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Technical Information Report
PREPARED FOR:
Chee Tung
HHJ Architects, PLLC
601 St. Helens Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
PROJECT:
Walker Mazda Dealership
3400 East Valley Road
Renton, WA 98057
2180100.11
PREPARED BY:
Michael Lesmeister, EIT
Project Engineer
REVIEWED BY:
Scott T. Kaul, PE, LEED AP
Project Manager
J. Matthew Weber, PE
Principal
DATE:
January 2019
PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL
INFORMATION REPORT
RECEIVED
04/23/2019
amorganroth
PLANNING DIVISION
Technical Information Report
PREPARED FOR:
Chee Tung
HHJ Architects, PLLC
601 St. Helens Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
PROJECT:
Walker Mazda Dealership
3400 East Valley Road
Renton, WA 98057
2180100.11
PREPARED BY:
Michael Lesmeister, EIT
Project Engineer
REVIEWED BY:
Scott T. Kaul, PE, LEED AP
Project Manager
J. Matthew Weber, PE
Principal
DATE:
January 2019
I hereby state that this Technical
Information Report for the Walker Mazda
Dealership project has been prepared by
me or under my supervision, and meets
the standard of care and expertise that is
usual and customary in this community
for professional engineers. I understand
that the City of Renton does not and will
not assume liability for the sufficiency,
suitability, or performance of drainage
facilities prepared by me.
PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL
INFORMATION REPORT
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Table of Contents
1.0 Project Overview ......................................................................................................................... 1-1
Purpose and Scope.......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1
Existing Conditions........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2
Post-Development Conditions ......................................................................................... 1-1 1.3
Section 1.0 Figures
Figure 1-1 ......... TIR Worksheet
Figure 1-2 ......... Site Location
Figure 1-3 ......... Drainage Basin and Site Map
Figure 1-4 ......... City of Renton Soils Survey
2.0 Conditions and Requirements Summary ................................................................................. 2-1
Core Requirements .......................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1
2.1.1 CR 1 – Discharge at the Natural Location .......................................................... 2-1
2.1.2 CR 2 – Offsite Analysis ....................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.3 CR 3 – Flow Control ............................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.4 CR 4 – Conveyance System ............................................................................... 2-1
2.1.5 CR 5 – Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention ....................................... 2-1
2.1.6 CR 6 – Maintenance and Operations ................................................................. 2-1
2.1.7 CR 7 – Financial Guarantees and Liability ......................................................... 2-1
2.1.8 CR 8 – Water Quality Facilities ........................................................................... 2-1
2.1.9 CR 9 – Onsite Best Management Practices (BMPs) .......................................... 2-2
2.1.10 SR 1 – Other Adopted Area-Specific Requirements........................................... 2-2
2.1.11 SR 2 – Flood Hazard Area Delineation ............................................................... 2-2
2.1.12 SR 3 – Flood Protection Facilities ....................................................................... 2-3
2.1.13 SR 4 – Source Controls ...................................................................................... 2-3
2.1.14 SR 5 – Oil Control ............................................................................................... 2-3
2.1.15 SR 6 – Aquifer Protection Area ........................................................................... 2-3
Section 2.0 Figures
Figure 2-1 ......... Flood Insurance Rate Map
Figure 2-2 ......... City of Renton Groundwater Protection Areas
3.0 Offsite Analysis ........................................................................................................................... 3-1
Task 1 – Study Area Definition and Maps........................................................................ 3-1 3.1
Task 2 – Resource Review .............................................................................................. 3-1 3.2
Task 3 – Field Inspection ................................................................................................. 3-1 3.3
Task 4 – Drainage System Description and Problem Descriptions ................................. 3-1 3.4
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Section 3.0 Figures
Figure 3-1 ......... City of Renton Effective FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map
Figure 3-2 ......... Field Inspection Photos
Figure 3-3 ......... GIS Mapping
4.0 Flow Control and Water Quality Facility Analysis and Design............................................... 4-1
Flow Control ..................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1
4.1.1 Existing Site Hydrology (Part A) .......................................................................... 4-1
4.1.2 Developed Site Hydrology (Part B) ..................................................................... 4-1
4.1.3 Performance Standards (Part C) ........................................................................ 4-2
4.1.4 Flow Control System (Part D) ............................................................................. 4-2
Water Quality System (Part E) ......................................................................................... 4-3 4.2
Section 4.0 Figures
Figure 4-1 ......... City of Renton Flow Control Application Map – Reference 15-A
Figure 4-2 ......... WWHM Flow Control Calculations
Figure 4-3 ......... WQ Calculations
Figure 4-4 ......... Modular Wetland GULD Letter
5.0 Conveyance System Analysis and Design ............................................................................... 5-1
Section 5.0 Figures
Figure 5-1 ......... Mitigated Peak Flows
Figure 5-2 ......... Developed Unmitigated Peak Flows
6.0 Special Reports and Studies ..................................................................................................... 6-1
Section 6.0 Figures
Figure 6-1 ......... Geotechnical Engineering Report
Figure 6-2 ......... Critical Area Report
7.0 Other Permits .............................................................................................................................. 7-1
8.0 CSWPPP Analysis and Design .................................................................................................. 8-1
9.0 Bond Quantities, Facility Summaries, and Declaration of Covenant .................................... 9-1
10.0 Operations and Maintenance Plan .......................................................................................... 10-1
11.0 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 11-1
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Section 1
Project Overview
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1.0 Project Overview
Purpose and Scope 1.1
This report accompanies the civil engineering plans and documents for the Walker Mazda
Dealership project site, a proposed commercial development project located at 3400 East Valley
Road in the city of Renton, King County, Washington. The project site comprises Parcel
No. 3023059067, which is 5.65 acres in size. The site is bordered to the north by East Valley
Boat & RV Storage, to the east by Washington State Route (SR) 167, to the south by Bickman
Group Landscaping, and to the west by East Valley Road. See Figure 1-1 for the TIR Worksheet
and Figure 1-2 for a Site Location map.
The site is located within the jurisdiction of the City of Renton, which has amended the 2016 King
County Surface Water Design Manual (KCSWDM) as the 2016 City of Renton Surface Water
Design Manual (CRSWDM). Per the CRSWDM, the Peak Rate Flow Control Standard shall be
met, along with the Basic Enhanced Water Quality Treatment Menu.
Existing Conditions 1.2
The site currently has a vacant, prefabricated, steel structure, while the remainder of the site is
vacant. There are no existing trees on the site. A wetland is located along the east property line.
This wetland was damaged by previous action at the east side of the site along SR 167. The
wetland and reduced buffer will be restored by the applicant. The existing site is covered with
pavement or hard packed dirt and gravel, and is impervious.
There are two distinct drainage basins on the site. The larger west basin drains to the southwest
corner of the site. Previously, a pumped system was used to discharge all stormwater from this
basin into the public stormwater system in East Valley Road. The pump was recently removed,
but stormwater still discharges to this system. The smaller east basin gently slopes to the east
and drains to the existing wetland. There are no existing flow control facilities in either basin.
The existing drainage patterns have been analyzed and are discussed in detail in the Level One
Downstream Analysis (see Section 3.0).
Post-Development Conditions 1.3
The project proposes development of the site into a new auto dealership, including removal of an
existing building and construction of an approximately 35,952-square foot new building. The
interior space will consist of showroom/sales area, business offices, parts and storage, service
and shop, storage area, and other supportive areas.
Stormwater within the larger west basin will be collected in closed conveyances and detained by
a StormTank Chamber system. Runoff will discharge at a metered rate that will not exceed the
predeveloped condition peak flows. A Bio-Clean Modular Wetland Biofiltration System will treat
runoff prior to discharging to the public storm system in East Valley Road. Stormwater within the
east basin will sheet flow into the linear bioretention cell for treatment prior to discharge to the
adjacent wetland. These two basins will maintain the natural discharge points for stormwater
leaving the site.
See Figure 1-3 for a Drainage Basin and Site Map.
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Section 1.0 Figures
Figure 1-1 ......... TIR Worksheet
Figure 1-2 ......... Site Location
Figure 1-3 ......... Drainage Basin and Site Map
Figure 1-4 ......... City of Renton Soils Survey
Dale Walker
555 Grady Way Renton WA, 98057
Matt Weber
AHBL, Inc.
253.383.2422 3400 E Valley Rd
Renton, WA 98057
Walker Auto Dealership
30
23 N
05 E
February 2016
February 2016
FIGURE 1-1
Black River Water Subbasin
The City of Renton
Peak Flow Rate Control Standard and Enhanced Basic Water Quality
Existing Category III Wetland east of site
Ur N/A N/A
Existing Category III Wetland
East Valley Road public stormwater system
and wetland east of site
2
Peak Rate Flow Control Standard
1/14/19
Jake Riley
(206) 473-2542
Commercail
Conveyance pipes, catch basins, Bioretention cell, and treatment unit.
Treatment Unit
Bioretention
MC-3500 StormTech
Chambers
2215 North 30th Street
Suite 300
Tacoma, WA 98403
253.383.2422 TEL
253.383.2572 FAX
WALKER AUTO DEALERSHIP
VICINITY MAP
1-2
N
SITE
FIGURE 1-2
EAST VALLEY ROADS.R. 167SW 34TH ST
2215 North 30th Street,
Suite 300,
Tacoma, WA 98403
253.383.2422 TEL
253.383.2572 FAX
JOB NO.
DATE:
WALKER VALLEY ROAD DEALERSHIP
BASIN MAP BSN-1
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02/06/19
N
GRAPHIC SCALE
0 30 60
1" = 30 FEET
15
Q:\2018\2180100\10_CIV\CAD\EXHIBITS\20181011 - BASIN MAP.dwg
BASIN WEST BASIN EAST
LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS
PREDEVELOPED: EAST
C-LAWN-FLAT 2.350 AC
TOTATL 2.350 AC
DEVELOPED: EAST
PERVIOUS 1.020 AC
IMPERVIOUS 1.330 AC
TOTAL 2.350 AC
PREDEVELOPED: WEST
C-LAWN-FLAT 3.337 AC
TOTAL 3.337 AC
DEVELOPED: WEST
PERVIOUS 0.395 AC
IMPERVIOUS 2.942 AC
TOTAL 3.337 AC
STORMTANK CHAMBER SYSTEM
FOOTPRINT: 7,318 SF
VOLUME: 20,115 CF
SITE WETLAND
8'X12' MODULAR WETLAND
BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM
SITE WETLAND
BIORETENTION
CELL
FIGURE 1-3
PROJECT SITE
FIGURE 1-4
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Section 2
Conditions and Requirements Summary
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2.0 Conditions and Requirements Summary
Core Requirements 2.1
2.1.1 CR 1 – Discharge at the Natural Location
There are two existing basins on the site, each within a separate Threshold Discharge Area
(TDA). All core requirements are required for both TDAs. The larger west basin drains to the
southwest corner of the site. The smaller east basin gently slopes to the east and drains to the
existing wetland. Both natural discharge locations are maintained.
2.1.2 CR 2 – Offsite Analysis
A preliminary downstream analysis is included in Section 3.0 below. A full Level One
Downstream analysis will be performed for the final Technical Information Report. The analysis
will include:
Defining and mapping the study area.
Reviewing available information on the study area.
Field inspecting the study area.
2.1.3 CR 3 – Flow Control
The project is located in a Peak Flow Rate Control Standard area. This flow control standard
requires the peak flow rate under developed conditions to be equal to or less than the peak flow
rate under existing conditions. Flow control is discussed in further detail in Section 4.0, Flow
Control and Water Quality Facility Analysis and Design.
2.1.4 CR 4 – Conveyance System
The proposed conveyance system will be designed to meet the requirements outlined in Section
1.2.4 of the CRSWDM. Refer to Section 5.0 for more information.
2.1.5 CR 5 – Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention
Onsite land disturbance will consist of clearing the site, demolition of several existing onsite
buildings, and regrading of the site. A Construction Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
(CSWPPP) will be included with the final engineering design.
2.1.6 CR 6 – Maintenance and Operations
Maintenance and operations of all drainage facilities is the responsibility of the Owner. A
completed Operations and Maintenance Manual will be included with a final engineering design.
2.1.7 CR 7 – Financial Guarantees and Liability
All financial guarantee and liability requirements will be met by the owner and will be provided
with the final engineering design. This project will provide a Drainage Facilities Restoration and
Site Stabilization Financial Guarantee.
2.1.8 CR 8 – Water Quality Facilities
The project site is subject to the Enhanced Basic Water Quality Treatment Menu per the
CRSWDM. Design of these water quality facilities is discussed in Section 4.0.
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2.1.9 CR 9 – Onsite Best Management Practices (BMPs)
The Walker Auto Dealership project is classified as a Large Lot per Section 1.2.9.2 of the
CRSWDM. The proposed project site will meet the Large Lot BMP Requirements outlined in
Section 1.2.9.2.2 of the CRSWDM. Below is a discussion of the list approach for each type of
surface proposed on the site.
Landscape Areas
Post Construction Soil Quality and Depth will be used.
Impervious Areas
Full Dispersion is not feasible because there are no existing native vegetated areas on the
site.
Full Infiltration and Full Infiltration of Roof Runoff are not feasible because the existing fill
and alluvial soils cannot support infiltration.
Limited Infiltration is not feasible because the existing fill and alluvial soils cannot support
infiltration.
Bioretention per Onsite BMP standards is not feasible because the existing fill and alluvial
soils cannot support infiltration. Note that the proposed bioretention cell has an underdrain
and is not intended to infiltrate stormwater, and therefore does not meet the requirements
for Onsite BMPs.
Permeable Pavement is not feasible because the existing fill and alluvial soils cannot
support infiltration.
Basic Dispersion is not feasible because there are no well-established landscaped areas
that can receive the runoff.
Reduced Impervious Surface Credit is not feasible for this site.
Native Growth Retention Credit and Tree Retention Credit are not feasible because there is
no existing native vegetation or trees onsite.
Perforated Pipe Connection is not feasible because the existing fill and alluvial soils cannot
support infiltration.
2.1.10 SR 1 – Other Adopted Area-Specific Requirements
To our knowledge, there are no adopted area-specific requirements that are applicable to the
project site.
2.1.11 SR 2 – Flood Hazard Area Delineation
Flood Insurance Rate Map 53033C0979 F, Panel 979 of 1725, was consulted for this project and
shows the project site within the Zone X area, which is described as areas determined to be
outside of the 500-year floodplain. Refer to Figure 2-1 of this section for the Flood Insurance
Rate Map.
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2.1.12 SR 3 – Flood Protection Facilities
The project site does not contain, nor is it adjacent to, any existing flood protection facilities.
Project improvements do not include flood protection measures.
2.1.13 SR 4 – Source Controls
The proposed project is classified as a commercial site. Water quality source controls applicable
to the project site shall be evaluated and applied as described in the King County Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Manual (KCSWPPM) and Renton Municipal Code IV.
2.1.14 SR 5 – Oil Control
The project is not a high-use site; therefore, it is not subject to oil control requirements.
2.1.15 SR 6 – Aquifer Protection Area
According to the City of Renton Public Works Department Groundwater Protection Areas map,
Reference 15-B of the CRSWDM, the site is not located within an aquifer protection area. Refer
to Figure 2-2 for the above referenced map.
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Section 2.0 Figures
Figure 2-1 ......... Flood Insurance Rate Map
Figure 2-2 ......... City of Renton Groundwater Protection Areas
PROJECT SITEFIGURE 2-1
PROJECT SITE
FIGURE 2-2
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Section 3
Offsite Analysis
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3.0 Offsite Analysis
Task 1 – Study Area Definition and Maps 3.1
There are two existing basins on the site, each within a separate TDA. All core requirements are
required for both TDAs. The larger west basin drains to the southwest corner of the site. The
smaller east basin gently slopes to the east and drains to the existing wetland. Both natural
discharge locations will be maintained. There are no upstream tributary areas contributing
stormwater to the onsite basin area.
Task 2 – Resource Review 3.2
The following resources were reviewed to determine if there are any existing or potential
problems in the study area:
Adopted Basin Plans: The project lies within the Black River Water Subbasin.
Requirements for the Black River Water Subbasin will be followed where applicable.
Offsite Analysis Reports: AHBL staff has not located offsite analysis reports for projects
near the Walker Auto Dealership project site.
FEMA Map: FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map 53033C0979 F, Panel 979 of 1725, dated
May 16, 1995 (see Figure 2-1), indicates that the project site lies outside the categorized
flood zones.
City of Renton Effective FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map: The project site is not located in
a Flood Hazard Zone (see Figure 3-1).
Topographic survey.
As-builts of East Valley Road and SW 34th Street.
Renton online GIS Map.
Task 3 – Field Inspection 3.3
A field inspection was performed on January 14, 2019, at 1:30 PM. The weather during the
inspection was sunny, with a temperature of 49 degrees. The inspection confirmed the location
of public facilities adjacent to the project site and their outfall locations. During the inspection, the
offsite conveyance system was followed west on SW 34th Street to its outfall into Springbrook
Creek. The wetland area at the east side of the project site was als o followed to its outfall
location into Panther Creek. Site photos and GIS files can be found in Figures 3-2 and 3-3.
Task 4 – Drainage System Description and Problem Descriptions 3.4
The west basin discharges to the public storm system within East Valley Road. The entire
system is within closed conveyance ranging from 36- to 60-inch pipes. This drainage discharges
to Springbrook Creek at SW 34th Street, approximately 0.45 mile downstream of the site.
The east basin discharges to the wetland along the east property line. This wetland drains to the
north along the SR 167 right-of-way toward Panther Creek, approximately 0.61 mile downstream
of the site.
There are no known signs of flooding, overtopping, or erosion.
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Section 3.0 Figures
Figure 3-1 ......... City of Renton Effective FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map
Figure 3-2 ......... Field Inspection Photos
Figure 3-3 ......... GIS Mapping
PROJECT SITEFIGURE 3-1
FIGURE 3-2: FIELD INSPECTION PHOTOS
Site Photo 1: Temporary Pond Site Photo 2: Earthwork
Site Photo 3: Future Discharge Location
SITE
OUTFALL
PIPE
SPRINGBROOK
CREEK
SPRINGBROOK
CREEK
Site Photo 4: End of Conveyance Line
Site Photo 5: Outfall Location Site Photo 6: Outfall Location
FIGURE 3-2
FIGURE 3-2: FIELD INSPECTION PHOTOS
Site Photo 7: Outfall Location
PANTHER
CREEK
FIGURE 3-3: GIS MAPPING
SITE
0.41 MILES
FIGURE 3-3
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Section 4
Flow Control and Water Quality Facility Analysis and
Design
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4.0 Flow Control and Water Quality Facility Analysis and Design
Flow Control 4.1
4.1.1 Existing Site Hydrology (Part A)
The existing site is developed with existing buildings, asphalt, and gravel storage areas. The site
is mostly fully impervious. The larger west basin drains to the southwest corner of the site. The
smaller east basin gently slopes to the east and drains to the existing wetland. Both natural
discharge locations will be maintained. The Western Washington Hydrology Model (WWHM) was
used to model the existing site and determine peak flows.
4.1.2 Developed Site Hydrology (Part B)
The west basin will maintain the natural discharge point to the west. Runoff will be collected in
and conveyed to a treatment device at the southwest corner of the site before being discharged
to the public storm system in East Valley Road.
The east basin will maintain the natural discharge point to the east. Runoff from a portion of the
parking lot will sheet flow to the linear bioretention cell. This bioretention cell will discharge via
closed conveyance immediately adjacent to the wetland along the east property line.
The project site is located within a Peak Rate Flow Control Standard area (see Figure 4-1). This
standard requires that developed peak flows match existing flows for the 2-, 10-, and 100-year
return period stormwater events. Under proposed conditions for the east basin, net impervious
area will decrease, thus lowering peak flow rates, meeting the Peak Rate Flow Control Standard.
Flows from the west basin are conveyed to a StormTank Chamber System.
The annual peak flows and durations for the proposed site will be determined using the existing
and developed surface areas shown below.
Table 1 – Existing vs. Developed Site Hydrology for West Basin
West Basin, acres Existing Proposed
Pervious 0.000 0.395
Impervious 3.337 2.942
Table 2 – Existing vs. Developed Site Hydrology for East Basin
East Basin, acres Existing Proposed
Pervious, Buffer 0.000 0.870
Pervious, Landscape 0.000 0.150
Impervious 2.353 1.333
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4.1.3 Performance Standards (Part C)
Area-Specific Flow Control Facility Standard
The project site is located within a Peak Rate Flow Control Standard area. This standard
requires that the proposed project site match existing peak flow rates for the 2-, 10-, and 100-year
stormwater events (see Figure 4-1).
Conveyance System Capacity Standards
The onsite stormwater networks will be sized to convey and contain the 25-year peak flow and
the 100-year runoff event, and may not create or aggravate a severe flooding problem or severe
erosion problem, as described in Section 1.2.2 of the CRSWDM.
Water Quality Treatment Menu
In accordance with the 2016 CRSWDM, onsite flows will be treated to specifications provided by
the Enhanced Basic Water Quality standards. The goal of this treatment menu is to reduce total
suspended solids (TSS) by 80 percent and to reduce zinc concentration by 50 percent for a
typical rainfall year.
A bioretention cell will be used to treat runoff from the east basin before discharging to the
wetland. The bioretention cell will treat at least 91 percent of the WWHM influent file.
An 8-foot by 12-foot Bio-Clean Modular Wetland Biofiltration System will provide treatment for the
west basin. Treatment will occur downstream of detention and, as such, the unit was sized for
the 2-year mitigated flow from the detention system. The Modular Wetland Biofiltration System
by Bio-Clean has achieved General Use Level Designation (GULD) approval for enhanced
treatment.
Source Controls
The proposed project consists of new parking and auto display and retail. Source control and
erosion/sediment control measures during construction are included in a CSWPPP, prepared
under a separate cover, submitted along with this report. Post-construction source controls are
included in an Operation and Maintenance Plan under a separate cover.
Oil Controls
Not applicable.
4.1.4 Flow Control System (Part D)
The proposed project site will have a greater percentage of pervious surface coverage than the
existing site. The proposed project site contains two drainage basins. Each basin represents a
separate threshold discharge area. The east basin will have a greater percentage of pervious
surface coverage than the existing site. As such, no flow control facilities are required. The
development occurring in the west basin will cause flows to exceed the predeveloped peak rates
and, as a result, flow control facilities are required. To meet this requirement, a StormTank
Chamber detention system is proposed. The detention system is comprised of 1,536 ST-36
chambers that provide 20,115.46 cubic feet of storage volume. The system will be wrapped with
a 30-mil PVC impermeable liner. Refer to Figure 4-2 for the WWHM calculations for both basins.
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Water Quality System (Part E) 4.2
In accordance with the 2016 CRSWDM, onsite flows will be treated to specifications provided by
the Enhanced Basic Water Quality standards. The goal of this treatment menu is to reduce total
suspended solids (TSS) by 80 percent and to reduce zinc concentration by 50 percent for a
typical rainfall year.
A bioretention cell will be used to treat runoff from the east basin before discharging to the
wetland. The bioretention cell is sized to treat at least 91 percent of the WWHM influent file.
An 8-foot by 12-foot Bio-Clean Modular Wetland Biofiltration System will provide treatment for the
west basin. Treatment will occur downstream of detention and, as such, the unit was sized for
the 2-year mitigated flow from the detention system. The Modular Wetland Biofiltration System
by Bio-Clean has achieved GULD approval for enhanced treatment.
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Section 4.0 Figures
Figure 4-1 ......... City of Renton Flow Control Application Map – Reference 15-A
Figure 4-2 ......... WWHM Flow Control Calculations
Figure 4-3 ......... WQ Calculations
Figure 4-4 ......... Modular Wetland GULD Letter
PROJECT SITE
FIGURE 4-1
WWHM2012
PROJECT REPORT
THE PROPOSED FACILITY MEETS THE PEAK
RATE FLOW CONTROL REQUIREMENT. SEE
PAGE 9 FOR RESULTS
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General Model Information
Project Name:20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK
Site Name:Walker Auto Dealership
Site Address:3400 East Valley Road
City:Renton WA
Report Date:3/27/2019
Gage:Seatac
Data Start:1948/10/01
Data End:2009/09/30
Timestep:15 Minute
Precip Scale:1.000
Version Date:2018/07/12
Version:4.2.15
POC Thresholds
Low Flow Threshold for POC1:50 Percent of the 2 Year
High Flow Threshold for POC1:50 Year
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Landuse Basin Data
Predeveloped Land Use
West Basin
Bypass:No
GroundWater:No
Pervious Land Use acre
C, Lawn, Flat 3.337
Pervious Total 3.337
Impervious Land Use acre
Impervious Total 0
Basin Total 3.337
Element Flows To:
Surface Interflow Groundwater
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Mitigated Land Use
West Basin Flow Control
Bypass:No
GroundWater:No
Pervious Land Use acre
C, Lawn, Flat 0.395
Pervious Total 0.395
Impervious Land Use acre
PARKING FLAT 2.942
Impervious Total 2.942
Basin Total 3.337
Element Flows To:
Surface Interflow Groundwater
StormTank StormTank
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Routing Elements
Predeveloped Routing
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Mitigated Routing
StormTank
Width:82.1 ft.
Length:82.1 ft.
Depth:3 ft.
Discharge Structure
Riser Height:3 ft.
Riser Diameter:18 in.
Notch Type :V-notch
Notch Angle:60.000
Notch Height:0.750 ft.
Orifice 1 Diameter:2.25 in.Elevation:0 ft.
Orifice 2 Diameter:2.75 in.Elevation:1.75 ft.
Element Flows To:
Outlet 1 Outlet 2
Vault Hydraulic Table
Stage(feet)Area(ac.)Volume(ac-ft.)Discharge(cfs)Infilt(cfs)
0.0000 0.154 0.000 0.000 0.000
0.0333 0.154 0.005 0.025 0.000
0.0667 0.154 0.010 0.035 0.000
0.1000 0.154 0.015 0.043 0.000
0.1333 0.154 0.020 0.050 0.000
0.1667 0.154 0.025 0.056 0.000
0.2000 0.154 0.030 0.061 0.000
0.2333 0.154 0.036 0.066 0.000
0.2667 0.154 0.041 0.070 0.000
0.3000 0.154 0.046 0.075 0.000
0.3333 0.154 0.051 0.079 0.000
0.3667 0.154 0.056 0.083 0.000
0.4000 0.154 0.061 0.086 0.000
0.4333 0.154 0.067 0.090 0.000
0.4667 0.154 0.072 0.093 0.000
0.5000 0.154 0.077 0.097 0.000
0.5333 0.154 0.082 0.100 0.000
0.5667 0.154 0.087 0.103 0.000
0.6000 0.154 0.092 0.106 0.000
0.6333 0.154 0.098 0.109 0.000
0.6667 0.154 0.103 0.112 0.000
0.7000 0.154 0.108 0.114 0.000
0.7333 0.154 0.113 0.117 0.000
0.7667 0.154 0.118 0.120 0.000
0.8000 0.154 0.123 0.122 0.000
0.8333 0.154 0.128 0.125 0.000
0.8667 0.154 0.134 0.127 0.000
0.9000 0.154 0.139 0.130 0.000
0.9333 0.154 0.144 0.132 0.000
0.9667 0.154 0.149 0.135 0.000
1.0000 0.154 0.154 0.137 0.000
1.0333 0.154 0.159 0.139 0.000
1.0667 0.154 0.165 0.141 0.000
1.1000 0.154 0.170 0.144 0.000
1.1333 0.154 0.175 0.146 0.000
1.1667 0.154 0.180 0.148 0.000
DETENTION FACILITY DIMENSIONS
MODELED POND VOL = 0.459 AC-FT = 19,900 CF
CONTROL STRUCTURE
DIMENSIONS
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1.2000 0.154 0.185 0.150 0.000
1.2333 0.154 0.190 0.152 0.000
1.2667 0.154 0.196 0.154 0.000
1.3000 0.154 0.201 0.156 0.000
1.3333 0.154 0.206 0.158 0.000
1.3667 0.154 0.211 0.160 0.000
1.4000 0.154 0.216 0.162 0.000
1.4333 0.154 0.221 0.164 0.000
1.4667 0.154 0.226 0.166 0.000
1.5000 0.154 0.232 0.168 0.000
1.5333 0.154 0.237 0.170 0.000
1.5667 0.154 0.242 0.172 0.000
1.6000 0.154 0.247 0.173 0.000
1.6333 0.154 0.252 0.175 0.000
1.6667 0.154 0.257 0.177 0.000
1.7000 0.154 0.263 0.179 0.000
1.7333 0.154 0.268 0.180 0.000
1.7667 0.154 0.273 0.209 0.000
1.8000 0.154 0.278 0.230 0.000
1.8333 0.154 0.283 0.245 0.000
1.8667 0.154 0.288 0.257 0.000
1.9000 0.154 0.294 0.268 0.000
1.9333 0.154 0.299 0.278 0.000
1.9667 0.154 0.304 0.288 0.000
2.0000 0.154 0.309 0.296 0.000
2.0333 0.154 0.314 0.305 0.000
2.0667 0.154 0.319 0.313 0.000
2.1000 0.154 0.325 0.320 0.000
2.1333 0.154 0.330 0.327 0.000
2.1667 0.154 0.335 0.334 0.000
2.2000 0.154 0.340 0.341 0.000
2.2333 0.154 0.345 0.348 0.000
2.2667 0.154 0.350 0.354 0.000
2.3000 0.154 0.355 0.361 0.000
2.3333 0.154 0.361 0.369 0.000
2.3667 0.154 0.366 0.379 0.000
2.4000 0.154 0.371 0.391 0.000
2.4333 0.154 0.376 0.405 0.000
2.4667 0.154 0.381 0.422 0.000
2.5000 0.154 0.386 0.442 0.000
2.5333 0.154 0.392 0.464 0.000
2.5667 0.154 0.397 0.490 0.000
2.6000 0.154 0.402 0.519 0.000
2.6333 0.154 0.407 0.552 0.000
2.6667 0.154 0.412 0.588 0.000
2.7000 0.154 0.417 0.629 0.000
2.7333 0.154 0.423 0.673 0.000
2.7667 0.154 0.428 0.721 0.000
2.8000 0.154 0.433 0.774 0.000
2.8333 0.154 0.438 0.831 0.000
2.8667 0.154 0.443 0.893 0.000
2.9000 0.154 0.448 0.959 0.000
2.9333 0.154 0.453 1.030 0.000
2.9667 0.154 0.459 1.106 0.000
3.0000 0.154 0.464 1.188 0.000
3.0333 0.154 0.469 1.289 0.000
3.0667 0.000 0.000 1.470 0.000
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Analysis Results
POC 1
+ Predeveloped x Mitigated
Predeveloped Landuse Totals for POC #1
Total Pervious Area:3.337
Total Impervious Area:0
Mitigated Landuse Totals for POC #1
Total Pervious Area:0.395
Total Impervious Area:2.942
Flow Frequency Method:Log Pearson Type III 17B
Flow Frequency Return Periods for Predeveloped. POC #1
Return Period Flow(cfs)
2 year 0.262838
5 year 0.47673
10 year 0.650789
25 year 0.906947
50 year 1.123819
100 year 1.362862
Flow Frequency Return Periods for Mitigated. POC #1
Return Period Flow(cfs)
2 year 0.252553
5 year 0.427962
10 year 0.583706
25 year 0.835101
50 year 1.068672
100 year 1.348037
Annual Peaks
Annual Peaks for Predeveloped and Mitigated. POC #1
Year Predeveloped Mitigated
1949 0.552 0.181
1950 0.614 0.244
1951 0.294 0.438
1952 0.119 0.161
1953 0.086 0.174
1954 0.180 0.161
1955 0.204 0.374
1956 0.265 0.292
1957 0.319 0.297
1958 0.175 0.215
FACILITY PASSED
MITIGATED FLOWS DO NOT
EXCEED THE PREDEVELOPED
FLOWS
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1959 0.136 0.227
1960 0.324 0.422
1961 0.233 0.238
1962 0.075 0.144
1963 0.228 0.179
1964 0.239 0.170
1965 0.363 0.261
1966 0.132 0.149
1967 0.624 0.337
1968 0.289 0.165
1969 0.323 0.212
1970 0.208 0.175
1971 0.340 0.220
1972 0.534 0.339
1973 0.107 0.163
1974 0.298 0.151
1975 0.347 0.354
1976 0.226 0.174
1977 0.194 0.154
1978 0.215 0.225
1979 0.071 0.149
1980 0.668 0.338
1981 0.192 0.171
1982 0.590 0.709
1983 0.284 0.272
1984 0.157 0.160
1985 0.208 0.241
1986 0.278 0.490
1987 0.269 0.619
1988 0.095 0.162
1989 0.077 0.130
1990 1.255 0.880
1991 0.784 0.709
1992 0.195 0.166
1993 0.114 0.176
1994 0.074 0.126
1995 0.176 0.271
1996 0.533 0.455
1997 0.324 0.589
1998 0.238 0.173
1999 0.914 0.371
2000 0.244 0.192
2001 0.064 0.155
2002 0.502 0.537
2003 0.391 0.150
2004 0.622 1.383
2005 0.274 0.326
2006 0.287 0.272
2007 1.168 1.085
2008 0.766 1.044
2009 0.391 0.443
Ranked Annual Peaks
Ranked Annual Peaks for Predeveloped and Mitigated. POC #1
Rank Predeveloped Mitigated
1 1.2545 1.3832
2 1.1677 1.0852
3 0.9137 1.0438
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4 0.7837 0.8799
5 0.7659 0.7094
6 0.6681 0.7092
7 0.6240 0.6194
8 0.6218 0.5890
9 0.6143 0.5369
10 0.5897 0.4899
11 0.5518 0.4554
12 0.5340 0.4431
13 0.5332 0.4384
14 0.5020 0.4225
15 0.3914 0.3736
16 0.3909 0.3708
17 0.3628 0.3536
18 0.3469 0.3389
19 0.3404 0.3379
20 0.3238 0.3373
21 0.3237 0.3259
22 0.3232 0.2968
23 0.3188 0.2925
24 0.2976 0.2720
25 0.2941 0.2717
26 0.2895 0.2708
27 0.2873 0.2614
28 0.2842 0.2440
29 0.2783 0.2406
30 0.2740 0.2377
31 0.2688 0.2269
32 0.2651 0.2251
33 0.2438 0.2195
34 0.2391 0.2147
35 0.2379 0.2121
36 0.2331 0.1915
37 0.2278 0.1808
38 0.2260 0.1789
39 0.2148 0.1756
40 0.2079 0.1749
41 0.2078 0.1743
42 0.2041 0.1738
43 0.1949 0.1731
44 0.1937 0.1705
45 0.1923 0.1695
46 0.1797 0.1658
47 0.1762 0.1648
48 0.1754 0.1632
49 0.1568 0.1620
50 0.1359 0.1609
51 0.1324 0.1607
52 0.1194 0.1599
53 0.1140 0.1551
54 0.1068 0.1538
55 0.0955 0.1513
56 0.0858 0.1503
57 0.0774 0.1495
58 0.0748 0.1493
59 0.0743 0.1444
60 0.0714 0.1302
61 0.0642 0.1263
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Duration Flows
Flow(cfs)Predev Mit Percentage Pass/Fail
0.1314 3512 17083 486 Fail
0.1414 2738 12301 449 Fail
0.1515 2231 8904 399 Fail
0.1615 1848 6269 339 Fail
0.1715 1462 4220 288 Fail
0.1815 1222 2624 214 Fail
0.1916 991 2443 246 Fail
0.2016 777 2327 299 Fail
0.2116 611 2227 364 Fail
0.2216 471 2118 449 Fail
0.2317 389 2012 517 Fail
0.2417 320 1886 589 Fail
0.2517 253 1765 697 Fail
0.2617 223 1654 741 Fail
0.2718 184 1532 832 Fail
0.2818 153 1413 923 Fail
0.2918 137 1287 939 Fail
0.3018 126 1178 934 Fail
0.3119 116 1075 926 Fail
0.3219 109 976 895 Fail
0.3319 101 859 850 Fail
0.3419 92 734 797 Fail
0.3520 87 645 741 Fail
0.3620 82 553 674 Fail
0.3720 78 471 603 Fail
0.3820 76 426 560 Fail
0.3920 71 391 550 Fail
0.4021 68 360 529 Fail
0.4121 66 337 510 Fail
0.4221 62 305 491 Fail
0.4321 61 278 455 Fail
0.4422 57 256 449 Fail
0.4522 53 244 460 Fail
0.4622 49 224 457 Fail
0.4722 48 213 443 Fail
0.4823 46 205 445 Fail
0.4923 43 186 432 Fail
0.5023 38 169 444 Fail
0.5123 37 156 421 Fail
0.5224 36 147 408 Fail
0.5324 35 139 397 Fail
0.5424 33 132 400 Fail
0.5524 31 126 406 Fail
0.5625 30 122 406 Fail
0.5725 28 116 414 Fail
0.5825 26 107 411 Fail
0.5925 24 106 441 Fail
0.6026 22 102 463 Fail
0.6126 22 101 459 Fail
0.6226 19 93 489 Fail
0.6326 18 91 505 Fail
0.6427 15 91 606 Fail
0.6527 15 88 586 Fail
0.6627 13 87 669 Fail
DURATION ANALYSIS
NOT REQUIRED
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0.6727 11 85 772 Fail
0.6828 11 81 736 Fail
0.6928 10 79 790 Fail
0.7028 9 76 844 Fail
0.7128 9 74 822 Fail
0.7228 8 70 875 Fail
0.7329 8 70 875 Fail
0.7429 8 69 862 Fail
0.7529 7 68 971 Fail
0.7629 7 66 942 Fail
0.7730 6 65 1083 Fail
0.7830 6 63 1050 Fail
0.7930 5 61 1220 Fail
0.8030 5 58 1160 Fail
0.8131 5 57 1140 Fail
0.8231 5 56 1120 Fail
0.8331 5 52 1040 Fail
0.8431 5 50 1000 Fail
0.8532 5 49 980 Fail
0.8632 4 46 1150 Fail
0.8732 4 45 1125 Fail
0.8832 4 42 1050 Fail
0.8933 3 39 1300 Fail
0.9033 3 39 1300 Fail
0.9133 3 33 1100 Fail
0.9233 2 32 1600 Fail
0.9334 2 29 1450 Fail
0.9434 2 27 1350 Fail
0.9534 2 25 1250 Fail
0.9634 2 23 1150 Fail
0.9735 2 23 1150 Fail
0.9835 2 22 1100 Fail
0.9935 2 20 1000 Fail
1.0035 2 20 1000 Fail
1.0136 2 18 900 Fail
1.0236 2 18 900 Fail
1.0336 2 16 800 Fail
1.0436 2 15 750 Fail
1.0536 2 14 700 Fail
1.0637 2 13 650 Fail
1.0737 2 13 650 Fail
1.0837 2 12 600 Fail
1.0937 2 10 500 Fail
1.1038 2 10 500 Fail
1.1138 2 10 500 Fail
1.1238 2 10 500 Fail
The development has an increase in flow durations
from 1/2 Predeveloped 2 year flow to the 2 year flow
or more than a 10% increase from the 2 year to the 50
year flow.
The development has an increase in flow durations for
more than 50% of the flows for the range of the
duration analysis.
DURATION ANALYSIS
NOT REQUIRED
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Water Quality
Water Quality BMP Flow and Volume for POC #1
On-line facility volume:0 acre-feet
On-line facility target flow:0 cfs.
Adjusted for 15 min:0 cfs.
Off-line facility target flow:0 cfs.
Adjusted for 15 min:0 cfs.
WATER QUALITY IS PROVIDED POST DETENTION AND IS THERE FOR SIZING IS BASED ON THE 2-YEAR
MITIGATED FLOW FROM DETENTION. SIZING CALCULATIONS ARE BELOW.
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LID Report
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POC 2
POC #2 was not reported because POC must exist in both scenarios and both scenarios
must have been run.
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Model Default Modifications
Total of 0 changes have been made.
PERLND Changes
No PERLND changes have been made.
IMPLND Changes
No IMPLND changes have been made.
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Appendix
Predeveloped Schematic
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Mitigated Schematic
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Predeveloped UCI File
RUN
GLOBAL
WWHM4 model simulation
START 1948 10 01 END 2009 09 30
RUN INTERP OUTPUT LEVEL 3 0
RESUME 0 RUN 1 UNIT SYSTEM 1
END GLOBAL
FILES
<File> <Un#> <-----------File Name------------------------------>***
<-ID-> ***
WDM 26 20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.wdm
MESSU 25 Pre20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.MES
27 Pre20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.L61
28 Pre20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.L62
30 POC20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK1.dat
END FILES
OPN SEQUENCE
INGRP INDELT 00:15
PERLND 16
COPY 501
DISPLY 1
END INGRP
END OPN SEQUENCE
DISPLY
DISPLY-INFO1
# - #<----------Title----------->***TRAN PIVL DIG1 FIL1 PYR DIG2 FIL2 YRND
1 West Basin MAX 1 2 30 9
END DISPLY-INFO1
END DISPLY
COPY
TIMESERIES
# - # NPT NMN ***
1 1 1
501 1 1
END TIMESERIES
END COPY
GENER
OPCODE
# # OPCD ***
END OPCODE
PARM
# # K ***
END PARM
END GENER
PERLND
GEN-INFO
<PLS ><-------Name------->NBLKS Unit-systems Printer ***
# - # User t-series Engl Metr ***
in out ***
16 C, Lawn, Flat 1 1 1 1 27 0
END GEN-INFO
*** Section PWATER***
ACTIVITY
<PLS > ************* Active Sections *****************************
# - # ATMP SNOW PWAT SED PST PWG PQAL MSTL PEST NITR PHOS TRAC ***
16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
END ACTIVITY
PRINT-INFO
<PLS > ***************** Print-flags ***************************** PIVL PYR
# - # ATMP SNOW PWAT SED PST PWG PQAL MSTL PEST NITR PHOS TRAC *********
16 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
END PRINT-INFO
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PWAT-PARM1
<PLS > PWATER variable monthly parameter value flags ***
# - # CSNO RTOP UZFG VCS VUZ VNN VIFW VIRC VLE INFC HWT ***
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
END PWAT-PARM1
PWAT-PARM2
<PLS > PWATER input info: Part 2 ***
# - # ***FOREST LZSN INFILT LSUR SLSUR KVARY AGWRC
16 0 4.5 0.03 400 0.05 0.5 0.996
END PWAT-PARM2
PWAT-PARM3
<PLS > PWATER input info: Part 3 ***
# - # ***PETMAX PETMIN INFEXP INFILD DEEPFR BASETP AGWETP
16 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
END PWAT-PARM3
PWAT-PARM4
<PLS > PWATER input info: Part 4 ***
# - # CEPSC UZSN NSUR INTFW IRC LZETP ***
16 0.1 0.25 0.25 6 0.5 0.25
END PWAT-PARM4
PWAT-STATE1
<PLS > *** Initial conditions at start of simulation
ran from 1990 to end of 1992 (pat 1-11-95) RUN 21 ***
# - # *** CEPS SURS UZS IFWS LZS AGWS GWVS
16 0 0 0 0 2.5 1 0
END PWAT-STATE1
END PERLND
IMPLND
GEN-INFO
<PLS ><-------Name-------> Unit-systems Printer ***
# - # User t-series Engl Metr ***
in out ***
END GEN-INFO
*** Section IWATER***
ACTIVITY
<PLS > ************* Active Sections *****************************
# - # ATMP SNOW IWAT SLD IWG IQAL ***
END ACTIVITY
PRINT-INFO
<ILS > ******** Print-flags ******** PIVL PYR
# - # ATMP SNOW IWAT SLD IWG IQAL *********
END PRINT-INFO
IWAT-PARM1
<PLS > IWATER variable monthly parameter value flags ***
# - # CSNO RTOP VRS VNN RTLI ***
END IWAT-PARM1
IWAT-PARM2
<PLS > IWATER input info: Part 2 ***
# - # *** LSUR SLSUR NSUR RETSC
END IWAT-PARM2
IWAT-PARM3
<PLS > IWATER input info: Part 3 ***
# - # ***PETMAX PETMIN
END IWAT-PARM3
IWAT-STATE1
<PLS > *** Initial conditions at start of simulation
# - # *** RETS SURS
END IWAT-STATE1
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END IMPLND
SCHEMATIC
<-Source-> <--Area--> <-Target-> MBLK ***
<Name> # <-factor-> <Name> # Tbl# ***
West Basin***
PERLND 16 3.337 COPY 501 12
PERLND 16 3.337 COPY 501 13
******Routing******
END SCHEMATIC
NETWORK
<-Volume-> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult-->Tran <-Target vols> <-Grp> <-Member-> ***
<Name> # <Name> # #<-factor->strg <Name> # # <Name> # # ***
COPY 501 OUTPUT MEAN 1 1 48.4 DISPLY 1 INPUT TIMSER 1
<-Volume-> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult-->Tran <-Target vols> <-Grp> <-Member-> ***
<Name> # <Name> # #<-factor->strg <Name> # # <Name> # # ***
END NETWORK
RCHRES
GEN-INFO
RCHRES Name Nexits Unit Systems Printer ***
# - #<------------------><---> User T-series Engl Metr LKFG ***
in out ***
END GEN-INFO
*** Section RCHRES***
ACTIVITY
<PLS > ************* Active Sections *****************************
# - # HYFG ADFG CNFG HTFG SDFG GQFG OXFG NUFG PKFG PHFG ***
END ACTIVITY
PRINT-INFO
<PLS > ***************** Print-flags ******************* PIVL PYR
# - # HYDR ADCA CONS HEAT SED GQL OXRX NUTR PLNK PHCB PIVL PYR *********
END PRINT-INFO
HYDR-PARM1
RCHRES Flags for each HYDR Section ***
# - # VC A1 A2 A3 ODFVFG for each *** ODGTFG for each FUNCT for each
FG FG FG FG possible exit *** possible exit possible exit
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***
END HYDR-PARM1
HYDR-PARM2
# - # FTABNO LEN DELTH STCOR KS DB50 ***
<------><--------><--------><--------><--------><--------><--------> ***
END HYDR-PARM2
HYDR-INIT
RCHRES Initial conditions for each HYDR section ***
# - # *** VOL Initial value of COLIND Initial value of OUTDGT
*** ac-ft for each possible exit for each possible exit
<------><--------> <---><---><---><---><---> *** <---><---><---><---><--->
END HYDR-INIT
END RCHRES
SPEC-ACTIONS
END SPEC-ACTIONS
FTABLES
END FTABLES
EXT SOURCES
<-Volume-> <Member> SsysSgap<--Mult-->Tran <-Target vols> <-Grp> <-Member-> ***
<Name> # <Name> # tem strg<-factor->strg <Name> # # <Name> # # ***
WDM 2 PREC ENGL 1 PERLND 1 999 EXTNL PREC
WDM 2 PREC ENGL 1 IMPLND 1 999 EXTNL PREC
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WDM 1 EVAP ENGL 0.76 PERLND 1 999 EXTNL PETINP
WDM 1 EVAP ENGL 0.76 IMPLND 1 999 EXTNL PETINP
END EXT SOURCES
EXT TARGETS
<-Volume-> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult-->Tran <-Volume-> <Member> Tsys Tgap Amd ***
<Name> # <Name> # #<-factor->strg <Name> # <Name> tem strg strg***
COPY 501 OUTPUT MEAN 1 1 48.4 WDM 501 FLOW ENGL REPL
END EXT TARGETS
MASS-LINK
<Volume> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult--> <Target> <-Grp> <-Member->***
<Name> <Name> # #<-factor-> <Name> <Name> # #***
MASS-LINK 12
PERLND PWATER SURO 0.083333 COPY INPUT MEAN
END MASS-LINK 12
MASS-LINK 13
PERLND PWATER IFWO 0.083333 COPY INPUT MEAN
END MASS-LINK 13
END MASS-LINK
END RUN
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Mitigated UCI File
RUN
GLOBAL
WWHM4 model simulation
START 1948 10 01 END 2009 09 30
RUN INTERP OUTPUT LEVEL 3 0
RESUME 0 RUN 1 UNIT SYSTEM 1
END GLOBAL
FILES
<File> <Un#> <-----------File Name------------------------------>***
<-ID-> ***
WDM 26 20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.wdm
MESSU 25 Mit20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.MES
27 Mit20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.L61
28 Mit20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK.L62
30 POC20190208 West Basin W STORMTANK1.dat
END FILES
OPN SEQUENCE
INGRP INDELT 00:15
PERLND 16
IMPLND 11
RCHRES 1
COPY 1
COPY 501
DISPLY 1
END INGRP
END OPN SEQUENCE
DISPLY
DISPLY-INFO1
# - #<----------Title----------->***TRAN PIVL DIG1 FIL1 PYR DIG2 FIL2 YRND
1 Vault 1 MAX 1 2 30 9
END DISPLY-INFO1
END DISPLY
COPY
TIMESERIES
# - # NPT NMN ***
1 1 1
501 1 1
END TIMESERIES
END COPY
GENER
OPCODE
# # OPCD ***
END OPCODE
PARM
# # K ***
END PARM
END GENER
PERLND
GEN-INFO
<PLS ><-------Name------->NBLKS Unit-systems Printer ***
# - # User t-series Engl Metr ***
in out ***
16 C, Lawn, Flat 1 1 1 1 27 0
END GEN-INFO
*** Section PWATER***
ACTIVITY
<PLS > ************* Active Sections *****************************
# - # ATMP SNOW PWAT SED PST PWG PQAL MSTL PEST NITR PHOS TRAC ***
16 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
END ACTIVITY
PRINT-INFO
<PLS > ***************** Print-flags ***************************** PIVL PYR
# - # ATMP SNOW PWAT SED PST PWG PQAL MSTL PEST NITR PHOS TRAC *********
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16 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
END PRINT-INFO
PWAT-PARM1
<PLS > PWATER variable monthly parameter value flags ***
# - # CSNO RTOP UZFG VCS VUZ VNN VIFW VIRC VLE INFC HWT ***
16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
END PWAT-PARM1
PWAT-PARM2
<PLS > PWATER input info: Part 2 ***
# - # ***FOREST LZSN INFILT LSUR SLSUR KVARY AGWRC
16 0 4.5 0.03 400 0.05 0.5 0.996
END PWAT-PARM2
PWAT-PARM3
<PLS > PWATER input info: Part 3 ***
# - # ***PETMAX PETMIN INFEXP INFILD DEEPFR BASETP AGWETP
16 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
END PWAT-PARM3
PWAT-PARM4
<PLS > PWATER input info: Part 4 ***
# - # CEPSC UZSN NSUR INTFW IRC LZETP ***
16 0.1 0.25 0.25 6 0.5 0.25
END PWAT-PARM4
PWAT-STATE1
<PLS > *** Initial conditions at start of simulation
ran from 1990 to end of 1992 (pat 1-11-95) RUN 21 ***
# - # *** CEPS SURS UZS IFWS LZS AGWS GWVS
16 0 0 0 0 2.5 1 0
END PWAT-STATE1
END PERLND
IMPLND
GEN-INFO
<PLS ><-------Name-------> Unit-systems Printer ***
# - # User t-series Engl Metr ***
in out ***
11 PARKING/FLAT 1 1 1 27 0
END GEN-INFO
*** Section IWATER***
ACTIVITY
<PLS > ************* Active Sections *****************************
# - # ATMP SNOW IWAT SLD IWG IQAL ***
11 0 0 1 0 0 0
END ACTIVITY
PRINT-INFO
<ILS > ******** Print-flags ******** PIVL PYR
# - # ATMP SNOW IWAT SLD IWG IQAL *********
11 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 9
END PRINT-INFO
IWAT-PARM1
<PLS > IWATER variable monthly parameter value flags ***
# - # CSNO RTOP VRS VNN RTLI ***
11 0 0 0 0 0
END IWAT-PARM1
IWAT-PARM2
<PLS > IWATER input info: Part 2 ***
# - # *** LSUR SLSUR NSUR RETSC
11 400 0.01 0.1 0.1
END IWAT-PARM2
IWAT-PARM3
<PLS > IWATER input info: Part 3 ***
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# - # ***PETMAX PETMIN
11 0 0
END IWAT-PARM3
IWAT-STATE1
<PLS > *** Initial conditions at start of simulation
# - # *** RETS SURS
11 0 0
END IWAT-STATE1
END IMPLND
SCHEMATIC
<-Source-> <--Area--> <-Target-> MBLK ***
<Name> # <-factor-> <Name> # Tbl# ***
West Basin Flow Control***
PERLND 16 0.395 RCHRES 1 2
PERLND 16 0.395 RCHRES 1 3
IMPLND 11 2.942 RCHRES 1 5
******Routing******
PERLND 16 0.395 COPY 1 12
IMPLND 11 2.942 COPY 1 15
PERLND 16 0.395 COPY 1 13
RCHRES 1 1 COPY 501 16
END SCHEMATIC
NETWORK
<-Volume-> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult-->Tran <-Target vols> <-Grp> <-Member-> ***
<Name> # <Name> # #<-factor->strg <Name> # # <Name> # # ***
COPY 501 OUTPUT MEAN 1 1 48.4 DISPLY 1 INPUT TIMSER 1
<-Volume-> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult-->Tran <-Target vols> <-Grp> <-Member-> ***
<Name> # <Name> # #<-factor->strg <Name> # # <Name> # # ***
END NETWORK
RCHRES
GEN-INFO
RCHRES Name Nexits Unit Systems Printer ***
# - #<------------------><---> User T-series Engl Metr LKFG ***
in out ***
1 Vault 1 1 1 1 1 28 0 1
END GEN-INFO
*** Section RCHRES***
ACTIVITY
<PLS > ************* Active Sections *****************************
# - # HYFG ADFG CNFG HTFG SDFG GQFG OXFG NUFG PKFG PHFG ***
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
END ACTIVITY
PRINT-INFO
<PLS > ***************** Print-flags ******************* PIVL PYR
# - # HYDR ADCA CONS HEAT SED GQL OXRX NUTR PLNK PHCB PIVL PYR *********
1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
END PRINT-INFO
HYDR-PARM1
RCHRES Flags for each HYDR Section ***
# - # VC A1 A2 A3 ODFVFG for each *** ODGTFG for each FUNCT for each
FG FG FG FG possible exit *** possible exit possible exit
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***
1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2
END HYDR-PARM1
HYDR-PARM2
# - # FTABNO LEN DELTH STCOR KS DB50 ***
<------><--------><--------><--------><--------><--------><--------> ***
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1 1 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
END HYDR-PARM2
HYDR-INIT
RCHRES Initial conditions for each HYDR section ***
# - # *** VOL Initial value of COLIND Initial value of OUTDGT
*** ac-ft for each possible exit for each possible exit
<------><--------> <---><---><---><---><---> *** <---><---><---><---><--->
1 0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
END HYDR-INIT
END RCHRES
SPEC-ACTIONS
END SPEC-ACTIONS
FTABLES
FTABLE 1
92 4
Depth Area Volume Outflow1 Velocity Travel Time***
(ft) (acres) (acre-ft) (cfs) (ft/sec) (Minutes)***
0.000000 0.154739 0.000000 0.000000
0.033333 0.154739 0.005158 0.025082
0.066667 0.154739 0.010316 0.035471
0.100000 0.154739 0.015474 0.043443
0.133333 0.154739 0.020632 0.050164
0.166667 0.154739 0.025790 0.056085
0.200000 0.154739 0.030948 0.061438
0.233333 0.154739 0.036106 0.066361
0.266667 0.154739 0.041264 0.070943
0.300000 0.154739 0.046422 0.075246
0.333333 0.154739 0.051580 0.079316
0.366667 0.154739 0.056737 0.083188
0.400000 0.154739 0.061895 0.086887
0.433333 0.154739 0.067053 0.090435
0.466667 0.154739 0.072211 0.093848
0.500000 0.154739 0.077369 0.097142
0.533333 0.154739 0.082527 0.100328
0.566667 0.154739 0.087685 0.103416
0.600000 0.154739 0.092843 0.106414
0.633333 0.154739 0.098001 0.109330
0.666667 0.154739 0.103159 0.112170
0.700000 0.154739 0.108317 0.114940
0.733333 0.154739 0.113475 0.117645
0.766667 0.154739 0.118633 0.120289
0.800000 0.154739 0.123791 0.122876
0.833333 0.154739 0.128949 0.125410
0.866667 0.154739 0.134107 0.127894
0.900000 0.154739 0.139265 0.130330
0.933333 0.154739 0.144423 0.132722
0.966667 0.154739 0.149581 0.135071
1.000000 0.154739 0.154739 0.137380
1.033333 0.154739 0.159896 0.139651
1.066667 0.154739 0.165054 0.141886
1.100000 0.154739 0.170212 0.144085
1.133333 0.154739 0.175370 0.146252
1.166667 0.154739 0.180528 0.148387
1.200000 0.154739 0.185686 0.150492
1.233333 0.154739 0.190844 0.152568
1.266667 0.154739 0.196002 0.154616
1.300000 0.154739 0.201160 0.156637
1.333333 0.154739 0.206318 0.158633
1.366667 0.154739 0.211476 0.160604
1.400000 0.154739 0.216634 0.162550
1.433333 0.154739 0.221792 0.164474
1.466667 0.154739 0.226950 0.166376
1.500000 0.154739 0.232108 0.168256
1.533333 0.154739 0.237266 0.170115
1.566667 0.154739 0.242424 0.171954
1.600000 0.154739 0.247582 0.173774
1.633333 0.154739 0.252740 0.175574
1.666667 0.154739 0.257898 0.177357
1.700000 0.154739 0.263055 0.179122
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1.733333 0.154739 0.268213 0.180869
1.766667 0.154739 0.273371 0.209094
1.800000 0.154739 0.278529 0.230204
1.833333 0.154739 0.283687 0.245256
1.866667 0.154739 0.288845 0.257794
1.900000 0.154739 0.294003 0.268848
1.933333 0.154739 0.299161 0.278890
1.966667 0.154739 0.304319 0.288185
2.000000 0.154739 0.309477 0.296896
2.033333 0.154739 0.314635 0.305135
2.066667 0.154739 0.319793 0.312981
2.100000 0.154739 0.324951 0.320494
2.133333 0.154739 0.330109 0.327717
2.166667 0.154739 0.335267 0.334688
2.200000 0.154739 0.340425 0.341435
2.233333 0.154739 0.345583 0.347980
2.266667 0.154739 0.350741 0.354400
2.300000 0.154739 0.355899 0.361400
2.333333 0.154739 0.361057 0.369654
2.366667 0.154739 0.366215 0.379586
2.400000 0.154739 0.371372 0.391533
2.433333 0.154739 0.376530 0.405780
2.466667 0.154739 0.381688 0.422581
2.500000 0.154739 0.386846 0.442166
2.533333 0.154739 0.392004 0.464743
2.566667 0.154739 0.397162 0.490510
2.600000 0.154739 0.402320 0.519647
2.633333 0.154739 0.407478 0.552327
2.666667 0.154739 0.412636 0.588715
2.700000 0.154739 0.417794 0.628965
2.733333 0.154739 0.422952 0.673227
2.766667 0.154739 0.428110 0.721645
2.800000 0.154739 0.433268 0.774356
2.833333 0.154739 0.438426 0.831496
2.866667 0.154739 0.443584 0.893192
2.900000 0.154739 0.448742 0.959572
2.933333 0.154739 0.453900 1.030757
2.966667 0.154739 0.459058 1.106866
3.000000 0.154739 0.464216 1.188016
3.033333 0.154739 0.469374 1.289226
END FTABLE 1
END FTABLES
EXT SOURCES
<-Volume-> <Member> SsysSgap<--Mult-->Tran <-Target vols> <-Grp> <-Member-> ***
<Name> # <Name> # tem strg<-factor->strg <Name> # # <Name> # # ***
WDM 2 PREC ENGL 1 PERLND 1 999 EXTNL PREC
WDM 2 PREC ENGL 1 IMPLND 1 999 EXTNL PREC
WDM 1 EVAP ENGL 0.76 PERLND 1 999 EXTNL PETINP
WDM 1 EVAP ENGL 0.76 IMPLND 1 999 EXTNL PETINP
END EXT SOURCES
EXT TARGETS
<-Volume-> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult-->Tran <-Volume-> <Member> Tsys Tgap Amd ***
<Name> # <Name> # #<-factor->strg <Name> # <Name> tem strg strg***
RCHRES 1 HYDR RO 1 1 1 WDM 1008 FLOW ENGL REPL
RCHRES 1 HYDR STAGE 1 1 1 WDM 1009 STAG ENGL REPL
COPY 1 OUTPUT MEAN 1 1 48.4 WDM 701 FLOW ENGL REPL
COPY 501 OUTPUT MEAN 1 1 48.4 WDM 801 FLOW ENGL REPL
END EXT TARGETS
MASS-LINK
<Volume> <-Grp> <-Member-><--Mult--> <Target> <-Grp> <-Member->***
<Name> <Name> # #<-factor-> <Name> <Name> # #***
MASS-LINK 2
PERLND PWATER SURO 0.083333 RCHRES INFLOW IVOL
END MASS-LINK 2
MASS-LINK 3
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PERLND PWATER IFWO 0.083333 RCHRES INFLOW IVOL
END MASS-LINK 3
MASS-LINK 5
IMPLND IWATER SURO 0.083333 RCHRES INFLOW IVOL
END MASS-LINK 5
MASS-LINK 12
PERLND PWATER SURO 0.083333 COPY INPUT MEAN
END MASS-LINK 12
MASS-LINK 13
PERLND PWATER IFWO 0.083333 COPY INPUT MEAN
END MASS-LINK 13
MASS-LINK 15
IMPLND IWATER SURO 0.083333 COPY INPUT MEAN
END MASS-LINK 15
MASS-LINK 16
RCHRES ROFLOW COPY INPUT MEAN
END MASS-LINK 16
END MASS-LINK
END RUN
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Predeveloped HSPF Message File
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Mitigated HSPF Message File
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 6
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18: 0
RCHRES: 1
The volume of water in this reach/mixed reservoir is greater than the value
in the "volume" column of the last row of RCHTAB(). To continue the
simulation the table has been extrapolated, based on information contained
in the last two rows. This will usually result in some loss of accuracy.
If depth is being calculated it will also cause an error condition.
Relevant data are:
NROWS V1 V2 VOL
92 2.0221E+04 2.0446E+04 2.0553E+04
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 5
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18: 0
RCHRES: 1
Calculation of relative depth, using Newton's method of successive
approximations, converged to an invalid value (not in range 0.0 to 1.0).
Probably ftable was extrapolated. If extrapolation was small, no problem.
Remedy; extend ftable. Relevant data are:
A B C RDEP1 RDEP2 COUNT
0.0000E+00 1.3481E+04 -1.991E+04 1.4767 1.4767E+00 2
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 6
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18:15
RCHRES: 1
The volume of water in this reach/mixed reservoir is greater than the value
in the "volume" column of the last row of RCHTAB(). To continue the
simulation the table has been extrapolated, based on information contained
in the last two rows. This will usually result in some loss of accuracy.
If depth is being calculated it will also cause an error condition.
Relevant data are:
NROWS V1 V2 VOL
92 2.0221E+04 2.0446E+04 2.0632E+04
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 5
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18:15
RCHRES: 1
Calculation of relative depth, using Newton's method of successive
approximations, converged to an invalid value (not in range 0.0 to 1.0).
Probably ftable was extrapolated. If extrapolation was small, no problem.
Remedy; extend ftable. Relevant data are:
A B C RDEP1 RDEP2 COUNT
0.0000E+00 1.3481E+04 -2.464E+04 1.8279 1.8279 2
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 6
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18:30
RCHRES: 1
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The volume of water in this reach/mixed reservoir is greater than the value
in the "volume" column of the last row of RCHTAB(). To continue the
simulation the table has been extrapolated, based on information contained
in the last two rows. This will usually result in some loss of accuracy.
If depth is being calculated it will also cause an error condition.
Relevant data are:
NROWS V1 V2 VOL
92 2.0221E+04 2.0446E+04 2.0677E+04
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 5
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18:30
RCHRES: 1
Calculation of relative depth, using Newton's method of successive
approximations, converged to an invalid value (not in range 0.0 to 1.0).
Probably ftable was extrapolated. If extrapolation was small, no problem.
Remedy; extend ftable. Relevant data are:
A B C RDEP1 RDEP2 COUNT
0.0000E+00 1.3481E+04 -2.736E+04 2.0293 2.0293 2
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 6
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18:45
RCHRES: 1
The volume of water in this reach/mixed reservoir is greater than the value
in the "volume" column of the last row of RCHTAB(). To continue the
simulation the table has been extrapolated, based on information contained
in the last two rows. This will usually result in some loss of accuracy.
If depth is being calculated it will also cause an error condition.
Relevant data are:
NROWS V1 V2 VOL
92 2.0221E+04 2.0446E+04 2.0541E+04
ERROR/WARNING ID: 341 5
DATE/TIME: 2003/10/20 18:45
RCHRES: 1
Calculation of relative depth, using Newton's method of successive
approximations, converged to an invalid value (not in range 0.0 to 1.0).
Probably ftable was extrapolated. If extrapolation was small, no problem.
Remedy; extend ftable. Relevant data are:
A B C RDEP1 RDEP2 COUNT
0.0000E+00 1.3481E+04 -1.916E+04 1.4216 1.4216 2
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WWHM2012
PROJECT REPORT
THE PROPOSED FACILITY MEETS THE PEAK
RATE FLOW CONTROL REQUIREMENT.
DEVELOPMENT RESULTS IN A LESS THAN 0.15
CFS INCREASE IN PEAK RATE FLOWS. SEE
PAGE 8 FOR RESULTS
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General Model Information
Project Name:20181203 Flow Control East
Site Name:Walker Auto Dealership
Site Address:3400 E. Valley Road
City:Renton WA
Report Date:12/3/2018
Gage:Seatac
Data Start:1948/10/01
Data End:2009/09/30
Timestep:15 Minute
Precip Scale:1.000
Version Date:2018/07/12
Version:4.2.15
POC Thresholds
Low Flow Threshold for POC1:50 Percent of the 2 Year
High Flow Threshold for POC1:50 Year
Low Flow Threshold for POC2:50 Percent of the 2 Year
High Flow Threshold for POC2:50 Year
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Landuse Basin Data
Predeveloped Land Use
East Basin FC
Bypass:No
GroundWater:No
Pervious Land Use acre
C, Lawn, Flat 2.35
Pervious Total 2.35
Impervious Land Use acre
Impervious Total 0
Basin Total 2.35
Element Flows To:
Surface Interflow Groundwater
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East Basin Compare
Bypass:No
GroundWater:No
Pervious Land Use acre
Pervious Total 0
Impervious Land Use acre
PARKING FLAT 1.74
Impervious Total 1.74
Basin Total 1.74
Element Flows To:
Surface Interflow Groundwater
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Mitigated Land Use
East Basin
Bypass:No
GroundWater:No
Pervious Land Use acre
C, Pasture, Flat 1.02
Pervious Total 1.02
Impervious Land Use acre
PARKING FLAT 1.33
Impervious Total 1.33
Basin Total 2.35
Element Flows To:
Surface Interflow Groundwater
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Routing Elements
Predeveloped Routing
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Mitigated Routing
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Analysis Results
POC 1
+ Predeveloped x Mitigated
Predeveloped Landuse Totals for POC #1
Total Pervious Area:2.35
Total Impervious Area:0
Mitigated Landuse Totals for POC #1
Total Pervious Area:1.02
Total Impervious Area:1.33
Flow Frequency Method:Log Pearson Type III 17B
Flow Frequency Return Periods for Predeveloped. POC #1
Return Period Flow(cfs)
2 year 0.185097
5 year 0.335726
10 year 0.458302
25 year 0.638696
50 year 0.791422
100 year 0.959763
Flow Frequency Return Periods for Mitigated. POC #1
Return Period Flow(cfs)
2 year 0.527258
5 year 0.670182
10 year 0.767759
25 year 0.894811
50 year 0.992378
100 year 1.092575
Annual Peaks
Annual Peaks for Predeveloped and Mitigated. POC #1
Year Predeveloped Mitigated
1949 0.389 0.706
1950 0.433 0.710
1951 0.207 0.454
1952 0.084 0.366
1953 0.060 0.394
1954 0.127 0.434
1955 0.144 0.481
1956 0.187 0.473
1957 0.224 0.556
1958 0.124 0.434
NET INCREASE = 1.092-0.959 = 0.133 CFS.
0.133 CFS < 0.15 CFS REQUIRMENT MET
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1959 0.096 0.430
1960 0.228 0.479
1961 0.164 0.472
1962 0.053 0.393
1963 0.160 0.455
1964 0.168 0.426
1965 0.256 0.563
1966 0.093 0.379
1967 0.439 0.627
1968 0.204 0.706
1969 0.228 0.506
1970 0.146 0.497
1971 0.240 0.582
1972 0.376 0.623
1973 0.075 0.352
1974 0.210 0.534
1975 0.244 0.592
1976 0.159 0.429
1977 0.136 0.431
1978 0.151 0.528
1979 0.050 0.722
1980 0.470 0.711
1981 0.135 0.550
1982 0.415 0.772
1983 0.200 0.609
1984 0.110 0.397
1985 0.146 0.532
1986 0.196 0.471
1987 0.189 0.707
1988 0.067 0.429
1989 0.055 0.536
1990 0.883 1.082
1991 0.552 0.794
1992 0.137 0.396
1993 0.080 0.334
1994 0.052 0.358
1995 0.124 0.484
1996 0.375 0.556
1997 0.228 0.528
1998 0.168 0.495
1999 0.643 1.010
2000 0.172 0.523
2001 0.045 0.551
2002 0.354 0.678
2003 0.276 0.555
2004 0.438 0.968
2005 0.193 0.468
2006 0.202 0.417
2007 0.822 0.943
2008 0.539 0.782
2009 0.275 0.656
Ranked Annual Peaks
Ranked Annual Peaks for Predeveloped and Mitigated. POC #1
Rank Predeveloped Mitigated
1 0.8835 1.0823
2 0.8223 1.0102
3 0.6434 0.9682
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4 0.5519 0.9435
5 0.5393 0.7939
6 0.4705 0.7818
7 0.4395 0.7721
8 0.4379 0.7222
9 0.4326 0.7110
10 0.4153 0.7099
11 0.3886 0.7072
12 0.3760 0.7059
13 0.3755 0.7055
14 0.3535 0.6781
15 0.2756 0.6558
16 0.2753 0.6268
17 0.2555 0.6229
18 0.2443 0.6088
19 0.2397 0.5924
20 0.2281 0.5825
21 0.2279 0.5634
22 0.2276 0.5563
23 0.2245 0.5556
24 0.2096 0.5546
25 0.2071 0.5509
26 0.2038 0.5496
27 0.2023 0.5364
28 0.2002 0.5339
29 0.1960 0.5316
30 0.1930 0.5281
31 0.1893 0.5276
32 0.1867 0.5229
33 0.1717 0.5056
34 0.1684 0.4969
35 0.1675 0.4955
36 0.1642 0.4836
37 0.1604 0.4813
38 0.1592 0.4790
39 0.1513 0.4734
40 0.1464 0.4717
41 0.1464 0.4711
42 0.1437 0.4677
43 0.1373 0.4548
44 0.1364 0.4539
45 0.1354 0.4339
46 0.1266 0.4338
47 0.1241 0.4314
48 0.1235 0.4300
49 0.1104 0.4292
50 0.0957 0.4291
51 0.0932 0.4255
52 0.0841 0.4169
53 0.0802 0.3971
54 0.0752 0.3961
55 0.0673 0.3942
56 0.0604 0.3929
57 0.0545 0.3792
58 0.0527 0.3655
59 0.0523 0.3581
60 0.0503 0.3524
61 0.0452 0.3341
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Duration Flows
Flow(cfs)Predev Mit Percentage Pass/Fail
0.0925 3542 29132 822 Fail
0.0996 2770 25453 918 Fail
0.1067 2254 22266 987 Fail
0.1137 1866 19603 1050 Fail
0.1208 1483 17261 1163 Fail
0.1278 1237 15229 1231 Fail
0.1349 1005 13560 1349 Fail
0.1420 796 12006 1508 Fail
0.1490 599 10483 1750 Fail
0.1561 467 9364 2005 Fail
0.1631 386 8408 2178 Fail
0.1702 318 7540 2371 Fail
0.1773 250 6752 2700 Fail
0.1843 222 6030 2716 Fail
0.1914 183 5394 2947 Fail
0.1984 153 4849 3169 Fail
0.2055 136 4355 3202 Fail
0.2126 126 3921 3111 Fail
0.2196 116 3559 3068 Fail
0.2267 109 3240 2972 Fail
0.2337 101 2937 2907 Fail
0.2408 92 2667 2898 Fail
0.2479 87 2428 2790 Fail
0.2549 82 2222 2709 Fail
0.2620 78 2007 2573 Fail
0.2690 76 1804 2373 Fail
0.2761 71 1663 2342 Fail
0.2832 68 1519 2233 Fail
0.2902 66 1371 2077 Fail
0.2973 62 1254 2022 Fail
0.3043 61 1151 1886 Fail
0.3114 57 1055 1850 Fail
0.3184 53 970 1830 Fail
0.3255 50 897 1794 Fail
0.3326 48 809 1685 Fail
0.3396 46 746 1621 Fail
0.3467 44 690 1568 Fail
0.3537 40 645 1612 Fail
0.3608 37 598 1616 Fail
0.3679 36 552 1533 Fail
0.3749 35 515 1471 Fail
0.3820 33 474 1436 Fail
0.3890 30 438 1460 Fail
0.3961 30 407 1356 Fail
0.4032 28 377 1346 Fail
0.4102 26 355 1365 Fail
0.4173 24 336 1400 Fail
0.4243 22 315 1431 Fail
0.4314 22 288 1309 Fail
0.4385 19 273 1436 Fail
0.4455 18 258 1433 Fail
0.4526 15 239 1593 Fail
0.4596 15 220 1466 Fail
0.4667 13 207 1592 Fail
DURATION ANALYSIS
NOT REQUIRED
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0.4738 11 193 1754 Fail
0.4808 11 182 1654 Fail
0.4879 10 167 1670 Fail
0.4949 9 159 1766 Fail
0.5020 9 150 1666 Fail
0.5090 8 138 1725 Fail
0.5161 8 133 1662 Fail
0.5232 8 127 1587 Fail
0.5302 7 119 1700 Fail
0.5373 7 108 1542 Fail
0.5443 6 105 1750 Fail
0.5514 6 97 1616 Fail
0.5585 5 91 1820 Fail
0.5655 5 84 1679 Fail
0.5726 5 82 1640 Fail
0.5796 5 81 1620 Fail
0.5867 5 77 1540 Fail
0.5938 5 75 1500 Fail
0.6008 5 67 1340 Fail
0.6079 4 64 1600 Fail
0.6149 4 61 1525 Fail
0.6220 4 60 1500 Fail
0.6291 3 55 1833 Fail
0.6361 3 53 1766 Fail
0.6432 3 51 1700 Fail
0.6502 2 49 2450 Fail
0.6573 2 46 2300 Fail
0.6644 2 45 2250 Fail
0.6714 2 44 2200 Fail
0.6785 2 39 1950 Fail
0.6855 2 34 1700 Fail
0.6926 2 34 1700 Fail
0.6997 2 34 1700 Fail
0.7067 2 28 1400 Fail
0.7138 2 23 1150 Fail
0.7208 2 21 1050 Fail
0.7279 2 19 950 Fail
0.7349 2 18 900 Fail
0.7420 2 18 900 Fail
0.7491 2 18 900 Fail
0.7561 2 17 850 Fail
0.7632 2 16 800 Fail
0.7702 2 16 800 Fail
0.7773 2 13 650 Fail
0.7844 2 12 600 Fail
0.7914 2 12 600 Fail
The development has an increase in flow durations
from 1/2 Predeveloped 2 year flow to the 2 year flow
or more than a 10% increase from the 2 year to the 50
year flow.
The development has an increase in flow durations for
more than 50% of the flows for the range of the
duration analysis.
DURATION ANALYSIS
NOT REQUIRED
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Water Quality
Water Quality BMP Flow and Volume for POC #1
On-line facility volume:0 acre-feet
On-line facility target flow:0 cfs.
Adjusted for 15 min:0 cfs.
Off-line facility target flow:0 cfs.
Adjusted for 15 min:0 cfs.
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LID Report
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POC 2
POC #2 was not reported because POC must exist in both scenarios and both scenarios
must have been run.
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Model Default Modifications
Total of 0 changes have been made.
PERLND Changes
No PERLND changes have been made.
IMPLND Changes
No IMPLND changes have been made.
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Appendix
Predeveloped Schematic
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Mitigated Schematic
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Predeveloped UCI File
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Mitigated UCI File
20181203 Flow Control East 12/3/2018 10:16:39 AM Page 22
Predeveloped HSPF Message File
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Mitigated HSPF Message File
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FIGURE 4-3
July 2017
GENERAL USE LEVEL DESIGNATION FOR BASIC, ENHANCED, AND
PHOSPHORUS TREATMENT
For the
MWS-Linear Modular Wetland
Ecology’s Decision:
Based on Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. application submissions, including the Technical
Evaluation Report, dated April 1, 2014, Ecology hereby issues the following use level
designation:
1. General use level designation (GULD) for the MWS-Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater
Treatment System for Basic treatment
Sized at a hydraulic loading rate of 1 gallon per minute (gpm) per square foot (sq ft) of
wetland cell surface area. For moderate pollutant loading rates (low to medium density
residential basins), size the Prefilters at 3.0 gpm/sq ft of cartridge surface area. For high
loading rates (commercial and industrial basins), size the Prefilters at 2.1 gpm/sq ft of
cartridge surface area.
2. General use level designation (GULD) for the MWS-Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater
Treatment System for Phosphorus treatment
Sized at a hydraulic loading rate of 1 gallon per minute (gpm) per square foot (sq ft) of
wetland cell surface area. For moderate pollutant loading rates (low to medium density
residential basins), size the Prefilters at 3.0 gpm/sq ft of cartridge surface area. For high
loading rates (commercial and industrial basins), size the Prefilters at 2.1 gpm/sq ft of
cartridge surface area.
3. General use level designation (GULD) for the MWS-Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater
Treatment System for Enhanced treatment
Sized at a hydraulic loading rate of 1 gallon per minute (gpm) per square foot (sq ft) of
wetland cell surface area. For moderate pollutant loading rates (low to medium density
residential basins), size the Prefilters at 3.0 gpm/sq ft of cartridge surface area. For high
loading rates (commercial and industrial basins), size the Prefilters at 2.1 gpm/sq ft of
cartridge surface area.
FIGURE 4-4
4. Ecology approves the MWS - Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment System units
for Basic, Phosphorus, and Enhanced treatment at the hydraulic loading rate listed above.
Designers shall calculate the water quality design flow rates using the following procedures:
Western Washington: For treatment installed upstream of detention or retention, the
water quality design flow rate is the peak 15-minute flow rate as calculated using the
latest version of the Western Washington Hydrology Model or other Ecology-approved
continuous runoff model.
Eastern Washington: For treatment installed upstream of detention or retention, the
water quality design flow rate is the peak 15-minute flow rate as calculated using one of
the three methods described in Chapter 2.2.5 of the Stormwater Management Manual
for Eastern Washington (SWMMEW) or local manual.
Entire State: For treatment installed downstream of detention, the water quality design
flow rate is the full 2-year release rate of the detention facility.
5. These use level designations have no expiration date but may be revoked or amended by
Ecology, and are subject to the conditions specified below.
Ecology’s Conditions of Use:
Applicants shall comply with the following conditions:
1. Design, assemble, install, operate, and maintain the MWS – Linear Modular Wetland
Stormwater Treatment System units, in accordance with Modular Wetland Systems, Inc.
applicable manuals and documents and the Ecology Decision.
2. Each site plan must undergo Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. review and approval before
site installation. This ensures that site grading and slope are appropriate for use of a MWS
– Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment System unit.
3. MWS – Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment System media shall conform to the
specifications submitted to, and approved by, Ecology.
4. The applicant tested the MWS – Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment System
with an external bypass weir. This weir limited the depth of water flowing through the
media, and therefore the active treatment area, to below the root zone of the plants. This
GULD applies to MWS – Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment Systems whether
plants are included in the final product or not.
5. Maintenance: The required maintenance interval for stormwater treatment devices is often
dependent upon the degree of pollutant loading from a particular drainage basin. Therefore,
Ecology does not endorse or recommend a “one size fits all” maintenance cycle for a
particular model/size of manufactured filter treatment device.
Typically, Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. designs MWS - Linear Modular Wetland
systems for a target prefilter media life of 6 to 12 months.
Indications of the need for maintenance include effluent flow decreasing to below the
design flow rate or decrease in treatment below required levels.
Owners/operators must inspect MWS - Linear Modular Wetland systems for a minimum
of twelve months from the start of post-construction operation to determine site-specific
maintenance schedules and requirements. You must conduct inspections monthly during
the wet season, and every other month during the dry season. (According to the
SWMMWW, the wet season in western Washington is October 1 to April 30. According
to SWMMEW, the wet season in eastern Washington is October 1 to June 30). After the
first year of operation, owners/operators must conduct inspections based on the findings
during the first year of inspections.
Conduct inspections by qualified personnel, follow manufacturer’s guidelines, and use
methods capable of determining either a decrease in treated effluent flowrate and/or a
decrease in pollutant removal ability.
When inspections are performed, the following findings typically serve as maintenance
triggers:
Standing water remains in the vault between rain events, or
Bypass occurs during storms smaller than the design storm.
If excessive floatables (trash and debris) are present (but no standing water or
excessive sedimentation), perform a minor maintenance consisting of gross solids
removal, not prefilter media replacement.
Additional data collection will be used to create a correlation between pretreatment
chamber sediment depth and pre-filter clogging (see Issues to be Addressed by the
Company section below)
6. Discharges from the MWS - Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment System units
shall not cause or contribute to water quality standards violations in receiving waters.
Applicant: Modular Wetland Systems, Inc.
Applicant's Address: PO. Box 869
Oceanside, CA 92054
Application Documents:
Original Application for Conditional Use Level Designation, Modular Wetland System,
Linear Stormwater Filtration System Modular Wetland Systems, Inc., January 2011
Quality Assurance Project Plan: Modular Wetland system – Linear Treatment System
performance Monitoring Project, draft, January 2011.
Revised Application for Conditional Use Level Designation, Modular Wetland System,
Linear Stormwater Filtration System Modular Wetland Systems, Inc., May 2011
Memorandum: Modular Wetland System-Linear GULD Application Supplementary Data,
April 2014
Technical Evaluation Report: Modular Wetland System Stormwater Treatment System
Performance Monitoring, April 2014.
Applicant's Use Level Request:
General use level designation as a Basic, Enhanced, and Phosphorus treatment device in
accordance with Ecology’s Guidance for Evaluating Emerging Stormwater Treatment
Technologies Technology Assessment Protocol – Ecology (TAPE) January 2011 Revision.
Applicant's Performance Claims:
The MWS – Linear Modular wetland is capable of removing a minimum of 80-percent
of TSS from stormwater with influent concentrations between 100 and 200 mg/l.
The MWS – Linear Modular wetland is capable of removing a minimum of 50-percent
of Total Phosphorus from stormwater with influent concentrations between 0.1 and 0.5
mg/l.
The MWS – Linear Modular wetland is capable of removing a minimum of 30-percent
of dissolved Copper from stormwater with influent concentrations between 0.005 and
0.020 mg/l.
The MWS – Linear Modular wetland is capable of removing a minimum of 60-percent
of dissolved Zinc from stormwater with influent concentrations between 0.02 and 0.30
mg/l.
Ecology Recommendations:
Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. has shown Ecology, through laboratory and field-
testing, that the MWS - Linear Modular Wetland Stormwater Treatment System filter
system is capable of attaining Ecology's Basic, Total phosphorus, and Enhanced
treatment goals.
Findings of Fact:
Laboratory Testing
The MWS-Linear Modular wetland has the:
Capability to remove 99 percent of total suspended solids (using Sil-Co-Sil 106) in a
quarter-scale model with influent concentrations of 270 mg/L.
Capability to remove 91 percent of total suspended solids (using Sil-Co-Sil 106) in
laboratory conditions with influent concentrations of 84.6 mg/L at a flow rate of 3.0
gpm per square foot of media.
Capability to remove 93 percent of dissolved Copper in a quarter-scale model with
influent concentrations of 0.757 mg/L.
Capability to remove 79 percent of dissolved Copper in laboratory conditions with
influent concentrations of 0.567 mg/L at a flow rate of 3.0 gpm per square foot of
media.
Capability to remove 80.5-percent of dissolved Zinc in a quarter-scale model with
influent concentrations of 0.95 mg/L at a flow rate of 3.0 gpm per square foot of media.
Capability to remove 78-percent of dissolved Zinc in laboratory conditions with influent
concentrations of 0.75 mg/L at a flow rate of 3.0 gpm per square foot of media.
Field Testing
Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. conducted monitoring of an MWS-Linear (Model
# MWS-L-4-13) from April 2012 through May 2013, at a transportation maintenance
facility in Portland, Oregon. The manufacturer collected flow-weighted composite
samples of the system’s influent and effluent during 28 separate storm events. The
system treated approximately 75 percent of the runoff from 53.5 inches of rainfall
during the monitoring period. The applicant sized the system at 1 gpm/sq ft. (wetland
media) and 3gpm/sq ft. (prefilter).
Influent TSS concentrations for qualifying sampled storm events ranged from 20 to 339
mg/L. Average TSS removal for influent concentrations greater than 100 mg/L (n=7)
averaged 85 percent. For influent concentrations in the range of 20-100 mg/L (n=18),
the upper 95 percent confidence interval about the mean effluent concentration was
12.8 mg/L.
Total phosphorus removal for 17 events with influent TP concentrations in the range of
0.1 to 0.5 mg/L averaged 65 percent. A bootstrap estimate of the lower 95 percent
confidence limit (LCL95) of the mean total phosphorus reduction was 58 percent.
The lower 95 percent confidence limit of the mean percent removal was 60.5 percent for
dissolved zinc for influent concentrations in the range of 0.02 to 0.3 mg/L (n=11).
The lower 95 percent confidence limit of the mean percent removal was 32.5 percent for
dissolved copper for influent concentrations in the range of 0.005 to 0.02 mg/L (n=14)
at flow rates up to 28 gpm (design flow rate 41 gpm). Laboratory test data augmented
the data set, showing dissolved copper removal at the design flow rate of 41 gpm (93
percent reduction in influent dissolved copper of 0.757 mg/L).
Issues to be addressed by the Company:
1. Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. should collect maintenance and inspection data for the
first year on all installations in the Northwest in order to assess standard maintenance
requirements for various land uses in the region. Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. should
use these data to establish required maintenance cycles.
2. Modular Wetland Systems, Inc. should collect pre-treatment chamber sediment depth
data for the first year of operation for all installations in the Northwest. Modular
Wetland Systems, Inc. will use these data to create a correlation between sediment depth
and pre-filter clogging.
Technology Description:
Download at http://www.modularwetlands.com/
Contact Information:
Applicant: Zach Kent
BioClean A Forterra Company.
398 Vi9a El Centro
Oceanside, CA 92058
zach.kent@forterrabp.com
Applicant website: http://www.modularwetlands.com/
Ecology web link: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wg/stormwater/newtech/index.html
Ecology: Douglas C. Howie, P.E.
Department of Ecology
Water Quality Program
(360) 407-6444
douglas.howie@ecy.wa.gov
Revision History
Date Revision
June 2011 Original use-level-designation document
September 2012 Revised dates for TER and expiration
January 2013 Modified Design Storm Description, added Revision Table, added
maintenance discussion, modified format in accordance with Ecology
standard
December 2013 Updated name of Applicant
April 2014 Approved GULD designation for Basic, Phosphorus, and Enhanced
treatment
December 2015 Updated GULD to document the acceptance of MWS-Linear
Modular Wetland installations with or without the inclusion of plants
July 2017 Revised Manufacturer Contact Information (name, address, and
email)
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership
2180100.11
Section 5
Conveyance System Analysis and Design
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership 5-1
2180100.11
5.0 Conveyance System Analysis and Design
All conveyance systems are sized to meet the requirements of Chapter 4 of the CRSWDM. Refer
to Figure 5-1, Mitigated Peak Flows, and Figure 5-2, Developed Unmitigated Peak Flows, for
conveyance calculations.
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership
2180100.11
Section 5.0 Figures
Figure 5-1 ......... Mitigated Peak Flows
Figure 5-2 ......... Developed Unmitigated Peak Flows
Mitigated Peaks
Inputs:
Pipe Diameter, dₒ1.000 ft
Manning Roughness, n ?0.013
Pressure slope (possibly equal to pipe slope), S₀ 0.005 rise/run
Percent of (or ratio to) full depth (100% or 1 if flowing full)0.800 fraction
Results:
Flow, Q 2.469 ft^3/s
Velocity, v 3.666 ft/s
Velocity head, hv 0.209 ft
Flow Area, A 0.674 ft^2/s
Wetted Perimeter, P 2.214 ft
Hydraulic Radius 0.304 ft
Manning Formula Uniform Pipe Flow at Given Slope and Depth
FIGURE 5-1
Inputs:
Pipe Diameter, dₒ1.000 ft
Manning Roughness, n ?0.011
Pressure slope (possibly equal to pipe slope), S₀ 0.005 rise/run
Percent of (or ratio to) full depth (100% or 1 if flowing full)0.800 fraction
Results:
Flow, Q 2.918 ft^3/s
Velocity, v 4.332 ft/s
Velocity head, hv 0.292 ft
Flow Area, A 0.674 ft^2/s
Wetted Perimeter, P 2.214 ft
Hydraulic Radius 0.304 ft
Manning Formula Uniform Pipe Flow at Given Slope and Depth
Developed Unmitigated FlowsFIGURE 5-2
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership
2180100.11
Section 6
Special Reports and Studies
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership 6-1
2180100.11
6.0 Special Reports and Studies
A Geotechnical Engineering Report dated April 27, 2018, by Migizi Group Inc. is included as
Figure 6-1.
A Critical Area Report dated April 2018, by PBS Environmental is included as Figure 6-2.
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership
2180100.11
Section 6.0 Figures
Figure 6-1 ......... Geotechnical Engineering Report
Figure 6-2 ......... Critical Area Report
Geotechnical Engineering Report
Walker Renton Auto Dealership
3400 East Valley Road
Renton, Washington
P/N 302305-9067
April 27, 2018
prepared for:
HHJ Architects, PLLC
Attention: Roger Hansen
601 St Helens
Tacoma Washington 98402
prepared by:
Migizi Group, Inc.
PO Box 44840
Tacoma, Washington 98448
(253) 537-9400
MGI Project P1238-T18
FIGURE 6-1
i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page No.
1.0 SITE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 1
2.0 EXPLORATORY METHODS ............................................................................................................ 2
2.1 Auger Boring Procedures...................................................................................................... 3
3.0 SITE CONDITIONS ............................................................................................................................ 3
3.1 Surface Conditions ................................................................................................................. 3
3.2 Soil Conditions ....................................................................................................................... 4
3.3 Groundwater Conditions ...................................................................................................... 5
3.4 Seismic Conditions ................................................................................................................. 5
3.5 Liquefaction Potential ........................................................................................................... 5
3.6 Infiltration Conditions ........................................................................................................... 6
4.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................ 6
4.1 Site Preparation ...................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Augercast Piles ....................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Slab-On-Grade-Floors .......................................................................................................... 11
4.4 Drainage Systems ................................................................................................................. 11
4.5 Asphalt Pavement ................................................................................................................ 12
4.6 Structural Fill ........................................................................................................................ 13
5.0 RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL SERVICES ............................................................................. 14
6.0 CLOSURE ........................................................................................................................................... 15
List of Tables
Table 1. Approximate Locations and Depth of Explorations .............................................................................. 2
Table 2. Recommended Allowable Pile Capacities ............................................................................................... 9
List of Figures
Figure 1. Topographic and Location Map
Figure 2. Site and Exploration Plan
APPENDIX A
Soil Classification Chart and Key to Test Data .................................................................................................. A-1
Log of Auger Borings B-1 and B-2 ............................................................................................................. A-2…A-3
Page 1 of 15
MIGIZI GROUP, INC.
PO Box 44840 PHONE (253) 537-9400
Tacoma, Washington 98448 FAX (253) 537-9401
April 17, 2018
HHJ Architects, PLLC
601 St Helens
Tacoma, Washington 98402
Attention: Roger Hansen
Subject: Geotechnical Engineering Report
Walker Renton Auto Dealership
3400 East Valley Road
Renton, Washington
P/N 302305-9067
MGI Project P1238-T18
Dear Mr. Hansen:
Migizi Group, Inc. (MGI) is pleased to submit this report describing the results of our geotechnical
engineering evaluation of the proposed Walker Renton Auto Dealership development at 3400
East Valley Road in Renton, Washington.
This report has been prepared for the exclusive use of HHJ Architects, PLLC, and their
consultants, for specific application to this project, in accordance with generally accepted
geotechnical engineering practice.
1.0 SITE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project site consists of an irregularly-shaped, 5.65-acre, commercially-zoned parcel located
towards the south end of the city limits of Renton, Washington, as shown on the enclosed
Topographic and Location Map (Figure 1). The subject property is situated between East Valley
Road and SR-167 in a heavily developed commercial area. The project site has previously been
developed, being utilized as an auto junk yard. A 4,000-sf warehouse building and 1,160 sf
radiator shop are still present towards the northwest corner of the project area, as well as paved
parking facilities. The remainder of the site had been graded to accommodate storage of vehicles
and auto parts, though these have previously been removed from the site. During this initial
development of the site, the wetland area along the west side of SR-167 had been severely
damaged, and in many cases had been filled.
HHJ Architects, PLLC – Walker Renton Auto Dealership, 3400 E Valley Rd, Renton, WA April 27, 2018
Geotechnical Engineering Report P1238-T18
Migizi Group, Inc. Page 2 of 15
It is our understanding that improvement plans involve the demolition of existing site features
and the repurposing of the property as an auto dealership. This will involve the construction of
a new 50,000 to 60,000 sf two-story, wood-framed structure towards the center of the property, in
addition to extensive pavements surrounding this facility. The new structure will contain a
showroom/sales area, business offices, parts sales and storage, service and shop regions, storage
and other supportive areas. In addition to the aforementioned improvements, the subject
development will also entail the restoration of the existing wetland which was damaged by
previous actions at the east side of the site along SR-167, and the establishment and maintaining
of a new 75-foot buffer area from this wetland. Environmental cleanup will be performed in
conjunction with new construction as appropriate, based on recommendations provided by Kane
Environmental.
2.0 EXPLORATORY METHODS
We explored surface and subsurface conditions at the project site on March 16, 2018. Our
exploration and evaluation program comprised the following elements:
• Surface reconnaissance of the site;
• Two auger boring explorations (designated B-1 and B-2), advanced on March 16,
2016; and
• A review of published geologic and seismologic maps and literature.
Table 1 summarizes the approximate functional locations and termination depths of our
subsurface explorations, and Figure 2 depicts their approximate relative locations. The following
sections describe the procedures used for excavation of test pits.
TABLE 1
APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS AND DEPTHS OF EXPLORATIONS
Exploration Functional Location
Termination
Depth
(feet)
B-1
B-2
East end of proposed building footprint
Southwest corner of proposed building footprint
61½
51½
The specific number and locations of our explorations were selected in relation to the existing site
features, under the constraints of surface access, underground utility conflicts, and budget
considerations.
It should be realized that the explorations performed and utilized for this eva luation reveal
subsurface conditions only at discrete locations across the project site and that actual conditions
in other areas could vary. Furthermore, the nature and extent of any such variations would not
become evident until additional explorations are performed or until construction activities have
begun. If significant variations are observed at that time, we may need to modify our conclusions
and recommendations contained in this report to reflect the actual site conditions.
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2.1 Auger Boring Procedures
Our exploratory borings were advanced through the soil with a hollow-stem auger, using a truck-
mounted drill rig, operated by an independent drilling firm working under subcontract to MGI.
An engineering geologist from our firm continuously observed the boring, logged the subsurface
conditions, and collected representative soil samples. All samples were stored in watertight
containers and later transported to a laboratory for further visual examination and testing. After
the borings were completed, the borehole was backfilled in accordance with state requirements.
Throughout the drilling operation, soil samples were obtained at 2½ to 5-foot depth intervals by
means of the Standard Penetration Test (SPT) per American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM:D-1586), or using a large split-spoon sampler. This testing and sampling procedure
consists of driving a standard 2-inch-outside-diameter steel split-spoon sampler 18 inches into
the soil with a 140-pound hammer free-falling 30 inches. The number of blows struck during the
final 12 inches is recorded on the boring log. If a total of 50 blows are struck within any 6 -inch
interval, the driving is stopped, and the blow count is recorded as 50 blows for the actual
penetration distance. The resulting blow count values indicate the relative density of granular
soils and the relative consistency of cohesive soils. The soils were classified visually in general
accordance with the system described in Figure A-1, which includes a key to our exploration logs.
Summary logs of our explorations are included as Figures A-2 and A-3.
The enclosed boring logs describe the vertical sequence of soils and materials encountered in the
borings, based primarily on our field classifications and supported by our subsequent laboratory
examination and testing. Where a soil contact was observed to be gradational, our logs indicate
the average contact depth. Where a soil type changed between sample intervals, we inferred the
contact depth. Our logs also graphically indicate the blow count, sample type, sample number,
and approximate depth of each soil sample obtained from the boring, as well as any laboratory
tests performed on these soil samples. If any groundwater was encountered in the borehole, the
approximate groundwater depth is depicted on the boring logs. Groundwater depth estimates
are typically based on the moisture content of soil samples, the wetted height on the drilling rods,
and the water level measured in the borehole after the auger has been extracted.
3.0 SITE CONDITIONS
The following sections present our observations, measurements, findings, and interpretations
regarding, surface, soil, groundwater, and infiltration conditions.
3.1 Surface Conditions
As previously indicated, the project site consists of an irregularly-shaped, 5.65-acre,
commercially-zoned parcel, located towards the south end of the city limits of Renton, between
East Valley Road and SR-167 in a heavily developed commercial area. The site is bound on the
north by East Valley RV & Boat Storage, on the south by the Brickman Group storage yard, on
the west by East Valley Road, and on the east by SR 167. The northwest corner of the project area
retains an existing 4,000-sf warehouse building, a 1,160-sf radiator shop, and asphalt pavement
parking facilities. The aforementioned structures were originally constructed in 1996. The
remainder of the site had been graded and resurfaced with recycled concrete, to serve as a storage
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location for automobile parts and debris. The entirety of the site is enclosed by a chain-link fence,
with access to the interior being gained through a locked gate.
Topographically, the site is relatively level with minimal grade changes being observed over its
extent. Purportedly, the eastern margin of the site is a historic wetland region, which had been
infringed upon by past developments. This portion of the site served as part of the larger basin
for Panther Creek, which travels north and south of the project area along the east side of SR 167.
No vegetation was observed on site outside of scattered weeds which have taken root within the
existing gravel surfacing. No hydrological features were observed on site, such as seeps, springs,
ponds and streams. Scattered ponding was observed across the southwest portion of the site at
the time of our site visit. We believe that this is seasonal in nature, and not indicative of
hydrogeological conditions onsite.
3.2 Soil Conditions
We observed subsurface conditions through the advancement of two geotechnical borings within
the footprint of the 50,000 to 60,000-sf structure proposed towards the interior of the site. These
explorations extended 51½ to 61½ feet below existing grade, respectively, encountering relatively
consistent subgrade conditions. Approximately 5 feet of fill soils were observed at surface
elevations in both of our explorations, ranging in composition from recycled concrete to gravelly
silty sand. Both of these material types were encountered in a medium dense to dense in situ
condition. Underlying these fill soils, we encountered native, alluvial deposits. With depth,
alluvial deposits encountered onsite exhibited alternating layers of poorly consolidated
fine-grained soils, and moderately consolidated granular soils; highlighting the shifting, localized
depositional environment across the project area. The uppermost fine-grained zone, observed
immediately below existing fill material, contained a significant organic component. Both of our
explorations encountered, below a depth of ± 31 feet, through their respective termination depths,
moderately dense, fine silty sand.
In the Geologic Map of the Tacoma 1:100,000-scale Quadrangle, as prepared by the Washington State
Department of Natural Resources Division of Geology and Earth Resources (WSDNR) (2015), the
project site is mapped as containing Qp, or peat, which directly overlies Qa, or Quaternary
Alluvium. Peat, as per this publication, is described as loose, locally very soft and wet, organic
and organic rich sediment, including muck, silt and clay. Alluvium, as it pertains to the
geographic setting of the project area, refers to sedimentary deposits associated with the flood
plains of the Duwamish/Green Rivers, and are typically comprised of loose, stratified to
massively bedded fluvial silt, sand, and gravel that is typically, well rounded and moderately to
well sorted and locally includes sandy to silty estuarine deposits. Our field observations and
subsurface explorations generally conform with the geologic classification of the site performed
by the WSDNR.
The enclosed exploration logs (Appendix A) provide a detailed description of the soil strata
encountered in our subsurface explorations.
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3.3 Groundwater Conditions
At the time of our reconnaissance and subsurface explorations (March 16, 2018), we encountered
groundwater seepage at a depth which ranged from 8 to 15 feet below existing grade .
Groundwater levels were generally higher towards the southwest corner of the project area,
where significant surficial ponding was observed at the time of our site visit. Given the fact that
our explorations were performed within what is generally considered the rainy season (October
1st through April 30th), we do not anticipate that groundwater will rise much higher than that
which we observed. Groundwater levels will fluctuate with localized geology and precipitation.
3.4 Seismic Conditions
Based on our analysis of subsurface exploration logs and our review of published geologic maps,
we interpret the onsite soil conditions to generally correspond with site class E, as defined by
Table 20.3-1 in ASCE 7, per the 2015 International Building Code (IBC).
Using 2015 IBC information on the USGS Design Summary Report website, Risk Category I/II/III
seismic parameters for the site are as follows:
Ss = 1.418 g SMS = 1.276 g SDS = 0.851 g
S1 = 0.528 g SM1 = 1.266 g SD1 = 0.844 g
Using the 2015 IBC information, MCER Response Spectrum Graph on the USGS Design Summary
Report website, Risk Category I/II/III, Sa at a period of 0.2 seconds is 1.28 g and Sa at a period of
1.0 seconds is 1.27 g.
The Design Response Spectrum Graph from the same website, using the same IBC information
and Risk Category, Sa at a period of 0.2 seconds is 0.85 g and Sa at a period of 1.0 seconds is 0.84 g.
3.5 Liquefaction Potential
Liquefaction is a sudden increase in pore water pressure and a sudden loss of soil shear strength
caused by shear strains, as could result from an earthquake. Research has shown that saturated,
loose, fine to medium sands with a fines (silt and clay) content less than about 20 percent are most
susceptible to liquefaction. Subsurface explorations performed for this project indicate that the
site is underlain by poorly consolidated alluvial soils, ranging in composition from a fine sand
with silt to sandy silt; with intermittent layers or lenses of peat. Given the geologic/hydrogeolgic
conditions of the project area, we interpret this site as having a moderate susceptibility to
liquefaction. In Section 4.2 of this report, we provide recommendations for the preparation of the
foundation subgrade which would help mitigate much of this risk, however, during a large-scale
seismic event, some degree of liquefaction and related post-construction settlement should be
anticipated. We recommend that the structure be designed to prevent catastrophic collapse
during a seismic event.
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3.6 Infiltration Conditions
As indicated in the Soil and Groundwater Conditions sections of this report, the site is underlain
by fill material and poorly-drained, slowly permeable, alluvial soils, with a shallow groundwater
table. As such, we do not interpret infiltration as being feasible for this project, and recommend
that site produced stormwater be diverted to an existing storm system, managed through
detention, or other appropriate means.
4.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It is our understanding that improvement plans involve the demolition of existing site features
and the repurposing of the property as an auto dealership. This will involve the constructi on of
a new 50,000 to 60,000 sf two-story, wood-framed structure towards the center of the property, in
addition to extensive pavements surrounding this facility. The new structure will contain a
showroom/sales area, business offices, parts sales and storage, service and shop regions, storage
and other supportive areas. In addition to the aforementioned improvements, the subject
development will also entail the restoration of the existing wetland which was damaged by
previous actions at the east side of the site along SR-167, and the establishment and maintaining
of a new 75-foot buffer area from this wetland. Environmental cleanup will be performed in
conjunction with new construction as appropriate, based on recommendations provided by Kane
Environmental. We offer the following recommendations:
• Feasibility: Based on our field explorations, research, and evaluations, the
proposed structures and pavements appear feasible from a geotechnical
standpoint.
• Foundation Options: In order to address soil and liquefaction conditions within
the proposed expansion area and limit settlement of the addition and new
settlement of the existing structure, we recommend that all foundation elements
be supported by augercast piles. Recommendations for augercast pile
foundations are presented in Section 4.2.
• Floor Options: In our opinion, soil-supported slab-on-grade floors can be used if
the subgrades are properly prepared. However, there is a potential that
liquefaction settlement of the underlying site soils could cause cracking and
damage to soil-supported slab-on-grade floors during the design earthquake. If
the potential for damage is not acceptable, we recommend that floor slabs be
structurally supported.
If used, soil supported floor sections should bear on medium dense or denser
native soils or on properly compacted structural fill that extends down to medium
dense or denser native soil. Recommendations for slab-on-grade floors are
included in Section 4.3. Fill underlying floor slabs should be compacted to
95 percent (ASTM:D-1557).
• Pavement: We recommend a conventional pavement section comprised of asphalt
concrete over crushed rock base course over properly prepared subgrade. Because
soft soils immediately underlie proposed pavements, subgrade preparation
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generally should consist of an over-excavation of two feet, compaction of exposed
subgrade soils, then replacement with a suitable structural fill. Compaction
should be done in accordance with the structural fill recommendations presented
in Section 4.6.
All soil subgrades below 24 inches should be thoroughly compacted, then proof-
rolled with a loaded dump truck or heavy compactor. Any localized zones of
yielding subgrade disclosed during this proof-rolling operation should be over
excavated to an additional maximum depth of 12 inches and replaced with a
suitable structural fill material.
The following sections of this report present our specific geotechnical conclusions and
recommendations concerning site preparation, spread footings, slab-on-grade floors, pavement,
and structural fill. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Standard
Specifications and Standard Plans cited herein refer to WSDOT publications M41-10, Standard
Specifications for Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction, and M21 -01, Standard Plans for
Road, Bridge, and Municipal Construction, respectively.
4.1 Site Preparation
Preparation of the project site should involve erosion control, temporary drainage, clearing,
stripping, excavations, cutting, subgrade compaction, and filling.
Erosion Control: Before new construction begins, an appropriate erosion control system should
be installed. This system should collect and filter all surface water runoff through silt fencing.
We anticipate a system of berms and drainage ditches around construction areas will provide an
adequate collection system. Silt fencing fabric should meet the requirements of WSDOT Standard
Specification 9-33.2 Table 3. In addition, silt fencing should embed a minimum of 6 inches below
existing grade. An erosion control system requires occasional observation and maintenance.
Specifically, holes in the filter and areas where the filter has shifted above ground surface should
be replaced or repaired as soon as they are identified.
Temporary Drainage: We recommend intercepting and diverting any potential sources of surface
or near-surface water within the construction zones before stripping begins. Because the selection
of an appropriate drainage system will depend on the water quantity, season, weather conditions,
construction sequence, and contractor's methods, final decisions regarding drainage systems are
best made in the field at the time of construction. Based on our current understanding of the
construction plans, surface and subsurface conditions, we anticipate that curbs, berms, or ditches
placed around the work areas will adequately intercept surface water runoff.
Clearing and Stripping: After surface and near-surface water sources have been controlled, sod,
topsoil, and root-rich soil should be stripped from the site. Our explorations and field
observations indicate that no significant organic horizon is observed at surface elevations across
the project area.
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Site Excavations: Based on our explorations, we expect that excavations will encounter
moderately consolidated fill soils at shallow elevations, and poorly consolidated alluvial soils
immediately beneath this material, both of which can be readily excavated using standard
excavation equipment.
Dewatering: Groundwater seepage was encountered in both of our subsurface explorations at a
depth of 8 to 15 feet below existing grade, with higher groundwater tables being observed across
regions exhibiting surficial ponding. If groundwater is encountered in excavations above the
water table, or slightly below, we anticipate that an internal system of ditches, sumpholes, and
pumps will be adequate to temporarily dewater shallow excavations. For excavations
significantly below the water table, we anticipate that expensive dewatering equipment, such as
well points, will be required to temporarily dewater excavations.
Temporary Cut Slopes: All temporary soil slopes associated with site cutting or excavations
should be adequately inclined to prevent sloughing and collapse. Temporary cut slopes in site
soils should be no steeper than 1½H:1V and should conform to Washington Industrial Safety and
Health Act (WISHA) regulations.
Subgrade Compaction: Exposed subgrades for the foundations of the planned structures should
be compacted to a firm, unyielding state before new concrete or fill soils are placed. Any localized
zones of looser granular soils observed within a subgrade should be compacted to a density
commensurate with the surrounding soils. In contrast, any organic, soft, or pumping soils
observed within a subgrade should be over-excavated and replaced with a suitable structural fill
material.
Site Filling: Our conclusions regarding the reuse of onsite soils and our comments regarding wet-
weather filling are presented subsequently. Regardless of soil type, all fill should be placed and
compacted according to our recommendations presented in the Structural Fill section of this
report. Specifically, building pad fill soil should be compacted to a uniform density of at least
95 percent (based on ASTM:D-1557).
Onsite Soils: We offer the following evaluation of these onsite soils in relation to potential use as
structural fill:
• Surficial Organic Soil and Organic-Rich Topsoil: Where encountered, surficial
organic soils, like duff, topsoil, root-rich soil, and organic-rich fill soils are not
suitable for use as structural fill under any circumstances, due to high organic
content. Consequently, this material can be used only for non-structural purposes,
such as in landscaping areas.
• Existing Fill Material: As described in the Soil Conditions section of this report, the
uppermost 5-feet of soils encountered onsite are comprised of existing fill material
placed during the original site development. This material ranged in composition
between recycled concrete and gravelly silty sand. These materials should be
considered moderately sensitive, and reuse should be confined to periods of
extended dry weather.
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• Alluvial Soils: Underlying existing fill material, we encountered native alluvial
soils exhibiting alternating layers of poorly consolidated fine -grained soils and
moderately consolidated granular soils. The uppermost fine -grained layer is the
only native soils which could be feasibly reused as structural fill throughout the
course of this project. This soil group contains a high organic content, is extremely
moisture sensitive, and is generally encountered in an over-saturated condition.
Reuse of this material should be limited to landscaping areas.
Permanent Slopes: All permanent cut slopes and fill slopes should be adequately inclined to
reduce long-term raveling, sloughing, and erosion. We generally recommend that no permanent
slopes be steeper than 2H:1V. For all soil types, the use of flatter slopes (such as 2½H:1V) would
further reduce long-term erosion and facilitate revegetation.
Slope Protection: We recommend that a permanent berm, swale, or curb be constructed along
the top edge of all permanent slopes to intercept surface flow. Also, a hardy vegetative
groundcover should be established as soon as feasible, to further protect the slopes from runoff
water erosion. Alternatively, permanent slopes could be armored with quarry spalls or a
geosynthetic erosion mat.
4.2 Augercast Piles
Based on the soil conditions discussed above, we recommend that the new building be supported
on augercast piles installed to a depth of 55 feet below the existing ground surface in the medium
dense silty sands. The following table provides estimated allowable design capacities for 14-inch,
16-inch, and 18-inch diameter augercast concrete pilings installed to the aforementioned
embedment depth:
TABLE 2
RECOMMENDED ALLOWABLE PILE CAPACITIES
14-INCH, 16-INCH AND 18-INCH DIAMETER AUGERCAST CONCRETE PILES
Pile Diameter
(inches)
Depth Below
Existing Ground
Surface
(feet)
Downward Capacity
(tons)
Uplift Capacity
(tons)
14 55 66 26
16 55 80 30
18 55 98 34
The allowable pile capacities presented above apply to all long-term live and dead loads and may
be increased by one-third when considering short-term loads such as wind or seismic influence.
The allowable pile capacities are based on the strength of the supporting soils for the penetrations
indicated and include a factor of safety of at least 2. The allowable uplift capacities indicated for
augercast piles may be used provided that a reinforcing bar is installed the entire length of the
pile. This bar should be centered in the pile.
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Static pile settlements are expected to be essentially elastic in nature and occur as loads are applied.
Total static settlement of piles constructed as recommended are not expected to exceed 1 inch, while
differential static settlements between comparably loaded piles are not expected to exceed about
50 percent of this value.
The pile capacities provided above apply to single piles. If piles within groups are spaced at least
three pile diameters on center, no reduction for pile group action need be made. The structural
characteristics of the pile materials and allowable internal stresses may impose more stringent
limitations and should be evaluated by the structural engineer.
Lateral loadings due to wind or seismic forces can be resisted by uplift or lateral loading on the
piles, or lateral soil resistance of the pile cap. The manner in which these loads are transferred into
the piles will be a function of the design of the foundation system. Passive soil resistance of the pile
cap may be computed using an equivalent fluid density of 220 pcf (pounds per cubic foot) for a
level backfill surface, provided the backfill around the pile cap is compacted to at least 95 percent
of maximum dry density per American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D-1557. This
value incorporates a factor of safety of about 1.5.
Lateral capacities for augercast piling are dependent upon the characteristics of the reinforcing
steel and the coefficient of subgrade reaction for the surrounding soils. We recommend that the
pile stiffness, T, be computed using the formula T = (EI/f)1/5 where E equals the pile modulus of
elasticity, I equals the pile moment of inertia, and f equals the soil coefficient of subgrade reaction.
A value of 6 tcf (tons per cubic foot) should be used for f. For the recommended penetration, the
maximum moment for piles fixed against rotation at the ground surface will occur at a depth
equal to about 1.8 T and the magnitude of this moment, M, can be computed using the formula
M = 0.25 PT where P is the lateral force applied at the ground surface. The moment will decrease
to zero at a depth of about 4.5 T. The maximum pile deflection at the ground surface can be
computed using the formula D = 0.93 (PT3/EI).
Pile Installation: Augercast (cast-in-place) concrete piles should be installed using a continuous-
flight, hollow-stem auger. As is common practice, the pile grout would be pumped under
pressure through the hollow-stem as the auger is withdrawn. Reinforcing steel for bending and
uplift would be placed in the fresh grout column immediately after withdrawal of the auger.
No direct information regarding the capacity of augercast piles (e.g., driving resistance data) is
obtained while this type of pile is being installed. Therefore, it is particularly important that the
installation of augercast piles be carefully monitored by a qualified individual working under the
direct supervision of a geotechnical engineer.
It should be noted that the recommended pile penetration and allowable capacities presented above
assumed uniform soil conditions. There may be unexpected variations in the depth and
characteristics of the supporting soils across the site.
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Accordingly, we recommend that pile installation be monitored by a member of our staff who
will observe installation procedures and evaluate the adequacy of individual pile installations.
4.3 Slab-On-Grade Floors
In our opinion, soil-supported slab-on-grade floors can be used if the subgrades are properly
prepared. However, there is a potential that liquefaction settlement of the underlying site soils
could cause cracking and damage to soil-supported slab-on-grade floors during the design
earthquake. If the potential for damage is not acceptable, we recommend that floor slabs be
structurally supported.
We offer the following comments and recommendations concerning soil-supported slab-on-
grade floors.
Floor Subbase: We recommend over-excavation of slab-on-grade floor subgrades to a minimum
depth of 2 feet, then placement of properly compacted structural fill as a floor subbase. If floor
construction occurs during wet conditions, it is likely that a geotextile fabric, placed between the
structural fill floor subbase and native soils, will be necessary.
All subbase fill should be compacted to a density of at least 95 percent (based on ASTM:D-1557).
Capillary Break and Vapor Barrier: To retard the upward wicking of moisture beneath the floor
slab, we recommend that a capillary break be placed over the subgrade. Ideally, this capillary
break would consist of a 4-inch-thick layer of pea gravel or other clean, uniform, well-rounded
gravel, such as “Gravel Backfill for Drains” per WSDOT Standard Specification 9-03.12(4), but
clean angular gravel can be used if it adequately prevents capillary wicking. In addition, a layer
of plastic sheeting (such as Crosstuff, Visqueen, or Moistop) should be placed over the capillary
break to serve as a vapor barrier. During subsequent casting of the concrete slab, the contractor
should exercise care to avoid puncturing this vapor barrier.
Vertical Deflections: Due to elastic compression of subgrades, soil-supported slab-on-grade
floors can deflect downwards when vertical loads are applied. In our opinion, a subgrade
reaction modulus of 140 pounds per cubic inch can be used to estimate such deflections.
4.4 Drainage Systems
In our opinion, the proposed expansion area should be provided with a permanent drainage
system to reduce the risk of future moisture problems. We offer the following recommendations
and comments for drainage design and construction purposes.
Perimeter Drains: We recommend that the structure be encircled with a perimeter drain system
to collect seepage water. This drain should consist of a 4-inch-diameter perforated pipe within
an envelope of pea gravel or washed rock, extending at least 6 inches on all sides of the pipe, and
the gravel envelope should be wrapped with filter fabric to reduce the migration of fines from
the surrounding soils. Ideally, the drain invert would be installed no more than 8 inches above
the base of the perimeter footings.
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Subfloor Drains: We recommend that subfloor drains be included beneath the new building.
These subfloor drains should consist of 4-inch-diameter perforated pipes surrounded by at least
6 inches of pea gravel and enveloped with filter fabric. A pattern of parallel pipes spaced no more
than 20 feet apart and having inverts located about 12 inches below the capillary break layer
would be appropriate, in our opinion.
Discharge Considerations: If possible, all perimeter drains should discharge to a sewer system
or other suitable location by gravity flow. Check valves should be installed along any drainpipes
that discharge to a sewer system to prevent sewage backflow into the drain system. If gravity
flow is not feasible, a pump system is recommended to discharge any water that enters the
drainage system.
Runoff Water: Roof-runoff and surface-runoff water should not discharge into the perimeter
drain system. Instead, these sources should discharge into separate tightline pipes and be routed
away from the building to a storm drain or other appropriate location.
Grading and Capping: Final site grades should slope downward away from the buildings so that
runoff water will flow by gravity to suitable collection points, rather than ponding near the
building. Ideally, the area surrounding the building would be capped with concrete, asphalt, or
low-permeability (silty) soils to minimize or preclude surface-water infiltration.
4.5 Asphalt Pavement
Since asphalt pavements will be expanded during the course of the proposed development, we
offer the following comments and recommendations for pavement design and construction.
Subgrade Preparation: After removal of any organics underlying pavements, we recommend a
conventional pavement section comprised of an asphalt concrete pavement over a crushed rock
base course over a properly prepared (compacted) subgrade or a granular subbase. Given the
relative loose/soft soil conditions observed across the project area, we recommend the over-
excavation of 24 inches of the existing subgrade material underlying the new pavement sections,
and replacement with a suitable structural fill subbase. Given the extent of the proposed paving
operation and corresponding earthwork activities, we recommend limiting the subgrade
preparation to times of dry weather.
All soil subgrades below 24 inches should be thoroughly compacted, then proof-rolled with a
loaded dump truck or heavy compactor. Any localized zones of yielding subgrade disclosed
during this proof-rolling operation should be over excavated to an additional maximum depth of
12 inches and replaced with a suitable structural fill material. All structural fill should be
compacted according to our recommendations given in the Structural Fill section. Specifically,
the upper 2 feet of soils underlying pavement section should be compacted to at least 95 percent
(based on ASTM D-1557), and all soils below 2 feet should be compacted to at least 90 percent.
Pavement Materials: For the base course, we recommend using imported crushed rock, such as
"Crushed Surfacing Top Course” per WSDOT Standard Specification 9-03.9(3). If a subbase
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course is needed, we recommend using imported, clean, well-graded sand and gravel such as
“Ballast” or “Gravel Borrow” per WSDOT Standard Specifications 9-03.9(1) and 9-03.14,
respectively.
Conventional Asphalt Sections: A conventional pavement section typically comprises an asphalt
concrete pavement over a crushed rock base course. We recommend using the following
conventional pavement sections:
Minimum Thickness
Pavement Course Automobile Parking
Area Driveways Areas Subject to
Frequent Truck Traffic
Asphalt Concrete Pavement 2 inches 3 inches 4 inches
Crushed Rock Base 4 inches 6 inches 6 inches
Granular Fill Subbase (if needed) 12 inches 24 inches 24 inches
Compaction and Observation: All subbase and base course material should be compacted to at
least 95 percent of the Modified Proctor maximum dry density (ASTM D-1557), and all asphalt
concrete should be compacted to at least 92 percent of the Rice value (ASTM D-2041). We
recommend that an MGI representative be retained to observe the compaction of each course
before any overlying layer is placed. For the subbase and pavement course, compaction is best
observed by means of frequent density testing. For the base course, methodology observations
and hand-probing are more appropriate than density testing.
Pavement Life and Maintenance: No asphalt pavement is maintenance-free. The above described
pavement sections present our minimum recommendations for an average level of performan ce
during a 20-year design life, therefore, an average level of maintenance will likely be required.
Furthermore, a 20-year pavement life typically assumes that an overlay will be placed after about
10 years. Thicker asphalt and/or thicker base and subbase courses would offer better long-term
performance, but would cost more initially; thinner courses would be more susceptible to
“alligator” cracking and other failure modes. As such, pavement design can be considered a
compromise between a high initial cost and low maintenance costs versus a low initial cost and
higher maintenance costs.
4.6 Structural Fill
The term "structural fill" refers to any material placed under foundations, retaining walls, slab -
on-grade floors, sidewalks, pavements, and other structures. Our comments, conclusions, and
recommendations concerning structural fill are presented in the following paragraphs.
Materials: Typical structural fill materials include clean sand, gravel, pea gravel, washed rock,
crushed rock, well-graded mixtures of sand and gravel (commonly called "gravel borrow" or "pit-
run"), and miscellaneous mixtures of silt, sand, and gravel. Recycled asphalt, concrete, and glass,
which are derived from pulverizing the parent materials, are also potentially useful as structural
fill in certain applications. Utilizing recycled content may require approval from the Tacoma
Pierce County Health Department for placement in an aquifer recharge area. Soils used for
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structural fill should not contain any organic matter or debris, nor any individual particles greater
than about 6 inches in diameter.
Fill Placement: Clean sand, gravel, crushed rock, soil mixtures, and recycled materials should be
placed in horizontal lifts not exceeding 8 inches in loose thickness, and each lift should be
thoroughly compacted with a mechanical compactor.
Compaction Criteria: Using the Modified Proctor test (ASTM:D-1557) as a standard, we
recommend that structural fill used for various onsite applications be compacted to the following
minimum densities:
Fill Application Minimum Compaction
Slab-on-grade floor subgrade (upper 2 feet)
Slab-on-grade floor subgrade (below 2 feet)
Asphaltic pavement base and subbase
Asphaltic pavement subgrade (upper 2 feet)
Asphaltic pavement subgrade (below 2 feet)
95 percent
90 percent
95 percent
95 percent
90 percent
Subgrade Observation and Compaction Testing: Regardless of material or location, all structural
fill should be placed over firm, unyielding subgrades prepared in accordance with the Site
Preparation section of this report. The condition of all subgrades should be observed by
geotechnical personnel before filling or construction begins. Also, fill soil compaction should be
verified by means of in-place density tests performed during fill placement so that adequacy of
soil compaction efforts may be evaluated as earthwork progresses.
Soil Moisture Considerations: The suitability of soils used for structural fill depends primarily
on their grain-size distribution and moisture content when they are placed. As the "fines" content
(that soil fraction passing the U.S. No. 200 Sieve) increases, soils become more sensitive t o small
changes in moisture content. Soils containing more than about 5 percent fines (by weight) cannot
be consistently compacted to a firm, unyielding condition when the moisture content is more than
2 percentage points above or below optimum. For fill placement during wet-weather site work,
we recommend using "clean" fill, which refers to soils that have a fines content of 5 percent or less
(by weight) based on the soil fraction passing the U.S. No. 4 Sieve.
5.0 RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Because the future performance and integrity of the structural elements will depend largely on
proper site preparation, drainage, fill placement, and construction procedures, monitoring and
testing by experienced geotechnical personnel should be considered an integral part of the
construction process. Consequently, we recommend that MGI be retained to provide the
following post-report services:
• Review all construction plans and specifications to verify that our design criteria
presented in this report have been properly integrated into the design;
• Prepare a letter summarizing all review comments (if required);
APPROXIMATE SITE
LOCATION
P.O. Box 44840
Tacoma, WA 98448
Location Job Number Figure
DateTitle
3400 East Valley Road
Renton, WA
P/N 302305-9067
Topographic and Location Map
1
04/06/18
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APPENDIX A
SOIL CLASSIFICATION CHART AND
KEY TO TEST DATA
LOG OF AUGER BORINGS
CLAYEY GRAVELS, POORLY GRADED GRAVEL-SAND-CLAY
MIXTURES
SILTS AND CLAYSCOARSE GRAINED SOILSMore than Half > #200 sieveLIQUID LIMIT LESS THAN 50
LIQUID LIMIT GREATER THAN 50
CLEAN GRAVELS
WITH LITTLE OR
NO FINES
GRAVELS WITH
OVER 15% FINES
CLEAN SANDS
WITH LITTLE
OR NO FINES
MORE THAN HALF
COARSE FRACTION
IS SMALLER THAN
NO. 4 SIEVE
MORE THAN HALF
COARSE FRACTION
IS LARGER THAN
NO. 4 SIEVE
INORGANIC SILTS, MICACEOUS OR DIATOMACIOUS FINE
SANDY OR SILTY SOILS, ELASTIC SILTS
ORGANIC CLAYS AND ORGANIC SILTY CLAYS OF LOW
PLASTICITY
OH
INORGANIC SILTS AND VERY FINE SANDS, ROCK FLOUR,
SILTY OR CLAYEY FINE SANDS, OR CLAYEY SILTS WITH
SLIGHT PLASTICITY
CH
SILTY GRAVELS, POORLY GRADED GRAVEL-SAND-SILT
MIXTURES
SANDS
SILTS AND CLAYS
Figure A-1
INORGANIC CLAYS OF LOW TO MEDIUM PLASTICITY,
GRAVELLY CLAYS, SANDY CLAYS, SILTY CLAYS,
LEAN CLAYS
E3RA
R-Value
Sieve Analysis
Swell Test
Cyclic Triaxial
Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial
Torvane Shear
Unconfined Compression
(Shear Strength, ksf)
Wash Analysis
(with % Passing No. 200 Sieve)
Water Level at Time of Drilling
Water Level after Drilling(with date measured)
RV
SA
SW
TC
TX
TV
UC
(1.2)
WA
(20)
Modified California
Split Spoon
Pushed Shelby Tube
Auger Cuttings
Grab Sample
Sample Attempt with No Recovery
Chemical Analysis
Consolidation
Compaction
Direct Shear
Permeability
Pocket Penetrometer
CA
CN
CP
DS
PM
PP
PtHIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS
TYPICAL NAMES
GRAVELS
ORGANIC CLAYS OF MEDIUM TO HIGH PLASTICITY,
ORGANIC SILTS
WELL GRADED GRAVELS, GRAVEL-SAND MIXTURES
MAJOR DIVISIONS
PEAT AND OTHER HIGHLY ORGANIC SOILS
WELL GRADED SANDS, GRAVELLY SANDS
POORLY GRADED SANDS, GRAVELLY SANDS
SILTY SANDS, POOORLY GRADED SAND-SILT MIXTURES
CLAYEY SANDS, POORLY GRADED SAND-CLAY MIXTURES
POORLY GRADED GRAVELS, GRAVEL-SAND MIXTURES
SOIL CLASSIFICATION CHART AND KEY TO TEST DATA
GW
GP
GM
GC
SW
SP
SM
SC
ML
FINE GRAINED SOILSMore than Half < #200 sieveLGD A NNNN02 GINT US LAB.GPJ 11/4/05INORGANIC CLAYS OF HIGH PLASTICITY, FAT CLAYS
CL
OL
MH
SANDS WITH
OVER 15% FINES
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SS
S-1
SS
S-2
SS
S-3
SS
S-4
SS
S-5
SS
S-6
SS
S-7
SS
S-8
6
6
12
12
12
18
18
18
11-19-12
(31)
6-3-6
(9)
3-3-4
(7)
1-2-2
(4)
2-1-2
(3)
2-5-6
(11)
2-3-12
(15)
4-1-1
(2)
SM
ML
SM
OH
SM
SP
ML
2.0
5.5
7.0
9.0
13.0
17.5
31.0
Recycled Concrete
(SM) Gray/brown silty sand with gravel (dense, damp) (Fill)
(ML) Gray/brown silt with some organics (stiff, moist) (Alluvium)
(SM) Gray silty sand with some gravel (loose, wet) (Alluvium)
(OH) Gray organic silt (soft, wet) (Alluvium)
(SM) Gray fine silty sand (very loose, wet) (Alluvium)
(SP) Black fine to coarse sand (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium)
With interbeds of silty sand
(ML) Gray silt (soft, wet) (Alluvium)
NOTES
LOGGED BY ZLL
DRILLING METHOD Truck Mounted Drill Rig
DRILLING CONTRACTOR Holocene GROUND WATER LEVELS:
CHECKED BY JEB
DATE STARTED 3/16/18 COMPLETED 3/16/18
AT TIME OF DRILLING 15.00 ft
AT END OF DRILLING ---
AFTER DRILLING ---
HOLE SIZE 4.25" HSAGROUND ELEVATION
SAMPLE TYPENUMBERDEPTH(ft)0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
(Continued Next Page)
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Figure A-2
BORING NUMBER B-1
CLIENT HHJ Architects, PLLC
PROJECT NUMBER P1238-T18
PROJECT NAME Walker Renton Auto Dealership Geotech Report
PROJECT LOCATION 3400 East Valley Road, Renton, WA
COPY OF GENERAL BH / TP LOGS - FIGURE.GDT - 4/5/18 15:42 - C:\USERS\JESSICA\DESKTOP\TEST PITS AND BORINGS - GINT\P1238-T18\P1238-T18 BORING LOGS.GPJMigizi Group, Inc.
PO Box 44840
Tacoma, WA 98448
Telephone: 253-537-9400
Fax: 253-537-9401
RECOVERY (in)(RQD)BLOWCOUNTS(N VALUE)U.S.C.S.GRAPHICLOGMATERIAL DESCRIPTION
SS
S-9
SS
S-10
SS
S-11
SS
S-12
SS
S-13
SS
S-14
18
18
18
18
18
18
1-2-2
(4)
0-4-6
(10)
3-5-5
(10)
0-4-8
(12)
10-8-10
(18)
3-4-5
(9)
ML
SM
40.5
61.5
(ML) Gray silt (soft, wet) (Alluvium) (continued)
(SM) Gray fine silty sand (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium)
Grades to loose
Bottom of borehole at 61.5 feet.SAMPLE TYPENUMBERDEPTH(ft)35
40
45
50
55
60
PAGE 2 OF 2
Figure A-2
BORING NUMBER B-1
CLIENT HHJ Architects, PLLC
PROJECT NUMBER P1238-T18
PROJECT NAME Walker Renton Auto Dealership Geotech Report
PROJECT LOCATION 3400 East Valley Road, Renton, WA
COPY OF GENERAL BH / TP LOGS - FIGURE.GDT - 4/5/18 15:42 - C:\USERS\JESSICA\DESKTOP\TEST PITS AND BORINGS - GINT\P1238-T18\P1238-T18 BORING LOGS.GPJMigizi Group, Inc.
PO Box 44840
Tacoma, WA 98448
Telephone: 253-537-9400
Fax: 253-537-9401
RECOVERY (in)(RQD)BLOWCOUNTS(N VALUE)U.S.C.S.GRAPHICLOGMATERIAL DESCRIPTION
SS
S-1
SS
S-2
SS
S-3
SS
S-4
SS
S-5
SS
S-6
SS
S-7
SS
S-8
6
12
18
12
18
18
18
18
6-2-2
(4)
1-0-0
(0)
5-5-8
(13)
5-3-3
(6)
7-8-10
(18)
2-3-7
(10)
1-0-1
(1)
1-1-1
(2)
SM
OH
SP-
SM
SP
SM
ML
SM
1.5
5.0
7.0
12.5
20.0
22.5
32.5
Recycled Concrete
(SM) Gray/brown fine silty sand (loose, moist) (Alluvium)
(OH) Gray/brown organic silt (very soft, wet) (Alluvium)
(SP-SM) Dark gray fine sand with silt and interbeds of silty sand (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium)
(SP) Dark gray fine to medium sand (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium)
(SM) Gray fine silty sand (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium)
(ML) Gray silt (very soft, wet) (Alluvium)
With shell debris
(SM) Gray fine silty sand with shell debris (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium)
NOTES
LOGGED BY ZLL
DRILLING METHOD Truck Mounted Drill Rig
DRILLING CONTRACTOR Holocene GROUND WATER LEVELS:
CHECKED BY JEB
DATE STARTED 3/16/18 COMPLETED 3/16/18
AT TIME OF DRILLING 17.50 ft
AT END OF DRILLING ---
AFTER DRILLING ---
HOLE SIZE 4.25" HSAGROUND ELEVATION
SAMPLE TYPENUMBERDEPTH(ft)0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
(Continued Next Page)
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Figure A-3
BORING NUMBER B-2
CLIENT HHJ Architects, PLLC
PROJECT NUMBER P1238-T18
PROJECT NAME Walker Renton Auto Dealership Geotech Report
PROJECT LOCATION 3400 East Valley Road, Renton, WA
COPY OF GENERAL BH / TP LOGS - FIGURE.GDT - 4/5/18 15:42 - C:\USERS\JESSICA\DESKTOP\TEST PITS AND BORINGS - GINT\P1238-T18\P1238-T18 BORING LOGS.GPJMigizi Group, Inc.
PO Box 44840
Tacoma, WA 98448
Telephone: 253-537-9400
Fax: 253-537-9401
RECOVERY (in)(RQD)BLOWCOUNTS(N VALUE)U.S.C.S.GRAPHICLOGMATERIAL DESCRIPTION
SS
S-9
SS
S-10
SS
S-11
SS
S-12
18
18
18
18
3-4-6
(10)
3-5-3
(8)
4-5-5
(10)
7-9-9
(18)
SM
SM
40.0
51.5
(SM) Gray fine silty sand with shell debris (medium dense, wet) (Alluvium) (continued)
(SM) Gray fine silty sand (loose, wet) (Alluvium)
Grades to medium dense
Bottom of borehole at 51.5 feet.SAMPLE TYPENUMBERDEPTH(ft)35
40
45
50
PAGE 2 OF 2
Figure A-3
BORING NUMBER B-2
CLIENT HHJ Architects, PLLC
PROJECT NUMBER P1238-T18
PROJECT NAME Walker Renton Auto Dealership Geotech Report
PROJECT LOCATION 3400 East Valley Road, Renton, WA
COPY OF GENERAL BH / TP LOGS - FIGURE.GDT - 4/5/18 15:42 - C:\USERS\JESSICA\DESKTOP\TEST PITS AND BORINGS - GINT\P1238-T18\P1238-T18 BORING LOGS.GPJMigizi Group, Inc.
PO Box 44840
Tacoma, WA 98448
Telephone: 253-537-9400
Fax: 253-537-9401
RECOVERY (in)(RQD)BLOWCOUNTS(N VALUE)U.S.C.S.GRAPHICLOGMATERIAL DESCRIPTION
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Critical Areas Report for the Dale Walker Property
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Renton, WA 98057
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1
2 SITE DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................................... 1
2.1 Location and Setting ................................................................................................................................................................ 1
2.2 Site History ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
2.3 Hydrology ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.4 Soils ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
2.5 Vegetation Communities ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
2.5.1 Historic Vegetation Communities .......................................................................................................................... 2
2.5.2 Existing Vegetation ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
3 CRITICAL AREAS ............................................................................................................................................. 3
3.1 National and Local Wetland Inventories .......................................................................................................................... 3
3.2 Wetland Delineation Methods ............................................................................................................................................. 3
3.2.1 Rationale for Delineation Methods ........................................................................................................................ 3
3.2.2 Office Methods .............................................................................................................................................................. 3
3.2.3 Field Methods ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
3.2.4 Growing Season ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
3.2.5 Climate .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
3.3 Delineation Results ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.3.1 Soils ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.3.2 Hydrology ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.3.3 Vegetation ........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
3.4 Wetland Rating and Buffers .................................................................................................................................................. 6
3.5 Regulatory Framework ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
4 IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................................................................................................... 7
5 RESTORATION PLAN ...................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
5.2 Performance Standards ........................................................................................................................................................... 8
5.3 Restoration Activities................................................................................................................................................................ 8
5.3.1 Fill Removal/ Grading/ Site Preparation .............................................................................................................. 8
5.3.2 Native Plantings ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
5.3.3 Follow-up Weed Control ............................................................................................................................................ 8
5.4 Maintenance and Monitoring of Restoration ............................................................................................................... 10
5.5 Contingency Measures .......................................................................................................................................................... 10
6 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................. 11
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SUPPORTING DATA
TABLES
Table 1. Precipitation Data
Table 2. Wetland Characteristics, Rating and Buffers
Table 3. Performance Standards
Table 4. Planting Plan
PHOTOGRAPHS
FIGURES
Figure 1. Site Vicinity
Figure 2. City of Renton Mapped Wetlands and Streams
Figure 3. National Wetland Inventory
Figure 4. Wetland Delineation Map
Figure 5. Restoration Planting Plan
Figure 6. Mitigation Monitoring Plan
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: Wetland Delineation Datasheets
APPENDIX B: Wetland Rating Forms
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1 INTRODUCTION
PBS Engineering and Environmental, Inc. (PBS) has prepared the following Critical Area Report for a property
recently purchased by Mr. Dale Walker and being proposed for development as a new car dealership. The site
was operated as an auto junk yard and auto repair shop for at least 50 years prior to being purchased by Mr.
Walker. Most recently the property was doing business as South End Auto Wrecking, Inc. Various forms of
contamination have been identified at the site and cleanup efforts will likely include removal of some of the
contaminated soils. Stemen Environmental is coordinating a cleanup of the site under Ecology’s voluntary
cleanup program. Mr. Walker has cleared the vehicles and trash off the site in preparation for development of
the lot. The City of Renton requested a wetland delineation prior to any excavation or grading of the site.
Before PBS could conduct the delineation, Mr. Walker had someone clear the vegetation at the east edge of
the property. The clearing extended across a City identified wetland at the east edge of the site onto the
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) right-of-way for State Route 167. This report
identifies the wetland boundary, assesses the impacts to the wetland from the clearing activity, and includes a
restoration plan for restoring wetland vegetation.
2 SITE DESCRIPTION
2.1 Location and Setting
The property is located at 3400 East Valley Road, inside the City limits of Renton, WA. It is in the NE quarter of
Section 30, Township 23 North, Range 05 East. The property consists of a single tax lot (King County tax parcel
3023059067) totaling approximately 5.65 acres (Figure 1). The approximate center of the site is at latitude
47.449707, longitude -122.216895. The property is in the Lower Green – Duwamish watershed in the
Duwamish-Green River Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA 9).
The Walker property borders East Valley Road on the west side, State Route 167 to the east, and commercial
properties to the south and north. The property sits in a regional low-lying area that was once part of a large
wetland complex at the junction of the Cedar, Black, and Green Rivers. An historic map shows a small stream
running through the middle of the property from the southeast corner to the west side. The project site is
relatively flat with elevations ranging from 16 feet above sea level near the northeast corner and the
southwest corner to 24 feet near the middle of the site. Most of the surface drainage is towards the southwest
corner, with some drainage flowing to the east.
2.2 Site History
The property was used for agricultural land until the 1950’s or 1960’s Since then it has been used as an auto
junkyard and auto repair facility. Historic aerials from 1936 and 1940 show agricultural fields across the entire
area. No obvious wetlands are visible on these photos and any stream that may have been present has likely
been ditched. Highway 167 was built in the 1960’s and a 1964 aerial shows the south half and the west third
of the north half of the property cleared with fill placement likely. By 1968 the entire property is being used as
an auto junkyard except for a strip of vegetation along the east edge.
In 2008, WSDOT widened SR 167 extending the roadway approximately 30 feet to the west and constructing a
rock gabion retaining wall just east of the subject property. The retaining wall was designed to limit impacts to
a wetland that extended nearly a mile along the west edge of the roadway.
In October of 2017, the eastern portion of the property and the adjacent WSDOT right-of-way was cleared of
trees and shrubs. Some of the logs and brush were left in the wetland, some appear to have been collected in
slash piles outside the wetland, and some appear to have been chipped in place.
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WSDOT sent notification of the incident to Washington Department of Ecology, the City of Renton, the US
Army Corps of Engineers, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the Muckleshoot tribe. Mr.
Walker is currently working with WSDOT on resolution of the unauthorized clearing and restoration of the
wetland vegetation.
2.3 Hydrology
The property is in the Panther Creek watershed. Panther Creek flows into Springbrook Creek, which in turn
flows into the Black River and then the Green/Duwamish River. The site is part of the Duwamish – Green Water
Resource Inventory Area (WRIA 9). The hydrology of this area has been dramatically changed over the last
century with the lowering of Lake Washington which dried up much of the Black River, redirection of the
Cedar River flows from the Black and Green Rivers into Lake Washington, and filling of vast areas of wetland
and conversion of the floodplain and wetlands to commercial and industrial uses. Hydrology at the site
currently comes primarily from direct precipitation, high groundwater, and stormwater runoff. There is a
culvert connection under SR 167 near the south end of the property that allows water to pass through
between the Panther Creek wetlands to the east of the Highway and the wetland between the west side of the
highway and the subject property. Water level readings in wells installed by Stemen Environmental show
water levels 7 to 10 feet below the ground surface across much of the site during the dry season and near the
surface during the wet season, particularly in the southwest corner. Based on data from the wells,
groundwater flow appears to be towards the west and the Green River. Surface flows on the site are towards
the southwest corner and the east side of the property.
Historic aerials show a stormwater pond constructed in 2011 in the southwest corner of the subject property.
According to Mr. Stemen, water was pumped out of the pond east towards the southeast corner, where it was
filtered in an oyster shell pit before entering the wetland. This stormwater treatment facility is visible on
photos starting in 2012 and was approved by Ecology. The pumps have since been removed and water now
overflows the stormwater pond across much of the southwest corner of the site. The remains of the
stormwater pond and the oyster shell pit were found during the site visit. An east/west ditch across the
property is visible on aerials in the southern half of the property. Portions of this ditch were still present
during the site visit, though no direct connection to the wetland was observed. At the time of the site visit,
there was shallow ponded water in much of the southwest corner and water up to 2 feet deep in the wetland
on the WSDOT right-of-way.
2.4 Soils
Soils are mapped as urban land across the subject property due to high levels of disturbance (NRCS 2017). To
the west, across East Valley Road, soils are mapped as Tukwila Muck. To the east on the other side of SR 167,
soils are mapped as Seattle Muck. Both soils are deep, poorly drained organic soils that formed in herbaceous
and woody deposits in depressions and river valleys. Surface soil on the property is nearly all fill material.
Some remnants of the original muck soils are found in the wetland in the WSDOT right-of-way.
2.5 Vegetation Communities
2.5.1 Historic Vegetation Communities
The property would have probably originally supported a mix of upland forested and forested, scrub-shrub
and emergent wetland communities. Black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera), western red-cedar (Thuja
plicata), red alder (Alnus rubra). Pacific willow (Salix lucida ssp lasiandra) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)
would have been present in the forested wetland areas. Shrubs likely included willows (Salix sp), red-osier
dogwood (Cornus sericea), black twinberry (Lonicera involucrata), Douglas spirea (Spirea douglasii) and others.
Sedges (Carex sp), rushes (Juncus sp, Scirpus sp) and a variety of other herbaceous plants would have also
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been present. The original forest and wetlands were likely logged, cleared and drained over a century ago to
make way for agricultural fields and then commercial and industrial development.
2.5.2 Existing Vegetation
For the last 50 years or more, there has been very little vegetation on the site except for some narrow fringes
of mostly weedy species along the edges. There was a forested wetland on the WSDOT right-of-way just east
of the property. Based on vegetation on the properties to the north and south and remaining vegetation in th,
this area, the vegetation in the right-of-way consisted of an overstory of black cottonwood and Pacific willow,
with red-osier dogwood, Douglas spirea and Himalayan blackberry in the shrub layer and reed canary grass
(Phalaris arundinacea), slough sedge (Carex obnupta), and horsetails (Equisetum sp) in the understory. Other
species may also be present, but were not identifiable at the time of the site visit in December.
3 CRITICAL AREAS
3.1 National and Local Wetland Inventories
The National Wetland Inventory (NWI) maps a 1.6 acre palustrine, forested, seasonally flooded wetland just
east of the property along the west side of SR 167 extending north from the subject property. A 25-acre
palustrine, emergent and scrub-shrub, semi-permanently flooded wetland is mapped on the east side of SR
157 that extends north to SR 405. Several other emergent and scrub-shrub wetlands are shown south of this
larger wetland. A palustrine forested wetland associated with Panther Creek is also mapped along the east
side of SR 167. All of these wetlands are part of a wetland complex associated with Panther Creek and Rolling
Hills Creek that has been fragmented by SR 167 and other development. The City of Renton wetland maps
show a 52-acre wetland on the east side of SR 167 and a 3-acre wetland on the west side of SR 167. While the
NWI map shows wetland extending only halfway along the east side of the property, the City of Renton
wetland maps show the wetland extending along the entire east edge of the property and continuing over
600 feet south of the property boundary. Figure 2 shows the City mapped wetlands and Figure 3 shows the
NWI mapped wetlands.
3.2 Wetland Delineation Methods
3.2.1 Rationale for Delineation Methods
Based upon guidance provided in the Corps of Engineers 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual (1987 Manual) and
the Regional Supplement to the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual: Western Mountains, Valleys
and Coast Supplement (Version 2.0) (WMVC Regional Supplement), it is the best professional judgment of the
PBS delineation team that the current wetlands in the study area still exist under reasonably “normal
circumstances” as defined in the 1987 Manual and supplement despite the recent clearing. Wetland soils and
hydrology are still present. Remnants of the cleared vegetation along with reference vegetation to the north
and south allowed for inference of wetland vegetation at the site pre-clearing. Therefore, we delineated
waters and wetlands on the project using methods recommended in the manual for normal circumstances.
3.2.2 Office Methods
Office preparation for the delineation consisted of reviewing a variety of online sources including aerial
photographs, City of Renton GIS layers, King County iMAP, soils maps and descriptions, weather history, site
history, etc.
3.2.3 Field Methods
Katharine Lee, a Professional Wetland Scientist, and Kevin Hood conducted a field visit on December 13, 2017.
The wetland was delineated using the three-parameter approach as required in the WMVC Regional
Supplement, with extrapolation of vegetation based on remaining vegetation, stumps and intact vegetation to
the north and south. A Magellan handheld GPS unit with post-processing and sub-meter accuracy was used
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to map the location of wetland flags and data plots. The wetland sits in a defined depression with a retaining
wall on the east side along SR 167 and a fill prism on the west side.
3.2.3.1 Hydrology
The presence of wetland hydrology was determined by evaluating a variety of direct and indirect
indicators. In addition to direct hydrologic measurements, hydrologic indicators can be used to infer
satisfaction of the wetland hydrology criterion. Field indicators of wetland hydrology listed in the Regional
Supplement include, but are not limited to, visual observation of inundation or saturation, sediment
deposition, hydric soil characteristics, watermarks, drift lines, oxidation around living roots and rhizomes,
and water-stained leaves. To satisfy the hydrology criterion for wetlands, soils need to be inundated or
saturated to the surface for at least 14 consecutive days during the growing season. The site visits occurred
at the end of, or just outside the growing season for this area. Primary hydrologic indicators in the form of
saturated soils, high groundwater and inundation were present at the time of the site visit.
3.2.3.2 Soils
The presence of hydric soils was determined consistent with the WMVC Regional Supplement and current
regulatory guidance. The supplement includes hydric soil indicators specific to this region. Soils were
evaluated based on these indicators. The extent and depth of historic fill generally defines the current
wetland boundary with the wetland extending into the edge of the fill. Fill material was a mix a silty, sandy,
gravelly material with varying types of debris.
3.2.3.3 Vegetation
No vegetation was present on the upland areas at the time of the site visit and while upland areas
appeared to have recently been graded during the removal of vehicles, it does not appear any vegetation
had been previously present based on historic aerials. The vegetation in the wetland had recently been
cleared, removing all the trees and most of the shrubs. Stumps were still present along with a few shrubs
and some herbaceous vegetation. Because of this, vegetation was not a reliable indicator of the
wetland/upland boundary except offsite at the north and south edges.
Species identifications and taxonomic nomenclature followed the USDA Plants Database. Each species'
indicator status was assigned using the Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast 2016 Regional Wetland
Plant List (USAC 2017). A species indicator status refers to the relative frequency with which the species
occurs in jurisdictional wetlands (Appendix E). An area satisfies the hydrophytic vegetation criteria when,
under normal circumstances, more than 50 percent of the dominant species from each stratum are
obligate wetland (OBL), facultative wetland (FACW), or facultative (FAC) species.
3.2.4 Growing Season
The growing season is generally defined as the portion of the year when soil temperatures at approximately
20 inches below the soil surface are above biological zero or 5 degrees Celsius (US Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service 1985). When soil temperature data are not available, the Wetland Delineation
Manual allows using the closest and best available weather station data to estimate the length of the growing
season based on a 50% probability of a temperature of 28°F or higher (Environmental Laboratory 1987,
USACE 2010). Using this approximation, the growing season in this region would be approximately 305 days
long at least 50% of the time. Generally, this translates to the period of mid-February to mid-December. To
meet the hydrology criteria at this site, soils would need to be saturated to the surface for at least 14
consecutive days during that interval. The site visits occurred at the very end of the growing season.
3.2.5 Climate
King County has a predominantly temperate marine climate typical of much of the Puget Sound area. The
property is in the Puget Sound lowlands climatic region. Summers are warm and relatively dry, and winters
tend to be mild, but rather wet. Mean high temperatures for the Seattle Tacoma Airport (4.2miles west) range
from 46°F in December and January to 76°F in July and August. Mean low temperatures range from 36°F in
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December and January to 56°F in July and August (US Climate Normals 1912-2016). The wetland delineation
occurred on December 13, 2017. Precipitation in the spring of 2017 was well above the normal range but this
was followed by a very dry summer. The rainfall for the 6-month interval prior to the delineation was within
the normal range. Precipitation levels are considered normal when the probability of that rainfall amount for a
given month is greater than or equal to 30% either side of the mean, as displayed in the table below (Table 1).
While precipitation in October and November was slightly above normal, precipitation for the interval of June
through September was well below normal. There was 1.2 inches of rain for the 2 weeks in December prior to
the delineation, which is somewhat low for that period.
Table 1. Monthly precipitation in inches and “normal” ranges and averages for the Seattle Tacoma Airport, WA
Month Seattle, WA
2017
Seattle Tacoma Airport, WA 1970-
2016
Above or
Below
Normal 30% chance will have Average Less than More than
June 1.52 0.91 1.79 1.48 -
July T 0.34 0.85 0.70 Below
August 0.02 0.35 1.24 1.06 Below
September 0.59 0.71 2.00 1.70 Below
October 4.80 2.16 4.36 3.60 Above
November 8.63 4.10 7.02 5.90 Above
Total 14.04 8.57 17.26 14.44 Normal
3.3 Delineation Results
One wetland (Wetland A) was mapped at the eastern edge of the property in a linear depression mostly within
the WSDOT right-of-way. There is approximately 0.06 acres of wetland that extends onto the Walker property.
This wetland had been mapped by WSDOT in 2004 and verified by PBS in 2007. More recent delineation and
verification occurred in 2014/2015 as part of the WDOT direct connector project. The PBS mapped boundary
was similar to the WSDOT previously mapped boundaries. One data plot was taken in the wetland (Plot 1)
and one in the adjacent upland (Plot 2). Upland areas had no vegetation, fill material lacking hydric soil
indicators, and no wetland hydrology. The upland/wetland boundary was identified primarily on the basis of
wetland hydrology, hydric soil indicators and topography. The data sheets can be found in Appendix A.
PBS also examined other areas of the property to make sure no other wetlands were present. A small
stormwater pond is present in the southwest corner that was operational until very recently. Wetland
vegetation in the form of willows and reed canary grass is present along the edge of this constructed pond.
Soils are highly disturbed. It is PBS’s best professional judgement that this pond is not a jurisdictional wetland,
having been constructed in fill about six years ago. Shallow ponding was also observed north of the
stormwater pond in an area with highly compacted gravel soils and pavement and no vegetation. This area
did not meet the definition of a wetland.
3.3.1 Soils
Soils in Plot 1 consisted primarily of fill material. Two inches of recent wood chippings were present at the
surface. From 2 to 6 inches, the soil was sandy fill material with a matrix color of 10YR 3/2. Between 6 and 12
inches there was similar sandy, gravelly fill that had a matrix color of 2.5Y 4/1 with 2 percent redoximorphic
concentrations of 7.5YR 4/4. Below 12 inches, the matrix color remained the same with 5 percent
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redoximorphic concentrations of 7.5YR 4/4 and 2 percent concentrations of 10YR 4/6. Some cobbles were
present at depth. The soil met the criteria for Hydric Soil Indicator F3: Depleted Matrix as defined in the Corps
of Engineers Regional Supplement. Organic soils were not found in the top 18 inches at the plot but appeared
to be present further into the wetland. The corresponding upland soil at Plot 2 was sandy gravelly fill material
that also had a matrix value of 10YR 3/2 to a depth of 10 inches with matrix colors of 10YR 4/2 and 10YR 4/1
below but no redoximorphic concentrations in the top 16 inches.
Well logs from the two wells closest to the wetland did not have information on the surface soils but found
moist silts and sandy soils at a depth of 5 feet. No organic soils were documented in the logs, which if
historically present, were probably above 5 feet in depth. Unfortunately, the logs were not useful in trying to
determine the depth of fill on the property.
3.3.2 Hydrology
Wetland hydrology was present in the form of inundation up to 2 feet in depth, water in the soil test pits near
the surface, and saturation. No detectable flow was observed. At the time of the site visit, no flow was
observed coming into the wetland from the culvert under SR 167. Some minor surface flow was detected from
the property into the wetland in the northeast corner. Hydrologic inputs appear to be primarily from high
groundwater and direct precipitation.
3.3.3 Vegetation
Stumps of black cottonwood and Pacific willow were observed in the wetland along with remnants of Douglas
spirea, red-osier dogwood and what appears to be Sitka willow (Salix sitchensis). Himalayan blackberry was
also present. Reed canary grass had about 20 percent coverage in the wetland. Wetland vegetation on the
property to the north consisted of an overstory of black cottonwood, and a shrub layer of red-osier dogwood,
willows, Douglas spirea and Himalayan blackberry. Reed canary grass dominated the understory with some
common sedge (Carex obnupta) and horsetails. Adjacent upland vegetation also had a canopy of black
cottonwood with an understory of Himalayan blackberry, reed canary grass and tansy ragwort (Senecio
jacobaea) with an occasional sword fern (Polystichum munitum). The wetland on the property to the south was
dominated by willows and reed canary grass with the wetland sandwiched between the retaining wall to the
east and a steep fill slope to the west. As mentioned previously no vegetation was present on the subject
property west of the wetland.
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3.4 Wetland Rating and Buffers
The wetland was rated using the 2014 version of the Washington State Wetland Rating System for Western
Washington (Hruby, 2014) as a Category III wetland. Despite the fact that the wetland was once part of the
larger Panther Creek wetland to the east, it is now effectively separated and was considered a separate
wetland for the purposes of rating. The culvert under SR 167 at the property is 180 feet long and at an
elevation that it would only engage during very high water levels. Table 2 lists the characteristics of the
wetland. Figure 5 shows the wetland boundary, data plot locations and buffers. City of Renton buffers for
Category III wetlands with a habitat score of 5 to 7 are 100 feet. The wetland rates relatively high for water
quality because of the urban setting and poor water quality in the vicinity, moderate for hydrology functions,
and moderately low for habitat functions.
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Table 2. Waters/wetlands characteristics
Characteristic Wetland A
Cowardin Classification Palustrine Forested / Scrub-Shrub
Size –(Acres) ~ 3 acres
HGM Classes Depression
WA State Wetland Rating Scores
Water Quality 8
Hydrology 6
Habitat 5
Total Score 19
Wetland Category Based on Score III
Special Characteristics Category N/A
City of Renton Buffers 100 ft
Additional Building Setback 15 ft
3.5 Regulatory Framework
Wetland A is assumed to be under Federal, State and City of Renton jurisdiction. Impacts to the wetland
would trigger both a City of Renton permit and a federal Army Corps of Engineers permit and review by other
agencies. Impacts to buffers are regulated only at the local level. The City of Renton allows buffers to be
reduced by 25 percent if the development follows certain mitigation measures which include:
The reduced buffer will function at a higher level than the standard buffer, and
The buffer has less than fifteen percent slopes and no direct or indirect, short-term or long-term,
adverse impacts to regulated wetlands, and
The proposal shall rely on a site-specific evaluation and documentation of buffer adequacy based
upon the document “Wetlands in Washington State” (Ecology Publication No. 04-06-008, April 2005)
or similar approaches, and
The proposed buffer standard is based on consideration of the best available science.
4 IMPACT ASSESSMENT
All trees and most shrubs were cleared from Wetland A between the north and south property corners east to
the SR 167 retaining wall on the WSDOT right-of-way. Clearing occurred over approximately 19,000 square
feet (0.44 acres). All but approximately 2,500 square feet of wetland clearing occurred on the WSDOT right-of-
way. Some of the logs were left in the wetland and other material was either piled in uplands or chipped on
site. Aside from some wood chips, it did not appear that any grading or filling had occurred in the wetland,
though this was difficult to determine accurately since we had not seen the site prior to disturbance and water
levels in the wetland at the time of the site visit were high enough to obscure ground disturbance. It is likely
that operation of equipment in or adjacent to the wetland caused some ground disturbance, though
fortunately the clearing occurred at the end of an extended dry period when most of the wetland was dry. At
least a dozen trees greater than 6 inches diameter were removed. Some of the stumps appeared to have been
ground down to the soil surface. Because soil disturbance appears to have been limited, herbaceous
vegetation is already starting to recover and many of the trees and shrubs are expected to re-sprout from root
crowns.
Several wetland functions have been impacted by the clearing. Despite the urban and industrialized context of
the site, the wetland performs some important wetland functions. The ability of the wetland to provide water
quality functions has been diminished by the loss of vegetation. The loss of vegetation structure has also
greatly reduced habitat functions. The narrow strip of forest and shrubs provided a corridor for wildlife in a
heavily developed landscape. The cover provided by vegetation is now gone, effectively breaking the corridor.
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5 RESTORATION PLAN
5.1 Goals and Objectives
Mr. Walker is working with WSDOT on restoration of the wetland in the WSDOT right-of-way. The restoration
will be completed per WSDOT specifications either by WSDOT or by Mr. Walker under WSDOT supervision.
The goal of the restoration plan for the buffer will be to create a functioning buffer that protects and
enhances the wetland functions through planting and control of invasives. Nearly the entire buffer was being
used for junk vehicle storage with little to no native vegetation present. We are proposing a reduction in the
standard buffer from 100 feet to 75 feet through enhancement of the remaining buffer to include planting of
native trees, shrubs and understory vegetation. Some of the surface fill soils will be removed as part of the site
clean-up effort. Placement of compost will help improve surface soil conditions and protect water quality in
the wetland.
5.2 Performance Standards
Table 3 shows the performance standards that will be used to measure restoration success in the buffer.
Table 3. Performance Standards Thresholds
Parameter Year 1 Year 3 Year 5
Survival of planted trees 90% 80% 70%
Survival of planted shrubs/ferns 90% 80% 70%
Plant diversity - # of native species >6 >6 >6
Percent cover invasives1 < 10%
1. Invasives include Japanese knotweed, Himalayan blackberry, and any other species listed on the King County
noxious weed list. Reed canary grass is ubiquitous in this area and control is likely not feasible.
5.3 Restoration Activities
5.3.1 Fill Removal/ Grading/ Site Preparation
Within the 75-foot buffer some contaminated fill material will likely be removed as part of the site clean-up
effort. Clean soil backfill may be placed as necessary depending on the depth of the removal. The final buffer
area will be graded to provide some microtopographic relief. Large wood may be placed near the wetland
edge for habitat improvement. Two inches of compost will be spread throughout the wetland buffer area to
improve soil conditions.
5.3.2 Native Plantings
The restoration area has been divided into three planting zones. Zone A is the WSDOT wetland area that is will
be restored per WSDOT requirements. Zone B is the wetland edge that is rarely inundated, and Zone C is the
buffer zone. Zone B will be seeded with a wetland seed mix. Zone C will be seeded with an upland erosion
control mix. Table 4 is the planting plan and Figure 5 shows the planting zones. Planting will occur in the
spring of 2018. Planting of Zone A may need to be delayed until water levels have come down far enough to
allow access by the planting crews.
5.3.3 Follow-up Weed Control
Himalayan blackberry will be removed throughout the wetland and buffer area where present. Other species
that will be removed if they appear in the restoration area include scotch broom, tansy ragwort, thistles, and
any other species on the King County noxious weed list. Reed canary grass is currently present it the wetland
and may spread into the buffer. Efforts will be made to control the grass, but success of the restoration will
not be dependent on control of this species.
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Table 4. Planting Plan for the Walker Property. All of Zone A and a third of Zone B is on WSDOT right-of-way.
The planting plan for the WSDOT areas are currently under review and subject to change.
Common Name Scientific Name Strata Number Size Spacing
Zone A –Seasonally Inundated Wetland (12,200 sq ft, 0.28 acres) Entirely on WSDOT ROW
Pacific willow Salix lucida ssp lasiandra T 20 2 gal or stake 6 to 8 feet apart Sitka willow Salix sitchensis ST 40 2 gal. or stake
Black twinberry Lonicera involucrata S 40 1 gal. pot or
bareroot 12”
min. height
randomize and avoid
disturbing native
volunteers
Red-osier dogwood Cornus sericea S 40
Douglas spirea Spirea douglasii S 40
Subtotal 180
Zone B –Wetland Edge (8,400sq ft, 0.19 acres) 3,000 sf on WSDOT ROW
Western red-cedar Thuja plicata T 8 2 or 5 gal. 6 to 8 feet apart
avoiding stumps and
live shrubs
Red alder Alnus rubra T 18 2 gal. or stake
Sitka willow Salix sitchensis ST 18 2 gal. or stake
Crabapple Malus fusca ST 16 2 gal >12’ spacing
Cluster rose Rosa pisocarpa S 30
1 gal Randomize in groups
of 3 or 4 Red-osier dogwood Cornus sericea S 30
Douglas spirea Spirea douglasii S 30
Subtotal 150
Zone B– Wetland seed mix (8,400 sq ft, 0.19 acres)
3000 sf on WSDOT ROW
Sunmark “Marsh” seed mix or equivalent
Common rush Juncus effusus H 10%
Small-fruited bullrush Scirpus microcarpus H 25%
Slough sedge Carex obnupta H 15%
Awlfruit sedge Carex stipata H 20%
Common spikerush Eleocharis palustris H 10%
Fowl managrass Glyceria striata H 20%
5 lb
Zone C – Buffer (32,000 sq ft, 0.73 acres)
Western red cedar Thuja plicata T 10 2 or 5 gal
Approx. 12 ft spacing
As shown on plans
Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii T 15 2 or 5 gal
Red alder Alnus rubra T 10 1 or 2 gal
Bitter cherry Prunus emarginata T 10 2 gal
Beaked hazelnut Corylus cornuta ST 15 2 gal.
Vine maple Acer circinatum ST 20 2 gal.
Nootka rose Rosa nutkana S 40 1 gal. Randomize in groups
of 3 or 4 – at least 3’
spacing, 6’ from trees
Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus S 40 1 gal.
Low Oregon grape Berberis nervosa S 40 1 gal.
Swordfern Polystichum munitum F 50 1 gal >3’ spacing
Subtotal 250
Zone C– Upland seed mix (32,000 sq ft, 0.78acres)
Blue wild rye Elymus glaucus H 30%
Native red fescue Festuca rubra H 30%
Tufted hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa H 20%
Meadow barley Hordeum brachyantherum H 20%
30lbs
TOTAL AREA = 1.2 acres TOTAL PLANTS 580
Strata: H=herbaceous, F=fern, S=shrub, ST=small tree, T=tree
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5.4 Maintenance and Monitoring of Restoration
Per City of Renton Code, the restoration plantings must be monitoring annually for 3 to 5 years or until
performance standards have been met. We are proposing a baseline monitoring, yearly monitoring in years
1,2 and 3 and then a final monitoring in Year 5 if needed. Monitoring may need to be continued beyond 5
years if performance standards are not being met. Once planting is complete, a Baseline Monitoring Report
will be submitted to the City that includes an as-built drawing and a more detailed Monitoring Plan. The as-
built report will document any grading and site preparation activities, as well as the new plantings. Specific
monitoring protocol will be provided in the Baseline Monitoring Report. Once approved by the City, this plan
will form the basis for evaluating the success of the critical area restoration. During the first two years, all
planted stock will be replaced either in kind or with another approved native species if diseased, dead or
dying. Weeding and removal of invasives will need to occur at least twice a year during the monitoring period.
Native volunteers will not be removed.
Monitoring will occur near the end of the growing season to document vigor and survival of planted stock.
Reports will be due to the City before the end of each calendar year in Years 1, 2, 3, and 5. The monitoring
report will include the following basic information:
A tally of planted trees and shrubs in each plot to identify mortality or poor vigor.
Estimates of native species cover by species
Vigor and mortality of planted stock
Percent cover of invasive weed species
Assessment of other non-natives to determine if control is needed
Photographs at established photo points
Recommended contingency measures to replace mortality or control weeds.
Observations on the overall status of the restoration area and any unauthorized activities.
A total of 6 10-foot radius circular plots will be established throughout the buffer restoration to evaluate
percent cover. The plot centers will be marked with a piece of rebar and flagging. Figure 6 shows approximate
locations of photo points and plots. The locations may be modified during baseline monitoring. Monitoring of
the WSDOT property will be done according to WSDOT specifications.
5.5 Contingency Measures
Contingency measures will be triggered if the performance standard thresholds are not being met as
documented during the yearly monitoring. All planted stock mortality in the first year will be replaced either
in-kind or with a replacement species approved by the wetland biologist. Some species substitutions may be
needed if the original species is not performing well. Any replacement plantings will occur either in the fall or
spring. Additional weed control will be triggered if invasive species become established that threaten the
success of the restoration. Control of reed canary grass will be limited due to difficulty of control.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo 1. Google Earth aerial of property taken in early 2017 prior to removal of vehicles and clearing.
Photo 2. Google Earth street view looking southwest from the west edge of SR 167 showing trees in
wetland prior to clearing.
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Stormwater pond
Oyster shell pit
Ditch
Wetland
Photo 3. WSDOT photo looking north taken on
October 18, 2017 shortly after clearing. Note very
little ponding in wetland.
Photo 4. View to southeast showing water levels
in cleared area in December.
Photo 5. Buffer area just north of property. Photo 6. View of wetland on the property just
north of the subject property.
Photo 7. Wetland just south of property. Photo 8. View to north of wetland showing
current condition of wetland with WSDOT
retaining wall to the right.
Photo 9. Closeup of wetland with WSDOT
retaining wall in background.
Photo 10. Stumps and logs in wetland.
Photo 11. View to west of cleared yard and
slash/trash piles.
Photo 12. Wetland soil pit.
Photo 13. South end of wetland on property with
steep gradient at edge of fill
Photo 14. View to north of stormwater pond with
willows growing along edge. Water is no longer
being pumped and water is ponded outside of
edges of pond.
Photo 15. View to north of water ponded near
the west edge in area of compact gravel and
pavement
Photo 16. Remnants of ditch that ran west to east
across the center of the site.
FIGURES
PROJECT VICINITY MAP
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CITY OF RENTON WATERS / WETLANDS
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NATIONAL WETLAND INVENTORY
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WETLAND DELINEATION MAP
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Proposed
75’ reduced
buffer
KEY:
Property boundary
City of Renton mapped wetlands
10’ elevation contours
PBS mapped wetland on property
Proposed 75’ reduced buffer line
Wetland Data Plot 1
Upland Data Plot 2
180’ culvert
SR
167
Project Site
N
Wetland A
RESTORATION PLANTING PLAN
Dale Walker Property
Renton, WA
FIGURE
5 PROJECT #
41482
DATE
APRIL 2018
SR 167
KEY:
Wetland Boundary
Property boundary
Zone A – Seasonally Inundated
Zone B – Wetland edge
Zone C – 75’ Buffer Plantings
Habitat Logs 0 25 50
Approximate Scale
A
B
C
Proposed
75’ Buffer
N
SR 167
Planting on WSDOT right‐of‐
way will be undertaken per
WSDOT specifications either
by WSDOT or under WSDOT
supervision
KEY:
Property boundary
Zone A – Seasonally Inundated
Zone B – Wetland edge
Zone C – 75’ Buffer Plantings
Habitat Logs
Monitoring Plots
Photo Points
RESTORATION MONITORING PLAN
Dale Walker Property
Renton, WA
FIGURE
6 PROJECT #
41482
DATE
APRIL 2018
SR 167
1
1
1
2
3
4
6
1
Proposed
75’ Buffer
A
B
C
N
0 25 50
Approximate Scale
7
15
8
This figure shows
monitoring on the Walker
property only. WSDOT will
coordinate monitoring on
their property.
APPENDIX A
Wetland Delineation Datasheets
Project/Site: City/County: King Sampling Date:
Applicant/Owner: State: Sampling Point:
Investigator(s):
Local relief: Slope (%): 0
Subregion (LRR): Lat: Long: Datum:
Soil Map Unit Name: NWI classification:
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No 0
, or Hydrology significantly disturbed?
, or Hydrology naturally problematic? Yes X No
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No Yes X No
Remarks:
VEGETATION
Absolute Dominant Indicator Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 ft) % Cover Species?Status Number of Dominant Species
1.40 Yes FAC That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A)
2.30 Yes FACW
3.0 Total Number of Dominant
4.0 Species Across All Strata: (B)
Total Cover: 70
Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30 ft)Percent of Dominant Species
1.15 Yes FAC That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A/B)
2.10 Yes FACW Prevalence Index worksheet:
3.20 Yes FACW
Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
4.0 OBL species 0 x 1 = 0
5.0 FACW species 80 x 2 = 160
Total Cover: 45
FAC species 55 x 3 = 165
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 ft)FACU species 0 x 4 = 0
1.20 Yes FACW
UPL species 0 x 5 = 0
2.0 Column Totals:135 (A)325 (B)
3.0 Prevalence Index = B/A =
4.0 Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
5.0 X Dominance Test is >50%
6.0 X Prevalence Index is ≤3.01
7.0
8.0
Total Cover: 20 Wetland Non-Vascular Plants1
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot Size: 5 ft)Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain)
1.0
2.0
Total Cover: 0 Hydrophytic Vegetation
% Bare Ground in Herb Stratum %Present? Yes X No
Remarks:
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast Region
3400 East Valley Rd 12/13/2017
Dale Walker WA Plot 1
Katharine Lee, Kevin Hood Section/Township/Range:S30 T23N R5E
Landform (hillslope, terrace etc.): Valley concave
A 47.450 -122.215940 WGS 84
Urban ne forested / scru
(If no, explain in Remarks)
Are Vegetation X ,Soil
Are “Normal Circumstances”
present? (If needed, explain any
answers in remarks)Are Vegetation ,Soil
Populus balsamifera 6
Salix lucida ssp lasiandra
X Is the Sampled Area
within a wetland?X
X
Wetland is remnant of large floodplain wetland that is sandwiched between SR 167 retaining wall and fill prism. Wetland was
recently cleared but enough vegetation remained to determine what species had been present.
6
Rubus armeniacus 100%
Spiraea douglasii
Cornus alba
Phalaris arundinacea
Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
present.
2.41
80
All trees and most shrubs were recently cut down. Except for reed canary grass, all coverages are estimates based on stumps
and remnants of shrubs. Intact portions of the wetland to the north and south were used as reference
SOIL Sampling Point:
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Color (moist) % Color (moist) %
Type1 Loc2
chips from clearing
0-4 10YR 3/2 100 sandy loam fill material
4-10 10YR 4/1 98 7.5YR 4/4 2 C M sandy gravelly loam fill material
10-18 10YR 4/1 93 7.5YR 4/4 5 C M sandy gravelly loam fill material
10YR 4/6 2 C M cobbles
1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, RC=Root Channel, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators: (Applicable to all LRRs, unless otherwise noted.) Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
Histosol (A1) Sandy Redox (S5) 2 cm Muck (A10)
Histic Epipedon (A2) Stripped Matrix (S6) Red Parent Material (TF2)
Black Histic (A3)Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (except MLRA 1)Very shallow dark surface (TF12)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Other (Explain in Remarks)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)X Depleted Matrix (F3)
Thick Dark Surface (A12) Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Redox Depressions (F8) wetland hydrology must be present.
Restrictive Layer (if present):
Type:Hydric Soil Present?
Depth (Yes No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Primary Indicators (any one indicator is sufficient) Secondary Indicators (2 or more required)
Surface Water (A1)Water-Stained Leaves (B9) (except NW coast)Water-Stained Leaves (B9) (NW coast)
High Water Table (A2) Salt Crust (B11) Drainage Patterns (B10)
Saturation (A3) Aquatic Invertebrates (B13) Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
Water Marks (B1)Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Sediment Deposits (B2)Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (C3)Geomorphic Position (D2)
Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Shallow Aquitard (D3)
Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) Frost-Heave Hummocks (D4)
Iron Deposits (B5)Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) (LRR A)FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Other (Explain in Remarks) Raised Ant Mounds (D6) (LRR A)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No X Depth (in):
Water Table Present? Yes X No Depth (in): 10"Wetland Hydrology Present?
Saturation Present? Yes X No Depth (in): 0"Yes No
(includes capillary fringe)
Remarks:
+2
Plot 1
Depth
(in.)
Matrix Redox Features
Texture Remarks
Soils to 18 inch appear to be fill material. Do not resemble historic muck soils.
X
X
X
X
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Ponding up to 2 feet deep further into wetland
Project/Site: City/County: King Sampling Date:
Applicant/Owner: State: Sampling Point:
Investigator(s):
Local relief: Slope (%): 0.05
Subregion (LRR): Lat: Long: Datum:
Soil Map Unit Name: NWI classification:
Are climatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year? Yes X No 0
, or Hydrology significantly disturbed?
, or Hydrology naturally problematic? Yes X No
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS – Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No X
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X Yes No
Remarks:
VEGETATION
Absolute Dominant Indicator Dominance Test worksheet:
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 ft) % Cover Species?Status Number of Dominant Species
1.0 That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A)
2.0
3.0 Total Number of Dominant
4.0 Species Across All Strata: (B)
Total Cover: 0
Sapling/Shrub Stratum (Plot size: 30 ft)Percent of Dominant Species
1.0 That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: (A/B)
2.0 Prevalence Index worksheet:
3.0 Total % Cover of: Multiply by:
4.0 OBL species 0 x 1 = 0
5.0 FACW species 0 x 2 = 0
Total Cover: 0
FAC species 0 x 3 = 0
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 5 ft)FACU species 0 x 4 = 0
1.0 UPL species 0 x 5 = 0
2.0 Column Totals:0 (A)0 (B)
3.0 Prevalence Index = B/A =
4.0 Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
5.0 Dominance Test is >50%
6.0 Prevalence Index is ≤3.01
7.0
8.0
Total Cover: 0 Wetland Non-Vascular Plants1
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot Size: 5 ft)Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation1 (Explain)
1.0
2.0
Total Cover: 0 Hydrophytic Vegetation
% Bare Ground in Herb Stratum %Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM – Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast Region
3400 East Valley Rd 12/13/2017
Dale Walker WA Plot 1
Katharine Lee, Kevin Hood Section/Township/Range:S30 T23N R5E
Landform (hillslope, terrace etc.): Valley slope
A 47.44980 -122.216030 WGS 84
Not mapped None
(If no, explain in Remarks)
Are Vegetation X ,Soil
Are “Normal Circumstances”
present? (If needed, explain any
answers in remarks)Are Vegetation ,Soil
0
Is the Sampled Area
within a wetland?X
Site recently graded. No vegetation present prior to grading. Auto junkyard
0
Morphological Adaptations1 (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
1Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be
present.
#DIV/0!
100
No vegetation present
SOIL Sampling Point:
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Color (moist) % Color (moist) %
Type1 Loc2
10YR 3/2 100 sandy gravelly loam fill
10-14 10YR 4/2 100 sandy gravelly loam fill, some cobbles
14-18 10YR 4/1 98 7.5YR4/4 2 C M sandy gravelly loam fill, some cobbles
1Type: C=Concentration, D=Depletion, RM=Reduced Matrix. 2Location: PL=Pore Lining, RC=Root Channel, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators: (Applicable to all LRRs, unless otherwise noted.) Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils3:
Histosol (A1) Sandy Redox (S5) 2 cm Muck (A10)
Histic Epipedon (A2) Stripped Matrix (S6) Red Parent Material (TF2)
Black Histic (A3)Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (except MLRA 1)Very shallow dark surface (TF12)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4) Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2) Other (Explain in Remarks)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11) Depleted Matrix (F3)
Thick Dark Surface (A12) Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4) Redox Depressions (F8) wetland hydrology must be present.
Restrictive Layer (if present):
Type:Hydric Soil Present?
Depth (Yes No
Remarks:
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Primary Indicators (any one indicator is sufficient) Secondary Indicators (2 or more required)
Surface Water (A1)Water-Stained Leaves (B9) (except NW coast)Water-Stained Leaves (B9) (NW coast)
High Water Table (A2) Salt Crust (B11) Drainage Patterns (B10)
Saturation (A3) Aquatic Invertebrates (B13) Dry-Season Water Table (C2)
Water Marks (B1)Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1) Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
Sediment Deposits (B2)Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (C3)Geomorphic Position (D2)
Drift Deposits (B3) Presence of Reduced Iron (C4) Shallow Aquitard (D3)
Algal Mat or Crust (B4) Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6) Frost-Heave Hummocks (D4)
Iron Deposits (B5)Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1) (LRR A)FAC-Neutral Test (D5)
Surface Soil Cracks (B6) Other (Explain in Remarks) Raised Ant Mounds (D6) (LRR A)
Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7) Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes No X Depth (in):
Water Table Present? Yes No X Depth (in):Wetland Hydrology Present?
Saturation Present? Yes X No Depth (in): 14"Yes No
(includes capillary fringe)
Remarks:
0-10
Plot 1
Depth
(in.)
Matrix Redox Features
Texture Remarks
X
Edge of wetland
X
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
APPENDIX B
Wetland Rating Forms
Washington State Wetland Rating
Project Name: Dale Walker - Renton Date(s) of Site Visit(s): 12/13/2017
Rated by: Katharine Lee Trained by Ecology? Yes
HGM Class used for Ratin Depressional Multiple HGM Classes? No
DEPRESSIONAL WETLANDS
Wetland Name A
Total Size (acres)
WATER QUALITY FUNCTIONS
D 1.1 Surface flow
out
Depression/flat with no outlet -3
Intermittent or constricted permanent outlet - 2
Un- or slightly constricted permanent outlet - 1
Flat with no outlet or outlet it ditch- 1
2
D 1.2 Surface soils Soil is clay or organic yes = 4, no = 0 4
D 1.3 Persistent,
Ungrazed,
Unmowed
Vegetation
> = 95% area - 5
> = 1/2 area - 3
> = 1/10 area - 1
< 1/10 area - 0
3
D 1.4 Seasonal
Ponding
> 2 months
> 1/2 total area of wetland - 4
>1/4 total area of wetland - 2
< 1/4 total area of wetland - 0
2
11
M
D 2.1 Stormwater
discharges
Wetland receives stormwater discharge Yes=1
No = 0 1
D 2.2 Buffer land
use
>10% of 150 ft buffer in pollutant Yes=1
generating land uses No = 0 1
D 2.3 Septic
systems
Septic systems present Yes=1
No = 0 0
D 2.4 Other
pollutants
Other pollutant sources present : L ist Yes=1
No = 0 1 Contamination
3
H
D 3.1 Discharge to
303(d) list
waters
Direct (<1 mi) discharge to 303(d) water Yes=1
No=0
0
D 3.2 303(d) list
Basin or sub-
basin
Wetland in 303(d) list basin or sub-basin Yes=1
No=0
1
D 3.3 TMDL
watershed
Site identified as important to water quality (i.e. TMDL
Yes = 2 No=0 1 Green River temp
2
H
Improving Water Quality : Score Based on Ratings 8
Site Potential: Does the site have the potential to improve water quality?
Landscape Potential: Does the landscape have the potential to support
the water quality function of the site?
Rating of Value: Is the water quality improvement provided by the site
valuable to society?
Total for D1 (H=12-16; M=6-11; L=0-5)
Rating of Site Potential
Total for D2 (H=3-4; M= 1-2; L=0)
Rating of Landscape Potential
Total for D3 (H=2-4; M=1; L=0)
Rating of Value
PBS Engineering and Environmental Table 1 Page 1
Washington State Wetland Rating
HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONS Wetland Name A
Site Potential: Does the site have the potential to reduce flooding and erosion?
D 4.1 Surface water
flow out
No surface water outlet - 4
Intermittent/ highly constricted outlet - 2
Flat with no outlet or outlet is ditch - 1
Unconstricted outlet - 0
2
D 4.2 Depth of
storage
3 ft or more - 7
2 ft to 3 ft - 5
0.5 to < 2 ft - 3
headwater wetland - 3
flat w/small depressions - 1
< 0.5 ft - 0
3
D 4.3 Watershed
storage
Basin is < 10 times area of wetland - 5
Basin is 10 to 100 times bigger - 3
Basin is > 100 times bigger - 0
Entire wetland is in Flats class - 5
0
5
L
Landscape Potential: Does the landscape have the potential to support the hydrologic functions of the site?
D 5.1 Stormwater
discharges
Wetland receives stormwater discharge Yes=1
No = 0 1
D 5.2 Buffer land
use
>10% of 150 ft buffer in pollutant Yes=1
generating land uses No = 0 1
D 5.3 Basin land use >25% contributing basin in intensive land use
Yes=1
No = 0
1
3
H
Rating of Value: Are the hydrologic functions provided by the site valuable to society?
D 6.1 Flooding Flooding occurs:
In sub-basin immediately down-gradient - 2
In sub-basing farther down-gradient - 1
From groundwater in sub-basin - 1
Wetland outflow not related to flooding - 0
No problems with flooding downstream - 0
1
D 6.2 Flood storage Site is critical part of regional flood control plan
Yes - 2
No - 0
0
1
M
Hydrologic : Score Based on Ratings 6
Total for D4 (H=12-16; M=6-11; L=0-5)
Rating of Site Potential
Total for D5 (H=3; M= 1-2; L=0)
Rating of Landscape Potential
Total for D3 (H=2-4; M=1; L=0)
Rating of Value
PBS Engineering and Environmental Table 1 Page 2
Washington State Wetland Rating
HABITAT FUNCTIONS Wetland Name A
H 1.1 Vegetation
structure
Number of Cowardin classes >10% or >1/4 ac:
Aquatic bed, emergent plants, scrub/shrub,forested,
forested with at least 3 strata >20% area. >= 4 types
= 4, 3 types = 2, 2 types = 1, 1
type = 0
1
Forested,
emergent
H 1.2 Hydro-period Permanently flooded or inundated
Seasonally flooded or inundated
Occasionally flooded or inundated
Saturated only
Permanent stream in or adjacent
Seasonal stream in or adjacent
>= 4 types = 3, 3 types = 2 2 types = 1
lake-fringe = 2, freshwater tidal = 2
2
Seasonally
inundated
Saturated only
Perm. Stream
H 1.3 Plant species
diversity
Number of species covering at least 10 sq ft. Do not
count reed canarygrass, purple loosestrife, Canada
thistle, Eurasian milfoil
> 19 species = 2 5-19 = 1 < 5 =0
1
H 1.4 Habitat
interspersion
None = 0 low=1 moderate = 2 high = 3
If 4 or more plant classes, rating is always high. 2
H 1.5 Special
habitats Count number of special habitat features:
_ large downed woody debris
_ standing snags
_ undercut banks or overhanging vegetation
_ stable steep banks of fine material for beaver
OR recent beaver activity
_ >1/3 ac thin-stemmed persistent vegetation
_ <25% cover by invasives in each stratum
3
large wood
standing snags
recent beaver
9
M
H 2.1 Accessible
habitat
Habitat in 1km polygon abutting wetland using:
%undisturbed+[(%mod+low intensity/2)]
>1/3 of polygon - 3
20-33% of polygon - 2
10-19% of polygon - 1
<10% of polylgon - 0
0
H 2.2 Undisturbed
Habitat
Undisturbed habitat in 1 km polygon using:
%undisturbed+[(% mod + low intensity)/2]
>50% of polygon - 3
10-50% of polygon in 1-3 patches - 2
10-50% of polygon in >3 patches - 1
<10% of polygon - 0
1
H 2.3 Land Use
Intensity
>50% high intensity - (-2)
< or = 50% high intensity - 0 -2
-1
L
Total for H1 (H=15-18; M=7-14; L=0-6)
Site Potential: Does the site have the potential to provide habitat?
Rating of Site Potential
Total for H2 (H=4-6; M= 1-3; L=<1)
Rating of Landscape Potential
Landscape Potential: Does the landscape have the potential to support
the habitat functions of the site?
PBS Engineering and Environmental Table 1 Page 3
Washington State Wetland Rating
HABITAT FUNCTIONS (continued) Wetland Name A
H 3.1 Habitat for
species with
legal status
Site meets any habitat criteria (see manual) - 2
Site has 1 or 2 priority habitats within 100 m - 1
Site does not meet criteria above - 0
1
1
M
Habitat: Score Based on Ratings 5
TOTAL SCORE BASED ON RATINGS 19
OVERALL WETLAND CATEGORY III
Wetland
A
Site Potential M
Landscape Potential H
Value H
Rating 8
Site Potential L
Landscape Potential H
Value M
Rating 6
Site Potential M
Landscape Potential L
Value M
Rating 5
Total 19
Category III
Total for H3 (H=2; M= 1; L=0)
Rating of Value
Rating of Value: Is the habitat provided by the site valuable to society? Water QualityHydrologicHabitatPBS Engineering and Environmental Table 1 Page 4
Cowardin Plant Classes & Hydroperiods
Dale Walker Property
Renton, WA
Rating
Figure
A PROJECT #
41482
DATE
JAN 2018
Approximate Scale
0 200 400
SR
167
Cowardin
classes
KEY:
Property boundary
Cowardin
Forested
Emergent
Hydroperiods
Seasonally inundated
Saturated only
Hydroperiods
SR
167
Outlet to
Panther Creek
150-FOOT AREA AROUND WETLAND
Dale Walker Property
Renton, WA
Rating
Figure
B PROJECT #
41482
DATE
JAN 2018
KEY:
Property boundary
150-foot area around wetland
>80% of area in pollution
generation surfaces
SR
167
ACCESSIBLE / UNDISTURBED HABITAT
Dale Walker Property
Renton, WA
Rating
Figure
C PROJECT #
41482
DATE
JAN 2018
SR
167
KEY:
Total area 1km radius = 1,500 acres
Accessible habitat = 6 acres (0.4%)
Undisturbed habitat = (75+10+4+22+14+8=133) +
Moderate & Low Intensity ((12+12+35+45+2+32+7=145)/2=73) = 206 acres (14%)
WA DOE 303d & TMDL LISTINGS
Dale Walker Property
Renton, WA
Rating
Figure
D PROJECT #
41482
DATE
JAN 2018
Black River (1.2 miles) listed for Dissolved Oxygen, Bioassessment, Bacteria (Cat 5) Temperature (Cat 4)
SR
167
Subject Property
Subject Property
Flow path
Technical Information Report
Walker Mazda Dealership
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Section 7
Other Permits
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7.0 Other Permits
Required permits for the project may include a Construction Stormwater National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for the proposed construction, a City of Renton
commercial building permit, and a City of Renton grading permit.
B18004585 – Issued for demolition of Building A
B18004856 – Issued for demolition of Building B
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Section 8
CSWPPP Analysis and Design
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8.0 CSWPPP Analysis and Design
A CSWPPP will be submitted alongside this report under a separate cover.
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Walker Mazda Dealership
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Section 9
Bond Quantities, Facility Summaries, and Declaration
of Covenant
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9.0 Bond Quantities, Facility Summaries, and Declaration of Covenant
The required forms will be included with the final engineering design.
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Section 10
Operations and Maintenance Plan
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10.0 Operations and Maintenance Plan
The drainage facilities detailed in this report will be privately owned and maintained. A detailed
Operations and Maintenance Plan will be submitted alongside this report under a separate cover.
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Section 11
Conclusion
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11.0 Conclusion
This Walker Auto Dealership site has been designed to meet the 2016 King County Surface
Water Design Manual (KCSWDM), amended by the City of Renton as the 2016 City of Renton
Surface Water Design Manual (CRSWDM).
The site utilizes water quality facilities to treat stormwater draining from the site.
It was determined using these criteria that:
The site will meet the Peak Rate Flow Control Standard for flow control.
Water quality facilities will be designed to meet the required Enhanced Basic Water Quality
Treatment Level for the site.
Pipe networks will be designed to be of adequate size to effectively convey the 25-year
storm event and to contain the 100-year storm event.
This analysis is based on data and records either supplied to or obtained by AHBL. These documents
are referenced within the text of the analysis. The analysis has been prepared utilizing procedures and
practices within the standard accepted practices of the industry. We conclude that this project, as
schematically represented, will not create any new problems within the downstream drainage system.
This project will not noticeably aggravate any existing downstream problems due to either water quality or
quantity.
AHBL, Inc.
Michael Lesmeister, EIT
Project Engineer
MTL/lsk
January 2019
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