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Culture Documents
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Inc.
P.O.
Box
381
Roseville,
CA
95661
916-517-2189
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Technical
Memorandum
This
Technical
Memorandum
provides
an
update
to
the
June
2014
Section
106
Cultural
Resources
Investigation
Report
and
the
February
2015
Update
Section
106
Cultural
Resources
Investigation
Report
that
was
prepared
by
SMB
Environmental,
Inc.
(SMB)
for
the
City
of
Pleasantons
(City)
Recycled
Water
Project
(Proposed
Project/Action).
The
February
2015
Update
Section
106
Cultural
Resources
Investigation
Report
was
intended
to
address
potential
adverse
effects
on
cultural
resource
areas
known
as
P-01-000066
( CA-ALA-46)
and
P-01-000139
(CA-ALA-413),
which
are
of
special
concern
to
the
Office
of
Historic
Preservation
(OHP).
The
purpose
of
this
Technical
Memorandum
is
to
further
demonstrate
that
the
Citys
Proposed
Project/Action
will
have
No
Adverse
Effect
on
areas
CA-ALA-46
and
CA-ALA-413.
Please
note
that
this
report
contains
sensitive
data
that
should
not
be
distributed
to
the
public.
Archaeological
site
information
is
exempted
from
public
disclosure
under
California
Government
Code
6245
&
6254.10.
This
report
may
be
provided
to
those
with
a
genuine
need
to
know
(e.g.,
regulatory
agencies,
architects,
etc.).
Other
distribution
is
not
authorized.
PROJECT
DESCRIPTION
In
summary,
the
City
proposes
to
install
pipelines
for
the
distribution
of
recycled
water
throughout
the
City
of
Pleasanton.
As
discussed
in
the
Proposed
Project/Action
Description
and
Area
of
Potential
Effect
(APE)
in
the
original
document(s)
mentioned
above,
the
proposed
construction
would
basically
include
approximately
22
miles
(115,200
linear
feet)
of
pipeline
ranging
inform
6-inches
to
18-inches
in
diameter
and
would
be
placed
primarily
within
existing
paved
roadways
throughout
the
City.
In
addition,
the
Proposed
Action
would
also
include
3.2
miles
(16,500
linear
feet)
of
existing
pipeline
that
will
be
repurposed
from
abandoned
or
existing
potable
pipelines.
The
construction
techniques
would
be
primarily
using
open-cut
trenches
approximately
3
feet
wide
and
6
feet
deep.
Further
and
as
described
above,
all
creek
and/or
drainage
crossings
would
be
constructed
using
trenchless
construction
techniques.
As-Built
Drawings
of
the
New
West
Positas
Boulevard
and
other
constructed
projects
in
the
APE
from
the
Citys
archives.
Pointe/Newton
to
be
at
elevation
347
and
placed
on
6-feet
of
fill
material.
As
a
result,
there
is
an
8-
to
11-foot
vertical
buffer
from
the
top
of
Stoneridge
Drive
and
CA-ALA-46.
Given
that
the
Proposed
Project/Action
would
be
constructed
at
a
depth
of
3-6
feet,
there
is
a
sufficient
vertical
buffer
to
avoid
intersecting
the
known
depth
of
CA-ALA-46.
In
summary,
the
planned
trenching
for
the
Citys
Recycled
Water
Pipeline
will
be
outside
the
area
as
identified
by
NWIC
in
NWIC
File
#:
13-1672
as
CA-ALA-46
(Attachment
1).
POINT
NUMBER
2
-
THERE
WILL
BE
NO
EXCAVATION
WITHIN
THE
AREA
DELINEATED
BY
CA-ALA-413
Further
research
has
revealed
that
the
New
Las
Positas
Boulevard
is
north
and
completely
outside
of
CA-ALA-413.
NWIC
File
#
13-1672
was
prepared
in
1978
as
a
result
of
CA-ALA-413
being
discovered
while
the
Zone
7
Water
Agency
was
excavating
for
a
new
water
line
on
the
west
side
of
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way
which
is
now
the
Iron
Horse
Trail.
The
excavation
was
parallel
to
the
tracks.
Site
Record
CA-ALA-413
includes
two
maps
that
delineate
the
CA-ALA-413
area.
The
map
also
shows
that
the
Original
Las
Positas
Road
to
dead-end
on
the
east
side
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
tracks.
In
this
site
record,
it
does
appear
and
implies
that
if
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
was
extended
west
over
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
tracks
and
would
cross
the
delineated
area
known
as
CA-ALA-
413.
However,
this
subsequent
and
more
detailed
research
reveals
that
the
street
shown
as
Las
Positas
Road
in
the
1978
site
record
was
never
extended
to
the
west
through
the
CA-ALA-413
area.
Instead,
what
was
Las
Positas
Road
in
1978
remained
a
dead
end
street
and
is
now
referred
to
as
Ithica
Way
on
Google
Maps.
An
entire
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
was
constructed
in
1982
to
the
north
of
the
Original
Las
Positas
Road
and
does
not
enter
and
completely
avoids
the
horizontal
boundary
of
the
CA-ALA-413
delineated
area
by
approximately
70-feet.
The
following
discussion
and
referenced/attached
construction
drawings
for
the
Original
Las
Positas
Road
and
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
show
these
findings:
Attachments
5
and
6
-
The
1971
improvement
plans
for
Subdivision
Map
3232
and
3290
titled,
Las
Positas
Unit
1
and
Las
Positas
Unit
2.
This
development
is
east
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way,
and
south
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard.
These
plans
show
the
construction
of
a
portion
of
the
Original
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
between
Santa
Rita
Road
and
the
east
side
of
the
Southern
Pacific
right-of-way.
This
is
the
roadway
that
is
shown
on
the
1978
NWIC
Site
Record
P-01-000139
(CA-ALA-413)
as
Las
Positas
Road.
These
plans
show
that
the
Original
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
(i.e.
Las
Positas
Road)
at
this
time
was
20-feet
wide
and
constructed
on
fill
soil
varying
in
depth
from
4
to
10
feet.
Attachment
7
-
These
June
1982
plans
prepared
by
Bissell
and
Karn
for
the
North
Pleasanton
Improvement
District
show
the
construction
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
between
Santa
Rita
Road
and
the
Southern
Pacific
right-of-way.
These
plans
also
show
that
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
was
constructed
parallel
to
and
north
of
the
20-foot
wide
Original
Las
Positas
Road
that
was
constructed
in
1971.
These
plans
show
there
is
approximately
25-feet
of
landscaped
area
between
the
Original
Los
Positas
Road
and
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard,
and
includes
the
construction
of
a
sound
wall
in
this
area.
They
also
show
installation
of
a
cul-de-sac
at
the
west
end
of
the
Original
1971
Las
Positas
Road,
with
this
Original
Las
Postias
Road
then
only
serving
the
development
that
was
constructed
south
of
it
in
1971.
The
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
is
88-feet
wide
and
includes
a
10-foot
wide
median,
fill
material
varying
in
thickness
from
approximately
4-feet
at
Santa
Rita
Road,
and
10-
feet
at
the
Southern
Pacific
Right-of-Way.
This
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
is
the
street
that
is
in
use
today
and
will
be
the
roadway
in
which
the
Citys
proposed
Recycled
Water
Project
would
be
placed.
Attachment
8
-
These
February
1982
plans,
prepared
by
Bissell
and
Karn,
are
for
Parcel
Map
3858
titled,
Hacienda
Business
Park.
These
plans
are
for
the
development
of
the
entire
Hacienda
Business
Park
(HBP)
area,
which
includes
the
construction
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
west
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way.
Before
the
development
of
the
HBP
the
area
west
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way
was
farmer
fields.
Sheet
9
of
the
HBP
plans
show
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
from
the
Stoneridge
Drive
east
to
the
Southern
Pacific
right-of-way.
The
plan
view
at
the
top
of
Sheet
9
shows
the
street
width
to
be
88-feet
curb
to
curb,
with
a
10-foot
wide
landscaped
median
matching
the
dimensions
shown
in
attachment
3.
The
profile
view
at
the
bottom
of
Sheet
9
shows
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
to
be
constructed
on
more
than
10-feet
of
fill
at
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way,
with
the
fill
thickness
decreasing
to
the
native
grade
approximately
750-feet
west
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way.
Page
39
of
the
1982
HBP
plans
identifies
the
CA-ALA-413
area
that
was
mapped
in
1978.
As
shown
on
Sheet
39,
CA-ALA-413
is
located
within
the
triangular
property
south
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard.
Next
to
the
area
shown
on
Sheet
39,
there
is
a
note
that
no
excavation
will
be
allowed
in
this
area.
Please
compare
Sheet
39
to
CA-ALA-413
site
records
and
maps
provided
in
Attachment
1.
Sheet
39
also
shows
the
whole
triangular
area
is
to
receive
fill
material
sloping
up
toward
the
railroad
right
of
way,
just
as
is
shown
on
the
profile
view
of
the
roadway
on
Sheet
9.
This
grading
in
affect
protected
the
CA-ALA-413
area
by
burying
it
under
10-feet
of
fill
material.
In
addition,
Steve
Kirkpatrick,
City
Engineer,
had
a
personal
communication
with
Michael
Cooper
(925-245-8788)
on
April
21,
2015.
Michael
Cooper
was
an
engineer
at
Bissell
and
Karn
who
prepared
the
1982
plans
for
the
Hacienda
Business
Park.
His
initials
are
on
each
page
of
the
HBP
as-built
drawings
in
the
checked
by
box.
Michael
Cooper
confirmed
that
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
as
shown
on
the
plans
was
located
to
avoid
the
prehistoric
midden
(CA-ALA-413)
found
in
1978.
Attachment
9
shows
Sheet
9
again
of
the
February
1982
plans
for
Parcel
Map
3858
titled,
Hacienda
Business
Park
with
colored
hand
drawings
to
clarify
the
detailed
information
above
more
clearly.
In
summary,
Attachments
5
through
9
and
our
summary
of
that
information
demonstrates
that
the
planned
trenching
for
the
Citys
Recycled
Water
Pipeline,
will
be
outside
the
CA-ALA-413
area
as
identified
by
NWIC
in
NWIC
File
#:
13-1672
(Attachment
2).
Attachment
10
provides
a
revised
Figure
3
for
the
location
of
site
CA-ALA-413
in
the
February
2015
Section
106
Cultural
resources
Investigation
Report.
POINT
NUMBER
3
-
THE
CLOSEST
EXCAVATION
TO
THE
AREA
DELINEATED
BY
CA-ALA-413
WILL
BE
IN
FILL
MATERIAL
The
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard,
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-
way,
was
constructed
in
1982
on
top
of
more
than
10-feet
of
fill
material.
The
mid-1800s
era
railroad
line
was
built
on
top
of
a
10-foot
berm.
The
1978
Site
records
for
CA-ALA-413
indicate
that
the
site
was
buried
under
50-
to
10-centimeters
of
alluvium
which
provides
an
additional
2-3
feet
of
extra
vertical
buffer
in
addition
to
the
10-feet
of
fill
mentioned
above.
As
a
result,
CA-ALA-413
would
have
a
vertical
buffer
of
12-
to
13-feet
from
the
top
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard.
As
the
proposed
construction
activities
indicated
that
underground
construction
trenching
would
be
limited
to
3-
to
6-
feet,
the
Proposed
Project/Action
would
be
entirely
within
fill
and
would
provide
a
7-
to
10-foot
vertical
buffer
from
CA-ALA-413.
The
plans
for
the
construction
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
in
1982
on
both
the
east
and
west
side
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way
shows
the
berm
in
street
centerline
profile
view
(Attachments
7
and
8).
As
noted
earlier,
and
as
also
shown
on
these
plans,
the
fill
material
that
was
placed
during
the
construction
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
in
1982.
This
fill
material
brought
the
elevation
of
the
new
roadway
up
to
the
elevation
of
Southern
Pacific
Railroad.
Additionally,
as
previously
noted,
the
fill
material
buried
and
protected
the
CA-ALA-413
area
that
is
located
in
the
property
south
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard.
The
construction
of
the
Citys
proposed
recycled
water
pipeline
will
be
parallel
to
and
approximately
7-
feet
from
the
north
curb
line
of
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard.
At
the
closest
location,
which
is
immediately
adjacent
to
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way,
the
excavation
will
be
approximately
85-feet
north
of
the
area
delineated
by
CA-ALA-413.
At
this
location,
the
excavation
for
the
Citys
proposed
recycled
water
pipeline
will
be
completely
within
the
fill
material
and
will
not
be
deep
enough
to
penetrate
the
native
soil
depth
shown
on
the
HBP
improvement
plans.
As
previously
noted
and
shown
on
the
attached
plans,
the
fill
on
the
west
side
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way
is
approximately
10-feet
at
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way
and
decreases
in
thickness
until
it
matches
the
native
ground
elevation
approximately
750-feet
to
the
west
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad.
Consequently,
the
Citys
proposed
recycled
water
pipeline
excavation
would
be
in
fill
material
for
approximately
350-feet
west
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way
before
it
is
deep
enough
to
penetrate
the
native
ground.
As
shown
graphically
in
Attachment
8,
this
point
of
intersecting
native
ground
is
a
significant
distance
west
and
south
of
the
area
delineated
by
CA-ALA-413.
POINT
NUMBER
4
-
THE
PIPELINE
WILL
BE
INSTALLED
PARALLEL
TO
MANY
OTHER
UTILITIES
THAT
WERE
CONSTRUCTED
AS
PART
OF
THE
1982
WEST
LAS
POSITAS
BOULEVARD
IMPROVEMENTS
AT
WHICH
TIME
NO
DISCOVERIES
WERE
REPORTED
Attachments
7
and
8
show
that
when
the
New
West
Las
Positas
Boulevard
was
constructed
in
1982,
it
also
included
the
construction
various
buried
utilities,
including
storm
drains,
water,
sewer,
gas,
and
electric
utilities
and
pipelines.
These
utilities
were
constructed
in
fill
material
and
also
penetrated
the
native
ground
elevation
at
approximately
350
west
of
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
right-of-way.
However,
no
discoveries
were
reported
during
the
construction
of
these
utilities.
As
described
in
the
Project
Description,
the
proposed
recycled
water
pipeline
will
be
constructed
in
less
than
6-feet
of
fill
and
parallel
to
the
existing
pipelines
and
utilities.
Therefore,
no
discoveries
or
interaction
with
CA-ALA-
413
are
expected
to
occur.
As
with
all
construction
projects,
the
construction
of
the
Proposed
Project/Action
could
inadvertently
uncover
buried
cultural
resources
(i.e.
Historical,
archeological,
and
human
remains),
especially
in
the
areas
of
CA-ALA-46
and
CA-ALA-413.
To
further
reduce
the
potential
to
adversely
affect
any
of
these
resources,
the
following
Inadvertent
Discovery
Plan
(Attachment
11)
was
prepared
and
should
be
implemented
as
necessary
to
ensure
that
there
are
no
adverse
effects
to
unidentified
cultural
resources
that
may
exist
in
the
APE
during
the
construction
of
the
Proposed
Project/Action.
Attachment
1
Site
Record
for
P-01-000066
(CA-ALA-46)
Attachment
2
Figure
2
From
February
2015
Cultural
Resources
Investigation
Report
Showing
Location
of
CA-ALA-46
Attachment
3
Site
Record
for
P-01-000139
(CA-ALA-413)
Attachment
4
Drawings
for
Stoneridge
Tract
6164
Attachment
5
1971
Improvement
Plans
for
Subdivision
Map
3232
Titled,
Las
Positas
Unit
1
Attachment
6
1971
Improvement
Plans
for
Subdivision
Map
3290
Titled,
Las
Positas
Unit
2
Attachment
7
June
1982
Plans
for
the
North
Pleasanton
Improvement
District
Attachment
8
1982
Plans
for
Parcel
Map
3858,
Hacienda
Business
Park.
So
ut
he
rn
Pa
cif
ic
ra
ilr
oa
CA-ALA-413
Attachment
9
Sheet
9
of
the
February
1982
Plans
for
Parcel
Map
3858
Titled,
Hacienda
Business
Park
with
Colored
Hand
Drawings
Attachment
10
Revised
Figure
3
in
the
February
2015
Section
106
Updated
Cultural
Resources
Investigation
Report
CA-ALA-413
Attachment
11
Inadvertent
Discovery
Plan
for
the
City
of
Pleasantons
Recycled
Water
Project
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) is responsible for administering the
State Revolving Fund (SRF) Loan Program and may provide funds on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the construction of the City of Pleasantons (City)
proposed Recycled Water Project (Proposed Project/Action). EPA has delegated authority to the
State Board for examining cultural resources and communicating with the parties concerning such
examinations.
PROJECT/ACTION DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
The Proposed Action includes a proposed upgrade and expansion of the Dublin San Ramon
Services Districts (DSRSD) existing wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to provide a
recycled water supply of approximately 2,500 acre-feet per year (afy) to meet the recycled
water demands in the Citys service area and offset deliveries from the Citys groundwater
supplies and water purchases from Zone 7 Water Agency. The Proposed Action also
includes approximately 22-miles (116,000 linear feet) of pipeline ranging in diameter from
6-inches to 18-inches, as well as approximately 5-miles (26,350 linear feet) of existing
pipeline that will be re-purposed from abandoned or existing potable pipelines.
FEDERAL NEXUS
Due to the potential funding under the SRF Loan Program, this project is considered a Federal
undertaking and, therefore, is subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,
and its associated regulations at 36 CFR Part 800.
Federal law stipulates that in the case of an undertaking that utilizes federal money, a project will adhere
to provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (as amended). As the lead agency, the
State Board is responsible for all aspects of 36 CFR 800 in dealing with the treatment of cultural
resources and the consultation of concerned parties. As previously mentioned, EPA has delegated
authority to the State Board for examining cultural resources and communicating with the parties
concerning such examinations. Potentially concerned parties include: the City of Pleasanton, the Ohlone
Indian Tribe, the Trina Marine Ruano Famity, the Coastanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe, the Amah
Mutsun Tribal Band of Mission San Juan Bautista, the Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Coastanoan,
the Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Office of Historic
Preservation (OHP).
Any staff members of State Board and/or the City, their contractors, or subcontractors are required to
halt construction if they observe or identify any cultural materials and will provide a professional
archaeologist adequate time to assess, record, and potentially analyze any resources that might be
uncovered. The OHP will be notified of any discoveries that occur during construction.
City of Pleasantons Recycled Water Project
This document serves as the plan for dealing with any discoveries of human skeletal remains, artifacts,
sites, or any other cultural resources eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP). This plan is intended to provide guidance to City personnel so they can:
Comply with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, particularly 36CFR 800 (as
amended January 11, 2001) of the regulations that implements Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966;
Describe to regulatory and review agencies the procedures that City of Pleasanton will follow to
prepare for and deal with inadvertent discoveries; and
Provide direction and guidance to project personnel on the proper procedures to be followed
should an inadvertent discovery occur.
integrity of the skeletal remains, in accordance with California State law. The Citys
Project/Action Engineer will be responsible for taking appropriate steps to protect the
discovery. At a minimum, the immediate area will be secured to a distance of a hundred
(100) feet from the discovery. Vehicles, equipment, and unauthorized personnel will not be
permitted to traverse the discovery site.
B. The State Board and the City acknowledges that any find of human skeletal remains may be a
burial of Native American ancestry. It is further acknowledged that the concerned Indian
Tribes are extremely sensitive about ancestral burials, and that the find must be treated
confidentially.
City of Pleasantons Recycled Water Project
C. Nothing in this agreement is intended or shall be construed to diminish or affect in any way the
right of the Tribes to take any lawful action to protect Native American graves from
disturbance or desecration, or to protect the Tribes rights under cemetery and Native
American graves protection laws, or other applicable laws.
D. This information is covered by the Section 304 of the National Historic Preservation Act;
Section 9(a) of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act; Executive Order 13007; and
Section 6254.10 of the California State Government Code and specific components of the
records are exempt from disclosure (RCW 42.17.310(1)(k)) to avoid the looting or depredation
of such sites.
PROCEDURES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES
A. If any staff members of State Board and/or the City, their contractors, or subcontractors,
Bone, burned rock, or mollusk shell, whether or not seen in association with stone tools or
chips;
clusters of tin cans, ceramics, flat glass, or bottles, concentrations of brick, or logging,
mining, or agricultural equipment.
B. The
State Boards Projects Manager will consult with the On-site Project
Archaeologist/Monitor to determine if the remains are archaeological and greater than 50
years old. If the On-Site Project Archaeologist/Monitor believes that the discovery is a
cultural resource, he or she and the State Boards Projects Manager will discuss with the
Citys Resident Engineer and steps will be taken to protect the discovery site. At a minimum,
subsurface disturbances will stop and the area adjacent to the discovery will be secured.
Vehicles, equipment, and unauthorized personnel will not be permitted to traverse the
discovery site. Any newly discovered archaeological resource would be considered eligible
to the NRHP until determined otherwise by the OHP. Work in the immediate area will not
resume until treatment of the discovery has been completed following the provisions for
treating archaeological/cultural material as set forth in Appendix B.
C. The State Board Project Manager and the On-site Project Archeologist/Monitor will contact the
National Register eligibility of any new discovery. If the federal and state agency
City of Pleasantons Recycled Water Project
representatives determine that the discovery is an eligible cultural resource, they and concerned
Indian Tribe(s), as appropriate, will consult to determine appropriate treatment to be presented
and agreed upon in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) or other appropriate documentation.
Mitigation measures will be developed in consultation with the State Board and the OHP, and
the affected tribes (where appropriate), which could include avoidance through redesign,
conducting data recovery and/or relocating materials or remains. Agreed upon treatment
measures performed by the City include protecting the resources in place, or data recovery
such as mapping, photography, limited probing, and sample collection, or other measures.
E. This information is covered by the Section 304 of the National Historic Preservation Act;
Section 9(a) of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act; Executive Order 13007; and
Section 6254.10 of the California State Government Code and specific components of the
records are exempt from disclosure (RCW 42.17.310(1)(k)) to avoid the looting or depredation
of such sites.
City of Pleasantons Recycled Water Project
Attachment
A
City
of
Pleasanton
Recycled
Water
Project
Inadvertent
Discovery
Plan
Contact
Information
Primary
Contacts
State
Board
Project
Manager
Ahmad
Kashkoli
(916)
341-5855
State
Board
Assistant
Project
Manager
Cedric
Irving
(916)
341-6983
City
of
Pleasanton
Project
Engineer
Steve
Kirkpatrick
(925)
931-5595
On-Site
Professional
Archeologist
Dan
Shoup
(510)
213-0391
Principal
Environmental
Planner
Steve
Brown
(916)
517-2189
City
of
Pleasanton
Project
Coordinator
Rita
Di
Candia
(925)
931-5595
Office
of
Historic
Preservation
Contacts
Tristan
Tozer
and/or
Jessica
Tudor
(916)
445-7000
Other
Agency
Contacts
Alameda
County
Sheriffs
Office
Coroners
Captain
S.
Sexton
Bureau
(510)
382-3000
City
of
Pleasanton
Police
Department
Non-Emergency
Number
Homicide
Unit
(925)
931-5200
Tribal
Contacts
The
Amah
Mutsun
Tribal
Band
of
Mission
San
Irene
Zwierlein
Juan
Bautista
(650)
400-4806
The
Indian
Canyon
Mutsun
Band
of
Anne
Marie
Sayers
Coastanoan
(831)
637-4238
The
Coastanoan
Rumsen
Carmel
Tribe
Tony
Cerda
(909)
524-8041
The
Trina
Marine
Ruano
Family
Ramona
Garabay
(510
972-0645
The
Ohlone
Indian
Tribe
Andrew
Galvan
(510)
882-0527
The
Muwekma
Ohlone
Indian
Tribe
of
the
SF
Rosemary
Cambra
Bay
Area
(408)
205-9714
Attachment B
Treatment of Archaeological Resources
City of Pleasantons Recycled Water Project
Construction and/or field activities related to the City of Pleasantons Recycled Water Project may
cause disturbance to underground archaeological resources. The following provisions are intended
to assure the professional archaeological treatment of cultural materials inadvertently discovered
during construction activities. Implementation of the plan is the responsibility of State Board.
Provisions of the Archaeological / Cultural Resource Treatment Plan are as follows:
1. A qualified professional archaeologist meeting the Secretary of Interiors standards shall
directly observe the excavation process during construction within the vicinity of the
Native American archeological resources: P-01-000139 (CA-ALA-413).
In the event that
any prehistoric or historic subsurface cultural resources are discovered during ground
disturbing activities, all work within 100 feet of the resources shall be halted. The
archaeological site monitor will contact the State Board Project Manager who will then
contact the OHP to immediately report all discoveries of cultural resources that are
potentially eligible for listing in the NRHP. Construction will be immediately halted within
the immediate area of the discovery and the scene will be protected until the State Board
has arranged for the discovery to be identified by the on-site Professional Archaeologist and
the OHP. If the discovery is determined to be a significant historic or archaeological site, or
consists of Native American human remains, the OHP, the State Board, and the Tribe(s) will
be consulted as appropriate to determine the course of action.
2. As part of the construction team, a professional archaeologist will ensure proper
documentation and assessment of any discovered cultural resources. Non-intrusive field
documentation of all human remains will be undertaken immediately. All prehistoric and
historic cultural material discovered during project construction will be recorded by the
Professional Archaeologist on standard cultural resource site forms, or on isolate forms
using standard techniques. Site overviews, features, and artifacts will be photographed;
stratigraphic profiles and soil/sediment descriptions will be prepared for subsurface
exposure. Discovery locations will be documented on scaled site plans and site location
maps.
3. Sites discovered during construction will be assumed eligible pending evaluation by an
archeologist meeting the Secretary of Interiors Standards under Criterion D for inclusion in the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) for the purposes of Section 106 compliance, in
accordance with 36 CFR 800.13(c).
4. Where complex or extensive cultural remains are encountered, the State Board and the OHP
will jointly determine the appropriate level of documentation and treatment of the resources
after consultation with the concerned tribal representatives.
5. The State Board and the OHP will decide when construction may continue at the discovery
location. Where cultural resources are encountered during construction, but additional
project effects to the resources are not anticipated, project construction may continue while
documentation and assessment of the cultural resources proceed. If continued construction
is likely to cause additional impacts to such resources, project activities within a radius of
100 feet of the discovery will cease until the Professional Archaeologist has documented the
site, evaluated its significance, and assessed potential effects to the site.
6. Cultural features, horizons, and artifacts detected in buried sediments may require further
evaluation using hand-dug test units to clarify aspects of integrity, stratigraphic context, or
feature function. Units may be dug in controlled fashion to expose features, collect
radiocarbon or animal/plant macrofossil samples from undisturbed contexts, or interpret
complex stratigraphy. A test excavation unit or small trench might also be used to crosssection a feature to determine if an intact occupation surface is present. Test units will be
used only when necessary to gather information on the nature, extent, and integrity of
subsurface cultural deposits to evaluate the sites potential to address significant research
domains. Excavations will be conducted using state-of-the-art techniques for controlling
provenience of recovered remains.
7. Sediments excavated for purposes of cultural resources investigations will be screened
through 1/8-inch or -inch mesh depending on the soil types encountered. Spatial
information, depth of excavation levels, natural and cultural stratigraphy, presence or
absence of cultural material and depth of sterile soil, regolith, or bedrock will be recorded
for each probe on a standard form. Test excavation units will be recorded on unit-level
forms, which include plan maps for each excavated level, and material type, number and
vertical provenience (depth below surface and stratum association where applicable) for all
artifacts recovered from the level. Radiocarbon and macrofossil samples will be taken from
intact subsurface features exposed by shovel/auger probes or test units. A stratigraphic
profile will be drawn for at least one wall of each test excavation unit.
8. All prehistoric and historic artifacts collected from the surface and from probes and
excavation units will be analyzed, catalogued, and temporarily curated at a facility meeting
the Secretary of Interiors standards for curation. Ultimate disposition of cultural materials
will be determined in consultation with the State Board, OHP, and concerned tribes.
9. Within 90 days of conclusion of fieldwork, a management summary describing any and all
monitoring activities and resultant archaeological excavations will be provided to State
Board by the on-site professional archeologist and the Citys Project Engineer/Construction
Manager. The State Board Project Manager will forward the report to the OHP and
concerned tribes.
10. If construction activity exposes human remains (burials, or isolated teeth or bones),
construction in the immediate vicinity of the find will be halted. State Board will follow
procedures outlined under section 2.0 of the Inadvertent Discovery Plan.
11. Treatment of Native American Remains: If either the Alameda County Coroner, the On-site
Archaeologist and/or the Native American Monitor believes the remains to be Native
American, the treatment of the remains will proceed in accordance with the wishes of the
Native American Monitor, who will take custody of any burials or burial-related artifacts
that are removed in the course of excavation. The Native American Monitor will maintain
custody of these materials pending the appointment of a Most Likely Descendant (MLD)
by the Native American Heritage Commission, who will determine the level of analysis
allowed and their ultimate disposition. The OHP will then handle all consultation with the
affected parties as to the future preservation, excavation, and disposition of the remains.
12. Treatment of Non-Indian Historic Remains: If the human skeletal remains are determined to
be historic non-Indian remains, treatment will be determined by the On-Site
Archeologist/Monitor in consultation with the State Board and OHP.
13. Curation: The State Board will ensure that eligible artifacts are curated appropriately.
Collected artifacts and samples that are determined historically significant would be
curated for future use for research, interpretation, preservation, and cultural resource
management activities using Department of the Interior federal guidelines for curation (36
CFR 79). Artifacts and associated documents resulting from data recovery, including maps,
photographs, field notes, bone, shell, soil samples, wood and other botanical samples, and
fire-modified rock, would be curated following analysis. Artifacts, samples, and records
would be prepared for curation. A sample of selected artifact categories and sediments
would be retained for curation. For cultural resources that are determined significant State
Board will, in consultation with the OHP and affected tribes, identify appropriate facilities,
provide and pay for long-term curation of prehistoric, ethnohistoric, and historic artifacts,
data samples, and records resulting from the project investigations. The State Board will
consult with affected federally and non- federally recognized Tribes to reach agreement
about permanent storage of some of the materials.
14. The State Board will comply with any applicable Federal and State laws and regulations,
including but not limited to:
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and its
implementing regulations,
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGRPA) of 1990, as amended.
California State Law.
15. Contracts for construction and field-disturbing work: the City will include provisions in any
contract(s) for construction or field-disturbing work that provide for the ability of the State
Board and federal, state and local government agencies to implement the requirements of this
Plan.