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IN LIEU FEE MITIGATION PLAN

Elliott Bridge Reach Off-channel Habitat and Floodplain Reconnection Project



January 2017


Department of Natural Resources and Parks

Water and Land Resources Division

Capital Projects Section

201 South Jackson Street, Suite 600

Seattle, Washington 98104-3855




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IN LIEU FEE MITIGATION PLAN

Elliott Bridge Reach Off-channel Habitat and Floodplain Reconnection Project

Prepared for:
US Army Corps of Engineers

as

Chair of the Interagency Review Team
for a project to be implemented by:
The King County Mitigation Reserves Program

Prepared by:
Paul Adler, Ecologist

Laird O’Rollins, Senior Ecologist

Jon Hansen, Senior Ecologist

Joshua Latterell, PhD, Senior Ecologist

Michael Murphy, ILF Program Supervisor

Megan Webb, ILF Program Manager

King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks

January 2017

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Executive Summary


The Elliott Bridge Reach Off-Channel Habitat and Floodplain Reconnection Project (EBR Mitigation Project) is located on the main stem of the Cedar River in the King County In-Lieu Fee Program’s Cedar River/Lake Washington Service Area. The project will remove historic fill to restore active floodplain, construct a side channel to provide refuge for migrating fish during high flows, and construct a scour structure to create and sustain pool habitat suitable for an adult salmonid holding area.

The EBR Mitigation Project will restore approximately 11.5 acres of an active floodplain, adding flood storage capacity and improving salmon habitat. The project will reduce downstream flood risks and improve wetland and aquatic habitat in a reach of the river which currently lacks habitat diversity, a known limiting factor for chinook salmon productivity, as identified in the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8) Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan (Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed (WRIA 8) Chinook Salmon Conservation Plan, July 2005).

This in-lieu fee mitigation site was designed to offset unavoidable impacts in the Cedar River/Lake Washington Service Area. The EBR Mitigation Project will be monitored for successful achievement of performance standards until at least the year 2026. After successful achievement of the performance criteria, the EBR Mitigation Project will earn a total of 7.06 credits, using an area-based method, not the credit/debit method. These credits will be released over time as performance standards are met.

Table of Contents


Executive Summary 3

I.Introduction 7

A.Overview 7

B.Impacts Being Mitigated 7

C.Credit Generation 7

D.Transfer of Obligations 7

II.Goals and Objectives 8

A.Wetland (Riparian/Floodplain Type) Mitigation Objectives 8

B.Aquatic (In-Water Mitigation Type) Mitigation Objectives 9

C.Additional Objectives 9



III.Mitigation Project Overview 10

IV.Site Selection 11

A.Location 11

B.Site Selection 11

C.Nearby Mitigation Encumbrances 13

D.Regulatory Property Perimeter Buffer 14

E.Easements and Road ROW areas within Mitigation Site boundaries 16



V.Baseline Conditions 16

A.Site Description and Baseline Conditions 16

B.Baseline Conditions: Wetlands 17

C.Baseline Conditions: Aquatic 18



VI.Mitigation Work Plan 19

A.Right Bank Wetland, Buffer, and River Margin 19

B. Right Bank Wetland Surface Water Elevations, Groundwater Elevations and Wetland Hydrology 20

C.Right Bank In-Stream Scour Structure 21

D.Left Bank Off-Channel Habitat, Wetland and Buffer 22

E.Right Bank and Left Bank Plant Establishment 23

F.Signage 26

VII.Determination of Mitigation Credit 28

A.Impact Information 28

B.Elliott Bridge Reach Mitigation Credits 32

VIII.Performance Standards 35

IX.Monitoring 41

X.Maintenance plan 48

XI.Credit Release Schedule 52

XII.Safety Inspection Plan 53

XIII.Adaptive Management Plan 56

XIV.Site Protection 59

XV.Long Term Management Plan 59

XVI.Financial Assurances 61

XVII.Force Majeure 61

XVIII.Implementation 62

A.Responsible Parties 62

B.Reporting 63

C.Access 63



XIX.References 64


List of Figures


Figure 1 Vicinity Map 66

Figure 2 Regulatory Buffers and Mitigation Credit Areas 67

Figure 3 Elliott Bridge Reach Area Public Land 68

Figure 4 Known Cedar River Mitigation & Restoration Projects 69

Figure 5 Right Bank Mitigation Area 2013 Aerial Photo 70

Figure 6 Left Bank Mitigation Area 2013 Aerial Photo 70

Figure 7 Delineated Wetlands in the Elliott Bridge Reach 72

Figure 8 Historic Channel Migration in the Elliott Bridge Reach 73

Figure 9 Left Bank Vegetation Sampling Transect 74

Figure 10 Right Bank Vegetation Sampling Transect 75





List of Tables


Table 1 EBR Mitigation Project Elements 10

Table 2 Wetland Designations, Classifications, Sizes and Regulatory Buffers 17

Table 3 Right Bank Plant Specifications 24

Table 4 Left Bank Plant Specifications 27

Table 5 WSDOT SR 520 Wetland Habitat Impacts Being Mitigated at the EBR Mitigation Project 30

Table 6 WSDOT SR 520 Aquatic Habitat Impacts Being Mitigated at the EBR Mitigation Project 30

Table 7 Total Acreages Proposed in WSDOT MRP Purchase 31

Table 8 EBR Anticipated Credits, Mitigation Obligations and Anticipated Surplus 34

Table 9 Maintenance Tasks 50

Table 10 Credit Release Schedule 52

Table 11 List of inspections by time, timing, and factors of interest 54

Table 12 Inspection questions, conditions of concern, and notification requirements for the key factors of interest in annual safety and post-flood inspections. 54

Table 13 Examples of adaptive management strategy options in response to various scenarios. 58






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