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2. ~. Potential for future development of the Project area to disturb identified sites or resources. Mitil!ation Measure: Measure M2. Assure the protection of important cultural resources during site planning and development. Findilll/: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into. the Project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect identified in the Final EIR to a less than significant level. Facts in SUDDort of Findinl!: The impact will be avoided or reduced based on the following: a. Grading and construction-related activities could have a potentially adverse effect on the two known prehistoric sites. One of the two sites (located on Parcel 25) is designated open space which, the FEIR points out, is compatible with preservation of cultural resources. For this site, "capping" is an effective mitigation strategy because the site will remain undisturbed. b. The Conservation and Mitigation Element of the September 1998 Specific Plan includes Cultural Resources policies that require known cultural resources to be protected by avoidance or "capping"; preparation of a Resources Recovery Plan for sites that will be disturbed; an intensive cultural resource survey to identify the extent and depth of known cultural resource sites; avoidance of resources near the Bernal bridge by designating the site as a neighborhood park; and "capping" the resources in the southeast quadrant of the 1-680/Bernal interchange. c. Master PUD Condition 54 recommends that known resources on the site be preserved through open space designation, avoidance or capping, consistent with Mitigation Measure M2. Avoidance ensures no soils are disturbed during site preparation. Capping protects the underlying resources by covering them with additional soils or paving and will be monitored by a qualified archaeologist. d. Master PUD Condition 55 requires, where surface indicators or previous investigations suggest cultural resources may be present, a qualified archaeologist to be on-site during grading and site preparation activities. If cultural resources are uncovered, land disturbing activities will be discontinued within a 35-foot radius until the discovery can be evaluated by the monitoring archaeologist and appropriate mitigation can be determined. SF:FMP\AGR\WEX\61131664.2 062499 A-41 WEX-6601J