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. m-co-�a i � :ca r�c�n:c..cicca. � �nn��.�... ..... . ��.�c.sc�..�.�� • •.�� ,.. � <br /> CIl"Y AF �EVERETT B�OLIGICAL ASSESSIV�EMT <br /> FOR <br /> FtON ALLEN (HULLY 6RIV� �d"''�:? <br /> cVER�TT, WA�HIM('aTA�' <br /> Prepared k3y: <br /> Jason K Shappart, Fisherles Blologist <br /> Tha Jay Group, LLC <br /> 1927 5�'Stnet <br /> Maryecville,Wq 98203 <br /> �NTRODl3GTfON <br /> The purpose of this Biological Assessment is t� detemifne the e�fer.t that the proposed <br /> prnject will hava on bfotogical resources in the Swamp Creek v,n?ershetl. The sub��:d <br /> parcel end critic�sl areae on and near the subject parcel have been dAsrfihed in the letter <br /> datad February 29, 2001 sent to Rnn Allen by tho Jay Group, LlC regerding a Level 3 <br /> waliand/stream delineaGon and daterminatlon. <br /> Based on the orz-sita Invastlgatlon, Inoluding soil, vagetaUon and nydrolo8y observaticns, <br /> ona riparian wetland (Wetland A for th• purpose of this descripdon)was Identttled o�the <br /> subjed property. Wellnnd A i� ase�ociated with Swemp Creek, the streem bcatod off- <br /> site to the southwest. Accarding to the U.S. Fish and 1Mildlife Service (USFW�; <br /> classiflcat(on systam (Cowardin el al. 1979), this weNand area i. classified as being <br /> p�lvstrine, forested, seesonally iboded/saturatetl, fresh. Tha oif-site portions oi thls <br /> wetland (to the southwesl) are slmiler In charader an�7 mm�ositlon to Ihe on-site <br /> portion. Due to ita rlparian assoclation, thl.s wetland meets the criteria of a Cate��ry II <br /> wethnd per the City of Everett Environmentally Senaitive Areas Ordinance, 37.090. <br /> Cetegory II wellenda within the City of Evereli requiro a sevanty-five foot standard buffer <br /> wfath. <br /> I <br /> TMte Snohomish Cnunty Stream and Wetlands Survey ia complete for this aroa end , <br /> shows Swamp Creek near the subje�i properly. The on sfte InvesUgat{n� revealed that <br /> Swamp Creek is within 150 feet of the subject property. Besed on a site review end <br /> public document review by the Jay G�up, no other streams or wetlands are tocatetl <br /> within 300 feal of the subJect property. The Snohomish Ccunty Chinook Salmon and <br /> Bull Trouk Dkhibu0on maps indfcate no habitat fer either o( thEse species within one <br /> mile of tha site. However, chinoi>k salmon arc known to !nhebit the Swamp Creek <br /> Watershed. I<nawn and presumed chinook salmon habibl ts Iocated over one mfle <br /> downstream frorn the subject pmpe�iy. <br /> The Clty of Everett requlres a Biola�icel Assessment be completed to eva�uate proposed <br /> proJect impecis for devnlopmen[ wlthfn 200 (eet of a salmon-oearing streom (Per. <br /> Comm. Liz Grannh�gen, GlY of EW3rett,03•14-01). <br /> The City may aliow buffer width ave:raging, providing the total averaged Duffer area is not <br /> less lhan ihe ama required by the standard 6uffer widlh, and Yhe a'aeraging wiU not <br /> reduce the wetland functionel values. The averaged buffef wfd!h cannot be less then <br /> � <br /> 9 'd 2SZL-T39109E1 dno�� Rec e9Z�oi i❑ BZ ��C <br />