Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) – FUNSTON– A / FUZE #616156255 – Trileaf Project #650724 GA HPD ID# HP-190522-006

Trileaf Corporation is in the process of completing a NEPA review at the referenced property. Our client proposed to construct an overall height 199-foot self-support lattice telecommunications tower, and associated equipment located within a 75 x 75-foot (5,675-square-foot) lease area. The project includes a proposed approximate 30-foot wide access/utility easement extending approximately 1,282-feet northeast away from the lease area towards West Mulberry Street. An additional proposed approximate 8-foot wide access/utility easement will extend 145-feet northwest from the lease area. Currently the project location and a majority of the proposed access/utility easements consists of a wooded pecan orchard and grassed land. The antenna will be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

In accordance with the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Review of Effects on Historic Properties for Certain Undertakings Approved by the Federal Communications Commission, dated September 2004, a cultural resource investigation has been conducted. Our investigation includes determining if the site is contained in, on, or within the viewshed of a building, site, district, structure or object, significant in American history, architecture, archeology, engineering or culture, that is listed, or eligible for listing on the State or National Registers of Historic Places, or located in or on an Indian Religious Site.

The field investigation at this location was conducted by TerraXplorations, Inc. (TerraX) Principal Investigator, Paul D. Jackson, and assisted by Matt Lyons on May 9, 2019. Standard archaeological field equipment included shovels, trowels, and a ¼-inch wire mesh sifting screen. The field survey techniques utilized were a combination of pedestrian and visual survey at 5-meter intervals and/or shovel-testing at 15-meter intervals, where applicable, with a standard shovel test pit consisting of a hand-excavated hole, approximately 48 cm in diameter and/or deep enough to reach culturally sterile subsoils. Each shovel test was excavated in no greater than 10-centimeter (4-inches) levels to ensure any artifacts were plotted by depth. All shovel test fill was screened through a ¼-inch wire mesh screen. Shovel testing was conducted within the proposed approximate 75-foot x 75-foot (5,675-square foot) cell tower lease area, and within the proposed approximate30-foot by 1,282-foot (9.1-meter by 390.8-meter) access and utility easement. TerraXplorations, Inc. (TerraX)initially determined, based on dimensions of the project area, that five  (5) shovel tests within the proposed approximate75-footx 75-foot (5,675-square foot) lease area, and14 shovel tests within the proposed approximate30-foot by 1,282-foot (9.1-meter by390.8-meter)access and utility easement, would be an adequate representative sampling of the proposed project area. Verizon Wireless notified Trileaf Corporation with an updated survey dated July 22, 2019 thattheproposedapproximate75-footx 75-foot (5,675-square foot) cell tower lease area would be partially realigned with the center lease area located approximately 80-feet northeast of the original location. The second field investigation at this location was conducted by Senior Project Archaeologist Zach Horne, M.A., RPA, on September 11, 2019. Standard archaeological field equipment included shovels, trowels, and a ¼-inch wire mesh sifting screen. The field survey techniques utilized were a combination of pedestrian and visual survey at 5-meter intervals and/or shovel-testing at 15-meter intervals, where applicable, with a standard shovel test pit consisting of a hand-excavated hole, approximately 48 cm in diameter and/or deep enough to reach culturally sterile subsoils. Each shovel test was excavated in no greater than 10-centimeter (4-inches) levels to ensure any artifacts were plotted by depth. All shovel test fill was screened through a ¼-inch wire mesh screen. Shovel testing was conducted within the proposed approximate75-footx 75-foot (5,675-squarefoot) cell tower lease area. As the alignment of the proposed approximate30-foot by 1,282-foot (9.1-meter by 390.8-meter) access and utility easement has not changed, no further shovel testing was conducted within this area. Due to the additional proposed approximate 8-foot by 145-foot (2.4-meter by 44.2-meter) located within an area with underground utilities associated with the pecan orchard, no shovel testing was conducted within this area. Trileaf initially determined, based on dimensions of the alternate proposedapproximate75-footx 75-foot (5,675-square foot)cell tower lease area, that only five(5) shovel tests within the new proposed lease area, would be an adequate representative sampling of the proposed alternate route. Due to portions of the proposed approximate 75-footx 75-foot (5,675-square foot) cell tower lease area being located 80-feet northeast of the original location. As the alignment of the proposed approximate 30-foot by 1,282-foot (9.1 meter by 390.8 meter) access and utility easement has not changed, no further shovel testing was conducted in within this area. Due to Additional proposed approximate 8-foot by 1145-foot (2.4-meter by 44.2-meter) located within an area with underground utilities associated with the pecan orchard, no shovel testing was conducted within this area. Veizon wirelesss notified Trileaf Corporation with an updated survey dated July 22, 2019 that the proposed approximate 75 foot x 75-foot (5, 675-square foot) cell tower lease area would be partially realigned with the center lease area located approximately 80-feet northeast of the original location. The second field investigation at this location was conducted by Senior Project Archaeologist Zach Horn M.A., RPA, on September 11, 2019. Standard archaeological equipment included shovels, trowels, a n d ¼- in wire mesh sifting screen. The field survey techniques utilized were a combination of pedestrian an visual survey at 5 meter intervals and/ or shovel-testing at 15-meter intervals, where applicable, with a  standard shovel test pit consisting of hand-excavated hole, approximately 48 cm in diameter and/or deep enough to reach culturally sterile subsoils. Each shovel test was excavated in no greater than 10-cm (4-inches) levels to ensure any artifacts were plotted by depth. All shovel test fill was screened through a ¼ in wire mesh screen. Shovel testing was conducted within the approximate 75-foot x 75-foot (5,675-square foot) cell tower lease area. As the alignment of the proposed approximate 30-foot by 1,282-foot (2.4-meter by 44.2 meter) located within an area with underground utilities associated with the pecan orchard, no shovel testing was conducted within this area.  Trileaf initially determined, based on dimensions of the alternate propose approximate 75-foot x 75-foot (5,675 square foot) cell tower lease area that only (5) shovel tests within the new proposed lease are would be an adequate representative sampling of the proposed alternate route. Due to proportions of the proposed approximate 75-foot x 75-foot (5,675 square foot) cell tower lease are being located within an area with buried water utilities associated with the pecan orchard, only three (3) shovel tests would be conducted within this area.  No archaeological materials were recovered as a result of this investigation. Total archaeological field time: 1 person-hour. Based on this documentation and the previously submitted documentation, prepared in accordance with the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement effective March 7, 2005, Trileaf Corporation believes that the proposed undertaking would have No Historic Properties in the Direct APE, and No Historic Properties in the APE for Visual Effects. Therefore, it is recommended that the propose undertaking proceed without further archaeological review.