2.
Response
to
Comments
2.10
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Individuals
2.10.7
Cris
Hart
Draft
EIR
pages
4.D-17
and
18
describe
the
evaluation
of
the
tank
and
boiler
shop
(Lazzari)
building,
by
stating
that
while
associated
with
the
SPRR,
the
Lazzari
building
does
not
have
sufficient
historical
or
architectural
significance
to
be
considered
individually
eligible
for
listing
under
NRHP/CRHR
criteria
or
as
a
City
of
Brisbane
historical
resource.
Unlike
the
nearby
Roundhouse
or
the
former
Ice
Manufacturing
Plant,
the
former
Southern
Pacific
Tank
and
Boiler
Shop
was
one
of
many
shops
that
supported
the
railyard,
but
would
not
be
considered
individually
integral
to
the
workings
of
the
freight
yard.
The
shed-style
building
is
a
more
common
industrial
building
style
and
does
not
reflect
the
distinctive
characteristics
of
a
type
of
architecture.
Built
of
less
durable
materials
such
as
wood
and
corrugated
steel
instead
of
brick,
and
somewhat
altered
since
its
use
as
a
boiler
shop
for
the
SPRR,
the
building
has
fallen
into
a
moderately
dilapidated
state.
The
removal
of
the
rail
lines,
the
transfer
pit,
and
the
brick
Machine
and
Erecting
Building,
as
well
as
nearly
all
nearby
associated
features,
has
further
reduced
this
building’s
historical
setting
and
integrity.
Due
to
a
lack
of
strong
historical
associations
and
sufficient
physical
integrity,
the
building
does
not
meet
the
criteria
for
listing
in
the
NRHP/CRHR.
Therefore,
although
the
structure
has
limited
merit
as
a
former
SPRR
shop
building,
it
is
not
considered
a
“historical
resource”
under
CEQA.
The
former
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
yard,
inclusive
of
Roundhouse
and
Lazzari
buildings,
was
evaluated
as
a
potential
cultural
landscape,
as
described
on
Draft
EIR
page
4.D-18.
This
evaluation
found
that
former
SPRR
rail
yard
fails
to
maintain
many
of
the
key
characteristics
that
would
define
it
as
a
historic
site
and
thus
a
cultural
landscape.
During
its
highest
period
of
use,
the
nearly
200
acres
of
the
Bayshore
Yard
were
covered
with
railroad
spurs,
rail
lines,
and
numerous
shops
for
the
service
of
steam
freight
locomotives.
Presently,
all
that
remains
of
that
landscape
are
the
Roundhouse,
the
Lazzari
Charcoal
Building
(Tank
and
Boiler
Shop),
and
the
Machinery
&
Equipment
building
(former
SPRR
Ice
Manufacturing
Plant).
The
double-track
rail
line
now
used
by
Caltrain
was
also
substantially
modified
from
the
railroad’s
original
alignment.
The
removal
of
the
railroad
tracks
in
the
late
1980s,
as
well
as
the
destruction
of
a
definitive
majority
of
the
historical
structures
associated
with
the
railyard
following
its
closure
in
the
1960s,
has
eliminated
the
physical,
visual,
and
spatial
features
that
contributed
to
and
defined
the
character
of
the
space
during
its
use
by
the
SPRR.
The
remaining
buildings
and
associated
altered
landscape
are
not
sufficient
to
qualify
as
a
potential
cultural
landscape.
Therefore,
neither
the
Baylands
Project
Site,
nor
any
individual
components
or
features
of
the
Baylands
Project
Site,
would
constitute
a
cultural
landscape.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.10.7-1
May
2015