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Home My WebLink AboutRES NO 87-98 ~ "'" RES 0 L UTI 0 N NO.., 8 7 - 9 8 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAKING CEQA FINDINGS AND APPROVING THE ALLEN ROAD/BUENA VISTA ROAD SEWER TRUNKLlNE NEGATIVE DECLARATION WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is proposing a sewer trunkline along Allen Road, Buena Vista Road and McCutcheon Road in the west and northwest portions of the City and will be known as the Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline, more specifically stated as follows: Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline Allen Road - construct a trunkline from Palm Avenue south along Allen Road, crossing the Cross Valley Canal and the Kern River, and then continuing south in the southerly extension of Allen Road to the Union Pacific railroad tracks then eastward along the south side of the railroad tracks and continue eastward until the trunkline connects to the future Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline, with the elimination of an existing pump station on Brimhall Road east of Allen Road; and Buena Vista Road - construct a trunkline which will connect to the existing trunkline in Buena Vista Road at the intersection of Buena Vista Road and White Lane and continue south in Buena Vista Road to McCutcheon Road, then eastward in McCutcheon Road to Gosford Road where the pipeline will be terminated and the wastewater lifted into the existing pipeline extending easterly to the treatment plant along the McCutcheon Road alignment; and WHEREAS, the Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study Final Re PQrt , prepared by Carollo Engineers, for the construction of the sewer trunkline has been completed; and WHEREAS, for the above described proposed project, an Initial Study was prepared and it was determined that the proposed project would not have a significant impact on the environment and a Negative Declaration would be prepared; and WHEREAS, a Notice of Availability of a Negative Declaration was sent to owners of property within 300 feet of the project site on December 23, 1997 for a 30 day review period to end on January 22,1998;and WHEREAS, for the above described proposed project, a Notice of Completion of a Negative Declaration was filed with the State Clearinghouse for a 30 day review period, beginning on December 26, 1997 and ending on January 26, 1998, in accordance with Section 15073 of the CEQA Guidelines; and S: \alnrdswr. wpd June 12, 1998 1 ~ fi6AKf.r> 0< '7~ ;.. ~ t: r- u c::, ()RIGINAL WHEREAS, comments were received from a private citizen, a public utility company and public agencies, and responses to these comments were prepared by the public works department; and WHEREAS, in consideration of the comments received, a Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for this project; and WHEREAS, mitigation measures for this project are located in the Mitigation Monitoring Plan attached to the Mitigated Negative Declaration; and WHEREAS, the environmental record prepared in conjunction with the Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline project includes the following: The Mitigated Negative Declaration including the Initial Study, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Reference List, Mitigation Measures, comments received and responses to such comments, the Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study Einal Report and Mitigation Monitoring Program; 2H All testimony, documents, and evidence relating to the project presented to the City; and Staff reports, memoranda, maps, comments received and responses to such comments, the consultant's study, consultant documents and City Council Resolution. WHEREAS, the City Council on Wednesday, June 24, 1998 considerd and approved the Mitigated Negative Declaration; and WHEREAS, the law and regulations relating to the preparation and adoption of the Negative Declaration as set forth in CEQA and City of Bakersfield's CEQA Implementation procedures, have been duly followed by city staff and the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Negative Declaration (Exhibit "D") consists of the following: 1. Project description; 2. Project location shown on a map; 3. Name of project applicant; 4. A finding that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment; 5. Notice of Availability of a Negative Declaration; 6. The Initial Study; 7. Comments received during the review period and responses to such comments; 8. The Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study FinaJ Report prepared by Carclio engineers; 9. Sensitive species survey by prepared by BIO Resources Consulting; 10. Cultural resources assessment prepared by Three Girls and a Shovel; 11. Mitigation Monitoring Program and Checklist. S:\alnrdswr.wpd June 12, 1998 2 ,'~RiGINAL WHEREAS, the Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Road Trunkline Mitigated Negative Declaration is incorporated into and is a part of this resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY FOUND AND RESOLVED by the City Council as follows: The above recitals, incorporated herein, are true and correct and constitute the Findings of the City Council in this matter; 2. The Mitigated Negative Declaration has been completed in compliance with CEQA; The Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer trunkline location is shown on Exhibit "B"; The City Council hereby approves and adopts the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the proposed Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline subject to the attached mitigation measures shown on Exhibit "A"; Mitigation measures found on the Mitigation Monitoring Plan and Checklist (Exhibit "C") shall be signed and dated by both the company performing the mitigation and by the City Department approving the required mitigation measure; Upon approval of the Mitigated Negative Declaration, the Planning Department is hereby directed to file a Notice Of Determination with the County Clerk of Kern County, pursuant to Section 15075 of the CEQA Guidelines. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on June 24, 1998 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, DEMOND, SMITH,~I~---R~r, ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO NOES: COUNCILMEMBER i ~ ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER ~-~ ])~'~ O~ CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerl~f the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED JUN ~ 4 '19~ S:\alnrdswr.wpd June 12, 1998 MAYOR of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: ROBERT M. SHERFY Acting City Attorney S:\alnrdswr.wpd June 12. 1998 4 EXHIBIT "A" Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline Mitigation Measures Exhibit "A" Mitigation Measures Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline Sensitive Species 1. A preactivity survey shall be conducted no more than 60 days prior to the initiation of construction to implement the following: A. Any potential or known kit fox dens identified in this report or subsequently identified which cannot be avoided by construction activities shall be monitored for kit fox activity and excavated using procedures acceptable to CDFG and USFWS. B. Small mammal burrows observed during the survey or subsequently observed shall be inspected for potential Tipton kangaroo rat activity. If sign of kangaroo rats is observed (scat, tracks, tail drags), burrows should be avoided if possible or CDFG should be notified and given an opportunity to salvage individuals prior to project construction. 2. Cottonwoods and willows within 50 feet of the edge of the construction corridor shall be marked with clearly visible flagging or lath and flagging. 3. If any disturbance is necessary within the driplines of the willows or cottonwoods within the construction corridor, each tree shall be replaced at a ratio of 3 to 1 on site after construction is completed, if possible. Alternatively, trees could be replaced at another location suitable to CDFG along the Kern River. 4. Prior to initiation of project construction activities, habitat to be disturbed within the primary floodplain shall be compensated for a ration of at least 1.1 to 1 under the fee structure which is in effect at the time for the MBHCP. Under the current fee scheduled ($1,240 per acre), compensation would total $8,184 (6.6 x $1,240 for 6 acres of disturbance). Cultural Resources 5. Should unrecorded cultural resources be discovered as a result of future construction or development, work must halt and a qualified archaeologist be consulted to evaluate the finds. 6. Should human remains be discovered an any time, work must halt and the Coroner be notified immediately (Section 7050.5 of the Health and Safety Code and CEQA regulations, Section K). A qualified archaeologist should also be contacted. S:\alnrdswr.wpd June 12, 1998 ORiGiNAL EXHIBIT "B" Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline Location Map EXHIBIT "B" ALLEN ROAD TRUNK SEWER AND BUENA VISTA ROAD TRUNK SEWER 27 26 EXHIBIT "C" Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline Mitigation Monitoring Plan and Checklist Exhibit "C" MITIGATION MONITORING PLAN AND CHECKLIST Allen Road-Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunk Line Verification Of Compliance Mitigation Measure Worked Performed By Monitoring And Reporting Agency 1. A preactivity survey shall be conducted no more than 60 days prior Performed by a biologist City of Bakersfield to the initiation of construction to implement the following: contracted to the City of Public Works Bakersfield Public Works Department A. Any potential or known kit fox dens identified in this report or Department: Company Approved By: subsequently identified which cannot be avoided by construction activities shall be monitored for kit fox activity and excavated using Person Performing Preactivity Date procedures acceptable to CDFG and USFWS. Survey:_ Date: B. Small mammal burrows observed during the survey or subsequently observed shall be inspected for potential Tipton kangaroo rat activity. If sign of kangaroo rats is observed (scat, tracks, tail drags), burrows should be avoided if possible or CDFG should be notified and given an opportunity to salvage individuals prior to project construction. 2. Cottonwoods and willows within 50 feet of the edge of the Performed by a biologist City of Bakersfield construction corridor shall be marked with clearly visible flagging or contracted to the City of Public Works lath and flagging. Bakersfield Public Works Department Department: Company Approved By: Person Performing Flagging Date Date: S:\min-mon.wpd June 11, 1998 MITIGATION MONITORING PLAN AND CHECKLIST Verification Of Compliance Mitigation Measure Mitigation Performed By Monitoring And Reporting Agency 3. If any disturbance is necessary, within the driplines of the willows City of Bakersfield Public City of Bakersfield or cottonwoods within the construction corridor, each tree shall be Works Department shall Public Works replaced at a ratio of 3 to 1 on site after construction is completed, if contract with a nursery for tree Department possible. Alternatively, trees could be replaced at another location replacement: Company Approved By: suitable to CDFG along the Kern River. Person Performing Tree Date Planting: Date: 4. Prior to initiation of project construction activities, habitat to be City of Bakersfield Public City of Bakersfield disturbed within the primary floodplain shall be compensated for a Works Department shall Public Works ration of at least 1.1 to 1 under the fee structure which is in effect at ensure payment is made to the Department the time for the MBHCP. Under the current fee scheduled (1,240 per MBHCP account. Approved By: acre), compensation would total $8,184 (6.6 x $1,240 tbr 6 acres of disturbance). Date 5. Should unrecorded cultural resources be discovered as a result of Performed by a qualified City of Bakersfield future construction or development, work must halt and a qualified archaeologist contracted to the Public Works archaeologist be consulted to evaluate the finds City of Bakersfield Public Department Works Department: Company Approved By: Person Evaluating Finds Date Date: S:\min-mon.wpd June 11, 1998 MITIGATION MONITORING PLAN AND CHECKLIST Verification Of Compliance Mitigation Measure Mitigation Performed By Monitoring And Reporting Agency 6. Should human remains be discovered an any time, work must halt Kern County Comer. City of Bakersfield and the Coroner be notified immediately (Section 7050.5 of the Qualified archaeologist Public Works Health and Safety Code and CEQA regulations, Section K). A contracted to the City of Department qualified archaeologist should also be contacted. Bakersfield Public Works Approved By: Department: Company. Person Evaluating Finds Date Comer Date: Archaeologis[ Date S:\min-mon.wpd June 11, 1998 EXHIBIT "D" Allen Road/Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunkline Negative Declaration Dennis C. Fidler Building Director (805) 326-3720 Fax (805) 325-0266 B A K E R S F I E Development Services Department Jack Hardisty, Director December 23, 1997 L D Stanley C. Grady Planning Director (805) 326-3733 Fax (805) 327-0646 To; All Interested Parties: Notice of availability of proposed Negative Declaration of the City of Bakersfield regarding the Allen Road Sewer Trunk Line and the Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunk Line. The City of Bakersfield has completed the Negative Declaration for the ALLEN ROAD SEWER TRUNK LINE AND THE BUENA VISTA ROAD SEWER TRUNK LINE. The Negative Declaration discusses the potential environmental affects attributable to the subject project which is generally described as follows: The City of Bakersfield plans to expand its trunk sewer system in the west and northwest areas of the City, which would entail construction of two projects referred to as the Allen Road Trunk Sewer and the Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II. The project will result in the installation of sewer trunklines of approximately ten linear miles. For the Allen Road project, the intent is to add a trunkline from Palm Avenue south along Allen Road, crossing the Cross Valley Canal and the Kern River, and then continuing south in southerly extension of the Allen Road to the Southern Pacific railroad tracks paralleling a westerly extension of Pacheco Road. The trunkline would then turn east on the south side of the railroad tracks and continue until the trunkline connects to the future Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II. This project would allow for the elimination of an existing pump station on Brimhail Road east of Allen Road, and the existing Boca Del Rio Pump Station west of Allen Road and north of the Cross Valley Canal. The Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II project will connect to the south of the existing trunkline in Buena Vista Road at the intersection with White Lane. The line will continue south on Buena Vista Road to McCutcheon Road, where it will turn east on McCutcheon Road and extend to Gosford Road. At Gosford Road, the pipeline will be terminated and the wastewater lifted into the existing pipeline extending easterly to the treatment plant along the existing McCutcheon Road alignment. The sewer trunklines are to support planned development within the "Balmhall Road South" project area and to remove the need for some existing pumping stations. City of Bakersfield · 1715 Chester Avenue · Bakersfield, California · 93301 Interested Parties December 23, 1997 Page 2 The Negative Declaration, with mitigation, found that project impacts would be reduced to below a level of significance. The review period for the Negative Declaration will be 30 days. Comments regarding the adequacy of the Negative Declaration are to be made in writing and delivered to the City of Bakersfield Planning Department no later than January 27, 1998. If you challenge the action taken on this proposal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised in written correspondence delivered to the City of Bakersfield prior to January 27, 1998. Copies of the Negative Declaration are available for review or purchase at the Development Services Department located at 1715 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California. Copies of the Negative Declaration are also available for public review at the Beale Library, 701 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA and the Kern County Law Library, 1415 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA. Please contact Marc Gauthier at (805) 326-3786 if you have questions. Sincerely, Marc Gauthier Principal Planner RED:pit I\larbv-al ALLEN ROAD TRUNK SEWER AND BUENA VISTA ROAD TRUNK SEWER 22 23 MING A~I~NUE 27 26 PACHEP~0 RO~D 19 3O 20 ~ 21 ~2 ~mmmmmmmmmm mml 27 MC CUTCHEON ~ · ·a~lEm~n 35 3~ 31 ,32 I Mail to: State Cleannghou$¢. 1400 Tenth Street. Sacramento. CA 95814 Appendix F 916/4454)613 SCH# Project Title: Lead Agency: City of Bakersfield Street Address: 150I Truxtun Avenue City: Bakersfield Zip: 93301 Allen Road-Buena Vista Road Sewer TrunkLines Conact Person: Conchita Nieto-Moreno Phone: (805) 326-3587 County: Kern Project Location: County: Kern Cross Streets: Palm Ave.. Pacheco Rd. Panama Lane Assessor's Parcel No. Section: City/Nearest Community: Bakersfield Total Acres: 10 linear miles Twp. __ Range: Base: M.D.B.&M. Allen Rd. Sewer Trunk Line: T295. R26E., Sec. 25,26,35 & 36 & T305, R26E, Sec. 1,2,11,12,13,14 & 24 Buena Vista Sewer Trunk Line: T305, R26E, Sec. 13.24 & 25, and T305, R27E, Sec. 18,19,29,30, 31 & 32. Within 2 Miles: State Hwy #: 58 & 119 Waterways: Kern River. Goose Lake Slough. Kern River Canal. Pioneer Canal. Buena Vista Canal & lames Canal Airports: Railways: Union Pacific & Burlineton Northern Santa Fe Schools: Rosedale. Panstoa-Burn Vista. takes{de Document Type CEQA: s NOP [] Supplement/Subsequent NEPA: [2 NOI Otaer: Z Joint Document [3 Early Corn [21 EIR {Prior SCH No.) I~ EA 0 Final Document X Neg Dec E1 Other 0 Draft EIS 0 Other rn Draft £IR {2] FONSI Local Action Type r~ General Plan Update [2] Specific Plan O R~zone D M~mr Plan [] Pr*zone D planned Unit Dev, rn Use Permit [] $iu: plan O ~ Division (Subdivision pamel Map, Tract Map, etc. I Curtal permit Other Sewer True! inc Development Type [] Residential: Unica__ Acre~ .. 0 Office: 5q.ft.__ Acr~ -- Employee~ [] Commercial: Sq. ft.__ Acres -- Employees [] Industrial: Sq.fL__ Acres Employees U Educational [] Water Facilities: Type MGD O Traraportauon: Type [] Mining: Mineral Project Issues Discussed in Document Present Land Use - Residential, Agriculture, Open Space and Kern River 0 $chools/Universiues x Water Quality [3 Y~-ptic Systems x Water Sopply/Groundwater [] ~ Capacity x W~UabdJRiparian x Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading x Wildlife ~ Solid Waste x Growth Inducing [] Tox~cdHazardous x Land use x Traffic/Circulation 0 Cmnulative Effect~ x Vegetation [] Other General Plan - Suburban Residential. Low Density Residential, Public Facility, General Commercial, Low Density Residential/Public and Private Schools, Open Space and Intensive Agriculture. Zoning - Residential Suburban, One Family Dwelling. Flood Plain (Primary and Secondary), Agriculture (20 acre min.). Limited Multiple Family Regional Commercial. Project Description The City of Bakersfield plans to expand its trunk sewer system in the west and northwest areas of the City, which would entail conan'ucti.o,l~Of'~x0~cpl~jects referred to as the Allen Road Trunk Sewer and the Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase LI. The project will result in the installation o~.~ewer t~s of approximately ten linear miles. T- ~- INITIAL STUDY Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II PROJECT TITLE: Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City of Bakersfield plans to expand its trunk sewer system in the west and northwest areas of the City, which would entail construction of two projects referred to as the Allen Road Trunk Sewer and the Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II. The project will result in the installation of sewer trunklines of approximately ten linear miles. For the Allen Road project, the intent is to add a trunkline from Palm Avenue south along Allen Road, crossing the Cross Valley Canal and the Kern River, and then continuing south in southerly extension of the Allen Road to the Southern Pacific railroad tracks paralleling a westerly extension of Pacheco Road. The trunkline would then turn east on the south side of the railroad tracks and continue until the trunklline connects to the future Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II. This project would allow for the elimination of an existing pump station on Brimhall Road east of Allen Road, and the existing Boca Del Rio Pump Station west of Allen Road and north of the Cross Valley Canal. The Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II project will connect to the south of the existing trunkline in Buena Vista Road at the intersection with White Lane. The line will continue south on Buena Vista Road to McCutcheon Road, where it will turn east on McCutcheon Road and extend to Gosford Road. At Gosford Road, the pipeline will be terminated and the wastewater lifted into the existing pipeline extending easterly to the treatment plant along the existing McCutcheon Road alignment. The sewer trunklines are to support planned development within the "Brimhall Road South" project area and to remove the need for some existing pumping stations. A more complete description of the Allen Road and Buena vista Road sewer trunk line is given in the attached sewer trunk line study. MO:pjt December 17, 1997 p:ar~sl-is APPENDIXI ALLEN ROAD TRUNK SEWER AND BUENA VISTA TRUNK $EWER, PHASEII ENVIRONMENTALIMPACTS SoiJs - Several different soil types are located along the project's course of ten linear miles. Such soils include Cajon Sandy Loam 0 to 2 pement slopes, Riverwash, Excelsior Sandy Loam, Kimberlina Fine Sandy Loam 0 to 2 percent slopes, and Wasco Sandy Loam Associations which will be disrupted, compacted, displaced, over covered, and uncovered by grading, filling, trenching, installation of bridges, and other ground preparation activities necessary for road construction. These soils are from granitic alluvium, are stable for urban construction, and are deep and well drained. Riverwash soils are present in the project area, predominantly within the Kern River Primary Floodway, and composed of sand and gravel that has washed out of the Greenhorn Mountains and deposited in progressively smaller-sized particles as stream velocity drops below the rate necessary for particle transport. Prior to construction of levees in Bakersfield, the main channel of the Kern River shifted over a wide area in response to annual floods. Since construction of levees have confined the river, riverwash deposition has been restricted to the area between the levees. Over the portions of the river that still have annual water flow, the river channel continues to shift from year to year within the confines of the levees. The Excelsior, Kimberlina Fine, Wasco and Cajon soils on-site have rapid permeability, slow runoff, slight water erosion potential and rare flooding hazard. Standard ordinance compliance includes the requirement for soils and grading reports prior to commencement of construction, and adherence to applicable Board of Reclamation, and building code requirements. Geological Hazards - Geology of the site consists of recent alluvial fans and flood plains derived from granitic rock and sedimentary rock, which are not considered unique geologic or physical features. The site is currently undeveloped. The vegetation in the project site is predominately in areas not cultivated. The proposed sewer trunkline construction project would not create an unstable earth condition or cause changes to any geologic substructure. The project will not expose people, structures, or property to major geologic hazards such as landslides, mudslides, or ground failure. No geologic faults are known to occur within the project area. Although no specific geologic hazards are known to occur within the boundaries of the project site, there are numerous geologic fractures in the earth's crust within the San Joaquin Valley, which is bordered by major, active fault systems. All development within the metropolitan Bakersfield area is, therefore, subject to seismic hazards. Current development standards will require the project to comply with appropriate seismic design criteria from the Uniform Building Code and complete preconstruction soils and grading studies. Erosion/Sedimentation - The proposed Allen Road Sewer Trunkline will transverse both the Kern River and the Cross Valley Canal. Erosion and sedimentation will not affect either the Kern River nor the Cross Valley Canal. Typical ordinance requirements ensure that erosion, siltation, or deposition of soils from the site by water runoff will not occur through development of the project. Drainage after construction will be required to meet State Board of Reclamation permit requirements. Wind erosion and fugitive dust may occur during the construction process; however, typical ordinance requiring the use of water spraying will control wind erosion impacts and should not be considered significant. Appendix I Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II Page 2 ToDoaraehv - The slope of the natural terrain on-site is relatively fiat, with slopes at 0 to 2%. The proposed sewer trunkline construction will result in a change to the topography and/or ground surface relief features of the area to a minor degree. Water Water Qualit,//Quantit,/- Groundwater - The project will not alter the direction or rate of flow, or substantially deplete the quantity of groundwater resources, either through direct additions or withdrawals, or through interception of an aquifer by cuts or excavations. The project will not contaminate a public water supply, substantially interfere with groundwater recharge or substantially degrade water quality. Surface Water - The proposal is to construct a sewer trunkline and expansion of an existing sewer trunkline. This may result in temporary discharge into the Kern River Floodway or canal during construction, resulting in minor changes in currents or the course of direction of surface water movements. Although actual Kern River water will not be affected or altered to a significant degree due to the absence of water in this reach of the river, the project may alter canal water quality, from construction impacts including debris. This should not impact the temperature, dissolved oxygen or turbidity of the canal water to a significant degree. Flooding/Drainage ~ Construction may result in minor changes to the course or direction of fresh water currents of the Kern River (if water were present during construction). A portion of the trunkline (encompassing approximately 1,600 feet) would be located within the designated 100-year flood zone, as defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Flooding is unlikely to adversely affect the sewer trunkline Changes in absorption rates, drainage patterns, and the rate and amount of surface water runoff will change during construction. Construction will require special studies to ensure proper drainage from the road surface, possibly limiting drainage access to the Kern River and the Cross Valley Canal. Drainage after construction will be required to meet State Board of Reclamation permit requirements. Current development standards require the project to comply with adequate drainage facility design, complete preconstruction soils and grading studies, and compliance with the City Public Works and Building Departments. Air Air Quality - Short-term, non-significant, air pollutant impacts would be generated on and off-site during construction, including sources such as: dust from trenching, grading and vehicles; exhaust emissions from motor vehicles and construction equipment. Although there would be short-term air quality impacts from mobile sources of pollutants generated, during construction there will not be a substantial increase in air pollution emissions1 nor will there be a significant deterioration of ambient air quality through development of this project. The project will not increase existing traffic. The project will not violate any ambient air quality standard, or contribute substantially to an existing or projected air quality violation. The project will not expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations. This initial study shall be transmitted to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to review. Climate/Air Movement - Construction of the arterial road and associated bridges will not significantl~.~ alter air movement, moisture, temperature and/or result in any change in climate, either locally ~ ":~ regionally. Appendix I Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II Page 3 Odors - Although construction may create odors, long-term use of the site does not have the potential to create objectionable odors. Biological Resources P[a~ts and Animals - Biolo~ucal Assessment - The City of Bakersfield Public Works Department contracted with Randi McCormick, a local biological consultant, to prepare a Biological Assessment of potential impacts, to plants and animals, created by construction of the proposed sewer extension. Although this assessment is attached to this study as backup, a summary is included below. The Biological Assessment analyzed the potential impacts on riparian (river-side or wetland) vegetation and sensitive biological resources resulting from construction of the proposed sewer trunkline. BJQIo~l~caLAss~ssment - Impact Summary.' San Joaquin Kit Fox - Potential impacts to San Joaquin kit fox in the project area during construction activities include possible mortality, injury, or harassment from construction vehicles and equipment, crushing of potential dens inadvertently collapsed by construction activities, and temporary loss of foraging habitat. Tipton Kangaroo Rat - If Tipton Kangaroo rats occupy the small mammal burrows observed within the construction area, impacts would be similar to those mentioned for the San Joaquin kit fox, although, if the burrows are occupied the likelihood of injury and/or mortality to this species is higher. Riparian Vegetation - Although several riparian trees were observed within the survey area, all but three willows (one multi-trunked) were 100 feet or greater from the centerline of the proposed sewer line route and therefore avoidable. If these willows cannot be avoided, project activities would result in the loss of these mature willows Other Species - Direct impact to other sensitive species are considered unlikely. Implementation - Implementation of the recommended mitigation measures and participation in the Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan would reduce these impacts to a less than significant level. RareJEnclaogered Species - Permits and approvals for development associated with this project outside the Kern River primary floodplain will be subject to the terms of the Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan and associated (10(a)(1)(B) and 2081 permits issued to the City by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Department of Fish and Game, respectively. Terms of the permit require applicants for development projects to pay habitat mitigation fees, excavate known kit fox dens and notify agencies prior to grading. The Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan may be reviewed at the following location: City of Bakersfield, Planning Department, 1715 Chester Avenue, 2nd Floor, Bakersfield, CA 93301, (805) 326-3733. Areas inside the Kern River primary flood plain are subject mitigation measures 1 through 4, attached. Habitat Airelation - Construction will temporarily alter the area's habitat. The project during construction may result in the creation of a barrier to the migration or movement of animals from the surrounding land. However, this will occur only during construction. These impacts to wildlife habitat are considered the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan (MBHCP), and are not considered significant for the project proposed. Appendix I Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II Page 4 The proposed project is not "significant" per CEQA, and a Certificate of Fee Exemption has been made with the California Department of Fish and Game. The project will not individually or cumulatively have an adverse effect on wildlife resources, as defined in Section 711.2 of the Fish and Game Code. See attached De Minimis Impact Findings. Transoortation Traffic/Circulation - The proposed project will not generate additional vehicular movement, will not cause an increase in traffic which is substantial in relation to the existing traffic load (volume) and capacity of the street system, and will not substantially impact existing transportation systems. The project will not significantly alter present pattems of cimulation or movement of people and/or goods. Parking - The proposed project will not affect existing parking facilities, nor will there be a demand for new parking through the proposed development. Traffic Hazards - There would be no known significant increase in traffic hazards to motor vehicles, bicyclists, or pedestrians as a result of the proposed project. Air/WatedRail Systems - The project will not affect waterborne, rail, or air traffic. Cultural Resources Archaeological/Historical - It is not known if archaeological or historical resoumes are located on the site. This Initial Study will be transmitted to the Archaeological Information Center (AIC) housed at California State University Bakersfield for their review, comments and recommendations. All measures indicated by the AIC will be completed prior to any ground disturbance. Land Use Compatibility - The proposal is necessary to develop a sewer system to transport wastewater flows from the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road service areas to Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3 via an Allen Road trunkline connecting to a Buena Vista Road trunkline extension. An effort was made to eliminate pump stations, where practical, while still constructing the trunktines to a depth where they were effective as a gravity collector trunkline. Consideration was also given to possible future development in the areas south and west of the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3. The Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan land use designations adjacent to the alignments of the Allen Road Trunk Sewer and extension of the Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer include Low Density Residential, Public, General Commercial, Resouroe-lntensive Agriculture and Open Space. The allowed uses within the land use designations are compatible with the proposed project. The proposed project will not conflict with adopted environmental plans or goals of the community, disrupt or divide the physical arrangement of an established community, or create a significant land use compatibility problem. General Plan/Zoning - The proposal will not result in any alteration of the present or planned land use of the area, as no land use amendments or zoning changes are proposed with the project. The proposal is consistent with the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan policies and implementation measures and will not significantly conflict with established recreational, educational~; ~.,~ ,;,% religious or scientific uses of the area. Project purpose is to support existing planed developmen?3' ' L~ the Bdmhall Road area. ~ ,~? ,32 ~ ~ Appendix I Allen Road Trtmk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II Page 5 Growth Inducement - The Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Extension of the Buena VEsta Trunk Sewer are proposed to transport wastewater flows from their respective service areas to Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3. These lines will accommodate the projected growth within the service areas, and will not, by itself, create growth inducing impacts. Prime Agricultural Land - Although the soils of the project site are considered "prime" by the Department of Conservation, the project will construct a linear trunk sewer line and will not convert pdme agricultural land to non-agricultural use. The width of the trunkline is approximately 44 feet and the line will be approximately 15 to 20 feet beneath the surface of the earth. The sewer trunkline will be along either existing roadway (Buena Vista Road, McCutchen Road and Allen Road north of the Cross Valley Canal) or future roadways that are currently being used for agricultural dirt roads (Pacheco Road, Allen Road - south of the Cross Valley Canal). The project will not impair the agricultural productivity of agricultural lands that surround the project site. Public Services Poli(;e - The proposal will not affect City Police protection in the area, as no new residents would be included in the City. Fire - The proposal will not affect City fire service for the area, as no new residents or structures will be included in the City. Schools - The proposed project would not impact school facilities to a significant degree, as no new residences will be created through the proposal. Parks / Recreation - The project proposes no increase in population for the area, thereby creating no additional need for parks or recreation in the area. Solid Waste / Disposal - The proposed project would not result in a need for significant new or substantial alterations to existing solid waste disposal systems. The development will not breach published national, state or local standards relating to solid waste or litter control. Facility Maintenance - Street construction will necessitate an increase in maintenance responsibility for the City of Bakersfield. These increases in services are not deemed significant. Utilities The proposed development would not result in a need for significant additional systems or substantially alter the existing water, storm drainage, natural gas, electricity, or communication utilities or systems in the area. Wastewater - The proposal is necessary to develop a sewer system to transport wastewater flows from the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road service areas to the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3 via the Allen Road Trunkline connecting to a Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. This proposal will benefit the overell wastewater facilities for Treatment Plant No. 3. The impact to wastewater tacilities is not considered significant. The Public Services Element of the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan recognizes that the area in which the proposed Allen Road and Buena Vista Sewer Trunk Lines are located will b~__ ~:~,, served by Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3. This Element also recognizes that additional major-~ Appendix I Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer. Phase II Page 6 trunk lines are needed to serve urban growth. Proposed trunk lines are shown along Allen Road and Buena Vista Road (Public Services Element, 1990: p. X-16, Figure X-7). Goal No. 1 of the Public Services Element is as follows: "Ensure the provision of adequate sewer service to serve the needs of existing and planned development in the planning area"; while Goal No. 3 states, "Provide trunk sewer availability to and treatment/disposal capacity for all metropolitan urban areas..." (Public Services Element, 1990: p. X-18, Figure X-7). The Final Environmental Impact Report for the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan recognizes the need for adequate wastewater transport and treatment. Mitigation Measure No. 2 is as follows: "The periodic revision of overall wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal needs for the Planning Area as growth projections and trends dictate such revision" (Final Environmental Impact Report for the Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan, 1989: p 2-110). The proposed installation of the Allen Road and Buena Vista Sewer Trunk Lines may be viewed as the implementation of this mitigation measure. Population I Employment / Housinq The proposal will not induce a substantial concentration or displacement of people, or significantly alter the location, distribution, density, or growth rate of the human population of the area, or affect existing housing or create, in itself, a demand for additional housing. The proposal will not result in significant reduced employment opportunities for low and moderate income socio-economic groups or impact the social affiliation or interaction of the neighborhood. There will not be a significant impact on the privacy of surrounding areas. Health Hazards / Public Safety No health hazards or potential hazards to people or plant or animal populations will be created as a result of the proposed development. The proposal does not involve a risk of explosions or releasing hazardous substances (including but not limited to oil, pesticides, chemicals, or radiation) in the event of an accident or upset conditions. The project will not attract people to an area and expose them to hazards found there, nor will the project interfere with emergency response plans or emergency evacuation plans. The project is not on the most current hazardous wastes and substances site list pursuant to Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code. Noise Ambient noise levels will increase during any construction/development on the project site. However, once construction of the trunk sewer line is complete, noise will return to ambient noise levels. Construction of the sewer trunk lines is not considered significant for the proposed project. Aesthetics The Kern River, when viewed in the context of its urban surroundings, adds definition and character to the City of Bakersfield. The portion of the river to be affected by the proposal contains important stands of riparian vegetation and habitat that serve as a dominant visual resource because of their diversity pattern and contrast with the surroundings. In order to retain this ripadan quality, no tree will be removed by construction activity. The project will not have a negative aesthetic impact. 4~~ ~,~,~ L ', ,' ~!'~.' N ~: Appendix I Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II Page 7 LigbLa~Glare Light and glare would not increase in the areas as a result of the proposed project. The proposal will not add light or glare from the project onto surrounding developments or to the surrounding wildlife in the area. Natural Resources No non-renewable or other natural resources exist on site to be used or depleted through the proposed project. EnergyUsage The proposed sewer trunkline would not result in significant irreversible environmental changes, including uses of nonrenewable energy resources, during the initial and continued phases of the project. The project will not result in significant energy requirements or lack of energy efficiency by amount or fuel type of a project's life cycle. The proposal will not result in significant effects on local and regional energy supplies or on requirements for additional energy capacity or sources, nor will the project result in significant effects on peak and base period demands for electricity and other forms of energy. The project will not conflict with existing energy standards, nor will it encourage activities which result in the wasteful or substantial use of significant amounts of fuel, water, or energy. The project will not result in significant effects on projected transportation energy requirements or in the project's overall use of efficient transportation alternatives. II MANDATORY FINBtI~IG$ QE SIGNIFICANCE The project does not have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal, or impact important examples of the major periods of California history or pre-history. The project does not have the potential to achieve short-term environmental goals, to the disadvantage of long-term, environmental goals. The project does not have impacts which are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable or for which the incremental effects of an individual project are considerable when viewed in connection with the efforts of past projects, then current projects, and possible future projects. The project does not have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly. Mitigation Measures A preactivity survey shall be conducted no more than 60 days prior to the initiation of construction to implement the following: Appendix 1 Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Tmnl~ Sewer, Phase II Page 8 A. Any potential or known kit fox dens identified in this report or subsequently identified which cannot be avoided by construction activities shall be monitored for kit fox activity and excavated using procedures acceptable to CDFG and USFWS. B. Small mammal burrows observed during the survey or subsequently observed shall be inspected for potential Tipton kangaroo rat activity. If sign of kangaroo rats is observed (scat, tracks, tail drags), burrows should be avoided if possible or CDFG should be notified and given an opportunity to salvage individuals prior to project construction. 2. Cottonwoods and willows within 50 feet of the edge of the construction corridor shall be marked with clearly visible flagging or lath and flagging. 3 If any disturbance is necessary within the driplines of the willows or cottonwoods within the construction corridor, each tree shall be replaced at a ration of 3 to 1 on site after construction is completed, if possible. Alternatively, trees could be replaced at another location suitable to CDFG along the Kern River. 4 Pdor to initiation of project construction activities, habitat to be disturbed within the primary floodplain shall be compensated for a ration of at least 1,1 to 1 under the fee structure which is in effect at the time for the MBHCP. Under the current fee scheduled ($1,240 per acre), compensation would total $8,184 (6.6x$1,240 for 6.0 acres of disturbance). Reference List Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan and Appendices, City of Bakersfield, Kern County, Kern COG, Golden Empire Transit, March 1990. Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan DE/R, The Planning Center, July, 1989. 3. Metropolitan Bakersfield 2010 General Plan FEIR, SCH #8907032, City of Bakersfield, County of Kern, KCOG, Golden Empire Transit, September, 1989. FEIR Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan, Thomas Reid Associates for the City of Bakersfield and Kern County, March 1991. 5. Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan, Advisory Notice to Developers, 10(a)( 1 )(B) and 2081 permits, 1994. 6. Kern River Parkway Plan DEIR, FEIR & Technical Appendix, June & Sept. 1988, Jones & Stokes Assoc. 7. Kem River Plan Element, July 1985, City/County. 8. Biological Assessment, The Planning Center for the City of Bakersfield, August 1992. 9. Soil Survey of Kem County, California, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1981. 10. Biological Assessment, Ranall McCormick, Biologist p:arts-ai CERTIFICATE OF FEE EXEMPTION De Minimis Impact Finding Applicant: Address: City of Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Project Title/Location (include City and County) Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II. City of Bakersfield. County of Kern. Project Description: The City of Bakersfield plans to expand its trunk sewer system in the west and northwest areas of the City, which would entail construction of two oroiects referred to as the Allen Road Trunk Sewer and the Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase IL For the Allen Road project, the intent is to add a trunkline from Palm Avenue south along Allen Road, crossing the Cross Valley Canal and the Kern River, and then continuing south along the southerly extension of Allen Road to the Southern Pacific railread tracks, then paralleling a westedy extension of Pacheco Road. The trunkline tums east on the south side of the railroad tracks and continue until the trunkline connects to the future Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II. This project would allow the elimination of an existing pump station on Brimhalt Road east of Allen Road, and the existing Boca Del Rio Pump Station west of Allen Road and north of the Cross Valley Canal. The Buena Vista Road Trunk Sewer, Phase II will continue to the south of the existing trunkline in Buena Vista Road at the intersection with White Lane. The line will continue south on Buena Vista Road to McCutcheon Road, where it will turn east on McCutcheon Road and extend to Gosford Road. At Gosford Road, the pipeline will be terminated and the wastewater lifted into the existing pipeline extending easterly to treatment plant No. 3 along the existing McCutcheon Road alignment. Finding of Exemption: Based on the absence of evidence in the record as required by Section 21082.2 of the State of California Public Resources Code (CEQA) for the purpose of documenting significant effects, it is the conclusion of the Lead Agency that this project will result in impacts that fall below the threshold of significance with regard to wildlife resources and, therefore, must be granted a "de minimis" exemption in accordance with Section 711 of the State of California Fish and Game Code. Additionally, the assumption of adverse effect is rebutted by the above-referenced absence of evidence in the record and the Lead Agency's decision to prepare a Negative Declaration for this project. Certification: I hereby certify that the City of Bakersfield has made the above finding(s) and that the project will not individually or cumulatively have an adverse effect on wildlife resources, as defined in Section 711.2 of the California Department of Fish and Game Code. (Chief Planning Official) Stanley Grady, Planning Director City of Bakersfield Development Services Dept. December 17, 1997 ...~. p:artsl-cf MEMORANDUM February 10, 1998 TO: FROM: ~ SUBJECT: JACQUES LAROCHELLE, ENGINEERING SERVICES MANAGER STANLEY GRADY, PLANNING DIRECTOR ALLEN ROAD AND BUENA VISTA SEWER TRUNK LINE The State Clearinghouse review of the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunk Line projects was complete on January 26, 1998. During this review period comments were received from the following: Califomia Historical Resources Information System, California State University Bakersfield; Kern County Water Agency; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; State of California Office Of Historic Preservation; North Bakersfield Recreation and Park District; and Chadene Scharpenberg, a property owner. We need a response from the Public Works Department to each comment made by the above agencies and property owner. The Negative Declaration cannot be completed until we receive your responses to the comments. We need your responses for incorporation into- and completion of the Negative Declaration. The City Council cannot approve the sewer trunk line project until the Negative Declaration has been completed. This matter needs your urgent attention. If you have questions, please contact Marc Gauthier at ext. 3786 or Richard Dole at ext.3041. RED CC: Conchita Nieto-M0reno Marc Gauthier Ricllard Dole m~nj12-10 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Marc Gauthier, Principal Planner Ted Wright, Engineer IV-Design.~-)~ March 13, 1998 Allen Road and Buena Vista Sewer Trunk Line This memo is in response to the comments received from the various parties regarding the Negative Declaration tbr the above mentioned project: California Historical Resources Information System at CSUB -A profbssional services contract is being drafted to hire 'Three Girls and A Shovel' to per/brm a field survey of the area as recommended. Kern County Water Agency (KCWA] -The City of Bakersfield will prepare a pipeline license agreement tbr the pipeline crossing of the Cross Valley Canal. -Plans and specifications will be routed for KCWA review and approval, and they will be notified of the pre-construction conference. -Proposed crossings of the sewer line at the Cross Valley Canal will have double wall piping installed with a leak detection system. -City of Bakersfield has submitted preliminary plans and applied for an encroachment permit. As soon as plans and specs become final, KCWA will be provided a set. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E~ -We have been in communication with PG&E through the consulting engineers for these projects, and we will be coordinating with them for any needed relocation or inspection of their thcilities while sewer construction is going on. Office of Historic Preservation -We will be able to provide you with an archeological report from 'Three Girls and A Shovel' stating their findings, as soon as it is available. North Bakersfield Recreation and Park District (NBRPD) -NBRPD responded stating that there is no impact on their ~3.cilities. Concern citizen: Charlene Scharpenberg 6.1 The location of these sewer trunk lines is based on a study of the Metropolitan Bakersfield area which also analyzed treatment plant locations. A treatment plant 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 north of the Kern River would have a limited service area and it was not recommended. The contractor will be required to maintain access for residents at all times. The sewer line will be below grade with manholes spaced at approximately 600 feet intervals. The pipeline should not affect property valuation. The soil type is fairly consistent along the pipelines and throughout their depth. Therefore, the soil replaced should be similar in nature to the surface soil that existed prior to excavation. Any damage to existing private pipelines caused by the City's contractor for these projects will be repaired at no cost to the pipeline owner. By constructing the new sewer line, on Buena Vista Road, the amount of flow in the existing line on Gostbrd Road will be reduced, thus decreasing the odor that exists now at the Pumping Station on Gosford Road. :p\conchita\hv 2allncmvr¢sp 3TA, E OF C,~LIFORNIA PETE WILSON, Governor Governor's Office of Planning and Research 1400 Tenth Street Sacramento, CA 95814 JAN ,9 7998, January 26, 1998 ENGINEERING DEPT CONCHITA NIETO-MORENO CITY OF BAKERSFIELD 1501 TRUXTUN AVE. BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301 Subject: ALLEN ROAD-BUENA VISTA ROAI~ SEWER TRUi~K LINES SCH #: 97121109 ~- Dear CONCHITA NIETO-MORENO: The State Clearinghouse submitted the above named environmental document to selected state agencies for review. The review period is closed and none of the state agencies have comments. This letter acknowledges that you have complied with the State Clearinghouse review requirements for draft environmental documents, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. Please call at (916) 445-0613 if you have any questions regarding the environmental review process. When contacting the Clearinghouse in this matter, please use the eight-digit State Clearinghouse number so that we may respond promptly. Sincerely, ANTERO A. RIVASPLATA Chief, State Clearinghouse _Notice of Completion Project Location: Jan-28-98 05:3§P Adal,' Baldwln. Asst. Coord (80~ 664-2415 P.O! .~AUFORNIA ~i~% HISTORICAL FRESNO RESOURCES KEn. INFORMATION ~s ~A S_YSTEM TULARE Marc Gauthler, Principal Planner City of Bakersfield Development Services Department 1715 Chester Avenue Bakersfield. CA 93301 January 28, 1998 so.them San Jelquifi Valley Information Center C:lK~mil ~tlte Uldverllty, BakeriffMd 80~/664.2~)$9 FAX ~05/664..24.1,S Entail; abaMwlnMo.~ubak.edu RE: Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II AIC# L-98-10 {Gosford and Stevens 7.5 maps) Dear Marc, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the above referenced project. According to the information in our files. most of the project area has been previously surveyed for cultural resources. Please note that the portion of the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension that goes from Pache¢o Road south on Buena Vista Road to McCutchen Road. then east to Gosford Road has never been field surveyed for cultural resources. There is also a small portion of the Allen Road Trunkline at the Kern River. that has never been surveyed for cultural resources. There are numerous recorded archaeological sites in this vidnity, including the sites that were recorded at the McAllister Ranch. As you know the Kern River area is considered extremely archaeologically sensitive. Given these circumstances, prior to any ground disturbance relating to this project, we recommend that a field survey be conduc ea by a qualified professional archaeologist of all portions of the project area not previously investigated. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me at (805) 664-2289. Yours truly, Adele Baldwin Assistant Coordinator C: Ms. Gall McNulty. Native Amedcan Heritage Commission Directors: Fred L. Starrh Division 1 Terry Rogers Division 2 Peter Frick Division 3 blichael Radon President Division 4 Adrienne J. Mathews Division 5 Henry C. Garnett Division 0 Gene A. Lundquist Vice President Division 7 Thomas N. Clark General Manager John F. Stovall General Counsel Mailing Address: P.O. Box 58 Bakersfield, CA 93302-0058 Phone: 805/634-1400 Fax: 805/634-1428 KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY January27. 1998 Mr. Marc Gauthier Principal Planner City of Bakersfield 1715 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 CVC Right of Way ENVIRO DOCS City of Bakersfield RE: Negative Declaration for the proposed Allen Road Sewer Trunk Line and the Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunk Line Dear Mr. Gauthier: The purpose of this letter is to respond to the City of Bakersfield's Negative Declaration for the proposed Allen Road Sewer Trunk Line and the Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunk Line. Our comments are limited to the proposed Allen Road sewer trunk line aspects of the Negative Declaration. Specifically, the Kern County Water Agency offers the following comments: Any proposed sewer trunk crossings of the Cross Valley Canal will require the development of an acceptable pipeline license agreement. The Agency would require, as a component of the license agreement. that the Agency, or its designated representatives, review and approve the proposed alignmenL the construction plans and specifications, and proposed contractors and inspectors prior to construction. Due to previous experience with pipeline installations in the Agency's right-of-way, the Agency will require that the best materials and installation practices be used for this project, as it affects the Agency's right-of-way. Since the Cross Valley Canal conveys a surface drinking water supply for about one-third of Urban Bakersfield, the Agency concerns itself with the potential for contamination of this supply. Accordingly, for any proposed sewer trunk crossing of the Cross Valley Canal, the Agency would require a dual wall conduit for that portion of the crossing underlying the canal. Additionally. since the Kern River is a significant source of groundwater recharge, both within the river channel, and to various water recharge projects west of town, the City should consider using a dual wall conduit for the proposed crossing of the Kern River, River Canal and any recharge ponds as well. Mr. Marc Gauthier January 27, 1998 Page Two In Section 3.1 of the report prepared by Carollo Engineers, there is discussion of a proposed 18 inch diameter shallow gravity flow sewer line that may be installed along the Cross Valley Canal. Although the proposal here is not for a crossing of the CVC, the Agency would continue to be concerned about any potential for contamination of drinking water supplies, and requests that any plans for locating a sewer along the CVC be subject to review and approval of the Agency. 4. With respect to the proposed crossing of the CVC, the Agency would require an early warning leak detection system (e.g. sniffer pipe) to monitor the condition of the inner carrier pipe. The Agency would like to see more detail of the proposed sewer trunk aligmnent south of the Kern River channel. Immediately west of Allen Road, if it extended across the river, exists the Berrenda Mesa Water District groundwater recharge basins and water production well fields that may be impacted by the proposed Allen Road trunk line. If you have any questions concerning these items, please call Jon Parnell, Cross Valley Canal Manager at {805) 634-1475. Thank you for providing the opportunity to comment on this project. Sincerely, Thomas N. Clark General Manager Pacific Gas and Electric Company tern Division :918 H Sireel BakeFsllele. CA 9SS01 January. 19, 1998 Marc Gauthier Principal Planner City of Bakersfield 1715 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, California 93301 RE: Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study Dear Mr. Gauthier: Thank you for the opportunity to review the Allen Road / Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Stud)'. PG&E owns and operates electric and gas thcilities which are located and adjacent to the proposed project. To promote the sate and reliable maintenance and operation of utility facilities, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has mandated specific clearance requirements between utility facilities and surrounding objects or construction activities. To ensure compliance with these standards, project proponents should coordinate with PG&E early in the development of their project plans. Any proposed development plans should provide tbr unrestricted utility access and prevent easement encroachments that might impair the sate and reliable maintenance and operation of PG&E's thcilities. Developers will be responsible ibr the costs associated with the reiocation of existing PG&E facilities to accommodated their proposed development. Because thcilities relocation's require long lead times and are not always feasible, developers should be encouraged to consult with PG&E as early in their planning staged as possible. We would like to recommend that environmental documents tbr proposed development projects include adequate evaluation of cumulative impacts to utility systems, the utility facilities needed to serve those developments and any potential environmental issues associated with extending utility service to the proposed prqiect. This will assure the project's compliance with CEQA and reduce potential delays to the project schedule. cal-Ol.l.O engineers City of Bakersfield ALLEN ROAD/BUENA VISTA SEWER TRUNKLINE STUDY FINAL REPORT Janaua~ 1997 City of Bakersfield Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION 1.0 General ..................................................................... 1.1 Scope of Study .............................................................. Allen Road Trunkline .......................................................... Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension ............................................ 1.2 Acknowledgements .......................................................... 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-3 1-3 CHAPTER 2 - BACKGROUND 2.0 General ................................................................... 2.1 Flow Projection .............................................................. 2.2 Existing Facilities .............................................................. 2.3 Television Pipe Inspection ...................................................... 2-1 2-1 2-3 2-7 CHAPTER 3 - ALLEN ROAD TRUNKLINE 3.0 General ...................................................................... 3.1 Pump Stations ................................................................. Boca Del Rio Pump Station ...................................................... Bdmhall Road Pump Station ..................................................... 3.2 Allen Road Trunkline ........................................................... 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-2 CHAPTER 4 - BUENA VISTA ROAD TRUNKLINE EXTENSION 4.0 General ..................................................................... 4,1 Preliminary Options ............................................................ 4,2 Future Headworks/Pump Station Depth ............................................ 4.3 Effective Trunkline Depth ........................................................ 4.4 Pipeline ...................................................................... 4,5 Interim Lift Station .............................................................. 4-1 4-1 4-2 4-4 4-4 4-6 CHAPTER 5 - CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.0 General ...................................................................... 5.1 Conclusions ................................................................... 5.2 Recommendations ........................................................... 5-1 5-1 5-3 Appendix A - Allen Road Trunkline Flow Calculations Appendix B - Television Inspection City of Bakersfield Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study LIST OF TABLES CHAPTER 2 - BACKGROUND 2.1 Allen Road Trunkline Peaking Flows ........................................... 2-1 City of Bakersfield Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 1.1 Site Plan ............................................................... 1-2 CHAPTER 2 - BACKGROUND 2.1 Allen Road Trunkline Service Area ............................................. 2-2 2.2 CSA-71 Dry Sewers .......................................................... 2-4 2.3 Existing Facilities ............................................................. 2-5 CHAPTER 3 - ALLEN ROAD TRUNKLINE 3.1 Allen Road Trunkline ......................................................... 3-3 CHAPTER 4 - BUENA VISTA ROAD TRUNKLINE EXTENSION 4.1 Effects of Deeper Headworks .................................................. 4-3 4.2 Buena Vista Road Trunkline .................................................... 4-5 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.0 General The City of Bakersfield (City) plans to expand ~ts trunk sewer system m the west and northwest portions of the City, which would entail construction of two projects referred to as the Allen Road Trunkline and the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. A map presenting the location of these proposed facfiities is shown on Figure 1.1. The City retained Carollo Engineers on October 3~ 1996 to perform a study on both the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road Trunklines. For the Allen Road project, the intent is to ad'd a trunkline from the intersection of Bdmhall Road and Allen Road, south along Allen Road, crossing the Cross Valley Canal and the Kern River, and then continuing south in open area on a southerly ex'tens~on of Allen Road to the railroad tracks paralleling a westerly extension of Pacheco Road. The trunkline would then turn east on the south side of the raftroad tracks and continue until the trunkline connects to the future Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. An attempt is to be made to eliminate an existing pump station on Brimhall Road east of Allen Road and the existing Boca Del Rio Pump Station west of Allen Road and north of the Cross Valley Canal. A new lift station on the Allen. ~=d Trunkline in the vicinity of the Cross Valley Canal may be required. The Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension will connect to the end of a recently redesigned 42-inch trunkline in Buena Vista Road just south of the White Lane intersection. The line will continue south on Buena Vista Road to McCutcheon Road, where it will turn east on McCutcheon Road to Gosford Road. An alternative route considered is Buena Vista Road, Panama Lane, Old River Road and McCutcheon Road to Gosford Road. At Gosford Road, the pipeline can continue to Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) No. 3 or be terminated at Gosford Road and the wastewater be lifted into the existing 42-inch pipeline extending to the WWTP on the existing McCutcheon Road right-of-way. 1.1 ScoDe of Study ~ The scope of this study is as follows: Allen Road Trunkline 1. Develop flows from a designated area along Allen Road. Locate general alignment of pipeline, starting on Alien Road at the westerly end of a dry sewer from the Bdmhall Road Pump Station and ending with a connection to the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension at Pacheco Road. 3. Determine p~pe size, slope, and depth. . _~ Brimhall Rd ............... ~ / -__~ '~ /~/ .... / Stockdole Hwy ~// cooo~ M i n g Ave Buena Vista Rd ~' ~ ~ ~ Trunklne Ext~si~/ ~ ~~ ~ McCutchen Rd ~ 3 1-2 Figure Site Plan Allen Rood/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study City of Bakersfield 4. Determine feasibility of eliminating the Boca Del Rio and Brimhall Road Pump Stations. 5. Determine the need and general location of a new Allen Road Lift Station. Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension Locate general alignment of pipeline considering the Buena Vista Road/McCutcheon Road Route and the Buena Vista Road/Panama Lane/Old River Road/McCutcheon Road Route. 2. Determine pipe size and slope. 3. Determine pipe depth based on the following scenarios: · Gravity flow to the WW-FP No. 3 headworks · A single lift station along the trunkline · A interim lift station at the WWTP No. 3 headworks A intedm lift station at Gosford Road to lift flows into the existing 42-inch trunk sewer which enters the WWTP No. 3 from Gosford Road.. Perform a televised inspection in the 42-inch trunkline entedng the WWTP from the west, from Gosford Road to WWTP No. 3 and the 48-inch trunkline entering the WWTP headworks from the north, from the 42-inch and 48-inch trunklines' junction box to the headworks. Carollo wishes to acknowledge Jack LaRochelie, Engineering Services Manager; Ted Wright, Civil Engineer IV, Dewayne Statues, Civil Engineer III; and Conchita Nieto, Engineer II of the City's Public Works Department for their assistance, advice and prompt comments. Carollo also acknowledges the help of the City Department Planning staff and from Porter-Robertson Engineering and Surveying and Martin-Mcintosh. Since work has begun, both the City and design consultants have been instrumental in the efforts to complete this project. Chapter 2 Background 2.0 General This chapter develops the wastewater flows expected to enter the Allen Road Trunkline from a service area provided by the City of Bakersfield (City) and describes existing facilities pertinent to both the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road Trunklines. Maximum future flows in the Buena Vista Trunkline are not known but per the City staff, are assumed to be approximately 18.8 cubic feet per second (cfs) which equates to the capacity of the existing 42-inch diameter pipeline in Buena Vista Road, at minimum slope. The City provided service area boundary for flows into the Allen Road Trunkline is shown on Figure 2.1. This area includes portions of CSA-71. The City Planning Department supplied the zoning and some typical density figures for each type of residential and public zones. Industrial and commercial flows and peaking values were taken from the City's Subdivision and Engineering Design Manual. The City designated service area was divided into five sub-areas contributing to the Allen Road Trunkline at approximately every 4,000-5,000 feet. These flow values are shown on Table 2.1. More detailed flow data can be found in Appendix A of this report. The flow from a portion of Area No. 3 was estimated in a sewer study titled "Sewer Study for Tracts 5707 and 5682, Renfro Road and Stockdale Highway" in September 22, 1995 by Porter-Robertson Engineering and Surveying (P-R). To substantiate the assumptions used in this Allen Road study, flow from the same area in the previous study was calculated using the above mentioned parameters. The results were within ten percent of the P-R study. Allen:R{~ld/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study : :CityO[iiBakersfield ......... · · 6.0 8.:3 9.9 11.5 15.0 2 3 4 5 9.3 12.8 15.3 17.8 23.2 2-1 Sub-areas Nos. 4 and 5 are currently zoned agriculture, which would show no wastewater flow. However, since these areas are expected to be developed at sometime in the future, an average residential area flow using 3.8 houses per acre was assumed. 2.2 Existin(~ Facilities The County has required dry sewers to be constructed in a portion of the City designated Allen Road service area. The datum used by the County is reported to be approximately 1.2 feet lower than the USGS datum being used by the City for this report. Figure 2.2 shows existing dry sewers with County datum elevations and future collection lines proposed by the County which woutd carry the flows from the d6' sewers to the intersection of Bdmhall and Allen Roads. The elevations of the key connection points to the dry sewers have been increased to correspond to the City datum and are shown in boxes on Figure 2.2. Based on the datum assumption, if the Allen Road Trunkline were to start at Brimhall Road and Allen Road with an invert elevation of 338.0, all of the converging collection lines could flow by gravity into the Allen Road Trunkline. Figure 2.3 shows the location of the two existing pump stations, the existing Buena Vista Road Trunkline, the existing White Lane/Gosford Road Trunkline, Wastewater Treatment Plant (VVWTP) No. 3 and other existing facilities which affect both the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension projects. The Bdmhall Road Pump Station has a 12-inch dry gravity sewer line from the station to Allen Road. The invert of this line at Allen Road is elevation 338.5. Presently, the wastewater collected at the pump station is pumped via an 8-inch force main easterly to the Buena Vista Road Trunkline. it is the intent to abandon this facility, if feasible, by allowing the wastewater to flow in the dry sewer to Allen Road. The second pump station, referred to as the Boca Del Rio Pump Station, is located approximately 2,500 feet west of Allen Road and north of the Cross Valley Canal. This station also pumps wastewater to the Buena Vista Road Trunkline through a 10-inch force main along Stockdale Highway. If possible, this station is to be abandoned by installing a gravity line to Allen Road. If, however, abandonment is not feasible, continue using the pump station and terminate the present fome main at Allen Road or construct a shallow gravity line to Allen Road and lift the wastewater into the gravity line at the pump station. Other facilities which must be considered when designing the proposed Allen Road Trunkline are one culvert canal and four open canal crossings, including the Cross Valley and Kern River canals, the Kern River, two 34-inch high pressure gas lines, four 8- to 10-inch oil company lines and miscellaneous oil company facilities. Locations and depths of these facilities, along with road and ground surface elevations on the proposed Allen Road trunkline route, were supplied by P-R. Flows in the existing Buena Vista Road Trunkline from north of the Kern River are collected and discharged into the Buena Vista Road Trunkline which crosses the Kern River north of the Buena Vista Road/Stockdale Highway intersection and continues south on Buena Vista Road to White Lane. This trunkline is being replaced from the Bdmhall Road to White Lane. The invert elevation of the new trunkline on Buena Vista Road at White Lane where the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension is to be connected is elevation 345.73. ~ COI-OLLO~ ' ".::~ AREA #~ LAND USE ER fC HMR HMR_LMR LI LMR LMR_LR OS-P PS RR R-IA R-MP SR SUB-TOTAL AREA #2 LAND USE ER GC LR P SR SUB-TOTAL AREA #3 LANE) USE ER GC LMR LR OS R-IA SR SUB-TOTAL AREA #4 LAND USE OS R-IA SUB-TOTAL AREA #5 LAND USE R-IA TOTAL ACRES ACREAGE 475.22 101.54 29.86 43.61 129.26 10.06 18.56 23.41 34.55 65.64 117.09 8.65 1593,55 2650.60 ACREAGE 177.09 22.52 565.56 t53.75 173,00 891.90 ACREAGE 124.06 52.65 16.65 549,78 12.68 143.47 96.67 975.96 ACREAGE 386.80 795.38 1182.18 ACREAGE 1677.17 7,377.81 Figure, 2.1 Allen Roed Trunkline $ervk~e Are. Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study City of Bakersfield ~-'~ L 348.78 TR 4~8 JI IE342.2 ~. 5~78 NOTES' DRY SEWERS I PROPOSED COLLECTOR LINE L 346.00 COUNTY DATUM 4. t R N 541.2f 1.2 FEET ADDED TO COUNT'~ ' DATUM TO EQUATE TO ClTt DATUM 346.25 C.O. 346.1Q 45.52 -- 1 350.46 344.87 349.42 34 4..~R 3464.4 ~_341.00 4823 C.O. 4 5.3,5 ~54.94 366.00 ~50.,58 -- :550.9: ~34.00 349.87 35396 .69 ,q 15" S=0.001 ] / //~18" S=0.0011 350.32 FUTURE M.H. 353.86 4 ~9~:)3 353.85 35103 ~.6,3 s:o.ooos] l{w 8.oh 350.59 TR. 4987 I1 /~FLN 541-2I ... 338.sI · IBRIMHALL PSI TR. 4100 35~.48 ~3.23 TR. 4274 36015 TR. 3655 TR. 345 TR 44! 4003, 365.87 393.92 360.42 363.18 TR. 2422 ~ TR. 242 3641 TR. 3643 359. 30 Figure 2.2 CSA-71 Dry Sewers Allen Road/Buena Visto Sewer !runkline L~tud), City of Bokersfield -'1 / Exist ~ Exist Farce Main Brimh Pump Sro Exist 2" D' Sewe Allen Rd Exist 10" ~orce M Jenkins Rd Exist 30' Tru ~ist D_j?~ Buena Vista runklinel - T ' Exist 42" !i Dio J "x .T~unkline .~ dunc '' Exist ~p Sro ", Old River Rd Allen Trun ',* I, ,co Del Ri~ ", J P'~mp Sro ',2~ ~Ai~n R~ Trunkhne Sewice/AFeo \ Trunkline xist 48": Dio Trunkline ~ : Podds City Owned- Land RR Green Rd Buena Vista Buena Vista Extension Rd Figure 2.3 Existing Facilities Sewer Trun<hmm Study City -' Bol~e~sfield The existing pipeline then extends easterly from Buena Vista Road on White Lane and several other streets to the Gosfor¢l Road Pump Station on Distdct Boulevard and Gosford Road. At the pump station, the wastewater is lifted into a 42-inch trunkline which continues south on Gosford Road to McCutcheon Road and then easterly along the undeveloped McCutcheon Road right-of-way to a junction box on the north boundary of the WWTP No, 3. Wastewater from a 48-inch trunkline coming from the east is combined with the wastewater from the westedy 42-inch trunkline and both wastewater flows continue south for approximately 380 feet in a 48-inch trunkline to the VWVTP headworks at invert elevation 334.3. Approximately midway to the VWVTP on the 48-inch trunkline is an abandoned metedrig box presently being used as a dump station for chemical toilet waste haulers. There is a concrete flume in the metering box. The invert elevation at the easterly flowing 42-inch and westedy flowing 48-inch trunklines junction box is elevation 334.53, the inverts at the metedng box and the headworks are 334.94 and 334.28, respectively. These elevations and the resultant slope of the 48-inch trunkline to the headworks were determined using survey elevations provided by Martin-Mcintosh (MMc). The surveyed elevations were taken at the pipe invert in the junction box and the headworks and on the top of the structure at the meter box. The pipe invert at the meter box was calculated from the survey elevation and the depth of the meter structure found on construction drawings. Flow capacity in the 48-inch trunkline from the junction box to the headworks was calculated to be 40 cfs. The average design flow for WWTP No. 3 will be 16 million gallons per day (mgd) or 24.8 cfs upon completion of the present expansion. The peak hydraulic flow for the vvw'rP, which equates to the incoming trunkline design capacity, has previously been estimated to be two times the WWTP design flow or 49.5 cfs. This value is 9.5 cfs greater than the capacity of the incoming 48-inch trunkline. There is some safety factor in these conditions, however, since actual peak to average design flows over the last year have been on the order of 1.6 instead of 2.0. This places the WWTP hydraulic capacity at 40 cfs. Using this revised peaking factor, the incoming 48-inch trunkline will be adequate until a new VV%rI'P is built at the Plant 3 site. The existing flow in the 42-inch trunkline from the west is not known, but the calculated capacity at the slopes shown on the construction drawings is 22.5 cfs, which is over one-half of the revised ww-rP hydraulic capacity of 40 cfs. Using these figures, the pipeline is expected to be able to carry close to 56 percent of the VWVTP design flow. Also during the television inspection, which took place during maximum flow time, the pipe was flowing about one-third full. It, therefore, appears unlikely the 22.5 cfs will be exceeded before the WVVTP capacity is reached since there is a second 48-inch trunkline supplying the plant from the east. Other facilities to be considered in the design of the Buena Vista Road Trunkline extension are two railroad crossings, three culvert canals, one open canal crossing, and one 34-inch high pressure gas line. These facilities were located by existing maps and field reconnaissance. The surface profile along the proposed Buena Vista Road Trunkline extension route was supplied by MMc. 2.3 Television Pipe Inspection A section of the 42-inch trunkline from Gosford Road to the junction box north of WWTP No. 3 and the 48-inch trunkline from the junction box north of the WWTP to the WVVTP headworks, were televised to observe the condition of the pipes. A video recording and a brief written report of both pipes were prepared by Video Inspection Specialists, Incorporated of Fresno, California (Appendix B). According to their report and observed from the videos, the 42-inch trunkline shows some corrosion but not to the extent that reinforcing is showing. The 48-inch trunkline, however, appears to have a plastic lining which has separated from the pipe at most of the joints and is bubbled in several other places. Where the pipe is exposed, there is sufficient deterioration to where the reinforcing is visible. Sedous consideration should be given to lining both of the pipes. In the 48-inch trunkline the old flume appears to be causing a flow blockage and should be removed. Chapter 3 Allen Road Trunkline 3.0 General In this chapter, the route is selected, elevations determined, pipe size established, status of the Allen Road Lift Station determined, and the options for the Boca Del Rio and Brimhall Road Pump Stations developed for the Allen Road Trunkline. As the selection of options for the both existing pump stations affects the depth of the Allen Road Trunkline between Brimhall Road and the Cross Valley Canal, and possibly the need for and location of the Allen Road Lift Station, pump stations are addressed first. · 3.1 Boca Del Rio Pump Station The Boca Del Rio Pump Station could be abandoned by constructing an 18-inch gravity sewer from the manhole next to the station to Allen Road. The invert elevation of the pipe at Allen Road would be 330.5. The two possible routes for the new sewer are between the homes and the north side of the Cross Valley Canal, and between the south side of the Cross Valley Canal and the Kern River. The distance to Allen Road is 2,500 feet for the route north of the Cross Valley Canal and 3,000 feet for the route south of the canal. The depth would range from 25 to 35 feet deep. The width of the construction area would be approximately 30 to 35 feet north of the canal and up to 100 feet south of the canal. Going south of the canal would require a deep bore and jacking under the Cross Valley Canal and locating the Allen Road Pump Station south of the canal. A third option would be to use micro-tunneling techniques for the gravity line. A fourth option is to keep the pump station in service and pump to Allen Road through the existing force main orto install a shallow 18-inch gravity line from the pump station to Allen Road and lift the wastewater into the gravity line. If the existing force main is used to Allen Road, the reduced head could increase the Boca Del Rio Pump Station pumping capacity from 750 gpm to 1,000 gpm and increase the efficiency of the pump station according to information received from P-R. According to City of Bakersfield (City) records, the operation and maintenance costs at the Boca Del Rio Pump Station are approximately $6,000 to $8,000 per year. Over a 30-year period at three percent, this would equate to $118,000 to $158,000 at present worth. The cost of open cut or micro-tunneling is estimated to be between $800,000 and $1.2 million. The cost of open cut construction is high since there is very little room to work and the extreme depth which would require steel piles and steel plates to retain the side slopes in a sandy unstable material. Ground water next to the canal and Kero River will also be a problem. Therefore, it is recommended that the pump station be left in service and the existing force main to Allen Road be terminated where it can discharge into the Allen Road Trunkline. At a later date, if more 370 Figure 3.1 Allen Road Trunkline Allen Rood/Bueno Visto Sewer lrunkline Study (lily ol F~okorsli~,lH ~{ corocco capacity is required in the pump station, an 18-inch shallow gravity sewer could be installed along the Cross Valley Canal, reducing the head required, making more pumping capacity available. Brimhall Road Pump Station The Bdmhall Road Pump Station can be abandoned by allowing the wastewater from the station to flow by gravity in the existing 12-inch dry sewer line to Allen Road. The point of connection to the Allen Road Trunkline at the end of the dry sewer on Allen Road is elevation 338.5. 3.2 Allen Road Trunkline In calculating pipe sizes and slopes, a "N" value of 0.013 was used and the slopes were never placed flatter than dictated by a minimum velocity of 2 feet per second for pipes flowing full. A profile of the Allen Road alignment is shown on Figure 3.1. The invert of the upgradient end of the Allen Road Trunkline will have to be at elevation 338.0 to meet the invert elevations of the Bdmhall Pump Station dry sewer and the interceptor lines coming from the north down Allen Road and from the west down Brimhall Road, as proposed by the County. The Allen Road Trunkline will then flow 0y gravity to a point north of the Cross Valley Canal on Allen Road. When the elimination of the Boca Del Rio Pump Station was a consideration, an Allen Road Lift Station was inevitable due to the depth required for a gravity line from the Boca Del Rio Pump Station to Allen Road. However, with the Boca Del Rio Pump Station staying in service which removed the depth constraint, consideration was then given to eliminating the need for an Allen Road Lift Station by continuing the Allen Road Trunkline by gravity under the Cross Valley Canal and Kern River to Buena Vista Road. The following discusses these two options. If an Allen Road Lift Station were constructed north of the Cress Valley Canal, the Allen Road Trunkline would begin at Bdmhall Road at elevation 338.0, continue to the Allen Road Lift Station as a 36-inch pipe at 0.045 percent slope and reach the Allen Road Lift Station at elevation 334.8. This stretch of pipe would have an average cover of approximately 20 feet. The wastewater would then be lifted to a 42-inch gravity trunkline with an invert elevation of 341.0 and a slope of 0.037 percent to Buena Vista Road. This elevation would allow a trunkline depth of at least 10 feet under the Kern River and six feet under the Cress Valley Canal with an average cover of 12 feet. The 42-inch trunkline would clear the major high pressure gas lines by four feet and discharge into the Buena Vista Trunkline Extension at elevation 334.2. The flow from Sub-area 5 slightly exceeds the capacity of a 42 inch trunkline at minimum slope. It is felt, however, the peaking factor and the assumptions as to the development density in Sub-areas 4 and 5 are on the high side. Therefore, a 42 inch pipe all the way to Buena Vista Road should be sufficient. If a gravity line is constructed from Bdmhall Road to Buena Vista Road without an Allen Road Lift Station, a 36-inch trunkline would start at Bdmhall Road at elevation 338.0 and continue at 0.045 percent slope to Stockdale Highway where the invert elevation would be 335.6. The trunkline would continue as a 42-inch pipe at 0.037 percent slope and connect to the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension at invert elevation 328.2. This section of the pipe would have on an average of approximately 17 feet of cover. ~ m n m~ I n m · r ,~ L~ Chapter 4 Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension 4~0 ~ General This chapter covers the general location, size and slope of the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension, the ability of future developments to gravity sewer to the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension and the options of connecting to Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) No. 3 (i.e., with gravity flow or intedm pumping either at the plant or on Gosford Road). The odginal Buena Vista Road Trunkline concept was to gravity flow from the end of the existing Buena Vista Road Trunkline at White Lane, south on Buena Vista Road to McCutcheon Road. The trunkline would then turn east to a point along McCutcheon Road where a lift station would be required to lift the wastewater to a shallower gravity trunkline which would carry the wastewater flows to the WWTP No. 3 headworks by gravity. It has been suggested that the trunkline may be able to be constructed as a gravity line all the way to the WWTP headworks by using a different route depending on a more detailed analysis of route constructs. It has also been suggested that if the gravity concept was not workable, it may be prudent to set the trunkline at the desired depth all the way to the VWVTP, come into the WWTP area below the present headworks elevation and place an interim pumping facility to lift the wastewater to the existing headworks. This concept assumed that the future headworks, expected to be constructed for a new plant at the Plant 3 site within ten years, would need to be at a lower elevation regardless to accept gravity flows westerly and southerly of the WWTP. During the preliminary trunkline route analysis, as more accurate survey information became available, it became evident a gravity line all the way to the WWTP would in general be too shallow to allow gravity flow from surrounding development and would interfere with several significant utilities such as major gas lines and canals. This, therefore, dictated that deeper pipeline options be considered. Also, the odginal concept of a large permanent tifl station on the trunkline route still appears to be too costly in companson to gravity line concepts with intedm pumping at or near the plant. Early in the study, it was determined that if the trunkline were to be constructed to the existing headworks, the most viable alignment would be south of the existing 42-inch trunkline in the wastewater storage lagoon embankment. As this would require a very expensive deep cut, up to 32 feet, consideration was given to terminating the trunkline at Gosford Road and pump with interim facilities into the existing 42-inch trunkline entering the plant. The television inspection shows the existing 42-inch line to be in reasonable condition and the calculations show an existing excess capacity at approximately' 15 cubic feet per second (cfs). Even with adding the flow in the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension to the existing 42-inch line for the next ten years, the 42-inch trunkline still should not reach its capacity. Terminating the trunkline at Gosford Road would also altow flexibility for future options of continuing the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension from Gosford Road, either into the Wvv-rP, if the future r-Oi--OLLO' ~ Taft Hwy McAIlister Ranch Panama Ln Destefani Farms f ivlcCutchen Roal O~d Visb Trunk Pro Lift Rd ,d h ~tion 42' Trunkline ~ction 55 ity 0 Land' Over PM ;siNe Futur~ New WWTP Depth sq Miles )f Added Gra~ ty Flow McCub ~en Rc :uture ~tion Limit of the SW ity Flow to Con er of Sec 55 at 25' Figure 4.1 Effects of Deeper Headworks Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Study City of Bakersfield headworks were placed at or near the present site, otto turn south along Gosford Road to the southwest comer of Section 33, if the headworks or central pump station were located there. A pump station or future headworks in the southwest corner of Section 33 would reduce the depth of excavation by seven to nine feet over the present headworks site. A decision as to which headworks/pump station scenario would best serve the City of Bakersfield (City) does not have to be made until the decision is made on the new WWTP at the Plant 3 site. Also, by continuing to divert as much of the flow as possible in the existing Buena Vista Road Trunkline from north of the Kern River into the existing White Lane Trunkline, the size of the interim pump station at Gosford Road and McCutcheon Road can be reasonably small. Once it was evident the Buena Vista Road Trunkline must be lowered, the depth requirement was predicated on what was a reasonable depth that could be assumed for the future plant headworks or pump station and/or a depth which would be effective as a trunkline. Both conditions are discussed in the following two sections. 4,2 Future HeadWorks/Pump Station Depth It is anticipated that the bulk of flows to the future WWTP will come from the southwest, south and southeast where the undeveloped land is down gradient of the WWTP. This situation will require pumping of the wastewater and much of it more than once. The concept of wastewater arriving by gravity at the WWTP at a lower grade than the present headworks appears to be inevitable. This condition can be accommodated through three different approaches: 1) a deeper headworks at the present WWTP location, 2) a deeper headworks, but to a lesser degree, in the southwest comer of the section of land where the present plant is located, or 3) a single large pump station at the same southwest corner with a force main to the main headworks at the WWTP site. To determine the effects that the three previously mentioned scenarios would have, a 42-inch pipeline was profiled out in several directions radially from the existing wastewater treatment site. This exercise was performed by starting at elevation 3, 10 and 14 feet below the existing headworks elevation of 334.3 and sloping upward at the minimum slope (0.037 percent) of a 42-inch pipeline. At the point where the top of the pipe would come within four feet of the surface, it was assumed a pump station would be required to collect flows from beyond that point. This exercise, as shown on Figure 4.1, demonstrated the positive effects of a deeper headworks for the future plant or a central pump station to accept wastewater from future trunklines coming from the east, south and west of the plant. The figure shows that by lowering the future headworks at the existing plant site 14 feet below the existing headworks, the area which can be served by gravity flow to the plant or to the new central pump station is extended beyond the existing gravity flow area of the VVWTP by two miles to the west and 1.8 miles in the south, therefore, significantly reducing the number of pump stations in the future. This equates to approximately 18 square miles of additional developable land below McCutcheon Road from which flow can reach the new VVWTP by gravity. It should be noted, it is not uncommon for headworks to be located at some distance from the main plant and a force main to the plant to be used if a shallower headworks can be achieved. In the case of VVWTP No. 3, approximately seven to nine feet of depth is saved while retaining the same gravity BUENA VISTA RD - PANAMA LN - OLD RIVER RD - McCUTCHEON RD BUENA VISTA RD - McCUTCHEON RD L Figure 42 Buena Vista Road Trunkline Allen Rood/Bueno Visto Sewer Trunkline Study Ci(y of Bokersfield service area if the new headworks or pump station is located in the southwest corner of the WWTP properly, T30S, R27E, Section 33 which is owned by the City. This is due to shorter gravity trunklines from the outlining areas and a downward slope of the land sudace. The depth of a new structure in this location, therefore, need only be five to seven feet deeper than the present headworks to be equivalent to 14 feet below the existing headworks at the present WWTP site, When it becomes time to make the final decision on the pump station or headworks, the City may want to go deeper and further extend the gravity flow area. 4.3 Effective:Trunkline Depth :~ To determine the depth to be effective as a trunkline, a conceptional skeletal collection system was developed on the non-developed, upgradient acreage to be served by the trunkline. Two trunkline profiles, one which would reach the WWTP at least 10 feet and one which would reach the VWNTP at least 14 feet below the existing headworks invert Were examined. The 10 foot below headworks profile corresponds to the pump station concept on the Allen Road Trunkline. The 14 foot below headworks profile corresponds to the Allen Road gravity concept. The profile which would reach the WWTP at least 10 feet below the existing headworks would severely limit gravity flow from the upgradient undeveloped area. The 14 feet below profile would theoretically allow gravity flow from the upgradient service area. This depth, however, does not have any safety factor and assumes accuracy which may not be warranted with the preliminary topography information used. Profiles of the proposed Buena Vista Trunkline Extension showing the gravity concept to the existing headworks and the 10 foot and 14 foot below existing headworks concepts (10 and 14 foot concepts) are shown on Figure 4.2. In light of the deeper depths required for the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension, it was determined there was no need to further consider the Buena Vista Road, Panama Lane, Old River Road and McCutcheon Road route. Minimum slopes for this trunkline were based on a velocity of two feet per second with the pipe flowing full and a "N" value of 0.013. From a hydraulic standpoint, if the City's peaking factor formula was used, which calculates to approximately 2.1, a 54 inch pipe is required at the junction of Pacheco Road and Buena Vista Road where the Allen Road Trunkline joins the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. This should then change to a 60 inch line at McCutcheon Road. However, at WWTP No. 3, peaking factors of closer to 1.6 are being recorded. Using a 1.6 peaking factor, a 48 inch pipe at Pacheco Road is adequate but it should increase to a 54 inch line at McCutcheon Road. Due to possibility of an extension of the Alien Road Trunkline south in the future, and other possible future scenarios which would direct the flow from this section of the trunkline; it is the City's position at this time to place a 48 inch trunkline for the entire Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. This issue may want to be revisited in design. The Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension, therefore, would connect to the end of the existing Buena Vista Trunkline at elevation 345.37, located in Buena Vista Road at White Lane. This elevation can fluctuate up or down without changing the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension project. The pipe would continue as a 42-inch pipe to the junction of the Allen Road Trunkline at Pacheco Road. The slope from White Lane to Pacheco Road will be determined by the slope of the ground surface. The trunkline will then change to 48-inch pipe with a slope of 0.031 percent to McCutcheon Road starting at elevations 331.7 and 327.7 for the 10 and 14 foot concepts, respectively. From here it will continue eastedy on McCutcheon Road to Gosford Road at the same size and slope where the flow will discharge into an interim lift station at invert elevation of 325.0 and 321.0 for the 10 foot and 14 foot concepts, respectively. The intedm lift station will then lift the wastewater to the existing 42-inch Gosford Road Trunkline. The 10 foot and 14 foot concept profiles show the depth of cover at the comer of Buena Vista Road and McCutcheon Road to be six and 10 feet deep, respectively. The maximum cover for the 10 and 14 foot concepts, near the interim lift station, is 20 and 24 feet deep, respectively, and the interim lift station pumping head is 16 and 20 feet, respectively. 4~5 Interim Lift:Station The interim lift station concept includes the construction of a basic low cost lift station to discharge into the manhole at the southwest corner of Gosford Road and McCutcheon Road, which is part of the existing 42-inch Gosford Road Trunkline. It is visualized this lift station would consist of an oversized manhole, from six to eight feet in diameter with two submersible pumps and a place for a third pump if required. The incoming 48-inch trunkline can serve as wet well capacity. The City at times has excess submersible pumps which come from abandoned stations or where station capacities are increased. The City may have some pumps of the size required in this project. Even if new pumps were obtained, the City continuously requires pumps in the capacity range of these pumps. Therefore, they could be added to the City's inventory when the intedm pump station is abandoned. The expected flow to the rift station is not known but can be kept to a minimum if the Boca Del Rio and the Brimhall Road Pump Stations continue to pump to the Buena Vista Trunkline until a new WVVTP is constructed and the bulk of the flow in the Buena Vista Road Trunkline continues to be diverted into the White Lane Trunkline and on to the Gosford/Distdct Road Pump Station. The present Gosford/Distdct Road Pump Station has an estimated capacity of 12 to 15 cfs. It has four existing pumps and rarely uses more than one pump at a time. This indicates there is considerably more capacity available. If the assumption is made thet 50 percent of the full design flow to WWTP No. 3 will be coming from the east in the 48-inch trunkline and 50 percent from the west in the existing 42-inch Gosford Road Trunkline and the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension, the flow from these two western trunkfines would be 20 cfs. This is based on a 16 million gallons per day (mgd) WVVTP and a peaking factor of 1.6 as discussed in Section 2.2 of this report. If the bulk of the flow from the existing Buena Vista Trunkline can be diverted to the Gosford/District Road Pump Station and the pump station can accommodate 12 cfs plus some added flows from downstream of the pump station, it could be assumed the flow in the existing 42-inch Gosford Road Trunkline could reach at least 15 cfs. This leaves approximately 5 cfs (3.2 mgd) for the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension and the intedm lift station. However, by allowing the trunkline to act as a wet well, the peaks should be attenuated and the pump size could be reduced further. Chapter 5 Conclusions and Recommendations 5.0 General I The objective of this study is to develop a system to transport wastewater flows from the Allen Road and Buena Vista Road service areas to Wastewater Treatment Plant (VVWTP) No. 3 via an Allen Road Trunkline connecting to a Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. Options which considered both existing and proposed pump stations and gravity lines were evaluated. An effort was made to eliminate pump stations, where practical, while still constructing the trunklines to a depth where they were effective as a gravity collector trunkline. Consideration was also given to possible future development in the areas south and west of the VVWTP No. 3~ :~ ::: ::: :::::; 5~1 Conclusions:: The following conclusions were reached based on the study: The Bdmhall Pump Station can be eliminated by using the existing 12-inch dry gravity sewer line. Flows from the two Kern County (County) proposed collector pipelines from the west on Brimhall Road and from the north on Allen Road and the Bdmhall Road dry sewer can flow by gravity into the Allen Road Trunkline if the trunkline is set at elevation 338.0 the intersection of Allen Road and Balmhall Road. The flows in the Allen Road Trunkline south to the vicinity of Stockdale Highway and the Cross Valley Canal can flow by gravity in a 36-inch diameter pipe at a minimum slope of 0.045 percent. The elimination of the Boca Del Rio Pump Station would be too expensive due to the cost of a deep gravity line from the pump station to Allen Road. The existing rome main from the pump station crossing Allen Road can be terminated at Allen Road and the flow discharged to the Allen Road Trunkline or a shallow gravity line can be constructed from the pump station to Allen Road and the wastewater lifted into the gravity line at the pump station. One option in the Stockdale Highway and Cross Valley Canal area is a 15 cfs, 28 foot deep lift station on Allen Road north of the Cross Valley Canal which would lift the Allen Road Trunkline wastewater from the 36-inch gravity trunkline, nine feet into a 42-inch gravity trunkline. This trunkline could continue south on the Allen Road alignment to the railroad and turn east where it would connect to the Buena Vista Trunkline Extension. A second option is the continuation of the 36-inch gravity line from Bdmhall Road as described in Item 1, to Stockdale Highway and then continuing as a 42-inch gravity line to the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension via the same route as the first option. The 42-inch portion of the total gravity concept would be five feet lower than the pump station concept. The Allen Road Lift Station is estimated to cost $1 to $1.5 million plus operating and maintenance expenses and the lowering of the gravity line five feet extra is estimated to cost $300,000 to $400,000. 10. 11. Attempting gravity flow in the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension from the existing Buena Vista Road Trunkline at White Lane to the present headworks is not viable and a lower Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension with a permanent lift station on the line would be too costly. The 42-inch trunkline from Gosford Road to the WWTP has capacity to accept the flows from the Buena Vista Trunkline Extension until a new ww-rP is built at the WWTP No. 3 site. Considerable savings would be realized by terminating the Buena Vista Trunkline Extension at the comer of McCutcheon Road and Gosford Road and constructing an interim station to lift the flows from the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension to the existing 42-inch trunkline along McCutcheon Road. The capacity of this intedm lift station can be reduced if existing flows in the Buena Vista Road Trunkline are diverted at White Lane.to the Gosford Road Trunkline until a new headworks is constructed. To additionally reduce flows in the intedm lift station, the flows from the Boca Del Rio and Brimhall Pump Stations, which are tO be discharged into the Allen Road Trunkline, can continue being discharged to the Buena Vista Trunkline upstream of White Lane so they can be diverted into the trunkline at White Lane until a new headworks is constructed. A headwor~s or central lift station for the new plant will likely be required within 10 years and is anticipated to be constructed at a lower elevation than the existing headworks to accommodate gravity flows from the west and south of the WWTP. If the new headworks or lift station is constructed in the southwest corner of Section 33, a seven to nine foot savings in depth of excavation can be realized over being constructed at the present VVVVTP site. A gravity line having the capability of entedng the WWTP site at a lower elevation than the present headworks elevation and the flow being lifted to the 42-inch trunkline to the VVWTP appears to be the most viable option based on the assumption that the future headworks will be deeper than the existing headworks. Placing the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension to reach the WWTP 10 feet below the existing headworks would limit access by gravity from up gradient developments but placing it 14 feet below the existing headworks would allow access by most of the developments. The cost of the four foot difference is estimated to be between $250,000 and $350,000. The Allen Road Lift Station concept allows either the 10 foot concept orthe 14 foot concept be employed in the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. The Allen Road gravity concept dictates only the 14 foot concept be utilized for the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension. The Allen Road gravity concept, coupled with the 14 foot concept for th~ Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension, results in a savings of between $450,000 to $750,000 initially in construction costs over a shallower line and an Allen Road Lift Station, and places both trunklines at a depth where they more optimally serve as a gravity feed trunkline. 5-2 5.2 Recommendations Based on the above conclusions, it is recommended: The Bdmhall Road Pump Station should be eliminated, the Allen Road Trunkline should begin at the end of the dry sewer at Brimhall Road at elevation 338.0, and continue south on Allen Road to Stockdale Highway as a 36-inch pipe at 0.045 percent slope. The Boca Dei Rio and Brimhall Road Pump Stations should continue to discharge to the Buena Vista Trunkline until a new VWVTP is constructed at VVWTP No. 3 site. When the new VVWTP is constructed, the Boca Del Rio Pump Station can discharge to the Allen Road Trunkline at Stockdale Highway and the Brimhall Road Pump Station can be abandoned. The Allen Road Trunkline should continue as a 42-inch gravity line at 0.037 percent slope to Buena Vista Road. Flows to the extent possible, from the existing Buena Vista Road Trunkline north of White Lane should be diverted to the White Lane Trunkline until a new VVWTP is built. The Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension should begin at Buena Vista Road and White Lane as a 42-inch pipe and continue to the connection of the Allen Road Trunkline at Pacheco Road at a slope which matches the ground surface. The Buena Vista Trunkline Extension should continue to McCutcheon Road from the Allen Road Trunkline connection as a 48-inch pipe on a slope of 0.0031 percent at a beginning elevation of 327.6. This matches the Allen Road Trunkline elevation. The Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension can then turn east on McCutcheon Road to Gosford Road at the same size and slope. Construct an intedm lift station at the Gosford Road and McCutcheon Road intersection to lift the Buena Vista Road Trunkline Extension wastewater flows into the 42-inch trunkline to the WW']'P. Clean and line the 42-inch trunkline from Gosford Road to the VVVVTP junction box and the 48-inch trunkline from the junction box to the headworks. Remove the old flume in the 48-inch trunkline at the abandoned meter station. Appendix A ALLEN ROAD TRUNKLINE FLOW CALCULATIONS Allen Road Trunkline Peaking Factors ~-~j Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline S1udy Sub- Density Gallons : GC/LI/PSIP Res Avg Peak Peaking Peak Flow Drainage Land Area (Dwellings/ Persons/ Per Capita GC LI PS ' P Avg Flow Flow Peaking Flow Factor Areas I & 2 Area Use (Acres) Acre) Owellin~l FIow/Da~/ Average Flow Rate (gpdfacYe) (m~ldI (mgd) Factor [m~ld) (Areas I & 2 '~ ER 475.22 075 2.60 100 0.09 2.43 0.23 2.36 022' GC 10154 3,590 0.36 1.80 0.66 1.80 0 66 HMR 2986 10.00 200 100 0.06 2.43 0.15 2.36 014 HMR.LMR 43.61 9.00 2 60 100 0.10 2.43 0,25 2.36 024, LI 129.26 4,848 0.63 2.00 1,25 2,00 1.25 LMR 10.06 8.00 2.60 100 0.02 2,43 0.05 236 0.05 LMR.LR 18.56 6.00 260 100 0.03 2.43 0.07 236 0.07 OS-P 23~41 0.00 0.00 0,00 PS 34~35 4,848 0.17 2.00 0,33 2.00 033 RR 65,64 040 2.60 100 0.01 2.43 0.02 236 0.02 R-IA 117.09 0.00 000 0 00 R-MP 865 0.00 0.00 SR 1.593 35 3.00 2 60 100 1.24 2.43 3.02 2.36 293 Sub-Total 2,650.60 1.16 1.55 6.02 2 ER 177.09 0.75 2.60 100 0.03 2.71 0.09 2.36 008 GC 2252 3,590 0.08 1.60 0.15 I ~O 0 15 LR 365 56 380 2 60 100 0.36 2.71 0.98 2.36 085 P 153 73 3.590 0.55 1.80 0.99 1 80 09g SR 17300 3.00 2 60 100 0.13 2.71 0.37 236 0 32 Sub-Total 891 30 0.63 0.63 2.67 8.30 3 ER 12406 075 2 60 100 0.02 2.64 0.06 GC 3265 3,590 0.12 1.80 0.21 LMR 1665 8.00 280 100 0,03 2.64 009 LR 549.78 380 260 100 0.54 2.64 1 43 OS 1268 0.00 R-IA 143.47 0.00 SR 96.67 3.00 2.60 100 0.08 2.64 0.20 Sub-Total 975.96 0.12 0.68 2.00 4 OS 386.80 0,00 R-IA tLR) 795.38 3.80 2.60 100 0~79 2.43 1.91 Sub-Total 1,162.18 0.78 1.31 5 R-IA tLR) 1.677.17 3.80 2.60 100 1,66 2.43 4.03 Sub-Total 1.677.11 1,66 4.03 Tolat Acres 7,377.81 t6.53 · Areas 4 & 5 R-IA calculated as LR land use. Allen Road Trunkllne Peaking Factors City of Bakersfield Allen Road/Buena Vista Sewer Trunkline Stud}, Sub- Density Gallons GCILIIPSIP Res Avg Peaking Peak Flow Peaking Factor Peak Flow Peaking Factor Peak Flow Drainage Land Area (Dwellings/ Persons/ Per Capita Avg Flow Flow Factor Areas 1,2, & 3 Areas 1, 2, 3, &4- A[eas 1, 2, 3, & 4 Areal 1,2, 3, 4, & 6- Areas 1,2, 3, 4, & 5 Area Use IAcres} Acre} Dwelling FiowlDay {mgd) [m~]d) Areas 1,2. & ~1) 1 (m~d} Designated LR) (mgd) Designated LMR.LR} 1 ER 475.22 0.75 2.60 100 0.09 2.29! 0.21 2.241 0.21 2.1g 0.20 GC 101.54 0.36 1.80 0.66 1.80 0.66 1.80 066 H MR 29 86 10 00 2.00 100 0.06 2.29 0.14 2.24 0.13 2.19 0 13 HMR.LMR 4361 900 260 t00 0.10 2.29 0.23 2.24 0.23 2.19 0 22 LI 129 26 0 63 2.00 1.25 2.00 1.25 2.00 1.25 LMR 1006 8.00 2.60 100 0.02 2.29 0.05 2.24 0.05 2.19 ~.~ LMR.LR 18.56 600 260 100 0.03 2.29 0.07 2.24 0.06 2.19 06 OS-P 2341 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0C 000 0.00 PS 34 35 0 17 2.00 0.33 2.00 0.33 2.00 0 33 RR 65 64 0.40 2 60 100 001 2.29 0.02 2.24 0.02 2.19 0 01 R-IA 117.09 0.00 0~00 0.00 0.0~ 0 00 0 00 R*MP 865 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0~ 0.00 000 SR 1.59335 300 2 60 100 1.24 2.29 2 85 2 24 278! 2 19 2 72 Sub-Total 2,680.60 1.16 1.55 2 ER 177.09 0.75 2.60 100 003 2.29 0.08 2.24 0.08 219 008 GC 22.52 OO8 1.80 0.15 1.80 0.15 1.80 OAS LR 365.56 380 2 60 100 036 2.29 053 2.24 081 2 19 07g P 15373 0 55 1.80 0.gg 1.80 0.99 1 80 0 g9 SR 173 00 300 260 100 0.13 2.29 0.31 2.24 0.30 2.19 0 30 Sub-Total 891 .g0 0.63 0.53 3 ER 12406 075 260 100 0,02 2.29 0.00 2.24 0.05 2.19 0.05 GC 32.65 012 1.80 0.21 1.80 0.21 1.80 021 LMR 1665 800 2 60 100 003 2.29 0.08 2.24 0.08 2 19 LR 549.78 3 80 2 60 100 0.54 2.29 1.25 2.24 1.22 2.19 .19 OS 12 68 0.00 0.0~ 0.00 0.00 000 000 R-IA 143.47 0.00 0.0~ 0.00 0.00 000 000 S R 96.67 3.00 2.60 t 00 0.08 2.29 0.17 2.24 0.I 7 2 19 0 17 S ub-Total 975.96 0.12 0.68 9.931 4 O$ 38680 R-IA (LRI 795 35 380 2 60 100 0.79 2.24 176 2.19 I 72 Sub-Total 1,182.18 0.79 11.83 5 R-IA 1.67717 380 260 100 166 2.19 363 i Total Acres 7,377.gl · Areas 4 & 5 R-IA calcutated as LR land use Appendix B TELEVISION INSPECTION TELEVISION INSPECTION OF MCCUTCHEON ROAD TRUNK SEWER FOR: THE CI%Y OF BAKERSFIELD - CAROLLO ENGINEERS BY: VIDEO INSPECTION SPECIALISTS, INC. :VISION INSI'ECTION LOCATION 5111 VIDEO INSFF. CTION SPECIALISTS, INC. 4705 WEST SANTA ANA, FP. ESNO, CAJ.IFOP, NIA 93722 (209) 276-0186 DATE: PROJECT: CLIE2Cr: 1116196 TELEVISION INSPECTION OF MCCUTCHEON RO~D TRUNK SEWER CITY OF BAKERSFIELD - CAROLLO ENGINEERS LOCATION OF LINE: TYFE OF LINE: PIPE SIZE: DIRECTION OF FLOW: DIRECTION OF MEASURe: VIDEO REF: VIIS X BETA RUNS ALONG MCCUTCHEON ROAD EAST OF GOSFORD ROAD RCP INSPECTOR: GREG 42 INCflIiS PIPE LENG~f[t: 1896 SHEET !: I FROM MANttOLE ~:STA 53+13.83 FROM M.A~OLE I:STA 53+13.83 TAPE ~: 1 FROM I~: 00:00 TO MANIIOLE t: STA 34+20.98 TO MANItOLE l: STA 34+20.98 TO FRAI~E: 29:05 MH STA 34+20.98 MH STA 51+67x~5 DIRT ROAD MCCUTCHEON ROAD MH STA 53+13.83 -- GOSFORD NOTES: FOOTAGE 5 99 147 1896 PIPE SHOWS SIGNS OF HEAVY CORROSION EXCEPT FOR FIRST 100 FEET - BUT NO REBAR WAS SEEN ERAliE OBSERVATION 00:00 STARTING AT MANHOLE STATION 53+13.83 04:00 START OP CORROSION OF PIPE 06:00 MANHOLE STATION 51+67.05 29:05 END MANHOLE STATION 34+20.98 CON'F] N|IEI) ON SIIEET I: 2 fg '~,'"',~x.~, ~...EVISION INSPECTION LOCATION SIIE VIDEO INSPECTION SPECIALISTS, INC. 4705 WEST SANTA ANA, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93722 (209) 276-0186 DATE: PROJECT: CLIENT: LOCATION OF LINE: · ~Cg OF LINE: RCP PIPE SIZE: 42 DIRECTION OF FLOW: DIRECTION OF MEASUREMENT: VIDEO REF: VIIS X BETA I1/6/96 TELEVISION INSPECTION OF MCCUTCHEON ROAD TRUNK SEWER CITY OF BAKERSFIELD - CAROLLO ENGINEERS RUNS ALONG MCCUTCHEON ROAD TO TREATMENT PLANT INSPECTOR: INu~iliS PIPE LENGTH: FROM MANHOLE t: STA 34+20.98 FROM MAi~OLE t: STA 34+20.98 TAPE ~: 2 FROM FRAME: 00:00 SHEET i: 2 GREG 1724 ~gT -TO MAi~OLE ~: STA 17+02.94 TO MANHOLE ~: STA 17+02.94 TO FRAME: 28:30 TREATMENT PLANT MH STA 17+02.94 MCCUTCHEON RD MH STA 34+20.98 NOTES: FOOTAGE 8 1724 PIPE SHOWS SIGNS OF HEAVY CORROSION BUT NO REBAR WAS SEEN FRAME 00:00 28:30 OBSERVATION STARTING AT MANHOLE STATION 34+20.98 MANHOLE STATION 17+02.94 CON'F] NUEI) ON ~;11EET I: 3 ~ ~ 7,.oEVISION INSPEC'rlON LOCATION SIIE. VIDEO INSPECTION SPECIALISTS, INC. 4705 WEST SANTA ANA, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93722 (209) 276-0186 DATE: PROJECT: CLIENT: LOCATION OF LINE: 'I'Y~E OF L~NE: RCP PIPE SIZE: 42 DIRECTION OF FLOW: DIRECTION OF MEASURE~: VIDEO REF: VHS X BETA ll/7/96 TELEVISION INSPECTION OF MCCUTCHEON ROAD TRUNK SEWER CITY OF BAKERSFIELD - CAROLLO ENGINEERS RUNS ALONG MCCUTCHEON ROAD TO TREATMENT PLANT INSPECTOR: INCRES .PIPE LENGTH: FROM MA~0LE ~: STA 17+02.94 FROM MANHOLE l: STA 17+02.94 TAPE ]: 2 FROM FRAP[E: 28:30 SllEET I: 3 GREG 655 FEET ~TO MANHOLE l: STA 10+49.18 TO MANItOLE ~: STA 10+49.18 TO FRAME: 34:70 ASHE-- TREATMENT PLANT i, fH STA 10+49.18 MH STA 17+02.94 MCCUTCHEON RD NOTES: PIPE SHOWS SIGNS OF HEAVY CORROSION BUT NO REBAR SEEN FOOTAGE 8 655 FRAME 28:30 34:70 OBSERVATION STARTING AT MANHOLE STATION 17+02.94 MANHOLE STATION 10+49.18 CONTINUEI) ON SIIEET I: TE~.L.~ISION INSPECTION LOCATION SIIEE~ VIDEO INSPECTION SI~ECLALISTS, INC. 4705 WEST SANTA ANA, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA 93722 (209) 276-0186 DATE: 11/7/96 PROJECT: CLIENT: LOCATION OF LINE: TYPE OF LINE: RCP PIPE SIZE: 48 DIRECTION OF ~LOW: DIRECTION OF MEASUREMENT: VIDEO REF: VHS X BETA SLIEET t: 4 TELEVISION INSPECTION OF MCCUTCHEON ROAD TRUNK SEWER CITY OF BAKERSFIELD - CAROLLO ENGINEERS MCCUTCHEON ROAD TO JUNCTION BOX 1 INSPECTOR: GREG I~CIIES PIPE LENGTH: 375 FEET FROM MANHOLE ~: STA 10+49.18 'TO MANIIOLE I~XISTING JUNCTION BOX 1 FROM MANROLE ~: EXISTING JUNCTION TO MAN~IOLE ~: STA 10+49.18 BOX l TAPE ~: 2 FROM ~]tAM~: 34:70 TO FRAMe: 41:80 EXISTING JUNCTION BOX 1 --MCCUTCHEON RD [] ~ °~ TREATMENT METERING MH STA 10+49.18 PLANT BOX ASHE NOTES: PIPE APPEARS TO BE LINED - LINING IS HANGING DOWN AT JOINTS FOOTAGE 8 37 76 i25 FRAME 34:70 36:00 37:80 38:70 OBSERVATION STARTING AT MANHOLE STATION 10+49.18 HEAVY DEBRIS HOOKED TO TNE BOTTOM OF THE PIPE REBAR OUTLINE IS SHOWING METERING BOX CONTINDED ON SIIEET l: FOOT~AGE 128 158 220 375 FRAME 39:20 39:70 40:40 41:80 fEL~SION INSPECTION LOG SIIEET VIDEO INSPECTION SPECIALISTS, INC. OBSERVATION GRADE CHANGE - POSSIBLE WIER IN METERING BOX REBAR SHOWING REBAR SHOWING BEHIND LINER JUNCTION BOX 1 SIIEET f: CONTINUED ON SIIEET !: END 'e Relocation of PG&E's electric transmission and substation thcilities, and gas transmission facilities could also require ~brmal approval from the C.P.U.C. If required, this approval process could take up to two years to complete. Proponents with development plans which could affect such electric transmission facilities should be re~rred to PG&E for additional information and assistance in the development of their project schedules. PG&E remains committed to working with the City of Bakersfield to provide timely, reliable and cost effective gas and electric service fur the proposed Allen Road / Buena Vista Sewer Trtmkline Study. Please Contact Gerard J. Rodriguez, (805) 398-5933 if you have any questions regarding our comments. We would also appreciated being copied on t~ture correspondence regarding this sul~ject as this project develops. Sincerely, Land Agent sewtmnk.ltr STATE OF CALIFORNIA- THE RESOURCES AGENCY OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION p o. BOX 942896 SACRAMENTO 94296-0001 (916) 653~o624 FAX: (916) 653-9824 January 8,1998 ENGINEERING DEPT. PETE W1LSON, Governor Ms. Conchita Nieto-Moreno City of Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Dear Ms. Nieto-Moreno: RE: Negative Declaration for the Allen Road-Buena Vista Road Sewer Trunk Lines Thank you for requesting my comments on the above cited negative declaration. My staff has reviewed the documentation and the I would like to offer the following comments. In your documentation, it indicates that "This Initial Study will be transmitted to the Archaeological Information Center housed at California State University Bakersfield for their review, comments and recommendations. All measures indicated by the AIC will be completed prior to any ground disturbance." While this process will eventually provide the information and means for considering effects on historical resources, it does not provide the public and other interested parties the ability to offer comments. I recommend that the record search and other steps which may be necessary to identify and evaluate the significance of and effects to historical resources be concluded and incorporated into the environmental documents. The public should be given the opportunity to review and provide comments on efforts made to identify and consider effects on historical resources. If you have any questions, please contact Dwight Dutschke or Carol Roland of my staff at 916-653-9134. Stat~ Historic Preservation Officer North Bakersfield Recreation & Park District 405 Galb~'v Avenue, Balier,~, c.~f6~h.~'~'.93308 ($05) 392-2000 December 29, 1997 Mr. Marc Gauthier, Principal Planner Bakersfield Development Services Department 1715 Chester Avenue Bakersfield, Califorma 93301 SUBJECT: Allen Road Trunk Sewer and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer, Phase II Dear Mr. Gauthier: North Bakersfield Recreation and Park District Agrees that a Negative Declaration addresses park and recreation concerns. There should be no impact to park and recreation services with construction of the sewer line projects. Sincerely, Colon G. Bywater Planning and Construction Director CGB:bc JANUARY 26, 1998 MARC GAUTHIER CITY OF BAKERSI~IELD 1715 CHESTER AVENUE BAKERSFIELD, CA 93301 DEAR MR. GAUTHIER, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LE'I-I'F_,R OF DECEMBER 23RD CONCERNING THE ALLEN ROAD SEWER TRUNK LINE AND THE BUENA VISTA ROAD SEWER TRUNK LINE, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TI-JE FOLLOWING THOUGHTS. 1. TO BEGIN WITH A NEW SEWER PLANT SHOULD BE BUILT IN THE ROSEDALE AREA TO HANDLE THE WASTE FROM THAT AREA. WE, IN THE OLD RIVER AREA SHOULD NOT BE EXPEuI'ED TO PUT UP WITH THE ODOR OVERLOADING THE PRESENT FACILITY ON ASHE ROAD WILL CREATE. THIS SAME THING HAPPENED BEFORE THE EXTENSION LINE WAS PUT IN TO I-5 AREA. 2. IT WILL BE OUR AREA THAT WILL BE INCONVENIENCED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT. 3. A NEW SEWER LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY WILL CERTAINLY NOT ADD TO THE VALUE. WE ALREADY HAVE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 4. IF THE LINE IS CONSTRUCTED, THE TOP THREE (3) FEET OF DIRT SHOULD BE RE- PLACED ON THE TOP OF THE COMPLETED PROJECT TO INSURE FUTURE CROPS. 5. EXISTING PIPELINES WILL BE BROKEN BY THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CITIES EXPENSE. BUT THE ODOR THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GigrE OFF IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE. WE ALREADY HAVE THE PUMPING STATION AT GOSFORD AND DISTRICT THAT EMITS AN ODOR TO TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY MOST OF THE TIME, AND THAT SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. PLEASE KEEP ROSEDALE AREA SEWAGE IN THE ROSEDALE AREA!! 8524 OLD RIVER ROAD BAKERSFIELD, CA 93311 831-2476 o:oBRC- Bio R souncEs Consulting Biological Sciences - Inventory, Permitting, and Planning December 16. 1997 Mr. Marc Gauthier Principal Planner Ci.ty of Bakersfield 1715 Chester Avenue Bakersfield. CA 93301 Dear Mr. Ganthief: The purpose of this letter is to document a sensitive species suri3.ce survey that was conducted between November 12 and 20. 1997 for a portion of the proposed Alien Road sewer trunk line extension Kern CounP,_'. Califorma I Figure 1 ) A meeting was held in the field and attended by Cit'y of Bakersfield staff and a representative of the Kern River Parkw~'ay Comimttee to outline the extent of the project and discuss anv concerns regarding the proposed projecffs potential impacts. Areas containing potential habitat within the primary floodplain of the Kern River along the staked centerline of the proposed sewer line route plus a 200 foot corridor on either side of the centerline were surveyed for evidence of listed wildlife species and other sensitive biological resources. Survey results were used to evaluate potential impacts to sensitive biological resources which may be present in the project area. Potentially occumng federal and state-listed wildlife species. were the focus of the survey. Other sensitive species (i.e. California Department of Fish and Game species of special concern) were noted if encountered. The survey was not conducted at an appropriate time for the identification of special status annual plant species. Background The surve5 area consists of an approximately 1300-foot long corridor located south of the existing end of Allen Road and the Cross Valle_v Canal. The route is oriented in a north-south direction along the boundap,.' between Sectinns I and 2. Township 30 South. Range 26 East. M.D.B.&M. In the field. the centerline stakes identify stations rangnag from station 128+00 at the south end of the survey area to station 146+00 at the Cross Valley Canal. An unpaved road nearly parallels the centerline in the surve.v area between station 128+{10 and 134+00. At station 134+00 this road turns to the west. The portinn of the trunk line extension included in the survey includes the bed of the Kern River and approximately 800 feet outside the channel on the south side and 250 feet on the north side to the Cross Valley Canal. The width of the river bed was approximately 250 feet. The project will consist of construction of an underground sewer trunk pipeline to be connected to the existing Ci,ty of Bakersfield wastewater system. Project construction would result in disturbance extending approyamately 100 feet on either side of the centerline. The survey area is within the primmy. floodplain of the Kern River. a "water of the United States" pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act. Some of the habitat has been previously disturbed. most likely by channel maintenance activi .ty. In addition. much of the area on the south side of the river has evidence of being inundated by either xvater for groundwater recharge or overflow of the river. Although ripman habitat is not well-developed in any of the survey area. riparian vegetation~ including Goodding's black willow (Salix ,gooddmgzt ). Fremont cottonwoods (Populus fkernonm ), and mulefat I Baccharts salic~folia) were present. Federal and/or state-listed wildlife species which may occur in the project viciniW include San Joaquin kit fo~ ( ~'ulpes macrons mutTca). Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomvs mtratotdes ssp. mtratoides), blunt-nosed 1801 Oak Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301 Phone (805) 334-2711/Fax (805) 326-1628 nd GfiEEN PMAN NA VISTA { Belr MIn Rd, I)¢cember 16, 1997 Mr. Marc Oauauer City of Bakersfield Page 2 leopard lizard (Garnbel~a sda). and San Joaquin antelope squm-et IAmmospermophdus nelsont). Also, historically the Kern River provided habitat for the federal candidate southwestern pond turtle (Clemmys marinorata pallida) and state threatened Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsont). Methods The staked centerline pins 250 feet on either side of the centerline were walked using belt transects. The purpose of belt transects was to achieve 100% coverage of the site and an adequate buffer. During the surv~, observations of plant species and wildlife or their sign were noted Additionally. locations of burrows or dens potentially nsed by sensitive wildlife species were documented. Becanse the project crosses the Kern River where there is remnant riparian habitat, native riparian trees (greater than 8 inch diameter-at-breast-height) were documented when observed within the survey area. In compiling this report. several people with expertise in various areas xvere contacted regarding the Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan, species occurrences, and mitigation measures. Person contacted and references are shown in Attachment I Results Upland habitat m the surve.v area consisted mainly of non-native grasses interspersed with riparian shrubs and trees. Many of the lower areas of the site contained plants tolerant of wet conditions during all of part of their growing season. Due to the season of the survey, many plants were not identifiable. Plants which could be identified and wildlife observed during project surve_vs are shown in Tables I and 2, respectively. Construction of this portion of the Allen Road sewer trunk line would result in temporal_ disturbance to appro,xunately 6 acres of listed species habitat. Two potential San Joaquin kit fox dens were observed on the south side of the Kern River. One den had two entrances and was located approximately 150' east of the centerline at station 136+00 (Table 3). The second potential den was observed in a pipe on the centerline at station 131+00. Small mammal burrows potentially occupied by Tipton kangaroo rats ~ere observed along the south bank of the Cross Vall~ Canal. Additional possible Tipton kangaroo rat burrows were observed west of station 134+00 along the north shoulder of an unpaved road. Although the surveys were not conducted at an appropriate time for detection of blunt-nosed leopard lizard. densi~' of vegetation within the surv%, area was considered inappropriate for this species. Several Fremont cottonwoods. Goodmg's black willows, and mesquites were observed within the survey area. The locations and approxtmate diameter-at-breast-height for each is shown in Table 3 No other special status wildlife species were observed within the survey area. Although Swainson's hawks are knoam to nest on the Kern River approximately one mile downstream of the project site (Sam Fitton~ Bureau of Land Management~ pers, cornre& likely nest trees were not observed along the proposed route. Southwestern pond turtles have not been observed along this portion of the Kern River for several years. The nearest recent observation of a pond turtle was recorded in a pond on the Coles Levee Preserve approxtmately l0 miles southwest of the project site (Steve Geddes~ ARCO Western Energy; pets. comm. ), The habitat . a ong this portaon of the river does not include any ponded areas or suitable basking s tes for this species.,$[ i~s considered unlikely that pond turtles would occupy the site vicim .ty currently. 'r Table 1 Plants Observed During Surveys Conducted November 12-20, 1997 Allen Road Sewer Trunk Line Project Mr. Marc Gaulh~er City of Bake~lield Page 3 Scientific Name Common Name Ambrosta acanthtcarpa Amsinlaa menztesii ssp. intermedia Artemtsta douglasiana Atrlplex lennformts Baccharts salictfoha Bromus madntensts ssp. rubens C'onyza canadensts Cyperus sp. Datura metelotdes Erodtum ctcutarium Helianthus annuus Heliotroptum curassavtcum Heterotheca grandlfiora HirschJkldia incana Juncus sp. £actuca serrtolla Lepidium sp. Lessmgta /emmonii LoItum perenne Marrubmm vu(gare Nicottana glauca Polypogon monspehensts Populus fremonm Prosopts glandulosa var. torreyana Rumex crtspus Salix gooddtngtt Salsola pesttfera Stephanomeria sp Typha laEfolia Urttca dtotca ssp. hoJosertcea ~'ulpta ~ros Xanthmm strumarturo Annual bursage Fiddleneck Mugwort Quail bush Mule fat Red brome Mare's tail Umbrella sedge Jimson weed Red-stemmed filaree Common stmflower HeLiotrope Telegraph weed Tumble mustard Rush Prickly lettuce Peppergrass Lessmgia Ryegrass Horehound Tree tobacco Rabbitsfoot grass Fremont cottonwood Mesquite Curly dock Goodding's black willow Russian thistle Skeleton weed Cattail Stinging nettle Rat-tail rescue Cockleburr Table 2 Wildlife Observed During Surveys Conducted November 12-20. 1997 Allen Road Sewer Trunk Line Project City of Bakersfield Page 4 Scientific Name Common Name Pentiles: Cnemtdophorus ttgrts Uta stansburtana Birds: Acctplter stmatus Aphelocoma coerulescens Buteo jamatcensts Callipepla californtca Calypte anna Carpodacus memcanus Charadrtus voctferus Circus qvaneus Dendrolca coronata Elanus caeruleus Euphagus cyanocephalus Falco sparvertus Lanlus /udovlclanlts Mtmus po/yg/ottos Piptlo fuscus Regulus calendula Sayornts ragricans Zenatda macroura Zonotrtchta leucophrys Mammals: Canis/atrans Spermophtlus beecheyi Sylvtlagus audubonti Vu/pes mactorts mutica Western whiptail Side-blotched lizard Sharp-shinned hawk Scrub jay Red-tailed hawk California quail Anna's hummingbird House finch Killdeer Northern hamer Yellow-rumped warbler Black-shouldered kite Brewer's blackbird American kestrel Loggerhead shrike Northern mockingbird Brown towbee Ruby-crowned kinglet Black phoebe Mourmng dove White-crowned sparrow Coyote (scat) California ground squirrel Desert cottontail San Joaquin kit fox (scat) Mr. Marc Gauthter City of Bakersfield Page 5 Table 3 Sensitive Biological Resource Observations Allen Road Sewer Trunk Line Project Station No. 131+00 136+00 Observation Potential SJKF den Goodding's black willow Comments pipe den located on centerline 2 trees: #1 - 150' west of centerline (12" dbh), #2 - 165' west of centerline and 60' north of station (10" dbh~) 135+00 137+00 141+00 I43+00 146+00 Potential TKR burrows Potenttal SJKF den Goodding's black willowz Fremont cottonwood Goodding's black willow Potential TKR burrows several small mammal burrows in north bank of dirt road 50' south of station and begming 75' west of centerline. 2 entrances located 150' east of centerline. 5 willows: # 1 - 70' east of centerline I 10" dbh), #2 - 75' east of centerline (8" dbh), #3, #4, #5 - 150' east of centerline ( 16" dbh. 15" dbh. and 12" dbh). I cottonwood: 170' east of centerline ( 16" dbh). multi-tmnkcd true located 100' east of centerline small mammal burrows in bank of Cross Valley. Canal. All distances are approximate Abbreviations: dbh - diameter at breast height (approxtmate measurements in inches) SJKF - San Joaquin kit fox TKR - Tipton kangaroo rat Mr. Marc Gauthier CiW of Bakersfield Page 6 Impacts Potential impacts to San Joaquin kit fox in the project area during construction activities include possible mortall .ty, injury, or harassment from construction vehicles and equipment. crushing of potential dens inadvertently collapsed by construction activities. and temporary. loss of foraging habitat. If Tipton kangaroo rats occupy the small mammal burrows observed within the construction area. trapacts would be similar to those mentioned for San Joaquin kit fox. although, if the burrows are occupied the likelihood of injtuy and/or mortall .ty to this species is higher. Although several ripman trees were observed within the survey area. all but three willows (one multi- tnmked) were 100' or greater from the centerline of the proposed sewer line route. and therelbre avoidable. If the willows located near stations 141+00 and 146+00 cannot be avoided. project activities would result in the loss of these mature willow. Direct impacts to other sensitive species are considered unlikely. Implementation of the recommendations in the following section and participation in the MBHCP through compensation for temporary disturbance of 6 acres of threatened and/or endangered species habitat would reduce these impacts to a less than sigmficant level. Recommendations The project area is within the range of several federal and state-listed plant and wildlife taxa. Among other activities. harming, injuring, or killing of listed wildlife species is considered "take" under the Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA) and is also prohibited under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). These acts are prohibited under Section 9 of FESA if they occur in the absence of FESA "incidental take" permission pursuant to Sections 10(a) or 7 The project site is located wittun the City of Bakersfield. one of the implementing agencies of the MBHCP. The MBHCP includes permits from both U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under Section 10(a)(l)(B) of FESA and California Department of Fish and Game under Section 2081 of the California Fish and Game Code for "incidental take" resulting from Implementation of the MBHCP. The portion of the Allen Road sewer trunk line project included in the survey area is within the primary floodplain of the Kern River. an area specifically excluded from the MBHCP Plan Area. Therefore, perrinssion to compensate under the MBHCP must be specifically requested by the project applicant. A request by Mr. Jim Movius (City of Bakersfield) was submitted to the Implementation Trust Group for the MBHCP on October 29. 1997. The Implementation Trust Group approved the portion of the Allen Road sewer trunk line project located within the primary floodplain for participation in the MBHCP by allowing the City of Bakersfield to compensate for disturbed habitat based on that request (Jhn Movius. City of Bakersfield: pets. comm.). In the southern San Joaquin Valley, compensation for temporary disturbance to listed species habitat is _typically provided at a ratio of 1.1 to 1. Therefore. compensation for temporaw. disturbance to 6.0 acres resulting from construction of the proposed project would require at least 6.6 acres of compensation habitat. No known San Joaquin kit fox dens were observed during the survey: therefore, under the MBHCP, mitigation measures are reqmred. However. because the project is not actually within the Plan Area. biological surveys were conducted and the following additional measures are necessary. City of Bakersfield Page 7 1. A preactivity survey shall be conducted no more than 60 days prior to the initiation of construction to maplement the following: A. Any potential or known kit fox dens identified m this report or subsequently identified which cannot be avoided by construction activities shall be monitored for kit Ibx activity. and excavated using procedures acceptable to CDFG and USFWS. B. Small mammal burrows observed dunng the survey or subsequently observed shall be inspected for potential Tipton kangaroo rat activity. If sign of kangaroo rats is observed (scat, tracks. tail drags), burrows should be avoided if possible or CDFG should be notified and given an opportumty to salvage individuals prior to project construction. 2. Cottonwoods and willows within 50 feet of the edge of the construction comdor shall be marked with clearly visible flagging or lath and flagging 3. If any disturbance is necessary. within the driplines of the willows or cottonwoods within the construction comdor. each tree shall be replaced at a ratio of 3 to 1 on site after construction is completed. if possible. Alternatively. trees could be replaced at another location suitable to CDFG along the Kern River. 4. Prior to imtiation of project construction activities. habitat to be disturbed w~thin the primary floodplain shall be compensated for at a ratio of at least 1.1 to I under the f~e structure which is in effect at the tune for the MBHCP. Under the current fee schedule ($1,240 per acre), compensation would total $8,184 (6.6 x $1,240 for 6.0 acres of disturbance}. Please call if you have any questions regarding this letter or the recommended measures. Sincerely. Randi L. McCorrmck Conchita Nieto Ci.ty of Bakersfield, Public Works ATTACHMENT 1 PERSONS CONTACTED AND REFERENCES CONSULTED DURING PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT ARCO Western Energy: Steve Geddes. Enviromental Specialist: Bakersfield, Califorma Califorma Department of Fish and Game: Rhonda Reed. Natural Heritage Supervisor: Region 4. Fresno, Califorma. Dr. Jeffrey. Single, Environmental Specialist [II: Region 4. Fresno, California. Ci[y of Bakersfield: Jim Movius~ Principal Planner: Bakersfield, Californm U,S, Fish and Wildlife Service: Heather Bell. Fish and Wildlife Biologist: Sacramento Field Office. Sacramento, Califorma. References: Jones and Stokes Associates. Inc. September 1987. Biological Resources Inventory, of the Kern River Park~vay. Unpubl. report prepared for the City of Bakersfield Planning Department. 43 pp. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California. University, of Califorma Press. Berkeley., California. 1400 pp. Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan Steering Committee. April 1994. Metropolitan Bakersfield Habitat Conservation Plan. 96 pp. Moe. L. M and E. C. Twisselmalm 1995. A Key to Vascular Plant Species of Kern County Califorma and A Flora of Kern County, Califorma. Califorma Native Plant Socie .ty. Sacramento, Califorma. 618 pp. Robbins, C. S.. B. Bmun~ and H. S. Zim. 1983. A Guide to Field Identification Birds of North America. Golden Press. New York, New York. 360 pp. 04/30/98 14:$4 ~80S 328 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC l~S ~005 A CUL~AL ~ESOURC~$ A~$EBS~E~T F~R T~E ALL~N ~OAD AND B~ENA VISTA ~ SEWER LINE, P%~L~C ~ BEPAR~NT, CITY OF Prepared by: Dorothy Fleagle Three Girls and a Shovel Catherine Lewis Pruett Peggy~urphy Dorothy Fleagle 2820 ~/ta Vista Bakersfield, CA 93305 Telephone: 861-8711 Fax: 323-1814 98-05 / Prepared under service agreement #PW98~34 for: Conchita Nieto Public Works Department City of Bakersfield 1501 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93301 Key Words: Stevens 7.5" Quad, T. 30 S., R. 26 E., GoBford 7.5" Quad, T. 30 $., R. 27 E., linear survey, City of Bakersfield P~blic Works Department, Service Ag=eement No. PW98-34, linear pedestrian survey, no sites, no isolates April 1998 / 04/30/98 14:84 ~805 328 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC RK9 ~004 TAB~ OF CONTENTg Executive $,~"--ary ................................. Introduction ...................................... Project Location ................................... Records Search ..................................... Environmental Setting ' / Prehistoric F~nvironmental Background ............... Ethnography; Southern Valley Yokut$ ................ Field Procedure ............................................... 9 Results and Recommendations ................................... 9 Bibliography ................................................. 10 Figure 1 ................ 3 ADpendix I ................................................... 12 Appendix II .................................................. 19 04/30/98 14:55 9805 328 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC WKS ~005 EXECUTIVE S%~ARY At the request of Conchira Nieto of the Public Works Department, City of Bakersfield, a Fhase I cultural resources assessment was conducted by Three Girls and a Shovel for the Allen Road and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer Line under contract number PW98-34. The project area included approximately five (5) miles along existing roadways. The asse$~ent Consisted of a records search and a pedestrian s%urvey. T~e project area is located in southwest Bakersfield, Kern County, California. Neither prehistoric nor historical cultural resources were located along the project route as a result of this assessment. No further a=oh~eolo~i~ w~rk is =e~(~n~ for this ~roject. i± 'f~ ~c~ 98.0~ ZN'fRODU~TZC~ At the request of Conchita Nieto, Public Works Department of the City of Bakersfield, Three Girls and a Shovel, 2820 ~tlta Vista, Bakersfield, California conduG~ed a Phase I cultural resources assessment for the Allen Road and Buena Vista Trunk Sewer Line. The project is located at the western edge of the City of Bakersfield, in western Kern County. The purpose of this assessment was to satisfy the California Envirornnental Quality Act (CEQA) and regulations related to the National Environmental Policy A~t (NEPA) concerning the identification and protection of significant cultural resources. PROJECT ~TZON The project area is located i~ western Kern County at the western edge of Bakersfield. The project area was defined as 10 au%les including those portions of Sections 36, 1, 13, and 12 on the Stevens USGS topographic quadrangle rumn!ng north-south between Brimhall and White Lane on Allen Road, those portions of Sections 24 and 25 that ru/% north-south along Buena Vista Road between Ming Avenue and McCutchen Road, plus east-west on a dirt road through agricultural fields that would be a westward extension of White Lane between Allen Road and Buena Vista Road, and those portions of Sections 29 and 30 of the Gosford USGS topographic quadrangle that follow McCutchen Road (east- west)from Buena Vista Road to Gosford Road. Approximately half of the project area had been previously surveyed. Those areas previously surveyed for cultural resources are described as: Sections 36, 1, and 12 north-south on Allen Road from BrimSall Road to White Lane ([K~-858]Parr, et.al. 1994) and east-west on White Lane fromAllen Road to Buena Vista Road ([KE-846]Parr 1994). Therefore, the project area s~veyed for cultural resources was reduced to approximately five %'5) miles defined as being located in portions of Sections 29 and 30 of T. 30 S., R. 27 E. as shown on the Gosford 7.5' series USGS topographic quadrangle, MDBM, 1954, photorevised 1968 and 1973, and Sections 12, 13, 24, and 25 of T. 30 S., R. 26 E. as shown on the Stevens 7.5' series USGS topographic quadrangle, 1954, photorevised 1968 and 1973 (Fig. 1). The project area in Sections 29 and 30 along the north side of east-west McCutChen Road from Buena Vista Road to Gosford Road was reduced to approximately a 10 foot corridor adjacent to the roadside due to thick vegetation along the shoulder. 04/30/95 14:$6 ~$05 328 ~027 C 0 B PUgL~C RI~S [~005 The project area in Section 12 consisted of a 10 foot corridor on the east side of north-south Buena Vista Road from C_b~mh~rs to White La~e. The visible portions of the project area in Section 13 were approximately five feet on the east side of ~uena Vista Road north-south from White Lane to Illusion and from O~en Trail to Pache¢o. That portion of Section 13 from Illusion south to Open Trail was not surveyed due to recent developmeat and a large portion having been previously surveyed ([KE-713]Nlssen 1990). The project area in Sections 24 and Z5 encompassed a 5-10 foot corridor on the east side of Buena Vista Road north-south from mite La/%e to McCutchen Road. The project area in Sections 29 and 30 encompassed a 5-10 foot corridor on the north side of ~cCh/tchen Road from Buena Vista Ro~ to Cosford Road. The project area enco~assing dirt)farm roads extending west from White Lane was spot-checked to determine if any road relocation or development activities might have occurred since the 1994 archaeological survey ([K~-846]Parr). A records search of the subject property, and the area i~m~ediately surrounding it, was conducted at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Info~qaation Center at California State University, Bakersfield (A~pendix I). The records search indicated there had been 12 previous surveys conducted within portions of the project area and that six previous s~rveys had been conducted within a m~le radius. There are no recorded archaeological sites within the project area but ~here is one recorded historic site ~v~-~diately adjacent to the project area. There are 22 recorded sites and two isolates within a one ~le radius but no resources within the project area are listed on the National Register of ~istoric Places, the California Points of Historical Interest, State Historic Landmarks, or the California Inventory of Historic Resources. / ENVIrOnmeNTaL ~ETTIN= The project area lies at an elevation ranging between 350 an~ 360 feet /LMSL. ~.11 of the project area lie~ adjacent to existing roads (see Project Location £or specifics). Vegetation obSerVed along the project route included mustard, cheeseweed, foxtails ~d other annuals. In the agriculture fields, crops included grapes, lettuce, and alfalfa. 04/30/95 14:~? C 0 B PUBLIC / ~]007 Fig. Project location and sur%9~ area as shown on the Gosford and stevens 7.5" series USGS topographic quadrangles, 1950, photorevised 1968 and 1973. 3 04/30/98 14:57 ~'805 3l$ 10~? C 0 B PUBLIC ~K$ [~008 / P'REHISTO~C ENv'Ir'I~O/efEWTAL ~ A recounting of the prehistoric environment of California and the San Joaquin Valley is presented in Michael J. Moratto's "California Archaeology" (1984). The following is excerpted and paraphrased from~ that source. The pre-contact native Americans were completely reliant upon their natural resources. They had extensive knowledge about habitats and ~n~mals, p/ants, climate, rocks, and minerals. They knew how to place villages to maximize the environmental surro~nctlngs. Their cultures were strongly influenced by natural conditions and it is necessary to understand California's environmental setting to understand it's pre-historic inhabitants and interpret the later archaeological record. California covers approximately 157,207 square miles and includes many geomorphic provinces. With such a large area, including a long coast line, mountains, and deserts, there i~ great variety and contrast in the state's physiography, geology, cl/mate, flora, and fauna. Of special concern here is the Great Central Valley, consisting of the. S~cramento Valley, the Delta, and the San Joaquin Valley. ,' The floor of the valley is 750 km long and 30-80 kmwide and is enclosed by the siskiyou, Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi, and Coast Mountain ranges. It is underlain mainly by Sierran stream aediments up to 17 kmdeep. Elevation ranges from sear level to 100 m, broken only by the 600 m high Sutter Buttes. The Sacramento and San Joaquin River syst~s drain the valley and merge into the channels and marshes o£ the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. .The waters later pass through a gap in the Coast Range and empty into San Pablo Bay. Over the centuries the valley experienced many dramatic environmental changes, including: faunal extinctions and replacement at the end of the Pleistocene, the emergence of wetlands, flooding, massive siltation, cyclical appearance and evaporation of shallow lakes, and biogeographic shifts in response to climatic fluctuations. In ancient times lakes, marshes, ~nd sloughs covered more than 5,000 square km in the San Joaquin Valley alone. The largest lake, Tulare, occupied a structural basin created by downwarping. Additionally, Tul~re.~d Buena V~sta Lakes were partially contained by alluvial fans reaching into the valley from the King's River and Los Gatos Creek. These coalesced into 04/~0/98 14:58 ~805 3~$ 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC ~$ ~]009 a ridge and lands to the south were so arid that runoff was often not able to maintain a discharge through the alluvium. This natural da~ thus contributed ~o the[impoundment of Tulare LaKe and its sw~m?y basin. A similar .p~ojection from the Kern River fan westward to the ~cKittrick Hil~s formed a second dam behind which lie Kern and Buena Vista Lakes. At flood levels the Buena Vista and Tulare Lakes ~oilled into a single basin and with the waters of the Kern Kaweah, and King's Rivers, flowed into the San Joacl~inR/ver system. The lakes are now mostly dry due to historic drainage projects. The Central Valley was attractive to the early inhabitants. The climate was locally varied, but generally pleasant. Precipitation was also variable and in the southern San Joaquin Valley, where it was scant, the water was supplemented by the snow melt frc~ the mo~_ntains. The Central Valley's plains and wetlands bad abundant game and vegetal foods. The bottom]ands produced l~sh sw*~p vegetation valued for food, fiber, and building materials. Riparian woodlands grew along the watercourses. The waterways also provided the habitats for river mussels and m~ny species of fish. Steatite and asphaltum occurred in the southern part of the valley and salt deposits were found in the north. With so many abundances, resources that were lacking, such as obsidian, were easily obtainable through trade with outside areas. With such an abundance of resources ~nd comfortable living conditions, t~e eighteenth century aboriginal populatlon wa~ 105,000, With 53,000 people in the Sacramento Valley and 52,000 in the'San Joaquin. During the long prehistory of the Central Valley there have been diverse and cha~ging environments, along with many population movements, waves of cultu=al influences from neighboring groups, and a complex interplay between local and regional cultural forces. The oldest evidence for occupation of the valley come~ from Tracy, Tulare, alxd Buena Vista Lakes ~nd dates to about 11,500-7,500 years ago. Since the floor of the valley is covered with a thick layer of alluvium, it is likely that most of the earliest habitation evidence lies buried beneath it. This would account for the modest antiquity of artifacts, especially in the valley lowlands of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Biver drainages. In these areas 10 m of sediments have accumulated Just during the past 5, 000-6,000 years. VALLEY YO~TS The YokUts have been broken into three geographical divisions, the Northern, Foothill, and Southern Valley Yokuts. 04/~0/~8 14:$$ ~805 328 10Z7 C 0 B PUBLIC ~01o The project area lies within the territory of the Southern Valley Yokuts. The following information is excerpted from "Southern Valley Yokuts" by William J. Wallace {1978). The territory of the Southern Valley Yokuts included Tulare, Buena Vista, and Kern Lakes, their connecting sloughs, and the lower portion of the Kings, Kaweah, Tule, and Kern Rivers. The area consisted of extensive swamps ~nd ~rshlands which provided an e~ormous variety and abund~nc~ o~.wildlife and aquatic flora. The southern San Joaquin Valley re~elved only 5-10 inches o~ rain annually and was dependent upon the additional water being brought in from the melting snows of the Sierra Nevadas. A~ the Yokuts adapted to this abundance of subsistence resources they developed a culture 0£ comparatively greater material wealth and tended to live in large, more permanent settlements. It is estimated that this way of life lasted approximately 2,000 years. At the beginning of the historic period 15 different Yok~ts groups were identified in the area. Adapting to their environment, the southern Valley Yokuts developed a mixed economy subsistence pattern. It emphasized fishing, hunting waterfowl, and collecting shellfish, roots, and seeds. Most of their region was treeless except for the cottonwoods, Sycamores, and willows that lined the river channels and sloughs. Oaks did not extend very far onto the valley floor and, therefore, acorns were not readily available. They were generally obtained by trade with neighboring groups. Small land ~-m~als and birds were only a small portion of the native diet and the Southern Valley Yokuts rarely ventured into the open country to capture antelope and elk. They did, however, capture many of the larggr ~mals when they c~e to the lakes and sloughs for water. ~ Various cooking methods were omployed. Tule roots and seeds were ground into meal, mixed with water, and stone-boiled in baskets. Fish and meat were broiled and roasted on coals and ashes. Small earth ovens were used to bake both vegetable and a~nal foods. Salt grass was used for seasoning. Firewood was at a prmmium and dried to!es were usually substituted. Single family residences were constructed by using long poles, limbs, or sticks with one end set on the ground in an oval pattern, and the other ends brought together at th~ top to form a frame that was then covered with mats made from rule reeds. Some groups, using the same ~terials, built a distinctive long, steep-roofed commtLual house. This structure would shelter ten or 04/30/98 14:59 ~"$05 3~$ i0~? C 0 ~ PUBLIC more families. Eac~ family would have a fireplace and outside door. Along the front of the house a long open shade porch was constructed and many of the domestic activities, such as cooking, were performed there. Additionally, each village had a communally-owned sweathouse. The men did their daily sweating and occasionally slept there. Clothing worn by the Southern Valley Yokuts was minimal. Males were either naked or used a breechcloth. Females wore a narrow fringed apron in front and a larger back piece. In cold weather both sexes wrapped themselves in skin cloaks. Generally feet were bare, though simple skin moccasins were used when traveling over rocky, brushy terrain. The hair was worn long by men and women and held in place by ~ string tied around the forehead. Women, who bore the heaviest burdens, wore baskerry caps to protect the forehead from the ~mpline band when carrying heavy burdens. Men carried loads in net backpacks held by a chest strap. Simple desiqn tattoo~g was worn mainly by women. The design consisted of lines, zigzags, and rows of dots down the chin and across from the corners of the mouth. Children had their earlobes and nasal septa pierced for insertion of an ornament. The Yokuts technology was also shaped by the source of raw materials available. The very important tule provided the basis for their highest technological skill - basket weaving. The baskets varied in shape and use and included bowl-shaped cooking containers, conical burden baskets, flat winnowing trays, seed beaters, and a %~nique necked water bottle. Wood and stone crafts were quite Lmdisting~ished. Wood and many lithie materials were imported. Even stone mortars and pestles were obtained by trade. marine shells were secured from trade with coastal peoples and used for currency ~nd personal adornment. Canoe-shaped rafts were constructed of dried rules and constituted the Yokuts favored modegf travel. ~"ne rafts could hold six people and their belongingS. The basic domestic and economic unit in southern Valley Yokuts society was the nuclear f,m{ly. The families were grouped into pattilineal tote~c lineages. A totem, an animal or bird, was a symbol representing the father's line. The totem was dreamed about, prayed to, and forbidden to kill or eat by that lineage. The lineage was a mechanism for transmitting offices, performing certain ceremonial duties, and creatingm~tual loyalties. These lineages were further organized into two moietles, or groups. The moleties had little to do with day-to- 04/30/9~ 15:00 ~$05 328 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC day life, but did serve certain functions. They would serve as opposing teamR for games and as reciprocal groups in mourning rites and first-fruits ceremonies. Moiety exogamy was customary but not absolute. There was no overall political u~ity among the tribes. They were split /-~to self-governing local groups. Each group had a name, spoke a different dialect, ~ad had a territory that was collectively owned. Some official positions were filled through petrilineal inheritance. In the Tachi tribe each settlement had a chief for each moiety and the pair shared equal authority. Generally Yokuts groups were peaceful, but occasional warfare did break out. Fighting was on a small scale and very little ritual was attached to warfare. There were four occasions regarded as significant and crucial in the life of each Yokllts; ~ birth, a girl's puberty, marriage, and death. Each of these/periods reclUired special care, attention, and ceremony. ~' One of the most important ceremonies was the ritual honoring the tribal dead. This usually took place annually, lasted six days, and included outside local groups. Guests came by the hluldreds for the festival. The shamans were the only religious specialists of the Yokuts. They also served as "doctors". Many rituals were accompanied by songs and instrumental music. Musical instruments included the cocoon rattle, bone and wood whistle, flute, musical bow, and a cleft-stick rattle. The major artistic accomplishment of the Southern Valley Yokuts was the decorative patterns woven into their baskets. No significant n,,mber of Southern Valley Yok~ts came under the control of the coastal Franciscan missionaries, however, significant impact to their culture resulted from infiltration of escaped natives from the missions. The runaways introduced foreign practices from their cultures which had suffered greatly from non-practice and practices acquired from the missions, Complete cultural breakdown and near-total disappearance of native peoples from the San Joaquin ¥alley came with the annexation of California by the United States. The land pas~ed quickly into the hands of the settlers. The process was relatively easy since the native peoples offered little effective resistance. Because of the early and rapid decimation of the Southern 04/30/95 15:00 ~'$05 328 1027 C 0 9 PUBLIC WKS Valley Yokuts and the rapid coll~e of their culture, there is relatively little published literature regarding them, and e~hnograph/c descriptions obtained from aged informants is certainly incomplete. A pedestrian survey of the project ares was conducted by Catherine Lewis Pruett and ~eggy B. Murphy on A~ril 2, 1998 (for Qualificatio~s see Appendix AND RE GOt~.fS~)AT TONS:: NO prehistoric or historical cultural re~ource~ were found as a result of the survey, No further mrchmeologioal work i~ re~nmended fo~ this project. Should urnrecorded cultural resources be discovered as a result of future construction or development, work must halt and a qualified arc/~aeologist be coneulted to evaluate the finds. Should human remains be distorted at any time, work must halt amd the Coroner be notified l~ediately (Section 7050.5 of the Health and Safety Code and C~Q~'regulations, Section K). A qualified archaeologist should also be contacted. 04/30/98 I$:01 ~'80; 3~'8 1027 C 0 B PIJ~LIC W'K$ ~014 Beardaley, R.K. 1954 Temporal and Areal Relationships in Centra~ California Archaeology. Berkeley: ~niver~ity of Callfo=nia Arch&eological Survey Ke~orts 24, 25. Fleagle, Dorothy 1997 (KE-273) A cultural Resources Assessment for Parcel Map No. 10470 a~ the Corner of Whi~e Lane and Buena Vista Road Near Bakersfield, Kern CounEy, California. On file at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Ceuter, california state University, Bakersfield. Gayton, A.H. 1948 Yokn/ts and Western Mono Ethnography, I: Foothill Yokuts. University of California Anthropological Becerd~ 10(1). Gifford, ~.W. and W. Egbert Schenck 1926 2%rchaeology of the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 23(1). Heizer, Robert F. andAlbert B. Elsasset 1980 The Natural World of the California Indians. Berkeley: University of California Heizer, Robert F. and M. A. Whipple,. 1971 The California Indian~. A Source Book. 2nd edition. Berkeley: Univerait~ of California Press. Kroeber, A.L. 1925 Handbook of the Indians of California. American Ethnology Bulletin 78. Bureau of Latta, Frank 1977 The Handbook of the Yokuts Indians. State Books. Santa Cruz: Bear Mor~tto, M~chael 1984 California~tr~haeology. Orlando: Academic Press. 04/30/98 15:02 ~'805 3l$ 1027 C 0 9 pI.TgL~C RK$ ~015 ~issen~ Eaten 1990 /KE~T13) An Archaeolog~cal Assessment for Tevi~ N§KV Txal~s~is$1on Line and Substation. On file at the southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center at california State University, Bakersfield. Parr, Robert E. 1994 (KE-858) Archaeological Assessment of City of Bakersfield Wa~tewaterMa~ter Plan: Survey of Revised Plant 4 Location and l$~les of Sewer Trunk Line. On file at the Southern San'Joaquin Valley Information Center, California State University, Bakersfield. Parr, Robert E., et. al. 1994 (KE-846) An ArChaeolugical Assessment of 4,525.45 Acres of Land Wemt of Bakersfield for the Planning Center. On file at the Southern San JoaqUin Valley Information Center, California State University, Bakersfield. Wallace, William J. 1978 Southern Valley Yokut~. In: Indians, vol. 8, California, Robert Heizer. Washington: Handbook of North ~erican pp. 448-462, edited by Smithsonian Institution. 04/30/98 ~$:02 ~'$05 328 1027 C O~ PUBLIC WES ~]D16 04/~0/98 15:0~ '~$05 3{8 1027 C 0 B PT~LIC W~S ~B17 To:. C,~,ri~ Fmett, Arcl'meolc,~ist 0tS~ 98-60.) Three Girls ,r-- A ,~hovel (TG&S) 2820 AIt~ Vist~ Drk, e ~.~eld. CA 933~ RE: TG&S Job # 98~5; Allen Road Sewer Trunk Une, City of Bakersfield County:. Kem Map(s): Gosfotd. Stevens and Rosedale 7~'s The Information Center is under cont'/to the State Office of Historic Presetvatlon and is mqxx~ble for the local mana nen of the Califomia Historical Re~urc~ Inventories. The Center is funded solely by research fees, and a grant from the State Office of Historic Preservation. The Information Center does not conduct fieldwork and is not affiliated with any archaeol~sical O0~lrul~nls who conduct fieldwork. The followin~ are the results of a search of the cultural resources site files at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center. These files incJude Iraown and recorded archaeological and historic sites, inventory and excav~ion rapor~ filed with this c:fflce. and properties listed on the National Register of H~oric Plac~ 00/~7), me California Historical Landmarks, The California Inve~ory of Historic Resources. and The Cafifomla Points of Historical Interest. The following summarizes the current information available on the subject property based on the recoils outlirled above. Accordiog to the informat~on in our files,/~here have bee~ 12 previous surveys coilducted w~thin portions of the project area. There hav~ bee~ slx previous surveys ~onclucted within a mile radius. See the endosed map for ~y locations and references. 04/00/98 15:03 ~805 328 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC WKS ~ CULTURAL RE~OURCE~ ON THE 5UB~IECT PRC~ERTY AND ~URROUNDIN~ AREA~ There are no recorded archaeological ~ within the project area and it is not known if dtes exist in any unsurveyed port~ons of the project corridor. There is one recorded historic dte. P-1S-.005982. imm,~i~ely acqao~ to the pro~e~ area. There are 22 reo)fded dtes and two isolates within a mile radius. There are no red,urns within the ixoject area that are lined on the National Re~ister of Historic Pface~, the California Points of Historical !ntetx~. Slate Historic landmarks. or the California Inventory of Historic Resources. Enclosed ate copit, s of site records for tho~ re;our~es dosest to the pmje~ con'idor. If you need any adcfftlonal information for this pro~ect, Idea~e dont hesitate to ~ontact me at (S05) 664-22 . / Adele Baldwin Assistant Coordinator Date:. March 4, 1998 Fee:. Invoice # 7802 04/30/98 15:04 ~'805 328 1027 C 0 B PUBLIC ~KS [~]019 04/)0/95 15:04 ~805 $25 10~7 C 0 B PUBLIC WK$ Catherine Lewis P~uett 2820 Alta Vista Drive ~akersfield, California 93305 SPECIALT~: 1987 1984 1977 MA Behavioral Science, CSU Bakersfield ~A Anthropology, CSU Bakersfield AA Anthropology, Bakersfield College Archaeolo~ of southern California, in particula~ the southern Sierra Nevada/Tehachapi Mountains, the southern San Joaquin Valley, and the western Mojave Desert. Active in archaeological investigations since 1978. Experience in the central and so~thern San Joaquin Valley, the southern 51efta Nevada/Tehachapi Mountains, the Temblor and Coast Ranges, and the Mojave Desert. Bl.~l~ed~ OF EX~)KRI'P-.HCE: Twenty year~ of fleld experience in central and southern California, participation in over 200 surveys and excavations, 14 years as Assistant Coordinator and three years as Coordinator of the Southern San Joaquin ValleyArchaeological Information Center. Tw~ years as Assistant Director of the Cult~ural Eesource Facility, California~State University, Bakersfield. Three years as a private consultant. A complete vita ks available uDon request. Dorothy Fleagle 822 Niles St. Bakersfield, California 93305 EDC~.ATION: 1997 1990 1988 MR Behavioral Science, California State University, Bakersfield (ABT) BAAnthropology, Califo~ia State University, Baker~£ield AAAnthropology, Bakersfield College Archaeology of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Great Basin pertaining to Tubatulgbal, and california pertaining/to Tubatulabal, and oontemporm~y Tubatulabal specifically. A~F~%S OF FV~LDWO~K: ~xperience in the southern Sierra Nevada/Tehachapi Mountains, the southern San Joaquin Valley, the san Bernardino Mountains, and the western and Mojave Desert. ~ OF E~mRIENCE: Eight years of field experience in southern and central California, participation in over 150 surveys ~nd excavations. Five years as staff archaeologist with the Cultural Resource Facility, California State University, Bakersfield. Three years as a private consultant. A complete vita is available upon request. / 04/30/98 15:05 ~'$05 328 1027 C 0 ~ PUBLIC RKS [~022 ~eggyMurphy 205 Hagin Street Bakersfield, California 9330~ 1989 BAAnthropology, California State University, Bakersfield Archaeology of southern California, in particular the southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains, the southern San Joaquin Valley, and the western Mojave Desert. A]~A~ OF F]EI./2)WiYR~: Active in field investigations since 1985. Expe~lence in the southern Sierra Nevada Mour~ains, the southern San Joaquin ~ley, and the Hojave Desert. Eleven years of field experience in southemn and central California, participation in over 150 surveys and excavations. Seven years as ~taff archaeologist with the Cultural Resource Facility, California State University, Bakersfield, four years as a private consultant. A complete vita is available upon request