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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBLD2018-00272 - 09 Habitat Management Plan Mitigation Monitoring As-Built Report July 11, 2022 Prepared for: Tom and Tish Satre 204 Olympus Boulvevard Port Ludlow, WA 98365 Regarding: Building Permit # BLD 2018-00272 Aug 15 2022 Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 2 I. Introduction Marine Surveys & Assessments (MSA) prepared a Habitat Management Plan (HMP) and Mitigation Planting Plan for Marie Peterson of New Leaf Design on June 8, 2018, to address potential impacts to species and habitats due to construction activities within a critical area buffer. The project is located on Jefferson County parcel # 978900031 in Section 04, Township 28N, Range 01E, at 204 Olympus Boulevard in Port Ludlow, WA (Figure 1). MSA was contacted again recently to provide the monitoring As-Built survey and report for the final building inspection on permit # BLD2018-00272. A site visit was conducted by MSA Biologist Meg Amos on June 3, 2022. Photos were taken of all planting areas from five photo locations, which can be seen in Figure 2. Figure 1. Vicinity Map II. As-Built Objectives The goal of the 2018 Mitigation Planting Plan was to achieve No Net Loss of ecological function and value for the project by installing a variety of native vegetation. Although the project itself resulted in a net loss of impervious surface and development footprint, it is located within the shoreline critical habitat area buffer, and thus required a Mitigation Planting Plan. The planting plan aims to improve portions of the buffer adjacent to the Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 3 shoreline. This property is located on a high bluff, so the planting plan does not directly affect the marine environment below (ie. shading of substrate for the beach and/or nutrient input effects). Instead, this plan focusses more on providing habitat and fodder for wildlife in the upland habitat zone atop the bluff within the shoreline critical area buffer. Pre-determined performance standards outlined in the Mitigation and Monitoring Plan report are meant to track the success during each monitoring year. Performance standards to be measured during monitoring visits include: Performance standard #1 (survival rate): Immediately after planting, all plants will be counted and documented. At the end of each growing season (late Aug-early Sept). Plots will be visited, and a count of surviving plants will be documented. The percent survival for the plants will be calculated by dividing the total number of plants after planting by the total number of surviving pl ants at the end of the season. Photo stations for each planting site will be determined and a photograph of each transplant location will be taken on an annual basis. Individual plants that die must be replaced with native species to meet the survival performance standards. Performance Standard #2 - percent cover: The percent cover standard will be monitored by looking at each monitoring unit of the enhanced areas from above and estimating the area covered by the individual species. The percent cover within an area can be quantified as a total grater than 100% because plants (in tree, high/low shrub and herbaceous layers) overlap in cover. As per the planting plan and monitoring report the following will be achieved: Year 1: Achieve 100% survival success of replanted natives into mitigation areas. Year 2: Achieve 100% survival success at the end of the second year and a measurable increase in area coverage from the previous year. Year 3: Achieve 80% survival success at the end of the third year and a measurable increase in area coverage from the previous year. Year 4: Achieve 80% survival success at the end of the fourth year and a measurable increase in area coverage from the previous year. Year 5: Achieve 80% survival success at the end of the fifth year and a measurable increase in area coverage from the previous year. This report represents the As-Built portion of the required five-year monitoring plan. Plant installation and the establishment of semi-permanent monitoring stations, as outlined in the HMP mitigation and monitoring plan, were implemented in May and June of 2022. No physical markers were installed for photo points, but locations can be seen in Figures 2 and 3. The photo locations will be used over the next five years to record survival and growth rates for the installed plants. Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 4 III. Monitoring and Maintenance Schedule Baseline Year 2022 Monitoring Year 2023 Monitoring Year 2024 Monitoring Year 2025 Monitoring Year 2026 Monitoring Year 2027 Planting X Weeding X Irrigation X Replacement Plants Non-native Removal X Photo points 1, 2, 3 and 4 X As -Built Report X IV. Quantitative List of Species Planted 2022 As -Built Quantity Botanical Name Common Name 2023 Tally 2024 Tally 2025 Tally 2026 Tally 2027 Tally 4 Holodiscus discolor Ocean Spray 1 Pinus contorta contorta Shore Pine 3 Ribes sanguineum Red Flowering Currant 11* Symphoricarpos albus Common Snowberry 2** Vaccinium ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry 3 Vaccinium parvifolium Red Huckleberry 7 Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted Hairgrass *The plan called for 7 Snowberry, but 11 were planted **Evergreen Huckleberry were planted instead of Nootka Rose Commented [AL1]: Maybe replace with “Baseline” Year 2018 Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 5 Figure 2. Photo Point Map Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 6 Figure 3. Photos Photo Point 1 looking north – three Oceanspray Photo Point 2 looking west – two Red-flowering Currant and one Snowberry Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 7 Photo Point 2 looking east – one Shore Pine Photo Point 2 looking east/southeast from east side of pine – two Evergreen Huckleberry Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 8 Photo Point 3 looking east – one Red-Flowering Currant Photo Point 4 looking east – ten Snowberries Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 9 Photo Point 5 looking west – ten Tufted Hairgrass and two Red Huckleberry Panoramic of planting looking north Satre Mitigation As -Built July 11, 2022 10 Panoramic of planting area looking south