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SFPUC approves Montara Mountain radar project after tense public backlash over trail access
Summary
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission adopted a mitigated negative declaration to install a radar and radio facility on Montara Mountain, approving mitigation measures for sensitive butterfly habitat and directing staff to meet quickly with trail users after community concerns about newly installed fencing and loss of access.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on a voice vote approved the Montara Mountain rainfall prediction and radio replacement project, adopting the final mitigated negative declaration and mitigation monitoring and reporting program required by CEQA.
The project, presented by Assistant General Manager Steve Ritchie, is part of a Bay Area Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information (AQPI) radar network funded in part by a Department of Water Resources grant. Ritchie said the Montara Mountain site will help improve precipitation forecasting for reservoir operations and wastewater flow prediction across the region.
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