updated section 106 cultural resources investigation report - hayward

Updated Section 106 Cultural Resources Investigation Report

City of Hayward Recycled Water Project

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SMB Environmental, Inc.

June 2015

Update - Section 106 Cultural Resources Investigation Report

City of Hayward Recycled Water Project 1 June 2015

Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Project Description ............................................................................................................................... 2 Known Archeological Resources in the Proposed Action Area ......................................... 3 Known Archeological Resources Relocation Efforts .................................................................. 7 Survey Results ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Mains .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 Laterals ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Alternative Mains and Laterals ...................................................................................................... 12

Findings .................................................................................................................................................. 14 P-01-001783 ......................................................................................................................................... 14 P-01-002269 ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Other Potential Historic Resources ............................................................................................... 15

Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................................... 15

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Figure 1 - Project Location4 Figure 2 - Proposed Project/Action Facilities.5 Figure 3 - Proposed project Alignment and Known Cultural Resources..6 Figure 4 - Trench Sidewall Along Breakwater Avenue...8 Figure 5 Panama Street.10 Figure 6 Bahama Street.11 Figure 7 Union Pacific Tracks13 Figure 8 Cabot Street...14

Attachments Attachment A NWIC CorrespondenceA-1 Attachment B Site Record (P-01-001783).....B-1 Attachment C Site Record (P-01-002269)..C-1



Introduction This report provides an update to the October 2014 Section 106 Cultural Resources Investigation Report that was prepared for the City of Haywards Recycled Water Project (Proposed Project or Proposed Action) and as was disclosed in the Citys Public and Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact (IS/MND and EA/FONSI). Please note that this report contains sensitive data that should not be distributed to the public. Archaeological site information is exempted from public disclosure under California Government Code 6245 & 6254.10. This report may be provided to those with a genuine need to know (e.g., regulatory agencies, architects, etc.). Other distribution is not authorized.

Project Description The City proposes to construct and operate a recycled water project located within the City of Hayward. The City has prepared a Recycled Water Facility Plan to identify potential users for recycled water within the City, including a conceptual distribution system and an estimate of project costs. The initial phase of the project consists of installing a new Recycled Water Facility (RWF) located at the Citys Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) at 3700 Enterprise Avenue, Hayward, California. The RWF would deliver an estimated 290 acre-feet per year of recycled water to 22 customers within the City of Hayward. The RWF will be served by approximately one and half 1.5 miles of new distribution lines (ranging in diameter from 6 to 8 inches) to the north and south of the WPCF, rehabilitation and connection to an existing and abandoned Shell Oil Pipeline, and over three (3) miles of laterals to customers, including installation of customer connections. The majority of recycled water customers will utilize the recycled water for irrigation, with some industrial uses for cooling towers and boilers. The City is pursuing an agreement with Shell Oil to purchase and use the existing abandoned 8-inch diameter pipeline that runs through the City. However, the environmental document assumes both the reuse of the existing abandoned 8-inch Shell Oil Pipeline as well as the construction of a new recycled water pipeline (in the event an agreement with Shell Oil is not reached or the use is otherwise determined infeasible. As a result, we have assumed a worst-case scenario and assumed approximately 3-miles of a new 8-inch pipeline paralleling portions of the Shell Oil Pipeline in existing roadways.

The majority of the pipelines would be installed in existing roadways using conventional cut-and-cover construction techniques and installing pipe in open trenches. It is assumed that up to a 50-foot wide construction corridor would be used to help maximize the efficiency during construction. However, in most places a 25-foot construction corridor could be realized. It is anticipated that excavation would range from 2- to 5-feet wide and would typically be 3-to 6-feet deep.

Creek, drainage, and/or major road and utility crossings will be constructed using trenchless techniques. Creek and drainage crossings will be done in the dry season and will not occur during inclement weather or between October 15 and April 1. Specifically, the existing Shell Oil Pipeline crosses a designated wildlife refuge in the northwestern portion of the Proposed Project/Action area, near the intersection of Depot Road and



West Winton Avenue. If a new pipeline is necessary, its alignment in that area would not be placed along the existing Shell Oil Pipeline, but rather along or within the roadway. A flood control channel crosses Depot Road where the road turns west south of the Winton Industrial Center, one of the Citys potential recycled water customers. Because of its location, crossing of the flood control channel will likely require micro-tunneling rather than another trenchless method. As a result, the City proposes micro-tunneling under the flood channel and will stay out of all creeks, streams, wetlands and/or flood control channels to avoid any adverse environmental impacts to these resources. The Area of Potential Effect (APE) for the project is the proposed location of pipeline emplacement. No takes of private property are anticipated. The California State Water Resources Control Board (State Board) is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 Lead Agency for this Proposed Project. See Figures 1 and 2 for project location and vicinity.

Known Archeological Resources in the Proposed Action Area On July 14, 2014, a records search was conducted by staff at the NWIC, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California (NWIC File # 14-0048) (Se Attachment A). The record search included the project Area of Potential Effect (APE) and a 0.50-mile radius outside the project boundaries. The record search included reviewing pertinent NWIC base maps that reference cultural resources records and reports, historic period maps, and literature for Alameda County including current inventories of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHP), the California Inventory of Historical Resources, California State Historic Landmarks, and the California Points of Historical Interest. According to information provided by NWIC, there have been six cultural resource studies of the Recycled Water project area (Arrigoni et al. 2008, S-35644; Baker 2001, S-24379; Chavez 1979, S-1479; DeBaker et al. 2008, S-34825; Flynn 1988, S-11543; Sawyer et al. 1978, S-1743). However, due to the passage of time since three of the previous surveys (Chavez 1979, S-1479; Flynn 1988, S-11543; Sawyer et al. 1978, S-1743) and the changes in archaeological theory and method since that time, only 30% of the project area is considered to be previously surveyed. As shown in Figure 3, the project area contains two recorded historic-period archaeological resources (P-01-001783, the Southern Pacific Railroad and P-01-002269, a transmission line). These records are attached in Attachments B and C. The State Office of Historic Preservation Historic Property Directory (OHP HPD) (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 one recorded building or structure adjacent to the proposed project area, the Herman Mohr house located at 2595 Depot Road (Property number 10182, status code 6Y: Determined ineligible for the National Register by consensus through Section 106 process Not

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Evaluated for the California Register or Local Listing). In addition to these inventories, the NWIC base maps show no recorded buildings or structures within the proposed project area. At the time of Euroamerican contact the Native Americans that lived in the area were speakers of the Chochenyo language, part of the Costanoan language family (Levy 1978:485). There are no Native American resources in or adjacent to the proposed project area referenced in the ethnographic literature. Based on an evaluation of the environmental setting and features associated with known sites, Native American resources in this part of Alameda County have been found along the general margins of the San Francisco Bay and associated wetlands, on the banks and mid-slope terraces above seasonal and perennial waterways and within Holocene age landforms. The Recycled Water project area is marginal to the San Francisco Bay and its associated wetlands, contains the area around Sulphur Creek, Alameda Creek, Mt. Eden Creek and Word Creek, and is within a Holocene age landform. Given the similarity of one or more of these environmental factors, there is a high potential of identifying unrecorded Native American resources in the proposed Recycled Water project area. Review of historical literature and maps indicated the possibility of historic-period archaeological resources within the Recycled Water project area. The 1899 and 1915 Hayward USGS 15-minute topographic quadrangle depicts one building or structure adjacent to the project area. With this in mind, there is a moderate potential of identifying unrecorded historic-period archaeological resources in the proposed Recycled Water project area. The 1942 Hayward USGS 15-minute topographic quadrangle depicts several buildings or structures adjacent to the Recycled Water project area. These unrecorded buildings or structures meet the Office of Historic Preservations minimum age standard that buildings, structures, and objects 45 years or older may be of historical value.

Known Archeological Resources Relocation Efforts Detailed below are the relocation efforts of the two-recorded historic-period archeological resources P-01-001783 and P-01-002269 and the Herman Mohr house located at 2595 Depot Road. In addition, the Proposed Project site was originally surveyed on August 9, 2014 and then revisited and surveyed by Daniel Shoup, a Registered Professional Archeologist, on June 12, 2015. The project area is in a highly urbanized location. The vast majority of the right-of-way is covered with concrete sidewalks or asphalt streets. All open areas generally street planters, front yards, and public landscaping within the APE were inspected for evidence of cultural occupation, including midden soil, shell, bone, modified lithic materials, fire-cracked rock, and historic debris and features. Adjoining open areas visible from the APE were also inspected for cultural materials.

A pedestrian survey was used to inspect approximately 70% of the proposed project alignments and alternatives. Windshield survey with spot checks of visible soil was used for 10%, while the remaining 20% was on private property and was inaccessible.



Survey Results As an update and clarification to the October 2014 Section 106 Cultural Resources Investigation Report, detailed below is a summary of the survey results and the potential to affect historic- period archeological resources.

Mains Whitesell North Branch

This section of proposed main takes a generally northwestern route through the grounds of the Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) and several auto wreckers and auto dismantlers. As these properties are gated, it was not possible to inspect them during the field survey. Aerial photos suggest that the alignment is almost entirely covered with impervious surfaces. However, the sewage treatment facility was originally constructed between 1948 and 1959, according to USGS maps (see USGS Hayward 15 quadrangles for 1948 and 1959), and thus may contain structures that are 50 years or more in age.

Figure 4: Trench sidewall along Breakwater Avenue, facing South. Highway 92 in background Whitesell South Branch

This section of proposed main travels east from the Calpine facility along Enterprise



Avenue, turns south on Whitesell Street, then turns east along Breakwater Avenue to its intersection with Clawiter Road.

The north side of Enterprise Avenue within the proposed alignment is edged by shrubs and offers no soil visibility. The south side has a 8---20 strip of exposed grey---brown silty clay and silty loam soil partly covered with weeds, gravel, and trash including shoes, metal, glass, and plastic. The area appears to have been used as a dumping area in the past.

The remainder of the proposed alignment along Whitesell Street was under construction. Asphalt had been removed and the installation of a recycled water pipeline in a trench 4- to 8-feet deep was underway. Conversation with an engineer from Preston Pipeline Company suggested that the pipeline was being installed as part of the realignment of Whitesell Avenue. Along Breakwater Avenue, the pipeline excavation and installation was proceeding in a 20-foot wide area north of the asphalt street. Native soils were visible throughout, including soil profiles in open trenches. Soils were gray-brown silty clay with black clay inclusions and asphalt chunks near the surface. No shell or other indicators of prehistoric use were observed.

A previously recorded historical resource is present along this alignment (P-01-001783). A spur line of the Southern Pacific Railroad intersects Whitesell Street approximately 800-feet south of Enterprise Avenue. Though the line appears disused, railroad tracks dating from the 1920s are still present on the east side of Whitesell Street. This resource forms part of (P-01-001783), a trinomial and primary number that includes former Southern Pacific Railroad facilities in Alameda County.

Laterals Panama Street - Arf Avenue

This section of proposed lateral runs along Panama Street and Arf Avenue from Calaroga Avenue to Industrial Boulevard, with an extension south on Calaroga Avenue.

Mount Eden High School fronts on Panama Street and Calaroga Avenue. In addition to intermittent 4-foot sidewalk planters, lawn and concrete driveways border the sidewalk. These provide less than 10 percent visibility of local soil. Along the East side of Calaroga Avenue and the North side of Panama Street, ranch homes dating from the 1960s to the 1980s border the street. Intermittent sidewalk planters and front yards provide 10- to 20-percent soil visibility.

Arf Avenue between Hesperian Boulevard and Baumberg Avenue has a landscaped area ranging from 8 to 30 wide along the southern side of the street, which provides fair to good soil visibility. The north side of the street features apartment complexes dating to the 1970s or 1980s and a middle school, with intermittent sidewalk planters and front yards allowing spot- checking of local soils. A similar situation pertains along Arf Avenue from Baumberg Avenue to Industrial Boulevard.

Soils in the area are medium-brown to grey-brown silty loams and clay silts with little native rock but a scattering of gravel, mulch, glass, and other modern debris. Overall, soil visibility is approximately 15-percent in this alignment.



Figure 5: Facing east on Panama Street, across from Mt. Eden High School. Sidewalk planters provide some, limited soil visibility.

Darwin Street - Bahama Avenue

This section of proposed lateral travels west from the intersection of Darwin Street and Lauderdale Avenue, turns north onto Bahama Avenue, then west along the north side of a power line corridor until it reaches Industrial Boulevard. As the power line corridor was fenced with no trespassing signs, the surveyor inspected Sleepy Hollow Avenue, which runs approximately 50-foot to the north and parallel.

The corridor is a mix of single level ranch homes, two-story homes, and condominiums, mostly constructed between 1965 and 1985. In addition, Mount Eden Park, Impact Academy School, and a PG&E substation adjoin the alignment along Darwin Street. Four-foot wide sidewalk planters are present intermittently throughout the alignment, offering moderate to poor visibility of native soils. In addition, some front yards have exposed soil. Native soil is brown-grey to brown-black silty loam and silty clay loam with small amounts of surface gravel and historic debris such as plastic and broken glass. Overall, soil visibility is less than 5-percent within the alignment.



Figure 6: Bahama Avenue Facing East. Depot Road

This section of proposed lateral travels along Depot Road from Hesperian Boulevard to Industrial Boulevard. The corridor is a mix of 1970s and 1980s ranch homes, historic homes, and institutions including Chabot College, Ochoa Middle School, Rancho Arroyo Park, and Mount Eden Cemetery. Light industrial and commercial structures are located near the corner of Industrial Boulevard.

Ground visibility is moderate in this area, with large areas of visible soil along the frontage of Ochoa Middle School, Rancho Arroyo Park, and Mount Eden Cemetery. Four-foot wide sidewalk planters are present intermittently throughout the alignment, with frequent street trees, providing moderate to poor visibility of native soils within them. In addition, most front yards have 5- to 20- percent exposed soil. Native soil is brown--grey silty loam and silty clay loam with varying quantities of gravel and historic debris. Overall, soil visibility is approximately 15-percent within or adjacent to the alignment. Several potential historic resources are located adjacent to the proposed project alignment. The Herman Mohr house at 2595 Depot Road is a dilapidated mansion dating from the 1880s, and was previously found ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places. A group of 1920s Spanish Revival homes are located along the north side of Depot Road between Mohr Drive and Monte Vista Drive. Finally, Mount Eden



Cemetery (established 1860) is located adjacent to the project alignment. These resources have not been previously recorded or evaluated.

West Winton Avenue West of Cabot Street

This section of proposed lateral travels approximately 1,200-foot along West Winton Avenue from near Depot Road to the Winton Industrial Center. On the south side of the alignment, a lush lawn 15- to 20-foot adjoins the sidewalk, offering no soil visibility. On the north side of the alignment, a drainage ditch 3-to 5-feet deep runs through a 15-to 30-foot wide area of exposed soil and weeds, offering very good soil visibility. Soil is grey-black silty clay or clay silt with some fragments of shell and snail. Gravel and recent trash are visible at several locations. No prehistoric or historic artifacts were noted.

Alternative Mains and Laterals West Winton Avenue

This section of proposed alternative main runs along West Winton Avenue from Winton Industrial Center to Curtis Street. Proposed alternative laterals extend from the proposed alternative main along Curtis Street to Hayward Executive Airport, and along West Winton Avenue from Curtis Street to Clawiter Road.

West of the Union Pacific railroad tracks, both sides of West Winton Avenue are characterized by landscaped areas planted with turf or mulched, offering almost 0-percent very soil visibility. East of the Union Pacific tracks to Clawiter Street, 4-foot wide sidewalk planters and unplanted landscape areas adjacent to the sidewalk offer stretches of moderate soil visibility. Observed soils were brown-grey silty clay loams and clay silts with surface debris including gravel and recent trash. Curtis Street is entirely paved with no soil visibility. It was not possible to inspect the alignment where it entered the Hayward Executive Airport and adjoining Air National Guard facility. The Proposed Project crosses one historic resource, the South Pacific Coast Railroad (P-01-001783). The current Union Pacific tracks run in the original alignment of the South Pacific Coast Railroad, which was constructed through the area in 1876. The SPCRR ran a popular passenger and freight service from Oakland to Santa Cruz, and was the most successful narrow-gauge railroad in California history. It was purchased by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1887. Within West Winton Avenue, the rail line is a single track set in modern concrete plate. Parallel concrete patches and the overall width of the railroad right of way suggest that a second track has been removed. The rail-bed appears similar to its historic condition, but has been regularly maintained and updated. An historic telegraph pole stands at the southwest corner of the intersection. The pole has a single arm holding seven glass insulators, and has the diagonal-cut top characteristic of late 19th and early 20th Century telegraph poles. It is currently used to convey electricity, possibly to the railroad signal box, via a conduit bolted to its side. Besides the railroad line, there are a number of 19th and early 20th -Century dwellings some converted to light industrial use on West Winton east of the Southern Pacific



tracks. The proposed Project will not affect these properties.

Figure 7: Union Pacific Tracks at West Winton Avenue, facing South. Note historic telegraph pole and patches in pavement where a second track has been removed. Allison Street-Cabot Street

This section of proposed alternative main runs along Allison Street and Cabot Street from West Winton Avenue to Depot Street.

For 95-percent or more of its length, sidewalks along this proposed alignment are landscaped in thick turf with 0-percent soil visibility. For this reason, this alignment section was inspected through a windshield survey: the surveyor drove slowly along the alignment, stopping to spot check areas that appeared to offer soil visibility and other features. Landscape areas on the west side of Cabot are entirely covered grass or bark chips. On the east side of Cabot, landscaping is similar, though several areas approximately 5-feet long that offered 5- to 10-percent soil visibility through pine needle duff were spot-checked.

Three disused railroad spurs from the Union Pacific main line cross Cabot Street within the proposed alignment. No tracks are visible within Cabot Street itself. These spurs were constructed between 1968 and 1973, contemporaneously with the industrial



buildings nearby (see USGS San Leandro 7.5 quadrangles for 1968 and 1973). A canal also crosses Cabot Street. This canal was constructed between 1948 and 1959 according to USGS maps (see USGS Hayward 15 quadrangles for 1948 and 1959).

An historic resource is located near this portion of the proposed alignment. The PG&E Eastshore-Grant Transmission line (P-01-002269), constructed in 1922, parallels the southeast-trending portion of Cabot Road for approximately 2,000 feet. An evaluation of the transmission line in 2000 found it not eligible for the California or National Registers.

Figure 8: Looking South on Cabot Street. Note absence of soil visibility due to thick turf.

Findings No prehistoric archaeological sites or materials were found during the course of the archaeological reconnaissance surveys. Detailed below are the major findings by identified resource.

P-01-001783

The proposed Project will cross the South Pacific Coast Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad (P-01-001783) at West Winton Avenue and Whitesell Street. The mainline of the Union Pacific Railroad, originally constructed in 1876 as the South Pacific Coast Railroad, intersects with the project alignment at West Winton Avenue, while a spur



line crosses Whitesell Street. However, the Proposed Project will cross these intersections using trenchless construction techniques and thus will not have No Effect to this resource.

P-01-002269 The Proposed Project runs adjacent to or parallel to the PG&E Eastshore-Grant Transmission Line (P-01-02269). However the Proposed Project would not affect this resources and thus there would be No Effect to this Resource.

Other Potential Historic Resources The Proposed Project runs adjacent to or parallel to several other historic resources, including the Mount Eden Cemetery and a number of historic homes. However the Proposed Project will have No Effect on these resources as discussed below.

Mount Eden Cemetery

Mount Eden Cemetery, founded 1860, was the main burial ground for residents of the village of Mount Eden, which was later absorbed into Hayward. The cemetery is located at 2440 Depot Road and has not been previously recorded or evaluated. Graves are located approximately 6- to 10-feet from the southern sidewalk. The Proposed Project alignment runs close to the northern edge of Depot Road and provides an approximately 25-foot buffer between the nearest visible grave and construction activities. As a result, the Proposed Project would have No Effect to this resource.

Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility

The Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility (WPFC) was initially constructed over 50 years ago and thus some of the facilities within the WPFC may be eligible for the national Register of Historic Places. However, the Proposed Project does not involve demolishing any old structures, but would instead construct a new Recycled Water facility on open land within the WPFC. As a result, the Proposed Project would have No Effect to historic properties within the WPFC.

Inadvertent Discovery

While the general area is considered archaeologically sensitive and the survey surface visibility within the project was only fair to poor, the lack of previous discovery, a high degree of disturbance within the APE, and the relatively low impacts that will occur from this project indicate that there is very low potential for discovery of subsurface cultural resources within the Project APE. As a result, the Proposed project is considered to have No Effect.

Conclusions and Recommendations This investigation was conducted in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and its implementing regulations (36 Code of Federal Register [CFR] Part 800). Based upon this investigation, the Proposed Action would not have any effects to cultural resources. The construction of the Proposed Action could, however, uncover unidentified or known



buried cultural resources (i.e. historical, archeological, and human remains). To further reduce the potential to affect any of these resources, the recommendations and mitigation measures identified in the October 2014 Section 106 Cultural Resources Investigation Report should be implemented to ensure that there are no significant effects to cultural resources that may exist in the APE as a result of an inadvertent discovery.

Attachment A NWIC Correspondence

Attachment B Site Record for P-01-001783

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Page 1 of 8 *Resource Name or #: GANDA-509-16H

P1. Other Identifier: Southern Pacific Railroad *P2. Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County: Alameda

and (P2b and P2c or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad: Altamont Date: 1981 T 2S; R 3E; SE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 30; M.D.B.M.

c. Address: 9526 area of Altamont Pass Road City: Livermore Zip: 94551 d. UTM: Zone: 10; NAD 83: 616475 mE/ 4175863 mN (G.P.S.) (site center)

616457 mE/ 4175858 mN (G.P.S.) (west end of railroad grade) 616493 mE/ 4175870 mN (G.P.S.) (east end of railroad grade)

e. Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, etc., as appropriate) Elevation: 702 amsl. Appears as anondescript gravel road along the south side of Altamont Pass Road and Altamont Creek in the Altamont Hills, north and downslope of Interstate 580 and west of the roads intersection with Carroll Road. The east end of this railroad segment crosses the creek and is crossed by Altamont Pass Road. This record encompasses only that part of the resource found within a 120-foot wide right-of-way centered beneath the Western Area Power Administrations 230kV Tracy-Lawrence Livermore Transmission Line 1000 feet south of tower no. 9/5.

*P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries)This resource includes a short segment of former Southern Pacific railroad grade and an adjacent stretch of abandoned utility route. The track has been decommissioned and contains no bed of ballast or remaining ties and rails; it is now a gated road of gravel that runs through a canyon along the margins of a stream. The grade corresponds to published references dating the local SP line to 1869 and the original Western Pacific Railroad Company, and its decommissioning and apparent transferring out of SP title as late as 1984. Other features south of the gravel grade include a rock alignment and a rubble pile that includes concrete foundation pieces and a wood railroad tie dated to 1931.

The abandoned utility route is marked by a single standing wood pole with wire and insulators at the edge of tall willows that form a riparian corridor along Altamont Creek, just south of the grades crossing of the creek. The stream on the northern side of the grade has been channelized and there is a terrace between the drainage and the grade. The grades crossing of the stream is marked with an older stacked-stone culvert and a more recent one of formed concrete.

*P3b. Resource Attributes: AH7. Roads/trails/railroad grades; AH. 16. Other (power line).*P4. Resources Present: Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.)

P5a. Photo or Drawing. *P5b. Description of Photo:View facing NE with railroad grade in foreground, Alt. Pass Rd. and Western Pacific grade (GANDA-509-15H) beyond; note creek crossing. Taken 6-2-09.

*P6. Date Constructed/Age and Sources: Historic Prehistoric Both

*P7. Owner and Address: N/A

*P8. Recorded by:T. Martin, K. FrankGarcia and Associates1 Saunders AvenueSan Anselmo, CA 94960

*P9. Date Recorded: 6-2-09*P10. Survey Type: (Describe)Reconnaissance

*P11.Report Citation: Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the San Joaquin Valley Right-of-Way Maintenance EnvironmentalAssessment Project. Prepared for Western Area Power Administration, Folsom, California. Prepared by Garcia and Associates, San Anselmo, California. 2010.

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State of California The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Trinomial ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE RECORD Page 2 of 8 *Resource Name or #: GANDA-509-16H

*A1. Dimensions: a. Length: 133 ft. (E-W) b. Width: 80 ft. (N-S)Method of Measurement: Paced Taped Visual estimate Other: GPS Method of Determination: Artifacts Features Soil Vegetation Topography

Cut bank Animal burrow Excavation Property boundary Other (Explain): approximate project boundary on east and west, slope break on the south, vegetated/modified creek channel on the north.

Reliability of Determination: High Medium Low Explain: topography and distance to north and south unlikely to correspond to site function; grade and pole route continue to east and west.

Limitations: Restricted access Paved/built over Site limits incompletely defined Disturbances Vegetation Other (Explain):

A2. Depth: None Unknown Method of Determination: Not determined but possible due to terrace and debris feature. *A3. Human Remains: Present Absent Possible Unknown (Explain):*A4. Features: 1) Railroad grade: decommissioned track (rails, ties removed) that bisects north and south halves of site; alignmentonly, no raised bed of ballast. Now a clean, smooth 20-wide gravel road gated to prevent public vehicular travel. 2) Stone culvert: well formed, stacked-rock, facilitates grades crossing of Altamont Creek near eastern site edge; stones are hand-shaped sandstone blocks dry-laid as arch with no apparent metal piping (flowing water prevented fuller examination) with both ends thinly covered with eroding veneer of stabilizing mortar; nearby modern culvert is piped and forms a separate channel running beneath railroad grade from upstream.

North end: 12x5.5 with 18-tall opening, 4 courses, abutted and superseded by modern culvert on east side. South end: ~13x5, 4 courses, modern rip-rap on southeast side, partially overgrown with willows.

3) Rock alignment: 8-10 wide, 2 tall, formed of large sandstone boulders, largely obscured by tall, dense growths of anise; formssouthern boundary but may continue beyond site, not thoroughly examined and specific function unknown 4) Debris pile: unmeasured accumulation of concrete foundation fragments on shoulder of grade just west of Western Area Power

Administration right-of-way, partially overgrown and not fully examined; includes partially upright treated-wood railroad tie with wire and 1931 date nail on underside and remnant of other tie. 5) Utility pole: original but no date nail, wood, ~40 tall, 12 diameter.; has guy wire and dangling and wrapped heavy-gauge wire,unburned/creosote coated, crossarm has 10 wood pins and 4 insulators (2 plastic, 1 aqua glass, 1 clear glass); ~20 feet S of gravel RR grade. *A5. Cultural Constituents: Except for a loose, small-diameter iron pipe next to the culverts north end, no individual artifacts wereobserved. *A6. Were Specimens Collected? No Yes*A7. Site Condition: Good Fair Poor (Describe disturbances.): All visible features appear to be intact and stable.

*A8. Nearest Water: The west-flowing Altamont Creek forms the northern site boundary and is crossed by the grade near the eastend of the recorded site. Its heavily vegetated channel appears to be unmodified east of the site but has been modified and probably realigned on the north side of the site, with Altamont Pass Road and a rip-rapped bank on the north and what appears to be an artificial terrace, considered part of the site, on the south. *A9. Elevation: 702 amslA10. Environmental Setting: Interface of patchy riparian corridor and grassy, treeless slopes of non-native vegetation in fairly

narrow canyon of west slopes of dry, rainshadow-affected hills.

A11. Historical Information: Central Pacific subsidiary Western Pacific Railroad (dissimilar from the later Western Pacific associated with the nearby Union Pacific track, site GANDA-509-15H) reportedly completed its line through the area by September, 1869.

*A12. Age: Prehistoric Protohistoric 1542-1769 1769-1848 1848-1880 1880-1914 1914-1945 Post 1945 Undetermined Describe position in regional prehistoric chronology or factual historic dates if known:

A13. Interpretations: A14. Remarks: Southern Pacific reportedly stopped using its Niles/Livermore/Altamont route in 1979 after it acquired rights to the

nearby Western Pacific line (GANDA-509-15H) before that lines takeover by Union Pacific was finalized in 1983. It reportedly pulled up its tracks and deeded most of its Livermore Valley and other local land to Alameda County in 1984, suggesting that the same change of ownership occurred at the site location. West of the site is a burned, standing shaft of a second utility pole; its snapped-off distal end with crossarm and no insulators is obscured in grass at the base of the pole.

A15. References: http://www.elivermore.com/photos/Hist_lvr_railroad1.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Pacific_Railroad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pacific_Railroad_(1862-1870) A16. Photographs: Original Media/Negatives Kept at: : Garcia and Associates

*A17. Form Prepared by: T. Martin Date: 9-2-09 Affiliation and Address: Garcia and Associates, 1 Saunders Avenue, San Anselmo, Calif. 94960

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Site overview facing E-NE with truck on Altamont Pass Road; uitilty pole barely visible in trees.

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