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One wetland(Wetland A), one stream(Silver Lake Creek), and Silver Lake were identified during the site investigation. Wetland A is a Category III wetland with a habitat score of 6, Silver Lake Creek is a Type F water, and Silver Lake is a Type S water. Per Everett Municipal Code (EMC) 19.37.110, Table 37.2, Category III wetlands with habitat scores of 6 or 7 require 150-foot - standard buffers.Type F streams within sparsely vegetated or unvegetated buffers require 150-foot buffers per EMC 19.37.170, Table 37.3. The buffers of Wetland A and Silver Lake Creek extend throughout the entirety of the project area_ Per EMC 19.37.160.B, Silver Lake shall be protected as required by the approved Shoreline Master Program (SMP). The SMP does not provide a required buffer for Silver Lake. The project site is located within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of Silver Lake and therefore falls within shoreline jurisdiction. The shoreline master program designation for the site is shoreline residential. 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicant is proposing to remodel the existing clubhouse building.The majority of the project will occur within the existing structure and as such will not impact critical areas.Two areas of work exterior of the existing structural footprint are proposed. The building will be expanded to the northwest over an area of existing pavement and the gable over the walkway in the south will be .expanded.The northwest and southern work areas will impact 323 square feet and 120 square feet of exterior area, respectively. Of the 443 square feet of exterior modifciations, only 17 square feet of existing vegetation will be impacted. Per EMC 19.37.050.A.11, existing structures in existence on January 13, 1990 may be remodeled, expanded, or replaced. The existing clubhouse did not exist on this date; however, the development permits were approved prior to the adoption of the zoning code(1988).Per communication with Teddi McFall at the City.of Everett, these conditions meet the intent of this restriction and thus the structure may be modified. Expansions, like those proposed for this project, shall be limited to a maximum of 1,000 square feet and may not further encroach into the buffer between the critical area and existing improvements.Per EMC 19.04.110, buffer is defined as follows: `Buffer"means an area which provides the margin of safety through protection of slope stability, attenuation of surface water flows and erosion controls necessary to minimize risk to the public from loss of life or well-being or property damage resultingfrom natural disasters, or an area which is an integral part of the natural system and which provides shading input of organic debris and coarse sediments, room for variation in stream or wetland boundaries, habitat for wildlife and protection from harmful intrusion necessary to protect the public from losses suffered when the functions and values of important aquatic resources are degraded- The paved area that will be removed due to the clubhouse expansion as well as other existing legally established paved and constructed areas within the standard buffer of on-site critical areas do not meet the definition of buffer. These areas do not increase slope stability, attenutate surface water flows, or protect from damage resulting from natural disasters.They are not an integral part of the natural system and do not provide shading, input of organic debris or coarse sedmints, habitat to wildlife, or room for variation in stream and wetland boundaries. Therefore, impacts to existing paved and constructed areas are not impacts to buffers. Thus, all modifications to paved areas associated with the clubhouse remodel are not buffer impacts. A total of 17 square feet of landscaped vegetation will be affected by the gable expansion. These impacts are located south of Charter Club Apartments 2 WRI#23061 Y Critical Area Report&Mitzaation Plan November 6, 2023