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Determination of Effects Report Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor Draft Tarrant, Dallas, and Collin Counties November 13, 2017 This Report was prepared for DART General Planning Consultant Six Managed by HDR Determination of Effects Report Document Revision Record Determination of Effects Report—Cotton Belt HDR Report Number: Click here to enter text. Regional Rail Corridor Project Manager: Deborah Dobson-Brown PIC: Victor Palma Revision Number: Click here to enter text. Date: Click here to enter text. Version 1 Date: Click here to enter text. Version 2 Date: Click here to enter text. Originator Name: Deborah Dobson-Brown, MSc Firm: AmaTerra Environmental, Inc. Title: Senior Architectural Historian Date: November 13, 2017 Commenters Name: Click here to enter Name: Click here to enter text. Name: Click here to enter text. text. Firm: Click here to enter text. Firm: Click here to enter text. Firm: Click here to enter text. Date: Click here to enter text. Date: Click here to enter text. 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November 13, 2017 | i Determination of Effects Report Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................................. 2 2.1 Horizontal Alignment ................................................................................................................. 2 2.2 No Build and Build Alternatives ................................................................................................. 4 2.2.1 Planning History ........................................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 No Build Alternative ...................................................................................................... 5 2.2.3 Proposed Build Alternative ........................................................................................... 5 3 HISTORIC SURVEY ......................................................................................................................... 11 4 CRITERIA OF ADVERSE EFECT..................................................................................................... 12 5 DETERMINATION OF EFFECTS FOR HISTORIC RESOURCES .................................................. 13 5.1 Physical Destruction, Damage or Alterations, and Removal or Isolation of Property ............. 14 5.2 Change of Property’s Use or Physical Features ..................................................................... 15 5.3 Introduction of Visual, Audible, or Atmospheric Elements ...................................................... 15 5.3.1 Visual Elements .......................................................................................................... 15 5.3.2 Audible Elements ....................................................................................................... 15 5.3.3 Vibration Elements ..................................................................................................... 16 5.3.4 Atmospheric Elements ............................................................................................... 16 5.4 Neglect of the Property Leading to its Deterioration or Destruction Inconsistent with its Eligibility for the NRHP ....................................................................................................... 16 5.5 Transfer, Lease, or Sale of the Property without Adequate Preservation or Conservation Restrictions on Use or Disposition to Ensure Long-Term Preservation of the Property’s Significance and Eligibility for the NRHP ..................................................... 16 5.6 Summary of Anticipated No Adverse Effect ............................................................................ 17 6 PROPOSED MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................... 17 7 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................ 17 8 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 18 Tables TABLE 3-1. National Register of Historic Places Eligible Resources in APE............................................................ 11 Figures Figure 1. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor Project Location. ................................................................... 20 Figure 2. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Segment 1. ...................................................................... 21 Figure 3. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Segment 2. ...................................................................... 22 Figure 4. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Segment 3. ...................................................................... 23 Figure 5. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Proposed Downtown Carrollton Station with NRHP Eligible Downtown Carrollton Station (Resource 21). ......................................................... 24 November 13, 2017 | ii Determination of Effects Report Figure 6. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Proposed Addison Transit Center Station with NRHP Eligible Addison State Bank (Resource 44). ....................................................................... 25 Figure 7. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Proposed City Line/Bush Station with NRHP Eligible Concrete Hayes Dam (Resource PGB01). ....................................................................... 26 Figure 8. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Proposed 12th Street Complex Station with NRHP Eligible Old City/L.A. Davis Cemetery (Resource 61). ................................................................... 27 Figure 9. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor — Location of NRHP Eligible White Rock Creek Railroad Bridge. ............................................................................................................................. 28 Figure 10. Plan and Elevation of White Rock Creek Railroad Bridge. ........................................................ 29 Photograph 1. Resource 21, Carrollton Depot, looking southwest. ............................................................ 53 Photograph 2. Resource 21, Carrollton Depot, looking northeast. ............................................................. 53 Photograph 3. Resource 44, Addison State Bank Building, looking north. ................................................. 54 Photograph 4. Resource 44, Addison State Bank Building, looking northwest. ......................................... 54 Photograph 5. Resource 45, White Rock Creek Railroad Bridge, looking east. ......................................... 55 Photograph 6. Resource 45, White Rock Creek Railroad Bridge, looking east. ......................................... 55 Photograph 7. Resource PGBT01, Hayes Dam, looking southeast. .......................................................... 56 Photograph 8. Resource 61, Old City (Davis) Cemetery, looking northeast. ............................................. 56 Photograph 9. Resource 61, Old City (Davis) Cemetery, looking north. .................................................... 57 Appendices Appendix A. Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor Maps ............................................................................... 19 Appendix B. Agency Coordination and Legal Documentation for Cemetery .............................................. 30 Appendix C. Photographs ........................................................................................................................... 52 November 13, 2017 | iii Determination of Effects Report 1 INTRODUCTION The Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor project (Project) is a proposed 26-mile passenger rail alignment extending from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFWIA) eastward, connecting with the existing Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Red Line in the Plano/Richardson area. The proposed project traverses through three Counties in the State of Texas, Tarrant, Dallas, and Collin, and seven cities, Grapevine, Coppell, Dallas, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and Plano (see Appendix A; Figure 1). A passenger rail corridor concept from the DART Red Line in the Richardson/Plano area to the Green Line in Carrollton was included in the original 1983 DART Service Plan. In 1989, the DART Transit System Plan recommended the purchase and preservation of the Cotton Belt Regional Rail Corridor right-of-way from Wylie, Texas to north Fort Worth; the 52-mile corridor purchase was completed in 1990. During the development of the 1995 DART Transit System Plan, this corridor was combined with others as alternatives for further study to serve an expanded North