2216 GIBSON PL 2018-01-02 MF Import

�,,,_ OCT_12-'93 09:37 I D:C I TY OF E�!EP.ETT PLRIJ TEL N0:'C�E-?59-874? q738 PO4 <;. �„ , , � ' Loren 6 Dlanne Jensen ,t Page 2 ' ` , the City's ESA ordinance. Therefore, the recent clearing by you on the � weekend of August 21, 1993 constitutes an "unauthorizFd alteration." Section 37.230.8.2, Unauthorized alterations, states i� part that: 'The Planning Director shall require restoration of the unauthorized area of alteration to a condition which is equivalent or superior to its prior . netural condition, to the extent that such condition can be determined." Restoration of the ESA habitat on the subject property to a "condition whioh is equivalent or superior to its prior netural condition" would require an additional 50 to 70 years, the estimated age of the cleared habitet. Alteration of watiands and their buffers are subject to specific mitigation ratios to compensate for habitat damage. Due to their significant biologicat value, torested wetlands require a replacement ratio of 3:1 (Section 37.090.C.1 to 5). It is our preliminary assessment that there is not sufficient property onsite to provide for this mitigation ratio end secondly the equivelent habitat valua of a mature forested wetland and buffer habitat cannot be provided onsite for another 50 to 70 years. It should be noted that some mitigation credit will be given for the removaf of ivy onsite and the replanting of those areas with nativa vegetetion. In cirwmstances where mitigation cannot be provided nnsite, section 37.230.8.2 � requires thet: � "As an altemative to resturation of the illegally altered environmentally ��;;. sensitive erea, the Planning Director may allow for the re-creation of .��j�;; wetlands, stream corridors, or habitat areas of the same type which have �;};;i: been altered in a different location than that which has been altered if the �.;:� � altemative locatfon will result in a net improvement in tunctional values or �, a higher quality environmentally sensitive area than possible in the area which has been previously altered." A suitable offsite altemative is the mouth of Pigeon Creek 2 at Howarth Park. , The small lagoan/wetland et this locstion hes been fllled in by silt and sand which has severely reduced its functions and values. Removal of this sediment and replanting of this wetland may provide for suitable mitigetion of your clearing impacts. To provide for adequate mitigation of your onsite habitat impacts, the following i, steps must be completed by e qualified wetland biologist who apacializes in -� : restoration of wetlend and stream corridors (See section 37.090.D}: � ; �� . �