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Hana Japan Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 34 May 2025 V. CULTURAL RESOURCES. Would the project: Potentially Significant Impact Less-Than- Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less-Than- Significant Impact No Impact a. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to Section 15064.5?     b. Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a unique archaeological resource pursuant to Section 15064.5?     c. Disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of dedicated cemeteries.     Discussion a-c. Historical resources are features that are associated with the lives of historically important persons and/or significant events, that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region or method of construction, or that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important to the pre-history or history of the local area, California, or the nation. Examples of typical historical resources include, but are not limited to, buildings, farmsteads, rail lines, bridges, and trash scatters containing objects such as colored glass and ceramics. A records search of the California Historic Resources Information System (CHRIS) was performed by the Northwest Information Center (NWIC) for cultural resource site records and survey reports within the project area. The NWIC concluded that the project site does not contain any recorded archaeological resources nor any historic buildings or structures on any lists of historic resources. Based on a review of historical literature and maps, the NWIC concluded that the potential for unrecorded archaeological resources to occur on the project site is low. In addition, a search of the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) Sacred Lands File (SLF) returned negative results, indicating that local tribes have not recorded cultural resources within the project site or the immediate area. However, the CHRIS records search identified that tribal cultural resources within Alameda County have been identified near sources of water such as perennial and intermittent springs and streams, near the interface between low-lying terrain and higher elevation foothills, and near oak woodland. Because the project site is located at a hill-to-valley interface approximately 0.25-mile from Laurel Creek and 0.3-mile from Devaney Canyon and Dublin Creek, as well as near oak woodlands, the CHRIS records search concluded that the project site has a moderately high potential to contain unrecorded tribal cultural resources. The proposed project would include site preparation, installation of driveways and the new off-site emergency vehicle turnaround, trenching for utilities, landscaping, and construction of the proposed restaurant building. Other ground-disturbing activities associated with the proposed project would include the cut and fill of the on-site hillside created during construction of Dublin Canyon Road, as well as the removal of the existing paved roadway, the concrete drainage ditch, and the on-site tree. Therefore, cultural resources could be uncovered during ground-disturbing construction activities at the site. If previously unknown resources are encountered during construction activities, the proposed project could cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource or unique archaeological resource pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5 and/or disturb human remains, including those interred outside of dedicated cemeteries. Thus, impacts could be considered potentially significant.