California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Wireless Broadband Grant Project – Tuolumne Mariposa
Summary
SCH Number
2021010201
Public Agency
Mariposa County
Document Title
California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Wireless Broadband Grant Project – Tuolumne Mariposa
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/19/2021
Present Land Use
Various Land Use designations applicable, no changes to land use designations proposed.
Document Description
Notice of Exemption for Wireless facility co-locations and one new site.
Project Description: Cal.net, Inc., a wireless internet service provider with bases of operations in Sonora and Shingle Springs, California, proposes to construct and provision a last-mile fixed wireless broadband Internet and VoIP telephony service project in rural underserved portions of Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties. The Tuolumne Mariposa Project (Project) will be partially funded by the California Public Utility Commission’s California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Wireless
Broadband Grant. The Project will collocate antennas on five existing towers and install one new communication tower facilities at different locations in Mariposa County under individual Building Permits. The wireless installations are described in the NOE Attachments in detail. SEE NOE FOR TABLE AND ADDITIONAL DETIALS FOR EACH SITE. below. Reports documenting biological and cultural resources at the Project sites are on file at the Mariposa County Planning Department.
Contact Information
Name
Steve Engfer
Agency Name
Mariposa County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Cal.net, Inc.
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Counties
Mariposa
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Various Locations- SEE NOE for details of each location
Parcel #
Multiple parcels- See NOE Attachments
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(1); 15268
Reasons for Exemption
Per Mariposa County Zoning Ordinance Title 17, the proposed wireless facilities (co-locations and one new) are permitted uses at the locations proposed requiring only building permits, and therefore are ministerial actions exempt per CEQA Guidelines §15268, Ministerial Projects.