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1. Each activityl use shall be designed so as to minimize overall wetland or buffer alteration to the greatest extent <br /> possible. <br /> See the responses to Parts 1 and 2 of the mitigation sequencing section above. <br /> 2. Construction techniques and field marking of areas to be disturbed shall be approved by the city prior to site <br /> disturbance to ensure minimal encroachment. <br /> All wetland areas to be filled will be marked onsite and approved by the City prior to the start <br /> of construction as well as proposed construction techniques. <br /> 3. A mitigation plan shall be prepared in accordance with subsection C of this section. <br /> This mitigation plan has been prepared in accordance with EMC 19.37.120.C. Mitigation is <br /> proposed through the purchase of mitigation bank credits from the KFMB as allowed under <br /> EMC 19.37.125. <br /> 4. The city may require the applicant to rehabilitate a wetland or its buffer by removing debris, sediment, nonnative <br /> vegetation, or other material detrimental to the area by replanting disturbed vegetation, or by other means deemed <br /> appropriate by the city. Rehabilitation or restoration may be required at any time that a condition detrimental <br /> to water quality or habitat exists. <br /> The wetland and associated buffer areas currently onsite are planned to be filled and mitigated <br /> for offsite. As such,rehabilitation and restoration actions are not possible on site. However, <br /> the local ecological function and water quality improvements lost as a result of this project will <br /> be recovered and enhanced through the use of the Keller Farm Mitigation Bank. <br /> 5. Wetland Compensation Ratios. In approving alteration or relocation of a wetland, the city shall require that <br /> an area larger than the altered portion of the wetland be provided as compensation for destruction of the functions <br /> of the altered wetland and to ensure that such functions are replaced. The ratios in this section apply to creation, <br /> restoration, and enhancement which is in-kind(within the same hydrogeomorphic(HGM)class), on or adjacent <br /> to the site, timed prior to or concurrent with alteration, and has a high probability of success. The city may <br /> accept or recommend compensation which is off site andl or out-of-kind, if the applicant can demonstrate that <br /> on-site compensation is infeasible due to constraints such as parcel side or wetland type or that a wetland of a <br /> different type or location is justified based on regional needs or functions. W ben mitigating allowed impacts to <br /> wetlands, the standard ratios in Table 37.4 shall be used, except as othenvise provided below in this subsection. <br /> Wetland compensation will be provided in accordance with the ratios described in the KFMB <br /> Mitigation Banking Instrument. See Chapter 2 for further details. <br /> 1.1.4 Wetland Mitigation Banks <br /> The Applicant proposes the purchase of mitigation bank credits from the KFMB to offset the <br /> complete fill of Wetland A and Wetland B. Per EMC 19.37.125.A.1, the City may allow wetland <br /> mitigation banking under any of the following circumstances: <br /> a. 1Vhen alteration is allowedpursuantto the "reasonable use"exception asprovided in EMC 19.3 7.050(B)(6); <br /> b. Wlben alteration is allowed for a water-dependent or water-related use; <br /> c. 1Vhen on-site or off-site mitigation in the immediate vicinity of the project is not reasonable; <br /> 1345.0029—Benton Square 3 Soundview Consultants LLC <br /> Conceptual Mitigation Bank Use Plan April 1,2022 <br />