___________________________________________________ APPENDIX H CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT ___________________________________________________ This page intentionally left blank. CULTURAL RESOURCES RECONNAISSANCE FOR THE VILLAGE ENTRANCE PROJECT, LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA Prepared for Christopher A. Joseph & Associates 179 H. Street Petaluma, California 94952 Prepared by Joan C. Brown, M.A., RPA Stephen O’Neil, M.A. James W. Steely, M.S. SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS 23392 Madero, Suite L Mission Viejo, California 92691 (949) 770-8042 www.swca.com USGS 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Laguna Beach, California SWCA Project No. 10751-111 SWCA Cultural Resources Report Database No. 2006-200 April 2006 CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT VILLAGES ENTRANCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Purpose and Scope: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates contracted with SWCA Environmental Consultants to undertake cultural resources documentary research and a pedestrian reconnaissance as part of the California Environmental Quality Act review process in anticipation of the Village Entrance project. The services entailed a literature review of the study area including a 1-mile radius around the property, a historic evaluation of the building, and a pedestrian reconnaissance to determine if cultural resources are visible on the surface. This report documents the results of the cultural resources study. Dates of Investigation: The cultural resources literature search was completed January 19, 2006, and the cultural resources pedestrian reconnaissance was completed March 2, 2006, by SWCA Archaeologist Stephen O’Neil. This report was completed in April 2006. The historic study by Jim Steely was performed during April 2006. Findings of the Investigation: The literature review at the South Central Coastal Information Center, located at California State University, Fullerton, revealed that 11 cultural resources are recorded within a 1-mile radius of the current study area. No prehistoric cultural resources were observed during the survey. The 1935 Laguna Beach Sewage Treatment Plant is a significant surviving public works facility from a community that greatly upgraded its infrastructure in the 1930s with New Deal assistance to accommodate projected growth. Recommendations: Despite its loss of original structure wings, the surviving building/structure is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places and the California Register of Historic Resources under Criteria A/1 and C/3; its planned incorporation into the Laguna Beach Village Entrance project will reduce any project impact to less than significant. Because of the potential for buried archaeological material to be located within the project area, it is recommended that a qualified archaeological monitor observe all future ground-disturbing activities in native soils. Disposition of Data: This report will be filed with the South Central Coastal Information Center, located at California State University, Fullerton; with the Christopher A. Joseph & Associates; and with SWCA Environmental Consultants. All field notes and records related to the current project are on file at the Orange County office of SWCA. SWCA Environmental Consultants ii CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT VILLAGES ENTRANCE PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT ...........................................................................................ii UNDERTAKING INFORMATION/INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 1 SETTING..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Natural.................................................................................................................................................... 3 Cultural................................................................................................................................................... 4 Prehistoric Era.................................................................................................................................. 4 Ethnographic.................................................................................................................................... 6 Historic Overview............................................................................................................................ 9 PRIOR RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................ 10 Literature Search .................................................................................................................................. 10 METHODS ................................................................................................................................................ 11 FINDINGS................................................................................................................................................. 12 NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION ............................................................................................ 14 DISCUSSION ............................................................................................................................................ 14 RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................................................................................... 15 REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................................... 16 APPENDICES Appendix A: DPR Recording Forms by James W. Steely Appendix B: Records Search Results Appendix C: Native American Consultation LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Project Location Map ................................................................................................................ 2 Figure 2. Photograph of Laguna Beach city yard and lumberyard parking lot; view to the south down Broadway Avenue toward the Pacific Ocean ................................................................ 12 Figure 3. Photograph of chaparral on project site slope; view to the north ............................................ 13 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Prehistoric Cultural Chronology ............................................................................................... 5 Table 2. Cultural Resources Located within a 1-Mile Radius of the Project Area................................ 11 SWCA Environmental Consultants iii CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT VILLAGES ENTRANCE PROJECT UNDERTAKING INFORMATION/INTRODUCTION Contracting Data: Christopher A. Joseph & Associates retained SWCA Environmental Consultants to conduct a cultural resources literature review and a cultural resources pedestrian reconnaissance of the Laguna Beach Village Entrance project area. Purpose: This study was completed under the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Public Resources Code SS5024.1, Section 15064.5 of the Guidelines, and Sections 21083.2 and 21084.1 of the Statutes of CEQA were also used as the basic guidelines for the cultural resources study (Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 1998). Public Resources Code SS5024.1 requires evaluation of historical resources to determine their eligibility for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR). The purposes of the register are to maintain listings of the state’s historical resources and to indicate which properties are to be protected from substantial adverse change (Office of Historic Preservation 1997). The criteria for listing resources on the California Register were expressly developed to be in accordance with previously established criteria developed for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). According to Section 15064.5(a)(3)(A–D) in the revised CEQA guidelines (Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 1998), a resource is considered historically significant if it meets at least one of the following criteria: A. Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage; B. Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past; C. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values; or D. Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. The format of this report follows Archaeological Resource Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format (Office of Historic Preservation 1990). Undertaking: The proposed project proposes a 218,625-square foot, five-level, 667-space public parking structure that would house some city offices, a community center, public restrooms, city employee restrooms and locker facilities, and some city corporate yard maintenance, storage rooms, and city vehicle parking. The entire structure would be built around the existing sewage lift station. Project Limits: The Laguna Beach Village Entrance project site is located in the city of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. Laguna Beach is located along the coast of the Pacific Ocean with Laguna Niguel to the east, Newport Beach to the northwest, and Dana Point to the southeast. The Village Entrance project site is located on the east side of Forest Avenue where it intersects with Laguna Canyon Road. The project site is composed of Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APN) 641-241-06,