2.
Response
to
Comment
2.4
Master
Responses
to
Comments
Water
Act
Section
404
regulatory
process.
As
part
of
obtaining
approvals
to
implement
site
remediation
at
the
central
channel
and
the
areas
to
the
west
in
the
vicinity
of
the
former
railyard,
agreements
were
put
in
place
between
the
landowner
and
the
United
States
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
pursuant
to
the
Clean
Water
Act,
Section
404.
The
agreements,
which
were
never
acted
upon,
set
forth
requirements
for
restoring
or
creating
wetlands
within
the
Baylands
to
offset
any
wetland
impacts
brought
about
as
a
result
of
the
proposed
remediation
action.
Such
agreements
are
established
and
made
binding
in
the
404
regulatory
process
and
are
made
part
of
the
public
record
when
the
permit
is
filed.
The
Draft
EIR
references
the
United
States
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
file
number
for
a
2006
permit
approval
for
a
wetland
restoration
plan
at
the
Baylands.
That
plan
detailed
the
implementation
of
post-remediation
restoration
of
seasonal
and
tidal
wetland
habitats
totaling
approximately
4
acres.
The
Draft
EIR
also
indicates
that
the
permit
lapsed
with
no
action
taken.
2.4.11
Master
Response
11,
Cultural
Resources:
Significance
of
Historic
and
Archaeological
Resources
that
May
Be
Found
Onsite
Comments
Several
comments
asserted
that
the
Draft
EIR
did
not
recognize
the
significance
of
historic
and
archaeological
resources
within
the
Baylands.
Response
Information
about
Southern
Pacific
Railroad’s
Bayshore
yard
within
the
current
Baylands
Project
Site,
including
railroad
design,
engineering,
and
construction,
is
well
documented.
Appendix
F.5
of
the
Draft
EIR
includes
a
station
plan
from
1950
identifying
the
former
railyard
and
the
location
of
many
of
its
associated
structures.
Draft
EIR
page
(Figure
Existing
Project
Site)
also
identifies
the
three
former
railroad
structures
that
remain
(Roundhouse,
Lazzari
Fuel
Company
building,
Machinery
&
Equipment
building).
Draft
EIR
page
(Figure
Former
Railyard
Site
Over
Time)
shows
the
location
of
former
railroad
structures
on
historic
topographic
maps
from
to
1915
to
1995.
Finally,
Figures
4.D-3
through
4.D-6
on
Draft
EIR
pages
4.D-9
through
4.D-13
provide
historical
and
contemporary
photos
of
the
former
railroad
structures.
The
Roundhouse
is
identified
in
the
Brisbane
General
Plan
as
an
important
cultural
resource
for
the
Brisbane
community
and
is
also
listed
in
the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
(NRHP)
(NR
#10000113).
As
a
property
listed
in
the
NRHP,
the
Roundhouse
is
automatically
listed
in
the
California
Register
of
Historical
Resources
(CRHR).
Due
to
its
federal,
state,
and
local
listing,
the
Roundhouse
is
considered
to
be
a
“historical
resource”
as
defined
by
CEQA
(CEQA
Guidelines
Section
15064.5(a)).
The
Lazzari
Fuel
Company
building,
also
known
as
the
Lazzari
Charcoal
Building,
has
not
been
previously
identified
on
any
federal,
state,
or
local
registers
of
historical
resources.
This
warehouse
building,
while
historically
associated
with
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad,
was
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.4-34
May
2015