vehicular emissions; cumulative contribution to solid and hazardous waste disposal at regional landfills; and short-term construction-related project-specific and cumulative air quality, noise, and vibration.

Public Review Period: The DEIR (Appendices A-D, Appendix E) is available for a 45-day public review and comment from January 15, 2008 to February 28, 2008. All comments on the DEIR shall be addressed in writing no later than February 28, 2008 to Ms. Susan Brown, Director, Physical Planning and Facilities Management, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, BH370, Long Beach, CA 90840-0127, or by fax at (562) 985-7647.

Public Meeting: A public meeting on the DEIR will be held by CSULB on February 6, 2008 at 7:00 PM at The Pointe in the Pyramid building on the CSULB campus.

Where to Find the DEIR: The DEIR is available for review at the Office of Physical Planning and Facilities Management and the University Library on the CSULB campus located at 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, and the Los Altos Neighborhood Library at 5614 East Britton Drive in Long Beach.