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57 Housing Component: a. According to the Focused GPU program EIR (p. 4.5-3), there are many buildings in the City that are over 50 years of age and many properties considered to be historically significant. However, with implementation of the General Plan policies and compliance with the applicable regulatory framework, the potential impacts to historic resources were found to be less than significant. The City has established five historic districts throughout the city. The project component site is not in or adjacent to any of these districts. In addition, a records search conducted for the applicant by the Northwest Information Center- Sonoma State University (NWIC, “Record search results for the proposed Shasta Street Homes Project,” prepared for Zen Development Consultants LLC, February 16, 2024) included review of base maps referencing cultural resources records and reports, historic-period maps, and literature for San Mateo County. According to the NWIC records search: “The State Office of Historic Preservation Built Environment Resources Directory (OHP BERD), which includes listings of the California Register of Historical Resources, California State Historical Landmarks, California State Points of Historical Interest, and the National Register of Historic Places, lists no recorded buildings or structures within or adjacent to the proposed Shasta Street Homes project area.” In addition, the Housing Component site is not a City-identified historic site. However, as noted by NWIC (p. 2), the 1943 and 1961 USGS Palo Alto topographic map (15-minute quadrangle) indicates one or more existing buildings or structures on the subject site that appear to be in approximately the same location as the current onsite structures. If these unrecorded buildings or structures are still present, then they would meet the Office of Historic Preservation’s minimum age standard that buildings, structures, and objects 45 years or older may be of historical value. Historic Evaluation Report Based on the NWIC recommendations, a historic resources report was prepared for the Housing Component site by Page & Turnbull in December 2023 (122 Buckeye Street & 920 Shasta Street, Redwood City – Historic Resources Evaluation - Final); December 7, 2023; the “Historic Resource Evaluation”). The Historic Resource Evaluation assessed the existing buildings at 122 Buckeye Street and 920 Shasta Street to determine if the buildings are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register), California Register of Historical Resources (California Register), or as a local Redwood City landmark. The existing building at 122 Buckeye Street is a single-family home constructed circa 1900. The existing buildings at 920 Shasta Street are five self-storage buildings constructed in 1975. As such, all buildings on the two properties that constitute the Housing Component site are near or over 50 years old. Neither property is currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register), California Register of Historical Resources (California Register), or as a local Redwood City landmark, nor are the properties located within a listed or identified eligible historic district. The historic resource evaluation concluded the two properties are not individually eligible for listing in the National Register, California Register, or as local Redwood City Historic Landmarks under any criteria (p. 24). Neither property is a historic resource for the purposes of CEQA, including CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5 (Determining the Significance of Impacts to Archaeological and Historical Resources). As determined by the Focused GPU program EIR (p. 4.5-13), “With implementation of the adopted General Plan goals and policies, site-specific environmental review, as well as the existing preservation guidelines in the City’s Municipal Code, potential impacts to historic resources would be less than significant.” Because the existing structures on the project component site were evaluated, the NWIC recommendation has been satisfied, and the buildings are not to be eligible for listing either on the CRHR or the City of Redwood City as a City landmark. There would be no impact as a result of demolition of the existing onsite structures. However, the Housing Component would still be subject to Mitigation Measure CUL-3a regarding encountering human remains during ground-disturbing activities and Mitigation Measure CUL-3b regarding construction crew training prior to grading permit issuance. As discussed in this analysis, the proposed Housing Component would not result in a significant adverse effect on a historic resource or a historic district, and the project component would not result in a cumulatively considerable contribution to a significant historic impact. Therefore, the Housing Component is consistent with the analysis in the Focused GPU EIR because it would not create new impacts or increase impacts and there is no new information of substantial importance for CEQA purposes. b. The Focused GPU program EIR (p. 4.18-1) determined that because the Focused GPU planning area likely contains archaeological resources dating back thousands of years that reflected Native American settlement patterns, the probability of finding archaeological and/or cultural resources in the planning area would be moderate to high. In fact, two shell mounds have been identified in the past, one located on Main Street near Woodside Road and another near ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 57 of 148