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� <br /> March 14. 2010 I <br /> Addition to Stccvcs Rcsidcncc <br /> I_RtA .lob No. ]0-008 <br /> Pagc 4 <br /> � <br /> "I'hc Vashon till soil unit is dcposited dirccUy by glacial icc during thc most rcccnt glacial � <br /> period as il advanccd ovcr an croded, irreeular surface of older formations and sedim�nts. � <br /> lt is a vcry dcnsc mixture of unsortcd clay, silt, sand. gravcl. and scattered cobblcs and i <br /> boulders. ol'tcn referred to as "hard pan". The Vashon till over the top two to four fcet is <br /> normally wcathercd to a mediunrdense statc, and is moderately pcnncable and <br /> compressihlc. 'l�hc undcrlying Iresh till is vcry Jcnsc and is practically impcn�ious t�, <br /> stormwatcr intiltration. 'fhc frcsh till has thc strcngth of low-gradc concretc and can <br /> stand in a stccp nalural or cut slopc for a long period. If rcmains undisturbcd and wcll- <br /> draincd. Ihc fresh till can pru�idr exccllcnt Ii�unJatiun support ���ith littic sctllcmcnt <br /> cspcctr�i. <br /> 'I'hc ad�ancc uut���ash soil unit undcrl�ing thc Vashon till is comp�,scJ uf stratilicd sand <br /> anci gravcl with minor amounts of silt and clay, dcpositcd by thc mclt�vatcr of advancing <br /> glacial icc. Duc to thcir grncrally granular composition, thc ad��ancc out�vash dcposits <br /> arc of modcratcly high permcability and gcncrally drains fairly wcll. 'I'hc advancc <br /> outwash deposits are elacially overriddcn and arc gencrally densc to very dense in its <br /> natural, undisturbcd statc, except thc top 2 to 4 fect whcre exposed on slopes which ma�� <br /> bc ���cathcrcd to a loosc to mcdium-dcnsc statc. Thc advancc out�vash Jeposits can stand <br /> in slccp culs or natural slopcs liir cxtcndcd period ���hcn undisturbed. Whcrc cxposcd on <br /> ��opcs ���ith poor vcgctation cover and su�jcct to stonn runoff or groundwatcr sccpaec. <br /> tlic advance out�eash Jeposits can be gradually eroded and tnay sloueh and redcposit to a <br /> IlaUcr inclination. 'I�hc undcrlyine �i�csh ad��ancc out���ash deposits in thcir nativc. <br /> -_.. <br /> LIU & ASSOCIATES, INC. � <br /> �,�,; � > � <br />