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DAVID IiVANti AND ASSOCIAT'GS, <br />January 14, 1998 <br />Mr. Pat McBridc <br />G�9S Architcctural Group <br />�soa »�ch Pla« N.e. ai <br />Eicllcwc, Washington 98005 <br />SUBJECT: RLSPONSG TO CI'I']' OP CVCRET'I' COMMENTS <br />ON STONCBROOI{ MITIGATION <br />Dcar Par. <br />���.��.sii� e�r,�„� ...i <br />I�dlrvua Uii�hui�;lrr� .pG.�i� <br />i�i „� m,.nti„„ <br />fn.. �i1 Yo S11'� <br />David lvans and Associa�:cs, Inc. (DIiA) lias as:istcd Vanguard Managcmcnt Co. with cnvironmcntal <br />requircmcnts un thc �iropusr.ci Stonc�roolc projcc� in [ivcrctt, W:u6ington. UEA cfforts havc includcd <br />wcdand dclincation as wcll as production of a critical arcas study, impact asscssmcnt, ind n conccpwal <br />wcdand mitigation plan. Wc rcccivcd a copy of dic City o( L'vcrctt Planning Dcpartmcnt prc-application <br />commcnts datcd August 21, 1997 on that datc via PAX. <br />DGA responded to commcnts about wcdand and environmcntal issucs by producing a rcviscd report entided <br />IVctland bn/krc� Asscn�nent �rnd Cnuccy�ure/ Mi�igatrorr nnd Mnni�ori�rg /'Jnn fir dic SlamGronk Pm/xrty. Thc <br />rcport is datcd July 31, 1997, and Itcviscd Octobcr 1997. 'I'hc conccpwal mitigatiou plan graphic was most <br />recendy updatcd on Dcccmbcr 29, 1997 (attache�, whcn minor buffcr boundary adjustmcnts werc madc and <br />stormwatcr wctpond plantin�s wcrc added. Thc rcviscd repon addresscd all issucs raiscd by thc City o( <br />Gvcrctt in its AuFust crnnmcnt Icttcr. <br />This lettcr prescnu an itcmized list oE responscs to restatc DEA's prcvious responses. Plcasc find attachcd a <br />copy af tl�c L'vcrctt commcnt Icttcr, with commcnts numbcrcd u dcsignatcd by GMS Architectural Group. <br />Our responscs rc(cr to thc commcnts by nwnbcr rathcr dian rcpcating nc�m. <br />SECTION III• zONING CODE STANDARDS/R�QUIRGMENTS <br />Environmcntally Scnsitivc Arcas <br />Commcnt 24 <br />All drainagc corridors are shown on I�igurc 2, WctL�nd Impacu and Mitigation. Thc "cxisting constnictcd <br />ditch" shown in thc southwcstcrn mrncr of thc sitc would not bc classi(icd as a strcam in Lvcrctt bccausc it is <br />entirely artificial. The anificial namre of the ditch is apparent because it takes the form of a narrow trench <br />with no natunl swalc or channcl topography along its Icngth, and in that it was dug across a topographic risc <br />to drain a closcd Jcpression. <br />'I'hcrc is no cvidcncc of any Swamp Crcck channcl in thc wcstcrn half of thc sitc. A percnnial strcam docs <br />Oow southward via a culvcrt undcr 112°i Strcet, but it is o(6sitc to thc cast. <br />Commc�rt ZS <br />Thesc parccls werc inspected by a wcdand biologist in Scptcmbcr 1997. 'thcy do not contain wedands and <br />arc occupicd primarily by cxisting homcs on fill dcposits adjoining ] 12'�' Strcct. � <br />yy <br />� � M � 1 � <br />♦il'�iM I�� <br />