CULTURALRESOURCE SURVEY PROPOSED CELL TOWER SITE Tri leaf # 640042/ “SOUTH ADEL” Adel, GA

In May 2018, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed raw land self-support tower site located at 202 Mitchell St. W, Adel, Cook County, Georgia, at coordinates 31°08’57.44” N, 83°25’47.54” W. The proposed project lease area consists of an overgrown vacant lot, and a proposed access/utility easement currently occupied by an overgrown vacant lot and existing gravel and rubble drive. Tillman Infrastructure proposes the construction of a new self-support cell tower with a total height of 285 feet (86.9 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be located in a proposed approximate 100-foot by 100-foot (30.5-meter by 30.5-meter) cell tower lease area. A proposed approximate 30-foot by 300-foot (9.1-meter by 91.4-meter) access/utility easement will connect the proposed lease area to Mitchel St. W to the southeast. The new tower will occupy approximately 0.44 acres (0.18 hectares) of land. Under the direction of Trileaf, Staff Archaeologist Andrew Wright, MA, RPA performed this survey in response to the planned use of the above-described parcel and the potential impacts that such use might represent to archaeological and architectural cultural resources. The Phase I cultural resource survey was designed to discover all prehistoric and historical period cultural resources that might be present within the project area. The field survey of the project area, which included a pedestrian survey, shovel testing, and visual inspection, found no evidence for the presence of archaeological or architectural properties in relation to the current project area or within a 30-foot (9.1-meter) boundary within the direct area of potential effects (APE). A search of Georgia’s Natural, Archaeological, and Historic Resources Geographic Information System (GNAHRGIS) and the Georgia Historic Preservation Division (GAHPD)’s archives revealed no NRHP-listed, -eligible properties, or unevaluated properties that have been previously identified within the APE for direct effects or the ¾ -mile APE for visual effects. Trileaf requested information concerning previously discovered archaeological sites within the direct APE and the ¾-mile APE for visual effects from Georgia Archaeological Site File. A records search indicated that there were two (2) previously recorded archaeological sites, (9CX34, 9CX35), and three (3) previously recorded archaeological surveys (10202, 2776, 6242) located within the tower’s visual APE. Previously recorded archaeological sites 9CX34 and 9CX35 consist of small historic scatters. No NRHP-eligibility recommendation was provided by their recorder and no formal evaluation has been determined by Georgia Historic Preservation Division. Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Historic Properties in both the direct and visual APE. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area relative to those resources.