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University of California Davis Silo Evaluation

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National Register of Historic Places / California Register of Historical Resources Evaluation

JRP evaluated the Silo Building, a converted dairy barn on the University of California Davis campus, for National Register of Historic Places and California Register of Historical Resources eligibility.  The Silo Building was constructed in 1908 as the primary dairy barn for the nascent university and has since been converted to a multi-purpose student center.  The barn reflects the early agricultural identity of UC Davis, which began as the University Farm for the UC system.  Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rebecca Meta Bunse
Key Personnel: 
Polly Allen

Monterey Peninsula Light Rail Transit Project in Monterey County, California

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Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report

JRP prepared a Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Monterey Peninsula Light Rail Transit Project in Monterey County, California for project compliance with National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 and the California Environmental Quality Act. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Polly Allen

Naval Facility Centerville Beach

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Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report

JRP prepared a historic resources report for Naval Facility Centerville Beach to assist the Navy’s compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Naval Facility Centerville Beach is located in rural Humboldt County, along the Pacific Ocean coast, about five miles west of the small City of Ferndale. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Joseph Freeman

Dumbarton Rail Corridor

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Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report / Finding of Effect Report / Memorandum of Agreement

JRP prepared a Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report, Finding of Effect and Memorandum of Agreement for the Dumbarton Rail Corridor Project.  The project proposed reopening the Dumbarton Rail Corridor, which spans the San Francisco Bay and connects Redwood City on the west side with Union City on the east.  The corridor gained notoriety as the first successful bridging of the Bay when the Southern Pacific Railroad Company opened it in 1910. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Joseph Freeman
Key Personnel: 
Heather Norby

Permanente Creek Pedestrian Bridge Project

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Historic Resources Evaluation Report

JRP prepared a Historic Resources Evaluation Report for the City of Mountain View’s proposed pedestrian bridge over US Highway 101 at Permanente Creek.  When finished the pedestrian bridge would connect a mostly residential neighborhood south of the freeway with a commercial area to the north. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Joseph Freeman
Key Personnel: 
Heather Norby

South Coast 101 High Occupancy Vehicle Project, Santa Barbara County, California

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Historic Resources Evaluation Report and Archaeological Survey Report

JRP prepared a Historic Resources Evaluation Report (HRER) and historic background for an Archaeological Survey Report (ASR) for 11.2 miles of Highway 101 expansion to 6 lanes from Milpas Exit in Santa Barbara south to Santa Barbara / Ventura County line as part of a multi-year highway improvement project. The document assisted Caltrans to comply with applicable sections of the National Historic Preservation Act and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) as these pertain to federally funded undertakings and their impacts on historic properties. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Stephen R. Wee
Key Personnel: 
Bryan T. Larson
Key Personnel: 
Scott Miltenberger
Key Personnel: 
Steven "Mel" Melvin

Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Study

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Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report

JRP prepared an Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report for the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Project in San Francisco, California for project compliance with National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 and the California Environmental Quality Act.  The project proposes to implement bus rapid transit services along approximately two miles of the Van Ness Avenue corridor, a major San Francisco transportation artery.  Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rebecca Meta Bunse
Key Personnel: 
Polly Allen
Key Personnel: 
Scott Miltenberger

Ventura River Project/Cachuma Project

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Historic Resource Inventory and Evaluation Report

JRP prepared Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Reports for Ventura River Project in Ventura County and Cachuma Project in Santa Barbara County for compliance with National Historic Preservation Act Section 110.  These water supply projects, built by the US Bureau of Reclamation in the 1950s, each feature a primary impounding dam and an accompanying water conveyance system.  Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Heather Norby

Lagunitas Road Bridge Replacement, Town of Ross, Marin County, California

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Historic Property Survey Report / Finding of Effect

JRP prepared a Historic Property Survey Report and Finding of Effect for the Lagunitas Road Bridge Replacement Project for the Town of Ross in Marin County, California for Section 106 and CEQA compliance.  The Lagunitas Road Bridge is one of five reinforced concrete bridges constructed between 1908 and 1909 that make up Ross Bridges Historic District.  Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Christopher D. McMorris
Key Personnel: 
Toni Webb

Downtown/Riverfront Streetcar Project, Sacramento and West Sacramento, California

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Existing Settings Report / CEQA Impacts Analysis

JRP prepared an existing setting report and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Impacts Analysis for the creation of a streetcar line from West Sacramento to Downtown Sacramento.  The streetcar line incorporates the National Register of Historic Places listed Tower Bridge designed to connect the two communities via early twentieth century streetcars. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rebecca Meta Bunse
Key Personnel: 
Christopher D. McMorris
Key Personnel: 
Cheryl Brookshear

Kings River Conservation District Community Power Plant

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Historical Resource Inventory and Evaluation Report / CEQA Impacts Analysis

JRP prepared a Historical Resource Inventory and Evaluation Report as a part of the Kings River Conservation District’s Application for Power Plant Site Certification to the California Energy Commission and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance.  JRP inventoried and evaluated 110 properties including 21 canals representing large irrigation districts like the Consolidated Irrigation District and Alta Vista Irrigation District as well as small independent ditch and canal companies. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Bryan T. Larson
Key Personnel: 
Cheryl Brookshear
Key Personnel: 
Joseph Freeman

Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor

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Historical Resource Inventory and Evaluation Report / CEQA Impacts Analysis / Finding of Effect / Technical Memorandum

JRP prepared reports regarding historic resources for the BART extension from Fremont through San Jose to Santa Clara.  This included preparation of a land use history and evaluation of about 250 properties along existing and proposed rail line in the cities of Fremont, Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara, California. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rebecca Meta Bunse
Key Personnel: 
Cheryl Brookshear
Key Personnel: 
Joseph Freeman

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Water System Improvement Program, San Andreas Pipeline #3 Project in Daly City and San Francisco, California

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Historic Resources Evaluation Report

JRP prepared a historic resources report for project CEQA compliance including inventory and evaluation of water conveyance structures and other resources adjacent to the proposed pipeline. This project included evaluations of the Baden-Merced Pipeline that the Spring Valley Water Company constructed in 1907, residences in the 1940s Westlake neighborhood of Daly City, a landscape feature of Ingleside Terrace, and two golf courses. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rebecca Meta Bunse
Key Personnel: 
Christopher D. McMorris

Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Barrier Project

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Historic Resources Evaluation Report

JRP assisted in project compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it pertains to historical resources, for the environmental studies and preliminary design of a suicide deterrent system on the Golden Gate Bridge.  JRP prepared an updated inventory and evaluation of the contributing elements of the bridge, including definition of character-defining features used in the analysis of effects of the proposed project on the historic property. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rebecca Meta Bunse
Key Personnel: 
Christopher D. McMorris
Key Personnel: 
Toni Webb

Old Town Cordelia

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Historic Property Survey Report / Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation / Finding of Effect

JRP prepared a Historic Resources Inventory and Evaluation Report, Historic Property Survey Report and Finding of Effect for the Old Town Cordelia Improvement Project.  The proposed project consists of constructing a path for pedestrian and bicycle use, road and drainage facilities, safety improvements, and enhancements along Cordelia Road from Pittman Road to Lopes Road as part of a Transportation for Livable Community project. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Christopher D. McMorris
Key Personnel: 
Cheryl Brookshear
Key Personnel: 
Steven "Mel" Melvin

San Pablo Dam Road / Interstate 80 Interchange Project, Contra Costa County, California

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National Register of Historic Places / California Register of Historical Resource Evaluation

Inventory and evaluation of one school and 15 mid-twentieth century residential parcels in Richmond and San Pablo, Contra Costa County.  These properties were evaluated using National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) criteria of significance.  Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Stephen R. Wee
Key Personnel: 
Bryan T. Larson
Key Personnel: 
Cheryl Brookshear
Key Personnel: 
Joseph Freeman

Highgrove Power Plant

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Historic Resource Inventory and Evaluation

JRP inventoried and evaluated properties for the reconstruction of the Highgrove Power Plant in Grand Terrace, California as a part of the Application for Power Plant Site Certification by the California Energy Commission (CEC) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance.  JRP developed the Area of Potential Effects and evaluated the power plant and associated structures at the project site and along linear routes according CEC Siting Regulations. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Rand F. Herbert
Key Personnel: 
Cheryl Brookshear

University of California Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Santa Clara County, California

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National Register of Historic Places / California Register of Historical Resources Evaluation

JRP evaluated the Lick Observatory campus consisting of a total of 59 buildings and structures built between 1881 and the present.  JRP evaluated all of the buildings and structures built in or before 1962 for eligibility for both the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and California registers.  This project included preparation of a historic context and results of the intensive architectural inventory and evaluation of Lick Observatory. Read more »

Key Personnel: 
Stephen R. Wee
Key Personnel: 
Bryan T. Larson
Key Personnel: 
Steven "Mel" Melvin

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