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COMBINED NOTICE OF RELEASE AND AVAILABILITY OF THE
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
751 GATEWAY BOULEVARD PROJECT
NOTICE IS HEARBY GIVEN: that the City of South San Francisco Planning Division has prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the 751 Gateway Boulevard Project. This Draft EIR is now available for
public review and comment. The Draft EIR may be accessed on the City’s website at https://weblink.ssf.net/weblink/
under Planning Division/Environmental Reports (direct link here: https://weblink.ssf.net/weblink/Browse.aspx?dbid=0).
Copies of the Draft EIR and all documents incorporated by reference in the Draft EIR are available for review at the
Planning Division at 315 Maple Avenue. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Planning Division is not open to
members of the public. If you would like to review a physical copy of the Draft EIR, please call the Planning Division
at 650-877-8535 to make arrangements to review the document.
PROJECT LOCATION: The project site is within the City of South San Francisco’s Gateway Specific Plan area,
within the East of 101 area. The Gateway Specific Plan area consists of approximately 23 acres of land and is bounded
by Oyster Point Boulevard to the north, Eccles Avenue to the east, East Grand Avenue to the south, and the Caltrain
right-of-way to the west. The project site is in an area referred to as the Gateway Campus (consisting of eight buildings
at 601, 611, and 651 Gateway Boulevard; 681 to 685 Gateway Boulevard; 701 Gateway Boulevard; 801 Gateway
Boulevard; and 901 to 951 Gateway Boulevard). The project site is bounded by a commercial and office building (901
Gateway Boulevard) and a surface parking lot to the north, Gateway Boulevard to the east, a surface parking lot to the
south, and commercial and office buildings to the west. The 7.4-acre project site (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 015-024-
290 and 015-024-360) currently consists of an existing six-story, approximately 170,235-square-foot office building at
701 Gateway Boulevard and a surface parking lot with approximately 558 parking spaces. The proposed project would
be constructed on the existing surface parking lot. The location of the project site is shown in the attached Figure 1.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project would maintain the existing zoning designation of Zone IV under
the Gateway Specific Plan District. The existing zoning allows for development at a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of
1.25, or a maximum of 402,930 square feet, within the project site. The building at 701 Gateway Boulevard is
approximately 170,235 square feet. Based on the zoning, 232,695 square feet of unrealized FAR remains available for the
project site, a portion of which the proposed project would utilize. The total proposed FAR for the site, including both the
existing building at 701 Gateway Boulevard and the proposed building at 751 Gateway Boulevard, would be 1.18.
The proposed project involves construction of a 148-foot-tall, seven-story building with approximately 208,800 square
feet of space (60 percent research and development [R&D] uses and 40 percent office uses). The new building would be
constructed on the existing surface parking lot. The existing office building at 701 Gateway Boulevard would remain.
The proposed project site plan is shown in the attached Figure 2. The ground floor of the proposed building would
include a “through lobby” with access from the north and south; the lobby would include an amenity space for tenants.
An entry plaza and landscaped visitor lot would be constructed north of the proposed building. An entrance and screened
service yard would be constructed south of the proposed building. The proposed project would improve pedestrian
connections between the nearby Gateway Campus buildings at 701, 901, 951, and 801 Gateway Boulevard by creating a
pedestrian hub central to the campus. The proposed project would also include surface parking lots with a total of 418
parking spaces on-site (including approximately 42 parking spaces in a lot north of the proposed building), for use of the
tenants on-site and within the Gateway Campus. Construction of the proposed project, following approval of the
entitlements, would begin in 2020 and occur over approximately 18 months, with an anticipated completion date in 2021.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: The Draft EIR identifies that the proposed project would result in significant and
unavoidable project-level impacts and cumulatively considerable contributions to significant and unavoidable
cumulative impacts related to transportation and circulation (vehicle miles traveled) and greenhouse gas emissions
(during operation and conflict with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation). All other potentially significant
environmental effects of the project would be reduced to less than significant levels through implementation of either
existing regulatory requirements or mitigation measures as recommended in the Draft EIR.
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