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 1 Summary of Findings Greystar GP II, LLC (Applicant) proposes a mixed-use redevelopment at the periphery of the City’s Downtown in Redwood City, California (project location) (see Figure 1). The project site is bounded by El Camino Real, Maple Street, Elm Street, Main Street, Caltrain right-of-way, Chestnut Street, Shasta Street, and Cedar Street; and is composed of five contiguous blocks totaling 8.30 acres (Parcels A through E). In early 2019, the project was expanded to include the proposed development of a non-contiguous site located at 1304 El Camino Real with 39 residential units approximately 1,000 feet northwest of the primary project site on a separate block of approximately 0.15 acre (Parcel F) (see Figure 2). The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires the City of Redwood City, as the project’s lead agency, to determine the significance of impacts the project may have on historical resources. AECOM is preparing the environmental document for the project’s CEQA compliance, including the CEQA analysis as it pertains to historical resources. The City of Redwood City Planning and Housing Division (City) requested AECOM provide an addendum historical resource inventory and evaluation of the existing historic-age building at 1304 El Camino Real on Parcel F to determine if the building is a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. In addition, AECOM also examined the project’s potential to indirectly effect the building at 1322 El Camino Real (The Record Man), which is considered a historical resource based on an evaluation conducted in 2010. This report provides information and analysis regarding potential historical resources impacts. This study was conducted in accordance with Section 15064.5(a)- (b) of the CEQA Guidelines, using the criteria outlined in Section 5924.1 of the California Public Resources Code (PRC). Historical contexts were prepared to address pertinent themes of auto-related commercial development along El Camino Real in the post-World War II period. The historic themes are discussed in Section 3; description, photographs, and a property history of 1304 El Camino Real is provided in Section 4 and the findings and conclusions regarding eligibility and integrity are in Section 5. Section 6 includes the historical resource impacts analysis of the project on 1322 El Camino Real. Refer to Section 7 for AECOM staff professional qualifications, and Section 8 for a listing of reference materials that were consulted. AECOM inventoried and evaluated the sole historic-age building (over 45 years) in the project site on Parcel F, 1304 El Camino Real, in the CEQA Study Area depicted in Figure 3. This report finds that the building at 1304 El Camino Real does not meet the eligibility criteria for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) or City of Redwood City Historic Designation, and is a not a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. This report also concludes that the project will not result in a substantial adverse change to the nearby historical resource at 1322 El Camino Real (The Record Man).