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1/7/21 «C:\Users\ivan\OneDrive ‐ LSA Associates\Documents\TER2001 ‐ San Leando WPCP\Report\2021 01‐08 San Leandro WPCP Svy Rpt.docx» 3 The project area is situated at the northwestern corner of the San Leandro city boundary adjacent to the Oakland city boundary. Specifically, the project is on the north side of Davis Street near its western terminus, and is 2,000 feet (ft) west of the junction of Davis Street and Doolittle Drive, and 1.0 mile west of Davis Street and Interstate 880. The project is depicted on the United States Geological Survey (USGS) San Leandro, California, 7.5‐minute quadrangle map (USGS 1993) in Township 2 South, Range 3 West, Section 33, Mount Diablo Baseline and Meridian, on what was once the northwestern portion of the Rancho San Leandro land grant (Beck and Haase 1974:30) (Figure 1). Project elevations are less than 15 ft above sea level. METHODOLOGY Record Search On December 9, 2020, a record search to identify previously recorded prehistoric and historic cultural resources and prior cultural resource surveys within 0.25 mile of the project area was conducted by Jessika Akmenkalns at the Northwestern Information Center (NWIC) of the California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS) at California State University, Sonoma. Native American Consultation LSA assisted the City by initiating Native American consultation for this project. On November 10, 2020, the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) was contacted for a search of the Sacred Lands File (SLF) and a list of Native American contacts for the area. It is the City’s responsibility to continue consultation per Assembly Bill 52, as necessary for CEQA‐level projects. Field Survey On November 13, 2020, LSA senior archaeologist Andrew Pulcheon conducted a pedestrian survey of accessible portions of the project area. Accessible areas were traversed by walking intuitive linear transects separated by 5–7 meters (m). Inundated areas covered with effluent were not surveyed. RESULTS Record Search The record search identified no previously recorded cultural resources in or within 0.25 mile of the project area (refer to Attachment C). The record search indicated that four prior cultural resource studies included at least a portion of the current project area within their boundaries. All of these studies were surveys (Chavez 1990; Marlow et al. 2004; Billat 2006; Lenzi et al. 2018). Chavez (1990) and Marlow et al. (2004) both cover a large area including the entire current project area, large portions of the golf course to the north, and Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline to the south. Billat (2006) covered just a small area of the southwest corner of the current WPCP project area, while Lenzi et al. (2018) surveyed the WPCP area that now contains solar panels just north of the current project area. Notably, Lenzi et al. (2018) provide an excellent prehistoric, ethnographic, and historic context for the area, and analyze historic maps identifying the disturbed intertidal nature of the area at the western terminus of Davis Street. This research shows that the current project area was surveyed for cultural resources at least twice in the past.