Hood Pythian Water Tank Replacement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025070698
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Hood Pythian Water Tank Replacement Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/17/2025
Document Description
The project consists of replacing three existing, redwood water storage tanks damaged in the 2020 Glass Fire with one large, steel water tank. The new tank will be constructed in the same location to replace the pre-fire water-holding capacity and hardening it to any future fires. Water is intended for firefighting and for domestic non-potable water uses at the ranger residence and in continuation of the water use agreement with a park neighbor. The water line from the spring to the tank was damaged in a fire caused slide and will be moved from the steep creek canyon bank where it was damaged to upslope and aligned within a park road. A large fir tree that did not survive the fire will be felled for the safety of trail users and for the protection of the new water tank.
Contact Information
Name
Laura Saunders
Agency Name
Sonoma County Regional Parks
Job Title
Planning Technician
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide, Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Pythian Road and Highway 12
Zip
95403
Total Acres
<1
Parcel #
051-240-001
State Highways
Highway 12
Railways
0
Airports
0
Schools
0
Waterways
Mount Hood Creek
Township
7N
Range
6W
Section
17 & 1
Base
MtDiablo
Other Location Info
Los Guilicos land grant
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
§15302(c): Replacement or Reconstruction
Reasons for Exemption
Pursuant to California Code of Regulations Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 §15302(c), the project is exempt because it is replacement of existing structures at substantially the same place, for the same purpose, and with no expansion of capacity. None of the exceptions to exemptions in §15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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