Replace Bodega Bay Icehouse
Summary
SCH Number
2025100286
Public Agency
Sonoma County Regional Parks
(SCRP)
Document Title
Replace Bodega Bay Icehouse
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/7/2025
Document Description
The project involves the replacement and upgrade of the existing, obsolete Spud Point Marina Icehouse facility. The icehouse is the only bulk ice facility between San Francisco and Fort Bragg, and it plays a critical role in supporting ~250 active commercial vessels, charter fleets, and recreational fishers. The project will occur within the footprint of the existing facility on County-owned land.
The project includes:
• Decommissioning and safe removal of the aging building systems, including equipment using phased-out R-22 refrigerant.
• Structural improvements to the existing shell, including new siding, TPO roofing over the mechanical room, reinforced concrete pads for new equipment, and upgraded access doors.
• Installation of a modern, efficient ammonia refrigeration system, new 125 HP compressor, ice flaker, condenser, blower, hoist/delivery system, and upgraded touchscreen controls.
• Installation of stainless steel piping, a new water treatment system, and safety equipment (eyewash station).
The purpose of the project is to replace failing, decades-old equipment with modern systems to ensure continuous, reliable ice production for the local fishing economy, improve energy efficiency, eliminate the use of R-22 refrigerant, and increase climate resiliency.
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
Cities
Bodega Bay, unincorporated area
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Citywide, Northern California
Cross Streets
Westshore Road south of Whaleship Road
Zip
94923
Total Acres
0.02
Parcel #
Project site is adjacent to Bodega Harbor and has no APN. It is part of the State Lands Commissi
State Highways
Highway 1
Railways
none
Airports
none
Schools
Bodega Bay Elementary
Waterways
Pacific Ocean, Bodega Harbor and tributaries
Township
6N
Range
11W
Section
27
Base
MtDiablo
Other Location Info
Rancho Bodega land grant
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, California Code of Regulations, §15301(b)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Title 14, California Code of Regulations), Section 15301, subdivision (b) which specifically exempts: “Replacement or reconstruction of existing utility systems and/or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of capacity,” because:
• The project is solely for the replacement and upgrade of an existing, deteriorating utility system (bulk ice production and delivery) that is beyond its service life.
• The work will be carried out at the existing Spud Point Marina Icehouse, located at 1818 Westshore Rd. The facility’s essential function remains unchanged: providing bulk ice to the commercial fishing fleet.
• The project does not involve any significant expansion of the physical capacity of the facility or the capacity of the ice production beyond what the existing facility was intended to produce. The structural improvements (siding, roofing, concrete pads) will occur substantially within the footprint of the existing icehouse and do not constitute an expansion.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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