Glenshire HOA Defensible Space
Summary
SCH Number
2024101125
Public Agency
Truckee Fire Protection District
Document Title
Glenshire HOA Defensible Space
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/25/2024
Document Description
This project includes implementation of fuels reduction activities in the form of hand thinning, limbing, clean-up of dead and downed fuels, felling of select hazardous dead trees and follow-up broadcast chipping on approximately 20-acres. The project is an integral part of Truckee Fire's community level fuel reduction strategy aimed at protecting the Truckee community and Wildland Urban Interface from future catastrophic wildfire events. This fuel reduction project is strategically located on HOA owned open-space immediately adjacent to developed .25-acre parcels, and will allow the HOA to significantly improve defensible space for over 58 habitable structures. This project will also help to moderate the movement of wildfire, provide safer access for resources related to suppression activities, and ultimately facilitate in the protection of life and property.
The prescription includes motor-manual thinning of small diameter (less than 10" DBH) conifers and shrubs to achieve adequate vertical and horizontal spacing. All brush under the dripline of trees plus 2 feet will be manually removed. Overall, 75% of existing brush will be reduced across the project area. Residual material will be chipped via a tracked chipper with chips being broadcasted over the project area, chip depth will not exceed 3 inches on average
Contact Information
Name
Dillon Sheedy
Agency Name
Truckee Fire Protection District
Job Title
Forester (RPF #3175)
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Truckee
Counties
Nevada
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
The Strand and Donnington Ln.
Zip
96161
Total Acres
20
Jobs
6
State Highways
Interstate 80
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Airports
Truckee Tahoe Airport District
Schools
Glenshire Elementary School
Waterways
Truckee River
Township
17N
Range
17E
Section
5
Base
MDM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301(h); 15304; 15307
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project qualifies for a Categorical Exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section(s) 15301(h), 15304, and 15307. Pursuant to Section 15301(h) Class one consists of minor alterations of existing facilities and maintenance of existing landscaping and native growth, 15304, Class 4 consists of minor private alterations of vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees, Section 15307, Class 7 consists of actions by regulatory agencies as authorized by state law or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration, or enhancement of natural resources. The project involves removal of an abundance of small diameter understory trees and brush species to reduce the vertical and horizontal continuity of forest fuels, to reduce wildfire intensity and severity, and comply with PRC 4291 and local ordinances. Field review by Truckee Fire Protection District Forester confirmed that fuel clearance in the project area is required to reduce hazardous fuel conditions adjacent to habitable structures for the safety of the public and emergency responders, and no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of a Notice of Exemption for this project. The project consists of minor treatments to vegetation in the form of hand thinning, limbing and chipping. The trees being removed are in a suppressed state and are not considered healthy. The activities do not result in the taking of endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species, or sedimentation to surface waters. This project will not convert forestland to non-forest uses, and all treated vegetation will have the ability to grow back. The Truckee Fire Protection District has concluded that no significant environmental impact would occur to aesthetics, agriculture and forestland/timberland, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use planning, mineral resources, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, transportation/traffic, utilities and service systems, or to wildfire. Documentation of the environmental review completed by the department is kept on file at Truckee Fire Protection District Station 91, located at 10049 Donner Pass Road in Truckee CA.
County Clerk
Nevada
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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