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Sequoia Ecological Consulting,Inc. CaIVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum C 12 Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction / November 2025 Natural Decomposition Cut vegetation may be retained on-site to decompose naturally via lopping and scattering or chipping and broadcasting across the landscape. Lopping plants involves cutting a plant low to the ground and distributing the cut material. In some cases, a road-based chipper or an all-terrain vehicle and tracked towable chipper would be used to process cut vegetative materials.The vegetative material would be fed through the chipper and broadcast widely into treatment areas. Biomass would be chipped to 3 inches or smaller in size and spread up to 4 inches deep.Cut vegetation and chips would not be placed below the ordinary high water mark of aquatic features,within wetlands or riparian areas, or on top of burrows or rock piles. Understory debris chipped and scattered on-site would follow BMPs for reducing the spread of pests,disease, noxious weeds,and invasive species (see Section 2.5 of the PSA). Hauling Off-Site Vegetation moved off-site would be hauled to an appropriate biomass processing facility. Transported invasive plant materials would be stored in a closed container to prevent spreading during transport. Pile Burning Hand-cut material would be piled as "feeder piles," with the cut stems facing in one direction in a manner to minimize any overstory scorch when the piles are restacked and burned. Most of the piles would be built in open areas of the forest floor or on the roadside.Suitable areas for pile burning are open areas 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 follow these 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 the 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 a smoke management plan. 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. PD-3.3:Treatment Prescriptions by Fuel Type The Project is divided into two distinct operations: 1) removal of ladder and ground fuels and 2) removal of ground fuels such as dead, dying, diseased, and downed vegetation, branches, and trees. Both operations would manage