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Home My WebLink AboutAAC Min 2006-04-10 CITY OF SEAL BEACH Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes of April! 0, 2006 The Archaeological Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting of April 10, 2006, was called to order at 5 :30 p.m. The meetmg was held in the City Council Chambers. I. Call to Order II. Roll Call Present: Chairperson Vesely Members Coles, Dixon, and Hoy Absent: Member Fitzpatrick Also Present: Department of Development Services Lee Whittenberg, Director Mr. Whittenberg noted that Member Fitzpatrick had previously reported that he would be absent from tomght's meeting as he is traveling out of state. III. Approval of Agenda MOTION by Coles; SECOND by Vesely to approve the Agenda as presented. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 4-0-1 Vesely, Coles, Dixon, and Hoy None Fitzpatrick IV. Oral Communications None V. PRESENTATION - " Landing Hill" by EDA W Mr. Whittenberg introduced Jamie Cleland, Andy York, and Lorraine Willey, three representatives from EDA W who would provide a brief summary of the archaeological work completed on the Hellman Ranch property during the last nine years. 1 of 5 Czty of Seal Beach Archaeological AdvIsory Committee Meetzng Mznutes of AprzllO.2006 Jamie Cleland stated that he and Andy York have been involved with the Hellman Ranch project since 1997, and Lorraine Willey was out in the field during the majority of the monitoring component of the Heron Pointe project. He indicated that Mr. York would be handling the majority of tonight's presentation and that he and Ms. Willey would add their comments near the end of the program. Mr. York then proceeded with a slide presentation of the history of the Hellman Ranch property and the archaeological monitoring activity that has taken place during the past nine years. (Copy of presentation on file for inspection in the Planning Department.) Mr. Cleland ended the presentation by stating that working with John Laing Homes on the Heron Pointe project worked out very well, and the City of Seal Beach also offered a lot of support in working to resolve all of the issues related to the burial sites found during the grading process and yielded some of the best archeological samples found in Orange County. Member Hoy left the meeting at approximately 6:30 p.m. Mr. Whittenberg added that bringing this process to successful completion involved a lot of give and take on the part of many people in coming to some very satisfactory and creative solutions. He noted that more documentation on this project will be coming before the Committee for review in the near future. He indicated that the overall findings have been remarkable, and he has learned that the only way to know what you have on an archaeological site is to evacuate the entire site, and in this case the Native American Momtor was very responsive to doing testing on the ancestors' burials, a process for which consent is many times difficult to acquire. The Committee members complimented Staff for doing such an outstanding job in managing the cultural resource aspects of this project and EDA W for the archaeological work done on this project and the comprehensive reports provided to the City. VI. Consent Calendar 1. RECENE AND FILE Staff Report dated December 12, 2005 Re: City Comment Letter Re: Site 14 - Determination of No Adverse Affect - Field Sampling Plan. 2. RECENE AND FILE Staff Report dated December 12, 2005 Re: City Comments Re: Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, Counter-Terrorism Gate Project. 3. RECENE AND FILE Memorandum dated January 19, 2006 Re: Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station - Installation Restoration Program - Status Report Re: RAB Project Update. 4. RECENE AND FILE Letter dated March I, 2006 from Environmental Quality Control Board to Department of Navy Re: City of Seal Beach Comments Re: "Draft 2005 2of5 City of Seal Beach Archaeological Advzsory Committee Meetzng Mznutes of Aprzll 0, 2006 Second Semiannual Post-Closure Inspection and Maintenance Report, Installation Restoration Program Site 7 (Station Landfill), Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach." 5. RECEIVE AND FILE Letter dated March 1,2006 from Environmental Quality Control Board to Department of Navy Re: City of Seal Beach Comments Re: "Draft First Semiannual Performance and Monitoring Report, Installation Restoration Program Site 40, Naval Weapons Station." 6. RECEIVE AND FILE Article titled "Cowboy Archaeology, Exploring Utah's Prehistoric Paradise," Smithsonian, March 2006. 7. RECEIVE AND FILE Revised "Significance Testing Plan for Archaeological Discoveries at the Boemg Property, Pacific Gateway Business Park, Seal Beach, California," revised by EDA Won December 19,2005. 8. RECEIVE AND FILE Letter from EDA W to California Coastal Commission and City of Seal Beach Re: "Completion of Archaeological Significance Testing, Pacific Gateway ProJect, Seal Beach," dated January 20,2006. 9. RECEIVE AND FILE Staff Response Re: Proposed Building 10 Addition, Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, dated March 9, 2006. MOTION by Coles; SECOND by Dixon to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 3-0-2 Vesely, Coles, and Dixon None Fitzpatrick and Hoy VII. Scheduled Matters 10. Approval of Minutes of November I, 2005 Recommendation: Approve Minutes with any corrections determined appropriate. Member Coles abstained from voting on this item, as he was not present at the meeting of November 1, 2005.. MOTION by Dixon; SECOND by Vesely to approve the Minutes of November 1, 2005 as presented. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 2-0-2-1 Vesely and Dixon None Fitzpatrick and Hoy 3of5 City of Seal Beach Archaeological AdvISory Committee Meetzng Mznutes of ApnllO, 2006 ABSTAIN: Coles II. Consideration of Report Re: "Archaeological Significance Testing For Site CA-ORA-1644, Pacific Gateway Business Park, Seal Beach, California," prepared by EDA W, Inc. Recommendation: Review report and provide any comments or corrections to staff determined to be appropriate by the Committee. Staff has prepared a Memorandum to the file for approval by the Committee. Receive and File subject report. Mr. Whittenberg indicated that this is a very small site that was identified during the grading on the Boeing site. He explained that this is the final report, which Staff has reviewed and found to be appropriate. He recommended that the Committee receive and file the document as presented. MOTION by Coles; SECOND by Vesely to Receive and File Report Re: "Archaeological Significance Testing For Site CA-ORA-1644, Pacific Gateway Business Park, Seal Beach, California," prepared by EDA W, Inc. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 3-0-2 Vesely, Coles, and Dixon None Fitzpatrick and Hoy VIII. Committee Concerns None. IX. Staff Concerns None. X. Adjournment MOTION by Coles; SECOND by Vesely to adjourn to the Regular Meeting of June 13, 2006. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: 3-0-2 Vesely, Coles, and Dixon None Fitzpatrick and Hoy Chairperson Vesely adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m. 4of5 City of Seal Beach Archaeological AdvIsory Committee Meetzng Mznutes of AprzllO, 2006 airperson, rchaeological Advisory Respectfully Submitted, CJ.~~ ~^!('~ Carmen Alvarez, Executive Secretary Planning Department APPROVAL The Archaeological Advisory Committee on~llf\" approved the Meeting Minutes of the April 10, 2006. ~. 5of5