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Introduction <br /> The proposed project site was visited with Herb Carpenter <br /> of Reid Middleton and Associates . The project was reviewed and <br /> the site walked. A second site visit was conducted on November <br /> 7 , to look at Union Slough at low tide and to evaluate the <br /> Highway runoff conditions and look at offsite structures that <br /> influence drainage and water storage on the site . <br /> General Conditions <br /> The site is located between I-5 on the west and Union <br /> Slough on the east. There is a 12-15 foot high dike along the <br /> Union Slough boundary that creates a steep slope that is <br /> vegetated by Himalayan blackberry . There is a maintenance road <br /> at the toe of the dike that is overgrown with upland grasses . <br /> The main portion of the site is an agricultural field that is <br /> presently planted to a green fertilizer grass mixture. The <br /> south end of the site is not farmed creating an approximately <br /> 2 . 0 acre area that is vegetated with a mix of reed canarygrass <br /> and thistle. The east side of the property is bordered by a <br /> drainage ditch that parallels I-5 . Waters run to the north <br /> through a tide gate off the property. There is a backwater pond <br /> that appear to have been a part of Union Slough or a connector <br /> between Union and Steamboat Sloughs before I-5 was built and <br /> before the inside dike of Union Slough was constructed. It is <br /> now a blind slough that receives its water from road runoff . <br /> In the winter the pond has plenty of water , is flushed and <br /> retains reasonable water quality. In the summer the water drains <br /> dii7 <br /> 2 <br />