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DESCRIP'fION OF PROPOSED PROJEGT Gustavsoo, Inc. proposes to create six multipiexs and retain aa existin6 Suvctu�e on 1.87 acres of land located on Silver Lake Road, Everett, Washington. The project would provide moderate•priced rental housing in south Everett BASELINE INFORMATION Introduction On June 22, 1938, Jones & Stokes Associates, Inc. conducted a field survey of the Silver Lake Property. Additional wetland delineation work was conducted February 20, 1991 in order to utilize the current delineation methodology accepted by governing agencies. The vegetation, soils and hydrology of the site were chazacterized by Jones & Stokes Associates' staff. Portions of the site were previously defined as wetlands (0.96 acres) by the Snohon�ish Counry Water Resources Group during a survey conducted on Apri14, 1986. Since that dme, coastruction activities resulted in the 611ing of a portion of the wedand area. The site waz revisited by Snohomish Counry on February 8, 1988 and on March 1, 1988 by the Washington Department of Ecology. The Snohomish Counry team esiimated that 0.22 acres of the original wetland remained after filling. Methodolo� Wetlands at the site were deli►:eated using the methadology outlined in the Federal Manual for ldendfying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wedands (1989). This document represents an interagenry e�'ort whereby the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic s(U�FW�c, U S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corp ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) present a unified approach to wedand deliaeation. T6is approach requires examination of three wetland parameters: soils, 6ydrology, and vegetation. For an area to be considered wetland, a positive iadicator for all three of tLese parameters must be present. Each parameter is discussed further in the following paragraphs. Hydric (wetland) soils are defined as those soils which aze saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic condidons that favor th,; growth and regeneration of hydrophytic (wetland) vegetadon. Hydric indicators include low soil chroma, mottles, gleying, and high organic content. During ehe 6eld investigation, soils were sampled with a hand-held soil augur and examined for hydric indicators.