1. Mason Gulch landscape Management plan Public meeting
November 16, 2016

2. Tonight's Agenda Public Process Timeline
Final Draft Plan Goals and Highlights
Site Work Implementation
Q&A

3. Public Process Timeline
Final Draft LMP Public Review – Current
Permit Application – November 18th
Public Comment Period
Starts no later than 28 days after application
2 week duration
Permit Receipt – anticipated 120 days from permit application

4. FINAL DRAFT PLAN - GOals
Improve Slope Stability
Maximize Stormwater Benefits
Protect Public Infrastructure and Public Safety
Achieve a Sustainable Target Ecosystem
Improve Wildlife Habitat
Develop a Program for Stewardship and Public Involvement
Scenic Views from Public Areas

5. 5 management units

6. Slope cross section

7. Management unit 1 Invasive Dominant (Top of Slope)
Phase One – Preparation and Planting
Identify weeds present and use eradication methods
Remove weed top growth leaving roots in place
Minimize soil disturbance
Install coir erosion control blankets over disturbed soils
Install deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees
Phase Two – Monitoring and Adaptive Management
Monitor during the growing season for the first year
Replace plants that fail and adapt species mix as necessary
Continue to monitor plant establishment for five years
Monitor for slope movement

8. Management units 1 and 2
No work will happen in areas with slopes 80% and over.

9. Management unit 2 – steep slopes, intense restoration
Phased Grid Cell Work
Coppice only previously coppiced deciduous trees leaving one healthiest stem in each tree
Remove 25% of canopy on other deciduous trees only if needed for light (May repeat in subsequent years)
Leave coppiced tree stems lodged against stumps, remove brush
Install coir erosion control blankets throughout cell
Install plants to average five conifers, two deciduous trees per grid cell with dense shrub and groundcover layers
Monitor for plant establishment for five years, supplement planting as needed
Monitor for slope movement  

10. Management Unit 2 – GRID cells with Phasing

11. MU2 – SLOPE CROSS SECTION

12. Management unit 3 – steep Slopes, moderate restoration
  Phase One – Preparation and Planting
Identify weeds present and eradication methods
Remove weed top growth leaving roots in place
Minimize soil disturbance
Install five species of deciduous shrubs and four coniferous tree species
Phase Two – Monitoring and Adaptive Management 
Monitor during the growing season for the first year
Replace plants that fail and adapt species mix as necessary
Continue to monitor plant establishment annually for five years

13. Management unit 4 – Transition zone
 Phase One – Preparation and Planting
Identify weeds present and eradication methods
Remove weed top growth leaving roots in place
Minimize soil disturbance
Install six species of native shrubs, four groundcover species and two coniferous tree species
Phase Two – Monitoring and Adaptive Management 
Monitor during the growing season for the first year
Replace plants that fail and adapt species mix as necessary
Continue to monitor plant establishment for five years

14. Management Unit 5 – Interior valley
Phase One – Preparation and Planting
Identify weeds present and eradication methods
Remove weed top growth leaving roots in place
Minimize soil disturbance
Install three shrub species, two species of emergents, and five tree species
Phase Two – Monitoring and Adaptive Management 
Monitor during the growing season for the first year
Replace plants that fail and adapt species mix as necessary
Continue to monitor plant establishment for five years

15. Site work implementation
Permit received – anticipated March 19th
Winter
Prepare work plan and set up grid system
Summer 2017
Treat invasives /install erosion control
Oct 2017–Mar 2018 – MU1 – one acre and start on MU2 squares as resources allow
Offer Vegetation Modification Request process when approved and available

16. Q & A FIND OUT MORE: www.cityoftacoma.org/mason CITY CONTACT:
Desiree Pooley, (253)