Telcon Services City of Wasco Fiber Optic Network Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025070579
Public Agency
City of Wasco
Document Title
Telcon Services City of Wasco Fiber Optic Network Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/15/2025
Document Description
The Telcon Services City of Wasco Fiber Optic Network Project involves all streets, sidewalks, and ROW in the City of Wasco. The northern edge of the City is demarcated by Gromer Avenue. The southern edge of town is marked by Primrose Court. J Street represents the eastern edge of the city. Magnolia Avenue and Central Avenue are on the western edge of the city.
The Project involves the installation of a 1.25" HOPE conduit, fiber optics, hand holes, and flowerpots via trenching or boring. All areas of cable placement will be within the existing City of Wasco right of way and placed in a linear route next to existing gas, water, power, or communication lines. In any areas crossing existing utility lines, a "pothole or daylight" will be used to access and gather depth measurements of the lines so that they will be avoided.
Contact Information
Name
Keri Cobb
Agency Name
City of Wasco
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Ron Ivie
Agency Name
Telcom Services LLC
Job Title
President
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Wasco
Counties
Kern
Regions
Citywide
Zip
93280-2935
Township
Wasco
Other Information
Location Map attached to file uploaded.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA 15303 Class 3 New Construction or Conversion of Small Structure, 15304 Class 4 Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
Exempt under CEQA Guidelines §15303 (Class 3) - The proposed Project would consist of installing small new equipment, such as fiber optic cable, which would expand upon existing utility infrastructure. The cable would connect users within the service area to the service. Minor and temporary modifications would be made to the landscape in order to install the fiber optic cables. The proposed Project would not construct any new sites and, as such, would not make changes to the maximum allowable number of structures on any parcel.
Exempt under CEQA Guidelines §15304 (Class 4) - The proposed Project would not cross any known active or potentially active earthquake faults in the Wasco vicinity. The proposed Project would not affect any waterway, in any wetland, in officially
designated (by federal, state, or local government action) scenic areas. The Project would consist of minor trenching and using an underground boring machine to create minor channels to create space for the fiber optic cables along previously disturbed roadways. After the fiber optic cables are in place, disturbed areas will be backfilled and packed using the previously excavated material. The proposed Project would implement erosion and sediment controls. This will minimize soil disturbance. Minimal vegetation would be disturbed by project activities, and no trees would be
removed.
County Clerk
Kern
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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