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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAAC Min 1994-10-05 . . . CITY OF SEAL BEACH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 5, 1994 I. CALL TO ORDER Mr. Whittenberg called the Archaeological Advisory Committee Meeting of March l4, 1994 to order at 5:00 PM, in the City Council Chambers. II. ROLL CALL Present: Members Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz (5: l3 PM), Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin Absent: Members Aviani, Fitzpatrick, and Frietz. Mr. Whittenberg indicated he had not heard from Members Aviani, Fitzpatrick, and Frietz. Staff Present: Lee Whittenberg, Development Services Director Committee Member Hahn served as Chairman. ID. APPROV AL OF AGENDA Mr. Whittenberg briefly reviewed the new provisions of the Brown Act and how those provisions impact the preparation of the agenda of the Committee, and the conducting of its business. He clarified the purpose of this item and explained the purpose of and the method of removing items from the consent calendar or rearranging the order of items as listed on the agenda. Goldberg inquired if this was the appropriate time to discuss the setting of regular meeting dates of the Committee and the selection of a Chairman. Hahn asked if communications received by staff could be provided to the Committee in a more timely manner, if there is a long period between meetings of the Committee. Mr. Whittenberg indicated that this could be referred to staff and a report brought back at the next Committee meeting. Goldberg requested the removal of Item V.1., Approval of Minutes of March l4, 1994. C:\WP51 \ARCHCOMM\10-05-94.MIN\LW\\ 0-06-94 . '. . IV. Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 Hahn requested the removal of Item V.5., Receive and File Report: Receipt of Requests from Naval Weapons Station re: A) Cable Track System, Building 907; B) Water Booster Station. MOTION by Davies, SECOND by Benjamin to approve the agenda with the removal of Items V.l. and V.5. from the Consent Calendar MOTION CARRIED: 7-0-3 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: A viani, Fitzpatrick, and Frietz ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Tony Pregel, Public Works Officer, Naval Weapons Station, introduced himself to the Committee and indicated that in the future a representative of the Station will be in attendance at the Committee meetings to insure better communication between the Committee and the Station. He is newly arrived at the Station and not totally familiar with the issues of concern, but the Station will continue to work with the Committee. Member Frietz arrived (5: 13 P.M.) Goldberg inquired if a representative of the Committee could be invited to attend meetings at the Station which would have an impact on archaeological issues or resources. Mr. Pregel indicated that he will research the request and report back to the Committee. V. CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION by Davies, SECOND by Hahn to approve the agenda with the removal of Items V.l. and V.5. from the Consent Calendar as noted. Those items approved are as follows: 2. RECEIVE AND FILE LETTER OF MARCH l8, 1994, FROM SEAL BEACH NA V AL WEAPONS STATION RE: Attendance of Weapons Station Representative at Meetings of Archaeological Advisory Committee. C:\WP51\ARCHCOMM\10-05-94 MIN\LW\lO-06-94 2 r . . . Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 3. RECEIVE AND FILE CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT OF AUGUST 22, 1994, RE: Seismic Imaging Survey - Department of Interior. 4. RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT: II CEQA and ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES", Governor's Office of Planning and Research, CEQA Technical Advice Series, April 1994. 6. LISTING OF DOCUMENTS from NAVAL WEAPONS STATION re: INST ALLA TION RESTORATION PROGRAM MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: A viani, and Fitzpatrick Item V.l., Approval of Minutes of March l4, 1994. Goldberg inquired as to the referral of the Bixby project to the UCLA Archaeological Information Center. Mr. Whittenberg indicated this was discussed at the February meeting of the Committee, not the March 14, 1994 meeting. He further indicated that a revised IICultural Resources Records Search Quick Checkll form had been received from UCLA and was provided for the Committee this evening. The recommendations have not changed. MOTION by Goldberg, SECOND by Benjamin to approve the minutes of March l4, 1994, with the typographical correction noted on page 7. MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: A viani, and Fitzpatrick Item V.5., Receive and File Report: Receipt of Requests from Naval Weapons Station re: A) Cable Track System, Building 907; B) Water Booster Station. Hahn requested further detail regarding the location of these two projects. Mr. Pregel indicated that the Cable Track System, Building 907 project is within the confines of an existing structure and consists of an overhead cable grounding system for equipment utilized in missile C:\WP51 \ARCHCOMM\l O-05-94.M1N\LW\1 0-06-94 3 . . . VI. Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 testing. The water booster station is still awaiting SHPO final review and consists of improvements at an existing water system booster station located in the agricultural lease area north of Westminster Avenue. MOTION by Goldberg, SECOND by Hahn to receive and file Item V.5., Receive and File Report: Receipt of Requests from Naval Weapons Station re: A) Cable Track System, Building 907; B) Water Booster Station. MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: Aviani, and Fitzpatrick SCHEDULED MATTERS 7. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO ST AFP re: Requirements of Brown Act (Open Meetings Act). Mr. Whittenberg reviewed in further detail the provisions of the Brown Act amendments and responded to questions from the Committee regarding Committee placement of items on the agenda and the process to accomplish that, the order of agenda items, the restrictions on discussing non-agenda items under "Committee Concerns", dealing with emergency situations and closed sessions. Members of the Committee expressed concern regarding the rigidness of the meeting process, as set forth in the new regulations. Mr. Whittenberg indicated that the primary change for the Committee will be in the inability to discuss non-agenda matters, requiring the members of the Committee to contact staff regarding issues of concern prior to staff completing a meeting agenda. If the Committee determines to meet on a set schedule, this will be easier to administer. MOTION by Price, SECOND by Davies to receive and file Item VI. 7., Discussion and Direction to Staff re: Requirements of Brown Act (Open Meetings Act). MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin c: \WP5 1 \ARCHCOMM\l O-05-94.MIN\L W\10-06-94 4 . . . Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 NOES: None ABSENT: A viani, and Fitzpatrick 8. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF re: STATUS REPORT REGARDING REVIEW OF: Rough Draft "ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL and ARCHITECTURAL EVALUATION of CULTURAL RESOURCES on the NA VAL WEAPONS STATION, SEAL BEACH" , prepared by Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, Inc., June, 1993. Mr. Whittenberg reviewed the prepared status report, highlighting the areas of concern to the Committee and requested Committee direction. Mr. Whittenberg and Mr. Pregel both indicated that efforts are ongoing to effectuate a meeting with Ogden Environmental to discuss the concerns of the Committee relative to their report, and that a resolution is anticipated in the near future. After discussion among the Committee, staff was directed to prepare a draft letter for Committee review to SHPO dealing with the issues of the current status of SHPO review of the Ogden Environmental report, the status of SHPO review of the P-l95 Bachelor Enlisted Quarters Project, and the capability of SHPO staff coming to inform the Committee of their review process of archaeological documents. Additional concerns were expressed regarding the issue of Installation Recovery site activity occurring in the wetlands in areas which had not been accurately surveyed for cultural resources and comments from SHPO Director Widell regarding the extent of archaeological survey work at some of the Installation/Restoration sites. MOTION by Goldberg, SECOND by Davies to receive and file Item VI.8., Discussion and Direction to Staff re: Status Report Regarding Review of: Rough Draft "Archaeological, Historical and Architectural Evaluation of Cultural Resources on the Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach", prepared by Ogden Environmental and Energy Services, Inc., June, 1993, and instruct staff to prepare a draft letter for Committee review to SHPO dealing with the issues of the current status of SHPO review of the Ogden Environmental report, the status of SHPO review of the P-195 Bachelor Enlisted Quarters Project, and the capability of SHPO staff coming to inform the Committee of their review process of archaeological documents. MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: A viani, and Fitzpatrick C:\WP51 \ARCHCOMM\l o-05-94.MIN\LW\1 0-06-94 5 . . . Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 9. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF re: STATUS REPORT REGARDING REQUESTED MEETING WITH NAVAL WEAPONS STATION re: A. Naval Weapons Station - Installation Recovery (IR) Program and Underground Tank Removal Program and Archaeological Issues and Review of Naval Weapons Station Submission Package to State Historic Preservation Officer re: Installation Restoration (IR) Program, dated November 22, 1993. B. Proposed Project P-195, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station. C. Discussion re: Establishing Common set of Goals and Policies between City and Naval Weapons Station regarding Archaeological Resource Protection Measures. D. Status of completion of "Cultural Resources Management Plan". Mr. Whittenberg reviewed the staff report, indicating the status of the matters of concern. Goldberg inquired if it would be a conflict of interest if a member of the Committee were to apply to serve on the Navy proposed "Restoration Advisory Board"? Mr. Whittenberg indicated he did not believe so and informed the Committee of the general nature and purpose of this proposed board. Mr. Whittenberg further indicated that the staff report suggests the preparation of a letter to the Naval Weapons Station relative to the initiation of meetings to further refine and discuss the issues of concern. Member Hahn inquired of Mr. Pregel if Ogden Environmental has defined the boundaries of Site lll8/322? Mr. Pregel indicated he was unable to answer, but would research and provide a report for the information of the Committee. MOTION by Davies, SECOND by Hahn to receive and file Item VI. 9., and instruct staff to prepare a draft letter for Committee review to the Commander of the Weapons Station indicating the issues of concern, and the requested establishment of a on-going dialogue between the Committee and the Station to attempt to provide some common ground for basic archaeological research and evaluation programs which would conducted on the Station. The goals would be to establish a more common set of goals, policies, procedures, selection criteria of archaeologists, preparation of documentation, and consultation processes regarding archaeological issues. MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 C:\WP51 \ARCHCOMM\10-05-94.MIN\L W\1 0-06-94 6 . . . Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: A viani, and Fitzpatrick 10. DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF re: STATUS REPORT REGARDING BIXBY OLD RANCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - PRESENTATION OF "CULTURAL RESOURCES RECORDS SEARCH QUICK CHECK.., Archaeological Information Center, UCLA, dated May 11, 1994. Mr. Whittenberg reviewed the proposed project undergoing review, the revised "Quick Check" form received today, and the review process of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) with the Committee. He indicated that it will be the responsibility of the Committee to review the Archaeological section of the DEIR and provide comments to the Environmental Quality Control Board of the City as to the adequacy of the information and proposed mitigation measures provided in the DEIR. It is anticipated the public review period will begin in late-October/early-November and it will be for 45 days. Member Hahn asked if it would be possible for the City to obtain information regarding recorded archaeological sites close to the city boundaries in other cities. Mr. Whittenberg indicated he was not sure, but would explore the request with the UCLA Archaeological Information Center. MOTION by Davies, SECOND by Hahn to receive and file Item VI. 10. , and instruct staff to explore the potential to obtain information regarding recorded archaeological sites close to the city boundaries in other cities with the UCLA Archaeological Information Center. MOTION CARRIED: 8-0-2 AYES: Belardes, Benjamin, Davies, Frietz, Goldberg, Hahn, Price, and Unatin NOES: None ABSENT: Aviani, and Fitzpatrick C:\WP51 \ARCHCOMM\l O-05-94.MIN\LW\1 0-06-94 7 . . . Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes October 5, 1994 vu. COMMITTEE CONCERNS Goldberg inquired as to the status of the State Lands Property and the DWP Property. Mr. Whittenberg indicated that both parcels have current "specific plans" for hotel developments in place. There have been some discussions with DWP regarding the finalization of a developer request for proposals for the DWP site, however, those discussions are still ongoing and not concluded. Benjamin inquired where at the Naval Weapons Station and when the seismic imaging survey will be conducted. Mr. Pregel indicated the survey will occur on October 23 and indicated on a map where the survey site is located. VID. STAFF CONCERNS None. IX. ADJOURNMENT There being no other matters before the Committee, the Committee adjourned at 6:27 p.m. to Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at the City Hall Council Chambers. //_~-. - ~ mUPL- . Chairman, Archaeological Advisory Committee Lee Whittenberg, Secretary Archaeological Advisory Committee Note: These Minutes are tentative until approved by the Archaeological Advisory Committee. The Archaeological Advisory Committee Minutes of October 5, 1994 were approved on , 1994. C:\WP51 \ARCHCOMM\l O-05-94.MIN\LW\1 0-06-94 8