tom bird memorial service napa california

The project will not have a significant effect on resources in the area. The State confirms that no exceptions apply which would preclude the use of an exemption for this project. Construction of the memorial will accomplish the goals of the California Memorial Project to honor individuals who lived and died in State institutions. The memorial is not expected to create a significant increase in visitors to the cemetery.

With concurrence from State Office of Historic Preservation the Napa State Hospital cemetery is not eligible for listing on any State or federal historic preservation list. Adequate parking exists at the site for construction workers. Other construction related impacts will be short term and insignificant.

Siting the memorial close to Madrone Drive and towards the front of the cemetery avoids disturbance to the remaining areas of the cemetery. Vivian Faye Perry JNAPA - Vivian Faye (Galbreath) Perry passed away on June 29, 2023.She was born in Fort Benning, GA, on May 1, 1932. Site grading will be kept to a minimum and any soil movement associated with construction of the memorial will be negligible in depth. The memorial is sited outside an area scanned by ground penetrating radar absent of underground anomalies, therefore no disturbance of human remains is expected. The proposed memorial is considered a minor alteration to the cemetery.

The project is located within an existing cemetery on the Napa State Hospital campus. Class 1 exemption allows for the minor alteration of existing public facilities that involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination.

Tom bird memorial service napa california