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

1 k TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PROJECT INFORMATION........................................................................................................... 1 2.0 STUDY PURPOSE....................................................................................................................... 2 3.0 PROJECT PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES........................................................................................ 3 4.0 PROPOSED ACTION AND BASELINE CONDITIONS..................................................................... 3 4.1 SETTING DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................................... 3 4.2 ACTION AREA..................................................................................................................................... 4 4.3 BASELINE CONDITIONS...................................................................................................................... 6 4.3.1 Japanese Gulch Creek Matrix of Pathways and Indicators........................................................ 7 4.3.2 Edgewater Creek Matrix of Pathways and Indicators.............................................................. 12 4.4 PROJECT DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................... 17 4.4.1 Road Improvements.................................................................................................................. 18 4.4.2 Stormwater................................................................................................................................ 18 4.4.3 Clearing and Grading................................................................................................................ 20 4.4.4 Utility Coordination.................................................................................................................. 21 4.4.5 Wetland Impacts....................................................................................................................... 21 4.4.6 Construction Timing, Machinery, and Staging Areas.............................................................. 21 5.0 STATUS OF THE SPECIES AND CRITICAL HABITAT................................................................. 22 5.1 BULL TROUT.................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1.1 Critical Habitat.......................................................................................................................... 22 5.1.2 Environmental Baseline............................................................................................................. 23 5.2 CHINOOK SALMON.......................................................................................................................... 23 5.2.1 Critical Habitat.......................................................................................................................... 23 5.2.2 Environmental Baseline............................................................................................................. 23 5.3 STEELHEAD....................................................................................................................................... 23 5.3.1 Critical Habitat.......................................................................................................................... 23 5.3.2 Environmental Baseline............................................................................................................. 23 5.4 COHO SALMON................................................................................................................................ 24 5.4.1 Critical Habitat.......................................................................................................................... 24 5.4.2 Environmental Baseline............................................................................................................. 24 6.0 EFFECTS OF THE ACTION........................................................................................................ 24 6.1 DIRECT EFFECTS.............................................................................................................................. 24 6.2 INDIRECT EFFECTS........................................................................................................................... 25 6.3 INTERRELATED AND INTERDEPENDENT ACTIONS......................................................................... 25 6.4 CUMULATIVE EFFECTS.................................................................................................................... 26 6.5 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS....................................................................................................................... 26 7.0 RECOMMENDED CONSERVATION MEASURES........................................................................ 26 8.0 DETERMINATIONS OF EFFECT................................................................................................ 27 8.1 PUGET SOUND ESU CHINOOK SALMON........................................................................................ 27 8.2 PUGET SOUND DPS STEELHEAD..................................................................................................... 27 8.3 PUGET SOUND COASTAL BULL TROUT.......................................................................................... 28 8.4 PUGET SOUND/STRAIT OF GEORGIA COHO SALMON.................................................................. 29 8.5 DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT FOR BULL TROUT, STEELHEAD, AND CHINOOK SALMON .... 29