Common use of PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS Clause in Contracts

PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS. The following programmatic actions are recommended for freshwater lake shorelines within ▇▇▇▇▇ County. • Educate property owners about proper vegetation/landscape maintenance to promote shore stabilization, large woody debris recruitment, and good water quality. • Encourage low impact development practices for shoreline property owners. • Encourage incentive programs for septic users to replace and increase setbacks for septic systems. • Educate private property owners about the negative impacts of shore armoring and overwater structures. • Maintain educational signage about invasive species and water quality protection at all public access points. • Educate boaters about proper waste disposal methods, anchoring techniques, and other best boating practices to minimize habitat damage and prevent water quality contamination. • Encourage incentive programs for shoreline property owners, such as transfer or purchase of development rights and tax incentives for shoreline restoration and protection, and the advantages of conservation easements to permanently protect shorelines. • Provide incentives to encourage restoration as part of redevelopment activities which improve habitat or restore salmonid habitats. • Remove armoring and bulkheads from publicly owned freshwater sites including parks, wherever feasible. Replace with soft shoreline protection if needed. • Remove derelict docks, floats, or other overwater structures that are no longer in use. • Encourage lake associations or stewardship organizations to control invasive aquatic weeds in freshwater lakes. • Maintain or increase shoreline habitat structure along all publicly owned properties. This could include placing large boulders or logs and other large woody debris, establishing native vegetation in disturbed or altered areas including shrub and tree canopy to shade the lake’s riparian zone. • Establish and support lake managements districts to provide a pathway for the development of conservation plans and restoration activities that improve shoreline habitat and water quality, where impaired. • Encourage the development and implementation of lake-specific integrated aquatic vegetation management plans (IAVMPs) to establish protocols for vegetation control (including native nuisance vegetation). The planning process should also be used to identify intact shorelines for conservancy areas and to provide education on lake shoreline management. • Educate homeowners and businesses on the need to minimize use of pesticides (including herbicides and insecticides) and fertilizers and encourage the use of natural, slow-release fertilizers such as compost. Due to the special concerns of excess nitrogen and phosphorous in Hood Canal, the use of fertilizers should be strongly discouraged in the proximity of water (lakes, rivers, streams, or marine waters).

PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS. Certain restoration actions should be broadly and comprehensively implemented on a programmatic basis to help achieve restoration goals. The following programmatic actions are recommended for freshwater lake shorelines within the City of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Which City departments or other entities will take the lead on these actions will be determined in the future. Opportunities to partner with ▇▇▇▇▇ CountyCounty on programmatic efforts should be explored. • Additional opportunities may exist to partner with not-for- profit groups such as the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group and tribal entities. Educate property owners about proper vegetation/landscape maintenance (including preservation of native vegetation along stream/nearshore riparian corridors and integrated pest management techniques) to promote shore stabilization, large woody debris recruitment, recruitment and good water quality. • Encourage low impact development practices for shoreline property ownersowners and limited use of impervious surfaces within shoreline jurisdiction. • Encourage incentive programs for septic users to replace and increase setbacks for septic systems. • Continue to identify failing septic systems and notify landowners of the need for remedial actions. Educate private property owners about the negative impacts of shore armoring and overwater structuresover-water structures and encouraging soft shore protection where shore protection is unavoidable. • Maintain educational signage Educate private property owners about invasive species the negative impacts incorrect application rates of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers can have on water quality protection at all public access pointsquality. • Educate private property owners about the mitigating impacts rain gardens can have on stormwater runoff associated with single family residential development. Educate boaters about proper waste disposal methods, anchoring techniques, and other best boating practices to minimize habitat damage and prevent water quality contamination. • Encourage incentive programs for shoreline property owners, such as transfer or purchase of development rights and tax incentives for shoreline restoration and protection, and the advantages of conservation easements to permanently protect shorelines. • Provide Where shorelines have been modified, provide incentives to encourage restoration as part of redevelopment activities which to include salmonid habitat restoration. Address point sources and non-point sources of pollutant loading to freshwater and marine shorelines. Remove pollutant sources to improve habitat water quality and protect recreational uses. Supplement impaired feeder bluff contribution (mitigate for lost sediment supply) where possible, particularly where down-drift forage fish spawning may benefit. Encourage removal of creosote pilings, docks or other contaminants or derelict structures from the nearshore environment. Encourage replacement of creosote-treated piles with concrete or steel piles. Encourage dike removal, where feasible. Remove blockages to small tributaries to the nearshore such as culverts, fill and structures. Replant/restore riparian vegetation in degraded areas. Restore forested riparian areas and native vegetation in shoreline areas. Remove invasive plants from riparian areas to restore ecological functions. Voluntarily conserve existing forested riparian areas and native vegetation in shoreline areas. Continue to address water allocation and consumptive uses to improve in-stream flows and maintain salmonid habitatshabitat. • This is an important issue specifically for John’s Creek. Assess feasibility of existing armoring removal and soft-shore alternatives for restoration projects along ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek. Restore the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek estuary to improve salmonid rearing opportunities. Implement Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Integrated Streambank Protection Guidelines especially in lower reach of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Creek where current riprap exists. Integrate restoration with flood hazard management efforts to reestablish and protect natural floodplain functions, where feasible. Consider downstream and upstream implications for flood stage and sediment dynamics resulting from restoration projects. Remove armoring and bulkheads from publicly publicly-owned freshwater sites including parks, wherever feasible. Replace with soft shoreline Voluntarily renovate existing docks and piers to allow light penetration for protection if neededof aquatic habitats. • Remove derelict docks, floats, or other overwater structures that are no longer in useEncourage removal of single-use docks and restoration of aquatic habitats. • Encourage lake associations or stewardship organizations to act for the protection of water quality and control of invasive aquatic weeds in freshwater lakes. • Maintain or increase shoreline habitat structure along all publicly owned propertiesRemove culverts and blockages from smaller tributaries and replace with bridges to allow for fish passage and channel migration. This could include placing large boulders or logs Discourage new development in the floodplain and other large woody debris, establishing native vegetation in disturbed or altered areas including shrub and tree canopy to shade the lake’s riparian channel migration zone. • Establish Incorporate native tree and support lake managements districts shrubs plantings as part of planned trail expansions. Manage water withdrawals to provide a pathway for the development of conservation plans address in-stream flows, especially in water-limited basins. Inspect, maintain, and restoration activities that improve shoreline habitat repair leaking or unauthorized septic systems to prevent nutrient and water qualitybacteria loading in streams and bays. Where possible, where impaired. • Encourage the development and implementation of lake-specific integrated aquatic vegetation management plans (IAVMPs) to establish protocols for vegetation control (including native nuisance vegetation). The planning process should also be used to identify intact shorelines for conservancy areas and to provide education on lake shoreline management. • Educate homeowners and businesses on the need to minimize use of pesticides (including herbicides and insecticides) and fertilizers and encourage the use of natural, slow-release fertilizers such as compost. Due to the special concerns of excess nitrogen and phosphorous in Hood Canal, the use of fertilizers public sewer systems should be strongly discouraged in the proximity of water installed to replace on-site septic systems. Reforest commercial forest lands and repair or abandon forest roads. Retrofit stormwater systems using Low Impact Development (lakes, rivers, streams, or marine watersLID).