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~ ~~<6 COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA: Several of the proposed projects are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.), as follows: Sausalito Project: Surveys and Appraisals Are Not "Projects". The City of Sausalito will use its funding to have property sur- veyed and appraised. For purposes of CEQA, the preparation of pre-acquisition analyses are not "projects" as defined in Title 14, California Code of Regulations ("14 CCR"), Section 15378 because they do not have the potential to result in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the environment. Thus, the City of Sausa- lito's proposal does not constitute a "project" under CEQA. . Novato and Martinez Projects: Feasibilitv and Planning Studies are Exempt. Projects involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded are statuto- rily exempt under 14 CCR Section 15262. Staff has determined that the Novato project is exempt under this section because the City of Novato proposes only a planning study of various alignments of the Bay Trail through Hamilton Field and the de- velopment of a trail plan. Staff has also determined that the Martinez project is exempt under this section because the City of Martinez proposes only a planning study of alternative alignments of the Bay Trail through the Martinez Regional Shoreline Park and the preliminary design of a pedestrian and bicycle bridge. Redwood City, Alameda.. Benicia, and Hunters Point Projects: . Exempt as Minor Alternations to Land. Minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not require the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees are categorically exempt from CEQA review under 14 CCR Section 15304. The Redwood City project will construct a narrow, 10-foot- wide decomposed granite trail on an existing levy which will only involve clearing and grubbing, minor grading, erosion control, and the installation of fences, where no trees will be removed. Staff has thus determined this project to be exempt as a minor alteration to land. The City of Alameda's project is to construct a small concrete path, which will also involve only minor clearing, grubbing, and grading, and will not require the removal of healthy, ma- ill-12