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Decision: Deny the appeal and affirm the mitigation requirements for Yew groves and trees as set forth by the Responsible Official in the Decision Document (Subarea 2B(2) Yew Groves and Trees, pp. 26-27). SECTION 5: WILDLIFE CORRIDORS Findings: • Two substantial forested wildlife habitat areas remain on the Boeing site. These areas are Powder Mill Gulch, north of the existing North Perimeter Road, and Japanese Creek and its intermittent tributaries east of the existing East Perimeter Road. • Movement of wildlife between the forested habitat of Powder Mill Gulch and Japanese Gulch is important to provide for movement of wildlife and to mitigate wildlife impacts (see DEIS, App. E, pg 42). • Provision of a wildlife corridor is especially important along Seaway Boulevard in the vicinity of 36th Avenue (see FEIS, pg 3-34; DEIS, App. E pg E-41). • The Decision Document requires a 200 foot wide open space strip immediately south of Seaway Boulevard at 36th Avenue, and a minimum of a 60 foot wide vegetated corridor linking the Japanese Creek open space area to the Powder Mill Gulch open space area. These areas must be designated as permanent open space (see Decision Document: Subarea 2B(3)Wildlife Corridors, pg 27-2). • Increasing the amount of open space preserved in the Powder Mill Gulch area is important because it will increase the size of the area retained as the most substantial remaining block of habitat area on the Boeing site (see DEIS, App. E, 3.1; pg E-42). • Since no development is permitted by the Decision Document in the major area which contains the most substantial stands of Yew trees and groves, a larger block of remaining open space in the Powder Mill Gulch area will be substantially preserved. • Additionally, the proximity of this open space and Yew tree area to the created wetland will increase habitat diversity, so that in a few years it is expected to be higher there than anywhere in the vicinity (see DEIS, App. E, pg E-42). • The Decision Document requires preservation of intermittent tributaries A and B to Japanese Creek to be preserved (see Decision Document pp 20-21). Tributaries C and D can be modified only if specific approval is granted by the Planning Director consistent with the City's environmentally sensitive areas regulations (Section 37 of the Zoning Code) (Decision Document, pp 21-22). 6