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<br />Conclusion: Regarding cultural resources, the proposed project would not result in any new significant environmental
<br />impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant impacts (CEQA Guidelines Section
<br />15162(a)). All impacts are adequately evaluated in the certified Downtown Precise Plan program EIR. The proposed project
<br />is also consistent with the Downtown Precise Plan (CEQA Guidelines Section 15183).
<br />Documentation:
<br />a. The DTPP (Appendix 1) identifies 47 historic resources and one designated historic district within the DTPP area.
<br />The DTPP program EIR (Chapter 7, Cultural and Historic Resources) concluded that there were potential impacts
<br />to these resources only for project sites located on or directly adjacent to a historic resource, or within or directly
<br />adjacent to a historic district. Consistent with EIR Chapter 7, the DTPP specifies standards, guidelines, and
<br />mitigations for historic resources identified in the DTPP. The project site at 603 Jefferson Avenue does not include
<br />any DTPP-identified historic resources, nor is it located within or adjacent to a historic district or adjacent to a
<br />historic resource (DTPP p. 157, Historic Resources Reconnaissance Survey Map; DTPP p. 30, Historic Resource
<br />Preservation Regulations Map; also see DTPP program EIR Impacts 7-2, 7-3, and 7-4). The project site is
<br />approximately 90 feet east of the Hanson Lumber Company Employee House at 620 Jefferson Avenue (1890), with
<br />Jefferson Avenue in between; the DTPP (pp. 30 and 157) identifies 620 Jefferson Avenue as a `Historic Resource to
<br />be Preserved. " The project design meets the building height and disposition standards (DTPP Section 2.7, Building
<br />Height and Disposition Regulations) applicable to its location in DTPP `Non -Historic Mitigation Group 6: Few
<br />Historic Mitigations Necessary. "
<br />Richard Brandi Report and Historic Resources Advisory Committee Resolution No. 16-01
<br />In February 2016, a historic resources report on the proposed project and its potential effect on the historic
<br />structure across the street (Review of the Impact of the 603 Jefferson Avenue Project on Historic Resources in
<br />Downtown Redwood City; Richard Brandi;, October 15, 2015) was reviewed by the City Historic Resources
<br />Advisory Committee (HRAC). Consistent with the DTPP (Section 2.1.4) and program EIR (Chapter 7, Mitigations
<br />7-2, 7-3, and 7-4), the report's author is listed as a qualified historian with the California Historical Resources
<br />Information System (CHRIS) and meets the requirements of a Qualified Professional as set forth by the Secretary of
<br />the Interior.
<br />The Brandi report evaluated the proposed project, an 8 -story building of Contemporary design as defined by DTPP
<br />Section 2.9 (Architectural Character Regulations), to determine what, if any, impacts it would have on the historic
<br />resource at 620 Jefferson Avenue.
<br />The proposed project would not demolish, destroy, relocate, or alter the historic resource directly across the street
<br />at 620 Jefferson. The historic resources report (pp. 9 and 10) concluded:
<br />"The Redwood City downtown has changed greatly since the 1890s when 620 Jefferson Avenue was built.
<br />Originally, the immediate area was made of single-family houses. As Redwood City grew during the 20th century,
<br />the downtown saw many changes, including the construction of single -story and multiple -story commercial
<br />buildings, multiple -story residential buildings, and surface parking lots.
<br />"The development that occurred during the 20th century greatly changed the historic setting, feeling, and
<br />association of 620 Jefferson Avenue. Nevertheless, the loss of these aspects of historic integrity did not preclude the
<br />building from designation as a historic resource in the Downtown Precise Plan.
<br />"Given that the historic setting, feeling, and association of the buildings were already greatly changed before these
<br />buildings were designated as historic resources, the development of the 603 Jefferson Project will also not affect the
<br />overall historic integrity of 620 Jefferson Avenue. The project may affect the current setting of the block where the
<br />resource is located, but the current setting is not historic. Therefore, the project has no impact on the significance of
<br />the historical resource at 620 Jefferson Avenue and will not have a substantial adverse change under CEQA. The
<br />historic property will still be eligible for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources after completion
<br />of the Project. "
<br />The above reference in the historic resources report to "CEQA" is CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5 (Determining
<br />the Significance of Impacts to Archeological and Historical Resources), which the certified DTPP program EIR (pp.
<br />7-16 through 7-18, 7-25, and 7-26) discussed under State laws and impact significance criteria for historical
<br />resources.
<br />At its February 11, 2016 meeting, the HRA C determined that, based on the Richard Brandi report for 603 Jefferson
<br />Avenue, the proposed project would not have a substantial adverse change in the significance of the adjacent
<br />historic resource directly across the street [620 Jefferson Avenue]. (City of Redwood City Historic Resources
<br />Advisory Committee [HRAC], Approved Minutes; February 11, 2016)
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