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Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction November 2025 2-8 away from tree canopies and power lines. Sites suitable for pile burning would depend on location of sensitive species habitat and safety guidelines (e.g., humidity, wind direction, etc.). General operations for pile burning would adhere to the following guidelines: • Multiple piles would be burned on a single day • Pile size would not exceed 20 feet in diameter • Piles would not block vehicle access on any road or trail • Piles created within suitable Alameda whipsnake habitat and left for any significant period of time would be dismantled and re-piled prior to igniting Pile burning would be conducted in compliance with the local authority having jurisdiction or CAL FIRE and BAAD Regulation 5 for open burning and burn day restrictions. Burns would be coordinated with appropriate resource agencies (e.g., CARB) and would follow a burn plan that includes an SMP. The City would report site conditions and request approval to burn through PFIRS, which serves as an interface between air quality managers, land management agencies, and individuals that conduct prescribed burning in California. 2.3. Treatment Prescriptions by Fuel Type The Project is divided into two distinct operations: removal of ladder and ground fuels and removal of ground fuels such as dead, dying, diseased, and downed vegetation, branches, and trees. Both operations would manage excess ladder and ground fuels through a combination of treatment activities, including manual, mechanical, prescribed burning, prescribed herbivory, and herbicide spot-treatment. Resulting biomass would be pile burned, left to decompose naturally, or hauled off-site. 2.3.1. Ladder and Ground Fuel Removal 2.3.1.1. Fire Trails and Roads Ladder and ground fuels along fire trails and roads would be managed at a distance of twice the flame length indicated by the prevailing fuel model for that area. This distance would ensure the effectiveness of fire trails and roads in slowing or stopping a fire’s spread during Diablo wind conditions. Trailside and roadside fuel reduction areas would provide an anchor point from which fire suppression resources would engage wildfires. Treatment activities along fire trails and roads follow a combination of mowing and other similar mechanical means, hand crew trimming and thinning, prescribed grazing, prescribed burning, and spot herbicide treatment. The prescription would remove ladder fuels, remove or pile leaf litter and duff for pile burning, thin or remove dense brush, and trim low-hanging branches within 6 feet of the ground, or a height deemed appropriate to reach site goals by a professional. Annual grass and herbaceous weeds