More specifically, the plan provides for:

·       The creation of a mixed-use campus on 437 acres of land that can accommodate up to 4.4 million square feet of public and private sector educationally related and research-oriented activities and support functions, including hotel/conference, service commercial and light industrial uses. The land use plan identifies unique areas of the property (e.g., the hillside promontory on the South Central Campus, and the bluff edge on the East Campus) for special amenity uses, such as restaurants, conference centers and health clubs, that can serve as gathering places for the campus and surrounding users.

·       Additional capacity for mixed-use development on 47 acres of property not included in this Master Plan. This property, which is located adjacent to the Eighth Street cutoff and Sixth Avenue near the CSUMB campus, will serve as an adjunct campus for research and development, housing, and other uses complementary to the regional economic development effort. The Fort Ord Reuse Authority Reuse Plan proposes mixed-use development for this property.

·       The preservation of 605 acres of land, or 56 percent of the property, as a natural reserve, the purpose of which will be to preserve and maintain existing habitats and to provide opportunities for teaching and research. This property was incorporated into the University of California Natural Reserve System (UC/NRS) in June of 1996. An Installation-wide Multispecies Habitat Management Plan is being prepared to guide the management of all lands at the former Fort Ord that have been set aside for conservation of endangered species. A specific management plan is being prepared by the UC/NRS to guide the management of the UC/NRS Fort Ord Natural Reserve over an extended period of time.

·       The coordinated development of the UC MBEST Center with the Marina Airport Business Park as a visually consistent mixed-use complex sharing the same circulation system, amenities and development standards. The City and UC have undertaken their planning in a coordinated manner and envision that the two developments will be closely integrated, with complementary uses and activities.

·       The retention of the rural character and rolling topography of the property through preservation of existing oak woodlands, sensitive site planning and grading, and augmentation of existing landscape with native or ecologically compatible vegetation that further enhances the unique coastal environment. The alignment of internal roadways within the campus has been carefully planned to limit significant grading; major existing oak woodland clusters on the West, North and South Central Campuses will be retained as site amenities; and the development standards of the plan will promote development that is compatible in scale and character with the rural landscape.

·       The concentration of activities at strategic locations within the campus to promote intellectual exchange and social interaction among UC MBEST participants. With activities located within walking and bicycle distance of one another, the need for automobile trips can be reduced, and the ability for transit to efficiently serve development can be enhanced. Several activity centers are planned within the campus, including a Campus Core Quadrangle on the North Central Campus, a quadrangle in the vicinity of the existing Simulator Complex, and a concentration of commercial uses at the Blanco gate to the UC MBEST Center and Marina Airport Business Park.

·       The creation of a continuous system of landscaped bikeways and pedestrian paths, that extends the planned regional and citywide systems and promotes non-vehicular trips. The internal roadway systems of the campus will include continuous landscaped pedestrian ways as well as exclusive bicycle lanes that connect to the planned regional bike route system.

·       The creation of "virtual" linkages between: the UC MBEST Center and CSUMB; UCSC and the UC system; and other regional research facilities. Virtual linkages will be facilitated by an on-site fiber optic telecommunications system and broad bandwidth high-speed connectivity to UCSC and the UC system, and other regional research institutions. On-site communications will be facilitated by installing multiple communications conduits with fiber optic cable under major roadways. External communications will be facilitated by a fiber optic cable to be installed by Pacific Bell by early 1997.

·       An open-ended phasing program that will allow UC and the City of Marina to respond to marketing opportunities as they arise. The phasing program sets forth a series of infrastructure improvement "packages" each with an associated tract of land that is opened up. The packages can be undertaken in a number of combinations, depending upon demand. The early phase strategy calls for the leveraging of existing public funds to open up substantial acreage on portions of the UC MBEST West and North Central Campuses, as well as the Marina Airport Business Park.