WEBVTT 1 00:00:18.280 --> 00:00:20.620 Robert Schulz: So we only see the panelists. 2 00:00:23.790 --> 00:00:24.760 Emily Seklecki: Right. 3 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:25.450 Robert Schulz: Okay. 4 00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:33.759 Emily Seklecki: But it looks like participants are joining numbers taken up a little here. We've got 2021. So yeah, people are joining. 5 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:37.480 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Okay, let's give it a minute or so 6 00:00:37.810 --> 00:00:40.540 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: to allow people to log in before we start. 7 00:00:49.930 --> 00:00:52.910 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: And, Emily, I think when you see that we have. 8 00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:58.549 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: you know, a sizable number of attendees. You can let me know 9 00:00:59.250 --> 00:01:04.090 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: when to begin the presentation. I can't see how many folks are in the room. 10 00:01:04.099 --> 00:01:06.241 Emily Seklecki: Sure. Yeah, no, we've got 11 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:13.529 Emily Seklecki: about 11, and it seems to have leveled off so maybe yeah, give it a minute and 12 00:01:14.389 --> 00:01:16.669 Emily Seklecki: or a couple more seconds, and you should be good to go. 13 00:01:31.060 --> 00:01:33.229 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Hey? I think we'll go ahead and get started. 14 00:01:33.824 --> 00:01:48.379 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Welcome everyone to the evolve student housing draft environmental impact report, a virtual public meeting. It's January 30, th 2025. I'm Kara Peterson, director of planning for San Diego State University. 15 00:01:48.630 --> 00:01:56.339 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: First, st let's go over the structure for the meeting. I'm going to give an overview presentation of the project draft, Eir. 16 00:01:56.530 --> 00:02:09.729 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and then we will go to some Q. And A. You should be able to type your questions into the meeting chat, and then those will be moderated by Dudec. 17 00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:19.190 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: This meeting is not being recorded, and so I want to make clear that comments 18 00:02:19.350 --> 00:02:38.749 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: that are going to be a part of the final Eir will need to be submitted in writing. That's so important that I'm going to repetitively. Say it several times in the presentation, and at the end of the presentation we'll have a slide with an email address and Us. Mail address, where written comments may be submitted. 19 00:02:40.150 --> 00:03:07.410 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: comments that are logged into the chat function today are really for us to do brief Q&A. On those questions that we're seeing a lot of questions that we're able to go ahead and answer today. Some questions, though, are going to require further study, and they'll need to be included in the final Eir. So we'll want to be sure that you submit those in writing via email or Us mail to Sdsu. 20 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:24.020 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Okay? So an outline of today's presentation. We'll do an overview of the Ceqa process. We're going to discuss findings made in the draft, Eir. 21 00:03:24.270 --> 00:03:28.200 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: that includes the project's purpose and intended goals and benefits. 22 00:03:28.310 --> 00:03:44.890 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: an overview of the alternatives that were studied. We'll briefly review areas requiring mitigation and potential unavoidable, significant impacts. We'll talk about the next steps and opportunities to provide input, and then we'll go ahead and have some Q. And A. 23 00:03:47.730 --> 00:03:54.670 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So the purpose of this meeting is to disclose findings and review the project alternatives presented in the draft Eir for the project. 24 00:03:55.060 --> 00:04:08.590 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Again, we have to consider all written comments in our analysis of the project, so any comments that are submitted by February 17 will also be included in the final Eir for this project. 25 00:04:11.480 --> 00:04:33.160 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So a lot of you already know this, but for those who don't. The Ceqa process has 4 major steps in this instance. First, st the notice of preparation and scoping phase is where we seek impacts on which sorry, where we seek input on which impacts, we need to study. That phase took place last summer in 2024. 26 00:04:33.420 --> 00:05:00.119 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The draft environmental impact report is the stage that we are in now. The draft environmental impact report was released on Sdsu's Eir Web page on January 3, rd 2025. And in that report. We study the project's impacts, determine their significance and proposed mitigations for impacts that were identified as significant or potentially significant. 27 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:03.070 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: We also studied alternatives to the project. 28 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:20.580 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So now all comments to that draft Eir will be considered. A response to those comments will be prepared, and modifications may be made to the project to the final Eir document or to the potential mitigation measures in that document. 29 00:05:20.880 --> 00:05:37.120 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: This is all documented in that final Eir, and then approval and certification is made by the lead agencies here in this project. This will be the California State University Board of Trustees, and that meeting is to take place in May 2025. 30 00:05:39.610 --> 00:05:57.410 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So the underlying purpose of this proposed project is to enable an increased number of Sdsu students the opportunity to live on the main Sdsu campus, thereby enhancing student life on campus and reducing vehicle. Miles traveled and attendant Ghg emissions. 31 00:05:59.740 --> 00:06:20.619 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So there's several specific goals and objectives of the evolve student housing project, and this is a little dry, but they're all important. So we want to go over them in this presentation, first, st to expand the West campus student residential neighborhood in a manner similar to the student residential neighborhood on the east side of campus. 32 00:06:20.790 --> 00:06:41.989 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: To create housing that is inviting and safe has a distinct identity, and provides students with supportive amenities, such as a dining facility, community space and study areas, second, to provide food and support services in the immediate vicinity of the proposed project site for students to be housed in the new housing complexes. 33 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:55.329 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: 3, rd to increase on-campus student housing options to the maximum degree possible for students who are currently housed off campus, thereby reducing the demand for student housing in the adjacent off campus neighborhoods. 34 00:06:55.890 --> 00:07:05.430 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: 4, th to replace outdated low density, inefficient student housing with more modern, attractive and energy efficient facilities. 35 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:22.440 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: 5, th to provide additional student housing on campus in an area that has the capacity to accommodate a large number of student housing beds and associated amenities that are encumbered, unencumbered, sorry by other uses that are not easily demolished or relocated. 36 00:07:22.900 --> 00:07:42.010 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: 6. To reduce vehicle miles, traveled and related greenhouse gas emissions and increase the walkability of the Sdsu campus by providing on-campus housing that includes a variety of student friendly amenities situated within walking distance of the academic, athletic, and social centers of the campus. 37 00:07:42.330 --> 00:07:53.520 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and last, to take advantage of the limited, available, buildable area on an urban built-out campus by maximizing density and the number of student beds within the project site. 38 00:07:55.950 --> 00:08:14.269 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So this image shows the site of the proposed project on the main Sdsu campus. This has 2 components, 2 sites within the project, first, st the peninsula component that's at the top of the screen at the northwest edge of the campus. 39 00:08:14.460 --> 00:08:21.499 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and second, the university towers east component. That's at the bottom of the screen on the south end of the campus. 40 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:36.820 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The peninsula component site is approximately 10.5 acres, and the University Towers component, is approximately 1.1 acres. The peninsula component is at the northern terminus of 55th Street 41 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:44.689 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and University towers East Component is located on Montezuma road, and that site is currently utilized as a parking lot. 42 00:08:47.320 --> 00:09:03.190 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: This image is a rendering of the proposed project. The Peninsula site is in the foreground. The University towers. East site is at the top right of the screen kind of in the back corner 43 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:04.659 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: of this render. 44 00:09:05.290 --> 00:09:21.880 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So Sdsu has been historically known as a commuter campus. But over the recent several years we've constructed a number of student housing units, both on and immediately near campus in an effort to provide increased housing availability for students who attend the university. 45 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:27.300 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and this proposed project represents Sdsu's continuing efforts in that regard. 46 00:09:27.770 --> 00:09:47.569 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: While demolition of the existing buildings within the peninsula component will remove 702 existing student beds. The construction of approximately 4,450 new student beds will result in a net increase of approximately 3,700 additional student beds on the Peninsula site. 47 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:58.729 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The University towers east component, will result in a new building with approximately 720 beds that are dedicated to primary 1st year students. 48 00:09:58.810 --> 00:10:18.190 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and in total development of the proposed project. That's on both sites. Peninsula and University Towers east will result in approximately 5,170 new student beds, a net increase of approximately 4,468 student beds to the main campus inventory. 49 00:10:20.460 --> 00:10:33.749 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So now we're going to get into discussion of the alternatives that we're studying in the draft, Eir. This is required by Ceqa. So let's look at each of these in a little more detail. 50 00:10:37.126 --> 00:10:50.640 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The no project alternative was evaluated and was rejected as foregoing the project entirely, would not meet the proposed project's purpose and objectives. As stated in the draft. Eir. 51 00:10:54.350 --> 00:11:14.349 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: under the historic preservation alternative, the eligible historic apartment building known as Mixed Quick Hall would be retained and the remainder of the Peninsula component site would be developed with the Amenity Building. The 9 story building and 5 student residence towers, and that's as opposed to 6 student residence towers. 52 00:11:14.810 --> 00:11:18.469 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The University Towers component would still be developed as planned. 53 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:24.039 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and this alternative would provide 716 fewer beds than the proposed project 54 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:42.069 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: with a reduced number of student beds. This alternative does not fully achieve the goal of providing increased on campus housing in order to reduce the demand for housing in the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Nor does it achieve the reduction in vehicle. Miles traveled and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions. As the proposed project. 55 00:11:42.310 --> 00:11:49.310 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Therefore, the historic preservation alternative does not fully achieve the project. Goals and objectives, as stated in the draft Eir 56 00:11:51.350 --> 00:12:18.469 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: next in the Gnat catcher avoidance alternative. No construction activities would take place on the Peninsula component site within 300 feet of coastal sagebrush. The existing apartment buildings on the Peninsula component site would remain, and only the 4 small campus buildings at the southern end of the site would be demolished and replaced with a new 760 bed residential building. The University towers component would still be developed as planned 57 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:44.149 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: so similarly to the historic preservation alternative. This would be a reduced number of student beds, and would not fully achieve the goal of providing increased on campus housing to reduce demand in the surrounding neighborhoods, and it would achieve less reduction in vehicle. Miles traveled, and less reduction in corresponding greenhouse gas emissions than the proposed project. 58 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:52.330 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: This alternative would also eliminate the Amenity building that is necessary to provide food and other support services for the proposed project 59 00:12:52.470 --> 00:13:00.289 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: overall the Gnat catcher avoidance alternative would not meet 6 of 7 project objectives, as stated in the draft Eir. 60 00:13:02.150 --> 00:13:19.270 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The reduced height alternative was studied, and under this alternative the 5 towers on the Peninsula component would be reduced from the proposed height of up to 13 stories to 7 stories, and the 9 story building would be reduced to 5 stories. 61 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:25.699 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The reduced height alternative does not avoid any of the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed project. 62 00:13:26.270 --> 00:13:37.240 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Again, with a reduced number of student beds. This alternative does not fully achieve the goal of providing increased on campus housing to reduce the demand for housing in the surrounding residential neighborhoods 63 00:13:37.410 --> 00:13:45.639 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and overall. This alternative partially meets 5 objectives and fully meets 2 objectives, as stated in the draft Eir. 64 00:13:47.990 --> 00:13:59.610 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: under the alternative site locations alternative say that 5 times fast the proposed project would be built on various alternative sites across the Sdsu main campus. 65 00:14:00.010 --> 00:14:06.200 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Potential locations identified in the alternative were mainly existing parking lots 2, 66 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:12.719 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: 2, a 1516, 17, and the adobe falls property. 67 00:14:13.060 --> 00:14:19.280 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Of these alternative sites only. Lot 2. A has been planned as future student housing. 68 00:14:19.430 --> 00:14:27.959 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and at Lot 2, a. The existing San Diego trolley infrastructure limits the development of that lot to 600 beds. 69 00:14:28.330 --> 00:14:36.939 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The remaining alternative sites, all have other current planned uses, and so their conversion to student housing would create a domino effect. 70 00:14:37.070 --> 00:14:54.240 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: This would require other locations to then be identified. To support the alternative sites current planned uses so overall this alternative does not meet 4 project objectives. It partially meets one objective and fully meets 2 objectives, as stated in the draft. Eir. 71 00:14:57.180 --> 00:15:17.250 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: okay, next, we wanted to go over the impacts that were identified in the draft eir, so ceqa requires that the Eir summary would identify each significant impact, recommended mitigation measures for those impacts and alternatives to reduce or avoid the project significant impacts on the environment. 72 00:15:17.540 --> 00:15:27.909 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So several areas of study that are shown on this slide here were determined to have no impact or less than significant impact. So we won't go into those in any detail. 73 00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:50.249 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: But the draft Eir also includes required mitigations to reduce impacts to less than significant in the areas shown here. And those are biological resources, cultural resources and tribal cultural resources, paleontological resources, hazards or hazardous materials, noise and wildfire. 74 00:15:50.510 --> 00:16:01.809 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So mitigations in these areas were identified. And these are all standard measures that will result in regulatory reduction of any environmental impacts to then be less than significant. 75 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:28.090 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So one example from the draft, Eir, is the use of the prohibition of invasive species to reduce direct impacts to special status species in the biological resources section. And so if you can go to the draft, Eir Web page, you'll see a table with mitigation measures. And then each of the sections that were studied in the draft. Eir has these mitigation measures in detail. 76 00:16:30.890 --> 00:16:40.029 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The draft Eir also identified significant and unavoidable impacts in the following areas, biological resources and cultural resources. 77 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:43.429 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So let's take a look at each of those 78 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:48.570 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: in the area of biological resources 79 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:55.959 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: there are indirect impacts related to construction noise. If the California gnat catcher is present. 80 00:16:56.070 --> 00:17:19.830 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: We wanted to go ahead and identify this as a potential, significant and unavoidable impact because biological surveys are continuing now at the Peninsula area. So it's reasonable that the draft will assume that the Gnat capture is present and that indirect impacts related to construction. Noise from the proposed project would be potentially significant and unavoidable. 81 00:17:22.069 --> 00:17:30.190 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: And next, significant and unavoidable impacts were identified in the area of cultural resources. 82 00:17:30.300 --> 00:17:48.770 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: This is the impact to mix quick hall that building is located at 54, 84, 55th Street. And this is a significant and unavoidable impact, because the proposed project will demolish this building and its character defining features. 83 00:17:51.730 --> 00:18:00.480 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Okay, so let's again, this is that concludes the meat of the presentation. And let's talk about opportunities to provide. Input. 84 00:18:00.590 --> 00:18:05.040 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So comments need to be provided in writing. 85 00:18:05.190 --> 00:18:11.250 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: and that comment period is now through February 17, th 2025 86 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:25.710 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: comments can be provided via email at evolvecomments at Sdsuedu or via Us. Mail to me. Kara Peterson, director of planning at Sdsu. Planning design and construction. 87 00:18:26.050 --> 00:18:36.850 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: That address is 5,500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California, 9, 2, 1, 8, 2, and the extended code is 1624. 88 00:18:38.800 --> 00:18:57.630 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Also in May we will have our board of trustees meeting to review the final eir for the project. That meeting is set to take place on May 20th and 21, st 2025, and written and in-person comments can be provided at that meeting. 89 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:17.270 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So while we're going over QA. We'll leave this slide up so that you can take a screenshot or write this down. Again. This meeting is not being recorded and comments received through the meeting chat function will not. Yes, Bob. 90 00:19:17.790 --> 00:19:31.190 Robert Schulz: We're having a couple of logistics, Snafus. We need to clarify for people. Because the zoom app has told people that the meeting is being recorded, so I'm not sure which of those is more accurate. 91 00:19:31.826 --> 00:19:41.229 Robert Schulz: I think what we're saying is, we do not have the ability to use the A recorded zoom session to get their questions appropriately recorded. 92 00:19:41.260 --> 00:20:04.110 Robert Schulz: So I think what we're trying to say is, you have no, you should not expect privacy in your commentary, because this might be recorded, I think, is the correct answer. And then we've also had a question about, is the Zoom chat available? Or are we using the QA. Feature? I'm not qualified to answer that question hopefully. Somebody from Dudec can. 93 00:20:04.110 --> 00:20:09.022 Emily Seklecki: Yeah, I can speak to both of those. We just wanna make it clear that. 94 00:20:09.540 --> 00:20:38.976 Emily Seklecki: the comments, if you are asking questions, they are not considered official comments. So by recording, we are not recording them as official comments on the Eir their questions. It's it's a QA. So they that's where you can ask questions that we can answer here. And then, secondly, yes to the to the second comment, there. The QA function should be available. And that should be open to you to be able to 95 00:20:39.830 --> 00:20:42.239 Emily Seklecki: Submit your questions. There. 96 00:20:44.610 --> 00:20:48.329 Sarah Lozano: And so far there are no no questions submitted so far. 97 00:20:50.690 --> 00:21:06.580 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Okay, we'll give. We'll give folks a while so that they can type in any questions for us. In the interim, a couple of other housekeeping items. So in that little teal box to the right side of your screen. 98 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:14.590 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: we'd like to encourage you to visit the website. sdsu.edu forward slash, evolve, hyphen interest 99 00:21:14.790 --> 00:21:41.780 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: to request to be added to our email list to receive regular updates on the project. Additionally, we have the web addresses for our Eir Web Page. That's the second address listed Bfa Sdsuedu, etc. Additionally, housing has a site with information about the project 100 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:46.590 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: at Sdsuedu. Forward slash evolve student housing. 101 00:21:46.690 --> 00:21:58.469 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: You can also use the QR code if you want to take a snap of that with your phone now, or if you save an image of this screen. 102 00:22:06.030 --> 00:22:15.010 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: And so I should say, this concludes the presentation, and we are waiting to hear if we have any questions in the chat. 103 00:22:20.350 --> 00:22:22.339 Robert Schulz: Okay clarification. 104 00:22:22.470 --> 00:22:26.670 Robert Schulz: I think we've told people that the chat isn't available. So 105 00:22:27.318 --> 00:22:30.590 Robert Schulz: if somebody could clarify the logistics of this. 106 00:22:30.590 --> 00:22:38.690 Emily Seklecki: Yeah, so yeah, 2 terms to for very similar functions. But it's it is the QA. Question and answer. QA. 107 00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:42.699 Emily Seklecki: And it does look like we got one, Sarah. 108 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:44.939 Sarah Lozano: Yeah. Yep. Do you want me to? Okay. 109 00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:48.272 Sarah Lozano: yep, it. It appears to be working. Yes. 110 00:22:48.950 --> 00:23:16.290 Sarah Lozano: Okay. The 1st question, where do we find the analysis that demonstrates that the lifecycle construction, activity ghgs will, in fact, be offset by the reduced Ghgs from student travel, transportation reductions that seems very unlikely given the high carbon footprint of concrete glass, steel, and construction. Therefore it's very doubtful that any objective for reduced ghgs is feasible. 111 00:23:24.300 --> 00:23:27.489 Robert Schulz: I don't believe I know the answer to that question, Sarah. 112 00:23:29.030 --> 00:23:29.830 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: We have our. 113 00:23:29.830 --> 00:23:37.280 Sarah Lozano: Adam Adam is on, I believe. Adam, do you want to measure a response to that question? 114 00:23:37.280 --> 00:23:47.110 Adam Poll: Sure any information related to the greenhouse. Gas emissions from the project during construction and operation will be 115 00:23:47.280 --> 00:23:50.960 Adam Poll: in the greenhouse gas section of the Eir. 116 00:23:52.030 --> 00:24:03.290 Adam Poll: but with regards to the carbon footprint of the concrete, glass, steel, and construction, those are embedded emissions 117 00:24:03.730 --> 00:24:09.349 Adam Poll: which are found within a lifecycle assessment type, evaluation, and 118 00:24:09.630 --> 00:24:13.409 Adam Poll: and Ceqa does not require that type of evaluation so 119 00:24:13.750 --> 00:24:17.670 Adam Poll: that will not be found within this Eir. 120 00:24:18.510 --> 00:24:19.220 Robert Schulz: Okay. 121 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.749 Robert Schulz: Thank you. Adam. 122 00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:32.659 Sarah Lozano: Okay? And then the next question is, there were comments requested by Sdsu and submitted to do deck in advance. Are you going to cover them. 123 00:24:34.030 --> 00:24:38.460 Sarah Lozano: So what? What comments were requested by Sdsu. 124 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:50.649 Emily Seklecki: This may be referring to comments that have been emailed to Sdsu via the evolve comments email address. And those are all comments 125 00:24:50.910 --> 00:25:03.970 Emily Seklecki: on the draft eir, so they are reviewed and responded to as part of the process of putting together the final eir, so. 126 00:25:03.970 --> 00:25:29.610 Robert Schulz: Right it it might be worth backing up. But I know the sepa process is unintuitive to people. Certainly it's been something I've spent a lot of time learning over the years. What we are doing is trying to ensure our trustees have a full assessment of all the environmental impacts of a decision they're going to make about approval and financing of this project. 127 00:25:29.830 --> 00:25:41.659 Robert Schulz: So the whole goal of Ceqa and the whole goal of the ear is to make sure that document has all the correct data and insights necessary for them to make a fully informed decision. 128 00:25:41.840 --> 00:26:05.599 Robert Schulz: So for the most part, no, not every comment that gets sent into the comment line gets a personal response. So many, in fact, many of them are duplicative to each other. What we can say is that absolutely every question will get a response and comment in the final Eir, and those will be available for public 129 00:26:05.800 --> 00:26:11.640 Robert Schulz: review as well as maybe most importantly available for our trustees consideration. 130 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:18.599 Robert Schulz: Hopefully, that makes sense. 131 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.480 Robert Schulz: Are you feeding? Who's feeding us? The questions. 132 00:26:26.630 --> 00:26:28.250 Sarah Lozano: Yep. Okay. 133 00:26:28.250 --> 00:26:29.509 Robert Schulz: Are you doing that, Sarah? 134 00:26:29.510 --> 00:26:34.803 Sarah Lozano: Yep. Yep. Okay. Next question, is 135 00:26:36.890 --> 00:26:51.859 Sarah Lozano: Since appendix C is over 2,000 pages long. Can Dudek please share the page number or numbers where the Ghg inventory is located for ongoing admissions expected from the project's life of operations. 136 00:26:52.590 --> 00:26:58.619 Sarah Lozano: And maybe, Adam, I don't know if you know the exact page number. But maybe there's a section or. 137 00:26:58.620 --> 00:27:00.806 Adam Poll: Yeah, no, no. I have this memorized. So. 138 00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:02.960 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 139 00:27:03.758 --> 00:27:18.809 Adam Poll: No, I I was actually just looking on the website. To see how I could answer this. So yes, appendix C is the air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. Technical report to the Eir. 140 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:27.929 Adam Poll: and it it would be found in Appendix B to Appendix C, which looks like it starts on 141 00:27:28.810 --> 00:27:34.749 Adam Poll: page 1737, 1,737. 142 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:41.109 Sarah Lozano: In. In what document, Adam, can you clarify? You're you're that! That is 143 00:27:41.110 --> 00:27:43.699 Sarah Lozano: 30, the whole eir the whole? 144 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.960 Sarah Lozano: No, no, no, they are. 145 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:49.320 Adam Poll: That is found within appendix c. To the Eir. 146 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.610 Sarah Lozano: Okay, thank you. 147 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:03.760 Sarah Lozano: Okay, all right. Next question is. 148 00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:19.559 Sarah Lozano: would the housing be for only freshman students? Or would it be available to all students what incentives, financial and otherwise, will be provided, so that students prefer to live on campus as opposed to living in many dorms in the community. 149 00:28:21.090 --> 00:28:23.950 Robert Schulz: I'm hearing 2 questions there. 150 00:28:24.646 --> 00:28:36.019 Robert Schulz: One about. Is it freshman only, or available to overs? And then another question about financial incentives? And I think maybe, Mr. Hansen, you're the best qualified to answer those 2. 151 00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:59.640 Eric Hansen: You bet. So right now we anticipate the majority of folks living in these communities to be our 1st and second year students who are required to live on campus. We have a number of 1st year students who also are local or not required to live on campus, who want to do so where we will have capacity. We will allow our junior seniors and grad students to live in the apartments as well. 152 00:29:00.697 --> 00:29:07.379 Eric Hansen: In terms of incentives. We will continue to have our rates that are kind of on par with the other rates that we have on on campus. 153 00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:29.449 Robert Schulz: And I know nobody has asked the question yet, but I've been around enough conversations to know it's a little bit confusing as to what students are going to be living in these buildings? And I think one of the questions people are trying to get at is is this an increase in the attendance or enrollment of San Diego State, and the answer to that question is no. 154 00:29:41.450 --> 00:29:43.340 Sarah Lozano: Next question. 155 00:29:46.910 --> 00:29:58.220 Sarah Lozano: what are the estimated number of injuries and fatalities to birds will result from the windows of the project? What measures will be implemented to minimize bird strikes. 156 00:29:58.550 --> 00:30:13.600 Sarah Lozano: Possibilities include treating windows and managing exterior lighting. I can probably answer that question. We haven't calculated the estimated number of of bird strikes that would occur as a result of of 157 00:30:13.750 --> 00:30:19.559 Sarah Lozano: windows on the project site. And the the commenters, you know. 158 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:30.679 Sarah Lozano: suggestion of different window treatments and such and exterior lighting and things are are great suggestions that be probably really good to put into a comment. Letter 159 00:30:32.490 --> 00:30:36.009 Sarah Lozano: to reduce potential bird rec issues. 160 00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:50.810 Sarah Lozano: Okay, next question is, despite Ceqa ignoring lifecycle emissions, aren't they environmentally important from an Sdsu environmental planning and environmental justice perspective. 161 00:30:57.380 --> 00:31:07.500 Robert Schulz: I'm I'm I'm trying to decide what the actual question in there is. Are we concerned about all the environmental impacts of our activities? Absolutely. Yes. 162 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:18.020 Robert Schulz: but it's always a balanced scorecard type activity. I mean, the truth is, getting human beings to this campus involves environmental impacts. 163 00:31:18.250 --> 00:31:25.300 Robert Schulz: And we try to balance those impacts with the needs and requirements of education for Californians. So 164 00:31:25.470 --> 00:31:27.919 Robert Schulz: I'm not quite sure how to answer that one. 165 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.230 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 166 00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:38.500 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 167 00:31:40.390 --> 00:31:47.780 Sarah Lozano: So the next question is, I might have missed this. But what is the estimated construction? Timeline? When is completion? 168 00:31:49.190 --> 00:31:59.810 Robert Schulz: We are currently anticipating construction to start in the summer of 25 and proceed through summer of 20 169 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.550 Robert Schulz: 30. 170 00:32:02.621 --> 00:32:04.829 Robert Schulz: We're kind of have 171 00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:24.159 Robert Schulz: a moderate level of confidence for the early phases, all of which is based upon board of trustee approval. Less certainty over later phases. The air includes, I think, up to can't remember how many buildings on the Peninsula, so majority of the construction, we imagine being completed by 2030. 172 00:32:25.060 --> 00:32:30.250 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: And that, said, the Eir projects at the 173 00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:38.969 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: full, build out full project, timeline. If we are to build this in 6 phases conclusion in 2034. 174 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.729 Robert Schulz: Thank you. Kara. 175 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:51.490 Sarah Lozano: Okay regarding the sophomore success program. It's been, in effect, since 2,018, 176 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:56.410 Sarah Lozano: quantitatively. What is the statistical impact on sophomore Gpas. 177 00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:58.789 Robert Schulz: You wanna take that one? Eric? 178 00:32:58.790 --> 00:33:19.620 Eric Hansen: Sure. I don't have it at my fingertips, but we are we fully phased, or we phased in the program, and it was fully implemented in Fall 2019 and then, of course, with Covid in 2020, where we sent everybody home. And so that has definitely impacted our ability to kind of look at the statistical analysis and comparison analysis 179 00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:31.479 Eric Hansen: for both on and off campus as well as the retention and graduation rates. So I don't have the details. We are tracking that information, but in terms of making that a conclusive thing. I don't have that at my fingertips. 180 00:33:34.190 --> 00:33:34.930 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 181 00:33:35.910 --> 00:33:49.240 Sarah Lozano: thank you, Eric. Okay. The next question is, Calgreen has mandatory measures for embodied carbon calculations? Are those Calcs planned for this project's design phase? 182 00:33:51.414 --> 00:34:04.069 Robert Schulz: We will be fully complying with Calgreen that is typically picked up in the plan check phases. It'll be reviewed by our site. Excuse me, our mechanical peer reviewers and our 3rd party, title 24, plan check process. 183 00:34:09.130 --> 00:34:30.870 Sarah Lozano: And then another question related to this topic. If the impacts of commuting are less than the unquantified lifecycle impacts of the construction, concrete, steel, etc. Then this project is a net, environmental damage. Is it correct that Sdsu has not computed its lifecycle impacts. 184 00:34:34.929 --> 00:34:37.449 Robert Schulz: Well, let me back up. 185 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:44.729 Robert Schulz: Nobody has tried to suggest the sole reason for building student housing is environmental benefit. 186 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:54.259 Robert Schulz: I wouldn't make that statement. I don't think Eric would make that statement. I don't think the President of the University would make that statement. We are trying to educate students and fulfill our mission 187 00:34:54.500 --> 00:35:16.600 Robert Schulz: as California's higher education sector. So the primary reason for building student housing is to serve our student needs. I think that's the starting point we would not try to say, we'll never do anything that isn't a net improvement on the environment, because in the meantime our mission is the education of California students. 188 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.985 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 189 00:35:22.060 --> 00:35:27.905 Sarah Lozano: Another another question back to the topic of pre-submitted questions. 190 00:35:30.310 --> 00:35:45.500 Sarah Lozano: we don't have pre-submitted questions. I don't know if they were intended to be submitted, but it could. Whoever. This is an anonymous attendee. But could you ask those questions? We're certainly happy to try to address any questions that you have. 191 00:35:46.630 --> 00:35:50.249 Sarah Lozano: but we don't have pre-submitted questions to discuss here. 192 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:51.819 Robert Schulz: That's your. 193 00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:54.829 Sarah Lozano: Certainly invite, invite you to ask those questions. 194 00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:25.240 Sarah Lozano: I'm trying to see the well, I'm gonna quit trying to see the question, Sarah. I'll let you answer, I'll let you ask. I'm doing this on an ipad, so when I try to. 195 00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.590 Sarah Lozano: Yep. 196 00:36:25.590 --> 00:36:27.360 Robert Schulz: The Q. And a. It makes me not see anything. 197 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.120 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 198 00:36:28.990 --> 00:36:42.000 Sarah Lozano: Okay, okay, this is a little bit of a longer one. So just bear with me while I I read it all. Okay, what fraction of the Evolve Project apartments are going to be affordable housing. 199 00:36:42.440 --> 00:37:07.600 Sarah Lozano: According to Sdsu's website, the cost of living on campus room and board is $5,330 greater than living off campus. Explain again how high cost university housing is a benefit to students. University rent costs are outstripping the private sector. Sdsu's Sophomore Success program was predicated on the assumption that sophomores who were 200 00:37:08.020 --> 00:37:34.409 Sarah Lozano: that were constricted to a dorm instead of being off campus, were performed similarly to stop students who elected voluntarily to live in the dorms. There were no facts from Sdsu to back that assertion per California public Records act responses from Sdsu that we filed with the trustees. Why is Sdcu planning to undertake a 1 billion dollars capital project based on speculative benefits? 201 00:37:34.580 --> 00:37:45.039 Sarah Lozano: Students will be obligated to cover the 2.5 billion of principal and interest of the 30 Year Revenue Bonds. Where has Sdc. Demonstrated a 2.5 billion dollars benefit to offset the cost. 202 00:37:46.560 --> 00:37:52.305 Robert Schulz: Trying to decide what the question actually is embedded in this alright 203 00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:59.020 Sarah Lozano: And then and then the question, kind of sort of stopped abruptly absent. Any demonstrated net benefit. But maybe 204 00:37:59.540 --> 00:38:06.219 Sarah Lozano: maybe the person is still typing some more parts of the question. It's possible there's a character limit in the 205 00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:06.950 Sarah Lozano: I think. 206 00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:14.579 Robert Schulz: I think what I'm gonna say is, that's a great question. I don't want to cut anybody off from asking a detailed and 207 00:38:14.810 --> 00:38:29.209 Robert Schulz: substantive question, and the fact that our chat features don't support that as well as they should. That shouldn't be a reason. I would strongly encourage that question be formally submitted, and make sure it gets its due attention by the trustees. 208 00:38:31.390 --> 00:38:46.999 Sarah Lozano: Yeah. So that's probably a good reminder, Bob, that any question that has been asked if we've just answered it as best we can, but that if you do want it to be part of the written record, you need to submit that question, and then we will formally respond to it in the final ear. 209 00:39:13.140 --> 00:39:27.590 Sarah Lozano: Okay, this is a this is a comment plain English. You asked for questions in advance. Then you asked for us to instead submit them to the webinar. Needless to say, this is a highly dysfunctional. This is highly dysfunctional at this point. 210 00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:30.324 Robert Schulz: We asked for credit. 211 00:39:31.463 --> 00:39:36.579 Sarah Lozano: I hadn't realized we had asked for questions in advance. So my apologies. 212 00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:42.940 Sarah Lozano: I think maybe what the confusion might be is emily's email is on 213 00:39:43.388 --> 00:40:06.330 Sarah Lozano: the notification. So if there's any questions about the zoom process or the Zoom Meeting, they were potential attendees were asked to email Emily, and so that may have been the source of the confusion. We were not asking for people to submit formal questions in advance. We were giving this, you know, meeting the opportunity to ask those questions, and then, of course. 214 00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:15.670 Sarah Lozano: please, you know, provide those in writing so we can formally respond in the final Eir, so I'm not sure if that cleared that up. But that may be the source of the confusion here. 215 00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:16.770 Robert Schulz: Okay. 216 00:40:29.410 --> 00:40:45.879 Sarah Lozano: Okay, here's another question. Good afternoon. The point that this project is not intended to increase enrollment, even though it will result in a net increase of 4,400 plus beds seems to be emphasized. Perhaps you could talk about the reasoning behind this. 217 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:48.670 Robert Schulz: Say that again for me, please. I don't wanna. 218 00:40:49.140 --> 00:41:02.360 Sarah Lozano: So I think that the person is asking. They're saying that we have clearly stated that this project will not increase enrollment, even though will will result in a net increase of 4,400 plus beds. 219 00:41:02.560 --> 00:41:07.129 Sarah Lozano: They wanna just explain the rationale behind that. So maybe. 220 00:41:07.130 --> 00:41:07.460 Robert Schulz: Oh! 221 00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:10.439 Sarah Lozano: Rationale of how that this is not related to enrollment. 222 00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:12.250 Robert Schulz: Oh, that's fair. That's a completely fair 223 00:41:12.946 --> 00:41:25.760 Robert Schulz: the enrollment of our campus is governed by our 20. It's actually a master plan that was crafted in 2,007. It was officially certified in 2018, after a long saga 224 00:41:25.970 --> 00:41:41.639 Robert Schulz: that actually caps our enrollment at 35,000 ftes on campus, which is a pretty arcane formula, so I won't get into what the formula means, but that is a hard cap on the enrollment of the university. 225 00:41:41.780 --> 00:41:44.049 Robert Schulz: and we are not changing that 226 00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:48.329 Robert Schulz: at all. Having said that our housing 227 00:41:48.590 --> 00:42:07.440 Robert Schulz: supply on this university is nowhere close to 35,000 students or nowhere, and to be honest, our head count is always greater than our fts, so we are nowhere close to the 42 plus 1,000 students that would make a 35,000 fts 228 00:42:07.550 --> 00:42:13.960 Robert Schulz: it. So the majority of our students now 229 00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:34.830 Robert Schulz: in the past and presumably ongoing in the future, will not live in student housing on the mesa. They live somewhere else. They might live with their parents, they might live in apartments nearby. We actually have a hard time knowing exactly where they live because they don't tend to update their addresses unless they're living in Eric's residence halls. 230 00:42:35.508 --> 00:42:44.490 Robert Schulz: So all this is is another option for student housing for those students that are already slated to be enrolled with us. 231 00:42:50.840 --> 00:43:04.830 Sarah Lozano: Thanks, Bob, and then one more kind of more of a comment. We're not going to waste any more time cutting and pasting. So I think that was related to the fairly lengthy question. And so I think that's great. It would be good to put that in a formal comment. Letter like you, suggested Bob. 232 00:43:05.120 --> 00:43:05.524 Robert Schulz: Okay. 233 00:43:06.140 --> 00:43:06.820 Robert Schulz: Okay. 234 00:43:09.100 --> 00:43:28.239 Sarah Lozano: Okay. Next question is, are there any pathways for Sdsu students to be involved in the design and construction phases of the evolve housing project. This would be an opportunity for students to learn about the process to build buildings and also provide opportunities for student stakeholder input throughout the project scope. 235 00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:49.169 Robert Schulz: That's a really great question. And I wish we had more ability to involve students in the design and construction process. But frankly, it's a challenge, because the speed at which our design activities typically happen, it's hard to get those to coordinate closely with our academic activities. 236 00:43:49.370 --> 00:43:53.649 Robert Schulz: But I know we work with help me out! What's Tyz's last name? Eric? 237 00:43:55.700 --> 00:43:56.830 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Alves. 238 00:43:57.050 --> 00:44:23.850 Robert Schulz: Yeah, we, we commonly work with Tyus's classes to help them get an update on how our Rfp processes work, how our design build processes work. To my knowledge, we've not ever had any direct engagement by students directly into a project. I will say we put a lot of our students into our design, build firms upon graduation, and some of them were 1st acquainted with them on our campus, but we do not have a formal process to do so. 239 00:44:29.990 --> 00:44:52.539 Sarah Lozano: Okay. Sdsu made the claim in the 2017 certified Eir that the 55th Street site was not a valid alternative, because Sdsu did not have ownership or site control. Has that changed? Was the required transfer of ownership executed since 2017, as Sdsu stated, was required. 240 00:44:53.640 --> 00:45:01.969 Robert Schulz: We've get. We've gotten a lot of questions and comments about ownership of the property and how that involves municipal planning versus trustees authority. 241 00:45:02.150 --> 00:45:22.899 Robert Schulz: And I think we'll get a full response to this in the response to comments in the Eir the somewhat shorter answer is, the trustees garner their full land, use authority with a leasehold interest in the property, and this building will be leased in its entirety for student housing purposes by the University. 242 00:45:28.710 --> 00:45:36.580 Sarah Lozano: Okay? And then another question is, do you have the ability to have subtitles turned on? 243 00:45:37.040 --> 00:45:40.260 Sarah Lozano: Believe that's a question about. 244 00:45:40.850 --> 00:45:42.430 Robert Schulz: Oh, about zoom itself. 245 00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:44.366 Sarah Lozano: Zoom itself 246 00:45:45.260 --> 00:45:46.339 Robert Schulz: I have no idea about that. 247 00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:50.520 Sarah Lozano: If we have that option, Emily or Corey, please correct me if I'm wrong. 248 00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:53.539 Emily Seklecki: Yeah, I'm looking into right now. 249 00:45:55.240 --> 00:45:59.349 Emily Seklecki: and I believe I can change the caption settings. Yeah, just give me 1 min. 250 00:46:10.210 --> 00:46:13.210 Robert Schulz: It's under transcripts. Rachel just told us. 251 00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:20.490 Sarah Lozano: Okay? So then there's a follow up 252 00:46:20.620 --> 00:46:24.280 Sarah Lozano: question here related to the 2,017 Eir. 253 00:46:24.970 --> 00:46:31.190 Sarah Lozano: So this person is saying so is that Csu statement in the 2,017 final Eir. Was it incorrect. 254 00:46:31.570 --> 00:46:34.670 Robert Schulz: I'm not going to revisit the 2017 er 255 00:46:38.410 --> 00:46:44.650 Robert Schulz: it's been too long to be honest. It's been so long since we prepared that document. I don't recall the details of it. 256 00:46:45.330 --> 00:46:45.970 Sarah Lozano: Okay? 257 00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:55.769 Sarah Lozano: And so this is another question related to that. As you sort of clearly state, the transfer was required. Yeah, probably the same comment. 258 00:46:56.030 --> 00:46:56.690 Sarah Lozano: yep. 259 00:46:57.160 --> 00:47:00.179 Robert Schulz: We will answer those questions fully in the final. 260 00:47:19.380 --> 00:47:28.929 Sarah Lozano: Okay. So this is just also a note about the subtitles. Each person has to update it separately, using the show caption settings at the bottom right of the zoom, meeting. 261 00:47:30.190 --> 00:47:36.709 Robert Schulz: Oh, good to know, and my guess is it'll change, depending on which device you use so. 262 00:47:36.950 --> 00:47:37.510 Sarah Lozano: Yeah. 263 00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:45.819 Emily Seklecki: Right? Yeah. Mine says, yeah. So closed captioning or you, it may say, hide captions depending on. 264 00:47:45.820 --> 00:47:46.570 Robert Schulz: Okay. 265 00:47:46.570 --> 00:47:51.790 Emily Seklecki: There you are. Yep, so yeah, but you're right. It should be on the bottom. Strip. Kind of to the right. 266 00:47:52.190 --> 00:47:52.860 Emily Seklecki: Okay. 267 00:48:08.850 --> 00:48:12.189 Sarah Lozano: Okay, no more questions at the moment. Maybe we'll 268 00:48:12.330 --> 00:48:13.910 Sarah Lozano: pause for a couple more minutes. 269 00:48:22.550 --> 00:48:42.510 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: While we pause, I'll add that the presentation that we gave today will be added to the Sdsu Eir Web page, and we'll also annotate it. There will be comment, Bubbles, in the Pdf. That you can pop open for the presentation script. 270 00:48:43.350 --> 00:48:46.270 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: We plan to upload that tomorrow. Friday. 271 00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:11.720 Robert Schulz: To quiet group. 272 00:49:11.870 --> 00:49:13.890 Sarah Lozano: Okay, one more question. 273 00:49:14.915 --> 00:49:24.490 Sarah Lozano: For safety of the surrounding properties and protection of the Mscp land. The fire road will be inaccessible to foot traffic. Correct. 274 00:49:25.630 --> 00:49:27.780 Robert Schulz: What fire road are we talking about? 275 00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:36.799 Robert Schulz: I don't. I apologize. I'm not being trying to be obtuse. I don't think I understand the question. 276 00:49:39.770 --> 00:49:47.290 Sarah Lozano: So, or maybe just firefighting lanes or. 277 00:49:47.410 --> 00:49:49.270 Robert Schulz: Access points to be. 278 00:49:49.270 --> 00:49:50.720 Robert Schulz: Let me let me try. 279 00:49:50.720 --> 00:49:51.420 Sarah Lozano: Sure. 280 00:49:51.600 --> 00:49:52.810 Robert Schulz: The. 281 00:49:52.810 --> 00:49:55.960 Eric Hansen: It's the one, Bob. It's the one around the property that they're asking. 282 00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:56.960 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: The Loop Road. 283 00:49:56.960 --> 00:50:02.910 Robert Schulz: Oh, okay, fair enough. Good question. There is a loop of 284 00:50:03.090 --> 00:50:15.459 Robert Schulz: drivable surface available for firefighting purposes at all times 24, 7, 3, 65. Those are always available for emergency response fire vehicles, etc, etc. 285 00:50:16.105 --> 00:50:27.740 Robert Schulz: The long term plan for the site is for that not to be open for general public use. It will be in the latest phases, be converted to 286 00:50:28.466 --> 00:50:40.330 Robert Schulz: program space for the student occupants. So I think the answer is, no, we don't anticipate those being generally publicly available. If that's the question. 287 00:50:41.050 --> 00:50:48.159 Sarah Lozano: They were kind of wanting to know specifically, would would this road be inaccessible to foot traffic? 288 00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:56.080 Robert Schulz: Well, it'll be available to foot traffic for student residents. 289 00:50:56.290 --> 00:51:05.719 Robert Schulz: Yes, the student residents will have access to it, but it won't allow them down in the canyon. By the way, the entire footprint of the development is up in the currently 290 00:51:06.338 --> 00:51:12.170 Robert Schulz: hard surface paved area. It will not extend down into the canyon proper. 291 00:51:12.290 --> 00:51:16.030 Robert Schulz: either, you know, during after either. 292 00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:22.640 Robert Schulz: all, the activity will be up on the top of the Peninsula that's currently paved and developed. 293 00:51:23.430 --> 00:51:33.479 Sarah Lozano: Okay? And then maybe one more just follow on question is that this individual, I believe, would like to just know a little bit more about programs based on the road. Could you just elaborate a little bit on that. 294 00:51:33.890 --> 00:51:53.580 Robert Schulz: Well, the idea is, and we we don't have it designed. At this point the design of the outdoor space will happen in phases 2, 3, and 4. But we're imagining outdoor gathering spaces, Bocha ball courts, you know, cornhole just outdoor gathering spaces for our student occupants. 295 00:51:56.860 --> 00:52:04.189 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: And that said programmed gathering space is going to be separate from the loop. 296 00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:08.029 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: a road that could be used by a fire truck. 297 00:52:10.330 --> 00:52:10.690 Robert Schulz: Yes. 298 00:52:10.690 --> 00:52:14.349 Sarah Lozano: Yeah, that the program space is more in the middle of the site, correct. 299 00:52:14.350 --> 00:52:14.860 Robert Schulz: That is true. 300 00:52:14.860 --> 00:52:15.700 Sarah Lozano: Thanks. Yeah. 301 00:52:15.700 --> 00:52:16.260 Robert Schulz: That is true. 302 00:52:16.260 --> 00:52:18.220 Sarah Lozano: Okay, okay? 303 00:52:19.270 --> 00:52:24.850 Sarah Lozano: And then here's another question, how much on site solar energy is planned to be installed. 304 00:52:25.290 --> 00:52:47.559 Robert Schulz: I don't have those numbers, although typically the university does not immediately put panels on buildings going up. We are. Our common practice is we aggregate our renewable solar components and build them more cost effectively in larger single arrays, and we fully anticipate the same thing will happen for evolve. 305 00:52:47.830 --> 00:53:03.279 Robert Schulz: We will calculate our obligations under Calgreen. That tells us how many kWh we're supposed to install those will be installed on campus. They may very well not be installed on the evolve buildings themselves. They might be elsewhere on campus. 306 00:53:05.230 --> 00:53:05.980 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 307 00:53:06.700 --> 00:53:22.049 Sarah Lozano: Next question is, how was the fire hazard of the students on the road evaluated? What security will be used? So there's 2 questions here, what security will be used to stop student access to the canyon from the road. 308 00:53:22.750 --> 00:53:23.450 Robert Schulz: Well, it is spam. 309 00:53:23.450 --> 00:53:23.890 Sarah Lozano: Personally. 310 00:53:23.890 --> 00:53:36.599 Robert Schulz: The entire perimeter is fence. So we're not making it available to students to go down into the canyon. Nor do we want people coming up from the canyon canyon into student housing, so we don't want traffic in either direction. 311 00:53:37.790 --> 00:53:46.920 Sarah Lozano: Okay? And then the then the next. The other question was, how was the fire hazard of students on the road evaluated? I believe this commenter is 312 00:53:47.060 --> 00:53:54.619 Sarah Lozano: suggesting that having students walking on the road is in and of itself a fire hazard. I believe that's what this comment suggests. 313 00:53:54.620 --> 00:53:55.150 Robert Schulz: Hmm! 314 00:54:00.240 --> 00:54:03.730 Robert Schulz: I don't think we've done an analysis that assumes 315 00:54:04.320 --> 00:54:07.110 Robert Schulz: humans are the sources of ignition. 316 00:54:07.914 --> 00:54:16.960 Robert Schulz: So I will say, we will have far less combustible materials post-construction than we did pre-construction. 317 00:54:17.070 --> 00:54:22.669 Robert Schulz: So these are incombustible fire resistant structures, highly fire safe 318 00:54:31.170 --> 00:54:37.100 Robert Schulz: and for what it's worth. I don't think we're allowing students or anybody else any place that they're not already allowed. 319 00:54:38.070 --> 00:54:38.710 Sarah Lozano: Okay. 320 00:54:40.300 --> 00:54:48.499 Sarah Lozano: maybe if if we're not quite understanding the question, whoever posted this, if you could try to maybe restate that question, I just wanna make sure 321 00:54:48.680 --> 00:54:56.169 Sarah Lozano: wait are understanding what you're suggesting is a fire hazard on the road. 322 00:55:15.550 --> 00:55:18.370 Sarah Lozano: Okay? No more questions at the moment. 323 00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:24.880 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Why don't we give it one more minute? And I think we have 2 min left 324 00:55:25.110 --> 00:55:29.439 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: in the hour, so we can probably take one more question. 325 00:55:29.930 --> 00:55:35.110 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: or if we get a clarification on that last question, we can address it. 326 00:56:35.760 --> 00:56:42.119 Robert Schulz: Well, I think you're the keeper of the clock, Kara. You can tell us when we're at time. Looks like the questions have slowed down. 327 00:56:44.140 --> 00:56:47.679 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Yes, I think, I think, okay. Thank you. I think. 328 00:56:47.680 --> 00:56:48.330 Sarah Lozano: Yeah. No more. 329 00:56:48.831 --> 00:57:13.380 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Thank you all for attending the webinar. We hope that you found this helpful in preparing your written comments to be turned in via Email or Us mail to Sdsu, and then those comments will be analyzed for the final Eir to be presented to the Board of Trustees. 330 00:57:13.930 --> 00:57:24.639 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Again, the screen shows the addresses where you can send in your written comments. All comments need to be in writing in order to be included and 331 00:57:24.780 --> 00:57:28.520 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: anything received in today's chat function 332 00:57:29.100 --> 00:57:40.039 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: is not considered a written comment. This was just to clarify any quick questions that we were able to in order to help prepare written comments. 333 00:57:40.290 --> 00:57:44.240 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: So again, please please submit those comments. By February 17.th 334 00:57:46.940 --> 00:57:59.339 Robert Schulz: And just to clarify. Since some people said questions were submitted previously, anything that has already been submitted, we will absolutely respond to them. So you don't need to do it twice, although you're welcome to. 335 00:57:59.340 --> 00:58:02.289 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Correct re-respond to in the final Eir. 336 00:58:02.290 --> 00:58:05.740 Robert Schulz: Right, all right. 337 00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:08.520 Kara Peterson@sdsu.edu: Okay, thank you. All.