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Home My WebLink AboutMEP2012-00024 - MEP Permit / Conditions - 9/26/2012 C�0N'STgTFpc� MASON COUNTY A o N DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT o NUz Planning Division N Y P O Box 279, Shelton, WA 98584 1864 (360)427-9670 MASON ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT September 26, 2012 FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION P.O. BOX 789 SHELTON WA 98584 Parcel No.: 321280000000 Issued: 9/26/2012 Case No.: MEP2012-00024 Project Description: LOCATE BOARDWALK within wetland and within wetland buffer. The following critical areas are present on this property: Long-Term Commercial Forest FWHCA Ch. 17.10.060; Ch. 17.01.110; Mineral Resource Lands Frequently Flooded Areas Ch. 17.01.066; Ch. 17.01.090; Inholding Lands Landslide Hazard Areas Ch. 17.01.062; Ch. 17.01.100; X Wetlands Seismic Hazard Areas Ch. 17.01.070; Ch. 17.01.102; Critical Aquifer Recharge Erosion Hazard Areas Ch. 17.01.080; Ch. 17.01.104. This permit, with conditions, is granted pursuant to the Mason County Resource Ordinance (Chapter 17.01 MCC.) Nothing in this permit shall excuse the applicant from compliance with any other federal, state, or local statutes, ordinances, or regulations applicable to this project. This permit may be rescinded if the permitee fails to complete the project as proposed or fails to comply with the standar s of this ordinance. 9 Authorized Local Government Official Date r MASON ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT($630 or$380 w/other permit) Mason County Permit Center Use: ❑ CONDITIONAL USE($1520) MEP Z D -n QQ z:4 ❑ HABITAT MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW($445) Date Rcvd lfi -,xp -I2-- MASON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Mason County Resource Ordinance(Chapter 17.01 MCC) ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT APPLICATION The purpose of the Resource Ordinance is to protect Mason County's natural resource lands and critical areas and is under the authority of Chapters 36.32,36.70A, 39.34, 58.17, 76.09, 84.33, 84.34 and 90.58 RCW. PLEASE PRINT 1.PROPERTY OWNER Name: Frank Family Foundation Mailing Address: P.O. Box 789, Shelton, WA 98584 Work Phone: (360)427-9151 Email Address: Home/Cell Phone: (360)701 -2458 Fax#: If an agent is acting for the property owner during the permit process, complete#2. 2.AUTHORIZED AGENT Name: Rich Geiger,P.E. Mailing Address: Mason Conservation District, 450 W. Business Park Rd., Shelton,WA 98584 Work Phone: (360)427-9436 Email Address: dgeiger@masoncd.org Home/Cell Phone: Fax# (360)427-4396 3.PROJECT SITE Site Address: 110 E.Tintagel Place, Shelton,WA 98584 Parcel#: 32128 - 00- 00000 Legal Description: Entire Sec.28 T21N R3W Directions to Site: Traveling north on SR 3 out of Shelton,proceed 2.7 mi and turn left on Mason Lake Rd. Drive 2.2 mi and turn left at St.Andrews Dr. Drive 0.1 mi and turn left on E.Tintagel Pl.and proceed until you reach property gate. Attach a site plan showing the following: Lot Dimensions,Flood Zones,Existing Structures,Fences, Water Lines,Driveways,Drainage Plans,Shorelines,Septic System,Topography,Proposed Improvements,Easements,North Arrow,and Scale. Also draw a separate topography diagram. l r hCommunity DevelopmentTACNEP Page I of 2 Revised June 2010 4. State which section requires permit: ❑ Long Term Commercial Forest,Chapter 17.10.060 ❑ Frequently Flooded Areas,Chapter 17.01.090 ❑ Mineral Resource Lands,Chapter 17.01.066 ❑ Landslide Hazard Area,Chapter 17.01.100 ❑ Aquifer Recharge Area,Chapter 17.01.080 ❑ Seismic Hazard Areas,Chapter 17.01.102 ❑ Erosion Hazard Area,Chapter 17.01.104 ❑ Fish&Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas,Chapter ❑ In-Holding Lands,Chapter 17.01.062 17.01.110 Wetlands,Chapter 17.01.070 5. Identify current use of the property with existing improvements: The property is currently managed by the Frank Family Foundation with the intent to create an environmental education center for schoolchildren and the e�public. A house and cabin, small dock, gravel roadway system,and miscellaneous outbuilding exist on the property. A portion of the boardwalk has also been constructed,according to existing permits. 6. Identify and describe the proposed project, including the type of materials to be used,construction methods, principle dimensions, and other pertinent information(attach additional sheets, if needed): The project is an educational wooden boardwalk through a wetland adjacent to Cranberry Lake. It is approximately 600' in total length and built to ADA standards. The construction will be done by hand using powered hand tools. The footings are 5' by 8' gabions filled with 4"-6"clean rock,placed approximately 17' apart. There is also a 24' by 36' educational shelter that is outside of the wetland and lake buffers. See attached Plans for more information. 7. Describe why the action requiring this permit cannot be avoided. For schoolchildren and the public to gain a better understanding_and appreciation for wetland environments, they must be able to immerse themselves in these environments. The boardwalk will provide access to pristine natural lake and wetland environments for purely educational purposes,a rare opportunity even in Mason County. Without this project,the Foundations' goals cannot be fully realized. 8. Will there be an alteration of a wetland and/or wetland vegetation area(circle one)? Yes No 9. Identify any surface water on or adjacent to property(circle one): Saltwater Lake �Stre Pond =Wetland�' Drainage Ditch 10. Identify existing septic/sewer connection(circle one): If septic is located on project site, include records. Connected to Septic Connected to Community Septic N 1 11. Identify existing water supply(circle one): Public Water Supply Well N I A 11. Type of Job(circle one): ew Add Alteration Repair Demolition Other: Richard Geiger,P.E. 9 6 24 Print Name Signature Date ]:\Community Development\PAC\MEP Page 2 of 2 Revised June 2010 Cranberry Lake, Mason County,WA Aquatic Weed Remediation Plan 2011 Washington Sea Grant on behalf of the Frank Family Foundation May 2011 The population of an aquatic invasive species prompted the Frank Family Foundation Board to authorize and fund a survey of aquatic weeds throughout Cranberry lake, Mason County in 2011. The Board has partnered with Green Diamond Resource Company, the other owner of property fronting Cranberry lake to hire Doppler Enterprises to conduct the survey. In conjunction with this process, Washington Sea Grant was asked to develop a plan for remediation and protection in response to the aquatic plant survey and additional education materials as needed. Invasive aquatic species identified Concerns were identified in 2010 at the rate of cover of Utricularia infllata, swollen bladderwort over the lake. This species is generally free floating or loosely attached to the substrate. The winds that are common on Cranberry lake help to push this species through the entire lake system A series of logs at the outlet side of the lake prevent these plants from escaping downstream to Lake Limerick which already had a growing population of swollen bladderwort prior to the discover of it in Cranberry lake. Swollen bladderwort is easily identifiable to trained volunteers using its flower and star like reproductive structure as key identifying features and can be easily hand pulled from the water. Swollen bladderwort http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/plantid2/descriptions/utrinf.html Nymphaea odorata, fragrant water lily,has been identified in Cranberry Lake and is a dominant species on the western end of lake with smaller patches along much of shoreline. This species sends up large leaves and fragrant flowers from a tuberous rhizome system that is easily distinguishable to a trained volunteer from the native Spatterdock,Nuphar polysepala that is also found in this lake. Fragrant water lily http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/plantid2/descriptions/nymodo.html Spatterdock: [http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/native/nuphar.htmi] Eradication plan The proposed eradication plan for both,Nymphaea odorata and Utricularia infllata in 2011 is hand pulling using trained volunteers and composting the vegetation on- site as provided in Aquatic Plans and Fish,APF-1-98. APF-1-98 best management practices will be applied and thus serve as the Hydraulics Project Approval for this project. I This is the preferred alternative to other methods due to the low level of plant invasion and the desire to use the least invasive techniques possible for invasive aquatic plant control. Volunteers will be trained using a curriculum developed by Doppler Enterprises and Washington Sea Grant in a daylong lecture and field- training workshop. Volunteers will be able to visually identify the various aquatic species,both native and non native found in Cranberry lake at the conclusion of the workshop as well as the role of native aquatic vegetation in the lake ecosystem. Tools used on the lake by volunteers include electric or non-motorized vessels, personal flotation devices,aquatic weed rakes,goodie bags, and identification cards. Once on shore,bags will be emptied into a container for transport to the composting site. The composting site will be a cleared area with landscape fabric tacked down and covered with a weighted tarp to promote heat generation in the pile. The landscape fabric bottom will prevent seeds from being transported into the soil and the cover will prevent birds from consuming and transporting seeds and vegetative matter back into the lake. Standard hot composting best management practices will be observed. The volunteers will be deployed on the lake a minimum of 3 times over the summer and fall of 2011,under the direction of Washington Sea Grant,to harvest fragrant water lilies and swollen bladderwort. At the conclusion of the volunteer efforts in the fall,a post harvest survey will be conducted to determine the efficacy rate and propose adaptive management changes to the control program for 2012. We recognize that the removal of Nymphaea odorata and Utricularia infllata will not happen over night and teams of volunteers will be out on the lake each year into the future to control them.