APPENDIX D CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT REPORT Page intentionally left blank CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT REPORT MOONLITE LANES APARTMENTS PROJECT 2780 EL CAMINO REAL CITY OF SANTA CLARA, SANTA CLARA COUNTY FOR CIRCLEPOINT 40 A/B South First Street San Jose, CA 95113 ATTN: Ms. Audrey M. Zagazeta Project Director BY BASIN RESEARCH ASSOCIATES 1933 Davis Street, Suite 210 San Leandro, CA 94577 AUGUST 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 1-2 2.1 LOCATION 1 2.2 DESCRIPTION 1-2 2.3 AREA OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS (APE) 2 3.0 REGULATORY CONTEXT 2-7 3.1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2-3 3.2 CITY OF SANTA CLARA 3-7 4.0 METHDOLOGY 7-8 5.0 BACKGROUND CONTEXT 8-18 5.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 8-9 5.2 NATIVE AMERICAN 10-13 5.2A Prehistoric 10-12 5.2B Ethnographic 13 5.3 HISTORIC ERA 13-18 5.3A Hispanic Period 14 5.3B American Period 15-17 5.4 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY 17-18 6.0 PRE-FIELD IDENTIFICATION EFFORT 18 6.1 RECORDS SEARCH RESULTS 18 6.1A Recorded Sites and/or Reported Sites 18 6.1B Compliance Reports 18 6.2 LISTED HISTORIC PROPERTIES 18 7.0 INDIVIDUALS, GROUP AND AGENCY PARTICIPATION 18-19 8.0 FIELD INVENTORY 19 9.0 BUILT ENVIRONMENT REVIEW 19-21 10.0 FINDINGS 21-22 11.0 CULTURAL RESOURCE IMPACTS AND MITIGATION MEASURES 22-25 11.1 DEFINITION OF IMPACTS 29-24 11.2 MITIGATION MEASURES 24-25 12.0 REFERENCES CITED AND CONSULTED 26-35 ATTACHMENTS FIGURES FIGURE 1 General Project Location FIGURE 2 Project Location (USGS San Jose West, Calif. 1980) FIGURE 3 Aerial View of Project Area FORMS FORM 1 DPR 523 Primary Form with Building, Structure and Object Record - AMF Moonlite Lanes Bowling, 2780 El Camino Real, Santa Clara by Ward Hill. August 2015. CORRESPONDENCE LETTER Request to Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) for Review of Sacred Lands Inventory LETTER NAHC Response LETTERS Request to Native Americans Identified by the NAHC CHRIS/NWIC SEARCH RESULTS SEARCH 1 File No. 14-1747 dated 7/02/2015 (No Confidential Information) 1.0 INTRODUCTION This Cultural Resources Assessment Report (CRAR) for the proposed Moonlite Lanes Apartments, 2780 El Camino Real, City of Santa Clara, Santa Clara County provides the results of a records search conducted by the California Historical Resources Information System, Northwest Information Center (CHRIS/NWIC); a limited literature review; Native American Heritage Commission consultation; an architectural field review of the existing building; and, a discussion of potential impacts and proposed mitigation measures. An archaeological field review was not undertaken due to the developed nature of the parcel and the lack of native soil exposures. The intent of this CRAR was to determine if significant cultural resources under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) could be affected by the proposed project. 2.0 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 2.1 LOCATION [Figs. 1-3] The approximate 2.88 acre project is occupied by the AMF Moonlite Lanes, a bowling alley located at 2780 El Camino Real approximately 540 feet south of the southeast corner of the intersection of El Camino Real and Kiely Boulevard, City of Santa Clara (APN 290-16-018). The project parcel is separated by a driveway/alley from the Moonlite Shopping Center to the north, residential development to the south and east, and Kiely Boulevard to the west. The west side of the project parcel is about opposite between Butte Street and Fresno Avenue as they terminate on the west side of Kiely Boulevard. The eastern boundary of the project parcel is formed by Hampton Knoll Drive, a private street, and the west end of Moonlite Place. The northern end of Crowley Avenue terminates about mid-way along the southern boundary of the project parcel (Google Earth 2015; PII Environmental 2015:4, 31-32 [APN map]; United States Geological Survey [hereafter USGS], San Jose West, Calif. 1980, 7.5' quadrangle topographic map, Township 7 South, Range 1 West (T 7S R 1W), NW ¼ of SE ¼ of Section 4). 2.2 DESCRIPTION The site is currently occupied by the AMF Moonlite Lanes complex, surrounding asphalt concrete parking lots and landscaped areas with primarily small shrubs and mature trees (Cornerstone Earth Group [CEG] 2015:3). The Prometheus Real Estate Group, Inc. plans to redevelop the approximate 2.88 acre site with an apartment complex with a total of 158 units consisting of 4-story, at-grade residential structures with a central 5-level parking structure with a total of 260 spaces with one level of parking below grade. Main access would be from Kiely Boulevard at the northwest corner of the project with fire access at the northeast corner from the alley along the north side of the parcel. The project also includes landscaping and other improvements necessary for site development (CEG 2015:1) The 2010-2015 Land Use Diagram in the City of Santa Clara 2010-2035 General Plan designates the project site for Regional Mixed Use in Phase I: 2010-2015 and Phase II: 2015- 2025, and Phase III: 2025-2035. The construction of the proposed project will implement Phase 2 III of the General Plan within the El Camino Real Focus Area (2035) (SC/PD 2010:5-21, Fig. 5.2-1, 5-23, Fig. 5.2-3, 2010:5-43, Fig. 5.4-1). 2.3 AREA OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS (APE) The Area of Potential Effects (APE) includes all areas where direct or indirect impacts may occur within the development parcels. The horizontal and vertical Area of Potential Effects (APE) consists of the maximum area of surface and subsurface disturbance with anticipated excavation depths of at least 15 feet below the present ground surface for the one level of subterranean parking and existing and project-related utilities. 3.0 REGULATORY CONTEXT Cultural resources include prehistoric and historic archaeological sites, districts, and objects; standing historic structures, buildings, districts, and objects; and locations of important historic events or sites of traditional and/or cultural importance to various groups. The analysis of cultural resources can provide valuable information on the cultural heritage of both local and regional populations. Cultural resources may be determined significant or potentially significant in terms of national, state, or local criteria either individually or in combination. Resource evaluation criteria are determined by the compliance requirements of a specific project. 3.1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA This report has been prepared to meet applicable California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Historic Preservation Goals and Policies of the City of Santa Clara’s General Plan for historic properties (cultural resources) which require the identification and evaluation of cultural resources that could be affected by the project. The California Register of Historical Resources (Public Resources Code Section 5024.1) is a listing of those properties that are to be protected from substantial adverse change, and it includes properties that are listed, or have been formally determined to be eligible for listing in, the National Register of Historic Places, State Historical Landmarks, and eligible Points of Historical Interest. A historical resource may be listed in the California Register of Historical Resources if it meets one or more of the following criteria: It is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of local or regional history, or the cultural heritage of California or the United States; It is associated with the lives of persons important to local, California, or national history; It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values; or, It has yielded or has the potential to yield information important in the prehistory or history of the local area, California, or the nation. 3 Historical Resources Public Resources Code Section 21084.1 stipulates that any resource listed in, or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, is presumed to be historically or culturally significant. Resources listed in a local historic register or deemed significant in a historical resource survey (as provided under Public Resources Code Section 5024.1g) are presumed historically or culturally significant unless the preponderance of evidence demonstrates they are not. A resource that is not listed in or determined to be eligible for listing in the Public Resources Code, not included in a local register or historic resources, or not deemed significant in a historical resource survey may nonetheless be historically significant (Public Resources Code Section 21084.1). This provision is intended to give the Lead Agency discretion to determine that a resource of historic significance exists where none had been identified before and to apply the requirements of Public Resources Code Section 21084.1 to properties that have not previously been formally recognized as historic. The California Environmental Quality Act equates a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource with a significant effect on the environment (Public Resources Code Section 21084.1) and defines substantial adverse change as demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration that would impair historical significance (Public Resources Code Section 5020.1). Archaeological Resources Where a project may adversely affect a unique archaeological resource, Public Resources Code Section 21083.2 requires the Lead Agency to treat that effect as a significant environmental effect. When an archaeological resource is listed in or is eligible to be listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, Public Resources Code Section 21084.1 requires that any substantial adverse effect to that resource be considered a significant environmental effect. Public Resources Code Sections 21083.2 and 21084.1 operate independently to ensure that potential effects on archaeological resources are considered as part of a project's environmental analysis.