C02574 Emergency Operations Center Improvements at Utility Field Operations
Summary
SCH Number
2026030784
Public Agency
City of Santa Rosa
Document Title
C02574 Emergency Operations Center Improvements at Utility Field Operations
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/18/2026
Document Description
Construction of a 14-foot-wide by 50-foot-long aggregate pad with concrete pad landings for stairs and ramp within an existing landscaped area at the UFO complex. Work includes minor vegetation removal (one ornamental shrub; trimming of a coast live oak), use of existing access gate from the north side of the paved yard, and installation of the pad on previously disturbed compacted gravelly soils.
Contact Information
Name
Adriana Moreno
Agency Name
City of Santa Rosa
Job Title
Senior Administrative Assistant
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Rosa
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Stony Point and College
Zip
95401
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301, 15303, and 15304
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA Guidelines §15301 – Existing Facilities (Class 1) - Applies because the project involves minor alterations to existing public facilities involving negligible expansion of use. The work occurs entirely within an existing developed corporation yard and does not expand capacity or change operational characteristics.
CEQA Guidelines §15303 – New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures (Class 3) - Applies because the project consists of installation of a small accessory facility (a concrete pad) within a developed urban site. The pad is comparable to small new accessory structures listed as examples under the exemption.
CEQA Guidelines §15304 – Minor Alterations to Land (Class 4) - Applies because the project involves minor vegetation removal and grading of previously disturbed, compacted soils with no removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees. Only one ornamental shrub would be removed, and minor trimming of an existing coast live oak would occur.
Supporting Evidence: On April 23, 2025, Senior Environmental Specialist Steve Brady conducted a site visit. The project area consists of previously disturbed, compacted soils dominated by non-native landscaping associated with construction of the UFO facility. No wetlands or waters of the U.S./State occur on the site. The site lies outside the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Santa Rosa Plain Potential Effects Determination Area; therefore, no impacts to California tiger salamander, Sebastopol meadowfoam, Sonoma sunshine, or Burke’s goldfields are anticipated.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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