Draft Environmental Impact Report - East Bay Municipal Utility District

Estates Reservoir Replacement Draft Environmental Impact ReportCultural ResourcesEnriching the quality of human life in its educational, spiritual, social, and culturaldimensions through continued exposure to tangible reminders of the past.Goal 2: To preserve, protect, enhance, perpetuate, use and prevent the unnecessarydestruction or impairment of properties or physical features of special character or specialhistoric, cultural, educational, architectural or aesthetic interest or value. Such propertiesor physical features include buildings, building components, structures, objects, districts,sites, natural features related to human presence, and activities taking place on or withinsuch properties or physical features.These goals are inclusive and ambitious and seek to maximize the city’s exposure tohistoric preservation benefits. Within these goals are five objectives and related policies:Objective 1: To adopt an objective, consistent, well-documented and widely acceptedmethod for identifying which properties warrant, or may warrant, preservation effort andfor determining the relative importance of each of these properties so that preservationefforts may be appropriately gauged.Policy 1.3: The City will designate significant older properties which definitivelywarrant preservation as Landmarks, Preservation Districts or Heritage Properties. Thedesignations will be based on a combination of Historical and Architectural InventorRatings, National Register of Historical Places criteria, and special criteria for Landmarksand Preservation District eligibility. Landmarks, properties which contribute orpotentially contribute to a Preservation District, and Heritage Properties will be called“Designated Historic Properties.”Objective 2: To develop a system of preservation incentives and regulations forspecially designated significant older properties which (i) enhances economic feasibilityfor preservation; (ii) provides a predictable and appropriate level of protection, based oneach property’s importance; (iii) reasonably balances preservation with other concerns;and (iv) operates efficiently, avoiding unnecessary regulatory procedures and reviewperiods.Policy 2.2: Landmarks and Preservation will be classified according to importance, withthree classes of Landmarks and two classes of Preservation Districts. Properties eligiblefor each of these classifications will be as follows:Class 1 Landmarks: Properties rated “A” under the Landmarks PreservationAdvisory Board’s “Guidelines for Determination of Landmark Eligibility” (the“Guidelines”) and which are on or appear eligible for the National Register ofHistoric Places.Class 2 Landmarks: Properties rated “B” under the Guidelines and which are on orappear eligible for the National Register of Historic Places; and properties rated“A” under the Guidelines and which are not on and do not appear eligible for theNational Register of Historic Places.sb09_001.doc 3-5.16 7/22/2009