NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT AMENDMENT DRAFT EIR CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Appendices Appendix E Cultural Resources Assessment March 2014 PlaceWorks NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT AMENDMENT DRAFT EIR CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH Appendices This page intentionally left blank. PlaceWorks March 2014 CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT FOR THE NEWPORT LAND USE ELEMENT, CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA CONFIDENTIAL VERSION FOR PLANNING USE ONLY -NOT SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION- Prepared for: The Planning Center|DC&E 3 MacArthur Place, Suite 1100 Santa Ana, CA 92707 Authors: Molly Valasik, Sherri Gust and Courtney Richards Principal Investigator: Sherri Gust, Orange County Certified Professional Paleontologist and Archaeologist February 2014 Project Number: 2739 Type of Study: Cultural resources programmatic assessment USGS 7.5’ Quadrangle: Newport Beach, Tustin, Laguna Beach Area: 33,920 acres Key Words: Gabrielino, Tongva, Young Quaternary Deposits, Old Quaternary Deposits, Niguel Formation, Capistrano Formation, Monterey Formation; San Onofre Breccia, Topanga Group, intrusive volcanic rock, Vaqueros Formation 1518 West Taft Avenue Field Offices cogstone.com Orange, CA 92865 San Diego • Riverside • Canyon Country Toll free (888) 497-0700 Office (714) 974-8300 • Morro Bay • West Sacramento Federal Certifications 8(a), SDB, 8(m) WOSB State Certifications DBE, WBE, SBE, UDBE E-1 Newport LUE TABLE OF CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ IV INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 PURPOSE OF STUDY ................................................................................................................................................... 1 PROJECT LOCATION ................................................................................................................................................... 1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................................................. 9 PROJECT PERSONNEL ................................................................................................................................................. 9 REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................... 14 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OF 1970, AS AMENDED .................................................................... 14 CALIFORNIA REGISTER OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................... 14 DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES ....................................................................... 15 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 GEOLOGICAL SETTING ............................................................................................................................................. 16 STRATIGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ...................................................................................................................................... 21 PREHISTORIC SETTING ............................................................................................................................................. 21 PREHISTORIC CULTURES .......................................................................................................................................... 22 ETHNOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................................ 25 Gabrielino Tongva ............................................................................................................................................. 25 HISTORICAL SETTING .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Project Area History .......................................................................................................................................... 29 LITERATURE REVIEW AND RECORD SEARCHES ....................................................................................... 30 PALEONTOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY ................................................................................................................................. 35 OTHER SOURCES ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION ......................................................................................................................... 38 IMPACT ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION ............................................................................................................ 38 IMPACTS .................................................................................................................................................................. 38 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................................................................... 40 REFERENCES CITED ............................................................................................................................................. 41 APPENDIX A: QUALIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................................... 43 APPENDIX B: PALEONTOLOGY RECORDS SEARCH .................................................................................. 47 APPENDIX C: PREVIOUS CULTURAL RESOURCES STUDIES .................................................................. 59 APPENDIX D: PREVIOUSLY RECORDED CULTURAL RESOURCES ..................................................... 124 APPENDIX E: CONFIDENTIAL MAP OF SUBAREA SITES ......................................................................... 140 APPENDIX F: LAND PATENTS ......................................................................................................................... 143 APPENDIX G: NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION .............................................................. 146 Cogstone ii E-2 Newport LUE List of Figures FIGURE 1. PROJECT VICINITY ......................................................................................................................................... 2 FIGURE 2A. PROJECT AREA, OVERVIEW MAP ................................................................................................................ 3 FIGURE 2B. PROJECT AREA, MAP 1 ................................................................................................................................ 4 FIGURE 2C. PROJECT AREA, MAP 2 ................................................................................................................................ 5 FIGURE 2D. PROJECT AREA, MAP 3 ............................................................................................................................... 6 FIGURE 2E. PROJECT AREA, MAP 4 ................................................................................................................................ 7 FIGURE 2F. PROJECT AREA, MAP 5 ................................................................................................................................ 8 FIGURE 3. PROPOSED AREAS OF CHANGE ..................................................................................................................... 13 FIGURE 4. GEOLOGY MAP ........................................................................................................................................... 20 FIGURE 5. NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONAL TRIBAL TERRITORIES ............................................................................. 26 FIGURE 6. GABRIELINO/TONGVA VILLAGES ................................................................................................................ 27 FIGURE 7. LAND GRANT MAP ....................................................................................................................................... 28 FIGURE 8. MCFADDEN’S WHARF IN 1901 .................................................................................................................... 30 FIGURE 9. PALEONTOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY ................................................................................................................ 39 List of Tables TABLE 1. NEWPORT BEACH STUDY AREA LOCATIONS .................................................................................................. 1 TABLE 2. PROPOSED LAND USE CHANGES ................................................................................................................... 10 TABLE 3. CULTURAL PATTERNS AND PHASES ............................................................................................................