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Executive Summary <br /> As requested by the PIanning Department,this report reviews the project located at El Camino <br /> Real and Wilson Street, Redwood City and assesses its impacts, if any, on the historic resources <br /> at 1322 El Camino Real also known as the Record Man. The project is located across the El <br /> Camino Real from The Record Man, which is a designated historic resource in the Downtown <br /> Precise Plan(DTPP). This report concludes that the project will not have an adverse change, as <br /> defined under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA), on the historic resource. <br /> This report does not address the architectural guidelines contained in the DTPP, shadows, or the <br /> urban design aesthetics of the project. <br /> Methods <br /> This review was conducted by Richard Brandi who holds an M.A. in Historic Preservation from <br /> Goucher College, Maryland and a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley. He is listed as a qualified historian <br /> by the San Francisco Planning Department and the California Historical Resources Information <br /> System. With more than 10 years of professional experience in architectural history and historic <br /> preservation, Mr. Brandi meets the requirements of a Qualified Professional as set forth by the <br /> Secretary of the Interior. He has extensive experience throughout California and has also worked <br /> in Arizona, Mississippi,Montana, and New Mexico. He conducts historic resource evaluations; <br /> historic context statements; architectural surveys; CEQA,NEPA and Section 106 reviews; <br /> HABS/HAER documentation; National Register nominations; and design reviews using the <br /> Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Mr. Brandi has <br /> evaluated railroad roundhouses, train stations, airports,golf course clubhouses, log cabins, <br /> theaters, courthouses, warehouses, farmsteads,public housing complexes,hospitals, stores, <br /> churches, and schools, as well as many types of houses. He previously worked at Atkins/PBS&J, <br /> PMC, Page&Turnbull Architecture, and Carey&Co. Architecture. His evaluations have been <br /> accepted by the Library of Congress,National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Housing <br /> and Urban Development, California State Office of Historic Preservation, Mississippi SHPO, <br /> San Francisco Historic Preservation Commission, and many cities and counties. He is president <br /> and board member of the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, <br /> 1 <br />