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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:0701 Maritime Subsidy Board

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ELLISON FOLK (State Bar No. 149232)

AMY J. BRICKER (State Bar No. 227073)

DEBORAH L. KEETH (State Bar No. 233476)

SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP

396 Hayes Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel: (415) 552-7272

Fax: (415) 552-5816

folk@smwlaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CALIFORNIA CULTURAL 

RESOURCES PRESERVATION ALLIANCE, INC.

and SIERRA CLUB

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA CULTURAL RESOURCES

PRESERVATION ALLIANCE, INC. and

SIERRA CLUB

Plaintiffs,

 v.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; LT.

GEN. CARL A. STROCK, in his official

capacity, Chief of Engineers and Commanding

General, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; BRIG.

GEN. JOSEPH SCHROEDEL, in his official

capacity, Commander and Division Engineer,

South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers; COL. ALEX DORNSTAUDER, in

his official capacity, District Engineer, Los

Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;

PUEBLO SERRA WORSHIP HOLDINGS;

AND PUEBLO SERRA, LLC,

Defendants.

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Civil No. 05 4306 CW

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO STAY

ACTION AS MODIFIED

Date: 

Time: 

Action Filed: October 24, 2005

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY LITIGATION

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RECITALS

WHEREAS, on or about October 24, 2005, Plaintiffs CALIFORNIA CULTURAL 

RESOURCES PRESERVATION ALLIANCE, INC. and SIERRA CLUB (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed its

Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief and Petition for Writ of Mandamus against Defendants U.S.

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS;LT. GEN. CARL A. STROCK,inhis officialcapacity, ChiefofEngineers

and CommandingGeneral, U.S. ArmyCorpsofEngineers;BRIG. GEN.JOSEPHSCHROEDEL, inhis official

capacity, Commander and Division Engineer, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; COL.

ALEX DORNSTAUDER, inhis officialcapacity, District Engineer, Los Angeles District, U.S. ArmyCorps of

Engineers(collectively “Federal Defendants”); PUEBLO SERRA WORSHIP HOLDINGS;ANDPUEBLO

SERRA, LLC (collectively “Defendants Pueblo Serra”) alleging violations of the Administrative Procedure Act

and National Historic Preservation Act (Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants, and Defendants Pueblo Serra are

hereafter collectively referred to as the “Parties”);

WHEREAS, on or about October 28, 2005, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Motion and Motion for

Preliminary Injunction, set for hearing on December 2, 2005;

WHEREAS, on or about November 10, 2005, the Parties stipulated to continue the hearing on

Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction from December 2, 2005 to December 16, 2005, to allow time

for Plaintiffs to conduct a visit of the site of the Junipero Serra High School, South Campus project (“the

Project”), which is the subject of this action, and review grading plans for the Project;

WHEREAS, on or about November 10, 2005, Defendants Pueblo Serra filed a Motionfor a Change

ofVenue or, Alternatively, for Transfer of the Case for the Convenience ofParties and Witnesses(“Motionfor

a Change of Venue”);

WHEREAS, on or about November 11, 2005, Plaintiffs’ representatives toured the Project site with

representatives of Defendants Pueblo Serra;

WHEREAS, the Federal Defendants are currently processing an application from Defendants Pueblo

Serra for a permit to fillwaters ofthe United States pursuant to Section404 ofthe CleanWater Act, 33 U.S.C.

§ 1344 (“Permit Application”); and

WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed to stay this action until the Federal Defendants, or any of them,

have made a finaldeterminationonthe Permit Application and, until such time as a determination on the Permit

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Application is made, to allow the monitoring of Project-related construction activities.

STIPULATION

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED ANDAGREEDbythe Parties, byand through their counselofrecord,

that:

(1) By entering into this Stipulation, the Parties agree that, effective November 15, 2005, all future

proceedings in this matter shall be stayed until any Party notifies the Court and the other Parties in writing that

the Federal Defendants, or any ofthem, have made a finaldeterminationonthe Permit Application. If no other

Party has issued such written notification, Counsel for the Federal Defendants shall provide such written

notification within five (5) business days oflearning fromany ofthe FederalDefendants that a determination on

the Permit Application has been made. The remainder of this Stipulation shall terminate concurrently with the

stay.

(2) Without limiting the foregoing, the stay of this action includes, but is not limited to, a stay of

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Defendants Pueblo Serra’s Motion for a Change of Venue.

(3) Defendants Pueblo Serra agree to employ, at their own expense, anindependent archaeologist

beginning onNovember 23, 2005 to monitor any and allProject-related Excavation(as defined herein),subject

to the limitations set forth in paragraph four below. An “independent archaeologist” is defined as an

archaeologisthiredfromStatisticalResearch,Inc.;Stand Tech; LSAAssociates, Inc.; or any otherarchaeologist

approved by Plaintiffs. “Excavation” includes any on- or off-site constructionactivitiesthatresult inmovement

of Earth (as also defined herein). “Earth” shall mean soils, rock, and other materials present within the

boundaries of, or immediately adjacent to, the Project, including native soils and fill material located on the

ground as of November 23, 2005. “Excavation” does not include the addition of any new fill material after

November 23, 2005 that does not result in the disturbance (e.g., removal of or removal and replacement) of

Earth. Defendants Pueblo Serra agree to adhere to the following monitoring protocol with respect to the

independent archaeologist:

Should non-human cultural resources be discovered, the monitor shall have the power to

temporarily halt or divert constructionactivities untilthe qualified independent archaeologist can

determine if the resources are significant and, if significant, until recovered by the independent

archaeologist. In the event that human remains are discovered, construction activities shall be

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halted or diverted until the provisions of section 7050.5 of the Health and Safety Code and

section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code have been implemented.

See mitigation measures CR5 and CR6 in the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Project (attached

hereto as Exhibit A). The provisions of this paragraph three may be modified by written agreement of the Parties

without Court approval.

(4) The Parties agree that the independent archaeologist employed pursuant to paragraph three

need not monitor Excavation occurring at a depth of less than or equal to six (6) feet in the area that is within

forty (40) feet fromthe gymnasiumbuilding, provided that the area where the Excavation is to occur is covered

with fill at least eight (8) feet in depth. The Parties also agree that the independent archaeologist employed

pursuant to paragraphthree above shall have the ability to authorize Excavation offillmaterialinthe absence of

the independent archaeologist provided that the following conditions are met:(a) the area where the Excavation

is to occur is not within the “sensitive” area; (b) the independent archaeologist has viewed, in person, the area

where suchExcavationwilloccur and concludesthat there is no risk thatsuchExcavationwilldamage significant

archaeologicalresources; (c) the independent archaeologistsets a permissible depthforsuchExcavation, which

shall not exceed a depthone (1) foot above native ground and the independent archaeologist verifies, in person,

at least once per day that the authorized Excavation has not exceeded such depth; and (d) the independent

archaeologistreports anyauthorizationfor Excavationina daily logand any otherreport, whichwillbe provided

to Plaintiffs’ representative in accordance with paragraph six below. The provisions of this paragraph four

maybe be modified by the written agreement of the Parties without Court approval. 

(5) Defendants Pueblo Serra agree to allow one or more archaeologist(s) appointed by Plaintiffs

to observe Project-related construction activities from time to time to verify compliance with this Stipulation.

No more than one of Plaintiffs’ archaeologists shall be present at the Project site at a time. Plaintiffs agree to

submit the credentials of any sucharchaeologist tocounselforDefendantsPueblo Serra inadvance for approval,

provided that counselfor Defendants Pueblo Serra shall not unreasonably withhold suchapproval. Defendants

Pueblo Serra agree to provide access to the Project site to Plaintiffs’ approved archaeologist at all timeswhen

construction activities are occurring. Defendants Pueblo Serra also agree to provide a current contact number

for the independent archaeologist employed pursuant to paragraph three.

(6) Defendants Pueblo Serra agree to provide Plaintiffs’representative witha copyofdailylogs and

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any other reports generated by the independent archaeologist hired pursuant to paragraph three above.

Defendants Pueblo Serra agree to provide such logs/reports in a timely fashion, but in no event more than

twenty-four hours after receiving such logs/reports.

(7) This Stipulation may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile signatures.

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: November ___, 2005 SHUTE, MIHALY & WEINBERGER LLP

By: ________________________________________

ELLISON FOLK

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

CALIFORNIA CULTURAL RESOURCES

PRESERVATION ALLIANCE, INC. and SIERRA CLUB

Dated: November ___, 2005 RUTAN & TUCKER 

By:_________________________________________

HANS VAN LIGTEN

Attorneys for Defendants

PUEBLO SERRA LLC; PUEBLO SERRA WORSHIP

HOLDINGS INC.

Dated: November ___, 2005

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CAROLINE M. BLANCO, Trial Attorney, Natural

Resources Section, Environment and Natural Resources

Division,U.S.Department ofJustice,AttorneysforDefendants

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; LT. GEN. CARL

A. STROCK, BRIG. GEN. JOSEPH SCHROEDEL, COL.

ALEX DORNSTAUDER

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ORDER

Pending motions are denied without prejudice. CMC will be held on 5/12/06 at 1:30 p.m.,

otherwise,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 30, 2005 ______________________________________________

JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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