HOOD MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK – Water System and Slide Repair
Summary
SCH Number
2024060264
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
HOOD MOUNTAIN REGIONAL PARK – Water System and Slide Repair
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/7/2024
Document Description
After recent storms, there was a small slide at Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve. There are two results:
– A break in the water line that feeds existing water tanks for fire suppression in the Preserve and provides water to a neighbor as part of Preserve establishment agreements.
- Sediment flow into Hood Creek, tributary to Sonoma Creek. The sediment has blocked about 2/3 of the channel including cutting flow to an existing spring box that feeds the water line described above.
Park Maintenance crews are working to restore water service and remove the sediment from the creek before it washes downstream. The project includes repairing the water line (not in the creek), restoring flow to the spring box in the creek, removing sediment from the creek, and stabilizing the landslide with a combination of straw wattles, jute blanket, and silt fence. Parks crews will use biodegradable silt fence and seeded jute blanket if they are able to locate them in a timely way or use standard, readily available construction materials. Silt fence will be backfilled with sediment removed from the water channel. The purpose of the project is to restore water service and protect water quality on the Preserve and in Sonoma Creek, an important salmonid stream.
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
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Pythian Road within Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve
Zip
95403
Total Acres
<0.001
Parcel #
051-240-001
State Highways
12
Railways
0
Airports
0
Schools
0
Waterways
in Hood Creek, near Badger, Castle, Hinds, and Lawndale Creeks
Township
7N
Range
6W
Section
18
Base
MtD
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Emergency Project
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(2); 15269(b)
Reasons for Exemption
Maintenance of the waterline and spring box that supplies emergency fire water to Hood Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve and water to a neighbor is statutorily exempt as an emergency action per PRC §21080(b)(2) because it is necessary to restore water service.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
§15301(i)
Reasons for Exemption
Removing the sediment from the creek and stabilizing the landslide is exempt per CEQA Guidelines §15301 (i) maintenance of . . stream channels (clearing of debris) to protect fish and wildlife resources.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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