AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project in Alameda County Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, §102 (42 U.S.C. §4332); Federal Transit Laws (49 U.S.C. §5301(e), §5323(b) and §5324(b)); National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, §106 (16 U.S.C. §470f); 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508; 23 CFR Part 771; Executive Order 12898 (Environmental Justice); and California Environmental Quality Act, PRC 21000 et seq.; and the State of California CEQA Guidelines, California Administrative Code, 15000 et seq. by the U.S. Department of Transportation/Federal Transit Administration and the Alameda Contra Costa Transit District Historic Property Survey Report (HPSR) First Addendum November 2010 8%&0)3*'328)287 4EKI 7YQQEV]SJ*MRHMRKW 4VSNIGX0SGEXMSR(IWGVMTXMSRERH%VIESJ4SXIRXMEP)JJIGXW 4VSNIGX0SGEXMSR +IRIVEP4VSNIGX(IWGVMTXMSR %VIESJ4SXIRXMEP)JJIGX %4) 'SRWYPXMRK4EVXMIW%RH4YFPMG4EVXMGMTEXMSR 7YQQEV]3J-HIRXMJMGEXMSR)JJSVXW %VGLEISPSKMGEP6IWIEVGL ,MWXSVMG6IWIEVGL %HHIRHYQ'YPXYVEP6IWSYVGIW7YVZI]W 4VSTIVXMIW-HIRXMJMIH ,MWXSVMG6IWSYVGIW %VGLEISPSKMGEP6IWSYVGIW *MRHMRKW 6IJIVIRGIW %TTIRHM\%HHMXMSREP6IGSVH7IEVGL(SGYQIRXEXMSR %TTIRHM\*MKYVIW%VIESJ4SXIRXMEP)JJIGX %4) JSV%VGLEISPSK] Separate File-ASR %TTIRHM\*MKYVIW%VGLMXIGXYVI%VIESJ4SXIRXMEP)JJIGX %4) Separate File-HPIER %TTIRHM\%HHIRHYQ%VGLEISPSKMGEP7YVZI]6ITSVX %76 Separate File %TTIRHM\%HHIRHYQ,MWXSVMG4VSTIVX]-RZIRXSV]ERH )ZEPYEXMSR6ITSVX ,4-)6 Separate File 1ETW 1ET4VSNIGX0SGEXMSR MM 1ETE4VSNIGX:MGMRMX] MMM 1ETF4VSNIGX:MGMRMX] MZ M G ILMANAN ST. Y T 123 S W . R T J S G N D I U K R H NI VE . T R O SI L TY X . F I AV S E. M X S a n O BERKELEYBERKELEY. T S DW . B IGHT AN R C F r a n c i s c o . W RO Y VE F R O . T . W T A A P Y . N DU University of California U . RA . N E K B a y ME T E A Berkeley V A C V V E. A R U A C T 13 E A T AS G S H A O B Y E L H A S VE. L B L A E. O P V C A N 13 A A LC AT S RA . Z E V A RD A VE. STANFO H P 24 . T A S R S I EG L L 123 24 O TEL Robert Sibley H 4 Volcanic Reg. M 0 T ac H 580 A S BROADWAY Preserve R T. TER. B TH . LV T D U S . R W E N . G LI . R E Y A T N D ON W D A DM K IE MORA P A . Y P GA V A E ST AV A . W E. L 14 D 7 E T A T D H T O H N E R A S K T R 2 B OAKL RD. M . AND AVE. A 0 T E M H . SNAK E S V 1 T A 2 . 1 T D 1 H . N RD. T T A OAKLAND H CANYON S S R RD U T N G E .P S . O H .R T S 13 P .R . K E .. C H S JA . AVE E Lake R O Merritt S H 580 WA K E A L R F R O D. E O LV N PARK B T F H R I L W L Y. B AVE L LN V O D C IN . 14TH AVE. L E In V Redwood n A e . D E r 3R V 2 A Regional H a E L Park rb A o V r T RUI F AVE. 35TH ST. GH HI ALALAMAMEDAEDA 580 F OO S TH S K ILL K Y BL M Y L V L D. a I c I N E. A N E AV R E 185 T ARRYY H MIN U SE R I U N F R . P T W . E R Y U R . R . N P . A E R AV T . R I O RD A San Leandro M . 73 N n a A c t Bay h L A o . R RD B B n Coliseum T LV L HU y Complex V B D D R R A . E / N E G C . R R 1 B E B O L B 4 L F V N V T T 580 D E H D . G . A E S V H T E . OLF C G L IN h TH VE. K 98 A S a b o Oakland t Knowland Park International Airport R D . E . 1 4 R R T H e e g g S i i T o o . n n a DAVIS ST a l . l FEIS/R Project Terminus VD. P MARINA BL 185 P a a rk 580 rk B A SAN N C DEIS/R Alignment R LEANDRO O Option F T S a n F r a n c i s c o A V E . H B a y AL CY . ON D D V R. L B N A I R E P S E H HAYWARD 238 AC Transit East Bay BRT Project PROJECT LOCATION Map 1 T F H R I L WY L . B AVE L LN V O D C TH IN . 14 AVE. L E I V n A Redwood n . e D E r V 23R A Regional H a E r L Park b I ALA o N V r ITTV T U E R RN F E. H AV A 35T T I O N A L ST. B H LV G HI D . / ALAMEDA 1 580 77 4 t h FO S OTH S T. S K ILL K Y BL MacM Y L VD a L I . c I N E. A N E AV R E 185 T ARY H MIN U SE R U F R A . W P nt . R Y. U h . R . P ony . VE R A San Leandro . R RD Bay . 73 M a c A RD. RT Coliseum B HUR L Complex V B D AN R . E G C R R BL E BL O B F V N V T 580 D. E D. C G AV E h H E a . b LF o GO L IN t TH E. K 98 AV S Oakland International Knowland Park Airport R D . E . 1 4 Re Re T H g g S i i T o o . n n a DAVIS ST a l . l 112 FEIS/R Project Terminus P 185 P a a r 580 r k B k A N SAN C SAN R O F LEANDRO T A DEIS/R Alignment V E Option . H AL CY . ON D D V S a n F r a n c i s c o R. L B B a y N IA R E P S N E H HAYWARD 238 AC Transit East Bay BRT Project PROJECT VICINITY Map 2b SUMMARY OF FINDINGS The purpose of this document is to request concurrence from the State Office of Historic Preservation with regard to determinations of National Register eligibility or ineligibility for evaluated cultural resources and to document a proposed finding of “No Historic Properties Affected. The Alameda County (AC) Transit District proposes to upgrade bus service to a high- level express service, known as East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (EBBRT) along an approximately 18-mile arterial corridor through the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, California (Maps 1, 2a-2b). (Corridor length to BayFair BART is 18 miles; corri- dor length of revised project for FEIS terminating at San Leandro BART is 14.4 miles.) In 2004-2005, Archaeological/Historical Consultants carried out an archaeological survey and prepared an Archaeological Survey Report to encompass proposed alternative routes for the EBBRT Project (Baker 2005). At the same time JRP Historical Consulting carried out an historic property survey and prepared an Historic Properties Inventory and Evaluation Report (JRP Historical Consulting 2005). In 2010 final decisions have been made about project alternatives and a Preferred Alternative for the project was chosen. An Addendum Archaeological Survey Report (ASR) and Addendum Historic Properties Inventory and Evaluation Report (HRIER) were prepared in 2010 to address cultural resources in the new Area of Potential Effect (APE) that were not included in the 2005 reports. One new prehistoric archaeological site and 102 historical resources (i.e., those buildings, groups of buildings or structures that were constructed in or before 1965) are addressed in the addendum reports. Prehistoric archaeological site, P-01-010808, located in downtown Oakland in a deeply buried context, was recorded in 2006 based on newspaper accounts. It has not been formally evaluated because of its context. It can, however, be considered eligible or potentially eligible for the National Register under Criterion D, information potential, for purposes of the present undertaking only, if it is protected from any potential effects by the establishment and enforcement of an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA), in which cultural values are protected from adverse effects. The area of this site— Broadway between 13th and 14th Streets in Oakland, California—should be delineated as an ESA. An ESA action plan, probably involving archaeological monitoring during construction, should be developed for this and all other sites in the Preferred Alternative (see Baker 2005 for discussion of other areas of archaeological sensitivity). Of the 102 historical resources in the new alignment, eight are listed in the National Register or have been determined eligible for the National Register, or appear eligible for listing in the National Register. These properties are historical resources for the purposes of CEQA. The new APE also includes fourteen resources that do not appear to be eligible for the National Register but are listed or eligible for listing in a local register of historic resources; therefore they are considered historical resources for the purposes of CEQA.