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POST -MITIGATION FUNCTIONS AND VALUES To accommodate for the access road, the applicant is proposing to average the buffers of Wetlands A and D down to a minimum of 45-feet. A total 12,779 square feet of reduced buffer will result from proposed activities. The impacts are proposed in an area that minimizes the potential harm to the existing functions and values provided by the wetland buffer, since non -mature alder and salmonberry currently dominate the area proposed for impact. Although the proposed buffer reduction area will impact the forested buffer, the proposed additional buffer area will result in permanent protection of forested buffer area along the on -site steep slopes. The additional buffer area will maintain forested corridors for wildlife in the vicinity, and permanently protect the high level of functions currently provided by the forested area. Five bird boxes will be placed within the subject buffer near the proposed access road and just outside of the temporary impact areas. These boxes will provide additional habitat features for nesting birds within the buffer and will help replace the temporary habitat loss due to the impacts. This measure will help to increase the habitat value of the subject wetland buffer. The proposed buffer averaging will provide permanent protection to an equivalently functioning buffer area between the proposed development and Wetland A. No net loss of function or value will occur from this proposal. This proposal will increase the overall functions and values provided by the subject wetland buffers by providing greater vegetative diversity, greater habitat value, and permanent protection. USE OF THIS REPORT This Critical Area Study and Buffer Mitigation Plan is supplied to Intermec Technologies Corporation as a means of determining on -site critical area conditions, as required by the City of Everett during the permitting process. This report is based largely on readily observable conditions and, to a lesser extent, on readily ascertainable conditions. No attempt has been made to determine hidden or concealed conditions. Reports may be adversely affected due to the physical condition of the site and the difficulty of access, which may lead to observation or probing difficulties. The laws applicable to sensitive areas are subject to varying interpretations and may be changed at any time by the courts or legislative bodies. This report is intended to provide information deemed relevant in the applicant's attempt to comply with the laws now in effect. Critical Area Study and Buffer Mitigation Plan 15 WRI# 09084 Intermec- Lot 2 Revision#2: March 22, 2010