Rincon Consultants, Inc. 44915lh Street, Smie 303 Oakland California 94612 510834 4455 OFFICE info@rinconconsuliants com www rinconconsultants com Project No: 21-11891 Alyson Hunter, Senior Planner City of Pacific Grove Community Development Department 300 Forest Avenue, 2nd Floor Pacific Grove, California 93950 via email: ahunter@cityofpacificgrove.org Subject: 1661 Sunset Drive Project, Pacific Grove ,‘ ,1 a'ijxrmjc'flol] ; Dear Ms. Hunter: This memorandum summarizes the results ofa peer review conducted by Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) for the City of Pacific Grove, Community Development Department (City). The purpose of the peer review is to support historical resources compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for a proposed residential development at 1611 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, California. Rincon previously reviewed an lS-MND for the project in 2021. That review, however, did not include a peer review of the accompanying technical reports. This peer review assesses the adequacy ofthe following project applicant-commissioned historical resources evaluation: - Historic Resource Evaluation of 1661 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California prepared by Anthony Kirk in December 2018 (Kirk 2018) Also considered as part of this peer review is the following public comment letter received by the City in August 2021 regarding the 2018 historical resources evaluation and proposed project: Public Comment Letter for the property at 1661 Sunset Drive prepared by Kent L. Seavey (Seavey 2021) Rincon Architectural Historians JulieAnn Murphy, MS, and Ashley Losco, MS, conducted the peer review, with oversight provided by Steven Treffers, Architectural History Program Manager. All three meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for architectural history and history and have extensive experience completing historical resources evaluations and peer reviews for projects across California. Methods The peer review assessed report accuracy and adequacy relative to field and research methods and evaluation results, in line with industry-accepted guidance provided by the National Park Service (NPS) and the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP). It was limited to a review ofthe letter as well as Env1ronmenialSCienlisis Planners Enalneers , OCR Text: Rincon Consultants, Inc. 44915lh Street, Smie 303 Oakland California 94612 510834 4455 OFFICE info@rinconconsuliants com www rinconconsultants com Project No: 21-11891 Alyson Hunter, Senior Planner City of Pacific Grove Community Development Department 300 Forest Avenue, 2nd Floor Pacific Grove, California 93950 via email: ahunter@cityofpacificgrove.org Subject: 1661 Sunset Drive Project, Pacific Grove ,‘ ,1 a'ijxrmjc'flol] ; Dear Ms. Hunter: This memorandum summarizes the results ofa peer review conducted by Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) for the City of Pacific Grove, Community Development Department (City). The purpose of the peer review is to support historical resources compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for a proposed residential development at 1611 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, California. Rincon previously reviewed an lS-MND for the project in 2021. That review, however, did not include a peer review of the accompanying technical reports. This peer review assesses the adequacy ofthe following project applicant-commissioned historical resources evaluation: - Historic Resource Evaluation of 1661 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California prepared by Anthony Kirk in December 2018 (Kirk 2018) Also considered as part of this peer review is the following public comment letter received by the City in August 2021 regarding the 2018 historical resources evaluation and proposed project: Public Comment Letter for the property at 1661 Sunset Drive prepared by Kent L. Seavey (Seavey 2021) Rincon Architectural Historians JulieAnn Murphy, MS, and Ashley Losco, MS, conducted the peer review, with oversight provided by Steven Treffers, Architectural History Program Manager. All three meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for architectural history and history and have extensive experience completing historical resources evaluations and peer reviews for projects across California. Methods The peer review assessed report accuracy and adequacy relative to field and research methods and evaluation results, in line with industry-accepted guidance provided by the National Park Service (NPS) and the California Office of Historic Preservation (OHP). It was limited to a review ofthe letter as well as Env1ronmenialSCienlisis Planners Enalneers , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Green Plaque Research,Green Plaque Research 500 to 1900 block,1161 Sunset,20220615_110907.jpg,20220615_110907.jpg, 20220615_110907.jpg