Proposed Purchase of Property as an addition to Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve
Summary
SCH Number
2023090181
Public Agency
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Document Title
Proposed Purchase of Property as an addition to Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/11/2023
Document Description
The project consists of the purchase of an approximately 40.83-acre property as an addition to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s (District) Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve and concurrent adoption of a Preliminary Use and Management Plan (PUMP) for the property, including minor erosion control and sediment control measures conducted to prevent erosion. Minor resource management activities may be conducted to control invasive plants. The land would be permanently preserved as open space and maintained in a natural condition.
Contact Information
Name
Aaron Peth
Agency Name
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Job Title
Real Property Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Parcel #
562-09-021
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301, 15316, and 15325
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15301 exempts the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond the existing uses. The PUMP will maintain the Property as status quo with no expansion or changes to its existing uses. The PUMP includes minor erosion control work as necessary, wildland fuel management, and minor natural resource management activities, covered under the District’s adopted Resource Management Policies, Integrated Pest Management Program Guidance Manual, Wildland Fire Resiliency Program, the mitigation measures adopted pursuant to Final Environmental Impact Reports of the cited plans and policies, and the District’s Open Space Maintenance and Restoration Program and Mitigated Negative Declaration, and regulatory permits as applicable.
Section 15316 exempts the acquisition of land in order to create parks if the land is in a natural condition and the management plan proposes to keep the area in a natural condition. The PUMP specifies that the land will remain in a natural condition and will be designated as an addition to the District’s Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
Section 15325 exempts transfers of ownership of interests in land in order to preserve open space. This acquisition will transfer fee ownership of the property to the District to be preserved as open space and incorporate it into the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
County Clerk
Santa Clara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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