| TRACKING ID | KEY WORDS | COMMENT | COMMENT FROM |
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| 440609 | Biology | Review options for managing for diversity of species in understory and regrowth after treatment | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440610 | Biology | How will team measure impact on biodiversity? | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 610614 | Biology | Resource management portions of the Plan should incorporate locally important species. Clearly identify management objectives. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 5180613 | Botanical | Grazing policy is not consistent with other agencies (e.g., EBMUD). Need to look at grazing as tool. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 610607 | Botanical | Identify effective management strategies to reduce spread of French broom. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440613 | Botanical | Identify protocols for clearing of understory trees when removing overstory trees. Incorporate considerations for managing for grasslands. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440614 | Botanical | How to control weed invasions after treatment. A big issue. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440616 | Botanical | Consider the effects of dispersing chips from tree or brush removal. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 5160601 | Botanical | Control of invasive broom species should be a policy priority. | Letter 5/16/06 |
| 5180630 | Botanical | Must address how to eliminate weeds in the fuel break that occur because of management practices. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 440608 | Cost | Discuss cost-benefit of fire hazard reduction and fuel reduction (e.g. how many people and homes are protected/ replacement costs). | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440615 | Cost | Recognize the high cost of hand labor and that there may need to be multiple treatments in the same year. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440617 | Cost | Are there viable biomass disposal options? Look at economics of disposal. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 5180631 | Cost | Don't be restricted by lack of current resources. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 610604 | Fire modeling | Hazard modeling needs to incorporate new residential development (e.g. in Richmond and El Sobrante). | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610605 | Fire modeling | Hazard modeling needs to account for wind patterns along ridgelines (e.g. Richmond, El Sobrante, Lake Temescal) that are not captured by the two existing weather stations. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440607 | Fire modeling | Discuss assumptions related to fire modeling: model strengths & weaknesses, 8 ft flame length, weather | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 610612 | Fire modeling | Review fire hazard assessment modeling assumptions: flame length, sensitivity of wind speed, internal model conflicts, fuel models, suppression technologies and techniques, and accuracy at extremes. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610602 | Fire modeling/ Outreach | Will high hazard areas outside the park be identified and information shared with neighbors? | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610609 | Fuel Management | Neighbors want to assist EBRPD. Review policy and liability concerns of use of volunteers for fuel reduction. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440606 | Fuel Management | Review options for managing large plantations of pines and eucalyptus that have high spotting potential and can advance a fire 1/2 a mile or further if they ignite. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440618 | Fuel Management | Specific appropriate roadside clearance strategies. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 530061 | Fuel Management | Desire by neighbors to be allowed to help with fuel management adjacent to their property. | Phone 5/30/06 |
| 530062 | Fuel Management | All fuel reduction contractors should be required to have emergency contact numbers in case of an incident. | Phone 5/30/06 |
| 610615 | Fuel Management | What will treatments look like from neighboring properties? Plan should be descriptive enough so neighbors can understand treatments adjacent to their homes. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610625 | Fuel Management | Discuss resource management benefits of prescribed fire. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 5180616 | Fuel Management | Manage for vegetation types that can be sustained with low fuel characteristics. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180619 | Fuel Management | Urban side also has a responsibility for fuel management and fire safety. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180620 | Fuel Management | Management techniques beyond vegetation need to be included (e.g., use of roads and trails in vegetation management and firefighting). | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180622 | Fuel Management | Investigate management options that promote the stages of vegetation succession to a more fire safe system. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180627 | Fuel Management | What is relatively safe vegetation from a fire viewpoint? Need to identify high-fire-risk areas. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 610618 | Fuel Management Botanical | What is the long term sustainability of the proposed fuel management actions? Are these actions compatibility with native plant restoration? | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440611 | Geology | Identify slope stability/land slide reduction protocols for incorporation in fuel reduction and vegetation management treatments. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 610613 | Geology | Address potential impact from landslides and mitigation measures. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440612 | Haz Mat | Identify EBRPD herbicide use protocols | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 610606 | Outreach | Plan to identify opportunities for collaboration with other cities and agencies. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440601 | Outreach | Many "sensitive issues" have already been identified such as grazing and herbicide. Review materials available from Environmental Roundtable. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440602 | Outreach | Information exchange needs to include external stakeholders/ public and internal EBRPD Staff and Board. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440603 | Outreach | Comment tracking system should be devised that is visible to everyone throughout the process. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 440605 | Outreach | Project needs to develop a vocabulary with all stakeholders by providing education tools regarding the range of effective wildfire hazard reduction strategies. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 610619 | Outreach | Provide list of Technical advisors. | 6/1/06 |
| 610620 | Outreach | Desire for more informal collaboration versus the formal meeting format. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610622 | Outreach | Provide list of Consultant Team | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610623 | Outreach | Provide a way for information to be available for those without computer access. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 5180604 | Outreach | Who are the technical advisors? | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180624 | Outreach | Send agenda and other materials with meeting notices. Make materials and background information available. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 610603 | Plan | Plan and CEQA document to incorporate FEMA polygons. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 61068 | Plan | How does EBRPD comply with Oakland Fire requirements? | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 440604 | Plan | Project boundaries need to be refined. | Kickoff Meeting 4/4/06 |
| 610610 | Plan | Plan should address enhancement of natural resources and habitat restoration. Resource portion of Plan should expand beyond mitigation of fire hazard reduction actions. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610624 | Plan | Provide equal emphasis in plan of resource management and fire management. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 5180601 | Plan | Was the Request for Proposal (RFP) recommended by the Temescal Group a starting point for the project? | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180602 | Plan | The Plan needs to define what "sustainability" means. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180606 | Plan | Evaluated the Plan in terms of EBRPD Mission Statement and District Master Plan (1997), as well as based on NEPA, CEQA, Measure CC and available budget requirements. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180607 | Plan | Why is the 1995 Vegetation Management Consortium Fire Hazard Mitigation and Fuel Management Plan for the East Bay Hills (VMC) plan out of date? | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180608 | Plan | Will the environmental document cover all the future projects or will other documents be required? What level of federal review will be included? | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180609 | Plan | Document will need to recognize the differences between the various neighboring agencies' missions. The Plan will need to relate sustainability to the EBRPD mission. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180610 | Plan | Document will cover a wide range of fuels and environmental management techniques to anticipate future actions. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180611 | Plan | Need to keep the "what's" and the "hows" separate. Should use past studies. Public comment should be focused on the "hows." It needs to be very specific. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180614 | Plan | The 1995 VMC Plan is hard to use. Need to write a more easily understandable report. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180615 | Plan | Park District needs to protect the communities to the west (the people and cultural resources), not just the natural resources. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180617 | Plan | Find the common ground between resource management and fire management. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180625 | Plan | What is the natural state that we want to manage toward? | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180628 | Plan | Adaptive management is meant to find sustainable management actions working with the environment. Look at key issues such as how to control broom. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180629 | Plan | Manage to an acceptable level of risk. Incorporate continued monitoring to assess progress in achieving the goals. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180603 | Resource Management | The Plan needs to define what resources EBRPD is managing for when it uses the term "resource management." | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180626 | Resource Management | There is a desire for more native habitat. EBRPD is charged with preserving native heritage. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 610601 | Wildlife | Explain the existing whipsnake monitoring and traps in parks. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 5180605 | Wildlife | Will a US Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion be sought during this process? | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180612 | Wildlife | Don't forget to inventory and assess invertebrates. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| Issues Outside of the Project Scope of Work |
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| 610611 | | Improve the evacuation bottleneck at Skyline and Keller. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610616 | | Will the plan provide help for managing fuels on private lands? | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610617 | | Concern about fire truck access, overhead utilities and road widths in the Oakland area. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 610613b | | Address potential impact from landslides on evacuation routes. | 6/1/06 Meeting |
| 5180618 | | What category of "Preserve" is Claremont Canyon in the EBRPD Master Plan? The categories need to be clear so that the definitions convey the management that is permitted in this area. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180621 | | Communication to community (outside of agency to agency) during fire incidents needs to be accurate and timely. Operation of radios and other methods need to be confirmed so information and communication connections are good. | 5/18/06 Meeting |
| 5180623 | | Provide specifics for management of plants around the homes. Encourage adjoining cities to consult on the process and bring in their fire safety compliance programs. | 5/18/06 Meeting
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