In September 2018, Trileaf Corporation (Trileaf) performed a cultural resource inventory survey for a proposed raw land monopole telecommunications facility located at 1959 Delta Drive, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, at coordinates 36°16’58.06” N, 83°50’46.38” W. The proposed project area consists of grassed and wooded land.
Eco-Site II, LLC proposes the construction of a new monopole telecommunications facility with a total height of 160 feet (48.8 meters). The new tower and associated equipment will be located in an approximate 60-foot by 60-foot (18.3-meter by 18.3-meter) cell tower lease area. The proposed monopole telecommunications facility will be accessed from a proposed approximate 30-foot by 240-foot (9.1-meter by 73.2-meter) access and utility easement that
will connect to Delta Drive to the southwest. The new tower will occupy approximately 0.25 acres (0.10 hectares) of land.
Under the direction of Trileaf, Project Archaeologist Zach Horne, 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 APE. However, based on a map and survey form search using the resources of the Georgia State Historic Preservation Office including topographical maps and Georgia’s Natural, Archaeological, and Historic Resources Geographic Information System (GNAHRGIS 2018), inspections of the Georgia Archaeological Site Files (GASF 2018), as well as the resources of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) conducted by Project Archaeologist Zach Horne, MA, RPA, revealed there are no previously identifie architectural resources, no previously identified archaeological sites, and five (5) previously recorded archaeology surveys (2586, 2857, 4062, 8346, and 10381) identified within the ½-mile APE for visual effects. Therefore, there are No Historic Properties within the ½-mile radius Visual APE.
Based on these findings, Trileaf recommends No Historic Properties within the APE for direct effects and No Historic Properties within the ½-mile APE for visual effects. It is therefore recommended that project clearance be granted with no further investigation or evaluation of the project area relative to those resources.
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