Reso HRCA 20-01 (0057) Reso 1304 El Camino Real

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Addendum Historical Resource Inventory and Evaluation Report & Historical Impacts Analysis AECOM 6 resource is provided in Appendix A. In addition, the City provided a copy of the Review of the Impact of the El Camino Real and Wilson Project on 1322 El Camino Real, a report prepared for Greystar in 2015 by consultant Richard Brandi.3The 2015 Brandi report is also provided in Appendix A.4 AECOM cultural resources staff conducted a records search of the project vicinity at the Northwest Information Center at Sonoma State University on May 7, 2019 (File No. 18-2152). No previous recordation for 1304 El Camino Real was on file. 2.2 Fieldwork and Methodology AECOM staff conducted fieldwork and local research for the project site on Parcel F, 1304 El Camino Real, on May 29, 2019. AECOM inventoried and evaluated the historic-age building to assess whether the property should be considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA; that is, whether it is listed in, determined eligible for, or appears to meet the criteria for listing in the CRHR, NRHP, or the Redwood City Historical Resources Inventory. Research regarding historical context development, as well as building-specific research, was conducted at the Karl A. Vollmayer Local History Room at the Redwood City Downtown Library. Additional research was conducted using online resources, including historic newspapers; historic aerial photographs and maps; and City of Redwood City databases with built environment information. 3. Historical Overview 5 3.1 Introduction This historical overview provides context for the evaluation of the building at 1304 El Camino Real in Redwood City. The building was constructed in 1956, and used for auto-related businesses. For an in-depth history of the development of the entire South Main Mixed-Use project site from the early development of Redwood City to present day, refer to the Historical Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report (HRIER) prepared by AECOM for this project. 3.1.1 Auto-Related Commercial Development Today’s El Camino Real has little resemblance to the footpath forged by Father Junipero Serra, beginning in 1769, between San Diego and San Francisco, which was a 600-mile-long route linking the 21 missions built by the Spanish. Portions of the trail were improved over time for wagons—and later, stagecoaches—but major collective improvements to the route did not take place until the spread of the automobile at the turn of the twentieth century. The State Highways Act passed in 1909 authorized creation and improvements of a state-wide highway system. El Camino Real was integrated starting in 1912, and was completed in the mid-1920s. Completion 3 Richard Brandi, Review of the Impact of the El Camino Real and Wilson Project on 1322 El Camino Real. Prepared for Greystar, 2015 4 2010 CIRCA DPR 523 forms located in “Attachment B1” of the City of Redwood City’s 2011 Certified Local Government Annual Report, available at https://web.archive.org/web/20151107031710/http://www.redwoodcity.org/departments/ community-development- department/planning-housing/planning-services/planning-codes-development-standards/certified-local-government- annual. Accessed May 2019. 5 Adapted from Architectural History and Land Use of the Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center Study Area (JRP 2010) provided as Appendix A of URS’s (2010) Cultural Resources Impact Assessment: Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center.