This is a Notice of Meeting of the Committee on Grounds and Buildings of the University of California Board of Regents on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the UCSF Laurel Heights campus, 3333 California St., in San Francisco.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. with public comment, followed by open session.

In the open session, the committee will consider action to approve the Berkeley campus’ Long Range Development Plan. The committee will also consider action on budget and design approvals for a multi-use stadium at UC Davis and design and environmental approvals for the UC San Diego Super Computer Center expansion and UC Merced’s Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center.

Open-session discussion items include the UC systemwide annual report on green buildings and clean energy policy, updates on reducing the costs of UC buildings and on the condition of university facilities, UC Merced’s University Community Land Co. LLC, and the Davis campus’ multi-year capital improvement program as well as two new building projects – UC Irvine’s engineering unit #3 and the UC Santa Barbara education and social sciences building.

The meeting agenda is available at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/jan05/gb.pdf

Materials for agenda topics will be posted online on Monday, Jan. 10.

Public comment: If you wish to speak during the public comment period, which is slated for a total of 20 minutes, you are encouraged to inform the Secretary of the Regents of your intent in advance by calling (510) 987-9220. UC subscribes to the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need reasonable accommodation, please contact the secretary’s office by 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 14. A UCSF campus map, public transportation information and directions to the meeting site are available at http://www.ucsf.edu/maps/lhts.html

Audiocast: A l ive audio Internet broadcast of the meeting’s open sessions will be available. Please refer to the agenda Web page for information about accessing the meeting via the Web.

LRDP background: More information about UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan, including a full copy of the planning document, is available at http://www.berkeley.edu/administration/lrdp/index.html

This meeting notice is issued to comply with the state’s pertinent open meeting laws.

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