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December 14,2020 <br /> Page 3 of 6 <br /> Limited Geologic Evaluation <br /> h. Areas that are at risk of landslide due to high seismic hazard. <br /> i. Areas that are at risk of landslides or mass movement due to severe erosion hazards. <br /> The site does not contain landslide hazards. There are local steep slope hazards (item g)that are <br /> a result of prior grading activities (cuts). These areas appear stable at this time. There are steep <br /> slope hazards south of the property and on adjacent properties,however,these areas do not pose <br /> a threat to the subject property or project. Nor will the project affect the adjacent steep slope <br /> areas if constructed per plan and per typical engineering standards. <br /> The site is underlain by till and outwash soils. There is a stockpile of fill soils,however,this pile is <br /> covered with plastic and will be used as structural fill behind the new terraced wall system near <br /> the east propeM grope , line. <br /> We did not observe evidence of historic or recent landslide activity or severe erosion on the <br /> subject or adjacent properties. There was no evidence of emergent groundwater, soil creep, or <br /> permeable soil overl3ing silt and clay. <br /> 3. Erosion hazard areas: <br /> a. Those areas defined as high and very high/severe risk of erosion in the Dames and Moore <br /> Methodology for the Inventory, Classification and Designation of Geologically Hazardous Areas, <br /> City of Everett,Washington:July 1,1991,or as revised through best available science: <br /> (1) High erosion hazard areas include slopes of twenty-five to forty percent in Qva and Qal <br /> geologic units;and slopes of greater than forty percent in other(not Qva or Qal)geologic units. <br /> (2) Very high/severe erosion hazard areas include slopes of greater than forty percent in Qva <br /> and Qal geologic units. <br /> b. Those areas defined as medium risk of erosion in the Dames and Moore Methodology for the <br /> Inventory, Classification and Designation of Geologically Hazardous Areas, City of Everett, <br /> Washington: July 1, 1991, or as revised through best available science, when they contain debris <br /> and mud flows,gullying or rifling,immature vegetation,or no vegetation: <br /> (1) Slopes of twenty-five to forty percent in other(not Qva or Qal)geologic units. <br /> 4. Other areas which the city has reason to believe are geologically hazardous. <br /> The NRCS maps indicate that the western portion of the site is underlain by Alderwood gravellX <br /> sandy loam ( s,to 3o percent slopes) and the east portion is underlain by Alderwood-Urban land <br /> complex (2 to 8 percent slopes). In general, the erosion potential at the site varies from low to <br /> very high depending on the slope magnitudes. Severe erosion potentials generally include areas <br /> with slopes of is percent or more in outwash soils. The near surface soils appear to consist of <br /> drift or till and likely have a moderate erosion potential when exposed. <br /> Provided proper erosion control measures are implemented until final landscaping is in place,the <br /> erosion potential can be maintained at a low level. These include keeper all exposed soils <br /> covered when work is not taking place,providing silt fences around the low side of all work areas, <br /> and utilizing other systems as needed based on specific conditions. <br /> B. Geologically Hazardous Slope Setbacks and Slope Protection. <br /> 1. Geotechnical Assessment Requirements.Development proposals on or within two hundred <br /> feet of any area designated as or which, based on site-specific field investigation, the city has <br /> reason to believe are geologically hazardous areas shall submit a geological assessment as <br /> required by subsection F of this section. <br /> www.cobaltgeo.com (2o6)331-1097 <br />