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2005 11 17 HPC(y�/ QatqrC4VN ,5 D �OF Historic Preservation Commission Agendas are now available on the City's Web Page @ www.la-guinta.org HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AGEN®A The Regular Meeting to be held in the Session Room at the La Quinta City Hall, 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, California NOVEMBER 17, 2005 3:00 P.M. Beginning Minute Motion 2005-028 CALL TO ORDER A. Pledge of Allegiance B. Roll Call II. PUBLIC COMMENT This is the time set aside for citizens to address the Historic Preservation Commission on matters relating to historic resources within the City of La Quinta which are not Agenda items. When addressing the Historic Preservation 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. III. CONFIRMATION OF THE AGENDA IV. CONSENT CALENDAR: None - Ci 01 Historic Preservation Commission Agenda V. BUSINESS ITEMS: A. Cultural Resources Phase I Survey for Tentative Tract Map 34243 B. Paleontological Resources Assessment Report for Tentative Tract Map 34243 Applicant: Masque Development, Inc. Archaeological Consultant: CRM Tech (Bill Tang & Michael Hogan, Principals) Location: North side of Avenue 58, +980 feet west of Madison Street C. Historical Preservation Commission 2005/06 Work Program VI. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL: VII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS: VIII. ADJOURNMENT DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Betty J. Sawyer, Executive Secretary of the City of La Quinta, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda for the La Quinta Historic Preservation Commission meeting of Thursday, November 17, 2005, was posted on the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 78-495 Calle Tampico, the bulletin board at the La Quinta Cove Post Office, Chamber of Commerce, and Stater Bros. 78-630 Highway 111, on Thursday, November 10, 2005. DAT D: November 10, 2005 B SA YE , Executive Secretary City of La Quinta, California Got GAWPDOCS\HPC\hpc Agenda.doc I:1F1170 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 ITEM: PHASE I CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT -- TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 34243 LOCATION: NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE 58, ±980 FEET WEST OF MADISON STREET APPLICANT: MASQUE DEVELOPMENT, INC. CONSULTANT: CRM TECH (BILL TANG & MICHAEL HOGAN, PRINCIPALS) BACKGROUND: The study area is a 20.09 acre parcel located on the north side of Avenue 58 about 980 feet west of Madison Street. The property is vacant land covered with scrub vegetation and a few trees. The few trees and existing standpipes indicate the site was formerly a date palm grove. The City is currently processing an application to allow a 70 lot, single-family residential development on the property. A Phase I (survey level) Cultural Resources Assessment has been completed for the property. The Assessment includes a record search and field reconnaissance of the property. This Assessment will be part of the environmental review required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the project application. DISCUSSION: An archaeological and historic records search for the property was conducted at the Eastern Information Center located at UC Riverside. The records search indicated that a portion of the project area was covered by a previous survey completed in 1994, but no cultural resources had been recorded on or adjacent to the site during that or any other study. Within a one mile radius of the site, the records search showed more than 20 previous cultural resource studies had been conducted and more than 7 5 % of the land within the one -mile radius had been surveyed, resulting in the identification of over 60 Native American sites, six historic sites, and several prehistoric and historic isolates within the scope of the records search. The on -foot field survey was conducted by walking parallel north -south tnansects spaced ten meters apart. Ground visibility was poor (0-40%) due to dense vegetation. The results of this survey were negative for prehistoric or historic resources. No 0 3 P:\Reports - HPC\2005\1 1- 1 7-05\rpt tt 34243 Masque Archaeo.doc buildings, structures, objects, or features exceeding fifty years of age were encountered during the field survey. In April, a request was made of the Native American Heritage Commission for a check of their Sacred Lands file. Additionally, 20 letters requesting comments on the project were sent to area Indian tribes. To date, one written response and four verbal responses were received from these tribes. Among the five replies include requests for a copy of the cultural resources report, that the County Coroner be contacted if human remains are found, and that a qualified archaeologist be contacted if cultural resources are uncovered during excavation. The Ramona Band of Mission Indians recommended Native American monitoring by a member of the Ramon Band during ground -breaking activities. The report concludes that although no "historical resources" were encountered during the course of the study, CRM Tech is recommending monitoring by a qualified archaeologist during grading, trenching, and other earth -moving operations due to the demonstrated sensitivity of the vicinity. The HPC policy has been to require monitoring in this part of the City regardless of whether artifacts were found. RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Minute Motion 2005- , accepting the "Cultural Resources Survey_Re.port for Tentative Tract Map No. 34243 - a 20 Acre Parcel in La Quinta, Riverside County, California", as prepared and recommended by CRM Tech and subject to the following conditions: A. The site shall be monitored during on- and off -site trenching and rough grading by qualified archaeological monitors. Proof of retention of monitors :shall be given to the City prior to issuance of first earth -moving or clearing permit. The monitors shall include a Native -American member shall determined by the Ramona Band of Mission Indians or their designee. B. The final report on the monitoring shall be submitted to the Community Development Department prior to the issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy for the project. C. Collected archaeological resources shall be properly packaged for long term curation, in polyethylene self -seal bags, vials, or film cans as appropriate, all within acid -free, standard size, comprehensively labeled archive boxes and delivered to the City prior to issuance of first Certificate of Occupancy for the property. Materials shall be accompanied by descriptive catalogue, field notes and records, primary research data, and the original graphics. Q04 P:\Reports - HPC\2005\11-17-05\rpt tt 34243 Masque Archaeo.doc Attachment: 1 . Historical/Archaeological Resources Survey Report for Assessors Parcel 762- 240-014 in the City of La Quinta, Riverside County, California Prepared by: An�drew J. Mogensen, Associate Planner 005 PAReports - HPC\2005\11-17-05\rpt it 34243 Masque Archaeo.doc HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 ITEM: PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT REPORT — TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 34243 LOCATION: NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE 58, ±980 FEET WEST OF MADISON STREET APPLICANT: MASQUE DEVELOPMENT, INC. CONSULTANT: CRM TECH (BILL TANG & MICHAEL HOGAN, PRINCIPALS) BACKGROUND: The study area is a 20.09 acre parcel located on the north side of Avenue 58 about 980 feet west of Madison Street. The property is vacant land covered with scrub vegetation and few trees. The City is currently processing an application to allow a single-family residential development on the property. A Phase I (survey level) paleontological resources assessment report has been completed. The assessment includes a record search and field reconnaissance of the property. This assessment will be part of the environmental review required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the project application. PALEONTOLOGICAL DISCUSSION: The study area is located on a relatively level tract of land at approximately -40 feet below mean sea level and was previously covered with water during the high stands of Ancient Lake Cahuilla (at maximum 42 feet above mean sea level). The few trees and existing standpipes indicate the site was formerly a date palm grove. A paleontological records search for the property was conducted at the Regional Paleontologic Locality Inventory at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, and at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles. An additional literature review was conducted at CRM Tech's library. The records found no known paleontological localities (sites) within or adjacent to the project area, however several paleontological localities were reported near the project area. Four sites which have produced several significant remains were located near the northeast portion of the project area. Based on these previous discoveries, the San Bernardino County Museum considers the project vicinity to be an area of "high paleontologic 11 C 1_� P:\Reports - HPC\2005\1 1-1 7-05\rpt tt 34243 Masque Paleo.doc sensitivity" and declares any groundbreaking operations in the vicinity to have a "high potential to impact significant nonrenewable fossil resources." The on -foot field survey was conducted on April 13, 2005 by walking parallel north - south transects spaced ten meters apart. Although the site appears to have been disturbed by prior agricultural activity, shell material was observed in the open fields within the project area. The fragment material was found as scattered shell lag deposits in a few blow-out areas. The report concludes that, based upon the records search, literature search, and the field survey, the project area has a high potential for paleontological resources, especially Holocene -age invertebrate fossils. The report states that surface collection, documentation, and recordation of the reported freshwater mollusk remains, identified in the field survey, should be conducted prior to earth -moving activities. The report does not recommend monitoring during grubbing, but recommends continuous monitoring for paleontological remains by a qualified monitor during normal grading activities and to mitigate impacts to the resources which might be exposed during such activities. The report concludes with a number of recommended guidelines to identify, document, and catalogue found specimens. RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Minute Motion 2005 , accepting the "Paleontological Resources Assessment Report — Tentative Tract Map No. 34243 - a 20 Acre Parcel in the City of La Quinta Riverside County, California," as prepared and recommended by CRM TECH, and subject to the following conditions: A. On- and off -site monitoring of earth -moving and grading in areas identified as likely to contain paleontological resources as noted in the report shall be conducted by a qualified paleontological monitor. The monitor shall be equipped to salvage fossils as they are unearthed to avoid construction delays and to remove samples of sediments that are likely to contain the remains of small fossil invertebrates and vertebrates. The monitor shall be empowered to temporarily halt or divert equipment to allow removal of abundant or large specimens. Proof that a monitor has been retained shall be given to City prior to issuance of first earth -moving permit, or before any clearing of the site is begun. B. Recovered specimens shall be prepared to the point of identification and permanent preservation, including washing of sediments to recover small invertebrates and vertebrates. C. A report of findings with an appended itemized inventory of specimens shall be submitted to the City prior to the first occupancy of a residence being granted by the City. The report shall include pertinent discussions of the significance of P:\Reports - HPC\2005\1 1-1 7-05\rpt tt 34243 Masque Paleo.doc r 0 C! 7 all recovered resources where appropriate. The report and inventory, when submitted will signify completion of the program to mitigate impacts to paleontological resources. D. Collected resources and related reports, etc. shall be given to the City. Packaging of resources, reports, etc. shall comply with standards commonly used in the paleontological industry. Attachment: 1. Paleontological Resources Assessment Report - Tentative Tract Map No. 33085 in the City of La Quinta, Riverside County, California (Staff and Commissioners only) Prepared by: Ari rew J. Mogensen, Associate Planner 008 PAReports - HPC\2005\11-17-05\rpt tt 34243 Masque Paleo.doc BI #C MEMORANDUM TO: HONORABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION FROM: LES JOHNSON, PLANNING MANAGER DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2005 SUBJECT: HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION 2005/06 'WORK PROGRAM The following is a draft work program prepared for the Commission to pursue over the next few years. These items are based upon previous interests expressed by Commission Members. Please review the listed program items. Staff will be prepared to discuss and/or answer any questions you may have at the meeting. 2005-2006 HPC WORK PROGRAM 1 . Update the City's historic structure inventory. - (2005/06) 2. Inventory and curate archived items. - (2005/2006) 3. Host a CLG-sanctioned training workshop. (SB 18?) - (2005/06) 4. Completion of Historic Context Statement. (2005/06) 5. Follow-up on mitigation monitoring for projects like the Tradition that were conditioned for annual inspections, etc. (2005/06) 6. Prepare and distribute a brochure that serves as a self -guided driving tour of the City's historic features and discusses the prehistory. - (2006/07) 7. Prepare a composite map of all cultural resources recorded within the City (work load sensitive). - (2006/07) 8. Plaques and related material for self -guided tour. May be cost prohibitive unless part of project. (2006/07) 9. Survey for sites that are in eminent danger of erosion or other destructive threats, especially on City -owned properties. Prioritize and stabilize or mitigate sites as needed. 010 December 12, 2005 Art Fick City Council Chamber, Riverside City Hall 3900 Main Street (at Tenth '& Main Streets) Riverside, CA 92522 %B 18 Consultations Consultation regarding preservation of Native American traditional cultural places in the local government land use planning process. Z) How to conduct meaningful and productive consultations between planning, officials and California Indian tribes so that prehistoric, archaeological. cultural, spiritual. and ceremonial places can be identiftcd and cooperatively protected. 10:30 a.m. -- 11:00 a.m. Registration & Refreshments 11:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m. Introduction to Planning in California A basic overview of California land ww law. This session will provide Lvinen with a vocabulary and undcrswnding of local planning, as well as the u ppor.unities for making your voice heard in the process. Scott �19ort;<rn, Senior Planner, Governor's Office ofPlanning and Research Mary AkF'uchrrnr, Of Counsel, Hanson Bridgett Marcus V Iah0S Rudy. L1.P 12:00 p.m. — 12:30 p.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. -- 1:30 p.m. Introduction to Tribal Governance. Understanding the differences between Native American tribal goveiritents and local govenunents is an important clement of government to government consultation. This session will help local planners understand those differences from both a legal and structural standpoint. Cuauhleneoc Gonzalez, Staff Assistant, Governor's Office of Plan lima and Research Carol Gaubat-, Program Analyst_ California Native American Heritage Commission 1:30 p.m. — 2:30 p.m. SB 13: Protection of Traditional Tribal Cultural Places -- La,w, Definitions, Process An overview of the new provisions in state planning law that require local governmeu I to send notice and to consult with California Native An;erican robes when updating or amending the General Plan or any specific plan or when designating land as open space. Aloon Ifarrev, Executive Director, California Tribal Business Alliance Saar/ Mogan. Senior Planner. Governor's Office of Planning and Research Caro/ Gaubatz, Program Analyst, CaGfania Native American Heri age Commission 01.1 2:45 p.m. —3:45 p.m. Productive Consultation Drawing bon practical experience, research, and established lain. this session will provide key points on how to engage in consultation that is bosh ef('ective and meaningful. Lana dlinmda, Deputy General Counsel, Pechanga Indian Reservation Carol Grubc✓t_, Program Analyst, California'vativc American l lcntzuge Commission This is the. fourth in a series oP trainings that are being offered throughout the state. I'e appreciate the participation of., The Governor's Office of Planate g and Research The Natire Americata Ileritage Commission The California Tribal BusinessAlliauce Il anson Brit tqe l Marcus Vlahos Rudy, LLP The City of Riverside R.S.V.P. Please RSVP btu December 5`" to: Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez via email at: cuauhtemoc.gonzalez((opr.ca.gov or by telephone at: (916) ,W-0613 LU[V II A box lunch will be available for your convenience. It Consists of your choice of cithet a Liam, Turkey, or Vagctarian sandwich, a fruit salad, and a cookie. ,I he cost. of hunch is S6. Please indicate your sandwich preference when you RSVPfor the training. .4TTORNEYS Mandatory Continuing Legal Education credit will be provided for the afternoon sessions, Please advise when makirne your reservation whether you will wish MCI T credit. NOTE Planning professionals should plan to join us in the afternoon. When reserving Nour pace, please specify whether you will want a box lunch. DIRECTIONS Riverside City Hall is located off the Mission Inn Ave exit from CA-91. Go west on Mission Inn Ave. Turn left on Market Street to go to the parking garages. Riverside City Hall is at Tenth and Main Streets. PARKING Parkin.. is available on Tenth Strect or in parking ;adages throughout downtown Riverside. The two closest parking garages to City Hall are Garage 3 and Garage 3. They are located between Mission Inn Ave. and 9°i Street on Market Street. 0I2,