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Home My WebLink AboutPRE 2022-0011; SB 330 PRELIMINARY APPLICATION - 7290 PONTO DRIVE; Cultural Resources Survey Report; 2022-02-01 Cultural Resources Survey Report Self-Storage and Junkyard Redevelopment Project, City of Carlsbad, San Diego County, California FEBRUARY 2022 Prepared for: H.G. FENTON COMPANY 7577 Mission Valley Road San Diego, CA 92108 Contact: Ryley Webb, Land Planning and Entitlements Manager Prepared by: Andrew Bursan, MCRP; and Sarah Corder, MFA 38 North Marengo Avenue Pasadena, California 91101 Contact: Andrew Bursan, MCRP Printed on 30% post-consumer recycled material. 14183 ii FEBRUARY 2022 Table of Contents SECTION PAGE NO. Management Summary .................................................................................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project Description and Location .......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Personnel ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Regulatory Context ................................................................................................................................. 2 2 Background Research ...................................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 SCIC Record Search ............................................................................................................................ 11 2.2 Building Development and Archival Research ................................................................................... 11 3 Historic Context ................................................................................................................................................. 13 3.1 Historical Overview of the City of Carlsbad ........................................................................................ 13 3.2 History of Buildings within the Project site ........................................................................................ 16 4 Field Survey ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Methods ............................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2 Results ................................................................................................................................................. 19 4.3 Built Environment Field Survey Result ............................................................................................... 19 5 Significance Evaluation .................................................................................................................................... 25 5.1 NRHP/CRHR Statement of Significance ............................................................................................ 25 5.2 City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory Statement of Significance ....................................... 26 5.3 Integrity Discussion ............................................................................................................................. 27 6 Findings and Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 29 6.1 Summary of Findings .......................................................................................................................... 29 6.2 Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. 29 7 References ........................................................................................................................................................ 31 TABLES 1 Reports Intersecting Project site ...................................................................................................................... 11 2 Historic Built Environment Findings ................................................................................................................. 29 FIGURES 1 Regional Location ................................................................................................................................................ 3 2 Project site ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 3 A photo looking northward at the largely undeveloped Ponto neighborhood in March of 1965. ................ 15 SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 iii FEBRUARY 2022 4 Looking northeast at the Project site from Ponto Drive near the property’s southwest corner. ........................ 16 5 Office Building 1, East and north elevations, view to northwest (DSC00087). ............................................. 21 6 Office Building 2, South and east elevations, view to northwest (DSC00113). ............................................ 21 7 Storage Buildings, East and north elevations, view to west (DSC00163). .................................................... 22 APPENDICES A Preparer’s Qualifications B Department of Parks and Recreation Form Set 14183 iv FEBRUARY 2022 Acronyms and Abbreviations Acronym/Abbreviation Definition CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CRHR California Register of Historical Resources DPR California Department of Parks and Recreation NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NRHP National Register of Historic Places RPO County of San Diego Resource Protection Ordinance SCIC South Coastal Information Center USGS U.S. Geological Survey ATSF Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe BNSF Burlington, Northern, Santa Fe SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 v FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14183 vi FEBRUARY 2022 Management Summary Dudek was retained by H.G. Fenton Company to prepare a Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Self-Storage and Junkyard Redevelopment Project (Project), an 86-unit residential development consisting of a combination of two- and three-story rowhomes, townhomes, and triplexes in Carlsbad, California. This report includes the results of a California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) records search; intensive-level survey of the proposed Project site and its vicinity by a qualified architectural historian; building development and archival research; development of an appropriate historic context for the Project site; and recordation and evaluation of one built environment resource with buildings over 45 years old for historical significance and integrity in consideration of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), and local designation criteria and integrity requirements. This report was prepared in conformance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15064.5 for historical resources and all applicable local guidelines and regulations. A CHRIS records search was completed by staff at the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC) on January 31, 2022. While previous investigations overlap the Project site, none of the properties on the Project site were mentioned in the reports; and no cultural resources were identified within the Project site as a result of the overlapping studies. The built environment survey was conducted on February 4, 2022. The survey was done on foot and involved surveying properties within or immediately adjacent to the Project site and recording all buildings and structures with notes and photographs. For the purposes of this Project, the Project site is the location of the Ponto Storage Townhomes Project and properties within it (Figure 2, Project Site Map). The Project site includes three adjacent parcels: ▪ 7290 Ponto Drive (APN: 214-160-25-00), six storage buildings constructed in 1974 ▪ 7200 Ponto Drive (APN: 214-16- 28-00), no buildings ▪ 7294 Ponto Drive (APN: 214-171-11-00), two vacant office buildings (Office Building 1 and Office Building 2) constructed circa 1963 and 1966 Eight (8) total buildings over 45 years of age are located on the Project site (two vacant office buildings and six storage buildings) and were evaluated for historical and architectural significance as a single property due to the Project site’s shared history first as a concrete mixing plant and later as a storage facility. After research and evaluation, the Project site does not appear eligible under any NRHP, CRHR, or City of Carlsbad cultural resource designation criteria due to a lack of significant historical associations and architectural merit. Therefore, neither of the two properties in the Project site are considered historical resources for the purposes of CEQA. As a result of Dudek’s extensive archival research, field survey, record search, and property significance evaluations, no historical resources were identified within the Project site, nor were any adjacent cultural resources identified that could be indirectly impacted by proposed Project activities. The finding for built environment cultural resources for the proposed Project under CEQA is No Impact. As the proposed Project would have no impact on historical resources, no further study is required. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 vii FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14183 1 FEBRUARY 2022 1 Introduction 1.1 Project Description and Location Project Description The Project proposes to redevelop a 4.68-acre site consisting of three parcels (APNs 214-160-25, 214-160-28, and 214-171-11) that are currently occupied by a self-storage facility (eight total buildings) and junkyard. The existing building on the Project site would be demolished. The Project proposes to construct 86 residential units consisting of a combination of rowhomes, townhomes, and triplexes. The rowhomes and townhomes will be 3-story and the triplexes will be 2-story. The mix of units consists of eight 2-bedroom units, 40 3-bedroom units, and 38 4-bedroom units. The Project will include 15% of the units (13) as affordable to low-income and will utilize a density bonus. The Project will include 197 parking spaces with 2 internal spaces per unit and 25 guest parking spaces. Site improvements consist of an internal primary arterial street, dog park, and additional open space. Existing dry utilities will be undergrounded and new water and stormwater connections will be made to existing facilities on Ponto Drive. Off-site improvements consist of curb and gutter along Ponto Road and Ponto Drive. An additional right-of-way dedication may be considered for the extension of Ponto Drive east along the southern property line if it is determined to be necessary. Project Location The Project site is located at 7290 Ponto Drive in Carlsbad, California, which serves as the primary address. The Project site consists of three parcels (APNs 214-160-25, 214-160-28, and 214-171-11) and is currently occupied by a self-storage facility (eight total buildings) and a former junkyard. Eight (8) total buildings over 45 years of age are located on the Project site (two vacant office buildings and six storage buildings) and were evaluated for historical and architectural significance as a single property due to the Project site’s shared history first as a concrete mixing plant and later as a storage facility. The Project site is bound by Ponto Drive to the south, Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hotel parking lot to the north, Ponto Road to the west, and the Burlington, Northern, Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad tracks to the east. The surrounding neighborhood consists of single-family one-story residences to the west, a hotel with a parking lot to the north, and open space to the south and east. The Project site is roughly 180 yards east of the Pacific Ocean, about half a mile west of I-5, and half a mile north of the Batiquitos Lagoon (Figure 2, Project site). 1.2 Project Personnel Dudek Architectural Historian Andrew Bursan, MCRP, prepared this report and associated property significance evaluations. Architectural historian Nicole Frank, MSHP conducted a survey of the Project site on February 4, 2022. This report was reviewed for quality assurance/quality control by Historic Built Environment Lead Sarah Corder, MFA. Resumes for all key personnel are provided in Appendix A. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 2 FEBRUARY 2022 1.3 Regulatory Context Federal Level Regulations Although there is no federal nexus for this Project, resources were evaluated in consideration of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) designation criteria. The NRHP is the United States’ official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. Overseen by the National Park Service under the U.S. Department of the Interior, the NRHP was authorized under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended. Its listings encompass all National Historic Landmarks and historic areas administered by the National Park Service (NPS). NRHP guidelines for the evaluation of historic significance were developed to be flexible and to recognize the accomplishments of all who have made significant contributions to the nation’s history and heritage. Its criteria are designed to guide state and local governments, federal agencies, and others in evaluating potential entries in the NRHP. For a property to be listed in or determined eligible for listing, it must be demonstrated to possess integrity and to meet at least one of the following criteria: The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and: A. That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or B. That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or C. That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or D. That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Integrity is defined in NRHP guidance, How to Apply the National Register Criteria, as “the ability of a property to convey its significance. To be listed in the NRHP, a property must not only be shown to be significant under the NRHP criteria, but it also must have integrity” (NPS 1990). Historic properties either retain integrity (convey their significance) or they do not. Within the concept of integrity, the National Register criteria recognizes seven aspects or qualities that define integrity. The seven aspects of integrity are locations, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. In order to retain historic integrity “a property will always possess several, and usually most, of the aspects” (Andrus and Shrimpton 2002). NRHP guidance further asserts that properties be completed at least 50 years ago to be considered for eligibility. Properties completed fewer than 50 years before evaluation must be proven to be “exceptionally important” (criteria consideration G) to be considered for listing. Date: 2/14/2022 - Last saved by: hmcomber - Path: Z:\Projects\j1418301\MAPDOC\DOCUMENT\Cultural\BE\Figure 1 Regional Location.mxdRegional Location Self-Storage and Junkyard Redevelopment Project SOURCE: USGS 7.5-Minute Series Encinitias Quadrangle Township 12S; Range 4W; Sections 28, 29, 32 02,0001,000 Feet Project Boundary FIGURE 1 San Clemente San JuanCapistrano Temecula Murrieta La Quinta Chula Vista Solana Beach Encinitas SanDiego Carlsbad Oceanside LaMesa El Cajon Santee Poway San Marcos Escondido Vista ImperialBeach Del Mar Coronado Riverside County San Diego County 905 52 163 188 241 54 125 195 56 86 78 74 67 76 94 79 8 15 215 805 5 Project Site SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 4 FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Date: 2/18/2022 - Last saved by: ochow - Path: Z:\Projects\j1418301\MAPDOC\DOCUMENT\Cultural\BE\Figure 2 Project Site.mxdE SC A L L O N I A C TLEEWARD STSANTA B A R B A R A SAN BE N I T O SA N L U I S L E EW A R D S T SAN RAMONDEW POINT AVESAN MIGUELANCHORAGE AVE SEAF A R E R P LSAN LUCASPONTO DRPONTO RDP R I V A T E RD C A R L S B A D B L V D Project Site Self-Storage and Junkyard Redevelopment Project SOURCE: SanGIS 2017 0 200100Feetn ParcelsProject SiteBuilt Environment Project Site Properties1.) 7290 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-160-25-00)2.) 7200 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-160-28-00)3.) 7294 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-171-11-00) FIGURE 2 1 2 3 Office Building 1 Office Building 2 SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 6 FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 7 FEBRUARY 2022 The California Register of Historic Resources (Public Resources Code section 5020 et seq.) In California, the term “historical resource” includes but is not limited to “any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which is historically or archaeologically significant, or is significant in the architectural, engineering, scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California” (California Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(j)). In 1992, the California legislature established the CRHR “to be used by state and local agencies, private groups, and citizens to identify the state’s historical resources and to indicate what properties are to be protected, to the extent prudent and feasible, from substantial adverse change” (California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(a)). The criteria for listing resources on the CRHR were expressly developed to be in accordance with previously established criteria developed for listing in the NRHP, enumerated below. According to California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(c)(1–4), a resource is considered historically significant if it (i) retains “substantial integrity,” and (ii) meets at least one of the following criteria: A.Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California’s history and cultural heritage. B.Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past. C.Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values. D.Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. In order to understand the historic importance of a resource, sufficient time must have passed to obtain a scholarly perspective on the events or individuals associated with the resource. A resource less than 50 years old may be considered for listing in the CRHR if it can be demonstrated that sufficient time has passed to understand its historical importance (see 14 CCR 4852(d)(2)). The CRHR protects cultural resources by requiring evaluations of the significance of prehistoric and historic resources. The criteria for the CRHR are nearly identical to those for the NRHP, and properties listed or formally designated as eligible for listing in the NRHP are automatically listed in the CRHR, as are the state landmarks and points of interest. The CRHR also includes properties designated under local ordinances or identified through local historical resource surveys. California Environmental Quality Act As described further below, the following CEQA statutes and CEQA Guidelines are of relevance to the analysis of archaeological, historic, and tribal cultural resources: ▪California Public Resources Code Section 21083.2(g) defines “unique archaeological resource.” ▪California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a) define “historical resources.” In addition, CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(b) defines the phrase “substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource.” It also defines the circumstances when a project would materially impair the significance of an historical resource. ▪California Public Resources Code Section 21074(a) defines “tribal cultural resources.” SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 8 FEBRUARY 2022 ▪ California Public Resources Code Section 5097.98 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(e) set forth standards and steps to be employed following the accidental discovery of human remains in any location other than a dedicated ceremony. ▪ California Public Resources Code Sections 21083.2(b)-(c) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.4 provide information regarding the mitigation framework for archaeological and historic resources, including examples of preservation-in-place mitigation measures; preservation-in-place is the preferred manner of mitigating impacts to significant archaeological sites because it maintains the relationship between artifacts and the archaeological context and may also help avoid conflict with religious or cultural values of groups associated with the archaeological site(s). More specifically, under CEQA, a project may have a significant effect on the environment if it may cause “a substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource” (California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(b).) If a site is either listed or eligible for listing in the CRHR, or if it is included in a local register of historic resources or identified as significant in a historical resources survey (meeting the requirements of California Public Resources Code Section 5024.1(q)), it is a “historical resource” and is presumed to be historically or culturally significant for purposes of CEQA (California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a)). The lead agency is not precluded from determining that a resource is a historical resource even if it does not fall within this presumption (California Public Resources Code Section 21084.1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a)). A “substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource” reflecting a significant effect under CEQA means “physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its immediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired” (CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(b)(1); California Public Resources Code Section 5020.1(q)). In turn, CEQA Guidelines section 15064.5(b)(2) states the significance of an historical resource is materially impaired when a project: 1. Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of an historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for, inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources; or 2. Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics that account for its inclusion in a local register of historical resources pursuant to section 5020.1(k) of the Public Resources Code or its identification in an historical resources survey meeting the requirements of section 5024.1(g) of the Public Resources Code, unless the public agency reviewing the effects of the project establishes by a preponderance of evidence that the resource is not historically or culturally significant; or 3. Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of a historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its eligibility for inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources as determined by a lead agency for purposes of CEQA. Pursuant to these sections, the CEQA inquiry begins with evaluating whether a Project site contains any “historical resources,” then evaluates whether that project will cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource such that the resource’s historical significance is materially impaired. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 9 FEBRUARY 2022 If it can be demonstrated that a project will cause damage to a unique archaeological resource, the lead agency may require reasonable efforts be made to permit any or all of these resources to be preserved in place or left in an undisturbed state. To the extent that they cannot be left undisturbed, mitigation measures are required (California Public Resources Code Section 21083.2[a], [b], and [c]). California Public Resources Code Section 21083.2(g) defines a unique archaeological resource as an archaeological artifact, object, or site about which it can be clearly demonstrated that without merely adding to the current body of knowledge, there is a high probability that it meets any of the following criteria: 1. Contains information needed to answer important scientific research questions and that there is a demonstrable public interest in that information. 2. Has a special and particular quality such as being the oldest of its type or the best available example of its type. 3. Is directly associated with a scientifically recognized important prehistoric or histor ic event or person. Impacts to non-unique archaeological resources are generally not considered a significant environmental impact (California Public Resources Code section 21083.2(a); CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(c)(4)). However, if a non-unique archaeological resource qualifies as tribal cultural resource (California Public Resources Code Section 21074(c), 21083.2(h)), further consideration of significant impacts is required. CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5 assigns special importance to human remains and specifies procedures to be used when Native American remains are discovered. As described below, these procedures are detailed in California Public Resources Code Section 5097.98. City of Carlsbad General Plan The City of Carlsbad General Plan (2015) affords consideration for the preservation of cultural resources. The City’s Vision Statement Core Values for their General Plan note examples of the historical resources within the City including the Rancho Carrillo, the Marron Adobe, the Barrio neighborhood, the Magee House, and the Village (ECORP 2017). The General Plan includes guidelines to help revitalize the historic Barrio and Village neighborhoods. The General Plan also states the goal of enhancing education about the area’s Native American history. Following are relevant goals and policies of the Arts, History, Culture, and Education Element of the City’s General Plan (paraphrased): Goal 7-G-1. Recognize, protect, preserve, and enhance the city’s diverse heritage. Policy 7-P.1. Prepare an updated inventory of historic resources in Carlsbad with recommendations for specific properties and districts to be designated in national, state, and local registries, if determined appropriate and with agreement of the property owners. Policy 7-P.2. Encourage the use of regional, state and federal programs that promote cultural preservation to upgrade and redevelop properties with historic or cultural value. Policy 7-P.5. Encourage the rehabilitation of qualified historic structures through application of the California Historical Building Code. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 10 FEBRUARY 2022 Policy 7-P.6. Ensure compliance with the City of Carlsbad Cultural Resource Guidelines to avoid or substantially reduce impacts to historic structures listed or eligible to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places or the California Register of Historical Resources. Policy 7-P.7. Implement the City of Carlsbad Cultural Resources Guidelines to avoid or substantially reduce impacts to archaeological and paleontological resources. Policy 7-P.8. During construction of specific development projects, require monitoring of grading, ground- disturbing, and other major earth-moving activities in previously undisturbed areas or in areas with known archaeological or paleontological resources by a qualified professional, as well as a tribal monitor during activities in areas with cultural resources of interest to local Native American tribes. Both the qualified professional and tribal monitor shall observe grading, ground-disturbing, and other earth-moving activities. Policy 7-P.9. Ensure that treatment of any cultural resources discovered during site grading complies with the City of Carlsbad Cultural Resource Guidelines. Determination of the significance of the cultural resource(s) and development and implementation of any data recovery program shall be conducted in consultation with interested Native American tribes. All Native American human remains and associated grave goods shall be returned to their most likely descendent and repatriated. Policy 7-P.10. Require consultation with the appropriate organizations and individuals, the Native American Heritage Commission [NAHC], and Native American groups and individuals) to minimize potential impacts to cultural resources that may occur as a result of a proposed project. Policy 7-P.11. Prior to occupancy of any buildings, a cultural resource monitoring report identifying all materials recovered shall be submitted to the City Planner. City of Carlsbad Municipal Code – Historic Preservation According to Chapter 22.06 of the City of Carlsbad Municipal Code, an historic resource may be considered and approved by the City Council for inclusion in the City’s historic resources inventory based on one or more of the following: ▪ It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history; ▪ It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history; ▪ It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship, or is representative of a notable work of an acclaimed builder, designer, or architect; ▪ It is an archaeological, paleontological, botanical, geological, topographical, ecological, or geographical site which has the potential of yielding information of scientific value; ▪ It is a geographically definable area with a concentration of buildings, structures, improvements, or objects linked historically through location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association, in which the collective value of the improvements may be greater than the value of each individual improvement. 14183 11 FEBRUARY 2022 2 Background Research 2.1 SCIC Record Search Dudek conducted a records search at the South Coastal Information Center (SCIC) for the Project site and a one- mile search buffer on January 31, 2022. The records search revealed that 64 previous cultural resources studies have been completed within one mile of the Project site. Of the 64 studies, seven of these previous studies intersect the current Project site and are listed in Table 1 below. These studies include a regional historic preservation study, a cultural resources background study, three cultural resource inventories, a cultural constraints study, and a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). The records search also failed to indicate any historic built environment resources within or immediately adjacent to the Project site. The records search is presented in its entirety in the archaeological report prepared by Dudek in 2022 and titled Negative Cultural Resources Inventory Report for the Ponto Townhomes Project, City of Carlsbad, California. Table 1. Reports Intersecting Project site Report Number Authors Date Title SD-01984 WESTEC Services, Inc. 1980 Regional Historic Preservation Study SD-07250 Gallegos & Associates 1998 Cultural Resource Survey for the Carlsbad Boulevard Realignment Project, City of Carlsbad, California SD-09361 ASM, Inc. 2002 Archaeological Survey Report for the Phase I Archaeological Survey along Interstate 5 San Diego County, CA SD-09571 Gallegos & Associates 2003 City of Carlsbad Water and Sewer Master Plans Cultural Resource Background Study, City of Carlsbad, California SD-05904 City of San Diego 1994 Mitigated Negative Declaration Group Job No. 506 SD-15018 Laguna Mountain Environmental, Inc 2014 Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Leucadia Wastewater District B2 Force Main Replacement Project, City of Carlsbad, California SD-18575 Dustin Keeler and Sherri Gust 2014 Cultural Constraints for the Batiquitos Lagoon Double-Track Project, Cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas, San Diego County, California 2.2 Building Development and Archival Research Building development and archival research were conducted for the Project site in an effort to establish a thorough and accurate historic context for the significance evaluations, and to confirm the building development history of the Project site and associated parcels. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 12 FEBRUARY 2022 City of Carlsbad Public Records Access Website Dudek obtained digitized building permits from the City of Carlsbad Public Records Access website on February 5, 2022 for the Project site. Permits were only available for the year 1974 for the storage buildings (7290 Ponto Drive, APN: 214-160-25-00) but no permits were found for the office buildings on the east end of the Project site (7294 Ponto Drive, APN: 214-171-11-00). Dudek reviewed all available permits, and all information obtained from the City of Carlsbad was used in the preparation of the historic context and significance evaluations. San Diego County Assessor Dudek obtained assessor data for the Project site on February 4, 2022. This assessor data gave information about construction dates and current owners for properties on the Project site. Carlsbad City Library Dudek contacted the Carlsbad City Library on February 15, 2022, and on the same day library staff emailed Dudek historic background information on the Ponto neighborhood of Carlsbad as well as historic photos of the Project site. Staff performed city directory research to identify prior property owners for the Project site but no listings were found. All available information obtained from the library was used in the preparation of the historic context and significance evaluations. Historical Newspaper Review Dudek reviewed historical newspapers from Carlsbad and surrounding cities in an effort to understand the development of the City of Carlsbad and the Project site. These documents were used in the preparation of the historic context and significance evaluations. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps A review of historical Sanborn Map Company fire insurance maps covering the City of Carlsbad was conducted as part of the archival research on the Project site from the years 1925 and 1929 but research revealed there was no Sanborn coverage for the Project site (Sanborn Map Company 1925, 1929). Topographic Maps and Historical Aerial Photographs Dudek consulted historic topographic maps (earliest available from 1893) and aerial photographs to understand the development of the Project site and surrounding properties. A review of historical aerial photographs was conducted as part of the archival research effort for the following years: 1947, 1953, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). Section 3.2, History of Buildings within the Project site, provides a write-up using this information. Carlsbad Historic Surveys from 1980 and 1990 Dudek review the 1980 Regional Historic Preservation Study by Westec Services, Inc. and the 1990 Cultural Resources Survey by Roth and Associates, but no cultural resources on or near the Project site were documented in the surveys. 14183 13 FEBRUARY 2022 3 Historic Context 3.1 Historical Overview of the City of Carlsbad Following Mexican independence from Spain in 1821, secularization of the missions began in 1833 in order to turn over the large land holding to private citizens. Mission San Luis Rey was divided into six ranchos in 1835: Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Guajome, Agua Hedionda, Buena Vista, and Monserrate. Rancho Aqua Hedionda became the base of what makes up today’s modern Carlsbad. In 1851, a group of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians attacked American settlers in Warner’s Hot Spring, hoping to unite tribes and drive out the Americans (Bibb 1991). Led by Pablo Apis, the Luiseño of Temecula went to Mission San Louis Rey and did not participate in the conflict (Bibb 1991). In 1852, the Treaty of Temecula (Treaty of Peace and Friendship) was signed, providing certain lands, horses, cattle, and other supplies to the Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Serrano in exchange for government control of the rest of their lands (Bibb 1991, Van Horn 1974). This treaty, and 17 others in California, was rejected by the U.S. Senate later that year. In 1858, John Butterfield established the Butterfield Stage Route along the Southern Emigrant Trail, delivering mail from St. Louis to San Francisco (Cato 2000). The Butterfield route also provided an easier mode of transportation for settlers coming into Southern California (Van Horn 1974). The start of the Civil War shut down the Butterfield Stage Route after a short 3-year stint, as it passed through Confederate states. By the 1870s, ranching had become quite prosperous in the area (Van Horn 1974). In 1860, Francis Hinton hired Robert “Uncle John” Kelly as part owner and Major Domo of Rancho Aqua Hedionda. Kelly, originally from the Isle of Man, was a bit of a local legend and a well-known rancher in the southwest. This partnership would lead to Kelly’s eventual ownership of the Rancho on Hinton’s death in 1870 (Harmon 1961). Kelly granted a coastal right of way for the San Diego Railway, which allowed for San Diego to be connected to all points north. This land along with the land of John Frazier would soon become popular train stops for fresh water on the routes north (Harmon 1967). The development of Carlsbad was initiated by German immigrant Gerhard Schutte, who came to the city in 1886 and dreamed of building “a town of gracious homes and small farms.” Along with Samuel Church, Henry Nelson, and D.D. Wadsworth, Schutte formed the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company which purchased all of Frazier’s property plus 275 more acres (Harmon 1967). Frazier stayed on as superintendent of the new company’s water holdings and worked to entice future residents to their land with the promotion of the mineral water. Support for the water’s healing properties came with support from an Eastern laboratory with analyzed samples of the water and declared them to be chemically identical to those drawn from Well Number Nine in Karlsbad, Bohemia. Wanting to make this connection to the famed European spa as strong as possible, Schutte and the directors of the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company named their town Carlsbad (Jones 1982). In the 1880s, a group of investors hearing about the “Frasier Station Well,” created the Carlsbad Land and Water Company by purchasing land from Frasier and adjoining unassociated lands (Harmon 1967). With this purchase, the Town of Carlsbad was formed. The California land bust of the 1890s almost left the town abandoned until the South Coast Land Company purchased most of the land and helped re-establish the commercial life of Carlsbad through additional wells and avocado groves (Harmon 1961). SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 14 FEBRUARY 2022 Through the early 1900s and into the 1930s, Carlsbad continued to grow through the completion of Highway 101, the relocation of the Army-Navy Academy to the town, construction of the California Carlsbad Mineral Spring Hotel, and the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, which provided the area with much-needed stability and financial growth (Harmon 1961). Despite a large number of new businesses in the Carlsbad area, the city could not totally elude the effects of the national Depression. Buildings such as the First National Bank on Elm Avenue, which opened around the late 1920s, closed its doors for good, and recently homeless families of the city moved into the building for shelter. Perhaps not growing as fast as it did pre-1929, Carlsbad did continue to grow despite the economic hardships which could be attributed in part to the sale of avocados. By the end of the Depression, the Works Progress Administration paid one hundred men sixty cents an hour to build a drainage system in Carlsbad. One of the most significant developments from this period was the relocation of the Davis Military Academy to Carlsbad from Pacific Beach in 1936. With this came money for the local economy, which in turn helped shake off some of the impacts from the Depression (Gutierrez 2002). Furthering the influx of military members and the capital that came with them was the move in 1942 of the U.S. Marine Corps to Rancho Santa Margarita to establish Camp Pendleton. Although the move was not all positive, the large amount of new military members and their families caused a severe housing crisis. There was a lack of rentable units, which caused many military families to purchase their own homes. Additionally, local residents began to buy vacant lots in order to construct low-cost rental cottages. By the end of World War II, the population of Carlsbad was steadily rising and there was growing dissatisfaction with San Diego County’s administration for Carlsbad. It was the culmination of multiple small problems that caused many citizens to push for the formation of a local government (Gutierrez 2002). In the 1950s, Carlsbad residents were dissatisfied with their lack of locally controlled services including no basic fire and police services, a declining water supply, lack of fire hydrants, and an antiquated sewage system (constructed in 1929). The construction of a power plant by SDG&E was the primary reason for Carlsbad's incorporating as a city, supplying enough tax revenue to justify having a city government (Orton 1994). In 1952 after much debate the City of Carlsbad was incorporated has continued to expand and grow into the modern-day city (City of Carlsbad 2018). Ponto Neighborhood History The Project site is located in an area of southwestern Carlsbad known as the Ponto neighborhood, half a mile north of the Batiquitos Lagoon. The neighborhood consists of a 1.2-mile strip of land abutting the northern bound lanes of Carlsbad Boulevard to the west and parallels with South Carlsbad State Beach. Originally called La Costa, the area first developed with homesteads in the late 1870s (Fetzer 2005). By the 1880s, the area developed as an agricultural community with a post office, railroad station, and rod and gun club (none of which currently exist). The area was renamed Ponto in 1919. It remained an agricultural outpost with very limited growth through most of the twentieth century and has never numbered more than 100 residents since recorded settlement in the area (Westec 21-22). SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 15 FEBRUARY 2022 Early agriculture in the area was devoted to grain crops until irrigated orchards began to be developed in the area in the 1920s. It is unclear what crops, if any, were grown in the Project site (Westec 23). Ponto Drive historically had few commercial businesses but did have two popular bars in the 1940s: the Bombshelter and Noah’s Ark, which served military men stationed in the area. By the post-World War II era, the long-neglected region developed a small collection of semi-industrial businesses like a metal fabrication shop, a firewood storage lot, and junkyards. In addition, roughly six single-family dwellings were developed just west of the Project site on Ponto Road. The formerly named Ponto Beach site half a mile to the west of the Project site was renamed South Carlsbad Beach State Park in 1965 (Citizen 1988). Beginning in the early 1960s, the western end of the Project site served as the location for the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant with the current office buildings on the Project site serving as offices to the plant. It appears the plant stop functioning by 1969, when Dale Schreiber purchased the property which he later turned into a storage facility in 1974, reusing the existing two office buildings from the former concrete plant. In 1972, the neighborhood was officially annexed into the City of Carlsbad, but it had little impact on increasing development. As of 1988, the area had a population of 30 residents, and it appears little Figure 3. A photo looking northward at the largely undeveloped Ponto neighborhood in March of 1965. The photo was taken roughly 170-yards south of the Project site along a now realigned section Ponto Drive with the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant seen far in the background (Carlsbad City Library 1965). SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 16 FEBRUARY 2022 residential development has been added since that time. The construction of the Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hotel in 2012, just north of the Project site, stands as the only major addition to the Ponto neighborhood since at least the 1970s (San Diego Union-Tribune 2015). 3.2 History of Buildings within the Project site Although topographic maps for the area date to 1893, the Project site is not depicted on these maps, and the present alignment of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (ATSF) Railroad (now BNSF tracks), which runs diagonally to the east end of the Project site, do not appear on topographic maps until 1949. The earliest historic aerial image from 1947 reveals the Project site as undeveloped land which may have been associated with a dwelling located directly to the northwest (which no longer exists). Ponto Drive to the west of the Project site had not been developed and Carlsbad Road appears in its current configuration but only as a two-lane road. The ATSF Railroad line runs to the east in its current north-south alignment and does not appear on prior topographic maps. By 1953, the Project site still appears vacant, but the dwelling northwest of the Project site was demolished to make way for two, no longer extant single- family residences along Ponto Drive, which was a dirt road at the time (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). Figure 4. Looking northeast at the Project site from Ponto Drive near the property’s southwest corner. Office Building 1 and San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete plant are visible in the background (Carlsbad City Library 1965). SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 17 FEBRUARY 2022 The 1963 aerial map shows the existing Office Building 1 at the center of the Project site, which appears to have been the office for the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant. Research found little information on the history of the mixing plant in Ponto, which operated from roughly the early 1960s to 1969. The company functioned as a San Diego-area supplier of mixed concrete and had headquarters at Stadium Way and Friars Road in San Diego (Chula Vista Star-News 1971). The 1963 map also shows the footprint of the square-shaped concrete plant with a conveyor belt on the east end of the property near the ATSF Railroad tracks. To the west, the single-family properties situated between Ponto Drive and Ponto Road begin to take on their current configuration and the two single-family dwellings that appeared in 1953 had been demolished. By the 1967 aerial image, the Project site had a second small office building (Office Building 2) about 25-feet south of Office Building 1. In addition, both Ponto Drive and Ponto Road appear to be paved and in their current configuration by 1967. In a 1975 aerial, the Project site included six new storage buildings that appear in their current configuration on the west end of the property. Building permits indicate that owner Dale Schreiber completed construction of the storage units (CBP #74 54-60). Although information on Schreiber is limited, research found that he has been a business owner and resident in the Ponto Area since the 1970s. Rancho Santa Fe Engineering designed the storage buildings and research indicates that the firm mainly operated in the 1970s and did light industrial design work that was limited to San Diego County (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). Aerial imagery indicates that The San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant had been removed from the Project site by 1975, but both office buildings remained. Since 1975, the footprint of buildings within the Project site has remained unchanged, but the property to the north was developed as a parking lot for the Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hotel in 2012. It appears the northwest corner of the Project site has been used as a junkyard property with no buildings since at least the 1990s, but this portion of the Project site is now clear of debris. Since 2012, the Project site and surrounding area have experienced little physical change (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 18 FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14183 19 FEBRUARY 2022 4 Field Survey 4.1 Methods An intensive-level survey and archival research were conducted to identify any potential built environment historical resources on the Project site. The survey was conducted on February 4, 2022, by Dudek architectural historian Nicole Frank, MSHP. The survey involved walking all portions of the Project site and documenting the Project site with detailed notes and photographs. Eight total buildings were surveyed on the Project site including two vacant office buildings on the eastern end of the Project site and six storage buildings clustered together on the west side of the Project site. Dudek documented the buildings’ elevations, character-defining features, spatial relationships, and setting, and noted any observed alterations. 4.2 Results The Project site contains eight buildings over 45 years old that were identified as requiring recordation and evaluation for historical significance. The Project site was evaluated as a single property with three APNS: 214-160-25-00, 214-16- 28-00, and 214-171-11-00). Eight (8) total buildings over 45 years of age are located on the Project site (two vacant office buildings and six storage buildings) and were evaluated for historical and architectural significance as a single property due to the Project site’s shared history first as a concrete mixing plant and later as a storage facility. This Project site is described and evaluated for historical and architectural significance in Section 5. Significance Evaluations. A State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Series 523 (DPR) form for the Project site is in Appendix B. Department of Parks and Recreation Form Set. Properties Evaluated ▪ Parcel 1: 7290 Ponto Drive (APN: 214-160-25-00), six storage buildings constructed 1974 ▪ Parcel 2: 7200 Ponto Drive (APN: 214-16-28-00), no buildings (undeveloped) ▪ Parcel 3: 7294 Ponto Drive (APN: 214-171-11-00), two vacant office buildings constructed, circa 1963 and 1966 4.3 Built Environment Field Survey Result Property Description The Project site is located on the eastern side of Ponto Road on three parcels: 7290 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-160- 25-00, Parcel 1), 7200 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-160-28-00, Parcel 2), and 7294 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-171-11- 00, Parcel 3). The majority of the Project site is open with vegetation including grass and ice plants (Figure 9). The Project site is irregular in shape. The north end of the Project site is triangular in shape and surrounded by an approximately six-foot-tall chain-link fence with train tracks along its eastern boundary. Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 are located on the west side of the Project site. Parcel 1, on the southwestern side of the Project site, is entirely developed with six storage buildings constructed in 1974 (Figures 5-9). Parcel 1 is built up with buildings and concrete driveways (Figures 7-8). Parcel 2 is in the northwest section of the Project site and is the vacant site of a former junkyard. It is sparsely developed with a small concrete overpass leading to a masonry wall enclosing the lot. Parcel 3 is the entire east side of the Project site (Figures 5-6, 9). Parcel 3 is relatively rectangular in shape surrounded by an approximately six-foot-tall chain-link fence along its eastern and southern boundary and concrete SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 20 FEBRUARY 2022 and stucco walls along its southern, western, and northern boundaries. On the southeastern portion of Parcel 3 are two vacant office buildings constructed circa 1963 (Office Building 1) and circa 1966 (Office Building 2). A rectangular concrete foundation is in the southeastern section of the Project site in Parcel 3. The southern wall along Parcels 1 and 3 displays four vertical sections of stone veneer and a “Ponto Storage Rentals” sign. Surrounding the Project site are single-family residences to the west, a walled-in open lot to the north, and undeveloped land to the south. Office Building 1 (circa 1963) Office Building 1 is irregular in plan and one story in height (Figure 5). The building is utilitarian in style with a low-pitched side gable roof sheathed in rolled composition roofing with decorative false beams. The building’s roof displays a wooden sign “Ponto Storage.” The building also displays two shed-roofed one-story projections on the north and south elevations. Its exterior walls are clad in vertical composition wood boards. The primary (west) elevation displays three composition wood entry doors and a series of fenestration openings covered with plywood. Fenestration on the building’s three secondary elevations includes composition wood entry doors and fenestration openings covered with plywood. Observed alterations include: ▪ Addition to north and south elevations (date unknown) ▪ Reroofing (date unknown) ▪ Covering of fenestration openings (date unknown) ▪ Removal of junkyard debris Office Building 2 (circa 1966) Office Building 2 is L-shaped in plan and one story in height (Figure 6). The building is utilitarian in style with a cross gable roof sheathed in rolled composition roofing with overhanging, open eaves. The building’s exterior walls are clad in stucco. Along the building’s main (west) elevation is a concrete patio. All the building’s fenestration openings are covered with plywood. Observed alterations include: ▪ Reroofing (date unknown) ▪ Covering of fenestration openings (date unknown) Storage Buildings (1974) The Project site’s western end (Parcel 1) contains six one-story utilitarian storage buildings on either rectangular or irregular plans (Figure 7). Each building displays a flat roof sheathed in rolled composition roofing and exterior walls clad in stucco. Each building has either one elevation or two elevations of storage lockers. Fenestration includes wood counterweight garage doors, metal roller doors, and fenestration openings covered with plywood. The rooftop of one of the storage buildings displays a wood “Ponto Storage 7290 Ponto Dr.” sign (Figure 8). Observed alterations include: ▪ Reroofing (date unknown) ▪ Covering of fenestration openings (date unknown) ▪ Replacement of wood doors with metal (date unknown) SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 21 FEBRUARY 2022 Figure 5. Office Building 1, East and north elevations, view to northwest (DSC00087). Source: Dudek 2022 Figure 6. Office Building 2, South and east elevations, view to northwest (DSC00113). Source: Dudek 2022 SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 22 FEBRUARY 2022 Figure 7. Storage Buildings, East and north elevations, view to west (DSC00163). Source: Dudek 2022 Figure 8. Storage Buildings, South elevations, view to north (DSC00199). Source: Dudek 2022 SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 23 FEBRUARY 2022 Building Permits Information The following list of known building construction was compiled through archival research of Carlsbad building permits for Parcel 1 only: ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $52,316, Building Permit #74-54 (1974) ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $62,250, Building Permit #74-55 (1974) ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $43,500, Building Permit #74-56 (1974) ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $30,341, Building Permit #74-57 (1974) ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $11,310, Building Permit #74-58 (1974) ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $11,600, Building Permit #74-59 (1974) ▪ Build single-story storage unit for $14,500, Building Permit #74-60 (1974) Figure 9. Contextual photo of open space on the north end of the Project site, view to north (DSC00070). Source: Dudek 2022 SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 24 FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14183 25 FEBRUARY 2022 5 Significance Evaluation For a property to be listed in or determined eligible for listing in the NRHP, it must be demonstrated to possess integrity and to meet at least one of four criteria. The CRHR was designed to reflect the same criteria and integrity as those identified for the NRHP. Therefore, the NRHP and CRHR significance evaluations are presented together. 5.1 NRHP/CRHR Statement of Significance In consideration of the Project site’s history and requisite integrity, Dudek finds the property not eligible for designation in the NRHP or CRHR based on the following significance evaluation and in consideration of national and state eligibility criteria: Criterion A/1: That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Archival research indicated that the Project site includes two office buildings from circa 1963 and 1966 that were built as part of a concrete mixing plant along with six additional storage buildings constructed in 1974. The Project site shares an association with the trends of industrial and commercial growth in northern San Diego County during the 1960s and 1970s. Both the concrete mixing plant and later storage facility and junkyard were common for their type and ubiquitous in the County. Both San Diego Consolidated Co. and Ponto Storage do not appear to be long term or important companies in the development of the area. Though the Project site is located adjacent to the BNSF railroad tracks (formerly ATSF), there is no indication that it was historically or functionally associated with the railroad and transportation development. Also, there is no indication it is associated with important themes in the history of Carlsbad, including the military development of the area. Research found no association with more specific events or patterns of development that have historical significance at the local, state, or national level. For these reasons, the Project site does not appear eligible under NRHP Criterion A or CRHR Criterion 1. Criterion B/2: That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. The office buildings on the Project site were built as part of the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant, but the plant appears to have operated at the site for less than 10 years and research did not uncover an individual associated with the plant. When owner Dale Schreiber built the storage buildings in 1974, he reused the existing office buildings for his storage facility. Despite being a longtime Ponto neighborhood business owner and resident, Dale Schreiber does not appear to be a person significant in our past. Due to a lack of identified significant associations with important individuals, the Project site does not appear eligible under NRHP Criterion B or CRHR Criterion 2. Criterion C/3: That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. The two office buildings and the six storage buildings on the Project site all represent modest, largely unembellished, utilitarian buildings. The buildings have few character-defining architectural features and are unremarkable examples of their type. More distinguished forms of commercial and industrial architecture can be found throughout SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 26 FEBRUARY 2022 San Diego County. The office buildings have a basic layout and the building permits show the six storage buildings were not architect-designed and likely not the work of a master. While the storage buildings were engineer-designed by Rancho Santa Fe Engineering, it appears the Rancho Santa Fe-based firm did little overall work and was limited to designing light industrial-type properties in San Diego County during the 1970s. As such, the buildings lack sufficient distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; do not represent the work of a master; do not possess high artistic values; nor do they appear to be potential contributors to a historic district. Therefore, the Project site does not appear eligible under NRHP Criterion C or CRHR Criterion 3 Criterion D/4: That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. The Project site is not significant under Criterion D of the NRHP or Criterion 4 of the CRHR as a source, or likely source, of important historical information nor does it appear likely to yield important information about historic construction methods, materials or technologies. 5.2 City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory Statement of Significance In consideration of the Project site’s history and requisite integrity, Dudek finds the property not eligible for designation in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory based on the following significance evaluation and in consideration of local eligibility criteria: It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history. Extensive research indicates that the buildings on the Project site neither exemplify nor reflect special elements of the City’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history. Extensive archival research also indicates that the buildings on the Project site are not identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of constru ction, is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship, or is representative of a notable work of an acclaimed builder, designer, or architect. The utilitarian office buildings and storage buildings on the Project site are modest examples of their type with few noteworthy architectural features. Utilitarian storage buildings such as these are ubiquitous throughout Southern California. While it is unknown who designed the two office buildings on the Project site, building permits revealed that the six 1974 storage buildings were not architect-designed. As such, the buildings lack sufficient distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; do not represent the work of a master; do not possess high artistic values; nor are they potential contributors to a historic district. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 27 FEBRUARY 2022 It is an archaeological, paleontological, botani cal, geological, topographical, ecological, or geographical site which has the potential of yielding information of scientific value. The parcel has not yielded, nor is it likely to yield, information of scientific value. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It is a geographically definable area with a concentration of buildings, structures, improvements, or objects linked historically through location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association, in which the collective value of the improvements may be greater than the value of each individual improvement. The Project site does not belong to a definable area with a concentration of buildings, structures, improvements, or objects linked historically through location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association, in which the collective value of the improvements may be greater than the value of each individual improvement (i.e.: a historic district). Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. 5.3 Integrity Discussion Integrity Discussion To be eligible for listing in the NRHP, properties must retain their physical integrity from the period in which they gained significance. In the case of architecturally significant properties, the period of significance is normally the date of construction. For historically significant properties, the length of the historic associations usually measures the period of significance. The Project site contains eight total buildings (two 1960s era office buildings, and six 1974 storage buildings). Since the original buildings have not been moved, the Project site retains integrity of location. Because a number of window openings and doorways are covered in plywood, views of both doors and windows are obscured, the integrity of materials, workmanship and design could not be determined. Besides the construction of a hotel to the north of the Project site, the surrounding neighborhood has remained largely the same since the storage buildings were constructed in the 1970s, so integrity of setting is maintained. The Project site no longer functions as a storage facility or a concrete mixing plant so the integrity of association and feeling is diminished. In summary, the Project site maintains integrity of location and setting but has diminished integrity of association and feeling. As stated previously, design, materials, and workmanship were not visible due to physical obstructions and could not be analyzed. SELF-STORAGE AND JUNKYARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT / CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT 14183 28 FEBRUARY 2022 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 14183 29 FEBRUARY 2022 6 Findings and Conclusions 6.1 Summary of Findings No historic built environment resources were identified within the Project site as a result of extensive archival research, a field survey, and property significance evaluation. Findings are summarized below in Table 2. Therefore, the properties that comprise the proposed Project site are not considered historical resources for the purposes of CEQA. Further, no potential indirect impacts to historical resources were identified. Table 2. Historic Built Environment Findings Address Date Constructed NRHP/CRHR/ City of Carlsbad Significance Criteria Previous CHRS code (if applicable) Assigned California Historical Resource Status code CEQA Finding Project site (APNs 214- 160-25-00, 214-16-28- 00, 214-171- 11-00) Circa 1963 (earliest building) Not eligible Not applicable 6Z: Found ineligible for NR, CR or local designation through survey evaluation Not considered a historical resource for the purposes of CEQA 6.2 Recommendations No historical resources were identified within or adjacent to the Project site as a result of the BERD search, extensive archival research, a SCIC records search, field survey, and property evaluations of significance. The Project site is not currently designated or listed under any national, state, or local cultural resources programs. The buildings on these parcels have not been identified as eligible for local designation by a recent historic resources survey. Dudek evaluated the Project site in accordance with Section 15064.5 (a)(2)-(3) of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and using the criteria outlined in Section 5024.1 of the California Public Resources Code. Dudek concludes that the buildings on the Project site do not appear to be eligible for listing in the NRHP, CRHR, or as a City of Carlsbad cultural resources designation due to a lack of significance. As such, no buildings on the Project site appear to be historical resources under CEQA. The recommended Status Code for the Project site is 6Z. Further, no potential indirect impacts to historical resources were identified as the proposed Project has no potential to impact the built environment beyond the Project site. The finding for built environment cultural resources for the proposed Project under CEQA is No Impact. 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Prepared for the Compressive Planning Organization of the San Diego Region. April 19, 1980. http://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/ Carlsbad%20Historical%20Society_files/historical/Regionl%20Historic%20Preservation%20Study% 20Carlsbad%201980.pdf Appendix A Preparer’s Qualifications 1 Andrew Bursan, MCRP SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Andrew Bursan is an architectural historian and urban planner with 14 years’ experience in historic preservation, historic research, report writing, land planning, and project management. Mr. Bursan has worked with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, City of Pasadena, City of Santa Monica, City of Los Angeles, City of Santa Barbara, and the City of Arroyo Grande, among others. His experience includes architectural surveys, reconnaissance-level surveys, historical assessments, and extensive historical research. He has prepared historic context statements, technical reports, and impact analysis for cultural resources in environmental impact reports (EIRs). His breadth of work includes major transportation projects, intensive archival research, citywide surveys, and analysis of individual properties under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 106, Section 4(f), and the National Environmental Policy Act. Select Project Experience Historical Resource Evaluation Report for 820 A Avenue, Coronado, California. Dudek was retained by the City of Coronado to complete a Historical Resource Evaluation Report, under City designation criteria and integrity requirements, for a single-family residential property located at 820 A Avenue in Coronado, California. The property was built in 1922 and had not been previously evaluated for historical significance. As a result of the evaluation, the subject property was recommended not eligible for inclusion in the City Register under all designation criteria due to a lack of significant historical associations and compromised integrity. Mr. Bursan served as a senior architectural historian and main author of the report. (2021) Historical Resources Technical Report (HRTR) for the 5146-5148 Dehesa Road Project, Dehesa, California. Dudek was retained by Carlin Law Group, A.P.C. to complete a Historical Resources Technical Report (HRTR) in support of the proposed 5146-5148 Dehesa Road Project. This project proposed to subdivide an existing 5.87-acre parcel on Dehesa Road into four parcels. The site was originally developed with two existing single-family residences (each more than 45 years old) located within the southern portion of the project area. The property at 5146-5148 Dehesa Road was evaluated for historical significance in consideration of potential impacts to historical resources under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) section 15064.5, the County of San Diego Historic Preservation Ordinance, the County of San Diego Resource Protection Ordinance (RPO), and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). As a result of the evaluation, the property was recommended not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, CRHR, and San Diego County Local Register of Historical Resources under all designation criteria due to a lack of significant associations and compromised integrity. Mr. Bursan served as a senior architectural historian and main author of the report. (2021) Historical Resource Assessment Report for the 1280 Pacific Coast Highway Mixed-Use Development Project, Harbor City (Los Angeles), California. Dudek was retained by Alston & Bird LLP to complete a Historical Resource Assessment Report for the proposed 1280 Pacific Coast Highway Mixed-Use Development Project (Project) in Harbor City, a community in the City of Los Angeles, California. The proposed project consisted of the redevelopment of a mobile home park known as the A-1 Trailer Park at 1280 Pacific Coast Highway and an adjacent vacant surface parking lot. The A-1 Trailer Park property was found ineligible under the National Register of Historic Places, California Education Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP), 2005 University of California, Los Angeles, BA, History, 2002 2 Register of Historical Resources, or City of Los Angeles designation criteria due to a lack of significant historical associations and architectural merit. Mr. Bursan served as a senior architectural historian and main author of the report. (2021) La Canada Soundwalls Phase IV, La Canada Flintridge, California. Dudek was retained by the City of La Canada Flintridge to prepare a Historic Property Survey Report (HPSR) for the La Canada Flintridge I-210 Soundwall Improvement Project. The City of La Cañada Flintridge, in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation, proposed to construct four soundwalls along Interstate 210 (I-210) to reduce residents’ exposure to traffic noise (project). The project calls for an intensive pedestrian survey of the project APE (both direct and indirect) for both archaeological and historic built environment resources. Mr. Bursan is currently serving as a senior architectural historian and main author of the HPSR. (2021-present) Additional Previous Experience South Region High School No. 13, Los Angeles Unified School District, California. Assisted with fieldwork and wrote property descriptions. ICF prepared an initial technical report in support of environmental documentation for the proposed new South Region High School No. 13, which is subject to review under CEQA. (2010) Housing and Urban Development-Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2, Section 106 Consulting Services for Housing and Urban Development, City of Lansing, Michigan. Helped conduct field survey work in the City of Lansing. Provided the City of Lansing’s development office and the Ingram County Housing Commission with research services related to Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2-funded actions in potential historic districts. (2012–2013) Jankovich Fueling Station Historic Resources Assessment, Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro, California. Prepared a historic resources assessment of the Jankovich Fueling Station. The research included building permits, Sanborn Map, and archival material. (2019) Ventura County Transpiration Corridor, Ventura County, California. In conjunction with Caltrans, the County of Ventura proposed to widen Interstate 101 for 26 miles through the county. Andrew managed field survey work, oversaw and delegated tasks for the creation of a Historic Resource Evaluation Report (HRER) and Historic Structures Report as well as writing historic context. He engaged in several meetings with Caltrans for the purpose of creating an area of potential effects (APE) for the project. (2019–2021) I-605 Corridor Improvement Project, Los Angeles County, California. Managed field survey work, performed evaluations of historic properties under CEQA and Section 106, documented tract development resources under a programmatic agreement, wrote historic context and attended meetings regarding the historic documentation of built resources. Andrew also oversaw the creation of compliance documents for the project. (2017–2020) Specialized Training  3-day National Environmental Policy Act Compliance course, NPI, 2019  CEQA-Historical Resource Lecture, 2008–2011  Environmental Justice Lecture, California, 2011 1 Sarah Corder, MFA HISTORIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT LEAD Sarah Corder (SARE-uh COR-der; she/her) is an architectural historian with 17 years’ experience throughout the United States in all elements of cultural resources management, including project management, intensive-level field investigations, architectural history studies, and historical significance evaluations in consideration of the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and local-level evaluation criteria. Ms. Corder has conducted hundreds of historical resource evaluations and developed detailed historic context statements for a multitude of property types and architectural styles, including private residential, commercial, industrial, educational, and agricultural properties. She has also provided expertise on numerous projects requiring conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Ms. Corder meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for both Architectural History and History. She has experience preparing environmental compliance documentation in support of projects that fall under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Sections 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Select Project Experience 740-790 East Green Street Mixed-Use Project, City of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California. The proposed project involves the demolition of five commercial buildings in order to accommodate the development of a new three- to six-story mixed-use building. Dudek prepared a cultural resources technical report that included the results of a pedestrian survey of the project site by a qualified architectural historian, building development and archival research, development of an appropriate historic context for the project site, and recordation and evaluation of five commercial properties over 45 years old for historical significance and integrity in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and City of Pasadena designation criteria and integrity requirements. Responsibilities included archival research, field survey, and co-authorship of the report. (2020) Historic Resource Assessment for 9000 Dicks Street, City of West Hollywood, California. Dudek was retained by 9000 Dicks Street Capital LLC to complete a Historic Resource Assessment (HRA) for a residential property located at 9000 Dicks Street in West Hollywood, California. The Spanish colonial revival residence was built in 1926. As a result of Dudek’s study, the property did not appear eligible for the NRHP, CRHR, or as a locally significant resource, due to a lack of significant historical associations, architectural merit, and compromised integrity. Responsibilities included project management, archival research, and co-authorship of the HRA. (2020) Historic Resource Assessment for 9004 Dicks Street, City of West Hollywood, California. Dudek was retained by 9004 Dicks Street Capital LLC to complete an HRA for a residential property located at 9004 Dicks Street in West Hollywood, California. The Spanish Colonial Revival residence was built in 1924. As a result of Dudek’s study, the Education Savannah College of Art and Design MFA, Historic Preservation, 2004 Bridgewater College BA, History, 2002 Professional Affiliations National Trust for Historic Preservation Los Angeles Conservancy California Preservation Foundation Society for Architectural Historians 2 property did not appear eligible for the NRHP, CRHR, or as a locally significant resource, due to a lack of significant historical associations, architectural merit, and compromised integrity. Responsibilities included project management, archival research, and co-authorship of the HRA. (2020) Historic Resource Assessment for 1223-1225 North Ogden Drive, City of West Hollywood, California. Dudek was retained by 1223 Ogden, LLC to complete an HRA for a multi-family property with four buildings located at 1223- 1225 North Ogden Drive in the City of West Hollywood, California. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style bungalow court was built in 1923. As a result of Dudek’s study, the property at 1223-1225 North Ogden Drive did not appear eligible for the NRHP, CRHR, or as a locally significant resource, due to a lack of significant historical associations, architectural merit, and compromised integrity. Responsibilities included project management, archival research, significance evaluation, response to City comments, field survey, and co-authorship of the HRA. (2020) Mira Mesa Community Plan Area Historic Context Statement and Focused Reconnaissance Survey, City of San Diego Planning Department, California. Dudek was retained by the City of San Diego to prepare a historic context statement identifying the historical themes and associated property types important to the development of Mira Mesa, accompanied by a reconnaissance-level survey report focused on the master-planned residential communities within the Mira Mesa Community Plan Area (CPA). While the historic context statement addressed all development themes and property types within the community, the scope of the survey was limited to residential housing within the CPA constructed between 1969 and 1990. This study was completed as part of the comprehensive update to the Mira Mesa CPA and Programmatic EIR. Served as project manager leading the survey efforts, senior architectural historian, and co-author of the historic context statement and survey reports. Also provided quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) of survey information. (2020–Present) Carol Kimmelman Sports and Academic Center Project, City of Carson, California. Dudek was retained to conduct a cultural resources study on the Victoria County Golf Course and associated recreation buildings for the proposed Kimmelman Sports and Academic Center. Conducted a record search, a pedestrian survey, archival and building development research, NRHP and CRHR evaluations, and impacts analysis. All golf course components associated with the Victoria County Golf Course were found not eligible under designation requirements. (2018) HRA for 852-854 Westmount Drive, Metros Capital LLC, City of West Hollywood, California. Dudek was retained to complete an HRA for a multifamily residential property located at 852-854 Westmount Drive in the City of West Hollywood, California. The Spanish Colonial Revival-style duplex was built in 1924. The property appeared not eligible for the NRHP, CRHR, or City of West Hollywood register due to a lack of significant historical associations and architectural merit, and compromised integrity. Responsibilities included archival research and co-authorship of the report. (2018) Gilroy Citywide Historic Resources Inventory and Historic Context Statement, City of Gilroy, California. Dudek worked with the City of Gilroy to prepare a citywide historic context statement and update its 1986 historic resource inventory. For the purposes of this project, Dudek developed highly detailed and efficient iPad field forms that allow surveyors to record a property in less than 5 minutes and provide the city with real-time survey data. As survey lead, completed reconnaissance-level survey of over 3,400 properties on time and within budget. Also served as a senior architectural historian for the project and co-authored the historic context statement, attended the public kick-off meeting, prepared DPR forms, developed registration requirements, performed QA/QC on DPR forms, and worked closely with the geographic information system (GIS) team to facilitate the final digital mapping components for the project. (2018–2020) 1 Allison Lyons, MSHP SENIOR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Allison Lyons (AL-ih-suhn LYE-ons; she/her) is an architectural historian with 12 years’ experience throughout the western United States in all elements of cultural resources management. Her expertise includes the preparation of environmental compliance documents in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, focusing on the evaluation of historical resources and analysis of project impacts. As a historic preservation consultant, she has been involved in the preparation of numerous large-scale historic resources surveys, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record recordation, Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credit and Mills Act Historic Property Contract applications, local landmark nominations, and evaluations of eligibility for a wide variety of projects and property types throughout California. She is highly experienced in writing National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nominations and historic context statements for local governments. Ms. Lyons meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards for history and architectural history pursuant to Title 36, Part 61, of the Code of Federal Regulations, Appendix A. Selected Experience Downtown Buena Park Project, Historical Resources Technical Report and Impacts Analysis (for CEQA), Buena Park, Orange County, California. Merlone Geier is proposing to redevelop a vacant Stiles & Robert Clements-designed Sears building at the Buena Park Downtown Mall in the City of Buena Park. The redevelopment plans include residential units, amenity and lobby space, and parking. The Sears building, auto center, and surrounding parking lots that were historically connected to the Downtown Buena Park Mall. Following the initial construction of the Sears building in 1959, the Buena Park Downtown Mall was expanded in multiple stages throughout a 50-year development period. To determine if the project would have a significant impact on historical resources, Dudek evaluated the entire Buena Park Downtown Mall for historical significance and integrity in consideration of National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) designation criteria. Dudek determined that the Buena Park Downtown Mall, including the Sears building, did not appear eligible under any NRHP or CRHR designation criteria due to a lack of significant historical associations, architectural merit, and compromised integrity and the Project would result in a less than significant impact to historical resources under CEQA. Ms. Lyons served as a senior architectural historian, providing quality assurance/quality control for the Historical Resources Technical Report. (2021) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Century Trunk Line, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles, California. Dudek was retained by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to prepare an Avoidance and Protection Plan for Air Raid Siren No. 150. The resource is eligible for the NRHP and CRHR and as a City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument under Criteria A/1/1 and C/3/3 for its association with World War II and Cold War military infrastructure and is a historical resource under CEQA. Ms. Lyons is serving as a senior architectural historian, providing quality assurance/quality control for the Post-Construction Monitoring Report. (2021) Education Columbia University, M.S., Historic Preservation, 2010 Scripps College, B.A., European Studies, 2006 2 As-Needed Historic Research Consultant On Call Services, Coronado, California. Dudek is currently working with the City of Coronado Community Development Department to provide historic preservation services on an as- needed basis. Services scoped under the current contract include historic resources surveys; archival research; preparation of evaluation reports in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and City of Coronado designation criteria; attendance at Historic Resource Commission and City Council hearings; and review of projects for conformance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation. Since January 2019, Dudek has completed 20 work orders for the city. Ms. Lyons serves as a senior architectural historian for the historical resource evaluation task orders and is responsible for quality assurance/quality control of specific deliverables. (2021–Present) 8730 Sunset Boulevard Billboard Project Historical Resource Assessment Report, City of West Hollywood, California. The 8730 Sunset Boulevard Billboard Project consists of the installation and operation of a new billboard and associated façade improvements at the existing “Sunset Towers” building. The Sunset Towers building at 8730 Sunset Boulevard was constructed in the 1950s and 1960s in two phases. A smaller building was constructed on the northern portion of the parcel between 1957 and 1959. Dudek was retained by the City of West Hollywood to complete this Historic Resource Assessment, an intensive-level evaluation, as part of the environmental review of the proposed project in compliance with CEQA. This study included an intensive survey of the exterior of the Sunset Towers building by a qualified architectural historian; building development and archival research; development of an appropriate historic context; and evaluation of the Sunset Towers building for historical significance and integrity in consideration of NRHP, CRHR, and City of West Hollywood Cultural Heritage Preservation Ordinance designation criteria. Ms. Lyons served as a senior architectural historian and main author of the Historic Resource Assessment of the Sunset Towers building. (2021) Athens Park Aquatics Facility Renovation Project Historical Resource Treatment Plan and Impacts Analysis (Secretary of the Interior’s Standards Compliance Review), Los Angeles, California. The County of Los Angeles proposed a rehabilitation project at the Aquatics Facility at Athens Park, a park determined eligible for listing in the NRHP. Ms. Lyons worked with the architect for the project on two phases of work. In advance of the development of project plans, Ms. Lyons prepared a Preservation Plan for the Aquatics Facility to establish the opportunities and constraints for the rehabilitation. After project plans were prepared, Ms. Lyons reviewed the project plans for compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and made recommendations for modifications to ensure the project plans complied with the Standards. (2020–2021) Caltrans District 4, Bohemian Highway Bridge over Russian River Replacement Historical Resource Evaluation Report, Monte Rio, Sonoma County, California. The Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works proposed to replace the existing Monte Rio Bridge over the Russian River in the community of Monte Rio, on Bohemian Highway, in western Sonoma County. The existing bridge was constructed in 1934. The bridge was previously determined not eligible for the NRHP; however, the structure was designated locally as a County Landmark in 2003. Ms. Lyons prepared the NRHP evaluations for three historic properties to inform construction plans for a new bridge. Ms. Lyons conducted research, site visits, and photographic documentation for the purposes of the Historic Resource Evaluation Report and DPR forms, which evaluated properties in multiple preliminary alternatives to determine if the project would have the potential to impact historic resources. Property types studied were a locally designated 1934 concrete bridge, a c. 1949 Quonset hut theater, and an early twentieth-century commercial building. (2018–2021) Sixth Street Park, Arts, River, and Connectivity (PARC) Improvements Project Historical Resource Technical Report, Los Angeles, California. The Sixth Street Viaduct Division of the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, in coordination with the California Department of Transportation, proposed to create a public space in areas beneath and around the new Sixth Street Viaduct between Mateo Street to the west and US-101 to the east in the City of Los Angeles. Ms. Lyons worked with the GPA’s team of environmental consultants to prepare Section 106 and CEQA technical reports and Cultural Resources Chapter for the project Environmental Impact Report. (2017) Appendix B Department of Parks and Recreation Form Set Page 1 of 15 *Resource Name or #: (Assigned by recorder) 7290 Ponto Drive P1. Other Identifier: Project site DPR 523A (9/2013) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # PRIMARY RECORD Trinomial NRHP Status Code 6Z Other Listings Review Code Reviewer Date *P2.Location: Not for Publication Unrestricted *a. County San Diego and (P2c, P2e, and P2b or P2d. Attach a Location Map as necessary.) *b. USGS 7.5' Quad Encinitas, CA Date 1996 (2001 ed.) T 12S; R 4W; of Sec 28, 29, 32 B.M. c.Address 7290 Ponto Drive City Carlsbad Zip 92011 d. UTM: (Give more than one for large and/or linear resources) Zone 11S , 470662 mE/ 3661962 mN e.Other Locational Data: (e.g., parcel #, directions to resource, elevation, decimal degrees, etc., as appropriate)Latitude: 33.09590, Longitude: -117.31440; APNs 214-160-25-00, 214-16—28-00, and214-171-11-00 *P3a. Description: (Describe resource and its major elements. Include design, materials, condition, alterations, size, setting, and boundaries) The Project site is located on the eastern side of Ponto Road on three parcels: 7290 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-160-25-00, Parcel 1), 7200 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-160-28-00, Parcel 2), and 7294 Ponto Drive, (APN: 214-171-11-00, Parcel 3). The majority of the Project site is open with vegetation including grass and ice plants. The Project site is irregular in shape. The north end of the Project site is triangular in shape and surrounded by an approximately six-foot-tall chain-link fence with train tracks along its eastern boundary. See Continuation Sheet. *P3b. Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) HP8. Industrial building *P4. Resources Present:  Building Structure Object Site District Element of District Other (Isolates, etc.) P5b. Description of Photo: (view, date, accession #)North elevation, view to northwest (DSC00087). *P6. Date Constructed/Age and Source:  Historic Prehistoric Both Circa 1963 (Historic Aerial Images) *P7. Owner and Address:Dale L. & Donna Schreiber Revocable Trust, PO BOX 902 Cardiff, CA 92007 *P8. Recorded by: (Name, affiliation, and address) Andrew Bursan,MCRP, Dudek, 38 N Marengo Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 *P9. Date Recorded: February4, 2022 *P10. Survey Type: (Describe)Intensive *P11. Report Citation: (Cite survey report and other sources, or enter "none.") Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Ponto Storage Townhomes Project in the City of Carlsbad, California. 2022. Dudek. _ *Attachments: NONE Location Map Continuation Sheet Building, Structure, and Object Record Archaeological Record District Record Linear Feature Record Milling Station Record Rock Art Record Artifact Record Photograph Record Other (List): P5a. Photograph or Drawing (Photograph required for buildings, structures, and objects.) Page 2 of 15 *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 7290 Ponto Drive *Map Name: Encinitas, CA *Scale: 1:24,000 *Date of map: _1996 (2001 ed.)_______ DPR 523J (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# LOCATION MAP Trinomial *Resource Name or # (Assigned by recorder) 7290 Ponto Drive *NRHP Status Code 6Z Page 3 of 15 DPR 523B (9/2013) *Required information State of California  The Resources Agency Primary # DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI# BUILDING, STRUCTURE, AND OBJECT RECORD B1. Historic Name: 7290 Ponto Drive B2. Common Name: B3. Original Use: Industrial Building B4. Present Use: Industrial Building *B5. Architectural Style: *B6. Construction History: (Construction date, alterations, and date of alterations) • Build single-story storage unit for $52,316, Building Permit #74-54 (1974) Continue on Construction History, page 4. *B7. Moved? No Yes Unknown Date: Original Location: *B8. Related Features: B9a. Architect: N/A b. Builder: N/A *B10. Significance: Theme N/A Area N/A Period of Significance N/A Property Type N/A Applicable Criteria N/A (Discuss importance in terms of historical or architectural context as defined by theme, period, and geographic scope. Also address integrity.) Significance Summary As a result of the evaluation, 7290 Ponto Drive is recommended not eligible for inclusion in the NRHP, CRHR, or as a City of Carlsbad under all designation criteria due to a lack of significant historical associations and compromised integrity. See Continuation Sheet. B11. Additional Resource Attributes: (List attributes and codes) *B12. References: See Continuation Sheet. B13. Remarks: *B14. Evaluator: Andrew Bursan, MCRP *Date of Evaluation: February 10, 2022 (Sketch Map with north arrow required.) (This space reserved for official comments.) DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __4__ of __15__ *P3a. Description (continued): Parcel 1 and Parcel 2 are located on the west side of the Project site. Parcel 1, on the southwestern side of the Project site, is entirely developed with six storage buildings constructed in 1974 (Figures 1-5). Parcel 1 is built up with buildings and concrete driveways (Figures 3-4). Parcel 2 is in the northwest section of the Project site and is the vacant site of a former junkyard. It is sparsely developed with a small concrete overpass leading to a masonry wall enclosing the lot. Parcel 3 is the entire east side of the Project site (Figures 1-2, 5). Parcel 3 is relatively rectangular in shape surrounded by an approximately six-foot-tall chain-link fence along its eastern and southern boundary and concrete and stucco walls along its southern, western, and northern boundaries. On the southeastern portion of Parcel 3 are two vacant office buildings constructed circa 1963 (Office Building 1) and circa 1966 (Office Building 2). A rectangular concrete foundation is in the southeastern section of the Project site in Parcel 3. The southern wall along Parcels 1 and 3 displays four vertical sections of stone veneer and a “Ponto Storage Rentals” sign. Surrounding the Project site are single-family residences to the west, a walled-in open lot to the north, and undeveloped land to the south. Office Building 1 (circa 1963) Office Building 1 is irregular in plan and one story in height (Figure 1). The building is utilitarian in style with a low-pitched side gable roof sheathed in rolled composition roofing with decorative false beams. The building’s roof displays a wooden sign “Ponto Storage.” The building also displays two shed-roofed one-story projections on the north and south elevations. Its exterior walls are clad in vertical composition wood boards. The primary (west) elevation displays three composition wood entry doors and a series of fenestration openings covered with plywood. Fenestration on the building’s three secondary elevations includes composition wood entry doors and fenestration openings covered with plywood. Observed alterations include: • Addition to north and south elevations (date unknown) • Reroofing (date unknown) • Covering of fenestration openings (date unknown) • Removal of junkyard debris Office Building 2 (circa 1966) Office Building 2 is L-shaped in plan and one story in height (Figure 2). The building is utilitarian in style with a cross gable roof sheathed in rolled composition roofing with overhanging, open eaves. The building’s exterior walls are clad in stucco. Along the building’s main (west) elevation is a concrete patio. All the building’s fenestration openings are covered with plywood. Observed alterations include: • Reroofing (date unknown) • Covering of fenestration openings (date unknown) Storage Buildings (1974) DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __5__ of __15__ The Project site’s western end (Parcel 1) contains six one-story utilitarian storage buildings on either rectangular or irregular plans (Figure 3). Each building displays a flat roof sheathed in rolled composition roofing and exterior walls clad in stucco. Each building has either one elevation or two elevations of storage lockers. Fenestration includes wood counterweight garage doors, metal roller doors, and fenestration openings covered with plywood. The rooftop of one of the storage buildings displays a wood “Ponto Storage 7290 Ponto Dr.” sign (Figure 4). • Observed alterations include: • Reroofing (date unknown) • Covering of fenestration openings (date unknown) • Replacement of wood doors with metal (date unknown) *B6. Construction History (continued): • Build single-story storage unit for $62,250, Building Permit #74-55 (1974) • Build single-story storage unit for $43,500, Building Permit #74-56 (1974) • Build single-story storage unit for $30,341, Building Permit #74-57 (1974) • Build single-story storage unit for $11,310, Building Permit #74-58 (1974) • Build single-story storage unit for $11,600, Building Permit #74-59 (1974) • Build single-story storage unit for $14,500, Building Permit #74-60 (1974) *B10. Significance (continued): Historic Context Historical Overview of the City of Carlsbad Following Mexican independence from Spain in 1821, secularization of the missions began in 1833 in order to turn over the large land holding to private citizens. Mission San Luis Rey was divided into six ranchos in 1835: Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Guajome, Agua Hedionda, Buena Vista, and Monserrate. Rancho Aqua Hedionda became the base of what makes up today’s modern Carlsbad. In 1851, a group of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians attacked American settlers in Warner’s Hot Spring, hoping to unite tribes and drive out the Americans (Bibb 1991). Led by Pablo Apis, the Luiseño of Temecula went to Mission San Louis Rey and did not participate in the conflict (Bibb 1991). In 1852, the Treaty of Temecula (Treaty of Peace and Friendship) was signed, providing certain lands, horses, cattle, and other supplies to the Luiseño, Cahuilla, and Serrano in exchange for government control of the rest of their lands (Bibb 1991, Van Horn 1974). This treaty, and 17 others in California, was rejected by the U.S. Senate later that year. In 1858, John Butterfield established the Butterfield Stage Route along the Southern Emigrant Trail, delivering mail from St. Louis to San Francisco (Cato 2000). The Butterfield route also provided an easier mode of transportation for settlers coming into Southern California (Van Horn 1974). The start of the Civil War shut down the Butterfield Stage Route after a short 3-year stint, as it passed through Confederate states. By the 1870s, ranching had become quite prosperous in the area (Van Horn 1974). DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __6__ of __15__ In 1860, Francis Hinton hired Robert “Uncle John” Kelly as part owner and Major Domo of Rancho Aqua Hedionda. Kelly, originally from the Isle of Man, was a bit of a local legend and a well-known rancher in the southwest. This partnership would lead to Kelly’s eventual ownership of the Rancho on Hinton’s death in 1870 (Harmon 1961). Kelly granted a coastal right of way for the San Diego Railway, which allowed for San Diego to be connected to all points north. This land along with the land of John Frazier would soon become popular train stops for fresh water on the routes north (Harmon 1967). The development of Carlsbad was initiated by German immigrant Gerhard Schutte, who came to the city in 1886 and dreamed of building “a town of gracious homes and small farms.” Along with Samuel Church, Henry Nelson, and D.D. Wadsworth, Schutte formed the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company which purchased all of Frazier’s property plus 275 more acres (Harmon 1967). Frazier stayed on as superintendent of the new company’s water holdings and worked to entice future residents to their land with the promotion of the mineral water. Support for the water’s healing properties came with support from an Eastern laboratory with analyzed samples of the water and declared them to be chemically identical to those drawn from Well Number Nine in Karlsbad, Bohemia. Wanting to make this connection to the famed European spa as strong as possible, Schutte and the directors of the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company named their town Carlsbad (Jones 1982). In the 1880s, a group of investors hearing about the “Frasier Station Well,” created the Carlsbad Land and Water Company by purchasing land from Frasier and adjoining unassociated lands (Harmon 1967). With this purchase, the Town of Carlsbad was formed. The California land bust of the 1890s almost left the town abandoned until the South Coast Land Company purchased most of the land and helped re-establish the commercial life of Carlsbad through additional wells and avocado groves (Harmon 1961). Through the early 1900s and into the 1930s, Carlsbad continued to grow through the completion of Highway 101, the relocation of the Army-Navy Academy to the town, construction of the California Carlsbad Mineral Spring Hotel, and the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, which provided the area with much-needed stability and financial growth (Harmon 1961). Despite a large number of new businesses in the Carlsbad area, the city could not totally elude the effects of the national Depression. Buildings such as the First National Bank on Elm Avenue, which opened around the late 1920s, closed its doors for good, and recently homeless families of the city moved into the building for shelter. Perhaps not growing as fast as it did pre-1929, Carlsbad did continue to grow despite the economic hardships which could be attributed in part to the sale of avocados. By the end of the Depression, the Works Progress Administration paid one hundred men sixty cents an hour to build a drainage system in Carlsbad. One of the most significant developments from this period was the relocation of the Davis Military Academy to Carlsbad from Pacific Beach in 1936. With this came money for the local economy, which in turn helped shake off some of the impacts from the Depression (Gutierrez 2002). Furthering the influx of military members and the capital that came with them was the move in 1942 of the U.S. Marine Corps to Rancho Santa Margarita to establish Camp Pendleton. Although the move was not all positive, the large amount of new military members and their families caused a severe housing crisis. There was a lack of rentable units, which caused many military families to purchase their own homes. Additionally, local residents began to buy vacant lots in order to construct low-cost rental cottages. By the end of World War II, the population of Carlsbad was steadily rising and there was growing dissatisfaction with San Diego County’s administration for Carlsbad. It was the culmination DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __7__ of __15__ of multiple small problems that caused many citizens to push for the formation of a local government (Gutierrez 2002). In the 1950s, Carlsbad residents were dissatisfied with their lack of locally controlled services including no basic fire and police services, a declining water supply, lack of fire hydrants, and an antiquated sewage system (constructed in 1929). The construction of a power plant by SDG&E was the primary reason for Carlsbad's incorporating as a city, supplying enough tax revenue to justify having a city government (Orton 1994). In 1952 after much debate the City of Carlsbad was incorporated has continued to expand and grow into the modern-day city (City of Carlsbad 2018). Ponto Neighborhood History The Project site is located in an area of southwestern Carlsbad known as the Ponto neighborhood, half a mile north of the Batiquitos Lagoon. The neighborhood consists of a 1.2-mile strip of land abutting the northern bound lanes of Carlsbad Boulevard to the west and parallels with South Carlsbad State Beach. Originally called La Costa, the area first developed with homesteads in the late 1870s (Fetzer 2005). By the 1880s, the area developed as an agricultural community with a post office, railroad station, and rod and gun club (none of which currently exist). The area was renamed Ponto in 1919. It remained an agricultural outpost with very limited growth through most of the twentieth century and has never numbered more than 100 residents since recorded settlement in the area (Westec 21-22). Early agriculture in the area was devoted to grain crops until irrigated orchards began to be developed in the area in the 1920s. It is unclear what crops, if any, were grown in the Project site (Westec 23). Ponto Drive historically had few commercial businesses but did have two popular bars in the 1940s: the Bombshelter and Noah’s Ark, which served military men stationed in the area. By the post-World War II era, the long-neglected region developed a small collection of semi-industrial businesses like a metal fabrication shop, a firewood storage lot, and junkyards. In addition, roughly six single-family dwellings were developed just west of the Project site on Ponto Road. The formerly named Ponto Beach site half a mile to the west of the Project site was renamed South Carlsbad Beach State Park in 1965 (Citizen 1988). Beginning in the early 1960s, the western end of the Project site served as the location for the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant with the current office buildings on the Project site serving as offices to the plant. It appears the plant stop functioning by 1969, when Dale Schreiber purchased the property which he later turned into a storage facility in 1974, reusing the existing two office buildings from the former concrete plant. In 1972, the neighborhood was officially annexed into the City of Carlsbad, but it had little impact on increasing development. As of 1988, the area had a population of 30 residents, and it appears little residential development has been added since that time. The construction of the Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hotel in 2012, just north of the Project site, stands as the only major addition to the Ponto neighborhood since at least the 1970s (San Diego Union-Tribune 2015). History of Buildings within the Project site Although topographic maps for the area date to 1893, the Project site is not depicted on these maps, and the present alignment of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (ATSF) Railroad (now BNSF tracks), which runs diagonally to the east end of the Project site, do not appear on topographic maps until 1949. The earliest historic aerial image from 1947 reveals the Project site as undeveloped land which may have been associated with a dwelling located directly to the northwest (which no longer exists). Ponto Drive to the west of the Project DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __8__ of __15__ site had not been developed and Carlsbad Road appears in its current configuration but only as a two-lane road. The ATSF Railroad line runs to the east in its current north-south alignment and does not appear on prior topographic maps. By 1953, the Project site still appears vacant, but the dwelling northwest of the Project site was demolished to make way for two, no longer extant single-family residences along Ponto Drive, which was a dirt road at the time (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). The 1963 aerial map shows the existing Office Building 1 at the center of the Project site, which appears to have been the office for the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant. Research found little information on the history of the mixing plant in Ponto, which operated from roughly the early 1960s to 1969. The company functioned as a San Diego-area supplier of mixed concrete and had headquarters at Stadium Way and Friars Road in San Diego (Chula Vista Star-News 1971). The 1963 map also shows the footprint of the square-shaped concrete plant with a conveyor belt on the east end of the property near the ATSF Railroad tracks. To the west, the single-family properties situated between Ponto Drive and Ponto Road begin to take on their current configuration and the two single- family dwellings that appeared in 1953 had been demolished. By the 1967 aerial image, the Project site had a second small office building (Office Building 2) about 25-feet south of Office Building 1. In addition, both Ponto Drive and Ponto Road appear to be paved and in their current configuration by 1967. In a 1975 aerial, the Project site included six new storage buildings that appear in their current configuration on the west end of the property. Building permits indicate that owner Dale Schreiber completed construction of the storage units (CBP #74 54-60). Although information on Schreiber is limited, research found that he has been a business owner and resident in the Ponto Area since the 1970s. Rancho Santa Fe Engineering designed the storage buildings and research indicates that the firm mainly operated in the 1970s and did light industrial design work that was limited to San Diego County (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). Aerial imagery indicates that The San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant had been removed from the Project site by 1975, but both office buildings remained. Since 1975, the footprint of buildings within the Project site has remained unchanged, but the property to the north was developed as a parking lot for the Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach Hotel in 2012. It appears the northwest corner of the Project site has been used as a junkyard property with no buildings since at least the 1990s, but this portion of the Project site is now clear of debris. Since 2012, the Project site and surrounding area have experienced little physical change (NETR 2022; UCSB 2022). In consideration of the Project site’s history and requisite integrity, Dudek finds the property not eligible for designation in the NRHP or CRHR based on the following significance evaluation and in consideration of national and state eligibility criteria: Criterion A/1: That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. Archival research indicated that the Project site includes two office buildings from circa 1963 and 1966 that were built as part of a concrete mixing plant along with six additional storage buildings constructed in 1974. The Project site shares an association with the trends of industrial and commercial growth in northern San Diego County during the 1960s and 1970s. Both the concrete mixing plant and later storage facility and junkyard were common for their type and ubiquitous in the County. Both San Diego Consolidated Co. and DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __9__ of __15__ Ponto Storage do not appear to be long term or important companies in the development of the area. Though the Project site is located adjacent to the BNSF railroad tracks (formerly ATSF), there is no indication that it was historically or functionally associated with the railroad and transportation development. Also, there is no indication it is associated with important themes in the history of Carlsbad, including the military development of the area. Research found no association with more specific events or patterns of development that have historical significance at the local, state, or national level. For these reasons, the Project site does not appear eligible under NRHP Criterion A or CRHR Criterion 1. Criterion B/2: That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. The office buildings on the Project site were built as part of the San Diego Consolidated Co. concrete mixing plant, but the plant appears to have operated at the site for less than 10 years and research did not uncover an individual associated with the plant. When owner Dale Schreiber built the storage buildings in 1974, he reused the existing office buildings for his storage facility. Despite being a longtime Ponto neighborhood business owner and resident, Dale Schreiber does not appear to be a person significant in our past. Due to a lack of identified significant associations with important individuals, the Project site does not appear eligible under NRHP Criterion B or CRHR Criterion 2. Criterion C/3: That embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. The two office buildings and the six storage buildings on the Project site all represent modest, largely unembellished, utilitarian buildings. The buildings have few character- defining architectural features and are unremarkable examples of their type. More distinguished forms of commercial and industrial architecture can be found throughout San Diego County. The office buildings have a basic layout and the building permits show the six storage buildings were not architect-designed and likely not the work of a master. While the storage buildings were engineer-designed by Rancho Santa Fe Engineering, it appears the Rancho Santa Fe-based firm did little overall work and was limited to designing light industrial-type properties in San Diego County during the 1970s. As such, the buildings lack sufficient distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; do not represent the work of a master; do not possess high artistic values; nor do they appear to be potential contributors to a historic district. Therefore, the Project site does not appear eligible under NRHP Criterion C or CRHR Criterion 3. Criterion D/4: That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. The Project site is not significant under Criterion D of the NRHP or Criterion 4 of the CRHR as a source, or likely source, of important historical information nor does it appear likely to yield important information about historic construction methods, materials or technologies. City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory Statement of Significance In consideration of the Project site’s history and requisite integrity, Dudek finds the property not eligible for designation in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __10__ of __15__ based on the following significance evaluation and in consideration of local eligibility criteria: It exemplifies or reflects special elements of the City’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history. Extensive research indicates that the buildings on the Project site neither exemplify nor reflect special elements of the City’s cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, or architectural history. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It is identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history. Extensive archival research also indicates that the buildings on the Project site are not identified with persons or events significant in local, state, or national history. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship, or is representative of a notable work of an acclaimed builder, designer, or architect. The utilitarian office buildings and storage buildings on the Project site are modest examples of their type with few noteworthy architectural features. Utilitarian storage buildings such as these are ubiquitous throughout Southern California. While it is unknown who designed the two office buildings on the Project site, building permits revealed that the six 1974 storage buildings were not architect-designed. As such, the buildings lack sufficient distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; do not represent the work of a master; do not possess high artistic values; nor are they potential contributors to a historic district. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It is an archaeological, paleontological, botanical, geological, topographical, ecological, or geographical site which has the potential of yielding information of scientific value. The parcel has not yielded, nor is it likely to yield, information of scientific value. Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. It is a geographically definable area with a concentration of buildings, structures, improvements, or objects linked historically through location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association, in which the collective value of the improvements may be greater than the value of each individual improvement. The Project site does not belong to a definable area with a concentration of buildings, structures, improvements, or objects linked historically through location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and/or association, in which the collective value of the improvements may be greater than the value of each individual improvement (i.e.: a historic district). Therefore, the Project site is recommended not eligible for listing in the City of Carlsbad Historic Resources Inventory under this criterion. DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __11__ of __15__ Integrity Discussion To be eligible for listing in the NRHP, properties must retain their physical integrity from the period in which they gained significance. In the case of architecturally significant properties, the period of significance is normally the date of construction. For historically significant properties, the length of the historic associations usually measures the period of significance. The Project site contains eight total buildings (two 1960s era office buildings, and six 1974 storage buildings). Since the original buildings have not been moved, the Project site retains integrity of location. Because a number of window openings and doorways are covered in plywood, views of both doors and windows are obscured, the integrity of materials, workmanship and design could not be determined. Besides the construction of a hotel to the north of the Project site, the surrounding neighborhood has remained largely the same since the storage buildings were constructed in the 1970s, so integrity of setting is maintained. The Project site no longer functions as a storage facility or a concrete mixing plant so the integrity of association and feeling is diminished. In summary, the Project site maintains integrity of location and setting but has diminished integrity of association and feeling. As stated previously, design, materials, and workmanship were not visible due to physical obstructions and could not be analyzed. Summary of Findings No historic built environment resources were identified within the Project site as a result of extensive archival research, a field survey, and property significance evaluation. Findings are summarized below in Table 3. Therefore, the properties that comprise the proposed Project site are not considered historical resources for the purposes of CEQA. Further, no potential indirect impacts to historical resources were identified. *B12. References: Bibb, L.E. 1991. “Pablo Apis and Temecula.” Journal of San Diego History 37(4):256–271. Brigandi, P. 1998. Temecula: at the Crossroads of History. Encinitas, California: Heritage Media Corporation. Cato, K. 2000. “Historical Settlement of the Temecula Valley.” In Geology and Enology of the Temecula Valley, Riverside County, California, edited by B.B. Birnbaum and K. Cato. San Diego, California: San Diego Association of Geologists. Carlsbad City Library. (n.d.). 1965 Photos of the Ponto neighborhood. Chula Vista Star-News. 1971. “San Diego Consolidated Concrete Co” [Advertisement] Chula Vista Star-News (Chula Vista, CA). August 26, 1971: pg B-9. City of Carlsbad. 2018. “History.” City of Carlsbad. Accessed October 3, 2018. http://www.carlsbadca.gov/ services/depts/police/inside/history.asp. DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __12__ of __15__ ECORP. 2017. “Carlsbad Tribal, Cultural, and Paleontological Resources Guidelines.” The City of Carlsbad, California. Fetzer, Leland. 2005. San Diego County Place Names, A to Z. Sunbelt Publications. Garrahy, S.T. and D.J. Weber. 1971. “Francisco de Ulloa, Joseph James Markey, and the Discovery of Upper California.” California Historical Quarterly 50(1):73–77. Gutierrez, Susan Schnebelen. 2002. Windows on the Past: An Illustrated History of Carlsbad, California. Virginia Beach, Virginia: Walsworth Publishing Company. Harmon, John. 1961. “History of Carlsbad.” Electronic document, Accessed October 3, 2018, https://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/Carlsbad%20Historical%20Society_files/AHistoryofCarlsbad.htm. Harmon, Jack. 1967. A History of Carlsbad. Carlsbad: Friends of the Library. Carlsbad Historical Society. Jones, Marje Howard. 1982. Seekers of the Spring: A History of Carlsbad. Carlsbad, California: Carlsbad Friends of the Library. NETR (National Environmental Title Research, LLC). 2022. Historic aerial photographs dates 1947, 1953, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. Accessed February 12, 2022. https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer# NPS (National Park Service). 2002. How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. National Register Bulletin 15. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb34/nrb34_8.htm Orton, Charles Wesley. 1994. Carlsbad: The Village by the Sea. Encinitas, California: Heritage Publishing Company. Roth and Associates. 1990. Cultural Resources Survey: City of Carlsbad. Prepared by Roth and Associates for the City of Carlsbad. February 18, 1990. https://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/Carlsbad%20Historical%20Society_files/Cultural%20Resources%20Survey%201990.pdf The Citizen. 1988. “Neighborhood relishes anonymity despite funny name” The Citizen (Del Mar California), May 11, 1988, pg A5. The San Diego Union Tribune. 2015. “Luxury Condos, Stores coming to Ponto Beach” The San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego California), August 5, 2015, pg. 1. UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara). 2022. Historic Aerial Photographs of the Project site, Carlsbad, CA dating from 1963 and 1975. Map & Imagery Laboratory (MIL) UCSB Library, Electronic Resource. Accessed February 10, 2022. http://mil.library.ucsb.edu/ap_indexes/FrameFinder. DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __13__ of __15__ Van Horn, K. 1974. “Tempting Temecula: The Making and Unmaking of a Southern California Community.” Journal of San Diego History 20:26–38. Westec Services, Inc. 1980. Regional Historic Preservation Study: Carlsbad, CA. Prepared for the Compressive Planning Organization of the San Diego Region. April 19, 1980. http://www.carlsbadhistoricalsociety.com/Carlsbad%20Historical%20Society_files/historical/Regionl%20Historic%20Preservation%20Study%20Carlsbad%201980.pdf DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __14__ of __15__ Figure 1. Office Building 2, South and east elevations, view to northwest (DSC00113) Figure 2. Storage Buildings, East and north elevations, view to west (DSC00163) DPR 523L (Rev. 1/1995)(Word 9/2013) *Required information State of California  Natural Resources Agency Primary# DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION HRI # Trinomial CONTINUATION SHEET Property Name: 7290 Ponto Drive Page __15__ of __15__ Figure 3. Storage Buildings, South elevations, view to north (DSC00199). Figure 4. Contextual photo of open space on the north end of the Project site, view to north (DSC00070).