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58 the Union Cemetery, although both have since been leveled and built upon (Focused GPU program EIR, p. 4.18-1). The impacts were found to be less than significant with mitigation. The Housing Component site is located within a half-mile of a recent discovery of tribal cultural resources. The NWIC records search, discussed above in item (a), stated that no cultural resource studies have been conducted specifically for the project component site. The NWIC records search also determined that the potential for encountering unrecorded Native American resources within the proposed project component site is “moderate to high” (p. 2). Accordingly, although the project component site has been developed and is presently mostly covered with asphalt, buildings, or fill that obscures the visibility of original surface soils, NWIC recommends as suggested protocols further archival and field study. This archival and field study would need to occur prior to demolition or other ground disturbance activities and would also need to be conducted by a qualified archaeologist. As explained by NWIC (p. 2), some of the steps the field study may include would be “hand auger sampling, shovel test units, or geoarchaeological analyses as well as other common methods used to identify the presence of buried archaeological resources.” The Housing Component site would be required to comply with the following Focused GPU program EIR mitigation measures: Mitigation Measure CUL-2a regarding encountering deposits of prehistoric or historic archaeological materials during project construction activities; Mitigation Measure CUL-2b regarding construction crew training for identifying federal or state-eligible cultural resources; and Mitigation Measure CUL-2c regarding compliance of future development project applicants with the City’s Historic Resources Management Plan and preparation of a cultural resources plan for all historic site or sites which have a potential for the onsite discovery, reconnaissance and identification of cultural resources. This measure calls for three actions11 to be undertaken: (1) a records search conducted by the Northwest Information Center, which has already been prepared for the project component and whose recommendations are included in this section V; (2) interviews of persons knowledgeable about the history of the site, as approved by staff and within a time period designated by staff (and therefore to be coordinated between the applicant and City staff); and (3) review of maps archived at the local history room of the Main Library and other historical data contained in the Redwood City Inventory (also to be coordinated between the applicant and City staff). With implementation of these Focused GPU program EIR mitigation measures, the Housing Component would not cause a potentially significant impact to any known (recorded) archaeological or cultural resources in the project component vicinity. These mitigation measures shall be required as conditions of approval for the project component and this would reduce the potential impacts of the project on archeological resources to a less than significant impact. 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. c. A records search confirmed that there are not any known cemeteries or human remains in subject area. As discussed in the Cultural Resources chapter of the Focused GPU program EIR (Chapter 4.5, pp. 4.5-15 and 4.5-16), the San Francisco Bay region has been occupied by Native Americans for thousands of years, and despite the largely urbanized character of most city areas, the possibility exists that human remains could be discovered during excavation for development. The Focused GPU program EIR includes Mitigation Measure CUL-3a regarding encountering human remains during ground-disturbing activities and Mitigation Measure CUL-3b regarding construction crew training prior to issuance of a grading permit, which would be applicable to all future development projects. These mitigation measures would ensure that if any human remains are encountered during construction or ground-disturbing activities, construction activities would be halted immediately and the County coroner and a professional archaeologist would be consulted to evaluate the significance of the find, with additional measures as applicable. The circumstances on the site have not changed, so the proposed project component would not cause a potentially significant impact as there are not any known cemeteries or human remains in the project vicinity. However, should any human remains be found during on- or offsite improvements associated with the project, PRC Section 5097.98 and Health and Safety Code 7050.5 as well as implementation of mitigation measures CUL-3a and 3b as conditions of approval for the project component, any potential impacts related to undiscovered human remains would be reduced to a less than significant level. The 920 Shasta Street project 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. 11 The Focused GPU program EIR Mitigation Measure CUL-2c includes a “fourth” action: “4. With implementation of Mitigation Measures CUL-2a, CUL-2b, and CUL-2c, and the City’s established development review process, the Project’s potential impacts to archaeological resources would be less than significant.” However, this statement is not part of the mitigation measure but rather an erroneous formatting error and simply indicates the level of the impact significance with implementation of the mitigation. ATTY/RESO.0031/CC RESO CEQA GUIDELINES (901 EL CAMINO REAL) REV: 04-22-25 VR Page 58 of 148