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6. Disturbance to previously undiscovered archaeological resources <br /> <br />Finding: The City finds that the following mitigation measures are feasible and have <br /> been adopted, thereby mitigating the impact to a less-than-significant level. <br /> <br />Land Use Chapter Policy 29: Develop and implement an archaeological <br />research and mitigation program to establish City policy toward <br />archaeological resources and the discovery of such resources. The program <br />should identify important research issues to be addressed with regard to <br />cultural materials and archaeological remains that could be uncovered in <br />future development projects through implementation of the Specific Plan. <br /> <br />Land Use Chapter Policy 30: Because the presence or absence of <br />subsurface archaeological deposits is typically unknown, construction or <br />activities caused by development projects involving subsurface disturbance <br />could uncover important buried archeologicai deposits. If archaeological <br />deposits are uncovered during construction activities, all work shall stop <br />within a 100-foot radius of the find until a qualified archaeologist can assess <br />the discovery. If the find is determined to be an important archaeological <br />resource, the resource shall be avoided or recovered consistent with the <br />requirements of Section 15126.4(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines. <br /> <br />Land Use Chapter Policy 31: An archaeological treatment and monitoring <br />plan shall be prepared and implemented for any development project site <br />found to contain archaeological resources. The treatment plan shall include <br />methods for test excavation to identify resources and the level of <br />significance of subsurface prehistoric or historic archaeological items. The <br />treatment plan shall further outline the level of mitigation necessary relative <br />to the level of construction and potential impact on the specific resource. <br />The monitoring plan shall be implemented if the construction area is deemed <br />to be sensitive and the potential to uncover previously unrecorded <br />archaeological remains appears to be high. <br /> <br />Page 8 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br />