SCH Number 2025010279

Project Info

Title

Santa Monica College 2024 Main Campus Master Plan Update

Description

The Project consists of the adoption and implementation of the Santa Monica College (SMC) 2024 Main Campus Master Plan Update (“Proposed Project”) by the SMCCD Board of Trustees. The 2024 Main Campus Master Plan Update is an update to the Career and Educational Facilities 2010 Master Plan (last amended in June 2020) and outlines a renewed framework for the college’s future growth and development amidst changes in educational modalities, new opportunities, and optimized use of financial resources for SMC’s Main Campus. It is intended to be a living document that provides for the long-range planning framework for SMC’s Main Campus and flexibility to accommodate changes in future conditions. The 2024 Main Campus Master Plan Update would include the demolition of existing temporary and permanent buildings, totaling approximately 360,100 gross square feet (gsf) of building area, and the construction of new replacement buildings consisting of 265,216 gsf of new floor area including the Pico 1 Business Replacement Building (76,474 gsf), the Pico 2 Drescher Hall Replacement Building (99,742 gsf), a new police headquarters building (12,000 gsf), a new student union building (42,000 gsf), a new maintenance and operations (M&O) building (26,000 gsf), and replacement structure(s) for the Pearl Street buildings (9,000 gsf) (“Project”). The Proposed Project would also include approximately 207,073 gsf of building renovations to two existing buildings (the Physical and Life Science Complex and the Library and Media Center). The Proposed Project would create various new and enhanced open spaces throughout the campus, including landscaping the proposed new Student Union building, a Welcome Lawn, an outdoor amphitheater, a Science Quad, the Tri (triangular open space area), and New Quad. The Proposed Project would generally retain the current vehicular circulation and access points and existing parking supply. The Proposed Project would be constructed in three phases beginning in 2025 with final buildout anticipated to be completed by 2035. More detailed descriptions of the Project’s architectural design, open space, landscaping, access/circulation, sustainability features, and construction schedule are provided in Section II, Project Description, of this Draft EIR.

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