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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project eligible for the NRHP or CRHR as individual resources and do not contribute to any known or suspected historic districts.They are not considered Historical Resources or unique archaeological resources under CEQA. The methods and results of the study are provided in the confidential Cultural Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report (ECORP 2020). The potential exists for buried pre-contact archaeological sites in the Project Area, given the likelihood of pre-contact archaeological sites to be located along perennial waterways and the Holocene landform on which the Project Area is situated.Alluvium deposited by Bear Creek and Pixley Slough to the north and south of the Project Area may have buried archaeological sites, and aerial photograph review shows the Project Area has been subject to past periods of inundation.These factors increase the likelihood that any potential resources existing in the Project Area are surface. Project Impact Analysis Impact 4.7-1 Potential for Impacts to Historical Resources. Impact Determination: Less than significant with mitigation incorporated Threshold: Would the Project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5? The Cultural Resources Inventory Report identified two resources from the historical period and evaluated them for historical significance. GW-001 consists of the remains of a wooden corral and associated north- south trending dirt access road traveling north to the corral. GW-002 consists of a 0.5-mile-long segment of the Woodbridge Irrigation District agricultural canal. Both resources have been evaluated for significance and neither is considered a historical resource or unique archaeological resource. Therefore, the construction and operation of the Project will not result in the removal or alteration of any Historical Resource. However, excavations that occur in association with development of the Project could affect unknown Historical Resources buried on the property, and if so, the resulting damage would be considered a potentially significant impact requiring mitigation. With implementation of Mitigation Measure 4.7-1a impacts would be less-than-significant with mitigation incorporated. Mitigation Measures 4.7-1a: Unanticipated Discovery If subsurface deposits believed to be cultural or human in origin are discovered during construction, then all work must halt within a 100-foot radius of the discovery. A qualified professional archaeologist, meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for prehistoric and historic archaeology, shall be retained to evaluate the significance of the find, and shall have the authority to modify the no-work radius as appropriate, using professional judgment.The following notifications shall apply, depending on the nature of the find: Biological Resources 4.7-13 October 2021