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B. CULTURAL RESOURCE TASKS <br />To implement this project, CWAS recommends the following five task process. Each <br />task will be initiated by the project proponent and executed by CWAS in a timely <br />manner. The five tasks are outlined below: <br />Task 1. CWAS will conduct background research required to effectively address the <br />project. Background research will include a record search at the DAHP office in <br />Olympia and pertinent General Land Office (GLO) cadastral maps and survey notes. <br />Additional research at local and regional libraries, and the State Archive in Ellensburg, <br />will also be necessary. Background research will inform on the occurrence, location, and <br />nature of cultural resources occurring in the project area and its vicinity. The proximity <br />and nature of documented cultural resources and any areas deemed sensitive in relation to <br />planned ground disturbing activities associated with the project will in part determine the <br />course of the following tasks. <br />Task 2. CWAS will conduct systematic pedestrian survey of the entire project surface <br />area to identify potential as well as previously documented cultural resources. <br />Subsurface survey will also be conducted in portions of the project area, based on <br />background research, geoarchaeological information, and results of pedestrian survey. <br />Previously recorded and newly identified archaeological properties will be mapped with <br />meter accuracy GPS and archaeological site and isolate forms for all properties within the <br />project area will be completed and/or updated to current standards. Archaeological <br />properties within the project area will be assessed and conservation recommendations <br />will be made. Additionally, an inadvertent discovery plan for human remains will be in <br />place. <br />Task 3. As deemed necessary, a professional archaeologist would have oversight duties <br />to carry out archaeological construction monitoring responsibilities during excavation, <br />and other surface disturbance from project construction, to identify and report cultural <br />resources in those areas deemed necessary by the P.I. During onsite monitoring, the <br />designated archeological monitor will observe and record the presence of any uncovered <br />cultural, paleontological, or historical resources and maintain a daily log of onsite <br />activities. A discovery plan will be implemented between CWAS, DAHP, the Yakama <br />Nation, and the project proponent. <br />Task 4. Survey and monitoring summaries will be prepared and submitted to Kittitas <br />County (multiple sites or geographic areas may be described in one monitoring report). <br />Project progress updates and results will be emailed to the County on a weekly basis and <br />immediately following completion of fieldwork. <br />Task 5. A final project report of findings for the inventory and a final monitoring report <br />will be provided to the County within 30 days of fieldwork completion and cessation of <br />construction monitoring. Finalized reports shall include all components required by <br />DAHP, and will include any clarifications requested by DAHP, Kittitas County, and the <br />Yakama Nation Cultural Resources Program. Both reports will be re -submitted in final <br />form within four weeks of receiving comments. Should Kittitas County contract with <br />2 <br />