5900 36TH AVE W SEPA 015 - 034 - SOUNDVIEW BUSINESS CAMPUS - VERITAS Land Use Decision Documents 2025-04-22

2.1 EXISTING WETLANDS AND OTHER AQUATIC RESOURCES ON OR ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT SITE 1 Wetland Resources, Inc. completed a site investigation and delineation in July, 2014, to locate and evaluate jurisdictional wetlands and streams on and in the vicinity of the subject property. Wetland A, Category II, is a small, forested, depressional wetland in the southeastern portion of the site. This wetland drains to a culvert under 36th Avenue W, then to a stormwater system on the property to the east, and finally into Edgewater Creek to the northeast. ■ Wetland B, Category III, is a small, forested, depressional wetland in the southeastern portion of the site that retains ponded water. This wetland has no outlet, and hydrology exits via groundwater and evapotranspiration. Wetland C, Category II, is a small, forested, depressional wetland in the southeastern portion of the site that retains ponded water. This wetland has no outlet, and hydrology exits via groundwater and evapotranspiration. Wetland D, Category III, is a small, depressional, scrub -shrub wetland in the center of the site. This wetland has been disturbed in the past and the vegetation is regenerating after clear -cutting created highly disturbed conditions. This wetland has no outlet, and hydrology exits via groundwater and evapotranspiration. According to the WDFW Priority Habitats and Species Maps and the WDFW SalmonScape web application, the nearest occurrence of priority resident and anadromous fish habitat is in Japanese Gulch Creek, approximately 0.02 miles from the site, and Edgewater Creek, approximately 0.015 miles from the site. Both of these streams flow north into Possession Sound. Table 1. Wetland Information Wetland Name Category Size Wetland A II 0.049 Acres 2,155 square feet Wetland B III 0.004 Acres 171 square feet Wetland C II 0.082 Acres 3,577 square feet Wetland D III 0.113 Acres 4,920 square feet 2.2 KNOWN HISTORIC OR CULTURAL RESOURCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT SITE There are no known historic or cultural resources on the development site. The ravine to the west, known as Japanese Gulch, is known to have an extensive history of resident Japanese - American migrant workers who were employed by the local railroad and timber industries during the beginning of the twentieth century. Please refer to the Cultural Resources Assessment for the Soundview Business Campus Project, located in Appendix E of the Biological Evaluation. ' 2.3 MAP OF THE BASELINE CONDITIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES For a map showing the baseline conditions of the development site and adjacent properties, please refer to the Critical Area Study Map in Appendix C of the Biological Evaluation. Soundview Business Campus 5 WRI #15202 Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Plan Revision #2: October 2, 2015