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No groundwater will be withdrawn; excavations for buildings will not extend into the
groundwater table; and no groundwater discharge is associated with the Project. In addition,
stormwater management for each specific use shall be required to manage surface water flow
and allow groundwater infiltration. Lastly, the storage of chemicals and petroleum shall be
done in strict accordance with applicable state and federal regulations to ensure the avoidance
of potential releases to groundwater and/or surface waters.
The Stormwater Management Preliminary Report attached in the DGEIS evaluated the full
build-out of the Project and the impact that the development may have on the Project Site. At
full build out, the Project translates to an increase in impervious service areas of approximately
490 acres as compared to existing conditions. Impervious surfaces will be generally introduced
in the forms of buildings, roads, and parking lots.
On the other hand, the Project will provide significant benefits to existing water resources
including the enhancement and protection of approximately 97 acres of wetlands and 24,000
linear feet of streams and upland buffers, as well as offsite wetland stream and buffer
mitigation in the southeastern portion of the Whitney Creek watershed, including wetland
restoration, invasive species eradication/control, planting of native vegetation, establishment
of forested stream buffers, and the creation of legal mechanisms for permanent control.
From a watershed perspective, preservation of existing, high-quality resources that secure
connectivity between existing habitat and preservation areas is most important on the Project
Site. Restoration of wetlands and stream buffers is a priority in the upper reaches of the
watershed that is southeast of the Project Site where greater impacts to aquatic resources have
already occurred. The mitigation strategies outlined below will yield the greatest benefit to the
function of the watershed as a whole through protected enhancement of headwater streams,
wetlands and stream buffers on-site and in the lower reaches, as well as restoration of
wetlands and stream buffers in the highly fragmented upper reaches of the Whitney Creek
watershed.
Minimization and Mitigation Measures
Surface water resources potentially impacted by the Project are avoided, minimized and/or
mitigated to the maximum extent practicable. Design revisions made to the Project have
significantly reduced potential wetland impacts from approximately 69 acres to 9.54 acres. In
order to minimize and avoid impacts to surface water resources and allow for stream buffer
enhancement opportunities, a minimum buffer of 100 feet shall be established on either side of
Whitney Creek. In addition, the third drainage way (Unnamed Stream No. 1) shall be re-routed
into the second corridor (Unnamed Stream No. 2) to accommodate flow and to provide
hydrology for the enhancement and the restoration of wetlands and streams in the protected
corridor.
Best management practices shall be employed in order to minimize impacts to streams in other
waters within the Project Site during proposed construction, utility installation and
transportation facilities. The following best management practices will be implemented:
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