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<br /> <br />Red Morton Community Park Sports Lighting Initial Study <br />City of Redwood City 36 June 2015 <br />4.5 CULTURAL RESOURCES <br /> <br />4.5.1 Setting <br /> <br />Cultural resources are evidence of past human occupation and activity and include both historical and <br />archaeological resources. These resources may be located above ground, underground or underwater <br />and have significance in history, prehistory11, architecture or culture of the nation, State of California, <br />or local or tribal communities. Paleontological resources are fossils, the remains or traces of <br />prehistoric life preserved in the geological record. They range from the well know n and well <br />publicized fossils (such as mammoth and dinosaur bones) to scientifically important fossils (such as <br />paleobotanical remains, trace fossils, and microfossils). Potentially sensitive areas with fossil <br />bearing sediments near the ground surface in areas of San Mateo County are generally in or adjacent <br />to foothill areas rather than the younger Holocene age deposits on the valley floor. <br /> <br />The project site is not located near any natural waterways. There have been no archaeological finds <br />during implementation of other projects in the park or surrounding area. The project site does not <br />appear to be sensitive for prehistoric or historic archaeological deposits. No historic cultural <br />resources have been recorded within the area of the proposed project. <br /> <br />4.5.2 Environmental Checklist and Discussion of Impacts <br /> <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />With <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No Impact Checklist <br />Source(s) <br />Would the project: <br />1. Cause a substantial adverse change in the <br />significance of an historical resource as <br />defined in §15064.5? <br /> 1,2 <br />2. Cause a substantial adverse change in the <br />significance of an archaeological resource as <br />defined in §15064.5? <br /> <br /> <br />1,2 <br />3. Directly or indirectly destroy a unique <br />paleontological resource or site, or unique <br />geologic feature? <br /> 1,2 <br />4. Disturb any human remains, including those <br />interred outside of formal cemeteries? <br /> 1,2 <br /> <br />4.5.2.1 Impacts to Cultural Resources <br /> <br />Soils on the site have been excavated and disturbed during installation of artificial turf on the existing <br />sports fields on the site. Additionally, there are no recorded archaeological deposits on or directly <br />adjacent to the site, and the potential for discovery of buried historical or prehistoric resources on the <br />project site is low. <br /> <br /> <br />11 Events of the past prior to written records are considered prehistory. <br />8.A. - Page 53