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San Joaquin County Community Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigation Measures Development Department Cultural Resources consultation with Native Americans, and an intensive pedestrian survey of the project area. On May 10,2005,a records search was conducted at the Central California Information Center of the California Historical Resources Information System at California State University, Stanislaus. The records search covered the project area and a 0.5-mile radius around the project area. The records search consulted the state's database of previous cultural resources studies and recorded cultural resources sites,as well as pertinent historical inventories and registers and ` historic maps. The records search indicates that four studies have been conducted within or immediately adjacent to the project area within the last 10 years(Macdougall 1994; Leach-Palm 2004a,2004b; Rosenthal and Meyer 2004). None of the studies conducted in the last 10 years have been located within the project area. r. No known cultural resources are located within the project area. No recorded sites or isolated finds have been discovered within a 0.5-mile radius of the project area. No properties listed on the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR)are located within the vicinity of the project area. A General Land Office(GLO)plat(1855-1859)indicated the presence of a"road"in the project area that was not located during the archaeological survey. An unrecorded ` segment of the historic Delta-Mendota Canal defines the southwest project area footprint but is not within the project area. On June 3,2005,Jones& Stokes cultural resources staff contacted the NAHC and requested that they consult their sacred lands database and provide a list of potentially interested Native American representatives for the project area. On June 15,2005, the NAHC responded, stating that the search of their sacred lands file failed to indicate the presence of Native American cultural resources within the project area; they also provided a list of interested Native American representatives. Jones& Stokes sent contact letters describing the project,with .. attached maps of the project area,to all representatives or agencies on June 24, 2005. As of July 2005,no responses had been received. No replies to follow-up telephone calls and messages have been received. An intensive pedestrian survey of the project area was conducted on May 13 and 16,2005. The proposed project area is currently planted in almond orchards (in various stages of growth)and has been significantly disturbed by agricultural activity. Visibility was good(75-100%)across the project area. A small portion of the project area,approximately 10 acres,was not surveyed due to lack of ground visibility. Intensive survey coverage of the project area was ` accomplished by two archaeologists walking parallel transects spaced no more than 15-20 meters apart. No archaeological resources were located. '— A single-family residence and associated water tank were noted within the project area. The residence and structure were more than 50 years in age and thus required formal evaluation for the CRHR to determine if they were historical �. resources for the purposes of CEQA. The evaluation of these structures is included in Appendix G at the end of this document. DeSilva Gates Quarry Project Draft Environmental Impact Report 3.E-5 J8S 0510.5.E