Appendix C Cultural Resources Inventory This document contains confidential appendices that are not available for review by the general public. Qualified individuals may view these confidential appendices by appointment only at the City of La Mesa Planning Department. INVENTORY OF CULTURAL RESOURCES for the LA MESA SEWER REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT STATE REVOLVING FUND PROJECT IN LA MESA, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: PBS&J 9275 Sky Park Court, Suite 200 San Diego, California 92123 Lead Agency: City of La Mesa 8130 Allison Avenue La Mesa, California 91942 Prepared by: Shelby Gunderman, M.A. Associate Archaeologist ASM Affiliates, Inc. 2034 Corte del Nogal Carlsbad, California 92011 October 2010 PN 16650 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page NADB TITLE PAGE ..............................................................................v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................... vi 1.0 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................1 1.1 PROJECT DESIGN ............................................................................ 1 1.2 EXISTING CONDITIONS.................................................................... 6 1.2.1 Environmental Setting.................................................................... 6 1.3 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ......................................... 6 1.3.1 Prehistory .................................................................................. 6 1.3.1.1 Paleo-Indian Period................................................................. 6 1.3.1.2 Archaic Period ...................................................................... 7 1.3.1.3 Late Prehistoric Period ............................................................ 7 1.3.1.4 Ethnohistoric Period................................................................ 8 1.3.2 Historic Period ............................................................................ 9 1.3.2.1 Brief History of La Mesa.........................................................10 1.4 RECORDS SEARCH RESULTS ...........................................................11 1.5 APPLICABLE REGULATIONS............................................................23 2.0 GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE ....................... 25 3.0 RESULTS.................................................................................. 27 3.1 SURVEY METHODS ........................................................................27 3.2 NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPATION/CONSULTATION .......................27 3.3 SURVEY RESULTS ..........................................................................28 3.2.1 Previously Recorded Site ...............................................................32 3.2.2 Newly Discovered Resources..........................................................33 4.0 INTERPRETATION OF RESOURCE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT IDENTIFICATION ........................................................ 35 4.1 RESOURCE IMPORTANCE................................................................35 4.2 IMPACT IDENTIFICATION ...............................................................35 5.0 MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS – MITIGATION MEASURES AND DESIGN CONSIDERATION ................................................. 37 5.1 NO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS ...............................................37 La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement State Revolving Fund Project i Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Chapter Page 6.0 REFERENCES ........................................................................... 39 7.0 LIST OF PREPARERS AND PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED ........................................................................... 43 8.0 LIST OF MITIGATION MEASURES AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................... 45 APPENDICES..................................................................................... 47 APPENDIX A. City of La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement Project Maps APPENDIX B. State Water Resources Control Board Consultation APPENDIX C. SCIC Record Search - Confidential APPENDIX D. NAHC Consultation - Confidential APPENDIX E. Staff Resumes APPENDIX F. DPR Form ii La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement State Revolving Fund Project Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES Page Figure 1. Project location.............................................................................. 1 Figure 2. Project vicinity. ............................................................................. 2 Figure 3. City of La Mesa’s study area and the APE............................................. 4 Figure 4. City of La Mesa’s APE adjacent to the San Diego Trolley ROW, facing west...........................................................................................29 Figure 5. City of La Mesa’s APE adjacent to the San Diego Trolley ROW, facing west...........................................................................................30 Figure 6. City of La Mesa’s APE adjacent to Grossmont Center Drive Trolley Station, facing northwest. ................................................................31 Figure 7. Grossmont Summit Drive and Interstate 8 bisecting CA-SDI-144, facing east. ..........................................................................................32 Figure 8. Grossmont Summit Drive and Interstate 8 bisecting CA-SDI-144, facing west...........................................................................................33 LIST OF TABLES Page Table 1. Previously recorded resources within the study area and 1-mi. search radius* .......................................................................................12 Table 2. Cultural Resources Reports Addressing Areas within the APE and 1-Mile Search Radius ................................................................12 Table 3. Historical Structures Located within 1 Mile of the City’s Study Area ...........16 La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement State Revolving Fund Project iii NADB Title Page NADB TITLE PAGE Author: Shelby Gunderman, M.A. ASM Affiliates, Inc. 2034 Corte del Nogal, Carlsbad, California 92011 760-804-5757 Date: October 2010 Report title: Inventory Of Cultural Resources for the La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement State Revolving Fund Project, in La Mesa, San Diego County, California Submitted by: ASM Affiliates, Inc. Submitted to: PBS&J, 9275 Sky Park Court, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92123 USGS Quadrangles: El Cajon and La Mesa Acres: Study area is approximately 1427 acres; APE is 152,880.1 linear feet Keywords: Sewer repair and replacement, City of La Mesa, CA-SDI-144 New Sites: none Updated Sites: CA-SDI-144 La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement State Revolving Fund Project v Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City of La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement Project consists of the repair or replacement of up to approximately 100,000 linear ft. of sewer pipelines with a replacement priority ranking of 0 through 8 within the City of La Mesa’s Sewer Maintenance Zones 2 and 3. As part of the project, a record search was conducted at the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC) and with the Sacred Lands Files of the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC). A field survey was carried out by ASM Affiliates, Inc. (ASM) on August 6, 2010 and October 25, 2010 that covered segments of the sewer pipeline alignments within the project that were not located within the paved roadbed. The area of potential effect (APE) was developed through a consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) and consists of previously disturbed sewer pipeline trenches. The trenches will be approximately 2.5 ft. wide. The vast majority of the APE is located within currently paved roadbeds. A directed survey was performed on segments of the APE not located within a paved roadbed. The record search revealed that only one previously recorded site is within the study area. This site was not relocated during the current survey. No new sites, isolates, or historic properties were identified. The one previously identified resource had not been evaluated for eligibility for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) and National Register of Historic Places (NHRP). This resource appears to have been destroyed as a result of construction of the Interstate 8 freeway, Grossmont Summit Drive, and a residence. Survey and documentation of sites complied with the reporting specifications in the California Office of Historic Preservation Planning Bulletin Number 4(a), December 1989, Archaeological Resource Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format (ARMR Guidelines) for the Preparation and Review of Archaeological Reports. vi La Mesa Sewer Repair and Replacement State Revolving Fund Project 1. Introduction 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PROJECT DESIGN The City of La Mesa (City) proposes to replace up to approximately 100,000 linear ft. of sewer pipeline in Maintenance Zones 2 and 3 of the City’s sewer system. The proposed project is located in the City of La Mesa, within San Diego County, California (Figure 1) The project area is shown on the USGS 7.5’ El Cajon and La Mesa quadrangles in Township 16 South, Range 1 West, unsectioned City of La Mesa land (Figure 2). The City has developed a project study area that encompasses all of Sewer Maintenance Zones 2 and 3. A consultation with the SWRCB took place to determine the APE for the City of La Mesa Sewer Repair State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Program