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Associaliwe of Exvn•orvnenlnl Professiorrnls Z01 Z CEQ,4 Garideliraes 9064.5. DETERMINING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACTS TO ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES {a) For purposes of this section, the term "historical resources" shall include the following: {1) A resource listed in, or determined to be eligible by the State Historical Resources Commission, for listing in tite California Register of Historical Resources (Ptrb. Res. Code §5024.1, Title l4 CCR, Section 4850 et seq.). (2) A resource included in a local register of historical resources, as defined in section 5020.1 {k) of the Public Resotrrces Cade or identified as significant in art historical r'esour'ce survey meeting the requirements section 5024.1(g) of the Public Resources Code, shall be presumed to be historically or culturally significant. Public agencies musk treat any such resource as significant unless the preponderance of evidence demonstrates that it is not historically or culturally significant. {3} Any object, building, structure, site, area, place, record, or manuscript which a lead agency determines to be historically significant or significant in the arehitecttn•al, engineering, scientifc, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military, or cultural annals of California Wray be considered to be an historical resource, provided the lead agency's determination is supported by substantial evidence in light of the whole record. Generally, a resource shall be considered by the lead agency to be "historically significant" if the resource rneets the criteria for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources (Pub. Res. Cade §5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section 4852) including the following: (A) [s associated with events that Stave made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California's history and cultural heritage; (B) is associated with the lives of persons irnpor•tant in our past; (C) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or rnethad of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values; or (i3} Has yielded, or rttay be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. {4} The fact titat a r•esottrce is not listed irt, or determined to be eligible for listing irr the California Register of Historical Resotrrces, not included in a local register of historical resources (pursuant to section 5020.1(k) of the Public Resotrrces Code), or identified in an historical resources survey {meeting the criteria in section 5024.1{g) of the Public Resources Code} does not preclude a lead agency from deterrnining that the resource may be an historical r'esour'ce as defined in Public Resources Code sections 5020.1(j) or 5024.1. {b) A project with an effect that may cause a substantial adverse change in tite significance of an historical resource is a project tltak may have a significant effect on the ertvironrrtent. {1) Substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource means physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its imrnediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired. (2) 'The significance of an historical resource is materially impaired when a project: (A) Demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics of art historical resource that convey its historical significance and that justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for, irtcltrsion in the California Register of Historical Resources; or {B) Demolishes or• materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics that account for its inchrsion in a local register of historical resources ptrrsuartt to section 5020.1{k) of the Public Resources Code or its identification in an itistor•ical resources survey meeting the requirements of section 5024.1(g) of the Public Resources Code, EXHIBIT 5 Page 1 of 2