2010/12/08 Council Agenda Packet

1. WSDOT Coordination The Consultant shall coordination with WSDOT Local Programs staff for the preparation of NEPA documentation. Two meetings are budgeted, a site visit and one meeting at WSDOT Local Programs. This task includes coordination of draft and final submittals to WSDOT and follow-up until NEPA approval is obtained. 2. Environmental Classification Summary (ECS) The Consultant will prepare a draft ECS for City review. The ECS will be finalized based on City comments and any direction received from WSDOT Local Programs. The ECS will classify._the_project as either a Categorical.Exclusion(CE) or.a Documented Categorical Exclusion(DCE) 3. Cultural Resources/106 Evaluation The Consultant will coordinate with the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation(DAHP)to determine the presence and potential impacts to cultural resources. The Consultant will initiate the review by preparing written documentation of any historic sites or structures within the area of potential affect of a project. The Consultant will conduct a records search at the offices of DAHP in Olympia. The Consultant will compile the results of the research and submit these results in an Area of Potential Effect(APE) Letter from approval by WSDOT and DAHP. 4. Parks 4(f) The Consultant will prepare a memorandum that analyzes the impacts to public parks(JJ Hill Park). A finding of de minimus will be prepared. 5. Visual Quality The Consultant will prepare a memorandum that analyzes any effects to visual quality that may change with the new bridge design. The analysis will be prepared pursuant to the requirements of the WSDOT Environmental Procedures Manual. 6. Environmental Justice The Consultant will prepare a memorandum that analyzes the demographics to determine if there are any environmental justice population/community impacts under the WSDOT Environmental Procedures Manual criteria. 7. Endangered Species Act The Consultant will prepare an assessment of the project's potential effects on species that are listed as Threatened or Endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. NOAA Fisheries, USFWS, WDFW and WDNR databases will be obtained and reviewed, and a field visit to observe habitat conditions of the project site will be conducted. Based on the location of the project in Downtown Everett, the distance to Puget Sound, and the lack of streams, wetlands, and wildlife habitat in the developed environment, a no effect to Threatened or Endangered Species is assumed to be likely and a"No Effect Letter" (NEL) will be produced. The NEL will be submitted to WSDOT with the ECS for 22