Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

1. Notice for Comparative Project Evaluation,

North Campus Master Plan EIE, University of Connecticut, Tennis Court Relocation

Municipality where project is proposed: University of Connecticut – Storrs Campus, Mansfield

Address of Possible Project Location: North Hillside Road Extension

Project Description: The University of Connecticut proposes to relocate the existing tennis courts along Stadium Road to a site at UConn’s North Campus in Storrs, Connecticut. Relocation of the existing tennis courts is necessary to accommodate the construction of the proposed Burton Family Football Complex and Mark R. Shenkman Training Center at the site of the existing tennis courts along Stadium Road, as well as to provide a suitable facility for the UConn intercollegiate tennis teams to practice and compete. The proposed tennis court relocation site consists of portions of Parcels E and G as identified in the North Campus Master Plan EIE. The site is located on the west side of the North Hillside Road Extension. The relocated tennis courts will consist of 6 competition tennis courts and 4 practice tennis courts. An approximately 30-foot by 40-foot building will house coaches offices, locker rooms, and bathrooms served by sanitary sewer and water from the existing utilities along North Hillside Road Extension.

Approval of the North Campus Master Plan EIE by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) required that site-specific projects proposed for development within the North Campus Master Plan area be reviewed by OPM to ensure that impacts are substantially equivalent to or less than those identified for that site in the Master Plan EIE. Because the tennis court relocation will be within the North Campus Master Plan area, a site-specific comparative evaluation is required. This document fulfills this requirement for the proposed tennis court relocation and is consistent with previous correspondence between UConn and OPM regarding the CEPA process for site-specific projects at the North Campus.

Project Documents:  Comparative evaluation (including project maps)

Comments on this comparative evaluation will be accepted until the close of business on: November 2, 2004

A public information meeting that will include information on the relocation of the tennis courts to the North Campus has been scheduled for Thursday, October 21, 2004, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, at the Bishop Center, Room 7, Storrs Campus.

Send your comments about this comparative evaluation to:

Name:

Richard A. Miller, Esq., Director of Environmental Policy

Agency:

University of Connecticut

Address:

Office of Environmental Policy 

31 LeDoyt Road U-3055

Storrs CT 06269-3055

E-Mail:

Rich.Miller@uconn.edu

If you have questions about the public information meeting, or similar matters, please contact:

Name:

Same as above

Agency:

Address:

E-Mail:

Phone:

 860-486-8741

Other information: Comments may also be faxed to Mr. Richard Miller at 860-486-5477