HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03-23 City Council (17)City, of Palo Alto
City Manager’s Report
TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
DATE:MARCH 23, 1998 CMR:172:98
SUBJECT:STANFORD UNIVERSITY’S 1996-97 ANNUAL REPORT ON SANTA
CLARA COUNTY GENERAL USE PERMIT
This is an informational report and no Council action is required.
BACKGROUND
In 1989, Santa Clara County adopted a new use permit regulating development on
uninco~orated Stanford University (University) land. This General Use Permit established
maximum population and building area square footage for the campus and imposed
numerous conditions. One requirement placed on the University was the submittal of an
Annual Report on the status of the General Use Permit. The reporting period for the Annual
Report is from September 1 to August 31. On February 20, 1998, City staff received the
attached 1996-97Annual Report.
DISCUSSION
The Annual Report is organized to address the general and specific conditions contained in
the General Use Permit. When the permit was under review, particular attention was focused
on population, new building square footage, housing, transportation/circulation/parking and
hazardous materials. These topics are addressed in the first 21 pages of the report.
A summary of information in the report includes:
Population. The General Use Permit establishes a limit on the adjusted daytime
population on the General Campus, Medical Center and Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center ~(SLAC). The Medical Center population includes facilities in Palo Alto
(University Hospital, Children’s Hospital and related clinics). S.L.A.C. is located in
San Mateo County. Both Palo Alto and San Mateo County facilities are outside of the
area regulated by Santa Clara County. The Use Permit identified a base population
at the time of adoption and allowed a 1,991-person increase above the base. In 1996-
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97, the adjusted daytime population totaled 32,803, an increase of 889 people above
the 198.6 base population. Table l on page 3 of the Annual Report contains detailed
population, by year,’ for each of the reporting areas.
Square Footage of New Development. The General Use Permit allows an additional
2,100,300 square feet of development on unincorporated Santa Clara County land
regulated by the Use Permit. This number includes both nonresidential and
residential floor area. (Note that while the population calculations include land in
Palo Alto and San Mateo County, the new building limitations apply only to
unincorporated Santa Clara County.) Development statistics for 1996-97 are
summarized in Table 2 on pages 5 and 6 of the Annual Report. Total additional
square footage for 1996-97 is 401,389. As of August 31, 1997, 1,626,388 square feet
of development has been authorized under the Use Permit, leaving a total of 473,912
square feet of development potential. Anticipated projects are identified on page 6.
Adding the anticipated projects to the approved projects results in a remaining balance
of 314,912 square feet under the Use Permit.
Housing. The 1996-97 reporting period saw a decrease in the student population
housed on campus of 188, to a total of 8,798 students. The faculty/staffhousing unit
count remained the same, with 983 units. The primary reason for the student
population decrease was the removal of the remaining Manzanita Park trailers. The
trailer site has been redeveloped with the recently-opened Schwab Center, which
houses 220 graduate students and also provides 60 beds for year-around use by the
Executive Education Program. The Lyman Graduate Residences also opened in
September 1997, housing 224 graduate students. The net increase of 286 new student
beds will be reflected in the 1997-1998 Annual Report. Including the September
1997 additions to the student housing stock, there has been an increase of 790 student
housing beds as well as 148 faculty/staff housing units between 1988-89 and 1997.
The University also is modifying existing housing, starting in September 1998, to
create housing for an additional 260 graduate students.
Transportation Demand Management. A Use Permit condition is that a
combination of additional transportation demand management (TDM) efforts and new
on-campus housing should offset the population growth authorized above the Use
Permit’s base population. Failure to address the increased population in this way
would trigger intersection mitigation measures. The combination of TDM and
housing efforts results in the "no net new trips" provision in the Use Permit. As noted
above, the University’s population has increased by 889 people under the Use Permit.
Table 5 on page 13 includes data on the 1996-97 TDM program. The combination
of transit, car pool, van pool and bicycle riders, plus pedestrians, has increased from
1,455 in 1987 to 1,954 in 1997. However, total TDM participation declined from
2,097 in 1995-96. Increases in carpool riders and pedestrians were more than offset
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by declines in transit riders and bicyclists. Table 6 on page 15 identifies the location
of 586 bicycle parking spaces added in 1996-97.
Other Aspects of the Annual Report. Activities related to hazardous materials are
identified on pages 16-21 Of the Report. Activities related to traffic issues associated
with Stanford Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard are addressed on page 22.
Responses to more detailed Use Permit conditions are addressed on pages 23-31 of
the Report.
ATTACHMENTS
3/11/98 Campus" Report article
1996-97 Annual Report
PREPARED BY: Kenneth R. Schreiber, Deputy City Manager -- Special Projects
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
ANNE CRONIN MOORE
Interim Director of Planning and
Community Environment
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
:HARRISON
Assistant city Manager
Architectural Review Board
Planning Commission
Stanford University (Andy Coe, Larry Horton, David Neuman, Catherine Palter)
Stanford Management Company
City of Menlo Park (Jan Dolan, Don de la Pefia, Don Dey)
College Terrace Residents Association (Pria Graves)
Crescent Park Neighborhood Association (Catherine Lehrberg)
Downtown North Neighborhood Association (Michael Griffin)
University Park Association (Susan Beall)
University South Neighborhoods Group (Laami yon Ruden)
League of Women Voters (Ruth Lacy/Geri Stewart)
Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce (Susan Frank)
Santa Clara County (Leode Franklin)
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Stanford University
Santa Clara County
General Use Permit
Annual Report #9
1 September, 1996 - 31 August,~ 1997
General Use Permit Annual Report #9
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This is the ninth Annual Report on the Stanford General Use Permit which covers the fiscal
and academic year starting September 1, 1996 and ending August 31, 1997. This report
has been prepared for the County of Santa Clara to demonstrate Stanford University’s
compliance with .the Conditions of Approval that were established for the General~ Use
Permit. This document is organized into two primary sections: (I) the General Conditions
of the permit (addressing population, housing, transportation and hazardous materials) and
(II) the Specific Conditions of the permit that are required by County Ordinance or by the
Environmental Impact Report (such as construction, landscaping, waste disposal,
hazardous waste, and archaeological/historic resources). A summary of the key issues
covered in the report are as follows:
Population
During the calculation of the 1996-97 adjusted daytime population, two errors in the
Medical Center numbers for 1995-96 (as reported in Annual Report #8) were discovered.
Stanford Health Services staff numbers were reported to be lower than they ac~tually were,
due to an error in the employee status definitions (i.e., which categories of staff are less
than half-time). In addition, there was an incorrect application of the formula for the
calculation of "other visitors". Therefore, the total for the campus should have been
32,515 in 1995-96, instead of the 31,923 that was reported. These corrections have been
reflected in Table 1 on page 4.
The 1996-97 adjusted daytime population is 32,803, up 288 people (0.9%) from the 1995-
96 revised total of 32,515. This is the sixth period in which the University experienced
positive population growth since 1987-88. The 1996-97 population of 32,803 is 1,102
below the population threshold of 33,905.
Square Footage
Additional square footage of 401,389 is reported for 1996-97. This area is attributed
primarily to the Center for Clinical Sciences Research building for the School of Medicine.
The approval of several new Science and Engineering buildings was offset somewhat by
the demolition of several existing buildings. The square footage associated with Graduate
Student Housing at Governor’s Comer (Lyman Residences) and Schwab Residential
Center had been counted in previous reports. With the addition of this square footage, the
cumulative square footage total is 1,626,388, leaving an available GUP balance of 473,912
square feet. A status report for the square footage threshold is included in this Annual
Report, in Section I.A.
A correction also occurred in the square footage calculation, due to further analysis of
Stanford’s historical growth under the General Use Permit. In the first Annual Report, the
square footage associated with Ryan Court Housing was included in error. Single-family
homes are exempt from the General Use Permit; Ryan Court Housing was constructed as
single-family homes. The correction is detailed in Table 2, on page. 6.
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Housing
Two new student housing facilities will be completed and occupied in September 1997.
The first, the Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences, will house 224 single graduate
students in 112 units. The second, the Schwab Residential Learning Center, adds 280
beds for summer use in support of the Graduate School of Business Executive Education
Program. The Schwab Center will house 220 graduate students during the academic year
and provide 60 beds for year-round Executive Education Program use. These two projects
add a net of 286 new student beds to student housing capacity, taking into consideration the
removal of the remaining Manzanita Park trailers, which housed 158 students on the
Schwab Center location. Stanford has received approval by the City of Palo Alto for a
628-unit rental housing project at Stanford West, as well as an adjacent senior housing
project consisting of 388 independent living units and 66 assisted living units, and 47
rooms for a skilled nursing facility.
Transportation Demand Management
The counts for peak-hour TDM participation show an increase of approximately 34 percent
from 1987 to 1996-97. In 1996-97, theCity of Menlo Park engaged Stanford to jointly
implement a new commute-hour shuttle line that serves the Menlo Park Caltrain Station,
Sand Hilt businesses, and Stanford destinations. Other improvements in 1996-97 included
addressing capacity problems by replacing four buses with new, larger models that can
board nearly twice as many passengers. Overall, 1996-97 ridership of the main Marguerite
shuttle lines has increased an average of 30% over the previous year. Total ridership on the
base system has topped 3,000 boardings per day.
In addition, Stanford continued its bicycle system capital improvements, including
installation of 586 additional bike parking spaces. Plans are now fully developed for
bikeway improvements and for construction of several bike enclosures. Finally, we
continued our new Clean Air Credit incentive program, which gives discounts and cash
rebates to any commuter who carpools, takes transit, bikes, or walks to work. 2,696
commuters participated in the 1996-97 Clean Air Credit Program.
Hazardous Materials
The University Committee on Health and Safety met six times in 1996-97 including one
public meeting. The Committee membership includes a public member. Major issues
considered by the Committee included a review of the status of environmental and health
and safety programs. The Committee was also apprised of the annual inspections of
Stanford’s chemical waste management facility by the Department of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC).and the County of Santa Clara, and of the annual inspection of the
University’s radiation safety programs by the Department of Health Services (DHS).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Executive Summary
I.General Conditions
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A.Population and Square Footage
B.Housing
C.Transportation/Circulation/Parking
D.Hazardous Materials
E.Existing Conditions
F.Other
II. Specific Conditions
A.Construction
B.Landscaping
C.Solid Waste Disposal
D.Hazardous Waste
E.Archaeological/Historical Resources
List of Tables
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28
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!1.Adjusted Daytime Population
2.Square Footage
3.Earthquake Damage
4.Faculty/StafffStudent Housing
5.TDM Goal
6.Additional Bike Parking Spaces
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General Use
I. General Conditions
A.Population and
Square Footage
Permit Annual Report #9
Population
Total Net Adjusted Daytime Population for
1996-97: 32,803.
Campus population trends for the past 8
years (1987-88 through 1996-97) indicate the
following demographic trends:
I- General Campus: Students, faculty
and staff decreased slightly (88) since the
.previous year, but have experienced a slight
tncrease of 146 (0.8%) over the base
population. Increases during this fiscal year
were as a result, of slight faculty and staff
increases, with a slight decrease in students
numbers.
II The Medical Center population for
1995-96, that was reported -in Annual Report
#8, was in error, and has been corrected in
Table 1, with an explanation. The 1996-97
population increased by 226 (0.9%) from the
revised calculation of previous year’s
population, and has only increased by 403
from the base population. The increases
during the fiscal year were primarily as a
result of increases in Medical School Staff,
Stanford Health Services hospital staff, and
outpatient visits.
III Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center (SLAC) is essentially unchanged
from last year and has decreased 16% from
the Base Popfilation.
IV Visitors, vendors, workers,
conferees, etc. increased by 142 during the
last fiscal ear and have increased by 658 since
the Base Population. Increases are noted
primarily in the number of general visitors to
campus.
The Net Adjusted Daytime Population
has increased 889 from the GUP Base
Population. As a result, the population is
1,102 below the GUP population threshold
of 33,905 adjusted daytime population (See
Table 1, page 4, for detail.)
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Total additional square footage for
previous year: occupied, under con-
struction, approved but not built, and
upcoming.
Total additional square footage for
previous year: occupied, under con-
struction, approved but not built, and
upcoming (cont’d).
Square Footage
Additional square footage in 1996-97 (not
counted in previous reports):
Occupied:23,200
Under Construction:307,189
Approved -- not started:71,000
Total 401,389
(473,912 square feet remains of the Use
Permit threshold of 2,100,300.)
Anticipated projects:
Lagunita Court Dining and Kitchen
Expansion
Chiller Plant Expansion
Library Tech Services Addition
Chemistry Annex
Chemistry Stores
(See Table 2, pages 5 and 6, for detail. See
also Table 3, page 7, for an informational
report showing an accounting of program
space vacated due to damage from the Loma
Prieta earthquake.)
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General Use
Stanford University may build up to
2,100,300 sq. ft. of additional space
for academic uses, academic support,
and housing, and may increase the
Adjusted Daytime Population on
campus up to 33,905 people. If
either of these limits is reached,
Stanford must file for a modification
of this use permit.
When the total population on campus
reaches 33,400 (excluding
dependents) as determined in
accordance with Exhibit A, or the
incremental square footage in the use
permit area reaches 1,425,000 sq. ft.,
Stanfordshall submit a status report
to the Planning Commission (with
copies to Palo Alto) discussing
development trends on campus to that
point, the University’s expectations
for the remaining increment, and
development plans beyond the limits
of this use permit. ..
Permit Annual Report #9
As reported in Table 2, Santa Clara County
has approved the development of 1,626,388
gross square feet, within the 2,100,300
square foot threshold. As of August 31,
1997, approximately half of this (816,000
square feet) was not yet occupied.
As of August 31, 1997, an available balance
of 473,912 gross square feet remains within
the threshold of 2,100,300 square feet. Five
near-term anticipated projects are identified,
to.tailing approximately 159,000 square feet.
Historically, under this GUP, development in
the Central Campus Area of Stanford has
averaged approximately net new 180,000
gross square feet each year. This estimate
includes "credits" for demolished buildings
that have been replaced as they become
obsolete. It is anticipated that development in
the next few years will occur at a rate
somewhat slower compared to that with
which construction has already occurred
under the GUP. Using that historical rate,
the square footage threshold will be reached
in about 2000. This is the timeframe that was
studied when the GUP was approved in
1989.
Stanford University will meet with Santa
Clara County staff to discuss future
modifications to the General Use Permit.
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Table 1. Adjusted Daytime Population
GUP
Detailed Summary Base
Adjusted Da~lm’e Population Populati,~r
General Campus
A. Students
B. Faculty
C. Staff
Net total
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Medical Center
A. Students
B. Faculty
C. Medical School Staff
D. Stanford Health Services
E. Children’s/New CH@S
F. Patients and Visitors
Net total
IIL S.L.A.C.
A. Graduate Students
B. Academic Council
C. Staff
D. Visiting Scholars
E. Contract Personnel
F. Tour Visitors
G. Vendors
Net total
IV.Other
A. Commercial Activities
B. General Visitors
C. Vendors
D. Construction Workers
E. Independent Centers
F. Non-resident Conferees
Net total
18,155]
10,42~
2,011
1,328
31,914
198%88 198g-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 . 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96
Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual
Pppulation population Population Populati,?,n, Pgpulation Popu!,ation Populatio~ Population pgpulation
I2,794 12,879 12,859 12,814 12,952 13~324 13’433 13,535 13,476
1,255 1,288 1,408 1,143 1,192.1,164 1,152 1,157 1,187
4,124 4,344 4,212 3,983 3,813 4~021 3,958 3,738 3,724
18,173 18,511 18,479 " 17,940 17,957 18,509’"18,543 18,430 18,387
1,045 1.186 1,208 1,218 1,308 1,417 1,417 1,106 1,455
368 _ 369 395 377 425 454 454 452 513
1,419 1,327 1,343 .1,378 1’547 1,581 1,581 1,440 1’449
3,288 2,927 2,140 2,013 2,277 1,636 1,523 2’593 2,873 *
232 414 689 674 892 866 974 608 806
3,581 3,606 3,507 3,612 3,702 4~047 4,030 3,461~3,499 *
9,933 9,829 9,282 9,272 .......10,151 10,001 9,979 9,660 10,594 *
48 47 45 35 37 75 68 72 551
27 27 27 26 25 24 25 30 2~
1,095 1"054 1,288 1,302 1,143 1,143 1,233 1,209 1,205
88 84 75 60 50 60 50 60 60!
273 228 201 125 200 150 200 221 235
40 40 43 45 40 40 40 75 75
30 30 33 32 30 30 30 30 3C
1,601 i",510 1,712 1,625 1~25 1,522 1,646 1,697 1,690i
229 220 258 307 329 348 421 374 485
432 142 114 121 130 135 125 237 178
250 300 315 331 319 325 309 340 374
400 323 169 347 410 205 205 305 46g
282 295 309 293 345 323 335 255 274
40 64 67 109 I00 51 49 440 64
1,633 1,344 1,232 1~08 1,633 1,387 1’444 1,951 1,844
V.Net Adjusted Daytime
Population
31,340 31,194 30,705 30,345 31,266 31,419 31,612 31,738 32,515
Note: GUP Base Population equals Existing (1985186) plus approved population since 1985/86.
Increment allowed above the Base Population i.s 1,991 (to a total of 33,905)
(Source: GUP EIR, 1989)
13204
1248
3,849
18,301
1 A97
540
1,503
3,038
635
3,610
10,823
48
27
1,217
60
253
55
33
1,693
494
304
393
485
277
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Some 1995-96.Medical Center population numbers were reported in error in Annual Report #8.
Stanford Health Set’vices staffnumbers were reported to be lower than they actually were, due to an
error in the employee status definitions (i.e., which categories of staff are less than half-time).
In addition, there was ~n incorrect application of the formula for the calculation of "other visitors".
Therefore, the Medical Center adjusted daytime population in 1995-96 should have been 10,594, instead
10,002, as was reported in Annual Report #8. The total for the campus should have been 32,515, instead
of the 31,923 that was reported.
Please note that even with using the higher correct population for 1995-96, Stanford would have achieved
no net. new trips, removing approximately net 700 trips from the regional network in the pm peak period.
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BUILDING PROJECTS
Table 2.
Abbrev.
Square Footage
Size in County
Gross Sq. Ft.Approved
Start
Constr.Occupancy
OCCUPIED 9/96 - 8/97
Environmental Safety Facility Annex
Tennis Stadium Expansion
Roble modulars (converted from EQ)
Net new sq. ft. occupied
6,500 a 1/96 1/96 10/96
24,000 a 5/96 5/96 2/97
23,200 12/96 N/A 12/96
23,200
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Lyman Graduate Student Housing
Schwab Residential Center
demo Manzanita trailers (not counted prey)
Statistics
Sequoia Hall demolition
Regional Teaching Facility
Applied Electronic Labs. demolition
Electronic Research Lab demolition
HEPL slice demolition
Electrical Engineering
demo Bloch Hall
demo McCullough North Wing
Stanford Museum Expansion (actual)
Museum - Previously reported
demo 7-30
demo 7-60T
demo 7-70
demo 7-80T
demo 7-930T
demo 7-965T
demo 7-995T
Center for Clinical Sciences Research
Lucas Center Expansion
Terman expansion
Wilbur modulars (converted from EQ)
Net new sq. ft. under construction
105,584
158,000
(50,967)
22,000
(16,000)
28,000
(29,400)
(64,100)
(3,30O)
123,000
06,000)
(5,000)
43,709
(40,000)
(4,401)
(1,041)
(180)
(2,638)
(921)
(1;605)
(2,117)
229,6O0
5,600
2,790
27,360
307,189
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8/95
3/96
8/96
8/96
8/96
8/96
12/96
5/96
7/97
6/96
3/96
9/96
9/96
6/97
2/97
7/97
3/97
7/97
7/97
9/97
9/97
12/97
12/97
11/98
6/98
8/99
9/97
9/97
10197
APPROVED--CONSTRUCTION NOT STARTED
Littlefield Annex (GSB)
McCullough Annex
Net new sq. ft. approved, not begun .
BY 8/97
14,000
57,000
71,000
9/97
TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO BE COUNTED AGAINST THRESHOLD--1996-97
New sq. ft. occupied 23,200
New sq. ft. under construction 307,189
Approved not begun by 8/31/97 71,000
1996-97 TOTAL 401,389
11/98
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Table 2. Square Footage (continued)
Gross Sq....Ft.
SUMMARY
Use Permit threshold 2,100,300
1988-89 total 460,524
1989-90 total 209,580
1990-91 total (80,102)
1991-92 total 16,000
1992-93 total 121,352
1993-94 total 216,250
1994-95 total 129,275
1995-96 total 152,120
1996-97 total 401,389
Cumulative Use Permit Total 1,626,388
Use Permit Balance 473.912
Corrected from first annual report. Ryan Court Housing (67,906 gs0 was included in error.
Single-family homes are exempt from the General Use Permit; Ryan CourtHousing was
constructed as single-family homes.
The original amount (550,906) was corrected in Annual Report #6 to include the demolition
of Ryan Lab (-22,476) and should be further corrected to exclude Ryan Court Housing.
550,906 - 22,476 - 67,906 = 460,524
ANTICIPATED PROJECTS
Lagunita Court Dining and Kitchen Expansion
Chiller Plant Expansion
Library Tech Services Addition
Chemistry Annex
Chemistry Stores
total
7,000
18,000
30,000
100,000
4,000
159,000
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Table 3. Earthquake Damage
Quad-Bldg Name Net square feet
Program space still vacated due to earthquake damage
3-200 Green Library West 62,826
5-300 Knoll 3,375
7-10 Anatomy -HRP North 10,257
7-20 Anatomy - HRP Central 8,012
Total 84,470
Temporary bldg’s installed in response’to earthquake damage
3-220T Green Library West &8,512
Main Quad classrooms
5-910T Knoll 2,898 *
7-971T Anatomy replacements 881
7-972T "881
7-973T "881
7-974T "754
7-975T "754
7-981T HRP Modular 1,800
7-982T "3,242
7-983T "3,774
14-960T Main Quad Reconstruct’n 1,646 *
Total 26,023
Net difference between vacated space and
temporary/replacement space <58,447>
* These modulars were occupied before .the Loma Prieta earthquake for URM code repairs.
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General Use
Housing
Continue to provide on-
campus housing for faculty,
certain staff, and studen.ts to
the extent feasible within the
financial and land use
constraints of the University
and within the constraints of
political approval.
Permit Annual Report #9
Faculty/staff housing units on campus in
1996-97:983 units, which is no change
from the previous year.
Students housed on campus 1996-97:
Undergraduates:5,796
Graduates:~Total 8,798
Table 4 shows the historical increase of the
on-campus housing provided for faculty,
staff, and students.
Pursue housing projects out-
side the Use Permit area and
work with local jurisdictions
to maximize the acceptable
densities on all sites.
Update Stanford’s housing
plans.
Continue the functions pro-
vided by the Faculty/Staff
Housing Office, Stanford
Management Company, and
Housing and Dining Services.
Stanford has received City of Palo Alto
.approval of a 628-unit apartment housing
proj.ect at Stanford West as well as for asemor housing project. The latter is
comprised of 388 independent living units,
66 units for assisted living, and a 47 rooms
for a skilled nursing facility. (The project
was also subsequently approved by the.
voters in November, 1997,).
Faculty/Staff Housing (FSH) is responsible
for annually updating Stanford’s existing
housing programs as well as for developing a
long term strategic housing plan for the
University. The Faculty/Staff Housing Plan
was completed on August 31, 1993. No
significant changes to the plan were made in
1996-97.
Faculty/Staff Housing (F/SH) oversees on-
campus residential leaseholds and administers
University sponsored loan and financial
assistance programs to help faculty and
senior staff with the purchase of a home in
the local area. The Office manages 134 on-
campus housing units rented to faculty, staff,
and visiting scholars. F/SH continues to
evaluate the potential to develop inf’dl housing
sites identified in the 1980 Land Use Plan.
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Table 4. Faculty/Staff/Student Housing
1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97
Faculty/Staff 835 956 982 977 977 983 983 983 983
Students 8,422 8,564 8,658 8,731 8,857 8,858 8,855 8,986 8,798
Undergraduates 5,492 5,579.5,730 5,799 5,841 5,835 5,776 5,872 5,796
Graduates 2,930 2,985 2,928 2,932 3,016 3,023 3,079 3,114 3,002
Note: The number of student units decreased during the last fiscal year because Manzanita Trailers had been
been removed for construction of the Schwab Center. "Both the Schwab Center and Lyman Residences
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Housing and Dining Services
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Maintain and continue devel-
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cial assistance for affordable
housing for eligible faculty
and staff.
The Commercial Real Estate Division of
Stanford Management Company manages
ground leases for the off-campus housing on
Stanford land: Oak Creek Apartments,
Stanford Hills, and Stanford Creek
subdivisions, and the housing on Family
Farm Road in Woodside.
The Commercial Real Estate Division acts as
principal implementors of faculty/staff
housing programs, either as the developer or
as the manager of the development process,
and has received City of Palo Alto approval
for 628 Stanford West apartments, a major
housing project on a portion of an
approximately 48-acre site located along Sand
Hill Road.
The Office 0f Housing and Dining Services
provides operational support for all student
housing on campus including: agreements
and assignments, facilities management,
maintenance and repairs, new facilities
planning, dining services, conference
planning and coordination, and fiscal
planning and budget support for all student
housing operations, including Residential
Education.
Stanford has three financial assistance
programs which may be applied to the
purchase of on- or off-campus housing.
These programs do not preclude the
development of additional program(s) or
modifications of existing ones.
Lathrop: a second mortgage loan program
with a shared appreciation feature available to
eligible faculty and staff, intended to help
offset the high cost of housing by providing
additional purchasing power. 57 loans were
initiated in 1996-97.
DPAP: a down payment assistance loan
program designed to assist qualified
individuals with the required down payment
to purchase a home. 48 loans were initiated
in 1996-97.
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6.Continue work toward goal of
providing housing affordable
to employees and students.
HAP: a housing allowance program is a
fringe benefit to help offset the high cost of
home ownership in this area. 58 HAPs were
initiated iri 1996-97.
The following refinancing programs are also
available:
LEM: a Limited Equity Mortgage loan that
refinances all or part of the obligations of a
carrent Lathrop borrower.
GPM: A Graduated Payment Mortgage loan
that ref’mances all or part of the obligations of
a current Lathrop borrower under certain
circumstances.
Two of the three older student houses on San
Juan Hill damaged by the Loma Prieta
earthquake have been demolished. The 3-
acre site has been subdivided into 8 lots
which were auctioned to eligible lessees on
November 16, 1996. The lessees are
responsible for building his/her house on the
site. The financing programs listed above
will increase affordability for faculty/staff.
The third house, Cooksey, has been
renovated and was occupied as a student
residence in September 1994.
Two new student housing facilities will be
completed and occupied in September 1997.
The first, the Richard W. Lyman Graduate
Residences, will house 224 single graduate
students in 112 units. The second, the
Schwab Residential Leaming Center, adds
280 beds for summer use in support of the
Graduate School of Business Executive
Education Program. The Schwab Center will
house 220 graduate students during the
academic year and provide 60 beds for year-
round Executive Education Program use.
These two projects add a net of 286 new
student beds to student housing capacity,
taking into consideration the removal of the
remaining Manzanita Park trailers, which
housed 158 students on the Schwab Center
location.
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Implementthe Transportation
Demand Management (TDM)
program according to Exhibit
B of the General Use Permit.
In 19~5, Stanford negotiated a "Triggered
Mitigations Agreement" with the City of Palo
Alto and Santa Clara County. The agreement
was made to address population growth of
approximately 2,000 people in the Medical
Center area. Stanford agreed to monitor the
Level of Service (LOS) at six intersections
and provide mitigation if the LOS dropped to
E. Stanford has provided mitigation at
several intersections as a result of this
agreement. The General Use Permit
recognized that these previous traffic
mitigations were in place. Therefore, the
Adjusted Daytime Population threshold
which triggers TDM mitigations is 31,914,
which is the base year population (1985-86)
plus the 2,000 people covered by the
Triggered Mitigations Agreement.
The General Use Permit specifies that the
combination of new on-campus housing and
additional TDM participation must offset the
new trips generated by the population above
the threshold amount, resulting in "no net
new trips." If this target is not met, then
intersection improvements will be required. ¯
The 1996-97 population is 32,803, so has
reached the level where "no new trips"
mitigation is required. Table 5 shows more
than a 34 percent increase in TDM
participation from 1987 to 1996-97.
As shown on Table 5, in the fiscal year 1996-
97, Stanford met its no net new trips goal.
The actual performance decreased from
previous years. It is expected that Stanford
will improve its no net new trips goal next
year, for two reasons: 1) at least 400
additional students will be housed On campus
due to the completion of two graduate student
residences projects and 2) the TDM counts
made in Oct 1996 for this year were lower
than in the past, which appears to be an
anomoly (possibly as a result of poor
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CUMULATIVE TDM GOAL BASED ON POPULATION
POPUI.,4 TION INCREASE Students Faculty
a.Population- 1996-97 14,749 1,815
b.Population - EIR base 14,092 1,712
c.Change [a - b]657 103
POTENTIAL COMMUTE TRIPS*
d.PM commute trip rate 0.405 " 0.720
e. Potential trips [c x d]266 74
TRIP RED UCTION FROM HOUSING
f.Housed- 1996-97 8,798 983.
g.Housed - EIR base 8,695 955
h.Housing increase If- g]103 28
i.PM commute trip rate 0.405 0.720
j.Commute trips avoided [h x i]42 20
TRIP REDUCTION FROM TDM PROGRAMS 1987
1.Transit, Marguerite, & buspool
riders 263
m.Carpool riders 138
n.Vanpool riders 0
o.Bicyclists 819
p.Pedestrians 235
Total TDM increase
NEW TRIPS" GOAL
r. ,Potential commute trips [el
s.Less: Trip reduction from housing [j]
t.Less: Trip reduction from TDM programs [q]
no Performance over/under goal [r - s - t]
1,455
Staff-
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10,422
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1.103
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539
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764
246
1,954
483
62
499
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Others
5,997
5,688
309
1.103
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401
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Total
32,803
31,914
889
9,781
9,650
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Provide bike parking at new
and remodeled buildings and
recreation facilities.
Report on construction of
replacement or new parking.
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586 bike parking spaces were installed during
the reporting period. Table 6 provides detail
on the bike spaces that were installed.
Stanford has worked with bike rack
manufacturers to develop new rack designs
for indoor and outdoor installation.
For the period between Sept. 1, 1996 and
Aug. 31, 1997, there was a net increase of
184 parking spaces, as a result of the. events
in. the following table:
Event Date Imt~ac~
Mayfield (Lomita-Lasuen)9/96 61
Escondido (Galvez-CDE)9/96 34
Lomita (Museum-CDW)9/96 31
Gov Co South lot 9/96 164
Serra (west of Quad)9/96 <2>
Serra (east of Quad)9/96 <35>
Roble Lot expansion 9/96 113
Galvez (Serra-CDE)10/96 83
Memorial Way re-striped 10/96 36
Varsity Lot 10/96 394
CCSR begin construct.6/97 <508>
Serra @ Encina 6/97 20
Serra (Galvez-Lasuen)6/97 <32>
Roble EQ modulars 12/89 <21>
Wilbur EQ modulars 7/97 <183>
Roth Way restriped 8/97 23
Roble lot re-surfaced 9/97 6
T, otal 18 4
Earthquake Parking Impacts. This report has
traditionally tracked parking spaces that were
no longer available as a result of the
placement of temporary modulars used after
Loma Prieta. The parking spaces removed
by Wilbur modulars and Roble modulars are
no longer considered earthquake parking
impacts, because the modulars have been
converted from earthquake use to surge space
for construction projects They have been
included in the table above as parking losses.
These parking spaces will be "restored" once
the modulars have been removed.
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Location Spaces
Main Quad
Language Corner
History Corner
Geology Corner
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Campus Center
500-Series buildings
Old Union
Meyer Library
Stadium
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1.Any actions taken by the
University-wide Committee
on Health and Safety.
The University Committee on Health and
Safety met six times in 1996-97. One of
these meetings, held on May 13, 1997, was
the annual public meeting at which the
Committee reported on environmental and
health and safety activities, issues, and
initiatives conducted at Stanford University
and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(SLAC) during the preceding year.
The general charge to the Committee is to
advise the President on the adequacy of
Stanford’s health and safety programs,
policies, and organization; to recommend
needs, priorities, and strategies to promote
good health and safety on campus; and to
review and recommend to the PresidentUniversity-wide policies on health and safety~
matters related to the use of hazardous
biological, chemical, and physical agents
which are not addressed by administrative
panels.
The Committee is composed of faculty
members, a student, the Dean of Research
and Graduate Policy, the Director of
Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S),
the Director of Facilities Operations, the
Associate Director of Environmental Health
and Safety for SLAC, and the Vice Provost
for Institutional Planning, as well as a
community representative.
In 1996-97 the Committee considered the
following major issues:
received reports on the status of
environmental and health and safety
programs and issues at SLAC and the
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation
Laboratory (SSRL) and
¯oversight of environmental and health and
safety programs and issues at the
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Any actions taken by the
University-wide Committee
on Health and Safety (cont’d).
Establish and maintain an on-
going risk assessment proce-
dure for new and existing "
structures. Procedures should
be implemented within 2 years
of the adoption of the General
Use Permit.
Develop a hazardous waste
management plan including a
waste minimization element
and an on-going implementa-
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the adoption of the General
Use Permit.
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The Committee heard and considered many
report and information items including
reports on the status of health and safety
programs in some of the major academic
areas; status of the University’s program for
complying with the Santa Clara County Toxic
Gas Ordinance; status of the hazardous waste
facility permit closure process for the ESF;
status of Stanford’s RCRA Facility
Assessment (RFA) and of negotiations with
DTSC to determine the scope of the
subsequent RCRA Facility Investigation
(RFI); status of the Laboratory Regulatory
Reform Task Force established by DTSC
with respect, to review waste management
relevant to laboratories and status of the
University’s renewed emergency
preparedness and planning programs.
The Department of Environmental Health and
Safety reviews each set of plans for new
structures and those for renovation and/or
remodeling of existing structures to help
ensure that risks associated with activities
conducted in the buildings are addressed and
that such facilities projects are undertaken in
compliance with applicable environmental
and health and safety laws, codes and
regulations.
Three types of waste streams are regulated as
hazardous: Chemical, Radiological, and
Biological. There are programs for each of
these waste streams.
The University’s Chemical Waste Program
(CWP) is responsible for collecting,
recycling, and disposing of waste chemicals
and low-level radiological wastes generated
by Campus and Medical Center laboratories,
shops, and studios. The program also tracks
all Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests for
waste materials shipped from the campus.
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management plan (cont’d).~
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Wastes are picked up from individual
generating sites by CWP technical personnel
or by qualified contract personnel. The
wastes are transported in dedicated vehicles
to the University’s Environmental Safety
Facility (ESF) where they are recycled or
prepared for shipment to off-site permitted
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
Hazardous wastes that are shipped off-site
are packaged, marked, labeled, and
manifested in accordance with applicable
local, state, and federal regulatigns. Only
registered hazardous waste haulers are
allowed to transport hazardous wastes from
Stanford to off-site treatment, storage, and
disposal facilities.
Waste generating processes have been
evaluated in laboratories producing large
volumes of waste to determine options for
source reduction and waste minimization.
Stanford’s SB 14 plan is developed and has
been implemented. Training is conducted on
a regular basis which includes methods for
minimizing waste in research laboratories,
studios, support, and maintenance shops. A
pilot chemical redistribution system has been
developed to redistribute unwanted, but
usable, chemicals to potential users.
No disposal of hazardous chemical wastes
occurs at Stanford and there is no intention to
conduct this practice in the future. However,
Stanford is exploring the economic and
operational feasibility of implementing
several small laboratory scale treatment
and/or recovery processes to reduce the total
amount of chemical waste that is shipped off-
site.
A pilot laboratory scale solvent reclamation
program has been operational since 1991.
Solvents are reclaimed at the Environmental
Safety Facility and returned to on-campus
generators for reuse.
The chemical waste tracking system has been
further developed to allow for tracking of all
waste shipments. The system helps identify
and monitor waste streams that may be
candidates for the waste minimization
program and is a key element of the
hazardous waste management plan.
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The same hazardous waste program manages
the University’s low-level radioactive
wastes. All radiological materials are tracked
from receipt to disposal.
Stanford minimizes the volumes of
radioactive waste by storing dry and
biological waste containing radioisotopes
with radioactive haft-lives less than 90 days
until the radioactivity is transformed to levels
in’distinguishable from background. The
non-radioactive items are then incinerated
off-site by a broker to reduce the volumes of
materials discharged to a sanitary landfill.
The University has outsourced disposal of
medical and most decayed low-level
radioactive waste since May, 1994.
Only dry and biological wastes containing
tritium and carbon-14 are incinerated on-site.
The incinerator was not operated during the
reporting period.
¯ Effective January 1, 1993, Washington state
and Nevada no longer permit disposal of
low-level radioactive wastes. This action has
adversely impacted disposal options for all
generators of low-level radioactive wastes in
Califomia. This has increased the volume of
on-site storage until an alternate disposal site
becomes available. A prolonged lack of
disposal sites has, in addition to increases in
the total volume of low-level radioactive
waste, contributed to Stanford’s need to
develop additional on-site storage. To
address these needs, the University has
constructed an additional 6,500 gross square
foot facility in which to store such wastes;
this building is located adjacent to the
Environmental Safety Facility and was put
into use in September 1996. Use of this
facility helps to ensure that appropriate on-
site storage space for low-level radioactive
wastes is available for the indefinite future.
When the State 0f California develops
adequate off-site capacity for managing low-
level radioactive waste, long-lived wastes
will be shipped there.
The volume of medical and biological wastes
generated at Stanford University, including
the Stanford Medical Center, was
approximately 787.tons in 1996-97.
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incineration of bio-wastes and
centralized control of haz-
ardous wastes, reduce wastes
at the source, minimize poten-
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transportation of hazardous
wastes through proper pack-
aging. If on-site treatment
becomes infeasible for any
reason, report on transport of
wastes off site.
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On an on-going basis, the generators of
medical-biological wastes evaluate possible
ways to minimize the amounts of waste
requiring, by law, disposal by incineration.
Some of these alternatives include: more
stringent waste stream segregation at the
point of generation to ensure the
biohazardous waste stream does not include
general refuse; continuing educational
programs for biohazardous materials
.generators on proper waste management and
minimization techniques; where possible,
using recyclable laboratory materials and/or
biohazardous waste containers instead of
disposable ones; and local treatment by
alternative, permitted methods, such as steam
sterilization. Such measures are being
evaluated according to their environmental
soundness, their operational practicalities and
their overall effectiveness in minimizing the
amounts of medical-biological waste
generated that will require processing by
incineration.
During the reporting period, the University,
in conjunction with the County
Environmental Resources Agency, conducted
a household hazardous wast~ collection event
for residents of Stanford and other
unincorporated areas in the north part of the
County. In addition, the University collects
household hazardous waste from student
residences twice per year.
The Environmental Safety Facility started the
incineration operations in 1987 and ceased in
1994. All hazardous wastes are managed
centrally by the Environmental Health and
Safety Department.
The Medical and Biological Waste program,
outsourced in May, 1994, included collection
and incineration of biohazardous wastes
generated by the Stanford University
Hospital, Lucile Salter Packard Children’s
Hospital, and University-affiliated research
facilities.
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Treat waste on-site including:
incineration of bio-wastes and
centralized control of haz-
ardous wastes, reduce wastes
at the source, minimize poten-
tial for toxic exposures from
transportation of hazardous
wastes through proper pack.
aging. If on-site treatment
becomes infeasible for any
reason, report on transport of
wastes off site (cont’d).
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The University ceased on-site incineration of
all medical-biological wastes effective May 1,
1994. The waste streams were diverted to an
off-site waste broker for proper off-site
management. The ESF incinerator is being
maintained and operated to manage only the
small volume of low-level radioactive wastes
that cannot be incinerated or otherwise
disposed off-site (because there are no other ~
facilities permitted to incinerate wastes
containing tritium and carbon-14); these
wastes will be incinerated on-site when
necessary. The incinerator may also be used
as a backup means of managing medical and
biological wastes, and the University is
therefore maintaining the requisite permits for
operating the system as a contingency. The
incinerator was not operated during the
reporting period.
Radiological wastes are managed centrally at
the Environmental Safety Facility. During
the reporting period, 2,530 cubic feet of dry
waste and 216 pounds of mixed biological/
radiological wastes were collected.
Approximately 737 tons of biological waste
were transported off-site for incineration or
other appropriate treatment during this
reporting period. All materials transported
are tracked from point of generation to final
destruction.
During the same period, 45 fifty-five gallon
drums of liquid low-level radiological wastes
were disposed off-site in accordance with all
local, state and federal storage,
transportation, and disposal requirements.
259 tons (including weight of shipping
containers and packaging materials) of
chemical wastes were disposed off-site in this
reporting period.
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Set up a multi-jurisdiction group
to address existing traffic prob-
lems of volume, safety & noise
on Junipero Serra Blvd. (JSB),
and Stanford Ave.
If traffic mitigations are triggered
which affect JSB or Stanford
Ave., Stanford, with the partici-
pation of the multi-jurisdiction
group, will evaluate the mitiga-
tions and determine if modifica-
tions or alternatives are
preferable.
The Multi-jurisdictional Traffic Advisory
Group (MTAG) that operated from
September 1989 until March 1991 has been
supplanted by two mechanisms:
a formal working relationship between
the Executive Director of the Stanford
Campus Residential Leaseholders
(SCRL) and the University’s designated
liaison officer and other line managers,
with formal notification and consultation
requirements; and
contacts and meetings between Stanford
staff, consultants representing Stanford’s
interests and the City of Palo Alto, the
County of Santa Clara Roads and
Airports Department, and California
Highway Patrol to discuss specific
solutions to JSB/Stanford Avenue traffic
and safety issues.
Stanford offices and an SCRL JSB Task
Force have made recommendations to the
City of Palo Alto regarding modifications to
the roadway design and mitigation measures
for anticipated noise impacts. The City and
Stanford have reached agreement for City
participation in a Stanford project to construct
a "green" soundwall in conjunction with the
modifications to the Page Mill/JSB
intersection. The City is proceeding with
design development, incorporating Stanford
recommendations, and are reviewing the
design with County Roads and Airports
Department. Both projects are anticipated for
installation during 1998.
The Task Force is investigating follow-up
data on speed and enforcement following
adoption of truck limit and radar enforcement
ordinances by the County.
A Stanford/Palo Alto Unified School District
liaison committee has been established. It
will consider transportation and safety issues
related to the two Stanford Avenue school
sites (within Stanford land), as well as other
matters of mutual interest.
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Include a building summary
which covers compliance with
Specific Conditions highlighted in
Section II.
Buildings occupied 1996-97:
Environmental Safety Facility Annex
Tennis Stadium Expansion
Roble modulars (converted from EQ)
Under Construction:
Lyman Graduate Student Housing
Schwab Residential Center
Statistics
Regional Teaching Facility
Electrical Engineering
Stanford Museum Expansion
Center for Clinical Sciences Research
Lucas Center Expansion
~Terman Expansion
Wilbur modulars (converted from EQ)
See Section II for how specific conditions
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A. Construction
Unpaved construction sites shall
be sprinkled with water or treated
in another manner acceptable to
the County as needed to eliminate
dust.
Dust resulting from stockpiled
soil, sand, and other such materi-
als and from trucks hauling
debris, soil, sand or other such
materials shall be controlled.
Streets surrounding construction
sites shall be kept free of dust,
sand and other construction
debris.
Sediment traps shall be con-
structed at each individual project
site to prevent soil from leaving
the site. Ensure that traps are
cleaned regularly.
Stockpiled soil shall have an
"angle of repose" that reduces
runoff, and shall be protected
from erosion by appropriate
means.
Excavated soil, except for baclffill
materials, shall not be stored on
Stanford lands unless a grading
permit is obtained from the
County.
Section 4.10.5 of the general conditions of
Stanford’s contract with building contractors
states "Owner (Stanford) will insist on rigid
control of dust, storage and waste disposal."
Contractors are monitored by Stanford
Owner’s Representatives who require.
additional dust protection as needed.
See response to II.A. 1.
Stanford University follows Best
Management Practices to prevent erosion and
minimize dust, sand, and silt on streets.
Stanford requires that contractors practice
storm water pollution prevention Best
Management Practices at construction sites
that have potential to discharge to the storm
drain system. The BMPs include prevention
and mitigation methods for control of soil and
sediment erosion from these construction
sites.
See response to II.A.4.
Excess excavated soil which is required for
backfill after completion of the underground
phase of various construction projects is
temporarily stored at project sites or at
assigned off-site staging areas. These sites
are cleaned up and restored when the projects
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materials, shall not be stored on
Stanford lands unless a grading
permit is obtained from the
County (con’t).
Construction activities shall be
scheduled to reduce disruption of
academic research or other
activities.
o Construction equipment and
operations with a high noise
potential should be muffled or
controlled to the extent feasible.
9. Energy management - compliance
with Califomia Administrative
Code Title 24.
Note: The General Use Permit does
not require reporting on Condition 9
in the Annual Report, but it is
included for informational purposes. ’
A smali volume of soil that previously
underwent bioremediation at the Stock Farm
Road area was cleared for re-use by the
Regional Water Quality Control Board. This
soil was used as a base layer underlying an
asphalt parking lot that was constructed in
August 1997.
Section 10.3.9 of the Standard General
Conditions of the construction contract states,
"Contractor shall exercise maximum effort to
avoid disruption with the academic
environment. This shall include, at a
minimum, using all feasible methods and
strict discipline to minimize danger, noise,
vibration, fumes, dust and other pollution."
See response to II.A.7.
Stanford University continued its
commitment to use energy more efficiently in
1996-97. Efforts were focused in the
following areas: continued expansion of the
campus-wide centralized energy management
and control system (EM&CS), building
scheduling, building energy retrofit projects,
plans review for new construction, and
campus public awareness.
Expansion of the EM&CS enables Stanford
to more precisely and efficiently control
steam and chilled water in campus buildings.
This fighter control also improves occupant
comfort.
The ability to schedule building systems is
another important feature of the EM&CS.
Significant energy costs are avoided by
shutting down the heating and air-condi-
tioning systems at night, and on weekends
and holidays. In addition, buildings can be
scheduled to meet the special needs of student
or research groups.
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9. Energy management (cont’d).
10.Enlarge or modify existing storm
drainage facilities to accommo-
date new construction runoff.
Any storm drainage improve-
ments shall be planned in consul-
tation with City of Palo Alto rep-
resentatives and representatives
from other affected agencies.
Such consultation shall include
discussion of the possibility of
on-site retention and ground
water recharge of storm water,
where feasible.
Landscaping
Maintain current University site
landscaping standards of placing
high priority on preservation of
existing mature trees; either pre-
served or featured in design of
new buildings.
Permit Annual Report #9
Building energy retrofit projects include
improvements to the existing lighting or air-
conditioning systems to increase efficiency
and thereby reduce energy consumption. A
total of 17 retrofit projects were completed in
1996-97, with an estimated energy cost
avoidance of $257,000 per year.
In order to monitor more closely the energy
consumption of University buildings, as
v~ell as track the progress of our retrofit
projects, we are expanding our ability to
accurately measure electricity, steam, and
chilled water consumption.
In addition to meeting the California Title 24
building energy requirements for all new
construction and large remodel projects, each
building project is reviewed to identify
additional energy saving strategies that can be
incorporated into the project.
There is also a public awareness program in
place to educate the campus community about
non-technical methods for reducing campus
energy consumption.
During 1996-97, there was no activity on
Phases III or IV of the Storm Drain project,
which are phases not considered necessary at
this time. Underground storm drain piping is
being installed as part of the Science and
Engineering Quad Utility project which is
currently in progress (the new storm drains
replace some existing drains and improve the
overall drainage system). It is anticipated that
on completion, this work will minimize, if
not eliminate, the potential for flooding along
the west end of Serra Street, which has
existed for many years. The drainage
collected by this portion of the system flows
into the Phase II system as originally planned
for drainage of this area.
All 1996-97 building and roadway projects
were reviewed by landscape architects in the
Stanford Planning Office for compliance with
University landscape standards. All project
reviews resulted in compliance.
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lost as a result of new building
construction with new plantings
of equivalent long term quantity,
quality, and value based on the
International Society of Arbodcul-
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approval of the County.
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shall emphasize drought tolerant,
low maintenance species.
Irrigation systems shall be
installed only after review of
long-term need and
appropriateness.
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area’s diversity of native vegeta-
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Minimize removal of oak trees..
Set back development from exist-
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oak vegetation in the Foothills in
accordance with the adopted
Vegetation Management Plan.
Permit Annual Report #9
Tree replacement requirements are determined
during the review of the landscape plans prior
to the construction of a building. Landscape
plans are part of the County Architectural and
Site Approval (ASA) process.
Drought tolerant, low maintenance species
were emphasized in landscape plans.
Irrigation systems are reviewed by qualified,
responsible personnel in the Facilities
Operations and Maintenance Department to
insure their appropriateness on every new
landscape project.
We continue to pursue our commitment to
revegetation with three species of native
oaks. (See also response to II.B.7.)
Building and landscape plans are reviewed by
the Planning Office to minimize the removal
of oak trees. The standard construction
contract (Section 10.2.1.3) states that "The
contractor shall take all reasonable
precautions for the safety of, and shall
provide all reasonable protection to prevent
damage, injury or loss to: other property at
the site or adjacent thereto, including trees,
shrubs, lawns.., not designated for removal,
relocation Or replacement in the course of
construction." This is monitored by the
Stanford Owner’s Representative for each
project.
Approximately 30 new sites were planted
with acorns in the Arboretum area along Palm
Drive and Arboretum Road. Approximately
70 sites were replanted due to failure of acorn
growth for.various reasons for the Foothills
and Arboretum areas that were seeded in the
past. The Vegetation Management Program
will continue to locate revegetation
opportunities in the Arboretum area.
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Continue regeneration of existing
oak vegetation in the Foothills in
accordance with the adopted
Vegetation Management Plan
(cont’d).
Solid Waste Disposal
Stanford shall set and meet an
annual goal for its recycling pro-
gram, to reduce the amount of
material disposed of at landfills.
Hazardous Waste
Train personnel involved with the
use and handling of hazardous
materials.
The reforestation effort expanded last year
with a focus on tree relocation. Stanford
relocated 30 trees in 1995-96 and 40 trees in
1996-97. There was a loss of 4 trees after
relocation.
The recycling goals and actual recycled
a.rnounts for 1996-97 solid waste are as
follows.
1996-97 1996-97
Goal Actual
Total tons 6,400 6,494
Academic
areas:4,000 3,924
Faculty/staff
& grad stud,
housing area: 2,400 2,570
Percentage of waste
stream diverted to
recycling:30%34%
The recycling goal for 1997-98 is 30%.
Stanford policy requires training of
employees in hazardous materials handling.
Schools, Departments, and Principal
Investigators provide various levels of
training throughout the University.
Environmental Health and Safety continues
to be a key resource in the planning,
development, and implementation of
effective environmental, health, and safety
training programs. In addition to in-house
staff available to provide training, the Envi-
ronmental Health and Safety Department has
contracts in place with individuals involved
in training program development and
delivery.
In this reporting period, Stanford continued
its efforts in placing training and information
resources on the World Wide Web.
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Equip new research and medical
facilities with control technology
suitable to the particular facility
and the hazardous material to be
used therein.
o Prepare Hazardous Materials
Management Plans for labs where
hazardous materialswould be
stored, in compliance with
County Health Department
requirements.
Permit Annual Report #9
Surveys of campus and medical center
shops, labs, and studios continued to be
conducted on a routine basis to provide
assistance toward compliance with hazardous
materials, hazardous chemical waste, fire
safety, biological safety and chemical safety
requirements. Personnel conducting the
surveys often work one-on-one with
personnel in shops, labs, and studios to help
them understand pertinent compliance
requirements.
Environmental Health and Safety personnel
specifically responsible for handling
hazardous wastes and emergency responses
are trained by certified independent
professionals and by professional EH&S
staff in accordance with local, state, and
federal regulations.
Radiological training programs encourage
substitution of non-radioactive substances
whenever feasible and instruct experimenters
to keep extraneous items that may become
contaminated out of work areas. Newly
established policies require Radioisotope Use
Committee approval prior to generating
mixed wastes.
New research and medical facilities are
designed to meet the building codes
appropriate to their use. The Department of
Environmental Health and Safety reviews
each set of plans for new structures and
those for renovation and/or remodeling of
existing structures to provide proper controls
suitable to the particular facilities.
Twenty-five (25) Hazardous Materials
Management Plans for existing campus
laboratory buildings were updated and
submitted to the Santa Clara County
Environmental Health Hazardous Materials
Compliance Division between September 1,
1996 and August 31, 1997.
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Comply with Federal and State
regulations regarding hazardous
waste management.
Permit Annual Report #9
Stanford’s Environmental Safety Facility is
operated with oversight by local, state, and
federal agencies. An operations plan and
reports of hazardous waste handling are
available at the California Environmental
Protection Agency’s (CaI-EPA) Department
of Toxic Substances Control, Region 2
office in Berkeley, California and at the
Environmental Safety Facility. The facility is
inspected on a regular basis by officials from
the Palo Alto Fire Department, the County of
Santa Clara Environmental Health, the Cal-
EPA Department of Toxic Substances
Control, and the California Department of
Health Services Radiological Health Branch.
Records of these inspections are available at
these agencies’ offices in Palo Alto, San
Jose, and Berkeley, California respectively.
Stanford continues to work toward
completion of the RCRA Facility
Investigation and Interim Measures. Field
investigation has been conducted and a report
is being prepared for submittal to the
Department of Toxic Substances Control.
The status of the RCRA Facility
Investigation was included as a topic during
the annual public meeting of the University
Committee on Health and Safety, held in
May.
The ESF permitted hazardous waste storage
facility was inspected by both the DTSC and
by the Santa Clara County Environmental
Health Hazardous Materials Compliance
Division in 1997. Stanford responded to and
addressed four minor violations cited by the
DTSC.
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Archaeological/Historical
Resources
County policy for archaeological
sites shall be followed. If human
remains are encountered, work
shall stop immediately and the
campus archaeologist and County
Coroner shall be notified. Within
10 days, the County Engineer
will issue a permit setting forth
the conditions for removal and/or
continued work at the site.
Should any other paleontological
or architectural specimens be
found, Stanford’s policies related
to artifacts should be followed.
Maintain the architectural charac-
ter of the campus by adhering to
design guidelines which are
stated in a facilities design docu-
ment. Such standards insure that
new buildings will further
enhance the architectural character
of the campus and its various
regions.
The Stanford Historic Values
Index shall be consulted when
considering demolition or
remodeling of buildings with
historic interest.
Permit Annual Report #9
The Stanford Archaeologist reviewed all sites
for building projects prior to construction.
The following projects received site approval
after determination that no archaeological
resources were present: parking
improvements on Welch Road, Searsville
Road, Electioneer Road, and Santa Teresa
Street. In addition, a building documentation
program was implemented for Bloch Hall
(Physics "Tank"), an architecturally unique
classroom building that was demolished to
make way for the Science and Engineering
Quadrangle.
Sites and design guidelines developed by the
University Architect and Planning Office
were reviewed by the Committee on Land
and Building of the Board of Trustees during
1996-97 included:
Center for Clinical Sciences Research
Littlefield Annex
Central Energy Facility: Chiller Plant
Expansion
other seismic and renovation projects
The Stanford Historic Values Index was
consulted prior to feasibility/reuse and
renovation studies for Encina Gym, DAPER
administration building, Old Chemistry,
Encina Hall, Old Firehouse, and Old Union.
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