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EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA I1'EM COVER SHEET 2 <br /> PROJECT TITLE: <br /> Easement exchange between Briefing COUNCIL BILL# <br /> Everett and the Washington Proposed Action Originating Department Public Works _ <br /> State Department of Natural Consent Contact Person Julie Sklare <br /> Resources to facilitate forestry Action Phone Number 425-257-7208 <br /> and watershed management First Reading FOR AGENDA OF May 21, 2014 <br /> Second Reading <br /> Third Reading <br /> Public Hearing <br /> Budget Advisory Initialed by: <br /> Department Head <br /> CAA <br /> Council President <br /> Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval <br /> Chaplain Watershed Easement Exchange Legal,Real Property <br /> Amount Budgeted $104,900 <br /> Expenditure Required $28,668 Account Number(s): 401 5 200 124 932 610 <br /> Budget Remaining $76,232 <br /> Additional Required -0- <br /> DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br /> The purpose of this easement exchange between the City and the Washington State Department of Natural <br /> Resources (DNR)is to facilitate forestry and watershed management. This includes enhancements for water <br /> quality protection in the Lake Chaplain watershed. Lake Chaplain serves as the City's terminal drinking <br /> water reservoir. <br /> This easement exchange will bring further protections of the City's drinking water supply by: <br /> • Rerouting logging traffic away from the reservoir. The new route sets logging trucks one quarter-mile <br /> back from the reservoir and reduces travel distance through the watershed. <br /> • Improves watershed security by deterring unauthorized watershed entry. This is accomplished by <br /> decreasing logging traffic through watershed access gates, allowing the abandonment of a road that <br /> leads to a reservoir access gate, and relinquishes easements that are not restricted to forest <br /> management purposes. <br /> • DNR has committed to continued implementation of water quality protection specifications with the <br /> intention of developing a comprehensive Watershed Agreement with Everett in the near future. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(Exact action requested of Council): <br /> Authorize the Mayor to sign Easement exchange between Everett and the Washington State Department of <br /> Natural Resources to facilitate forestry and watershed management. <br /> 7 <br />