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Sapeta named Director of Facilities Planning and Management
Bartlomiej “Bart” Sapeta has been appointed to the position of Director of Facilities Planning and Management. In this role, Bart will work with ANR units such as the Research Extension Centers and other ANR-owned and leased facilities across the state to plan and execute maintenance and capital renewal work.
Bart is a licensed architect and a former project manager with over a decade of experience in design, renovation, repurposing, master planning, historic preservation of buildings for civic, community, and education markets.
Most recently, Bart was a city councilor, City of Keene, NH, and a tenured associate professor of architecture at Keene State College. He also served as a client representative on several capital improvement projects for Keene State, and he has extensive experience in design and building.
Bart earned his Master of Arts in historic preservation from Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, Master of Architecture and Engineering from Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland, and Bachelor of Architecture from Drury University, Springfield, Mo.
As director of Facilities Planning and Management, Bart will report directly to me, and with appropriate delegation of authority will be the appointed Building Official for the Division.
Please join me in welcoming Bart to ANR. Bart can be reached at (530) 750-1292 or bksapeta@ucanr.edu.
Best Regards,
Tu Tran
Associate Vice President, Business Operations
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Land for sale at 3031 Second Street
Approximately two years ago, UC ANR purchased a parcel of land adjacent and contiguous to the current Davis headquarters at 2801 Second Street. The purchase was intended to facilitate future development of the ANR Davis site.
Subsequent to the purchase, ANR worked with staff, faculty and division leadership throughout the following year to explore development potential for this parcel. With the help of MIG, a land planning firm, that study was completed in 2017 and Phase One was implemented: construction of the new parking lot with the research feature. The concept, as designed, also determined the amount of land area that will be required for additional work space/conference center for the ANR headquarters, leaving approximately 6 acres as surplus.
After consulting with the UC Davis campus and other stakeholders from the division, and on the advice of the President's Advisory Committee regarding leveraging some of our real estate holdings to address budgetary pressure, a decision was made to unlock the potential value of this surplus parcel. The proceeds from the eventual sale will be used to pay down current debt and/or invest in the new workspace/conference center at 2801, be placed in a safe investment fund to generate future income, or be used to address any other urgent needs that the division may encounter.
Tu Tran
Associate Vice President, Business Operations
View or leave comments for ANR Leadership at http://ucanr.edu/sites/ANRUpdate/Comments.
This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.
BCAP Approved facilities and W2E Grant Recipients Announced!
Wood-to-Energy Updates
On July 15, 2014, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $1.25 million in awards for nine wood energy projects nationwide through the 2014 Wood to Energy Grant Program (W2E). Two of the recipients are here in California and will receive total of $346,000. Projects funded under the 2014 W2E are:
- BVP Property, LLC for the Big Valley Lumber and Cogeneration Facility
- The Watershed Research and Training Center for a System Impact Study in the North Fork and Wilseyville CHP Projects. This System Impact Study will help with the interconnection development phase for two SB1122 projects.
Read the USFS W2E Announcement Here
BCAP Updates
Also in the news, 36 energy facilities in 14 states have been selected to as approved facilities for the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). The program provides payments to landowners producing forestry or agriculture used in energy production. Thirteen of these facilities are in California. Starting July 28, 2013, biomass supplied to these facilities may qualify for BCAP delivery assistance. NOTE: This leaves a short window to apply for funding assistance before the deadline on SEPTEMBER 26, 2014. ALSO NOTE: Forest biomass is only eligible for payments under the BCAP program if it is sourced from land owned by the US Government (USDA, BLM, DOD, etc.). For interested biomass producers, the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA), will begin accepting applications between JULY 28 and AUGUST 25 for match funding on biomass fuel before SEPTEMBER 26, 2014. |
See the list of approved facilities in California below:
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