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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 4-85 4.14.1. Discussion 4.14.1.1. Impact TRAN-1 Initial treatment and treatment maintenance activities would take place within and adjacent to Augustin Bernal Community Park in Alameda County, California. The Project would require limited vehicular traffic along public roadways used to access existing fire roads and trails leading to the specific treatment areas. Project-related traffic would include heavy-vehicle trips to haul equipment and materials and worker commute trips to and from the treatment areas. Crew sizes would typically be less than 25 workers per site, although multiple teams may be working at the same time. Crews would not be more than 45 workers for prescribed burns. All treatments except herbivory would occur primarily on weekdays during daylight hours only. During prescribed burning, crews would need to conduct some maintenance burning on weekends to manage overall smoke impacts. As described in the project description and Section 4.12, “Noise,” noise-generating treatment activities would occur during daytime hours and would be consistent with the local ordinances of the City and Alameda County. Therefore, the increase of vehicle traffic on the surrounding local roads would occur during allowed construction hours. The number of truck trips and worker vehicle trips to and from the project area would vary based on the size of the area being treated, the type of treatment being implemented, and the duration of the vegetation treatments. No road closures would be necessary for the implementation of this project. The CalVTP PEIR found traffic impacts to be less than significant because vehicle increases and road closures during vegetation treatments are short-term, use existing roads, and are managed through traffic plans, agency coordination, and safety measures that prevent conflicts with transportation policies. The proposed temporary increases in traffic related to the Project are within the scope of the PEIR because the treatment duration and limited number of vehicles associated with the proposed treatments are consistent with those analyzed in the PEIR. The proposed treatments would not all occur concurrently, and increases in vehicle trips associated with the treatments, particularly relating to commuting workers, would be dispersed on multiple roads as the distance from the Project Site increases. SPRs applicable to this treatment are AD-3 and TRAN-1. Implementing SPR AD-3 requires the treatments to be consistent with local plans, policies, and ordinances, and SPR TRAN-1 requires that the project proponent implement a traffic management plan (TMP) and that traffic control measures be placed on affected roadways during Project treatment activities. With the implementation of these SPRs, the determination is consistent with the PEIR and would not constitute a substantially more severe significant impact than what was covered in the PEIR. The inclusion of approximately 93 acres of land that is outside the CalVTP treatable landscape in the proposed treatment area constitutes a change to the geographic extent presented in the PEIR. However, the existing transportation conditions (e.g., roadways, road use) present in the areas outside the treatable