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Land 8950 Cal Center Drive wvwv.esassoc.com Management Building 3,Suite 300 Sacramento,CA 95626 916.564.4500 phone 916.564.4501 fax January 2009 To: Ray Weiss, Project Manager From: Kathy Anderson, Associate II Subject: McHenry Avenue Road Improvements,208588—Final Cultural Resources Inventory Report On November 18, 2008 a reconnaissance survey of the McHenry Avenue Road Improvement project area was conducted by ESA cultural resources associate Kathy Anderson. The survey was conducted to identify cultural resources that may be impacted by the proposed project,specifically inspecting the buildings identified for removal in the proposed project.This letter report summarizes the findings from the survey and archival research, and offers recommendations to avoid impacts to these resources. This report may be used in support of an Initial Study under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA). Background The project site is located within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Escalon,San Joaquin County,California. The City of Escalon is proposing to complete the construction of improvements to approximately I mile of McHenry Avenue (between First Street and Narcissus Way), consisting of road improvements and adding new curbs and gutters(Figure 1).The Proposed Project would removal several structures located along the east side of McHenry Avenue between First Street and Roosevelt Street(1303 First Street, 1740 McHenry Avenue,and 1750 McHenry Avenue). The proposed project would also necessitate the removal of several trees from the area in front of the residence at 2700 McHenry Avenue. Therefore,this Cultural Resources Inventory Report focuses primarily on the analysis and evaluation of these structures for their eligibility for listing in either the California Register of Historic Resources or the National Register of Historic Places. Also provided in this report is a discussion of potential impacts to archaeological and paleontological resources. Environmental Setting Prehistoric Setting A three-part cultural chronological sequence,the Central California Taxonomic System(CCTS)was developed by archaeologists to explain local and regional cultural change in prehistoric central California from about 4,500 years ago to the time of European contact(Lillard, Heizer, and Fenenga, 1939;Beardsley, 1948, 1954). In 1969, several researchers who met at U.C.Davis worked out several substantive taxonomic problems that had developed with the CCTS.