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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 5 59 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 59 of 339 <br />needed for construction and long-term operation; a planting plan specifying plant <br />species, quantities, locations, size, spacing, and density; source of plant <br />materials, propagules, or seeds; water and nutrient requirements for planting; <br />where appropriate, measures to protect plants from predation; substrate <br />stockpiling techniques and planting instructions; descriptions of water control <br />structures and water-level maintenance practices needed to achieve the <br />necessary hydroperiod characteristics; etc. These written specifications shall be <br />accompanied by detailed site diagrams, scaled cross-sectional drawings, <br />topographic maps showing slope percentage and final grade elevations, and any <br />other drawings appropriate to show construction techniques or anticipated final <br />outcome. The plan shall provide for elevations which are appropriate for the <br />desired habitat type(s). <br />e. Monitoring program: A program outlining the approach for monitoring <br />construction of the compensation project and for assessing a completed project <br />shall be provided. Monitoring may include, but is not limited to: <br /> <br />i. Establishing vegetation plots to track plant establishment/survival, and <br />changes in plant species composition and density over time; <br />ii. Using photo stations to evaluate vegetation community response; <br />iii. Measuring physical parameters such as wetland size, stream dimensions, <br />channel characteristics, buffer width; <br />iv. Monitoring shallow groundwater levels to document hydrologic <br />regimes/hydro-periods; <br />v. Sampling surface and subsurface waters to determine pollutant loading and <br />changes from the natural variability of background conditions (pH, nutrients, <br />heavy metals); <br />vi. Measuring base flow rates and stormwater runoff to model and evaluate <br />water quality predictions, if appropriate; <br />vii. Measuring sedimentation rates, if applicable; and <br />viii. Sampling fish and wildlife populations to determine habitat utilization, <br />species abundance and diversity. <br />f. Monitoring and reporting: A monitoring report shall be submitted annually, at a <br />minimum, documenting milestones, successes, problems, and contingency <br />actions of the compensation project. The compensation project shall be <br />monitored for a period necessary to establish that performance standards have <br />been met, but not for a period less than five (5) years. <br />g. Contingency plan: Identification of potential courses of action, and any corrective <br />measures to be taken when monitoring or evaluation indicates project <br />performance standards are not being met. <br />h. Additional information as specified elsewhere in this Section, as applicable. <br /> <br />F. Regulations—wetland designation, mapping, delineation, and categorization <br />