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Performance Standards <br /> Performance Standard 1: There shall be 100 percent survival of all the plantings after Year 1, or <br /> the permittee shall replace the material. At least 80 percent of the plant material installed shall <br /> survive in Year 5 after installation. <br /> Performance Standard 2: There shall be a minimum of 60 percent cover by native species after <br /> the fifth year post-installation. This includes existing plants and volunteer natives. <br /> Performance Standard 3: There shall be less than 15 percent cover of weedy/invasive cover in <br /> the buffer enhancement planting area for all five years post-installation. <br /> 14.0 PROJECT MONITORING PROGRAM <br /> Requirements for monitoring project: <br /> 1.Initial compliance/as-built report <br /> 2.Annual site inspection (once per year in the fall)for five years <br /> 3. Annual reports including final report(one report submitted in the fall of each monitored year) <br /> Purpose for Monitoring <br /> The purpose for monitoring this mitigation project shall be to evaluate its success. Success will be <br /> deterthined if monitoring shows at the end of five years that the definitions of success stated <br /> below are being met. The property owner shall grant access to the mitigation area for inspection <br /> and maintenance to the contracted landscaper and/or wetland specialist and the City of Everett <br /> during the period of the bond or until the project is evaluated as successful. <br /> Monitoring <br /> Monitoring shall be conducted annually for five years in accordance with the approved Buffer <br /> Enhancement Plan. The monitoring period will begin once the City receives written notification <br /> from a wetland professional confirming the mitigation plan has been implemented and City staff <br /> inspects the site and issues approval of the installation. <br /> Vegetation Monitoring <br /> Sampling points or transects will be established for vegetation monitoring and photo points will <br /> be established from which photos will be taken throughout the monitoring period. Permanent <br /> sampling points must be identified on the mitigation site plans in the first monitoring report(they <br /> may be drawn on approved enhancement plans by hand). Each sampling point shall detail shrub <br /> and tree coverage. Monitoring of vegetation sampling points shall occur annually between May <br /> 15 and September 30 (prior to leaf drop),unless otherwise specified. <br /> Photo points <br /> At least one permanent photo point will be established within the enhancement area. <br /> Photographs will be taken from photo points to visually record condition of the enhancement <br /> area. Photos shall be taken annually between May 15 and September 30 (prior to leaf drop), <br /> unless otherwise specified. <br /> View Ridge Community Church 15 Critical Area Report and Buffer <br /> WRI#16092 Averaging/Enhancement Plan <br /> November 21,2016 <br />