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,/ --� � - � The Watershed Company ��(�(�On�(1 October 12, 1998 U U �� OCT 1 41998 Liz Greenhagen, Environmental Planner City of Everett Planning and Community Development 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 800 Everett, WA. 98Z01-4044 Dear Liz: Post-it' Fax Note 7671 io ��'/� /CC�' > co. � We have been asked to review wetland and drainage conditions on a site located north of the Trader Joe's building at 811 SE Everett Mall Parkway. This property is owned by a group of investors who plan to develop it. It is my understanding that they were notified by you that a�vetland study is required on their site. We have visited the site and have researched the history of the site with reference to the construction of the neighboring Trader Joe's building, which was previously known as the Silo building. In approximately 1984 construction of the Silo building was approved by the City of Everett. This approval allowed 611 of what was referred to on permit paperwork as a ponded area on the northern portion of the Silo property. This fill appears to be approximately 6 to 7 Eeet deep in areas. In association with this fill, approved Silo construction plans included placement of a drainage inlet pipe at the northern property edge. Unfortunately, this pipe was placed approximately 4 to 5 feet above the previously existing ground level making it ineffective Eor drainage of surface water from the adjacent property to the north. As historical photos of this area illustrate, prior to placement of the Eill on the SIlo property, a stream feature drained from the north into the ponded area on the Silo property and tnen drained south of ihe exisiing Everett Mall Parkway. The [ill on the Silo property blocked the drainage pathway, serving to back water up onto the property to the north. Please refer to the enclosed City o[ Everelt planimetric maps. Tlle 1969 map shows a wetland area mapped on the Silo property. The 1986 map shows a new wetland area on the property north of the Silo property, following construclion of the Silo building. A map which shows the 1986 conditions imposed onto the 1969 map more clearly illustrates this change. Present site conditions on the property to the north oE the Silo property also show evidence of this change. The soils are starting to display welland characteristics in the upper 4 to 6 inches. However, below this level the soils quite clearly do not yet meet v�etland criteria. Using a Munsell Soi( Color Chart (Vfunsell, 1992), soil color was determined to be dark yellowish brown (10 YR 3/4). The vegetation is characterized by young cottomvood in the overstory �vith hardhack and some 1410 �torket Street • P.O. 6os 1180 • Kirkland • lVA 99033-0913 •Phone (425) 8?2-i242 • Fax (a25) 927-8136