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Executive Summary Soundview Consultants LLC (SVC) conducted a wetland and fish and wildlife habitat assessment of an approximately 1.18-acre site located west of 18th Avenue West in the City of Everett,Washington. The subject property consists of two tax parcels situated in the Southeast '/4 of Section 14,Township 28 North, Range 04 East, W.M. (Snohomish County Tax Parcel Numbers 00480600102000 and 00480600102104). Using current methodology, SVC identified two regulated wetlands onsite (Wetland A and Wetland B) on the western portion of the subject property. One offsite wetland (Offsite Wetland 1) was identified offsite to the north of the subject property. Wetland A,Wetland B, and Offsite Wetland 1 are classified as Category III wetlands with low habitat scores of 4 points and are subject to standard 80-foot buffers per Everett Municipal Code (EMC) 19.37.110.A.1 Table 37.2. An additional 10-foot setback for principal buildings and 5-foot setback for other structures and improvements is also required from the outer edge of the wetland buffers per EMC 19.37.220.B. No other potentially regulated wetlands, waterbodies, or fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas were identified on or within 300 feet of the subject property. The Applicant proposes residential development of the subject property to include 23 townhomes and associated infrastructure including an internal access road, turnaround for fire and other safety access, and utilities. Due to the centralized location of Wetland A and Wetland B, no practical site design was identified that would result in lesser impacts to onsite critical areas while achieving the applicant's development objectives. Therefore,the unavoidable fill of Wetland A (10,253 square feet) and Wetland B (502 square feet) is required to accommodate the proposed residential development. An additional 788 square feet of Wetland A exists offsite to the west and the north of the subject property. Although these areas are not proposed to be filled, they will become isolated and non- functioning following the fill of the onsite portion of Wetland A. Therefore,the project will consider these areas as being directly impacted for calculating total impacted wetland areas, and as such are included in the compensatory mitigation accordingly. No impacts direct or indirect impacts are proposed for Offsite Wetland 1 as an existing paved road interrupts the buffer, therefore, the Offsite Wetland 1 buffer does not project on the subject property. Compensatory mitigation for the complete fill of Wetland A and Wetland B is proposed to be provided through the purchase of mitigation bank credits from the Keller Farms Mitigation Bank (KFMB) as allowed under EMC 19.37.125.A. Overall, the proposed project will result in no net loss of ecological functions within the Cedar-Sammamish watershed (Water Resource Inventory Area 8). The table below identifies the onsite critical areas and summarizes the potential regulatory status by local, state, and federal agencies. ow— Feature Name Size Category/ Regulated Under Regulated Under Regulated Under Onsite Type' EMC 19.37 RCW 90.48 Clean Water Act Wetland A 10,253 SF III Yes Yes Not Likely 788 SF offsite Wetland B 502 SF III Yes Yes Not Likely Offsite Wetland 1 N/A(Offsite) III Yes Yes Not Likely 1. Wetlands classified according to Washington State Department of Ecology(WSDOE)wetland rating system for western Washington(Hruby,2014). 1345.0029—Benton Square i Soundview Consultants LLC Conceptual Mitigation Bank Use Plan April 1,2022