Memorandum of Understanding with the City, County and University

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Updated January 2021

In September 2018, the City of Davis, County of Yolo and the University of California, Davis agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a series of shared goals and commitments to improve collaboration and partnership.

The terms of the MOU include a commitment to build more housing for students and a guarantee to house 100 percent of any new student enrollment growth on campus, a joint transportation plan and traffic improvement projects, the elimination of master leases in the City of Davis and forming a stronger town-gown partnership through a variety of collaborative activities.

This page was created to serve as the online location where the public can learn more about the specific items agreed upon in the MOU and their corresponding statuses.

Collaboration Items

	Frequency/Timing	Attendees	Notes	Underway	Completed
Working Group	Four times per year—ongoing through the 2018 LRDP	Appropriate leaders to attend.	Broad range of discussion topics and issues. Make written reports available to the public on their work and progress on a regular basis.	✓
2x2x2 public meeting	Twice in first year—September 2018 through September 2019	Two from City Council, two from County Board of Supervisors, and two from UC Davis (one Vice Chancellor or higher).	At conclusion, evaluate and determine effectiveness and best manner for moving forward.		✓
Economic/Fiscal Analysis	Within one year (by 9/25/18)	(by 9/25/18)City/County representatives to help scope economic impact analysis. Share results with City and County.	Periodically update the report during the 2018 LRDP.	✓
Strategic Partnership Plan	Commence by 3/25/19	Appropriate representatives	Content is unspecified but aspirational. Develop and implement a plan for ongoing meetings and collaboration; identify areas of existing and future collaboration/partnership.	✓
Annual Public Meeting	Annual and ongoing through LRDP	Attendees: Chancellor, elected officials, and appropriate staff.	Completed October 17, 2019. Upcoming March 3, 2021.	✓	✓

Housing

	Milestone	Amount	Notes	Underway	Completed
Commitment	By 2019, housing for 10,500 students. By 2021 housing for 12,500 students. By 2021 housing for 15,000 students.	If stopped because of outside factors, extensions are available.	See MOU for payment requirement if not completed.	✓
Commitment	100% of new students overall.	Meet and confer if enrollment exceeds LRDP projection.		✓
Report to Regents	Include progress report in every Regents items for housing projects.			✓
2019 Joint Housing Report	City, County, and UC Davis to create and annually publish a housing report.	First report due before September 1, 2019.	Completed October 31, 2019.		✓
2020 Joint Housing Report	City, County, and UC Davis to create and annually publish a housing report.		Underway.	✓

Transportation Items

	Frequency/Timing	Attendees	Notes	Completed
Joint Transportation Plan	Not defined in MOU	Not defined	A local transportation plan specifically for alternative transportation.
Unitrans Task Force	Not defined in MOU	Task force to include city representative.	Additional offer outside of the MOU was made to allow Yolo County to also have a representative.	✓

Traffic/Neighborhood Improvements

	Amount	Notes	Underway	Completed
Richards/I-80	$500,000	Timing details in MOU.	✓
County Road 98	$100,000 for planning	Timing details in MOU. Paid 1/18/19.		✓
County Road 98	$500,000 for construction	Timing details in MOU.
Russell Blvd Bike Path	50% of total, up to $500,000	Completed 2020.		✓
Russell Blvd. Corridor Plan	50% of total, up to $500,000	Timing details in MOU.	✓
Oxford Circle Park Landscaping	$200,000	Timing details in MOU.	✓

Other Items

	Notes	Completed
Parcel taxes	UC Davis to pay parcel tax equivalent for school and library for any new on-campus faculty/staff housing units.
Master leases	UC Davis to eliminate master leases with completion of West Village Expansion.	✓
Taxes at master lease properties	UC Davis to waive master lease tax exemptions starting in 2019-20.	✓
Rental Registration Program	UC Davis to contribute $25,000 per year for City of Davis resources UC Davis students. Paid June 2019 and March 2020.	✓
Rental Registration Program	City of Davis to expand program to include energy efficiency standard and incentives.
Rental Registration Program	City of Davis to ensure effective code enforcement.
Support for LRDP	City and County to support the 2018 LRDP.

Memorandum of Understanding with the City, County and University

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