The Sea Ranch Association Moonraker Tower Perimeter
Summary
SCH Number
2021070245
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
The Sea Ranch Association Moonraker Tower Perimeter
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/14/2021
Document Description
As part of the 2021 Vegetation Management Grant Program, the County of Sonoma has approved grant funding for The Sea Ranch Association (TSRA) to create a buffer to protect the tower, equipment installed on the tower, conduit and cabling, and structures within the fenced enclosure at the tower base from fire. The 2.87-acre parcel will be cleared of flammable vegetation by removing distressed pine trees, cutting bushes and small trees, and chipping and disposing of debris up to 300' around the structure.
Contact Information
Name
Robert Aguero
Agency Name
Permit Sonoma
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
The Sea Ranch
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Timber Ridge Road, Sea Forest Drive
Zip
95497
Parcel #
122-200-034
State Highways
CA-1
Airports
Sea Ranch Airstrip
Waterways
South Fork Gualala River
Township
10N
Range
14W
Section
27,28
Base
MDBM
Other Information
PF-Public Facilities
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15269 (c) Specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency.
Reasons for Exemption
The project is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections, Section 15269 (c) Specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency. This does not include long-term projects undertaken for the purpose of preventing or mitigating a situation that has a low probability of occurrence in the short-term, but this exclusion does not apply (i) if the anticipated period of time to conduct an environmental review of such a long-term project would create a risk to public health, safety or welfare, or (ii) if activities (such as fire or catastrophic risk mitigation or modifications to improve facility integrity) are proposed for existing facilities in response to an emergency at a similar existing
facility. The loss or damage of the Moonraker communications tower in an emergency would constitute a catastrophic risk that needs to be mitigated.
This Notice of Exemption is filed pursuant to the provisions of Section 15062 of the State CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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