SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Statement of Qualifications January 17, 2013 Historic Resources Consulting Services Since 1980 For over thirty years, San Buenaventura Research Associates has provided professional and cost-effective historic resources expertise to public and private sector clients. We specialize in the production of historic resources evaluations for compliance with state and federal environmental requirements, historic property surveys, and environmental documents to support historic preservation planning efforts. San Buenaventura Research Associates provides qualified Historian and SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Architectural Historian services, in 1328 Woodland Drive • Santa Paula, California 93060 accordance with National Park Service Tel: (805) 525-1909 • Fax/Message: (888) 535-1563 • historicresources.com standards. SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES! HISTORICRESOURCES.COM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE San Buenaventura Research Associates and conducted according to state survey (SBRA) has completed hundreds of historic guidelines. resources investigations in connection with a wide variety of public and private projects National Register of Historic Places within California, Nevada and Arizona. Nominations. SBRA has completed numerous National Register of Historic Historic Resources Reports. San Places nominations, including nominations Buenaventura Research Associates conducts accepted by the Keeper of the National historic resources investigations for private Register for listing at the national level of clients, and federal, state and local agencies significance. to support California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Section 106 (NEPA) Historic Preservation Planning. San compliance. Buenaventura Research Associates provides qualified planning support services to public These reports typically involve the agencies. SBRA staff has the ability to apply development of historic context statements, in-depth, direct experience with planning architectural descriptions, site-specific agency issues and programs to the developmental histories, land use histories, development of solutions to historic evaluations of significance according to preservation-related problems, including the National Register of Historic Places, production of ordinances, historic California Register of Historical Resources, preservation plans, permit processing and and local criteria, determinations of project environmental review procedures. impacts, production of mitigation programs and historic sites documentation. SBRA Mills Acts Applications. SBRA has specializes in the production of creative, completed the documentation required to community-based historic resources support Mills Acts applications for clients in mitigation and project alternative programs. a number of cities. Section 106 Eligibility Determinations. SBRA has completed thousands of historic resources evaluations for compliance with Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Historic Resources Surveys. SBRA has conducted many large-scale historic resources surveys throughout California, utilizing both intensive-level and reconnaissance methodologies. Many of the comprehensive surveys were funded by the California State Historic Preservation Office 2 SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES! HISTORICRESOURCES.COM PRINCIPALS Judith P. Triem, Principal/Historian, Santa Barbara and has studied Geography in founded San Buenaventura Research Oxford, England. He specializes in the Associates in 1980. Ms. Triem received her production of maps, graphics and computer M.A. from the University of California, Santa databases and geographic information Barbara in 1980 in the field of Public systems, and has developed GIS-assisted History. Her B.A. was completed in 1962 at historic resources survey techniques. He has the University of Arizona, Tucson, with a participated in various capacities in major in Spanish and a minor in history. She designing and conducting urban and rural specializes in conducting Historic Resources historic resources surveys. As a practicing Surveys, National Register of Historic Places city planner, with over ten years of nominations, historic context statements, experience, Mr. Stone has served local land-use histories, Section 106 and CEQA agencies within Ventura, Orange and Los evaluations. Since 1987, her firm has Angeles counties, specializing in maintained a contract with Los Angeles architectural and site plan design review. He County Community Development Commission has completed the Section 106 Training to complete Section 106 compliance for the Course sponsored by the GSA Training Center Community Development Block Grant and the Advisory Council on Historic Program. She has been granted an individual Preservation. programmatic agreement from the National Advisory Council authorizing her to REFERENCES complete direct evaluations of properties to satisfy Section 106 requirements. Ms. Triem Available upon request. is accredited as a Registered Professional Historian and has completed the Section 106 Training Course sponsored by the GSA Training Center and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Mitchel R. Stone, Principal/Preservation Planner, has over thirty years of experience researching historic properties, preparing architectural and historical evaluation reports, including CEQA and Section 106 analyses, National Register of Historic Places nominations and State Historic Landmarks nominations. Mr. Stone received his B.S. in Urban Planning from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in 1979 and has completed M.A. level studies in Geography at the University of California, 3 SAN BUENAVENTURA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES! HISTORICRESOURCES.COM SELECTED PROJECTS diversion, and reservoirs constructed from alternatives section of this EIR included the ENVIRONMENTAL the 1880s through the 1970s. SBRA directed evaluation of several adaptive reuse projects IMPACT REPORTS the fulfillment of the mitigation program that would result in a significantly higher adopted in connection with the level of preservation of the historic resource. California Institute of Technology Master environmental documents, including Restoring the building for use as a theater Plan Revision, Pasadena. Historic resources documentation and the development of an and the mandated “no project” alternative technical report associated with the EIR for interpretative plan. [City of Ventura, 2003] were evaluated. This complex alternatives the amendment of the Master Plan revision discussion was supported by an economic for the campus. Involved the review and Azusa Pacific University Specific Plan EIR feasibility analysis. [City of Pasadena, 2000] evaluation of modern-era buildings, Historic Resources Report, Azusa. Historic development of historic context within the resources technical report prepared in Anokia EIR, Arcadia. SBRA evaluated the project area, evaluation of eligibility in conjunction with the master plan for the proposed demolition of a NRHP-eligible accordance with local, state and Federal expansion of a private university. Required a residence and related buildings on a large criteria, determination of impacts and comprehensive inventory of potentially estate for the development of a single development of a mitigation program. [City historic buildings, development of detailed family residential subdivision. Several of Pasadena, 2005] historic context within the project area, preservation alternatives for the property evaluation of eligibility in accordance with were investigated through the EIR. The Coral Casino EIR, Montecito. SBRA provided local, state and Federal criteria, mitigation plan developed by SBRA involved direct support to the County of Santa determination of impacts and development the interpretation of the historic property in Barbara on the completion of an of a mitigation program. [City of Azusa, an appropriate off-site location, including environmental analysis in connection with 2004] relocating some of the property’s significant new construction related to a designated architectural features, and documentation. County Landmark, a private club constructed Glendale Town Center EIR Historic [City of Arcadia, 1999] in Montecito in 1937. The analysis required Resources Evaluation, Glendale. Technical an extensive discussion of the project’s report prepared in connection with the Santa Barbara Airport Master Plan EIR, impacts in terms of the Secretary of the construction of a 475,000 square foot retail- Santa Barbara. Historic Resources Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation as commercial and 338 residential dwelling unit Evaluation in connection with the well as the development of a mitigation mixed-use project on 15.5 acres in an urban development of the airport master plan EIR/ program, the analysis of project alternatives downtown setting. Required a S. Comprehensive inventory of potentially and responding to extensive and detailed comprehensive inventory of potentially historic buildings, development of detailed public comment. [County of Santa Barbara, historic buildings, development of detailed historic context, evaluation of eligibility in 2005] historic context, evaluation of eligibility in accordance with local, state and Federal accordance with local, state and Federal criteria, determination of impacts and Ventura Avenue Water Treatment Plant criteria, determination of impacts and development of mitigation program. [City of EIR/EIS, Ventura. SBRA prepared an historic development of a mitigation program.