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06 - Appendix D Cultural Survey ResultsD RAFT E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT R EPORT F EBRUARY 2020 C YPRESS C ITY C ENTER P ROJECT C YPRESS, C ALIFORNIA \\VCORP12\Projects\CCP1902\Screencheck Draft EIR\Appendices\Appendix D Cover.docx (02/03/20) APPENDIX D CULTURAL SURVEY RESULTS C YPRESS C ITY C ENTER P ROJECT C YPRESS, C ALIFORNIA D RAFT E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT R EPORT F EBRUARY 2020 \\VCORP12\Projects\CCP1902\Screencheck Draft EIR\Appendices\Appendix D Cover.docx (02/03/20) This page intentionally left blank CARLSBAD FRESNO IRVINE LOS ANGELES PALM SPRINGS POINT RICHMOND RIVERSIDE ROSEVILLE SAN LUIS OBISPO 20 Executive Park, Suite 200, Irvine, California 92614 949.553.0666 www.lsa.net MEMORANDUM DATE: January 21, 2020 TO: John P. Ramirez, City Planner, City of Cypress FROM: Kerrie Collison, RPA, LSA SUBJECT: Cultural Resources Record Search and Field Survey for the Cypress City Center Project in Cypress, Orange County, California (LSA Project No. SHO1901) This memorandum presents the results of the cultural resources record search and field survey (study) for the Cypress City Center Project (project) in Cypress, Orange County, California. This study was conducted to do the following: (1) establish the status and extent of previously recorded sites, surveys, and excavations in and adjacent to the project area; and (2) note what site types might be expected to occur within the project site based on the existing data from archaeological sites located within 0.25 mile of the project site. All work for this study has been completed per the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA). PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION The approximately 13-acre project site is depicted on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Los Alamitos, California 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle map in Section 28 of Township 4 South, Range 11 West, San Bernardino Baseline and Meridian (USGS 1981; see Attachment B, Figure 1, Project Location and Vicinity). The project site is at the northwest corner of Katella Avenue and Winners Circle in Cypress, California, which is currently a paved parking lot (see Attachment B, Figure 2, Project Area). The proposed project includes a 43,200 square-foot (sf) theater with approximately 840 seats, a five-story hotel with up to 120 rooms, approximately 20,800 sf of retail and restaurant uses, and a four-story residential component with up to 251 apartment units and a variety of amenities, including a fitness center, clubhouse, leasing/lounge area, main recreation courtyard, and a dog park. Proposed off-site improvements include curb, sidewalk, and landscaped parkway improvements along Katella Avenue, Winners Circle, and Siboney Street. Off-site storm drain improvements along the north edge of the project site within an existing storm drain easement are also included as part of assumed capital improvements for Assessment District 1. Project-related ground disturbance is expected to reach a maximum depth of 15 feet. RECORD SEARCH On January 9, 2020, LSA Archaeologist Aaron McCann conducted a record search at the South Central Coastal Information Center (SCCIC) at California State University, Fullerton. The SCCIC, an affiliate of the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP), is the official repository of cultural resources records and reports for Orange County. The record search included a review of all 1/21/20 «P:\SHO1901\Tech Studies\Archaeo\Technical memo\Cultural Resources technical memorandum Clean.docx» 2 recorded historic-period and prehistoric cultural resources within a 0.25-mile radius of the project site, as well as a review of known cultural resources survey and excavation reports. The record search also included a review of the following State and federal inventories: • Directory of Properties in the Historic Property Data File (OHP 2012). The directory includes the listings of the National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmarks, the California Register of Historical Resources, California Historical Landmarks, and California Points of Historical Interest. • California Historical Landmarks (OHP 1996). • California Points of Historical Interest (OHP 1992). • Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (OHP 1988). • California Inventory of Historic Resources (OHP 1976). Record Search Results The record search results indicate that one cultural resources study (OR-02162, a field survey) has been conducted that includes the project site. Three additional cultural resources studies have been conducted that include the 0.25-mile radius of the project site. These three studies include two surveys and one railroad abandonment study. As a result of previous cultural resource studies, no historic-period or prehistoric cultural resources have been recorded within the project site. One cultural resource (P-30-176854, the historic-period Navy Golf Course in Seal Beach) has been recorded within 0.25 mile of the project site. Site P-30- 176854 is located approximately 0.25 mile southeast of the project site and, as such, will not be impacted by project-related construction activities. None of the examined inventories contained entries for the project site. ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND RESEARCH Online aerial photographs were also reviewed for this project (NETR 2020). Additional Background Research Results The earliest aerial photograph of the project site available online dates to 1952, at which time the project site consisted of plowed fields. The project site remained relatively unchanged until the years between 1972 and 1994, when the area appears to have been paved and used for a parking lot. The project site continues to be used as a paved parking lot to this day. FIELD SURVEY On January 14, 2020, LSA Archaeologist Ivan Strudwick conducted an archaeological pedestrian field survey of the project site by walking transects spaced approximately 5 meters in unpaved portions of the project site. 1/21/20 «P:\SHO1901\Tech Studies\Archaeo\Technical memo\Cultural Resources technical memorandum Clean.docx» 3 Field Survey Results The field survey results confirmed that the project site is currently utilized as a mostly-paved parking lot and is level. Portions of the project site that are not paved are located along the southern edge of the project site and the southern portion of the western side of the project site. In these areas, ornamental vegetation (such as shrubbery, ice plant, and grass) grows on constructed (not natural) berms that range from approximately 2 to 5 feet high. Exposed sediments of the berms (red/brown silty loam alluvium) were examined for the presence of cultural resources; none were observed. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The record search results for this project indicate that no previously recorded resources exist within the project site and that one previous cultural resources study (a survey) has included the project site. One cultural resource (P-30-176854, the historic-period Navy Golf Course in Seal Beach) has been recorded within 0.25 mile of the project site. Site P-30-176854 is located approximately 0.25 mile southeast of the project site and, as such, will not be impacted by project-related construction activities. The archaeological pedestrian field survey did not identify any surficial archaeological cultural deposits within the project site. Surficial geologic mapping indicates that the project site contains Young Alluvial Fan Deposits, Unit 2, which are Holocene to late Pleistocene in age (less than 126,000 years ago) and consist of poorly to moderately consolidated clay, silty clay, and sand (Saucedo et al. 2016). These deposits would have been eroded from higher elevations, carried by flooding streams and debris flows. As such, any artifacts that may be identified in surficial deposits are likely not in their original locations. Additionally, the project site is located within floodplains of rivers and creeks, which are subject to erosion from seasonal flooding. As a result of this seasonal flooding, the floodplain containing the project site would not have been conducive to the accumulation and preservation of intact archaeological cultural deposits. For the above reasons, there is a low likelihood of encountering buried archaeological deposits during ground-disturbing construction activities. However, there is always a possibility that isolated archaeological cultural resources may be encountered during construction activities. For this reason, LSA recommends that a qualified professional archaeologist provide cultural resources awareness training to construction personnel prior to the commencement of ground-disturbing activities. This training should be in the form of a presentation and handout describing the types of possible archaeological deposits that may be encountered during construction activities; and the procedures that should be used in the event of inadvertent discoveries of cultural resources during construction. LSA also recommends that a qualified professional archaeologist be retained on an on-call basis and be contacted in the event that construction personnel encounter any archaeological deposits and/or human remains during construction activities. If any such resources are discovered, contractors should stop work in the immediate area of the find and contact the retained archaeologist to assess the nature of the find. Upon completion of any monitoring activities, the archaeologist should prepare a report to document the methods and results of monitoring activities. This report should be submitted to the SCCIC. 1/21/20 «P:\SHO1901\Tech Studies\Archaeo\Technical memo\Cultural Resources technical memorandum Clean.docx» 4 If human remains are encountered, the regulatory process outlined in California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 must be followed, which involves coordination with the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) and a Native American Most Likely Descendant. If you have any questions concerning the content or the intent of this memorandum, please contact me at kerrie.collison@lsa.net. Attachments: A – References B – Figures 1 and 2 C – Record Search Results Summary Lists C ULTURAL R ESOURCES R ECORD S EARCH AND F IELD S URVEY J ANUARY 2020 C YPRESS C ITY C ENTER P ROJECT C YPRESS, C ALIFORNIA P:\SHO1901\Tech Studies\Archaeo\Technical memo\Cultural Resources technical memorandum Clean.docx (01/21/20) ATTACHMENT A REFERENCES California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) 1976 California Inventory of Historic Resources. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento. 1988 Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento. 1992 California Points of Historical Interest. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento. 1996 California Historical Landmarks. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento. 2012 Directory of Properties in the Historic Property Data File. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento. April 5. National Environmental Title Research (NETR) 2020 Historic Aerials. Website: http://www.historicaerials.com (accessed January 8, 2020). Saucedo, George J., H. Harry Greene, Michael P. Kennedy, and Stephen P. Bezore 2016 Geologic Map of the Long Beach 30-minute by 60-minute Quadrangle, California. Version 2.0. Prepared by the California Geological Survey in Cooperation with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Map Scale 1:100,000. United States Geological Survey (USGS) 1981 Los Alamitos, California 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle. Prepared in 1964. Photorevised in 1981. USGS, Denver, Colorado. C ULTURAL R ESOURCES R ECORD S EARCH AND F IELD S URVEY J ANUARY 2020 C YPRESS C ITY C ENTER P ROJECT C YPRESS, C ALIFORNIA P:\SHO1901\Tech Studies\Archaeo\Technical memo\Cultural Resources technical memorandum Clean.docx (01/21/20) ATTACHMENT B FIGURES 1 AND 2 Service Layer Credits: Copyright:(c) 2014 EsriCopyright:© 2013 National GeographicSociety, i-cubed SOURCE: USGS 7.5' Quad - Los Alamitos, CA (1981) I:\SHO1901\GIS\MXD\ProjectLocationVicinity.mxd (12/3/2019) FIGURE 1 Cypress City Center Project Project Location and Vicinity 0 1000 2000 FEET LEGEND Project Site Project Vicinity OrangeCounty Los AngelesCounty ÃÃ73 ÃÃ47 ÃÃ261 ÃÃ39 ÃÃ72 ÃÃ142ÃÃ90 ÃÃ1 ÃÃ55 ÃÃ60 ÃÃ22 ÃÃ19 ÃÃ57ÃÃ91 §¨¦10 ProjectLocation §¨¦105 §¨¦110 §¨¦710 §¨¦605 §¨¦5 §¨¦405 Project Vicinity Service Layer Credits: Katella Ave Walker StLos AlamitosRace Track SOURCE: Google (2018) I:\SHO1901\GIS\MXD\ProjLoc_Aerial.mxd (12/18/2019) FIGURE 2 Cypress City Center Project Project Area 0 200 400 FEET LEGEND Project Site C ULTURAL R ESOURCES R ECORD S EARCH AND F IELD S URVEY J ANUARY 2020 C YPRESS C ITY C ENTER P ROJECT C YPRESS, C ALIFORNIA P:\SHO1901\Tech Studies\Archaeo\Technical memo\Cultural Resources technical memorandum Clean.docx (01/21/20) ATTACHMENT C RECORD SEARCH RESULTS SUMMARY LISTS Report List Report No.Year Title AffiliationAuthor(s)ResourcesOther IDs OR-01732 1998 Cultural and Paleontological Study in Support of Irrigation Improvements to the Navy Golf Course, Weapons Support Facility Command, Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center, Orange County, California RMW Paleo Associates, Inc.Bissell, Ronald M.30-179863Paleo - OR-02162 2000 Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the Cottonwood Christian Center Additional Study Area, Los Alamitos, Orange County RMW Paleo Associates, Inc.Brown, Joan C. OR-02163 2000 Cultural Resources Reconnaissance for the Cottonwood Christian Center, Los Alamitos, Orange County RMW Paleo Associates, Inc.Brown, Joan C. OR-04001 1998 Union Pacific Railroad Company, Abandoment and Discontinuance Exemption, in Orange County, CA (Los Alamitos Branch) Combined Environmental and Historic Report Union Railroad CompanyAnthofer, Joseph and Regier, Jeanna Page 1 of 1 SCCIC 1/9/2020 10:33:30 AM Primary No.Trinomial Resource List Other IDs ReportsTypeAgeAttribute codes Recorded by P-30-176854 Resource Name - Naval Weapons Station, Navy Golf Course; Other - zip 90740 OR-03175Building, Structure Historic HP34 (Military property)1998 (Bunse, Meta and Theresa Rogers, JRP Historical Consulting Services) Page 1 of 1 SCCIC 1/9/2020 10:33:57 AM