Resolution 3528 - Laserfiche WebLink

• The Decision Document does not permit development of wetlands B and C or their respective buffers (see FEIS 3.4.2 and Decision Document pg 16&pg 25). The wetlands and their buffers are environmentally sensitive areas and will be protected according to criteria established within Title 37 and the Decision Document. • A buffer width greater than the minimum buffer provided for in Title 37 has been required for Wetland B. • The Decision Document requires a wildlife corridor connecting wetlands B and C, and connecting those wetlands with larger blocks of habitat on and offsite. Conclusions: • The Decision Document requires that wetlands B and C be preserved. In addition, it requires that 3.5 acres of upland buffer be preserved to protect the wetlands and provide wildlife habitat. The combined area of wetland and buffer being protected is 5.9 acres. This 5.9 acres will be connected by a 60 foot wide wildlife corridor with dense, screening vegetation. The wildlife corridor will provide for movement of wildlife between wetlands B and C and the two largest blocks of habitat on the Boeing site, which have been provided with wildlife corridors offsite to Japanese Gulch (see Section 5 of Resolution -Wildlife Corridors). • Wetland E is a small isolated wetland formed during construction of the North Perimeter Road. It is a disturbed site and has very low functions and values associated with it (see DEIS Tbl. 3.5.1 &3.5.2). Wetland E has been rated a Category H wetland based solely on the dominant Red Alder tree canopy. Due to its isolated nature, small size and minimal functions and values, mitigation of Wetland E by means of the created wetland next to Powder Mill Creek was reasonably assured. The biological support functions of the proposed created wetland in Powder Mill Creek will be substantially higher than those found in Wetland E. The functions include biological fish support, increased size and diversity of the created wetland, and location of the created wetland in a landscaped position that provides increased wildlife functions. The created wetland will be located at the headwaters of Powder Mill Creek and contiguous to a large block of upland habitat. • The wetland mitigation ratio for the filling of Wetland E is 3:1 (creation of three times the size of wetland compared to the area of filled Wetland E). • The loss of less than 10 acres of upland habitat between Wetlands B and C is not significant. 9