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Baseline Monitoring Report Baseline Monitoring Report First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach ACOE Permit: SAJ-2019-01762 SFWMD Permit: 50-102946-P SFWMD Application Number: 200117-2648 West Palm Beach, Florida Prepared For: South Florida Water Management District and US Army Corps of Engineers Prepared By: Jim Goldasich, SPWS 11/25/2020 J. J. Goldasich and Associates, Incorporated Boca Raton, Florida This report provides the Baseline conditions for the wetland mitigation area for this project. Baseline Wetland Monitoring Report November 25, 2020 ACOE: SAJ-2019-01762 SFWMD: 50-102946-P West Palm Beach, Florida JGA File 19 - 1454 Page 2 of 9 Contents Introduction: ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Vegetation: ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Site Photo #1: Existing wetland vegetation, false buttonweed (Spermacoce glabra). ...................... 3 Site Photo #2: Current site conditions at the proposed wetland mitigation area. ............................. 4 Site Photo #3: Current pond conditions. .......................................................................................... 4 Figure 1: Site Aerial ............................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 2: Current Site Conditions Map................................................................................................ 6 Soil Survey Soils: ............................................................................................................................... 7 Site Photo #4: Typical soil profile onsite. ......................................................................................... 7 Site Photo #5: Typical wetland soil profile onsite............................................................................. 7 Surface Hydrology: ............................................................................................................................. 8 UMAM Summary Sheet................ ..................................................................................................... 9 Baseline Wetland Monitoring Report November 25, 2020 ACOE: SAJ-2019-01762 SFWMD: 50-102946-P West Palm Beach, Florida JGA File 19 - 1454 Page 3 of 9 Introduction: The total site is approximately 30.25 acres in size and is located at -800 5’ 33.785” (-80.0927180) West Longitude and 260 45’ 13.626” (26.7537850) North Latitude approximately 3,760 feet (3/4 mile) south of 45th Street on the north side of Village Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida (see Figure 1, Site Aerial). The wetland is located in the northeast end of the overall site. The overall site conditions are an open urban field / primarily dry prairie and the wetland mitigation area will be in the area that is now an isolated pond, and entrained area with wetland characteristics. The Florida Land Use Cover and Forms Classification System (FLUCCS) designation for the subject parcel is “Open Land- Urban” / “Herbaceous Prairie” (FLUCCS 1900 / 3100). The northern boundary is a “Lake and Reservoir” (FLUCCS 5300), to the south is Village Boulevard “Roads and Highways” (FLUCCS 8140), the westerly adjacent properties contain “Medium Density, Fixed Single Family Units” (FLUCCS 1210) and “Commercial and Services” (FLUCCS 1400). The eastern boundary is Interstate 95 “Roads and Highways” (FLUCCS 8140). The site specific FLUCCS and Natural Systems found on the site include an open urban prairie and shrubby wetland with freshwater marsh (FLUCCS 6172, 6410), (see Figure 2, Current Conditions Map). The proposed wetland mitigation area will be in the areas that are now exotic dominated marsh and shrubby wetlands. These areas are dominated by open water, spatterdock (Nuphar lutea), cattail (Typha spp.), and Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius). Vegetation: The ground cover and herbaceous vegetation along the perimeter of the proposed wetland area is dominated by various grasses and herbaceous plants such as false buttonweed (Spermacoce glabra), umbrella grass (Hydrocotyle umbellata), Virginia buttonweed (Diodia virginiana), St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), creeping oxeye (Wedelia triloba), flat sedge (Cyperus filiculmis), torpedo grass (Panicum repens), Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) and herb-of-Grace (Bacopa monnieri). Even though these plants are wetland plants, removal and replacement with marsh plants is proposed as part of the wetland mitigation plan. Site Photo #1: Existing wetland vegetation, false buttonweed (Spermacoce glabra). Baseline Wetland Monitoring Report November 25, 2020 ACOE: SAJ-2019-01762 SFWMD: 50-102946-P West Palm Beach, Florida JGA File 19 - 1454 Page 4 of 9 The areas within the limits of the pond that will become part of the wetland mitigation area are currently dominated by cattail and torpedo grass. The vegetation in these areas will be removed and replaced with suitable freshwater marsh vegetation Site Photo #2: Current site conditions at the proposed wetland mitigation area. The area of the proposed wetland mitigation area “deep marsh” is currently unvegetated or vegetated with sparse spatterdock or bladderwort (Utricularia spp.). These areas will be filled to make them more suitable for growth of deep marsh vegetation according to the planting plan and project design plans in the permit. Site Photo #3: Current pond conditions. 80°5'30"W R = 870.96' D = 21° 27' 17" L = 326.14' TOP OF BANK DRAINAGE R/W (100.00' TOTAL R/W) N80°40'16"E 343.83' R = 193.57' D = 78° 59' 46" L = 266.88' R = 460.00' D = 63° 02' 59" L = 506.20' R = 1737.13' D = 3° 12' 06" S1°07'19"W 108.04' L = 97.07' N87°19'32"W 168.97' TOP OFBANK R = 4433.75' D = 2° 56' 42" L = 227.89' TOP OF BANK N17°37'18"E 392.84' DRAINAGE R/W CONC. WALK R = 1969.86' CONC. CURB & GUTTER D = 3° 57' 03" L = 135.83' TOP OF BANK CONC. WALK N52°58'40"W (RADIAL) TOP OFBANK INTERS95 TATE UTILITY EASEM ENT O.R.B. 3554 PG. 378 LAKE BANK MA INTENA NCE ALONG PROPERTY BOUNDARY O.R.B. 4387 PG. 1879 SPENCER DRIVE TRANSFORMER PAD R = 1969.86' D = 25° 07' 53" L = 864.03' LAKE BANK MA INTENA NCE ALONG PROPERTY BOUNDARY O.R.B. 4387 PG. 1879 N R/W LINE OF WATER SUP PLY CANAL (P.B. 32, PG. 1) TOP OF BANK 26°45'0"N 26°45'0"N 80°5'30"W Document Name: Aerial_v2 Name: Document www.GoldasichEnvironmental.com J. J. Goldasich and Associates, Incorporated #1 Revise Wetland 04/26/2019 Revised: 06/05/2019 Alliance Residential Overall Site #2 410 205 0 410 Wetland Areas and Ecological Services (561) 883-9555 Isolated Pond Area Map #3 [email protected] Feet Natural System Analysis West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida 1:3,800 DESIGN/PERMIT-BUILD-MAINTAIN Seagrass to Sawgrass O #4 © 2011 JJ Goldasich and Associates, Incorporated; All Rights Reserved 80.091667° W Legend Approximate Site Limits (~30.25 ac.) Rangeland-Urban (FLUCCS 3100/1900) Surface Waters (~9.8 ac. lake, ~1.8 ac. pond)(FLUCCS 5300) Wetland Characteristics (~0.8 ac.) (FLUCCS 6172, 6410) The wetland mitigation area will be located in the areas that are now listed as "pond" and "wetland characteristics". Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community 26.75° N 26.75° N 26.75° 80.091667° W Document Name: Document Imagery with Labels_v2 www.GoldasichEnvironmental.com J. J. Goldasich and Associates, Incorporated #1 04/26/2019 Revised: 05/01/2019 Alliance Residential Overall Site #2 390 195 0 390 Natural Systems and Ecological Services (561) 883-9555 Site Specific FLUCCS Map #3 [email protected] Feet Natural System Analysis West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida 1:10,000 DESIGN/PERMIT-BUILD-MAINTAIN Seagrass to Sawgrass O #4 © 2011 JJ Goldasich and Associates, Incorporated; All Rights Reserved Baseline Wetland Monitoring Report November 25, 2020 ACOE: SAJ-2019-01762 SFWMD: 50-102946-P West Palm Beach, Florida JGA File 19 - 1454 Page 7 of 9 Soil Survey Soils: The soils on the site contain both Udorthent and wetland soils. The area of the proposed wetland mitigation site contain suitable wetland soils that will be retained onsite for use in the final wetland mitigation area as a planting media. Site Photo #4: Typical soil profile onsite. The soil conditions documented on the site suggested that the majority of the site had been filled with Udorthent type soils. The soils are dry in the upper 12 inches and generally uniform in color at a light brown (10YR 5/1) to (10YR 6/2) mixture. In some soil plugs, the upper 2 inches contained a dark brown soil layer (10YR 4/2). However, the areas adjacent to the isolated pond contains soils that have a 5-inch-thick dark brown (10YR 2/1) layer of mucky mineral soil over 10 inches of light brown (10YR 6/3) sandy soil. The lower layers of the soil profile contain redox features that are orange (10YR 5/8) in color. This soil type is consistent with wetland soil conditions and will be incorporated into the wetland mitigation area to provide suitable wetland planting media for growth and development of wetland vegetation. Site Photo #5: Typical wetland soil profile onsite. Baseline Wetland Monitoring Report November 25, 2020 ACOE: SAJ-2019-01762 SFWMD: 50-102946-P West Palm Beach, Florida JGA File 19 - 1454 Page 8 of 9 Surface Hydrology: The area of the proposed wetland mitigation site is either too deep or too shallow for a freshwater marsh community. Depths currently range in
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