10011 3RD AVE SE BASE FILE 2016-01-01 MF Import

il INTRODUCI70N The D and D Storage project is a propoud offia/storage facility developmem located on 6.65 acres in E.arct4 �'�hingron (Township 28 North, Range 5 East, SeMion 19, WM). 'Ihe subjcet property is situated direMly east of Third Avenue � SE, appro�dmately one block south of Evercu Mall Way. To the north a rctail commercial development oaurs along Everett Mall Way, and to the west acrou Third Avenoe SE a multiple•family development oavrs. A tributary of Nonh Creek traverses the southwestem portion ot the subjed property. The creek enters t6e site via a culvert under 7liird Avenue and flows in a southeasterly dircction 7'he stream corridor is nlatively broad and the channel poorly defined. No salmon 6shery is known to be pre�ent in this reach o[stream. The subjea property slopes to the south with a topographic relief of over 20 feet. 'Ihe land slopes from a knoll elevation of 604 feet to a creek elevation of 580 feet in the southwest property camec Along the north property line some previous filling extends on to the property. 7Wo soil series have been mapped by the Soil Conservation Servlce (USDA 1983), Alderwood•Urban on the slopes and McKenna in the stream corcidor. 71ie Alderwcod series is mmprised ot gravelly sandy loam,while the McKenna seria:is � a gravelly s?It loam. Unlike the Alderwood series, the McKenna uries is listed by � the US Army Co�ps of Engineers (1987) as a hydric soil uries. Semnd growth of miced mniferous(orest dominates the aloping portions of the site. Along the stream rnrtidor a deciduous stand of rcd alder accurs. Within the red alder forest, wetland indicator species, such as skunk cabbage and Pacific water• parsley,are obvious. Wit6 these indicators present and hydric soil series known to � occur along the stream cortidar, the need ro evaluate the preuna and extent o( weQands on the subject property and identih�potential impacts is warranted. i �