Appendix F - ACBCI Tribal Mitigation LetterCORAL MOUNTAIN RESORT
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ACBCI Tribal Mitigation Letter
Appendix F
June 2021
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AQUA CALiENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS.
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June 09, 2020
[VIA EMAIL TO:ncriste@terranovaplanning.com]
Terra Nova
Ms. Nicole Criste
42635 Melanie Place, Suite 101
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Re: Re: The Wave Consultation Meeting Follow Up
Dear Ms. Nicole Criste,
03-003-2019-001
The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) appreciates your efforts to include the
Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) in the Wave at Coral Mountain project. The project
area is not located within the boundaries of the ACBCI Reservation. However, it is within the
Tribe's Traditional Use Area. A records check of the ACBCI registry identified previous
surveys in the area that were positive for the presence of cultural resources. In consultation, the
ACBCI THPO requests the following:
*The presence of an approved Agua Caliente Native American Cultural Resource
Monitor(s) during any ground disturbing activities (including archaeological testing
and surveys). Should buried cultural deposits be encountered, the Monitor may
request that destructive construction halt and the Monitor shall notify a Qualified
Archaeologist (Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines) to investigate
and, if necessary, prepare a mitigation plan for submission to the State Historic
Preservation Officer and the Agua Caliente Tribal Historic Preservation Office.
*The presence of an archaeologist that meets the Secretary of Interior's standards
during any ground disturbing activities.
*Before ground disturbing activities begin please contact the Tribal Historic
Preservation Office to arrange cultural monitoring. The phone number for
monitoring services is 760-699-6828.
*At this time the concerns of the ACBCI THPO have been addressed and proper
mitigation measures have been proposed to ensure the protection of tribal cultural
resouces. This letter shall conclude our AB52 consultation efforts.
* The project requires a Archaeological Treatment, Disposition, and Monitoring
Plan
* The project requires a Rock Art Management Plan based on recommendations
made in the report by McCarthy and Mouriquand.
* 33-193 preservation, NR nomination, rock art management plan
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* 33-1715 preservation, NR nomination, rock art management plan. Test outside of
preservation area and excavation if necessary.
* 33-1716 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-1717 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-8386 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-8388 preservation. Outside of preservation area, surface collection, testing and
excavation if necessary.
* 33-9001 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-9003 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-9545 preservation, NR nomination, rock art management plan.
* 33-28907 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-28908 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-28909 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-28910 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-28911 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* 33-28912 surface collection, testing and excavation if necessary.
* Sufficient number of monitors for number of earth moving machinery.
* Plan for inadvertent discovery of human remains.
* Signed curation agreement.
* Cultural sensitivity training with Agua THPO staff involvement.
Again, the Agua Caliente appreciates your interest in our cultural heritage. If you have questions
or require additional information, please call me at (760)699-6907. You may also email me at
ACBCI-THPO@aguacaliente.net.
Cordially,
Pattie Garcia -Plotkin
Director
Tribal Historic Preservation Office
AGUA CALIENTE BAND
OF CAHUILLA INDIANS
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