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AUGUSTIN BERNAL MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL PROJECT DRAFT INITIAL STUDY <br /> 12956 <br />DUDEK 85 April 2022 <br />3.20 Wildfire <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact With <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact No Impact <br />XX. WILDFIRE – If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire <br />hazard severity zones, would the project: <br />a) Substantially impair an adopted <br />emergency response plan or emergency <br />evacuation plan? <br /> <br />b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other <br />factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and <br />thereby expose project occupants to, <br />pollutant concentrations from a wildfire <br />or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? <br /> <br />c) Require the installation or maintenance <br />of associated infrastructure (such as <br />roads, fuel breaks, emergency water <br />sources, power lines, or other utilities) <br />that may exacerbate fire risk or that may <br />result in temporary or ongoing impacts <br />to the environment? <br /> <br />d) Expose people or structures to <br />significant risks, including downslope or <br />downstream flooding or landslides, as a <br />result of runoff, post-fire slope <br />instability, or drainage changes? <br /> <br />Setting <br />The project site is within the service area of Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department. California Department <br />of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) mapping identifies the project site as a Very High Fire Hazard <br />Severity Zone in a State Responsibility Area (CAL FIRE 2021). <br />Impact Discussion <br />a) Would the project substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency <br />evacuation plan? <br />The project would construct a new mountain bike trail within and adjacent to the existing Augustin <br />Bernal Community Park. The project would not increase traffic in the project area in a way that <br />could impede emergency response and does not include any structures or features that would <br />physically interfere with implementation of emergency response or evacuation plans. The project <br />would rely on access via existing roadways and would not alter any public streets in such a way that <br />would impair emergency response. The project would not increase population that could result in