Appendix B Cultural Resources Supporting Documentation Rincon Consultants, Inc. 180 North Ashwood Avenue Ventura, California 93003 805 644 4455 OFFICE AND FAX
[email protected] www.rinconconsultants.com December 10, 2019 Project No: 18-06588 Maruja Clensay Senior Planner Community Development Department City of Ventura 501 Poli Street, PO Box 99 Ventura, California 93002 Subject: Updated Historical Resource Assessment and Summary of Existing Studies for the Property Located at 297-299 East Main Street, Ventura, California 93002 Dear Ms. Clensay: This memorandum was prepared by Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) for the City of Ventura (City) to update the historical resource assessment and summarize the existing studies prepared for the property located at 297-299 East Main Street in Ventura, California. Rincon understands this memorandum will be used to provide cultural resources data for the Anacapa Courts Mixed Use Project (project), located on an 0.50-acre parcel in the Urban Core (T6.1) zone district of the City’s Downtown Specific Plan (DTSP). Rincon understands the project includes development of a four-story mixed-use building with approximately 3,850-square feet of street level commercial space, a 41 space ground level parking garage, and 24 residential condominium units, including 4 inclusionary units, arranged around a central courtyard and atrium space, over a podium. The project site is vacant, save for a small, unoccupied roadside eatery, the Top Hat Restaurant (subject building). The Top Hat Restaurant was determined eligible for listing in the NRHP by the California Historical Resources Commission; it is therefore listed in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) and is considered a historical resource for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).