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NT MENTS INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FAIRVIEW BPIOGE REVLACEM REST TO STREET BEET) PROJECT L S A MAY 2020 (9Tx STREET To ANTx STREET) L, OLEGT SANTA ANAL CALIFOPHIA The Office of Historic Preservation Historic Property Data File includes properties in both Santa Ana and Garden Grove. There are 18 listed properties in Santa Ana within 1 mi of the APE. All of the properties are buildings constructed between 1898 and 1955. Seventeen of the buildings were determined ineligible for National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) listing, while one needs reevaluation. In Garden Grove, the Historic Resources Inventory (HRI) identifies 11 properties with 1 mi of the APE. These properties include nine buildings, an 1880 eucalyptus vat, and a 1976 storm drain. The storm drain was determined ineligible for National Register listing, while the eucalyptus vat needs reevaluation. The nine buildings were constructed between 1949 and 2000. All nine buildings were determined to be ineligible for listing in the National Register. The earliest available online aerial photograph of the area dates from 1953. It shows that although there were residential housing tracts in the area, the land along what would become Fairview Street was still open agricultural land except at the north where Westminster Avenue/17th Street is, and at the south, where several buildings are just southwest of the current APE. A 1963 aerial photograph is the first to show Fairview Street and the Fairview Street bridge. By 1963, tract housing existed alongside the APE and the areas adjacent to the APE were more than half developed. A 1972 aerial photograph shows that the Fairview Street Bridge is much larger than that depicted on the 1963 aerial. The bridge on the 1972 aerial appears to be the currently existing bridge. By 1972, several undeveloped areas existed adjacent to the APE, although these did not exist in the next available aerial photograph dated 1995. Little change has occurred to the APE since 1995. On March 16, 2018, LSA archaeologist Ivan Strudwick conducted a field survey of 3.92 ac of the total 11.93 ac APE. The survey areas consisted of approximately 2,650 ft of Fairview Street between Westminster Avenue/17th Street and Civic Center Drive West. The APE is mainly a paved, developed area, although patches of exposed sediment with some variation of ground visibility were found. One archaeological resource, an isolated fragment of marine shell, was found during the survey. Under CEQA, isolated finds are not considered important/significant resources. As such, the isolated shell fragment is not important and requires no additional evaluation for the proposed Project. On April 4, 2019, architectural historians Casey Tibbet and Eugene Heck conducted an intensive - level pedestrian survey of the historic -period built environment in the APE. During the survey, Ms. Tibbet took digital photographs of the exteriors of the historic -period buildings and features and made detailed notations regarding their current conditions, integrity levels, physical characteristics, and setting. In addition, Ms. Tibbet and Mr. Heck completed a reconnaissance -level survey of the general setting and of the buildings and features. 3.5.2 Impact Analysis a. Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to §15064.5? No Impact. According to the HPSR, all resources were determined to be ineligible for listing in the National Register and are not eligible to qualify as historical resources as defined in Section 15064.5 of CEQA. As a result, there are no resources in the Project area that are considered historical resources as defined in Section 15064.5 of CEQA. Therefore, the proposed Project would not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, no impacts to R:\WKE1702\ISMND\Fina1 ISMND\Fairview Street Bridge Final ISMND7,05SM6 5 3-31