2014-069 - Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014-01

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HARBOR BLVD. MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR PLAN FINAL FIR CITY OF SANTA ANA 5. Environmental Analysis CULTURAL RESOURCES • 1932 Newport Beach and 1935 Garden Grove quadrangles, scale (each) 1:31,680 (two inches per mile): Development onsite is still sparse and scattered. The main north south roadway onsite is Buaro Street where Harbor Boulevard is now. There is a two- square -block subdivision between 1st and 5th Streets in the eastern part of the project area. A Pacific Electric railroad track2 passes through the northeast part of the project area. • 1949 Newport Beach and Anaheim quadrangles, scale (each) 1:24,000 (2.65 inches per mile): much of the project area is in agricultural use. Harbor Boulevard now extends through the middle of the project area, and Willowick Golf Club is shown in the northeast portion. Development is still scattered and relatively sparse through much of the project area, including along Harbor Boulevard. Ten square blocks that appear to be residential development are west and south of Willowick Golf Club. The Pacific Electric railroad track remains in the northeast portion. • 1965 Newport Beach and Anaheim quadrangles, scale (each) 1:24,000 (2.65 inches per mile): Much of the project area is now shown as urbanized, especially the part east of Harbor Boulevard. No agricultural use is shown onsite, although there are small areas of agricultural use offsite near the east and north project area boundaries. Much of the project area west of Harbor Boulevard is shown as vacant. The Garden Grove Municipal Golf Course and several radio towers are shown where the Willowick Golf Club was shown in 1949. Cultural Resources A cultural records search was completed at the South Central Coastal Information Center (SCCIC) at California State University, Fullerton, on May 1, 2013. The project area and a 0.5 mile radius surrounding the project area was searched. Archaeological Resources No archaeological sites or isolates,3 either historic or prehistoric, have been identified onsite or within 0.5 mile of the project area (SCCIC 2013). Most of the project area has not been previously surveyed for cultural resources. The SCCIC contains records submitted by archaeologists and historians from previous cultural, historic, and historic architectural investigations. Therefore, the lack of records for the project area does not mean there are no cultural resources onsite and the archaeological sensitivity of the site is unknown. One recorded prehistoric archaeological site in the City is mentioned in the City's General Plan Land Use Element. The site is near Santiago Creek in the northwestern part of the City, the confluence of Santiago Creek and the Santa Ana River is approximately two miles east - northeast of the north end of the project area. The Acjachemen Quanefio) people, whose traditional tribal territory is in southern Orange County, were 2 The Pacific Electric Railway was an electric interurban trolley system in southern California. 3 An archaeological site is the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historic, cultural, or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure (OHP 1995). An isolate is fewer than three isolated artifacts; and does not contain enough associated artifacts to form an archaeological site. Isolates are not considered cultural resources, but are used in detemtirring sensitivity for archaeological resources. October 2014 Page 5.3 5