Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow Ii, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista, San Diego County, California
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Appendix E Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report NEGATIVE CULTURAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES INVENTORY REPORT FOR THE SUNBOW II, PHASE 3 PROJECT, CITY OF CHULA VISTA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: ACI Sunbow, LLC ACI Sunbow, LLC Attn: Bill Hamlin 2356 Moore Street San Diego, California 92110 Prepared by: Jessica Colston, BA Angela Pham, MA, RPA Micah Hale, PhD, RPA Loukas Barton, PhD, RPA Michael Williams, PhD DUDEK 605 Third Street Encinitas, California 92024 APRIL 2020 Updated October 2020 Printed on 30% post-consumer recycled material. Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATABASE (NADB) INFORMATION Authors: Jessica Colston, B.A., Angela Pham, M.A., RPA, Loukas Barton PhD, RPA, Michael Williams, PhD Firm: Dudek Project Proponent: ACI Sunbow, LLC Attn: Bill Hamlin 2356 Moore Street San Diego, California 92110 Report Date: 2020 Report Title: Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista, San Diego County, California Type of Study: Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory New Resources: N/A Updated Sites: N/A USGS Quads: Chula Vista, California 1:24,000 (1996) Acreage: 135.7 acres Permit Numbers: State Clearinghouse No. TBD Keywords: Negative Cultural Resources Monitoring, Disturbed, CEQA, Sunbow, Chula Vista, Olympic Parkway 12612 i April 2020 Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 12612 ii April 2020 Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page No. NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATABASE (NADB) INFORMATION ....................... I ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................... V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................VII 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION ..............................................................1 1.1 Regulatory Context ................................................................................................. 7 1.1.1 State Regulations ........................................................................................ 7 1.1.2 Local Regulations ....................................................................................... 9 1.2 Project Personnel .................................................................................................. 11 1.3 Report Organization .............................................................................................. 11 2 SETTING ..........................................................................................................................13 2.1 Natural Environment ............................................................................................. 13 2.2 Geological Setting ................................................................................................. 13 2.3 Cultural Context .................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Prehistoric and Ethnohistoric Periods ....................................................... 13 3 GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE ............................................23 3.1 Cultural Resources ................................................................................................ 23 3.2 Paleontological Resources .................................................................................... 24 4 ANALYSIS OF PROJECT EFFECTS ..........................................................................27 4.1 Methods................................................................................................................. 27 4.1.1 Archival Methods ...................................................................................... 27 4.1.2 Field Methods ........................................................................................... 27 4.1.3 Native American Participation/Consultation ............................................ 28 5 RESULTS .........................................................................................................................29 5.1 Archival Review – Cultural Resources ................................................................. 29 5.2 Archival Review – Paleontological Resources ..................................................... 33 5.3 Aerial Imagery Analysis ....................................................................................... 35 5.4 Survey Results ...................................................................................................... 36 12612 iii April 2020 Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Page No. 6 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................39 6.1 Resource Importance & Impact Analysis ............................................................. 39 6.2 Archaeological Recommendations ....................................................................... 39 6.3 Paleontological Recommendations ....................................................................... 41 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................45 APPENDICES A Confidential SCIC Record Search Results B NAHC Results and Tribal Correspondence C Confidential Museum Records Search Results D Personnel Resumes FIGURES 1 Project Location ...................................................................................................................3 2 Project APE ..........................................................................................................................5 3 Geology Map .....................................................................................................................37 TABLES 1 Paleontological Resources Sensitivity Criteria ..................................................................25 2 Reports Within the Project APE ........................................................................................29 3 Resources Within Project Research Area (1-Mile Buffer) ................................................31 12612 iv April 2020 Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS Acronym/Abbreviation Definition AB Assembly Bill ADI area of direct impact APE area of potential effects BP years before present CEQA California Environmental Quality Act City City of Chula Vista CRHR California Register of Historical Resources DPR Department of Parks and Recreation NAHC Native American Heritage Commission PRC Public Resources Code Project Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project SCIC South Coast Information Center SDNHM San Diego Natural History Museum 12612 v April 2020 Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 12612 vi April 2020 Negative Cultural and Paleontological Resources Inventory Report for the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project, City of Chula Vista San Diego County, California EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ACI Sunbow, Inc. in partnership with Lennar Homes proposes construction of the multifamily residential community, the Sunbow II, Phase 3 Project (Project), City of Chula Vista (City). The Project APE is located in Section 17 and 18 of Township 18 South and Range 1 West of the Imperial Beach, California 7.5-minute series United States Geological Survey quadrangle. The Project’s area of potential effects (APE) consists of the 135.7-acre parcel, while only the south eastern 67.5-acre portion constitutes the area of direct impact (ADI). The Project would construct within the ADI water and electrical undergrounding of utilities to the homes and community buildings. All utilities are planned to be tied into existing infrastructure at Olympic Parkway. The Project also includes the construction of community access roads on site, and access from Olympic Parkway. An in-house records search of the data housed at the South Coast Information Center indicated that no cultural resources have been previously identified within the Project APE. The record search included a 1-mile search buffer. A total of 82 cultural resources are located within the search buffer. These resources consist of three historic resources and 79 prehistoric resources (Confidential Appendix A). A field survey of the Project APE yielded no new cultural resources. A sacred lands file search with the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) has been requested and is pending response. Once the NAHC response is received, outreach letters to the tribes on the NAHC contact list will be sent out. The Project is subject to compliance with Assembly Bill (AB) 52 (PRC 21074) which requires consideration of impacts to “tribal cultural resources” as part of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process. AB 52 requires the City of Chula Vista, lead agency responsible for CEQA