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A Regular Meeting to be held in the Session Room at the
La Quinta City Hall, 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, California
January 16, 1997
3:30 P.M.
I. CALL TO ORDER
A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Roll Call
H. CONFIRMATION OF THE AGENDA
III. PUBLIC COMMENT
This is the time set aside for citizens to address the Historical Preservation Commission on
matters relating to historic resources within the City of La Quinta which are not Agenda items.
When addressing the Historical Commission, please state your name and address and when
discussing matters pertaining to prehistoric sites, do not disclose the exact location of the site(s)
for their protection.
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR
Approval of the Minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission meeting of November 21,
1996.
V. BUSINESS ITEMS
1. Environmental Assessment 96-333 - Certificate of Appropriateness for Tradition project
Clubhouse and entry gates.
2. Environmental Assessment 96-311 - Report of Archaeological Monitoring Program for
Terracina Apartments.
3. Capital Improvement Project 96-05 - Heritage Resource Assessment for the extension of
48th Avenue between Jefferson Street and the Emergency Evacuation Channel, City of
La Quinta.
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VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL
1. Letter from Paul Chace, The Keith Companies (December 17, 1996).
2. Certified Local Government Professional Qualifications update.
VII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING
A regular meeting held at the La Quinta City Hall North Conference Room
78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA
November 21, 1996
I. CALL TO ORDER
3:30 P.M.
A. This meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission was called to order at 3:35
P.M. by Chairman Millis.
B. ROLL CALL
1. Chairman Millis requested the roll call: Present: Commissioners DeMersman,
Puente, Wright, and Chairman Millis. Staff informed the Commission that
Commissioner Woodard had called and asked to be excused from the
meeting. It was moved and seconded by Commissioners DeMersman/Wright
to excuse Commissioner Woodard. Unanimously approved.
2. Staff present: Planning Manager Christine di Iorio, Building and Safety
Director Tom Hartung, Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand, and Executive
Secretary Betty Sawyer.
II. CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA: Confirmed
III. PUBLIC COMMENT: None
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. There being no corrections to the Minutes of October 17, 1996 and November 8,
1996, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Wright/Puente to approve the
minutes as submitted. Unanimously approved.
V. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Archaeology Report for Tentative Tract 28457 and 28458 - EZ Okie
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1. A staff report was presented by Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand, a copy
of which is on file in the Community Development Department.
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Commissioner Puente asked staff to explain "conditionally accept'. Staff
explained that this is standard language to mean that the project was
recommended for approval as conditioned.
There being no questions of staff or the applicant, it was moved and seconded
by Commissioners Wright/Puente to recommend approval of the report to the
City Council as submitted. Unanimously approved.
B. Archaeological Report for Conditional Use Permit 96-030 - La Ouinta Self Storage -
William Warren Group
Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand presented the information contained in
the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department.
Commissioner DeMersman asked if the lots are owned by the same person.
Staff responded that the property is currently owned by one entity.
Chairman Millis asked about the description of the land as to the boundaries.
Staff explained.
4. Mr. Bill Hogan, the applicant, clarified that the two future lots would be
owned by two separate owners.
5. Commissioner Puente stated that this was an interesting site. Staff explained
the findings as stated in the report and that this site may be a part of a zone
of sites that stretch as far as two miles long and is a very significant.
6. Commissioner DeMersman asked how Lot B would be protected from heavy
equipment during the process of Lot A. Staff explained that equipment
would not be on Lot B. Mr. Hogan stated there would be no access to Lot B.
There being no further questions, it was moved and seconded by
Commissioner DeMersman/Puente to recommend approval of the report to
the City Council as submitted. Unanimously approved.
C. Certificate of Appropriateness 96-002 - Fischer Building. 77-895 Avenida
Montezuma
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Planning Manager Christine di Iorio presented the information contained in
the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development
Department.
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2. Staff explained the working drawings to show how the seismic retrofit would
be done, specifically:
a. Joining of the walls to the roof and to the foundation.
b. The shed, at the rear of the property is to be constructed of
interlocking block and used for parking. The roof will be replaced
and the tiles salvaged.
C. The non -historic shed would be removed as it is not historic.
d. The main building rear wall has too many windows to meet the
seismic standards therefore, one window must be enclosed. However,
six inch block will be used so the window framing can remain in
place. The glazing will be smoked colored. This will allow this
modificaiton to read as originally designed and not compromised the
architectural integrity of the building. There would be no changes to
the front elevation.
e. With the proposed changes, the structure would be in compliance
with the Secretary of Interior Guidelines, and staff would recommend
approval.
3. Chairman Millis stated that since the roof tile was original, the old tile should
be used in the front and any to be replaced be used in the rear of the building
to retain the flavor of the building.
4. Commissioner Puente asked about the parking plan. Staff explained that the
circulation would be to enter from the street and exit through the alley so the
parking was rearranged to accommodate the circulation pattern.
5. Mrs. Fischer asked if the block wall was required. Staff explained that they
could continue with the chainlink fence as it is non -conforming.
6. There being no further questions, it was moved and seconded by
Commissioners Wright/DeMersman to recommend to the City Council
approval of Certificate of Appropriateness 96-002 as submitted and
conditioned. Unanimously approved.
VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL -
A. Proposed changes to 36CFR 61, "Procedures for State, Tribal, and Local Government
Historic Programs.
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Associate Planer Leslie Mouriquand explained the material was for
Commission review in case communication towers would ever be submitted
for a historical building.
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2. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand asked if there were any comments the
Commission would like to submit to the Department of Interior as requested
regarding the subject. There were no comments.
VII COMMISSIONER ITEMS
A. Staff informed the Commission of the final decision by the City Council regarding
the Hacienda del Gato.
B. Chairman Millis asked that it be written into the record that the Commission was
impressed with staff s report at the Historic Preservation Workshop on November 2,
1996.
C. Commissioner Wright reported on the "20 Tools that Protect Historic Resources
After an Earthquake" Conference which he attended. The next is January 17, 1997
and it should be considered for Commission attendance. A lot of information that
would be beneficial for the Commission to learn about regarding a master plan for
historic buildings after a natural disaster.
D. Chairman Millis asked for a report on the Survey. Staff stated that the consultant had
not submitted anything to date. What they have completed is a lot of research and
data gathering information. The next phase will take them into the field to find and
record the sites.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners DeMersman/Wright
to adjourn this meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission to a regular meeting of the
Historical Preservation Commission on December 19, 1996. This meeting of the Historical
Preservation Commission was adjourned at 4:05 P.M. Unanimously approved.
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STAFF REPORT
DATE: JANUARY 16, 1997
CASE NO.: CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS 96-001
OWNER: TRADITION CLUB ASSOCIATES, LLC
LOCATION: SOUTHERN TERMINUS OF WASHINGTON STREET, EAST OF
AVENIDA BERMUDAS.
PROJECT: REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE SETTING,
MATERIALS, AND FEATURES OF THE PROPOSED CLUBHOUSE,
CART BARN, AND ENTRY DRIVEWAY IN REALTIONSHIP TO
THE HISTORIC HACIENDA DEL GATO AND GARDENS.
BACKGROUND:
The historicity of the Hacienda Del Gato was documented in the "Marshall
Ranch/Hacienda Del Gato Historic Resources Evaluation," a report by Mellon and
Associates, in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality
Act. The report describes the Hacienda as nestled below the Santa Rosa Mountains with
the main entrance off of Avenue 52, near Washington Street. The estate consists of a
gated entry and long driveway lined with mature plantings. The driveway leads to the
Hacienda and auxiliary buildings on the grounds. Mature eucalyptus trees and palms frame
the rough hewn rock wall which holds the iron entry gates. Past the gate, a driveway with
stone curb walls meanders to the entry circle of the Hacienda. The driveway is lined with
mature trees. The driveway functions as an access road for the estate and continues past
the hacienda, south to other structures on the estate. While the exact dates of the various
components of the estate (entry gates/walls, curbed roads, gardens and walkways) is not
known, it is reasonable to assume that these features were established between the late
1920s and 40s. (Mellon 1996).
The Mellon & Associates report states that "the Hacienda Del Gato Main House and
garage, the sunken courtyard, and entry drive gardens are over fifty years old and are
significant elements characterizing a desert ranch/estate, These elements possess a high
level of architectural integrity in terms of location, design, setting, materials,
workmanship, and feeling." The report concludes that the Hacienda Main House, garage
and entry circle, sunken courtyard, gardens, and entry gate appear to be eligible for the
National Register of Historic Places under two criteria of local significance. These
components of the estate appear to also be eligible for designation as a City of La Quinta
Landmark
APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL:
The Tradition Club Associates, LLC, has submitted plans for a new clubhouse, cart barn,
parking area, and modifications to the existing driveway in association with a 241 lot
subdivision and 18-hole golf course.
The proposed clubhouse will be located adjacent to the south of the Hacienda. The two
story structure will have a total of 16,905 square feet. The architecture of the building is
reminiscent of the Mediterranean Period. The design of the building incorporates character
defining features found in the architecture of the Hacienda Del Gato, such as wood doors
and steel framed multi pane windows with wood lintels, recessed windows, whitewashed
rock treatments, tile roof, and wooden balcony guardrails. Exterior wall finish will be
stucco.
The proposed cart barn will be connected to the clubhouse by a living arbor structure. The
cart barn will feature the same architectural elements found in the clubhouse. The cart barn
will provide storage and maintenance for the club's golf carts.
A new driveway is proposed to access the proposed clubhouse and cart barn. This
includes a new traffic circle in front of the clubhouse. Exhibits show that the south part of
the Hacienda driveway center median will be removed and widened in order to
accommodate an existing water well. Parking for the clubhouse and Hacienda will be
located directly east of the hacienda, across from the driveway. The plan as proposed
would also require partial, if not complete, removal of an existing planter adjacent to the
Hacienda. The plan also shows that the existing rock curb lining the original driveway will
be removed, and the entry gate and pilasters will be moved to another location. The
majority of the eucalyptus trees lining the driveway will be preserved in a center median
planter or oasis, the existing palm trees will be relocated elsewhere on the project site.
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
Staff has reviewed the proposed modifications and requests for their compatibility with the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. The
fundamental goal of the rehabilitation of the Hacienda Del Gato and grounds is to protect
the historical significance by making a visual distinction between old and new, and to
protect those elements that are character -defining features of the historic estate. This goal
applies not only to structures but to the grounds surrounding the structures. The grounds,
including the planter, rock curb, and landscaping, are key components of the historical
setting or context, as identified in the Mellon report.
The Secretary of the Interior's Standards states that new work to a historic property be
"compatible with the size, scale, color, material, and character of the property,
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neighborhood, or environment. New additions, exterior alterations, or related new
construction shall not destroy historic materials that characterize the property." And that
"new additions and adjacent or related new construction shall be undertaken in such a
manner that if removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the historic
property and its environment would be unimpaired."
There are recommendations contained in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards that
address several of the applicants' specific requests. The specific requests and staff
comments are as follows:
1. The original driveway into the estate is lined with a rock curb -like wall. The proposed
project would realign the driveway in certain places to accommodate the applicant's
grading needs, and to create another drive aisle to facilitate two-way traffic around a
center median planter. The rock curb would be entirely removed and is proposed to be
replaced with a new rock wall. The request to remove the rock curb lining is not
recommended as masonry features such as this are important in defining the overall
historic character of the property. If the rock curb is removed, the character is
diminished. An effort should always be made to repair and stabilize the historic wall
rather than replace with a new one. Staff is working with the Fire Department to
ensure adequate access for emergency vehicles so that portions of the rock curb can
remain in place for the proposed realignment of the driveway.
Staff recognizes that portions of the wall are deteriorated and should be removed and
that these wall portions will no longer accommodate the current proposal. However,
staff has identified portions of the driveway nearest the Hacienda entry circle, the
largest planter median with the mature eucalyptus trees, and the planter adjacent to the
garage as significant character defining features. These planters with rock curbs are
recommended to be in to the proposed driveway plans.
2. The applicant proposes to relocate the original entry gate and pilasters at the Old 52
entry integrated to the immediate entrance of the Hacienda. Although the relocation of
historic features is not recommended in the Standards for Rehabilitation, it is necessary
to move the gate due to it's narrow width and the need for adequate access for
emergency vehicles, and due to the proposed realignment of the driveway. The
applicant proposes to relocate the gate and pilasters just before the existing entry
circle in front of the Hacienda. The gate will be relocated within the historic landscape
of the estate, thus preserving this character defining feature and maintaining the
historic context. The original entry not only has the gate, but related planters as well.
The planters should be included in the relocation. It is possible to reconstruct these
planters at the proposed new location in conjunction with the relocation of the gate
and pilasters.
Staff supports the relocation of the gate and pilasters to the proposed new site as
relocation is a good alternative to removal as the gate will still be in context with the
Hacienda. Staff recommends that the gate and pilasters be sensitively moved, and that
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they be installed to their original width, height, and finish. Staff also recommends that
the original planters be relocated along with the gate and pilasters in order to keep as
much of the original entry features intact as possible.
3. The retention of the existing trees along the driveway is in keeping with the Secretary
of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation in that retaining the historic relationship
between buildings, landscape features, and open space is recommended. Staff supports
the applicant's proposal to retain the eucalyptus trees along the driveway in a median -
style planter. The retention of these trees will help maintain the character defining feel
of the long, tree -lined original driveway.
4. The applicant proposes to remove and relocate the existing palm trees within the
proposed realignment of the driveway. The removal and relocation of these palm trees
is supported by staff in that the palms will be relocated to other areas of the project
site. The removal of these trees allows for the realignment of the driveway to
accommodate the applicant's grading design and access for emergency and other
vehicles to the proposed clubhouse and cart barn.
5. The applicant proposes to construct a clubhouse and cart barn in close vicinity to the
Hacienda. This involves the consideration of the compatibility between new
construction and the existing historic structure and grounds. The Secretary of the
Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic
Buildings states that new additions, exterior alterations, or related new construction is
not to destroy historic materials, features, and spatial relationships that characterize
the property. The Standards also state that new work shall be differentiated from the
old and will be compatible with the historic materials, features, size, scale and
proportion, and massing to protect the integrity of the property and its environment.
The architectural plans and exhibits have been reviewed by staff for compatibility with
the Hacienda. The architectural details of the clubhouse and cart barn proposes wood
lintels over windows and some doors, arched entries, gabled roof lines with mud set
red clay tile roofing, wood balcony guardrails, and other features are in keeping with
the materials and design of the Hacienda. Architectural forms found in the Hacienda
are repeated in the design of the clubhouse and cart barn. The proposed exterior colors
and materials for the clubhouse and cart barn include granitic stone wall treatments
painted white, red clay brick pavers, red clay roof tile, steel window frames painted
black, white stucco walls, and door and trim color to be a brick red.
The proposed clubhouse has a total of 16,905 square feet and is a two story structure.
The tallest point on the clubhouse (top of a chimney) is approximately 33 feet high.
Roof line heights vary but do not exceed 28 feet maximum. The proposed cart barn is
4,025 square feet in size. The arbor that connects the two buildings covers an area of
1,488 square feet, and is compatible with the design of the arbor found at the
Hacienda. The cart barn features a gabled roof line with the red clay roof tile. The
exterior colors and materials will be the same as those proposed for the clubhouse.
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The cart barn will house 63 golf carts, with spaces for repair and maintenance,
personnel offices, and employee restrooms.
Staff finds that the proposed clubhouse and cart barn architectural design is compatible
with that of the Hacienda. The incorporation of particular features found at the
Hacienda into the architecture of the clubhouse and cart barn provide for a
continuation of the historic design, while also providing enough differences to meet
the recommended distinction between "old" and "new". The proposed heights of the
new buildings, their size and massing, and exterior colors and materials are also
compatible with the Hacienda. The floor plan of the clubhouse follows several axial
alignments, as does the Hacienda. The cart barn follows one axis line.
6. The applicant proposes to remove an existing landscape planter located adjacent to the
Hacienda's garage. The proposed traffic circle at the front entry of the clubhouse is
proposed to be approximately two feet higher than the planter and encroaches into the
planter area. It is possible that the proposed traffic circle could create drainage
problems for the planter and garage due to differences in grade elevation. In addition,
the proposed plan would result in a portion, or all, of the planter being removed to
facilitate the design of the circle. The Secretary of the Interior's Standards recommend
"protecting and maintaining buildings and the site by providing proper drainage to
assure that water does not erode foundation walls; drain toward the building, or
damage or erode the landscape". The Standards also recommend... "Minimizing
disturbance of terrain around buildings or elsewhere on the site, thus reducing the
possibility of destroying or damaging important landscape features or archaeological
resources."
The proposed entry circle for the clubhouse is very large and could be reduced in
order not to encroach into the historic planter. It is important to provide some physical
separation between the historic features and those that are proposed with new
construction. The applicant has been sensitive to the importance of separation along
with compatibility for much of the site plan, except for the proposed traffic circle. A
physical separation will also prevent conflicts with the historic landscaping and the
proposed new landscaping for that area.
Staff recommends against any alteration or removal of the planter because of the
impact to the overall historic character of the property, and the potential damage to
the planter and garage from water draining from the clubhouse circle. Staff also
recommends that the applicant work with staff to provide for a physical separation
between the proposed traffic circle and the historic planter that will be in keeping with
the recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.
7. A parking area is proposed with 139 parking spaces, four of which will be for
handicapped parking, with 21 spaces for staff parking. The parking area will be located
across from the Hacienda, on the east side of the driveway road. At the northwest
corner of the parking lot will be a tennis court screened with a perimeter hedge. The
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perimeter of the parking area will be screened by large trees and berms with grass
cover. The interior parking lot planters will have shade trees, evergreen shrubs and
ground cover. Annuals will be planted at the northwest and northeast corners of the
parking area for color. At the southwestern corner of the parking lot is an existing
water well that the applicant proposes to lower the concrete casing into the ground
and screen with plantings in order to make it less visible.
The parking lot will be located on the east side of the driveway and will be screened
with landscaping that will soften the paved area. The Secretary of the Interior's
Standards for Rehabilitation state that when... "Designing new onsite parking, loading
docks, or ramps when required by the new use so that they are as unobtrusive as
possible and assure the preservation of the historic relationship between the building or
buildings and the landscape. It is not recommended that parking facilities be placed
directly adjacent to historic buildings where automobiles may cause damage to the
buildings or landscape features, or be intrusive to the building site.
Staff understands that the parking lot is necessary to service the proposed clubhouse,
cart barn, and Hacienda. The proposed location for the parking lot is physically
separated from the Hacienda and its grounds by the proposed realigned driveway. It
will be screened and softened by proposed landscaping. Staff find the proposed
location, design, and screening of the parking lot to be acceptable.
CONCLUSION:
Staff has reviewed the applicant's proposed changes and additions to the project site
immediately around the Hacienda del Gate, in accordance with the Secretary of the
Interior's Guidelines, and makes the following recommendations to the Commission:
1. That the rock curb wall lining the driveway should remain in the area adjacent to the
proposed center median planter with the mature eucalyptus trees.
2. That the proposed removal of the planter adjacent to the Hacienda's garage is not
acceptable; that the proposed driveway and traffic entry circle in front of the proposed
clubhouse should be redesigned so that they are lower or at least the same level as the
planter, in order to prevent potential drainagedamage to the planter or any
modification to the planter in any way, and designed to be smaller so that there is a
physical separation between the proposed new construction and the historic planter in
order to protect the historic character of the original grounds.
3. That the proposed relocation of the entry gate and pilasters is acceptable, but that the
original planters should also be relocated to the new location in front of the Hacienda.
4. That the retention of the existing mature eucalyptus trees and the creation of a center
median planter around the trees is acceptable.
5. That the proposed relocation of the palm trees within the existing driveway is
acceptable.
6. That is proposed design and architecture of the clubhouse and cart barn with
connecting living arbor is compatible with that of the Hacienda.
7. That the proposed location, design, and screening of the parking lot to be acceptable
with regard for the Hacienda del Gato.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt Historic Preservation Commission Minute Motion 97---), recommending to the
Planning Commission and the City Council the approval of the above recommendations
for Certificate of Appropriateness 96-001.
Attachments:
1. Large Plans and Exhibits (Commissioners only)
Prepared by:
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Submitted" by:
CHRISTINE DI IORIO, Oarming Manager
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: JANUARY 16, 1997
CASE: CUP 96-023, EA 96-311
OWNER: USA PROPERTIES FUND, INC.
LOCATION: NORTH OF CALLE TAMPICO, WEST OF WASHINGTON STREET
PROJECT: REPORT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING FOR THE
TERRACINA APARTMENT PROJECT.
Monitoring of the grading activities was made a condition of approval for the Terracina
Apartment project. The archaeological survey report was reviewed by the Historic
Preservation Commission in September, 1996. The attached report was submitted
December 2, 1996, to the Community Development Department, as required.
There were no archaeological resources uncovered during the course of the grading and
trenching operations for the project. Monitoring took place from September 11 through
October 17, 1996, and was conducted by Keith Companies archaeologists.
RECOMMENDATION:
This is a receive and file report. No action is required of the Historic Preservation
Commission.
Attachment:
1. Monitoring Report
Prepared by:
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L�SLIE MOURIQPAND, Agociate Planner
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ATHE KEITH COMPANIES
REPORT OF AN
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM
FOR THE
TERRACINA APARTMENTS TRACT,
CITY OF LA QUINTA
CUP 96-023, PP 96-571, EA 96-311
Prepared for:
USA Properties Fund, Inc.
2200-B Douglas Boulevard, Suite 150 Planning
Roseville, CA 95661
Engineering
Environmental
Services
Land Surviving
Prepared by: Public Works
The Keith Companies Water Resources
Cultural Resources Division
2955 Red Hill Avenue Cultural Resource
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
'RReeport Authors:
Paul G. qhace, Ph.D., S.O.P.A. and Charles E. Reeves, J.D.
Project Archaeologist Field Archaeologist
November 1996
USGS La Quinta Quad
11.6 acres, monitoring
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P.O. Box 25127, Santa Ana, CA 92799
2955 Red Hill Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
An archaeological monitoring program was undertaken by The Keith Companies
Cultural Resources Division for the Terracina Apartments project, Tentative Parcel
Map No. 28392, being developed in the City of la Quinta. The City of la Quinta, in its
environment planning and approval for the project (EA 96-311), required that the
grading and trenching of the development be monitored for potential archaeological
resources.
An archaeological monitoring program was coordinated with the City's Planning and
Development staff and with the construction contractors. An experienced field
archaeologist monitored all the grading and trenching operations. The field
monitoring program was carried out from September 11 through October 17, 1996.
No prehistoric archaeological resources or other cultural resources of significance
were exposed in these operations on the project property. Thus, although previous
surveys had documented that there are numerous recorded archaeological sites
nearby and that this region is a sensitive area for archaeology, this development had
no impact on archaeological resources.
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REPORT OF AN
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM
FOR THE
TERRACINA APARTMENTS TRACT,
CITY OF LA QUINTA
INTRODUCTION
During the construction of The Terracina Apartments project, Tentative Parcel Map
No. 28392, an archaeological monitoring program was undertaken by The Keith
Companies, under a contract with USA Properties Fund, Inc. This residential project is
being developed on an 11.6 acre property in the City of La Quinta (CUP 023, PP 96-571,
EA 96-311). The City, in its approval for the project (under P.R.C. 21083.2i), required
that the subsurface grading and trenching of the property be monitored for any
buried archaeological resources that might potentially be present and be exposed
during construction. Further, it was required that any archaeological resources
uncovered be salvaged and that a comprehensive report be prepared covering all
discoveries.
A monitoring program for archaeological resources was coordinated with the City's
Planning and Development staff and with the construction contractors. Monitoring
was undertaken of the various grading and trenching operations into previously
undisturbed soil deposits. This program was carried out from September 9 through
October 17, 1996. No archaeological resources were exposed.
The complexities of the field construction operations necessitated carefully
coordinated cooperation, and excellent communications were realized between all the
involved parties. Mr. James Rue of James Rue Construction Co., Inc., was the
contractor for the grading operations and helped in providing for coordinated safety
procedures with all the heavy equipment operators. Mr. Randy S. Mayhew,
Superintendent for USA Properties Fund, and Mark W. Sambito, P.E. and Project
Manager, Keith International, Inc., Palm Desert Division, assisted in coordinating
details between all the parties. The utility trenching operations were performed by
Granite Construction. Mr. Phillip Clanton, Supervisory Technician for Earth Systems
Consultant, coordinated on soil inspections and specifications. The City of La Quinta's
concerns in matching the project's mitigation requirements with the actual grading
and field construction operations were important. Helpful guidance and assistance
was provided by Ms. Leslie Mouriquand, Associate Planner, and Mr. Marcus Fuller,
Assistant Engineer and Inspector, of the City's Planning and Development Department.
This archaeological monitoring program was directed by Paul G. Chace, Ph.D., Director
of The Keith Companies Cultural Resources Division (TKC). Dr. Chace has . been
certified since 1977 as a member of the Society of Professional Archaeologists
(S.O.P.A.). Mr. Charles Reeves, B.A. and J.D., with 22 years of experience in field
archaeology, assisted and undertook the actual field monitoring operations.
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PROJECT LOCATION
The Terracina Apartments project, Tentative Parcel Map No. 28392, is located along the
west side of Washington Street and on the north side of the new Ralph's Shopping
Center at the intersection of Calle Tampico and Washington Street in the City of La
Quinta. The tract is one -quarter mile north of the La Quinta City Hall. The property is
a portion of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of the Section 6 in
Township 6 South, Range 7 East. The general project location is shown in Figure 1,
reproduced from the U. S. G. S. La Quinta quad map, edition of 1959 photorevised to 1980.
The specific boundaries of this 11.6 acre
development project are shown in Figure 2.
The tract has
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proposed site
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portion of the
tract. The site
plan is reproduced in Figure 3.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING
Two major geographic setting have characterized the project area. For most of the last
two millennia, the basin of the Coachella Valley has been inundated by prehistoric
Lake Cahuilla. The lake filled the valley basin to a height of +40 feet above mean sea
level and created beachline features at this elevation along the margins of the valley.
One such set of natural beachline features is the natural truncated foot along the +40
foot contour of the sloping alluvial fan of the Bear Creek drainage, with the wide flat
flood plain (or lake bottom) just below this contour (where the project property is
located). The shallows along the edge of the lake served as a catchment basin for fine
silty-clav sediments, which characterize the project tract. When Lake Cahuilla filled
the valley basin, the lake resources included abundant fishes, wildfowl, marsh plants,
etc. These resources supported many aboriginal villages around the lake's shoreline.
About A.D. I-00 the lake basin dried up rather suddenly when the Colorado River
altered its course, and the aboriginal population dispersed.
The project tract is a portion of the wide flood plain formed at an elevation of about +35
to +40 feet (above mean sea level) across the foot of the natural sloping alluvial fan of
the Bear Creek drainage. Since the drying of Lake Cahuilla, the project area has been
covered by rare flood water discharges and alluvial depositions, primarily fine silts,
from occasional floods of the Bear Creek drainage. With the development of the City of
La Quinta, the modem Bear Creek has been constrained within levees and the
channelized drainage now has been developed along the northern side of the project
area. With this levee now in place, it is said that oftentimes after extensive rains, this
low project tract abutting the northern side of the drainage levee actually remains
covered with rain and flood waters which do not percolate rapidly through the
underlying strata of clayey silt soils.
PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
An archaeological survey for this tract was conducted by The Keith Companies, as part
of the City's environmental review for this proposed development. This systematic
surface survey found and reported that no archaeological or historical resources were
present on the surface of the tract. However, a number of prehistoric archaeological
sites have been recorded in the nearby area. A total of 26 archaeological sites have
been recorded within a one -mile radius of this tract. Thus, this region is considered a
sensitive area for archaeological resources (Chace and Reeves 1996).
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THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAM
The program to monitor the grading operations for archaeological resources was
initiated in September 1996. The program was organized by The Keith Companies
Cultural Resources Division in concert with the project's developer, the grading
contractor, and the City's staff overseeing this development project. The
archaeological monitoring program was outlined with all those concerned.
For the grading in each area of previously undisturbed soil deposits, an experienced
field archaeologist visually monitored the operations for any archaeological resources
or archaeological site deposits uncovered, and the monitor was ready to salvage and
record any significant archaeological materials exposed. The archaeological
monitoring program was carried on throughout the grading operations for the entire
tract and the excavation of the water retention basin in the northeast portion of the
tract. Later, the monitoring for archaeology materials was undertaken for the deep
trenching required for the sewer lines through the project, which extended to a depth
of neariv 14 feet beneath the ground surface.
Mr. Charles Reeves carried out the archaeological monitoring program under the
general direction of Dr. Paul Chace, Project Archaeologist. The monitoring of
operations was conducted on September 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, and 19, and October 15, 16,
and 17. On the last day of monitoring operations, a final inspection of the monitoring
program and the entire project tract (plus the subsurface stratigraphic strata exposed
in the deep sewer line trenches) was conducted with Ms. Leslie Moriquand of the City's
Community Development Department.
RESULTS OF MONITORING
No prehistoric archaeological resources or other cultural resources of significance
were exposed in these operations on the project property. No prehistoric
archaeological materials or archaeological deposits were exposed or observed during
any of the grading or trenching operations.
The soils deposits exposed in the operations were strata of light brown and light gray
brown colored fine silty -sands containing modest but varying amount of clay. No
rocks and pebbles were .present in the soils underlying the project. No deposit of
charcoal -strained archaeological midden soil or any other prehistoric archaeological
deposit were observed. No isolated archaeological material were encountered.
REFERENCE CITED
Chace, Paul G., and Charles E. Reeves
1996 A Cultural Resources Survey for the Terracina Apartments Tract, City of
La Quinta. Report prepared by The Keith Companies, Costa Mesa (August 1996).
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APPENDIX A
Resumes of Project Archaeologist and Field Archaeologist
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PAUL G. CHACE, PkD., SOPA
Archaeologist, Historian
Technical Services
• Archaeological Investigations and Reports
• Historic Landmark Assessments
• Federal 106 and State CEQA Compliance
• Heritage Research and Planning
Experience
Dr.Chacehas 18 years experience directing archaeological programs serving thecultural resources management
needs of private developers and government agencies. Prior to joining The Keith Companies, Dr. Chace
operated an independent archaeological planning firm, serving as the Principal Investigator and organizing
archaeological and historical assessments and legal compliance components for land development projects
throu¢houtsouthernCalifor nia.
Dr. Chace has conducted the archaeological programs required for the Caltrans Bakersfield Amtrak
station, for the Las Montanas resort and housing subdivision in San Diego County, for land subdivisions
in Riverside, San Diego, and Los Angeles Counties, for General Plan amendments in San Diego County,
for Redevelopment Agency projects in the Cities of Banning, Fontana, and San Buenaventura, and for
numeroussimilarprojects. His technical reports and managementrecommendations, addressing the legal
aspects of both CEQA and Federal requirements, have been prepared for the planning, review, andpermit
processes ofvarious governmental agencies, including the State Off ce ofHistoric Preservation, the Water
Resources Control Board, and the Coastal Commission, plus various counties and cities.
For documentation of historical landmarks and heritage sites, Dr. Chace has assessed historic buildings
near Lake Elsinore for a Bureau ofReclamation project, and near Lakeside for a San Diego County Public
Worksproject Forthe Bureau ofLandManagement, he directed the investigation and site stabilizationofthe
Army's 1860sFortPiutewhichprotectedtheoldsouthemdesertroadintoCalifornia. Atthe 1880sSepulveda
Building inLosAngeles' E1PuebloState Park, he directedthe archaeological study forthe building restoration
and Historic Structure Report Dr. Chacealso has publishedscholarly descriptions ofhisroric Chinese temples
and Chinese community festivals in California
Dr. Chace is a past -president of the Society for California Archaeology and a member of the Society of
Professional Archaeologists. In 1982-1984 he served on the State Legislature's California Heritage
Preservation Task Force, and in 1993-1995 he has served on Caltrans T.E.A. Advisory Council.
Education
• Ph.D.,University ofCalifomia,Riverside
• M.A., State University of New York, Oneonta
• B.A., California State University, Long Beach
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PAUL G. CHACE, Ph.D., SOPA
Archaeologist, Historian
Certifications
Certified,1977, Society ofProfessional Archaeologists (SOPA)
Qualified Archaeologist, for Orange County, San Diego County,
and other southern California city and county agencies
Certified Historian 'M528, 1986, California Council for the
Promotion of History (CCPH)
Affiliations
• Society of Professional Archaeologists
• Society for American Archaeology
• AmericanAnthropologicalAssociation
• Pacific Coast Archaeological Society
• Society for California Archaeology
• Society for Historical Archaeology
• California Council for the Promotion of History
• Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
Publications
Dr. Chace has numerous publications on archaeology, CRM, and heritage; these include:
"The Archaeology of'Cienaga,'the Oldest Historic Structure on the Irvine Ranch. Pacific Coast Archaeological
Society Quarterly 5(3):39-55, 1969.
"The Buck Gully m2 Site (Ora-89), the Archaeology ofa Late Horizon Coastal Site in Orange County, California."
Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 7(4):1-44 (with Duane Hafner and others), 1971.
"An Archaeological Survey of the Fuquay-Ranch, Evidence of Hakatayan Tradition Land Use in the Southern
Peninsular Range, San Diego County." Pacific Coast Archaeological Society 16(3):1-36, 1980.
"The Kelly Site Complex: An Inland Encinitas Tradition Settlement in San Diego County." Pacific Coast
Archaeological Society Quarterly 26(1):42-59, 1990. (with Dr. Mark Sutton)
"EasementasMitigation." Society for California Archaeology Newsletter 12(3):15-16, 1978.
"Perspectives on Archaeological Site Capping." Contract Abstract and CRM Archaeology 3(1):41-42, 1982.
"Overseas Chinese Ceramics." In, The Changing Faces ofblain Street, pp. 509-530. The Redevelopment Agency
of the City of San Buenaventura, 1976.
"The Oldest Chinese Temples in California, A Landmarks Tour." Gum Saan Journal 14(l):1-19, 1991.
"By a Great Meadow and a Mountain Lake, Archaeological Investigations ofthe SBR-93 5 site near B aldwin Lake,
in the Big Bear City area." Society for California Archaeology Proceedings, Volume 8, 1995.
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CHARLES E. REEVES, J.D.
Field Director
Technical Services
• Construction Monitoring
• Archaeological Field Studies
• Paleontolical - Fossil Programs
Experience
Mr. Charles Reeves has 24 years of experience in field archaeology and field paleontology programs.
He has served on numerous projects throughout California, Arizona, and New Mexico. For five
years he was a Ranger Archaeologist with the National Park Service at Gila Cliff Dwelling National
Monument, and he also was an Archaeologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Arizona and New
Mexico. Before joining The Keith Companies, Mr. Reeves worked on a wide variety of
archaeological and paleontological projects throughout San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and
Riverside Counties, as well as at Hidden Reservoir in northern California. His background of
experience includes positions as archaeological field crew chief, paleotologicai field monitor,
paleontological laboratory technician, and archaeological field investigator.
For the last seven years Mr. Reeves has been a Field Director with The Keith Companies. He has
been responsible for supervising field operations in the monitoring for archaeological and
paleontological resources uncovered during grading and construction activities on various
development projects, as required under C.E.Q.A. He has directed field crews in the grading
monitoring occurring at archaeological sites in the Newport Coast Archaeological Project funded
by The Irvine Company, for sites in the City of San Juan Capistrano, in the City of La Quinta, and
in other jurisdictions. He has directed the field crews of The Keith Companies in the recovery of
paleontological specimens from construction grading operations in numerous tracts of the Newport
Coast Planned Development area and in other portions of the San Joaquin Hills.
Mr. Reeves has extensive experience in paleontological -fossil monitoring programs throughout
southern California which were conducted in fulfillment of C.E.Q.A. requirements. He has worked
on construction monitoring programs in Orange, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Riverside Counties.
Mr. Reeves has been responsible for the recognition, recovery, and curation of hundreds of fossil
specimens which have contributed to the paleontological appreciation of southern Califomia's past
environments.
Education
• J.D., Newport University
• B.A., California University, Long Beach
• A.A., Orange Coast College
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: JANUARY 16, 1997
CASE NO: CAPITOL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT #96-05
OWNER: CITY OF LA QUINTA
LOCATION: AVENUE 48 RIGHT-OF-WAY, BETWEEN JEFFERSON STREET
AND THE LA QUINTA EVACUATION CHANNEL.
PROJECT: ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE EXTENSION OF AVENUE
48 BETWEEN JEFFERSON STREET AND LA QUINTA
EVACUATION CHANNEL.
BACKGROUND:
The City of La Quinta required that an archaeological survey of the area within the street
right-of-way of Avenue 48, between Jefferson Street and the La Quinta Evacuation
Channel, be surveyed for cultural resources prior to commencement of street
improvements. The records search noted that a portion of a prehistoric archaeological site
(CA-RIV-5765) fell within the right-of-way area, as well as portions of two homesteaded
properties.
The field survey located three isolated artifacts, one historic, and two prehistoric. One
artifact from CA-RIV-5765 was also located. The locations of these artifacts were
recorded. The report states that no significant cultural resources were observed during the
survey, but that the existence of significant resources cannot be ruled out because of the
documented archaeological sensitivity of the immediate area.
The report recommends monitoring of grading activity as it is anticipated that additional
artifacts will be encountered during that phase of construction.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the report for consistency with the ARMR report format. The report
complies with the required format. Staff agrees with the recommendation for
archaeological monitoring of the grading and trenching activities for the future road
improvement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Historic Preservation Commission Minute Motion 97-, accepting the
archaeological report titled, Heritage Resource Assessment for the Extension of Avenue
48 Between Jefferson Street and the Emergency Evacuation Channel, City of La Quinta,
prepared by Archaeological Advisory Group, for Capitol Improvement Project 496-05, in
partial compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.
Attachments:
1. Confidential Archaeological Report (Commissioners only)
Prepared by:
4LSE MOURIQ AND, Ass ciate Planner
Submitted by:
CHRISTINE DI IORIO, Planning Manager
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HERITAGE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
FOR THE EXTENSION OF AVENUE 48
BETWEEN JEFFERSON STREET AND THE
EMERGENCY EVACUATION CHANNEL,
CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA
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CITY OF LACUNTN
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Prepared for:
Korve Engineering
290 North "D" Street, Suite 504
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Submitted to:
City of La Quinta
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
Prepared by:
James Brock
January 1997
usGS 7-7 Quad: La Quinta, Calif.
Acreage: Appwx 8
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Isolates 33-7895, 33-7896, 33-7897; Homesteading
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVISORY GROUP
P.O. BOX 292
PIONEERTOWN, CA 92268-0292
Tel. (619) 228-1142 - Fax. (619) 369-4002
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Table of Contents
Management Summary ..............................................................................
Introduction.................................................................................................
Setting.........i..o..........d..E....n.v....iro.......nm...e...t...al .....Sett....i......ng....
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CulturalSetting...............................................................................
CultureHistory ........:..........................................................
Previous Archaeological Research/Archival Research
ResearchDesign.........................................................................................
Methods/Fieldwork Details......................................................................
Findings........................................................................................................
Discussion/Interpretation.........................................................................
Management Considerations....................................................................
ReferencesCited.........................................................................................
Appendix 1: Personnel Qualifications.....................................................
Attachment A: Resources Location Map and Resource Forms .........
List of Figures
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Figure 1. General location of the study area........................................................................... 2
Figure 2. Location of the study area.:....................................................................................... 3
Figure 3. View of the study area looking east......................................................................... 4
Figure 4. View of the study area looking west........................................................................ 4
Figure5. 1941 Toro Peak map.................................................................................................. 8
Figure 6. Modern refuse in study area..................................................................................... 10
Figure 7. Isolate 3 (Primary Number 33-7897)....................................................................... 10
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MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
This report presents the results of a prehistoric/historical resources
assessment for the extension of Avenue 48 from Jefferson Street to the
Emergency Evacuation Channel in the City of La Quinta, California.
An archaeological records search indicated that the study area had not been
previously surveyed for cultural resources. A portion of one prehistoric site,
CA-RIV-5765 had been previously recorded as extending on to the study
area. The study area is in a region of very high sensitivity for prehistoric
archaeological resources.
The field reconnaissance conducted for the project located three isolated
artifacts (a glass fragment and two buffware sherds) and one artifact in the
portion of CA-RIV-5765 that falls within the study area. No new
archaeological or historical sites were discovered. Archival research
indicated that portions of two historic homesteads fall within the study area.
Archaeological monitoring of rough grading is recommended due to the high
potential of the area to yield prehistoric material.
INTRODUCTION
This reports presents a heritage (cultural) resources assessment for the planned extension
of Avenue 48 between Jefferson Street and the La Quinta Emergency Evacuation Channel
in the City of La Quinta, California (Figures 1 through 4). The study comprised a records
search and field reconnaissance of the property, along with limited archival research. It was
conducted by Archaeological Advisory Group for the Korve Engineering.
The study was undertaken in order to comply with the cultural resource requirements of
the City of La Quinta. These are intended to fulfill those aspects of the California
Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (as amended) which pertain to the management of
cultural resources that may be impacted by development projects sponsored by state or
local government agencies, or by private developments requiring a discretionary permit or
license.
This report was prepared in accordance with the recommended contents and format
described in the State's Preservation Planning Bulletin Number 4(a) (California Department
of Parks and Recreation 1989).
The Principal Investigator for this study was James Brock. Field assistance for the survey
was provided by Katherine "Max" Davidson. The qualifications of these individuals are
given in Appendix 1.
Field notes and other material pertaining to this study are on file with Archaeological
Advisory Group (AAG Job No. 960911). Four artifacts were collected during the study.
These will be turned over to the City of La Quinta for curation, along with other specimens
that are anticipated to be found during monitoring for the project.
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SETTING
Location and Environmental Setting
The study area is located in the City of La Quinta, in the Coachella Valley area of
Riverside County, California (Figures 1 and 2). The proposed right-of-way for the Avenue
48 extension is T-shaped. The main portion of the study area comprises a 2000 by 110 foot
corridor were the extension of Avenue 48 will replace an extant dirt road between the La
Quinta Emergency Evacuation Channel and Jefferson Street. Also as part of the project
the intersection of Avenue 48 and Jefferson Street will be improved. Improvements along
Jefferson Street will extend 500 feet to the north and south of the intersection and have a
maximum width on Jefferson Street of 139 feet.
The total area of the subject property is appproximately 8 acres. The boundaries of the
proposed right-of-way are presently undelineated in the field, although the southern
boundary of the extended Avenue 48 is roughly defined by utility poles.
The Avenue 48 corridor falls along the section line dividing Sections 29 and 32 of Township
5 South, Range 7 East, SBBM. The Jefferson Street/Avenue 48 intersection improvements
fall at the corner of Sections 28, 29, 32, and 33. This area is located on the USGS 7.5' La
Quinta, California topographic quadrangle (Figure 2).
The study area is located amidst low, rolling and semi -stable sand dunes typical of the floor
of the central Coachella Valley. Native vegetation comprises a Creosote Scrub community,
with scattered croesotes (Larrea tridentata), burrobush (Ambrosia dumosa) and other
stickery scrubs (including Dicoria canescens and Schismus barbatus ). Animal species
typically encountered in the area include, pocket mouse sp., scorpions, Western Shovel -
nosed Snake, Sidewinder, Desert Iguana, Side -blotched Lizard, Loggerhead Shrike,
Mourning Dove, Say's Phobe, Gambel's Quail, Common Raven, Anna's Hummingbird,
Red-tailed Hawk, and American Kestrel.
The elevation is approximately 60 feet msl. The soil is a light gray/tan sand. The nearest
natural source of water is the Whitewater River three-quarters of a mile to the north. The
study area would have been submerged by prehistoric fillings of the ancient Lake Cahuilla.
Hall and Moffitt (1995:7-8) note that during the most recent fillings of Lake Cahuilla
(1050-450 B.P.) the vicinity of the study area would have been no more than a few meters
above the northwestern shoreline of the ancient lake.
The study area falls within the Low Desert climatic zone. This is the driest, warmest, and
sunniest of the state's climates --it generally averages less than 5 inches of precipitation
annually and has a mean maximum temperature in July that exceeds 1000 (Bailey 1966:42).
Cultural Setting
Culture History
While the ethnography of the region of the study area is fairly well understood, the
prehistory of the area is poorly understood. The sequence of prehistoric habitation
presented here is based primarily on the concordance of sequences presented by Warren
(1984:409-430). This chronology is intended to apply to the desert region of southern
California in general.
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Early Hunting Period
This period, sometimes referred to as the "Lake Mojave Period," represents the earliest
phase of human occupation in southern California. It began by at least 10,000 B.C. and
lasted until around 5000 B.C. This period is characterized by the hunting of larger game
animals using spears and articulated spear -throwing devices termed "atlatls." Milling stones
typically are not present. Artifacts generally consist of items such as fluted points,
crescents, specialized scrapers, leaf -shaped knives, drills, and choppers/hammerstones.
These old sites tend to occur along Pleistocene lake shorelines in the Mojave Desert, rather
than in the Coachella Valley.
Pinto Period
The Pinto Period dates from around 5000 to 2000 B.C. This period corresponds roughly to
the Millingstone Horizon in the coastal area of the state and has many characteristics in
common with it. Although desert and coastal peoples shared cultural traits during this
period, desert peoples probably did not have the same dependence on milling stones as
coastal peoples. Seed grinding does not appear to be an important economic activity as yet
to the desert peoples of this period, but the presence of flat slab and occasionally shallow -
basin metates along with manos, indicates the growing importance that plant seed
resources were beginning to have. Presumably these peoples were still maintaining a large
and small game hunting and vegetal athering economy during this period. Pinto points, as
defined by Campbell and Campbell (g1935), are the distinctive lithics of this period. These
are usually found in association with heavy -keeled scrapers and milling stones.
Gypsum Period
The Gypsum Period is believed to date from around 2000 B.C. to about A.D. 500. This
very roughly corresponds with the Intermediate Period in the coastal areas of southern
California. Again, the primary artifacts indicating this period are projectile points
(Humbolt series, Gypsum Cave, And Elko series). Manos and metates become more
common and the mortar and pestle come into use --indicating a developing reliance upon
fleshier seed foods such as mesquite pods and acorns. The presence of Haliotis and Olivella
shell beads on sites of this period provide the earliest evidence for contacts between the
desert peoples and the coastal inhabitants (Warren 1984:419).
Saratoga Springs Period
The Saratoga Springs Period lasts from about A.D. 500 to 1200 and is characterized by
strong regional developments. The southern desert region, in which the Coachella Valley
lies, deviates from the rest of the desert region due to heavy cultural influence by the
Hakataya, a lower Colorado River group. The Hakataya influence brings drastic
technological change to the peoples of this region. Buffware and Brownware pottery, made
using the paddle and anvil technique, are introduced and reliance on the bow and arrow
increases which leads to the appearance of new projectile point types called Cottonwood
Triangular and Desert Side -notched. Milling stones, including manos, metates, pestles, and
mortars are present in this time period.
Proto-Historic/Ethnographic Period
The Desert Cahuilla are the people that are historically identified with the region of the
study area. It is likely that this group has been in the region for at least the last 1000 years.
The Cahuilla remained largely undisturbed by Hispanic and American intrusion up until
the establishment of the Southern Pacific Railroad through the region in the later half of
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the 19th century. The railroad stimulated a desire by Americans for Cahuilla lands. In
response to this, President Ulysses S. Grant began allotting Cahuilla lands in 1875 to give
to American settlers and removed the Cahuilla to government reservations. Ten
reservations were created that affected the Cahuilla; of these four are in the Coachella
Valley.
This late contact resulted in our gaining a greater understanding of this society than most
native cultures of California. Detailed accounts of Cahuilla lifeways can be found, for in-
stance, in Bean (1972, 1978), Strong (1929), Hooper (1920), and Kroeber (1908). Two
excellent ethnobotanical studies also exist for the Cahuilla (Barrows 1900, Bean and Saubel
1972). An archaeological study of prehistoric Cahuilla adaptation to the desiccation of
ancient Lake Cahuilla (the remains of which are now the Salton Sea) has also been done
(Wilke 1978).
Previous Archaeological Research/Archival Research
An archaeological records search for the subject property was conducted by the author at
the Eastern Information Center of the California Historical Resources Information System
(CHRIS) at U.C. Riverside on December 17, 1996.
The records search indicated that the study area had not been previously surveyed for
cultural resources. The northern end of one prehistoric archaeological site, CA-RIV-5765,
had been previously recorded as extending on to the study area. This site is discussed
below.
The study area is in a vicinity of high archaeological sensitivity. Twenty five previously
recorded sites are present within a one-half mile radius of the study area. Of these, 14 are
prehistoric habitation sites of various sizes, typically containing pottery, chipped and
ground stone, bone, charcoal, and thermally -affected rock. Of the other 11 sites, three are
prehistoric pottery scatters, two are prehistoric pottery scatters associated with historic
dumps, four represent historic homesteads, one is a dirt road, and one is a historic refuse
deposit.
With the possible exception of site CA-RIV-5832, all of the prehistoric sites appear to be
relatively recent in date (post A.D. 500).
An additional 25 sites are present in the region from one-half to one mile away from the
study area.
Approximately 60 percent of the land within a one-half mile radius of the study area has
been previously surveyed for cultural resources. Of note, the area immediately north of the
study area has not been surveyed and has a very high likelihood of containing
archaeological deposits.
Historic maps examined during the records search included U.S. General Land Office plat
maps from the second half of the 19th century, the 1941 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
Toro Peak 1:62,500 map (Figure 5), and the U.S.G.S. 1959 Palm Desert 1:62,500 map. The
General Land Office plat maps showed no cultural activity in the study area last century.
The 1941 Toro Peak map shows a dirt road running to the northwest from the east end of
the present study area Figure 5). The dirt road currently running through the present
study area is not present on this map. The 1959 Palm Desert map indicates that the
present alignment of Jefferson Street had been established by that time.
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In addition to the records search archival research was conducted at the BLM office in
Riverside and the Rivera Library at U.C. Riverside. Of note, the BLM research indicated
that portions of two historic homesteads fall within the study area. The south half of the
Avenue 48 corridor comprised part of a 160-acre homestead patented to John Kile Adams
on July 11, 1919 (Patent Number 697767). The property at the northeast corner of the
intersection of Avenue 48 and Jefferson Street was part of a 160-acre homestead patented
to Raymond J. Merritt on November 10, 1915 (Patent No. 498309).
As a further step in the research, the following "heritage property" registers had been
previously checked for these tracts: The National Register of Historic Places (American
Association for State and Local History 1991), California Historical Landmarks (California
Department of Parks and Recreation 1990), and California Inventory of Historic Places
(California Department of Parks and Recreation 1976). Additional registers were checked
during the records search at UC Riverside. No historical resources listed in these
publications were found to be specific to the study area environs.
The records search and background research indicated that the study area is in a location
that is highly sensitive for prehistoric and moderately sensitive for historical resources.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Because of the limited nature of this project a formal research design was not prepared.
No comprehensive regional research design --for use as a covering document --exists for the
La Quinta area. Some research concerns for the area are addressed in a recent major
archaeological survey report prepared for the property immediately south of the study area
(Hall and Moffitt 1995).
METHODS/FIELDWORK DETAILS
The fieldwork for this study was conducted on December 18, 1996 by James Brock and
Katherine "Max" Davidson. The reconnaissance required four person hours to complete.
The entire property was walked over in systematic east -west transects averaging five meters
apart. The walkover was initiated at the southwest end corner of the study and ended at
the northwest corner. Ground surface visibility was good (90%) in areas that were not
covered by recent dumping activity. No adverse conditions restricted the survey. A dense
scatter of modem refuse (Figure 6) is present along the central part of the study area
(presently a dirt road).
The central part of the study area along the dirt road appears to be disturbed. Remaining
preserved ground surfaces are primarily present along the northern border.
In accordance with State Historic Preservation Office guidelines, all cultural materials,
structures, features, and objects over 45 years in age were considered for potential cultural
resource value.
FINDINGS
Three isolated artifacts were found during the survey, along with one artifact that is
associated with the previously -recorded site CA-RIV-5765. The locations of these
resources, along with resource forms, are provided in Attachment A to this report.
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Isolate 1 (Primary Number 33-7895)
This is a manganese -added ("purple") glass fragment comprising the rim
portion of a tumbler with a diameter of approximately 8 centimeters. The
specimen measures 7.8 by 4.5 by 0.4 centimeters.
Isolate 2 (Primary Number 33-78961
This is an unburnt buffware sherd measuring 2.5 by 1.8 by 0.4 centimeters.
Isolate 3 (Primary Number 33-7897)
This is an unburnt buffware sherd measuring 3.5 by 2.2 by 0.4 centimeters
(Figure 7).
Site CA-RIV-5765 (Primary Number 33-68631
This is a prehistoric habitation site recorded during the Hall and Moffitt
(1995) survey. It is described as follows:
This site is located on an aeolian sand dune near the highstand shoreline of
former lake Cahuilla and consists of ground stone fragments, fire -affected
rock, burned and unburned small mammal bone, pottery sherds, possible
ceramic production by-products (burned unshaped clay) and flaked stone
debitage of quartz and wonderstone [Hall and Moffitt 19951.
The site measures 70 meters north -south by 50 meters east -west. The
northern tip of this site plots within the Avenue 48 study area. During the
course of the AAG survey one ceramic sherd was located within the site area.
This is a fragment of buffware measuring 3.0 by 2.2 by 0.4 centimeters. Its
exterior surface is fire blackened.
Hall and Moffitt determined CA-RIV-5765 to be potentially significant
under CEQA criteria. The portion of the site that falls within the present
study area appears to be disturbed and, as noted, only one artifact was
observed.
The historic dirt road noted on the 1941 Toro Peak map (see Figure 5) was observed to be
intact on the property to the north of the study area but was not preserved intact in the
location were it would have crossed the study area.
The four specimens observed during the survey were collected and will be turned over to
the City of La Quinta for curation, along with other specimens that are anticipated to be
found during monitoring for the project.
DISCUSSION/INTERPRETATION
The study area is in a location bearing evidence of heavy utilization by Native Americans
during the most recent stands of ancient Lake Cahuilla. Two of the isolated artifacts
(Isolates 2 and 3) located during the survey, along with the prehistoric site CA-RIV-5765,
are associated with this activity. The prehistoric isolates (pottery sherds) are common in
occurrence, have little research value, and consequently cannot be regarded as significant
under CEQA criteria. This holds true for Isolate 1 as well (the glass fragment). While the
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portion of CA-RIV-5765 located south of the study area may be significant under CEQA
criteria, the portion of the site extending within the study area appears to be disturbed and
of little research value.
Any impacts to cultural resources observed during this study have been mitigated by the
collection of the specimens for curation.
While no significant cultural resources were observed during the walkover field
reconnaissance of the property, the possibility of buried prehistoric (or historical) resources
can not be ruled out considering the sensitivity of the area.
MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
It is possible that as yet unidentified (buried) resources could exist on the study area. It is
therefore recommended that an archaeological monitor be present on the property during
rough grading for the project in order to ensure that any archaeological resources
encountered will be adequately investigated/evaluated upon their discovery.
It is anticipated that additional artifacts will be encountered during grading activity. These
should be mapped, collected, and curated with the specimens already recovered during this
study.
REFERENCES CITED
American Association for State and Local History
1991 National Register of Historic Places. American Association for State and
Local History, Nashville.
Bailey, Harry P.
1966 Weather of Southern California. California Natural History Guides 17.
University of California Press, Berkeley.
Barrows, David P.
1900 Ethno-botany of the Coahuilla Indians. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Bean, Lowell John
1972 Mukat's People: The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California. University of
California Press, Berkeley.
1978 Cahuilla. In California, edited by Robert F. Heizer, pp. 575-587. Handbook
of North American Indians, Vol. 8, William G. Sturtevant, general editor.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Bean, Lowell John, and Katherine Siva Saubel
1972 Temalpakh: Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Malki Museum,
Banning.
California Department of Parks and Recreation
1976 California Inventory of Historic Places. California Office of Historic
Preservation, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento.
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1989 Archaeological Resource Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended
Contents and Format. California Office of Historic Preservation, California
Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento.
1990 California Historical Landmarks. California Department of Parks and
Recreation, Sacramento.
Campbell, E.W.C., and W.H. Campbell
1935 The Pinto Basin Site: An Ancient Aboriginal Camping Ground in the
California Desert. Southwest Museum Papers 9:1-51.
Hall, M.C., and Steve A. Moffitt
1995 Cultural Resources Survey of the Eastern Portion of Parcel 20469 Adjacent
to Rancho La Quinta Country Club, Central Coachella Valley, Riverside
County, California. Ms. on file, Eastern Information Center, California
Historic Resources Inventory System, U.C. Riverside.
Hopper, Lucille
1920 The Cahuilla Indians. University of California Publications in American
Archaeology and Ethnology 16:316-379. Berkeley.
Kroeber, A.J.
1908 Ethnography of the Cahuilla Indians. University of California Publications in
American Archaeology and Ethnology 8:29-68. Berkeley.
Strong, William Duncan
1929 Aboriginal Society in Southern California. University of California
Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 26:1-349. Berkeley.
Warren, Claude N.
1984 The Desert Region. In California Archaeology, by Michael J. Moratto, pp.
339-430. Academic Press, New York.
Wilke, Philip J.
1978 Late Prehistoric Human Ecology at Lake Cahuilla, Coachella Valley,
California. Contributions of the University of California Archaeological
Research Facility 38, Berkeley.
Appendix 1: Personnel Qualifications
James Brock, Principal Investigator
-B.A. degree in Anthropology, U.C. Santa Barbara
-M.A. degree in Archaeology, University of Durham (U.K.)
-Member of Society of Professional Archaeologists (certified in field research,
historical archaeology, and theoretical/archival research)
-16 years of experience as a principal investigator on cultural resource management
projects in southern and central California
Katherine "Max" Davidson, Field Crew
-B.A. degree in Anthropology, U.C. Santa Barbara
-M.A. degree in Anthropology, U.C.L.A.
-5 years of experience on cultural resource management projects in California
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Mr. Ned Millis, Chairperson, and Commissioners
La Quinta Historic Preservation Commission
City of La Quinta
P. O. Box 1504
La Quinta, CA 92253
Dear Mr. Millis and Commissioners:
The Keith Companies, Cultural Resources Division, proposes that the City
of La Quinta consider developing still another important step in a multi -phased
heritage resources planning program. A multi -phased program develops a
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variety of planning measures to inventory and to address "historic resources"
in fulfilling a local historic preservation planning program.
Planning
Toward the development of a more comprehensive inventory of local
Engineering
cultural resources in a multi -phased planning program, The Keith Companies,
Environmental
Cultural Resources Division, proposes an important work product. The Keith
services
Companies has determined:
Land surveying
(1) that there are 193 historic older buildings within the City which
currently survive,
Public works
(2) that are reported as constructed between the turn of the century and
1954 (thus, are old enough to be considered as historic resources), and
water Resources
(3) that are documented and described in available public records.
This cultural resources inventory was accomplished with a proprietary
Cultural Resources
computerized program of available but reorganized data in public tax records.
A notebook listing of these 193 properties, with separate
page descriptions of each of these historic older buildings and
their locations, can be composed and provided to the City of La
Quinta for a fee of $ 3,287.00.
According to The Keith Companies' proprietary computer program,
within the region of the City's 92253 zip code, there are 8,787 property parcels.
According to this public data base, there now are no surviving buildings of
record on these properties which date earlier that 1930. For the period of
1930-1939, there are surviving buildings on 57 properties. For the period of
1940-1949, there are surviving buildings on 46 properties. For the period of
1950-1954, there are surviving buildings on 90 properties. Thus, the available
data base includes a grand total of 193 older buildings.
(714) 540-0800
P.O. Box 25127, Santa Ana, CA 92799
2955 Red Hill Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
The notebook file proposed, to be composed and supplied to the City,
would list each historic property on a separate sheet indicating the recorded
year of construction of the building present. The building itself would be very
briefly described in standard government tax style. The property address, the
legal property description, and the property owner of record would be
included on each property's record sheet.
These proprietary computerized data files with all their critically
important historical and descriptive information, unfortunately, can not be
easily converted (as yet) into the new historic forms recent adopted by the
State Historic Preservation Office. This handy information could be retyped
onto the SHPO forms, but that would be a labor-intensive task.
The proposed notebook listing with 193 properties described from this
computerized resource represent one important input effort within a multi -
phased planning undertaking toward creating an inventory of historical
resources in the City of La Quinta. This proposed computer based notebook
listing might not recognize all older buildings actually present, but the public
information it would provided is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. There
may be additional old buildings and other resources in the City which could be
documented utilizing still other approaches. The proposed notebook listings
would be a data based search focused upon the publicly recorded year of
construction of the building present, information which is of critical
importance in creating a historic resource inventory.
This notebook of historic properties will be an important work product
within the City's planning programs. It represent an innovative and non-
traditional smart -work approach, in contrast to the standard labor-intensive
intuitive historical resources inventory program. It is a cost-efficient and
inexpensive project at the offered fee. We believe the information in the
proposed notebook of 193 described historic property will be extremely useful
to the City's planning program.
Respectfull itted,
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Paul G. Chac , Ph.D., Historian
Director, Cultural Resources Division
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT
IUSTORIC PROPERTIES SURVEY
1. What is a historic properties survey?
A historic properties survey is a study designed to identify and evaluate properties in an area —
a community, a neighborhood, a rural area, the area of a proposed land -use project — to
determine whether they may be of historic, architectural, archeological, engineering or cultural
significance.
2. . What do you mean by "historic properties?"
The national historic preservation program deals with the full range of properties significant in
American history, prehistory, architecture, engineering, archeology, and culture, including
properties significant to the whole nation, those significant to a particular State or region, and
those significant at the local level. "Historic property" is the shorthand term for all these kinds
of properties.
Why do a survey?
Perhaps the foremost reason — as will be discussed below — is to know where historic properties
are so that their protection and improvement can be considered in planning new projects and use
of the land. A second reason is to increase public understanding of, and interest in, an area's
history and historic properties, through publication or other use of,the information in the survey
itself. A third reason is to identify properties whose owners may be eligible for various kinds of
Federal, State, and local assistance if they want to restore, preserve, or rehabilitate them. A
fourth reason is to provide a data base for research in history or prehistory.
4. What information does a survey produce?
The survey will produce written reports, files or photographs, perhaps videotapes or, audio tapes,
maps showing areas surveyed at different levels of intensity, drawings, plans, and bibliographic
information on background data. Based on these data, and an evaluation of the properties
recorded, an organized inventory can be produced listing properties that have been evaluated
and found to be historic, together with a list of properties found not to be historic.
5. What do you mean by "different levels of intensity?"
Two general levels of survey coverage are usually recognized. An intensive survey is one in
which the entire study area is inspected so closely that, within a reasonable margin of error, it
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can be assumed that all historic properties of all kinds have been found. A
reconnaissance survey is a "once over lightly" inspection that provides a general• idea of
the kinds of historic properties that may be present, and perhaps documents a few in
detail, but does not necessarily identify them all. For example, a reconnaissance survey
might reveal that there are historic commercial buildings within the survey area and
provide a few examples. An intensive survey of the same area would reveal exactly how
many historic commercial buildings there are in the survey area.
There are also "different levels of intensity" in the amount of information gathered about
each property identified in the survey. "National Register Level of Documentation"
means there is sufficient information to nominate the property to the National Register
of Historic Places. "A Minimum Level of Documentation" means that there is enough
information about a property to make an initial evaluation of its significance, but not
enough information to put together a National Register nomination.
6. Are there also different kinds of surveys?
Yes. The kind of survey you do depends on the kinds of properties you have to deal with
and the puposes you're trying to serve. Some examples are: '
* "Predictive" survey, usually applied to large areas (a whole community, a large
rural area), in which predictions are made about where historic properties of different
kinds will be found, based on background research, and then these predictions are tested
through the inspection of sample blocks or tracts of land.
* "Windshield" survey, which means literally driving the streets or roads looking for
buildings, structures, or groups of buildings and structures that may be historic.
* Intensive architectural survey, which means a very detailed survey, but one that
concentrates only on standing buildings and structures.
* Thematic survey, which means a detailed survey concentrating on specific
property types (e.g. apartment buildings, school houses).
• Intensive archeological survey, which concentrates on identifying archeological
sites and may involve detailed inspection of land surfaces coupled with small-scale
excavations to find buried sites.
* Oral historical survey, which involves the extensive use of interviews with people
who are knowledgeable about local history or about the cultural patterns (e.g. the
traditions of an ethnic neighborhood) that may give significance to an area.
There are other kinds of surveys as well, and all of the above can be combined in
different ways, depending on the purpose of the survey and what background research
tells you about the kinds of historic properties that are likely to be present.
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7. What do you mean by 'background research?"
It is a very bad idea to start looking for historical properties without first developing a
good understanding of the area's history, prehistory, traditional and contemporary land
use patterns and social groups, and so on. Lacking such understanding, you may miss
significant properties, or evaluate properties incorrectly, or literally not know what
you're looking at. Every good survey begins with a background study of written sources
on the area — not only published local histories, but sources of primary data such as tax
maps, unpublished journals and historical, archeological, or ethnographic data held by
universities, colleges, museums, historical or archeological societies, and other
institutions. It is usually appropriate to continue such research as the field survey itself
gets underway, because the field survey is likely to raise questions that can be answered
only through further background research.
8. How does the purpose of the survey affect how it is done?
If you are undertaking a survey in advance of a project that will result in demolition of
buildings and disturbance of the land, you will probably want to try to identify all the
historic properties that may be affected, so that they can be considered in planning and,
if possible, preserved. If the project involves only the rehabilitation of existing buildings,
however, you may not need to identify archeological sites, and may need a less intensive
survey of buildings and structures than would be necessary if demolition were likely. If
your survey is carried out as part of a long-term program of community planning or land -
use planning, you may find it best to begin with background research and a predictive
survey, providing a basis for more detailed reconnaissance and intensive surveys later on,
as planning proceeds. If your purpose is research, you may want to focus on a particular
kind of historic property, representing a particular period, style of construction, or type
of land -use.
9. What sorts of records should be kept regarding the methods used in the survey?
It is very important to maintain records about what kind of survey you did, and about any
variations there may have been in the methods used in different parts of the area
surveyed. If such records are not kept, future users of the survey results may assume
that a given area was, for example, subjected to an intensive survey when in fact it was
given only a reconnaissance, or that it was subjected to architectural survey when only
archeological sites were. sought. If the survey results are misinterpreted in this way in
connection with planning a construction or land -use project, historic properties can be
unnecessarily destroyed. On the other hand, if good records are not kept, future users
may not be able to figure out which areas have and have not been surveyed, and may
spend unnecessary time and money on further survey.
10. How can the public participate in surveys?
Surveys should be designed and overseen by experienced people, generally with
professional training in history, archeology, architectural history and other pertinent
fields, or at least in consultation with such people. Actual background research and field
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survey, however, can be carried out by volunteers, students, community groups, and other
members of the public interested in participating. Organization of survey data, or of
systems and standards for the maintenance of such data, should be supervised by
professionals.
11. How are surveys funded?
Funds may be available from your State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO). The
National Park Service provides grants-in-aid for surveys from the Historic Preservation
Fund, which can be subgranted by SHPO's to local governments and others to carry out
survey projects. Some States have other funding for survey work that they can. make
available. Some States and local governments require land developers to pay for surveys
in advance of their development projects, and payment for such surveys is routinely
required when a development project is conducted, assisted, or licensed by a Federal.
agency. Of course, local funding, private funding, and funds from agencies and groups
that provide grants for research projects in history, architecture, archeology, and other
fields can be used.
12. How are the results of survev used in local olannin¢?
One of the most important ways to use information from a survey is in local land -use and
development planning. The following are a few of the ways that survey information can
be integrated into such planning.
Comprehensive planning: Many States require that local governments develop
comprehensive plans to guide their growth and development, and assist them in
developing such plans. Some local governments have developed or are developing general
plans without State direction. Among the basic functions of a general plan is to identify
opportunities for and constraints on development. Historic properties may present both
opportunities and constraints — opportunities for rehabilitation, for enhancing the quality
of life, for public participation, and constraints on development that would destroy them
or be insensitive to their important qualities. Based on survey data, areas within a
community known or thought to contain historic properties can be identified in
comprehensive plans, and the kinds of opportunities and constraints associated with each
property or type of property can be identified. This information can then be factored
into future decisions about specific development and land use projects.
Zoning: It is vital to try to minimize 'conflict between a community's historic
preservation system and its zoning system. Otherwise zoning within- historic districts or
in areas where historic properties exist may permit uses that will destroy or diminish
their historical, architectural, or archeological values. Where permitted by local and
State law, survey data can be used to define a historic preservation zoning classification
If this is not possible, a historic preservation overlay can be created on the basis of
survey data. When superimposed on zoning maps, the overlay identifies areas in which
architectural design or modification of existing structures or land must be subjected to
historic preservation review.
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Ordinances: By demonstrating the fact that historic properties exist within a
community, the results of a survey can be used to convince local lawmakers of the need
for various kinds of protective ordinances. Moreover, survey data can be used to "fine-
tune" local ordinances to ensure that they are effective and reasonable. For example, if
the survey shows that one part of the community contains historic buildings but no
archeological sites, while another contains archeological sites but no historic structures,
an ordinance or ordinances might require review of the design of new buildings and
additions in the first area and archeological survey and data recovery in advance of land
disturbance in the other, but would not need to require both activities in both areas.
Influence on Federal Undertakings: Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation
Act requires that Federal agencies take into account the effects of their undertakings on
historic properties (See "What is Section 106 Review?"). Section 106 requires review of a
wide range of activities, including activities carried out by local govenments using
Community_ Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. Local survey data can be used to
ensure that a Federal agency (or a. local government using CDBG funds) that plans to
undertake, assist, or permit a project is aware that historic properties are (or are not) in
the vicinity of its project area, so that they can be taken into account. This saves the
Federal agency the trouble of identifying and evaluating properties itself, so it may help
the project move forward. On the other hand, it puts the agency on early notice that it
must carry out its responsibilities under Section 106, so it increases the chance that the
historic properties involved will be taken into consideration.
13. What if the survey isn't complete?
A survey does not need to be complete to be useful. A survey that has covered only part
of a community will be useful to planning in those areas that have been covered, even if
it is not helpful elsewhere. A survey that has addressed only standing structures and
districts will be useful in deciding where design review of additions or demolitions should
be required, even though it cannot be used to determine where archeological surveys and
data recovery should or should not be required.
Ideally, a survey is conducted in stages of greater and greater detail and intensity. That
is, initial work may involve only background research and small-scale field
reconnaissance, such as a "windshield" survey (driving through a neighborhood or area,
briefly recording apparently significant buildings), or a "spot-check" of areas thought to
be archeologically important. Subsequent stages may involve more intensive survey of
sample neighborhoods, streets, or pieces of land. Ultimately, very detailed intensive
surveys may be conducted of areas where previous work indicates that particular kinds of
properties are likely to exist, with fieldwork keyed to the kinds of properties expected
for example, archeological sites as opposed to standing structures).
At each stage in such a phased survey, the information created can be useful to
planning. Early background research and reconnaissance can at least identify broad areas
in which historic properties of different kinds are likely to occur, alerting local officials
that developers should be required to conduct more detailed surveys of areas they
propose to modify, so that they can consider historic properties in development
planning. As more detailed information becomes available, of course, more detailed
input can be provided to planning decisions. Officials will need to require fewer surveys
by developers, and will be able to provide developers with more information, earlier, to
guide them in their planning.
14. Are there standard forms and methods to use in survey?
Yes, all States .have standard recording forms, and many have guidelines for completing
survey work. These can be obtained from your State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO), who can also provide valuable advice about methods to use, sources of
background data, and professionals in various preservation -related fields who might be
consulted.. If you do not know who your SHPO is, you can find out, or obtain a current
listing or all SHPO's, by contacting:
National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 332
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 624-5465
15. Are there national guidelines for survey work?
Yes. These are necessarily less detailed and specific than those that may be available
from SHPO's, but are particularly important to consult if you are conducting survey work
as part of your participation in the national historic preservation program (for example,
in preparing nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places), or in
conjunction with a project that uses Federal. funds or needs a Federal permit or license.
Some basic guidelines are listed below.
• The Secretary of the Interior's "Standards and Guidelines for Identification."
(Federal Register; September 29, 1983, Vol. 48, No. 190, page 44720)
• The Secretary of the Interior's "Standards and Guidelines for Evaluation."
(Federal Register, September 29, 1983, Vol. 48, No. 190, page 44723)
* Guidelines for Local Surveys: A Basis for Preservation Planning. National
Single copies available free of charge from The National Register of Historic Places,
National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127.
Prepared by Patricia L. Parker, National Park Service, May, 1987
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WaterSrce:DEVELOPED Gar Type:
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Pos Interest:
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*
Transferred:09/O1/93
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*
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*
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The Information Provided Is Deemed Reliable, But Is Not Guaranteed.
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-,cel # :000 000 000
Pos Interest:
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*
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*
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*
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*
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*
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The Information Provided Is Deemed Reliable, But Is Not Guaranteed.
.if.0 O 0 5
NATIONAL ALLIANCE of PRESERVATION COMMISSIONS
HALL OF STATES • SUITE 342
444 NORTH CAPITOL STREET • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001
November 19, 1996
Dear NAPC Advocacy Network Members:
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News for the NAPC Advocacy Network, which is now almost 350 preservation
commissions strong! This report provides a brief overview of efforts concerning the
appropriations of the Historic Preservation Fund, and the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation.
• We identified 51 commissions, 20 of which were reached successfully by
telephone and asked to contact their House member on the subcommittee.
The HPF total appropriations for fiscal year 1997 are $36.212 million, $29.394 of
which is provided for the states. Of this $29 million, 10% is earmarked for
Certified Local Governments. Additionally, the appropriation includes $3.5
million for the National Trust, $1.896 million for grants to Indian tribes, and
$1.422 million to historically black colleges and universities.
• When advocacy effort for the appropriation for the Advisory Council was
needed, 23 commissions were identified as having a House member on the
National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subcommittee. These commissions
were asked to forward a letter to their House member, to which they all
agreed. As of August, the Advisory Council appropriation had been included
in the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act, which was signed
into law on November 12th. This statute provides for the reauthorization of
funding for the Advisory Council at $4 million a year through the year 2000,
with actual appropriations for fiscal 1997 at $2.5 million.
As always, thank you for your interest in and commitment to preservation
advocacy; we will keep you informed.
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405 Fourteenth Street
Suite 1010
Oakland, California
94612
510/763-0972
510/763-4724 fax
Eeendive Director
Jeffrey Eichenfreld
Board of Trustees
President
Michael Crows
Smt Frnnusco
Vice President
Cassandra Walker
Napa
Treasurer
Alan Dreyfuss
Oakland
Secretary
James Lutz
Fresno
Arlene Andrew
Claremont
Susan Brandt -Hawley
Glen Ellen
David Chadebois
Walnut
David W. Cooke
Los Angeles
Toni Symonds Dow
Sacramento
Kathleen Green
Sacrmnento
Anthoz Hartig
Riner,,de
Kama Hummer
Sfc,
&ace Judd
Berkeley
Diane Gnukevich Kane
La Jolla
Ruthann Lehrer
Long Smell
Ronald E. Lewis
pasndena
Charles Loveman
Los Angeles
Robert E. Mackeresen
Yubo City
Marion Mitchell -Wilson
Riverside
Brad Paul
San Frnncism
Deborah M. Rosenthal
Irvine
December 11, 1996
Dear California Preservation Foundation Supporter:
Congratulations! We in preservation have had a very successful year
and want to thank you for your strong support and involvement. CPF
has made great strides during 1996. Through our efforts:
• The 21st Annual Statewide Historic Preservation Conference was
held May 30-June 2, 1996 in San Jose. More than 400 individuals
attended. Educational offerings included real estate dealmaking,
non-profit management, the Americans With Disabilities Act, live -
work districts, affordable housing, historic theater re -use and
preservation planning.
• A two-year project to evaluate how historic preservation was
addressed by local communities and state and federal agencies
following the Northridge earthquake was completed and 1000
copies of our new publication, 20 Tools That Protect Historic
Resources After An Earthquake: Lessons Learned From the
Northridge Earthquake were distributed. We are also conducting
workshops on the subject in Berkeley, Eureka, Los Angeles and
Palm Springs.
• 14 outstanding preservation projects were honored at CPF's 1.3th
Annual Preservation Design Awards event in Pasadena. Press
coverage in the San Francisco Examiner, Oakland Tribune,
Sacramento Bee and North County Times (San Diego) contributed
to the event's role in educating the public about the importance of
historic preservation and the role it plays in improving our
communities.
• 177 people received training on the Mills Act property tax relief law
at CPF workshops held in Redwood City, Redondo Beach,
Escondido and Sacramento.
• 92 people received training on Award Winning Design Solutions at
CPF workshops held in Glendale and San Francisco.
• 350 requests for technical assistance and information from local
preservationists and community members were handled.
• The Superior Court of the State of California ruled that AB 133—a
state law restricting the landmarking of religious properties --is
unconstitutional. The ruling was a significant victory for CPF and a
coalition of organizations who joined together to challenge the law.
But this is not a total victory yet. The State has appealed the ruling.
CPF and its partners will continue to fight this law in court. In the
meantime, AB 133 remains null and void.
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• State Senate Bill 1180 and other bills that proposed significant and
unacceptable alterations to and exemptions from the California
Environmental Quality Act were held back.
Your generous support of our work made these activities possible.
However, there remains much more to do at the Statewide level in the
next year to preserve California's rich heritage and build better
communities. It is with the greatest appreciation of your commitment
to preservation this year through membership, sponsorship and
attendance at CPF activities that I ask you to consider an end of the year
gift. By increasing your investment in the California Preservation
Foundation by $100, $50 or even $25, your gift can make a difference in
what we can do in 1997. Your gift will support our goals to do the
following:
• Fight the AB 133 appeal.
• Meet, greet and educate new legislators in Sacramento and advocate
for state bond monies and tax credits for historic preservation.
• Advocate for the establishment of federal tax credits, and the re-
authorization of the federal Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and the funding its provides for
transportation enhancements that include historic preservation.
• Make the educational resources of CPF available on the Internet.
• Develop programs to help the custodians of historic religious
properties preserve and maintain these local treasures.
As the only statewide non-profit organization promoting the
preservation of California's historic built environment, CPF is ready
and willing to meet the challenges and opportunities that face us next
year. Thank you for your continued vote of confidence.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season.
Sincerely,
A/�k&�,:
Michael F. Crowe
President
P.S. Your gift is tax deductible to the full extent allowed under law.
Gifts of securities are welcomed, and you receive a charitable tax
deduction for their total appreciated value.
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October 1996
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Department of Law and Public Policy
104th Congress Adjourns:
Madison Coin Bill Passes at 11th
Hour! Omnibus Spending, Parks bills
Close Session
The 104th Congress officially closed its second
session and adjourned for the year on October 4th, but
,not before passing the 'Dolley Madison Commemorative
Coin Act," an omnibus spending bill, and an omnibus
parks bill.
Coin Bill Reworked
The "Dolley Madison Commemorative Coin Act"
passed as part of a larger coin bill package (H.R. 1776) on
the last day of the session, The Act requires the United
States to mint 500,000 one -dollar silver coins beginning in
1999, in commemoration of 15Cth anniversary of the
death of Dol ley Madison --t'he wife of our fourth
President. Dollev Madison is the first First Lady to be
cormemorated on a coin and only the third woman so
honcred. The proceeds from the sale of these coins,
which could raise up to $5 million, will be used to
establish an endowment and to fund caoital restoration
projects at Montpelier, the home of our fourth President
and the first lady and a museum property of the National
Trust.
The original Madison coin legislation (H.R. 168z,
S. 837), as introduced by Rep. Thomas 1• Blilev, Jr. (R-VA)
and Sen. John Warner ll: VA), had 313 co-sponsors in the
House ant 46 in he Senate but did not meet the Citizens
Commemorative Coin Advisory Commitee's (CC --AC)
requirement of non -repeating coin themes. Although
James Madison had not himself been commemorated on a
coin. the U.S.Mint did produce a coin in 1993 to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Bill of Rights,
which featured Madison and Montpelier. H.R. 1684 was
subsequently amended to incorporate the CCCAC's
re comm e noat ions to honor Dolley Madison. The bill has
been cleared for the President's signature.
Vol. a
FY07 Appr`DY iat ion" HPF Provided Level Funding
The omnibus spending bill (H.R.3610) was signed
into law on September 30th, just avoiding a government
shutdown for the start of the new fiscal year, which began
October 1st. Part of the omnibus spending package was
finding for -he Fv97 Interior Appropriations bill,
including the nat;nnal preservation program. No changes
were made in committee -passed funding levelsfor the
national preservation program, which were as follows:
$36,212,000 for the Historic Preservation Fund (HPF),
including 53.5 million for the National Trust and $32.712
r)dlion for grants-in-aid (SHPOs, Tribes, Black Colleges
and Universities); and $2.5 million for the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation. Funding levelsfor the
arts and humanities included: $99.494 rrilRon forthe
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); $1 10 million for
the Na'icnal Endowment foi the Humanities (NF'.-1); and
$22 million for the Institute of Museum Services (IMS).
OmribuS Parks Bill Presidio Trust Established ACHP
Reauthorized
The Presidio legislation (H.R. 4236) also passed
orthe final day cf the session. This legislation establishes
a Presidio Trust at the former military installation in San
Francisco, as awholly owned Government corporation s
administer specified areas of the Presidio complex, with a
board of directors to manage the leasing, ma-ntenar.ce,
rehabilitation, repair, and improvement of transferred
Presidio properties. Funding is authorized at $25 million
annually to rarry out provisions of the Act. l'he National
TrList, in partnership with other rational, s`.ate and local
organizations, was very active's the formulation of the
bill, providing policy recom.n enda'ions and advocacy to
the California delegation and the congressional
committees.
The Presidio is the oldest continuously operated
military post in the Nation dating from 1776, and was
designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962. The
Presidio is part of the Golden Gate NatronaRecreation
Area, considered one of America's great natural and
historic s!tes.
The omnibus parks legislation contained othe-
notable titles, ncluding: the reauthorization of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at $4 million
annually through 2000; heritage area designations; and an
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authorization for the Secretary of the Interior to provide
529 million in match:nggrants to PIigible historically bla:k
cnlleg=_s and universities.
Travel & Tourism Bill Passes: National Trust Secures Spot
on Board
H.R. 2579, a hill toestaNish the United States
IUn Tourism Organization STO) as a nongovernmental entlty
for the purpose of promoting tourism in the United States,
passed the Congress on September 28th.
The USTO Mil be established by federal charter
for he purpose of promoting travel and toru ism in the
United States and to provide financial assistance ro any
organization or association, other than a corporation
organized for profit, in fLrrtherance of the Organization's
purposes. The USO will be governed by a Board of
Directors to assist in the development of a national travel
and tourism strategy for travel to and withir the United
States. The Natvenal Trust for Historic Preservation has
been designated to serve on the USTO Board to provide
leadership it promoting heritage sites as part of this
nationa'. strategy.
GSA Announces "Good Neighbor Program"
The General Services Administrat!on (GSA)
announced the "Good Neighbor Program," a new public -
private partnership w th urban downtown associations to
enhance the business commun'ty's efforts to maintain the
vitality of Amercan cities. This latest action by GSA
builds Upon and strengthens two previous executive
orders by President Carter and President Clinton T.O.s
#12072 and #t 30GE, respectively) which a rect federal
of`ices to locate whenever possible, in historic buildings
in downtowns. The net effect of these actiens is to foeis
more resources on establishing partnerships that
successfully maintain the federal investment in central
hUSiness areas.
Under tl e "Good Neighbor Program," GSA,
which manages real estate and procurements for civilian
federal agencies, will become a full participant in local
Business Improvement Districts (BIDS). This is In stark
contrast to the days when GSA considered itself exempt
from paying assessment on federally -owned buildings in
downtown and neighborhood commercial district BIDS.
The 'Good Neighbor Frogram" establis'aes a new
approach for the agency to contract for local sere -ices and
participate in community planning efforts. The GSAwill
negotiate contracts for security, maintenance, cleaning,
and other services currently provided under local BIDS,
and participate in advisory boards and committees.
'.n recent months, the agency has worked closely
with the 'rternational Downtown Association (ICA). the
National Council or U-bar Economic Development
(CUED), the National Trust, and others to draft guidelines
fc.�r Implementing the "Good Ne:ghbo Program." These
interim guidelineswill be useful for the. agency in
negotiating an "assessment" that GSA will ultimately pay
to the o-ganizaton that manages the local BID. These
assessmees wiI I be speI led out formally in a
Memorandum Of _JnderStandirl (viOU) between the
parties.
Legislation Attacking World Heritage Site, Program
Defeated
The "American Land Sovereignty Protection Act of
1996" (H.R. 3752) went down to defeat on September
'_61th when it failec to receive the necessary [WO -thirds
vote to pass circler suspension of the rules in the House.
H.R. 3752 would have required specific approval of
Congress before any area within the Urited States is
subject to an international land use ncminatior,,
ciassifcaticm, or designation. It woulci have amended
Section 401 of the National Historic Preservation Act (15
U.S.C. 470a-t) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior
frwn nominating any federal landsto the World Heritage
Committee on behalf of the United States unless such
nomination is specifically authorized ov law.
The Nationa. Trust act'vely opposed H.R. 3752
f,nrn the outset, challenging the assertion of 1I Don
Yourg (R-AKI, the hill's sponsor and chairman of the
House Resources Committee, t-.at "legislation is needed to
require the specific approval of Congress before any area
within the United State is made subject to an international
land use restrictior.' In a letter to the chairman, the
Natlonzl Trust noted that "World He-itage listing irr'pcses
ahsolutely no restraints on land use" and "... confers nI:F
pro'actiom" World Heritage listing is Simply a
mechanisr, to recognize those places which have
outstanding Uriversal value to each nation, and to all
nations. In the United States, properties such as
btont!cello, Independence Hall, Everglades 'vational Park.
and Grand Canyon National Park, are designated as World
Heritage sites.
in his statement introduc'ng the bill, Rep. Young
expressed concern ever a loss of control over American
sovereignty by `becoming a party to agreements
underlying :nternational land use designation ...."whereby
"honoring one of these agreements could force the Federal
Government to choose betwee;,. regulating surrounding
non-Fedcral land uses to conform to the designated
international use !or] of breaking a pledge to other
nations." The trust po'nted o_i[ that under current law,
sites that are not owned by the federal government can
only he ncminatec if the owner .,rf the property concurs in
writing to the nomination. The National Trust also argued
that the proposed bill urdermined private property rights
by prohibiting a property owner from nominating Ms
prroperty as a World Heritage Ste without Corgressional
approval.
H.R. 3752 would have virtually eliminated the
United States participation in the World Heritage
Convention, despite the fact the United States was the first
country to ratify this international treaty that celebrates
outstanding examples of our nation's patrimony. The
defeat of this Lill is an mportant success for preservation.
From', Carl Wolf National TrOlro: Hill iO tiara arval1.1 rat ea¢aeeaxaa vo¢a rux000aaor iu.--kiu.,,...-2., �..,,.
Preservation Advocate News, October 1996, Vol. 8
ISTEA News, Events and Updates
Momentum continuestobuild toward next year's
reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface I i ansportation
Efficiency Act USTEA; of 1991 and the fight to save the
enhancement provisions of the Act, inducing $1_6 billion
in funding for alternative transportation projects such as
the construction of pedestrian walkways, scenic
easemen-s, bike paths and historic preservation projects.
ISTEA authorized $155 billion over six years for highways,
highway safety and mass transportation and contains
environmental provisions designed to mitigate damage to
wildlife habitats and meet tougher air quality standards.
Regional Forums
Preservationists have been taking advantage of the
regional forums hosted by the U.S. Department of
T, ansportation to voice their support for reauthorization of
Vie Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
(ISTEA) and the transportation enhancements program.
ISTEA Minneapolis Regional Forum-- The
National Trust's Minnesota Advisor, Charlene
Roise, spoke tothe ISTEA Regional Forum 'Held in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, on August23, 1996.
Her brie` and insightful comments are reprinted
below with her permission.
Remarks by Charlene K. Roise, Hess, Roise and Company,
to the Department of Transportation:
Thank you for the opportunity to speak today, I
am wearing several hats. First, I am a member of!he
Board of Advisors of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, and I strongly support the National Trust's
eftcrts on behalf of retaining the 10 percent set -aside for
the ISTEA enhancement program. In cooperation with the
Federal Highway Administration, the Trust prepared an
exceilent study highlighting successful enhancement
projects, clearly showing how effective the program has
been for preserving our nation's historic transportation -
related resources,
Secondly, I am a former president, arcs now ex-
officio board member of the Preservation Alliance of
Minnesota, our grassrootsstatewide nonprofit preservation
group. Together w iih Beltrami Count,, the Alliance as
applied for ISTEA funding to help preserve Camp
Rabideau, a 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCO
camp that housed many of the workers who improved the
area's roads during the Depression. The ISTEA funds will
Tell) develop the camp as a wayside rest area alorg a
scenic highway, and will support an interpretive program
ahcut the important contributions of the Civilian
Conservation Corps. The Alliance has also given a
preservation aayard to the Stone Arch Bridge renovation,
which was made possible with ISTEA enhancement funds.
Finally, I am a principal in Hess, Roise and
Company; an historical consulting firm. We have been
involved with historic bridge inventories in eight states,
and are cunendy working on invertories in.Minnesota
and ,tilichigan. State and county transportation planners
are countingon ISTEA enhancement funds to help
communities in these states carry out the historic bridge
management plans that we are developing. lhe., are
counting on the design standard flexibility al(owed by
ISTEA to keep in service historic bridges which mig,it not
meet AASHTO's!American Association of 4ghway
Transportation Officials] strict standards, but which can be
econom ically rerovated to perform safely, fir, appropriate
situations, for decades to come. Wisconsin communities
along the Great River Roacl are courting ou STEA
enhancement funds to enable them to use the tools that
we are developing, through an ISTEA-fundedproject, to
promote and preserve their wonderful historic toa,vnc, and
to attract tourist dcliars to breathe economic vital ity back
into their towns.
Ultimately, I wear all of the above hats becarse I
believe that historic preservation can be an efficient and
fulfi.[Nng way to keep our nation's communities healthy.
The ISTEA enhancement program Is one of the best
programs that the federal government has ever devised to
promote this effort. For an example of how ISTEA
enhancements reach the grassroots, Hoek at tiie Camp
Rabideau project. Stimulated by the process of appplying
for the ISTEA grant, and in addRion to a number of other
fundraising efforts, volunteers in Blackdud<, in northern
hfinnesota, have made a beautiful quilt that is being
raffled off to raise money to support the renovation of
Camp Rabideau. There are many other instances where
ISTEA enhancements have provided lust tire spark that a
community needed to take pride in their historic resources
and begin working to protect them, I don't have statistics.
1 just have good old .Norwegian common sense. And that
common sense tells me that ISTEA enhancements are an
efficient and effective use of federal funds, and that the 70
percent see -aside for enhancements should be continued.
Thank vou.
ISTEA Providence Regional Forum, Providence
Rhode Island-- Wendy Nicholas, Director of the National
Trust's Northeast Regional Office addressed the ISTEA
Regional Forum in Providence, Rhode Island, on
September 9, 1996, urging the U.S. Department or
Transportation and Senator _John Chaffee of Rhode Island,
the Chairmar of the Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee, to support reauthorization or the
t-anspoitation enhancements program and the vital =ole
that historic preservation plays in making it a highly
successful and popular program. Edward F. Sanderson,
Executive Director of the Rhode Island Historical
Preservation and Heritage Commission, also delivered
powerful testimony on behalf of the role of historic
preservation in_ national transportation policy. Please call
the �Niaticnal 1 i ust's Law and Public Policy Department at
(2021 538-6255 if you would like a copy of Ms.
Nicholas's or Mr. Sanderson's testimony.
The Nationa'. Trust extends a special thanks to
Anne Sti llmar of the Connecticut Trust for Historic
Preservation 'or her successfu efforts in organizing
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witnesses and their excellent testimony on behalf of the
importance and value of flexible design standards for
highway and bridge protects. The work of these stalwart
preservationists is crucial to protecting and expanding the
progressive, livable cornmunities principles embodied in
ISTE,v.
For those who are interested in learning more
about transpocation enhancements, the Lawand Public
Policy Department has copies of the publications list of
the NaConal Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse.
The Clearinghouse is a partne:-s-hip or the Rai Is to -Trails
Conservancy (RTC), the Bicycle Federation of America
(BFA), and the Federal Highway Administration (FHW.A).
RTC is the primary source of technical assistance for the
Clearinghouse which s a point of contact for government,
organizatinnal and private inquiries for materials and
resources concerning the implementation of the
trarsportation enhancement provisions of ISTEA. For
former information, visit the Clearinghouse Wen site at
http:i/ww w.transact. org/ntec.htm. Inquires and requests
can be directed to Tim I idia2. Project Manager, National
Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse, 1506 '_'ist
Street, N.W., Suite 2'0, Washington, D.C. 20036; (888)
388-6832 ;phone) or (202) 463-0875 (fax);
ntecWransact.org for e-mail.
On Capitol Hill
The Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and
In4astructure held its only hearing of the year on the
reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act (ISTEA; on September I Ith. The focus of
the hearing was the federal government's role and
partnership with state and local government in
determining transportation priorities.
This hearing's importance was underscored by the
fact that it was the only chance for Senators to express
their views and disc iss or hear from nfficials about how a
new ISTEA hill should be crafted. The witnesses
appearing before the subcommittee hearing included:
Frederico Pena, Secretary of the U.S, Department of
Transportation
Paul Patton, Governor of Kentucky, for the National
Governors Association
George Allen, Governor of Virginia, for the Southern
Governors Association
Bill Campbell, Mayor of Atlanta, for the U.S. Conference
of Mayors
William Burrett President, Amer can Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials
Caro' Roberts, Commissioner, Palm Beach County for the
National Association of Counties
Stephen Del Giudice, Assocation ofMetropolitan
Planning Organizations
Forum Feature on ISTEA
The National Trust's Fall 1996, Volume
11/Number 1 issue of Historic Preservation Forum offers
readers an exclusive feature on the ISTEA program entitled,
IS] LA: A Road Mao for the I uture. I Fe six essays
iocluded in this issue are reprinted from the National
Trust's conference on transportation enhancements this
past June. ,National Trust President B.i_hard Moe provides
m introduction to the essay material. Copies of the ISTEA
issue are availahle for $6.00 per copy and can he ordered
by car ing(202)588-6286.E
Preservation Advocate News is published on a
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E-mail: lawpolCitnthporg
Tamar L. Osterman
Director of Government Affairs
Editor
Wrters, Carl Wolf, Dan Costello
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