Chapter 1 - Caltrans - State of California

Chapter 3 Comments and Coordination
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 in regards to consultation
with “other parties likely to have knowledge of or concerns with historic properties in the
area”. Below are the steps conducted to ensure this compliance:
• On July 26, 2007 a request was made to the Native American Heritage Commission
(NAHC) for a search to be conducted of the Sacred Lands Inventory, and for a list of
interested Native American individuals/organizations for the project area.
• On August 2, 2007 the NAHC returned a response that indicated that no sites were
identified to exist in the project area on the Sacred Lands Inventory and a list of
interested Native American individuals/organizations was included in the August 2,
2007 response from the NAHC.
• On August 2, 2007 (incorrectly labeled May 31, 2006) a letter and accompanying
map was sent to a list of interested individuals/organizations. This letter requested a
response within 30 days.
On the following dates: August 8 and 15, 2007, September 15, 2007, and March 11 and
12, 2008, contact was made with the interested Native American
individuals/organizations. The conclusion of this Native American interested
individual/organization consultation was that the project appears to be within the area
where a Native American archaeological site occurs. As such, sites need to be protected
by an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) fence. To ensure that any unforeseen
Native American cultural material is dealt with in a timely and appropriate manner, a
Native American Monitor would be on site during ground disturbing activities.
Value Analysis
Value Analysis (VA) or Value Engineering (VE) is a function oriented, structured, multidisciplinary
team approach to solving problems or identifying improvements. The goal of
any VA Study is to: improve value by sustaining or improving performance attributes (of
the project, product, and/or service being studied) while at the same time reducing overall
cost (including lifecycle operations and maintenance expenses). During this phase of the
project, a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team was assembled to study the existing
alternatives alongside the Department, as well as to propose new design alternatives, and
if necessary, drop existing design alternatives. This phase was conducted during January
and February 2008. The stakeholders, who were invited and attended, were
representatives from District 7 and 5, SBCAG and VCTC. The cost saving strategies
recommended by the VA consisted of: reduction of project construction time, re-use of
excavated soils with low-levels of Aerially Deposited Lead (ADL) within the project
limits, construction of a NB Class I bikeway and construction of a PUC at the southern
end of La Conchita.
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