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09/09/2013 these structures in the planning process. Some members of the HRAC have indicated that they preliminarily disagree with the conclusions in the reports that these structures are not potential historic resources; however, the HRAC has yet to make a recommendation as to whether these structures should be included on the City's register of historical resources. CEQA Guidelines section 15064.5(a)(4) allows a lead agency to determine that a resource is a historic resource despite the fact that the resource is not listed in the California Register of Historical Resources, a local register of historical resources, or a historical resources survey. Due to the conflicting opinions on the historical significance of the three structures and the fact that the City had not made a final determination as to whether these structures should be included on its historical resources register, the City treated the 425 Broadway building, the plaza area with the Warnecke Fountains, and the Ampex sign as potential historic resources for the purposes of the Draft EIR pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15064.5(a)(4). Mitigation: Mitigation 14-1. The project shall incorporate design elements within the publicly accessible areas of the project that point to the various important periods of land use on the site (farming, flower fields, airfield, and center for technology innovation). The applicant has agreed to incorporate these elements regardless of whether the City ultimately determines that the proposed project would cause a significant impact on historic resources, and these elements are included in the Draft Stanford in Redwood Citv Precise Plan. Any structure on the project development site that the City determines is a loca( historic resource shall be photographed and documented prior to demolition or removal. The documentation shall adhere to the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Architectural and Engineering Documentation. The level of documentation shall be proportionate with the level of significance of the resource. The documentation shall be made available for inclusion in the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) or the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Collections in the Library of Congress, the California Historical Resources Information System and the Bancroft Library, as well as local libraries and historical societies, such as the Redwood City Public Library. Through careful methods of planned deconstruction to avoid damage and loss, identified historic character-defining features and materials shall be salvaged as feasible for educational and interpretive use on-site, or for reuse in new construction on the development site in a way that commemorates their original use and significance. Finding: As the City has determined that the 425 Broadway building, the plaza area with the Warnecke Fountains and the Ampex sign are not historical resources, implementation of Mitigation 14-1 (commemoration and documentation of 425 Broadway and the plaza area with the Warnecke fountains, and relocating the Ampex sign, if they are determined to be historic resources) is not required. However, as stated in the first paragraph of Mitigation 14-1, the applicant has agreed to incorporate the commemorative design elements of that paragraph regardless of whether the City finds a significant impact, and these elements are included in the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan. ATTY/RE50.2901/STANFORD EIR CERTIFICATION RESO.#15294 REV:09-10-13 VR MUFF#100 Page 14 of 55