Foothill Backcountry Trashcan Removal
Summary
SCH Number
2023040422
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Foothill Backcountry Trashcan Removal
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/18/2023
Document Description
Sonoma County Regional Parks is proposing to remove the backcountry trash cans at Foothill Regional Park (Park) to:
- Improve visitor experience by decreasing the number of staff vehicles driving on trails.
- Reduce the Department's carbon footprint by reducing driving and plastic trash bag use.
- Keep wildlife safe and healthy by limiting trash disposal to existing secure cans at trailheads.
The park is a 211-acre park at the northeast edge of Windsor. See Map: Attachment A. There are currently seven trash cans in the Park. Three wildlife-friendly, secure trash cans are located at the Arata Lane Trailhead and parking, accessible parking, and at the walk-in entrance on Vinecrest Circle. The other four cans are distributed in the park backcountry and are the traditional round steel can with lid. Park conditions can be improved by reducing maintenance vehicles on hiking trails, reducing erosion on those trails, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting park wildlife by keeping them away from trash.
In order to assist park visitors to get used to taking their trash back to the park entrance on their way out, Parks staff posted a sign (Attachment B) at each backcountry trashcan location and on the park website explaining the project and alerting trail users to the change. When the trashcans are removed the sign will be replaced on the same signpost with a notice of where the trash cans have gone. Signs will be up for 30 days ahead of trash can removal and 30 days after trash can removal.
Contact Information
Name
Laura Saunders
Agency Name
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Job Title
Planning Technician
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Windsor
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Foothill Regional Park, Arata Lane and Hembree Lane
Zip
95492
Total Acres
211
Parcel #
162-010-009, 162-010-018, 162-010-019
State Highways
Highway 101
Railways
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Airports
no
Schools
Yes - 10
Waterways
Windsor Creek, Wright Creek
Township
8N
Range
8W
Section
6, 7
Base
Mt. Diab
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1: California Code of Regulations Title 14, Section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from CEQA because it is removal of existing accessories smaller than the examples in CEQA Guidelines §15301(l)(4).
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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