Project and Program Funding Decisions...Revegetation – Phase 2”, $50,000 • Green River Coalition – “Middle Soos Creek Habitat Improvement Project”, $50,000 • Earth Corps

Project and Program Funding Decisions

Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed (WRIA 9)

May 10, 2018

2018 WRIA 9 Funding Approval

• Salmon Recovery Funding Board• Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration• Cooperative Watershed Management

Three Decision Items Tonight

1. Approve project list and funding amounts for Cooperative Watershed Management grants

2. Approve project list and funding amounts for Salmon Recovery Funding Board and Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration grants

3. Approve one project for the Puget Sound Restoration and Acquisition – Large Capacity grant round (2019-2021)

Background for Project Selection

• WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan Policy MS-1: 40% Duwamish Transition Zone30% Rearing Habitats 30% Spawning Habitats

• Portfolio of projects in different phases• Coordination with other grant funding sources

Grant Funding Available

Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) $295,895

Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) $1,174,960

Cooperative Watershed Management (CWM) $1,746,431

Other Funding Sources used as Matching Funds

• Conservation Futures Tax• Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program (ESRP)• Floodplains by Design• Waterworks • Jurisdictional funding• Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account• Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program

Cooperative Watershed Management Grant Program

Cooperative Watershed ManagementGrant Funds

• Funding through King County Flood Control District

• Amount available: $1,746,431• Main categories Revegetation Grant Program High Priority Project Implementation Education and Stewardship Monitoring and Technical Assistance

REVENUES AmountFlood Control District 1,746,431

REVENUE TOTAL $1,746,431

EXPENDITURES AmountSmall Projects FundRevegetation Grant Round (final list to be determined on May 1) 250,000

Small Grant Fund Total 250,000

High Priority Project Implementation FundMcSorley Creek Final Design (King County in cooperation with Washington State Parks) 220,000Lowman Beach restoration - final design (City of Seattle) 150,000Downey Farmstead Construction at RM 21.4 : Phase 2 (City of Kent) 780,000

High Priority Project Implementation Fund Total 1,150,000

Education/Stewardship FundEnvironmental Science Center 30,000Seattle Aquarium Beach Naturalist Program (2018) 21,000

Education/Stewardship Fund Total 51,000

Monitoring and Technical Assistance FundGreen River Smolt Trap (Washington Department of Fish and Wildife) 40,000Pre- and Post-Project Fish Monitoring (King County) 30,000WRIA 9 Capital Projects Implementation (WRIA 9) 141,300Sediment contamination in restored Duwamish River habitats (King County) 35,000Forage Fish Sampling (Vashon Nature Center) 15,000

Communications and Outreach for Habitat Plan Update (WRIA 9) 34,131

Monitoring and Technical Assistance Fund Total 295,431EXPENDITURES TOTAL $1,746,431

*Funding provided by King County Flood Control District

May 10, 2018

WRIA 9 2018 Cooperative Watershed Management Funding*for Watershed Ecosystem Forum Approval

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WRIA 9 2018 Cooperative Watershed Management Funding*

for Watershed Ecosystem Forum Approval

May 10, 2018

REVENUESAmountAmount

Flood Control District 1,746,431

REVENUE TOTAL$1,746,431$1,200,000

EXPENDITURESAmountAmount

Small Projects Fund

Revegetation Grant Round (final list to be determined on May 1)250,0007,510

12,000

Small Grant Fund Total250,000$19,510.0

High Priority Project Implementation Fund

McSorley Creek Final Design (King County in cooperation with Washington State Parks)220,000

Lowman Beach restoration - final design (City of Seattle)150,000

Downey Farmstead Construction at RM 21.4 : Phase 2 (City of Kent)780,000

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High Priority Project Implementation Fund Total1,150,000

30,000

Education/Stewardship Fund50,000

Environmental Science Center30,000

Seattle Aquarium Beach Naturalist Program (2018)21,000

Education/Stewardship Fund Total51,000

Monitoring and Technical Assistance Fund

Green River Smolt Trap (Washington Department of Fish and Wildife)40,000

Pre- and Post-Project Fish Monitoring (King County)30,000

WRIA 9 Capital Projects Implementation (WRIA 9)141,300

Sediment contamination in restored Duwamish River habitats (King County)35,000

Forage Fish Sampling (Vashon Nature Center)15,000

Communications and Outreach for Habitat Plan Update (WRIA 9)34,131

60,000

Monitoring and Technical Assistance Fund Total295,43160,000

EXPENDITURES TOTAL$1,746,431120,000

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*Funding provided by King County Flood Control District

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Cooperative Watershed Management Grant Funds

Revegetation Grant Round - $250,000

• Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group –“Student Stewards Program”, $50,000

• City of Tukwila’s “Green the Green Shoreline Revegetation – Phase 2”, $50,000

• Green River Coalition – “Middle Soos Creek Habitat Improvement Project”, $50,000

• Earth Corps – “Tukwila Community Center Shoreline Restoration”, $50,000

• Forterra – “Green River Riparian Improvement Project (RM 24 and 28.5-31), $49,877

High Priority Project Implementation Funds• McSorley Creek Shoreline and Pocket Estuary

Restoration Project -Final Design (King County with Washington State Parks) $220,000

• Lowman Beach Shoreline Restoration Final Design (City of Seattle) $150,000

• Downey Farmstead Construction: Phase 2 (City of Kent) $780,00


McSorley Creek Shoreline and Pocket Estuary Restoration Project

Saltwater State Park

What is being asking for?

Need money to take project from preliminary design to full design• $240,000 from PSAR

Also asking for the following from others for design…• $655,000 from ESRP• $279,000 Coastal Resilience

Lowman Beach Restoration Project

Lowman Beach Park Seawall

WRIA 9 Watershed Ecosystem Forum

Thursday, May 10, 2018

South half of the shoreline – November 2015

November 2015

October 2016

April 2017

Where we are today:• Feasibility Study Complete;• Recommendation/Preferred

Alternative – January 2018;• Design & Additional

Investigations, January – July 2018.

Questions?

Contact Information:

David Graves, AICPStrategic Advisor, Seattle Parks and [email protected].: 206.684.7048

Web page: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/lowman-beach-park

mailto:[email protected]://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks/lowman-beach-park

Downey Farmstead: Phase 2

Existing Conditions

Future Improvements

Downey Farmstead Restoration

New Channels and Plantings

Chinook Benefits•Rearing habitat•High flow refuge•Increased river shade

Downey Farmstead – Utility Relocation (Phase I), Road Relocation (Phase III), Restoration (Ph IV)

New Road Location

Current Utility Location & Crossing

New Utility Crossing

Highlighted Areas – Fill for new road

Clear, Grub & Excavate

Downey Phase II – Clear, Grub, Partial Grading

Downey Farmstead Phase III & IV – Road Relocation and Habitat Enhancement

• Environmental Science Center, $30,000

• Beach Naturalist Program (Seattle Aquarium) $21,000

Education/Stewardship


Monitoring and Technical Assistance$120,000 for Monitoring

• Green River Smolt Trap (WDFW) $40,000• Pre- and Post- Project Fish Monitoring (King

County) $30,000• Sediment Contamination in restored Duwamish

River Habitats (King County) $35,000• Forage Fish Sampling (Vashon Nature Center)

$15,000


• WRIA 9 Capital Project Implementation ($141,300)

• WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan Outreach and Education ($34,131)


Monitoring and Technical Assistance$175,431 for Technical Assistance

Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) and Puget Sound Acquisition

and Restoration (PSAR)• Mc Sorley Creek at Saltwater State Park,

King County $240,000 (PSAR)• Lowman Beach, City of Seattle $295,895

(SRFB) and $154,105 (PSAR)• Green River Riparian Revegetation

Project, King County, $500,000 (PSAR)• Maury Island Aquatic Reserve

Acquisition 3 , King County $280,855 (PSAR)

GREEN RIVER RIPARIAN REVEGETATION PROJECT

Katie Beaver & Josh KahanLower & Middle Green River Basin Stewards

King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks

Project Description

• $500,000 PSAR request

• Revegetate 10 acres along 1.1 miles of Green River shoreline on Lower and Middle Green

• 3 publicly owned sites all identified by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe as areas with high or critical need for tree shade

• Control 10 acres of invasive weeds

• Replant 10 acres with 16,000+ native shrubs and trees

• Aggressive site maintenance for 5-10 years

Lower Green

Middle Green

Why this is important• Historic removal of tall trees from river banks too much sunlight reaches water

• Water temperatures frequently exceed state standards and lethal threshold for salmon

• 2011 Green River Temperature Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studyo Pointed to lack of riparian vegetation as causeo Need for wide, contiguous riparian buffers of tall

trees where possible

• Native riparian vegetation benefits salmon:o Increases shade to the rivero Creates more diverse habitato Provides food sourceo Leads to future large woody debris inputs

• WE NEED TREES!

Re-Green the Green Riparian Revegetation Strategy (2016)

• Focus on shorelines with the greatest need for shade based on Muckleshoot Indian Tribe’s solar aspect sun maps

• Coordinated approach with all local jurisdictions and non-profits working on riparian revegetation

• Priority #1: revegetate mainstem of the Middle Green and Lower Green

Lower Green -West Valley Riverbank (WSDOT)

River mile 13.94 acres2,900 linear ft. shorelineUp to 90 ft. wide buffer

Lower Green -Midway Creek (Seattle Public Utilities)

River mile 19.41.9 acres2,100 linear ft. shoreline20 – 50 ft. wide buffer

Middle Green -Flaming Geyser State Park

River mile 43.54 acres900 linear ft. shoreline150 ft. wide buffer

Photo: Dave Ellifrit for Center for Whale Research

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Vashon and Maury Islands are here

Juvenile chinook habitat

Pacific herring, sand land, and surf smelt spawning

Audubon Important Bird Area

One of eight DNR aquatic reserves in the state

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Broad Geographic scope – Three primary drift cells in Maury Island Aquatic Reserve

Same PSNERP Beach strategy – Enhance High

Waivers of Retroactivity

Similar Ecological Characteristics Location in drift cell Bluff backed beach Forage fish

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3200’

2700’

Request $280,855 + $49,600 local match.

Three parcels purchased (waivers of retroactivity).

3.9 acres with 210 feet of bluff backed beach

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1.6 acres

50 feet of armored bluff backed beach

$255,000

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— image credit: John McGrory63

Multiple members of the Southern Resident Whales J-Pod swim in Quartermaster Harbor.

2.3 acres

160 feet of unarmored exceptional feeder bluff

$142,000 ($110,000)

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Acquire 5 waterfront parcels. Remove 450 feet of creosote treated

shoreline armoring Remove two cabins, decking and

armoring built over the intertidal zone (about 7350 sq. feet).

Revegetate .75 acres of shoreline with native plantings

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Cooperative Watershed Management –DECISION ITEM

Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group – “Student Stewards Program”, $50,000

City of Tukwila’s “Green the Green Shoreline Revegetation – Phase 2”, $50,000

Green River Coalition – “Middle Soos Creek Habitat Improvement Project”, $50,000

Earth Corps – “Tukwila Community Center Shoreline Restoration”, $50,000

Forterra – “Green River Riparian Improvement Project (RM 24 and 28.5-31), $49,877

McSorley Creek Final Design – King County, $240,000 Lowman Beach Restoration Final Design – City of Seattle,

$150,000 Downey Farmstead Construction: Phase 2 – City of Kent,

$780,000

Environmental Science Center, $30,000 Seattle Aquarium Beach Naturalist Program, $21,000 Green River Smolt Trap, Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife,

$40,000 Pre- and Post-Project Monitoring, King County, $30,000 WRIA 9 Capital Projects Implementation, $141,300 Sediment Contamination in restored Duwamish River

Habitats, King County, $35,000 Forage Fish Sampling, Vashon Nature Center, $15,000 WRIA 9 Communications and Outreach for Habitat Plan

Update $34,131

Cooperative Watershed Management –DECISION ITEM

WRIA 9 Salmon Funding Recovery Board (SRFB) and Puget Sound Acquisition and

Restoration Fund (PSAR)DECISION ITEM

Mc Sorley Creek at Saltwater State Park, King County $240,000 (PSAR)

Lowman Beach, City of Seattle $295,895 (SRFB) and $154,105 (PSAR)

Green River Riparian Revegetation Project, King County, $500,000 (PSAR)

Maury Island Aquatic Reserve Acquisition 3 , King County $280,855 (PSAR)

WRIA 9 Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration Fund – Large Capacity

ProjectsDECISION ITEM

Approve Downey Farmstead: Phase 2 to compete for PSAR- Large Capacity funding in 2019-2021 for the amount of $5,307,492

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Documents

Project and Program Funding Decisions...Revegetation – Phase 2”, $50,000 • Green River Coalition – “Middle Soos Creek Habitat Improvement Project”, $50,000 • Earth Corps