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Guarantee Number: 3236808

CLTA #14 Subdivision Guarantee (4-10-75)

Washington

First American Title Insurance Company

7502 Lakewood Drive West, Ste A

Lakewood, WA 98499

September 30, 2019

Rick Bond

Gray & Osborne

1130 Rainier Avenue South Suite 300

Seattle, WA 98144

Phone: (206)284-0860

Fax: (206)283-3206

Title Officer:

Lisa Polosky

Phone:

(253)382-2811

Fax No.:

(253)382-2883

E-Mail:

lpolosky@firstam.com

Order Number:

3236808

Owner:

City of Dupont

Property:

1700 to 1780 Civic Drive

Dupont, Washington 98327

Attached please find the following item(s):

Guarantee

Thank You for your confidence and support. We at First American Title Insurance Company maintain the

fundamental principle:

Customer First!

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Guarantee

Subdivision Guarantee

ISSUED BY

First American Title Insurance Company

GUARANTEE NUMBER

5003353-3236808

SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE, THE LIMITS OF LIABILITY AND THE CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS OF THIS

GUARANTEE,

FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY

a Nebraska corporation, herein called the Company

GUARANTEES

Gray & Osborne

the Assured named in Schedule A against actual monetary loss or damage not exceeding the liability stated in Schedule

A, which the Assured shall sustain by reason of any incorrectness in the assurances set forth in Schedule A.

This jacket was created electronically and constitutes an original document

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SCHEDULE OF EXCLUSIONS FROM COVERAGE OF THIS GUARANTEE

1. Except to the extent that specific assurances are provided in

Schedule A of this Guarantee, the Company assumes no

liability for loss or damage by reason of the following:

(a) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other

matters against the title, whether or not shown by the

public records.

(b) (1) Taxes or assessments of any taxing authority that

levies taxes or assessments on real property; or, (2)

Proceedings by a public agency which may result in taxes

or assessments, or notices of such proceedings, whether

or not the matters excluded under (1) or (2) are shown

by the records of the taxing authority or by the public

records.

exceptions in patents or in Acts authorizing the issuance

thereof; (3) water rights, claims or title to water, whether

or not the matters excluded under (1), (2) or (3) are

shown by the public records.

2. Notwithstanding any specific assurances which are provided in

Schedule A of this Guarantee, the Company assumes no

liability for loss or damage by reason of the following:

(a) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters

affecting the title to any property beyond the lines of the land

expressly described in the description set forth in Schedule (A),

avenues, lanes, ways or waterways to which such land abuts,

or the right to maintain therein vaults, tunnels, ramps or any

structure or improvements; or any rights or easements therein,

unless such property, rights or easements are expressly and

specifically set forth in said description.

(b) Defects, liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or other matters,

whether or not shown by the public records; (1) which are

created, suffered, assumed or agreed to by one or more of the

Assureds; (2) which result in no loss to the Assured; or (3)

which do not result in the invalidity or potential invalidity of any

judicial or non-judicial proceeding which is within the scope

and purpose of the assurances provided.

(d) The validity, legal effect or priority of any matter shown or

referred to in this Guarantee.

GUARANTEE CONDITIONS AND STIPULATIONS

1. Definition of Terms.

The following terms when used in the Guarantee mean:

(a) the "Assured": the party or parties named as the

Assured in this Guarantee, or on a supplemental writing

executed by the Company.

(b) "land": the land described or referred to in Schedule

(A)(C) or in Part 2, and improvements affixed thereto

which by law constitute real property. The term "land"

does not include any property beyond the lines of the

area described or referred to in Schedule (A)(C) or in

Part 2, nor any right, title, interest, estate or easement in

abutting streets, roads, avenues, alleys, lanes, ways or

waterways.

other security instrument.

(d) "public records": records established under state

statutes at Date of Guarantee for the purpose of

imparting constructive notice of matters relating to real

property to purchasers for value and without knowledge.

(e) "date": the effective date.

2. Notice of Claim to be Given by Assured Claimant.

An Assured shall notify the Company promptly in writing in

case knowledge shall come to an Assured hereunder of any

claim of title or interest which is adverse to the title to the

estate or interest, as stated herein, and which might cause

loss or damage for which the Company may be liable by

virtue of this Guarantee. If prompt notice shall not be given

to the Company, then all liability of the Company shall

terminate with regard to the matter or matters for which

prompt notice is required; provided, however, that failure to

notify the Company shall in no case prejudice the rights of

any Assured unless the Company shall be prejudiced by the

failure and then only to the extent of the prejudice.

3. No Duty to Defend or Prosecute.

The Company shall have no duty to defend or prosecute any

action or proceeding to which the Assured is a party,

notwithstanding the nature of any allegation in such action or

proceeding.

4. Company's Option to Defend or Prosecute Actions; Duty of

Assured Claimant to Cooperate.

Even though the Company has no duty to defend or prosecute as

set forth in Paragraph 3 above:

(a) The Company shall have the right, at its sole option and cost,

to institute and prosecute any action or proceeding, interpose a

defense, as limited in (b), or to do any other act which in its

opinion may be necessary or desirable to establish the title to

the estate or interest as stated herein, or to establish the lien

rights of the Assured, or to prevent or reduce loss or damage

to the Assured. The Company may take any appropriate action

under the terms of this Guarantee, whether or not it shall be

liable hereunder, and shall not thereby concede liability or

waive any provision of this Guarantee. If the Company shall

exercise its rights under this paragraph, it shall do so diligently.

(b) If the Company elects to exercise its options as stated in

Paragraph 4(a) the Company shall have the right to select

counsel of its choice (subject to the right of such Assured to

object for reasonable cause) to represent the Assured and shall

not be liable for and will not pay the fees of any other counsel,

nor will the Company pay any fees, costs or expenses incurred

by an Assured in the defense of those causes of action which

allege matters not covered by this Guarantee.

interposed a defense as permitted by the provisions of this

Guarantee, the Company may pursue any litigation to final

determination by a court of competent jurisdiction and

expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to appeal

from an adverse judgment or order.

(d) In all cases where this Guarantee permits the Company to

prosecute or provide for the defense of any action or

proceeding, an Assured shall secure to the Company the right

to so prosecute or provide for the defense of any action or

proceeding, and all appeals therein, and permit the Company

to use, at its option, the name of such Assured for this

purpose. Whenever requested by the Company, an Assured, at

the Company's expense, shall give the Company all

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reasonable aid in any action or proceeding, securing

evidence, obtaining witnesses, prosecuting or defending

the action or lawful act which in the opinion of the

Company may be necessary or desirable to establish the

title to the estate or interest as stated herein, or to

establish the lien rights of the Assured. If the Company

is prejudiced by the failure of the Assured to furnish the

required cooperation, the Company's obligations to the

Assured under the Guarantee shall terminate.

5. Proof of Loss or Damage.

In addition to and after the notices required under Section 2

of these Conditions and Stipulations have been provided to

the Company, a proof of loss or damage signed and sworn to

by the Assured shall be furnished to the Company within

ninety (90) days after the Assured shall ascertain the facts

giving rise to the loss or damage. The proof of loss or

damage shall describe the matters covered by this Guarantee

which constitute the basis of loss or damage and shall state,

to the extent possible, the basis of calculating the amount of

the loss or damage. If the Company is prejudiced by the

failure of the Assured to provide the required proof of loss or

damage, the Company's obligation to such assured under the

Guarantee shall terminate. In addition, the Assured may

reasonably be required to submit to examination under oath

by any authorized representative of the Company and shall

produce for examination, inspection and copying, at such

reasonable times and places as may be designated by any

authorized representative of the Company, all records, books,

ledgers, checks, correspondence and memoranda, whether

bearing a date before or after Date of Guarantee, which

reasonably pertain to the loss or damage. Further, if

requested by any authorized representative of the Company,

the Assured shall grant its permission, in writing, for any

authorized representative of the Company to examine, inspect

and copy all records, books, ledgers, checks, correspondence

and memoranda in the custody or control of a third party,

which reasonably pertain to the loss or damage. All

information designated as confidential by the Assured

provided to the Company pursuant to this Section shall not be

disclosed to others unless, in the reasonable judgment of the

Company, it is necessary in the administration of the claim.

Failure of the Assured to submit for examination under oath,

produce other reasonably requested information or grant

permission to secure reasonably necessary information from

third parties as required in the above paragraph, unless

prohibited by law or governmental regulation, shall terminate

any liability of the Company under this Guarantee to the

Assured for that claim.

6. Options to Pay or Otherwise Settle Claims:

Termination of Liability.

In case of a claim under this Guarantee, the Company shall

have the following additional options:

(a) To Pay or Tender Payment of the Amount of Liability or

to Purchase the Indebtedness.

The Company shall have the option to pay or settle or

compromise for or in the name of the Assured any claim

which could result in loss to the Assured within the

coverage of this Guarantee, or to pay the full amount of

this Guarantee or, if this Guarantee is issued for the

benefit of a holder of a mortgage or a lienholder, the

Company shall have the option to purchase the

indebtedness secured by said mortgage or said lien for the

amount owing thereon, together with any costs, reasonable

attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Assured claimant

which were authorized by the Company up to the time of

purchase.

Such purchase, payment or tender of payment of the full

amount of the Guarantee shall terminate all liability of the

Company hereunder. In the event after notice of claim has

been given to the Company by the Assured the Company offers

to purchase said indebtedness, the owner of such indebtedness

shall transfer and assign said indebtedness, together with any

collateral security, to the Company upon payment of the

purchase price.

Upon the exercise by the Company of the option provided for

in Paragraph (a) the Company's obligation to the Assured

under this Guarantee for the claimed loss or damage, other

than to make the payment required in that paragraph, shall

terminate, including any obligation to continue the defense or

prosecution of any litigation for which the Company has

exercised its options under Paragraph 4, and the Guarantee

shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation.

(b) To Pay or Otherwise Settle With Parties Other Than the

Assured or With the Assured Claimant.

To pay or otherwise settle with other parties for or in the name

of an Assured claimant any claim assured against under this

Guarantee, together with any costs, attorneys' fees and

expenses incurred by the Assured claimant which were

authorized by the Company up to the time of payment and

which the Company is obligated to pay.

Upon the exercise by the Company of the option provided for

in Paragraph (b) the Company's obligation to the Assured

under this Guarantee for the claimed loss or damage, other

than to make the payment required in that paragraph, shall

terminate, including any obligation to continue the defense or

prosection of any litigation for which the Company has

exercised its options under Paragraph 4.

7. Determination and Extent of Liability.

This Guarantee is a contract of Indemnity against actual monetary

loss or damage sustained or incurred by the Assured claimant who

has suffered loss or damage by reason of reliance upon the

assurances set forth in this Guarantee and only to the extent herein

described, and subject to the Exclusions From Coverage of This

Guarantee.

The liability of the Company under this Guarantee to the Assured

shall not exceed the least of:

(a) the amount of liability stated in Schedule A or in Part 2;

(b) the amount of the unpaid principal indebtedness secured by

the mortgage of an Assured mortgagee, as limited or provided

under Section 6 of these Conditions and Stipulations or as

reduced under Section 9 of these Conditions and Stipulations,

at the time the loss or damage assured against by this

Guarantee occurs, together with interest thereon; or

covered hereby as stated herein and the value of the estate or

interest subject to any defect, lien or encumbrance assured

against by this Guarantee.

8. Limitation of Liability.

(a) If the Company establishes the title, or removes the alleged

defect, lien or encumbrance, or cures any other matter assured

against by this Guarantee in a reasonably diligent manner by

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any method, including litigation and the completion of

any appeals therefrom, it shall have fully performed its

obligations with respect to that matter and shall not be

liable for any loss or damage caused thereby.

(b) In the event of any litigation by the Company or with the

Company's consent, the Company shall have no liability

for loss or damage until there has been a final

determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, and

disposition of all appeals therefrom, adverse to the title,

as stated herein.

any Assured for liability voluntarily assumed by the

Assured in settling any claim or suit without the prior

written consent of the Company.

9. Reduction of Liability or Termination of Liability.

All payments under this Guarantee, except payments made

for costs, attorneys' fees and expenses pursuant to Paragraph

4 shall reduce the amount of liability pro tanto.

10. Payment of Loss.

(a) No payment shall be made without producing this

Guarantee for endorsement of the payment unless the

Guarantee has been lost or destroyed, in which case

proof of loss or destruction shall be furnished to the

satisfaction of the Company.

(b) When liability and the extent of loss or damage has been

definitely fixed in accordance with these Conditions and

Stipulations, the loss or damage shall be payable within

thirty (30) days thereafter.

11. Subrogation Upon Payment or Settlement.

Whenever the Company shall have settled and paid a claim

under this Guarantee, all right of subrogation shall vest in the

Company unaffected by any act of the Assured claimant.

The Company shall be subrogated to and be entitled to all

rights and remedies which the Assured would have had

against any person or property in respect to the claim had this

Guarantee not been issued. If requested by the Company,

the Assured shall transfer to the Company all rights and

remedies against any person or property necessary in order to

perfect this right of subrogation. The Assured shall permit the

Company to sue, compromise or settle in the name of the

Assured and to use the name of the Assured in any

transaction or litigation involving these rights or remedies.

If a payment on account of a claim does not fully cover the

loss of the Assured the Company shall be subrogated to all

rights and remedies of the Assured after the Assured shall

have recovered its principal, interest, and costs of collection.

12. Arbitration.

Unless prohibited by applicable law, either the Company or the

Assured may demand arbitration pursuant to the Title Insurance

Arbitration Rules of the American Land Title Association. Arbitrable

matters may include, but are not limited to, any controversy or

claim between the Company and the Assured arising out of or

relating to this Guarantee, any service of the Company in

connection with its issuance or the breach of a Guarantee provision

or other obligation. All arbitrable matters when the Amount of

Liability is $2,000,000 or less shall be arbitrated at the option of

either the Company or the Assured. All arbitrable matters when the

amount of liability is in excess of $2,000,000 shall be arbitrated only

when agreed to by both the Company and the Assured. The Rules

in effect at Date of Guarantee shall be binding upon the parties.

The award may include attorneys' fees only if the laws of the state

in which the land is located permits a court to award attorneys' fees

to a prevailing party. Judgment upon the award rendered by the

Arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction

thereof.

The law of the situs of the land shall apply to an arbitration under

the Title Insurance Arbitration Rules.

A copy of the Rules may be obtained from the Company upon

request.

13. Liability Limited to This Guarantee; Guarantee Entire

Contract.

(a) This Guarantee together with all endorsements, if any,

attached hereto by the Company is the entire Guarantee and

contract between the Assured and the Company. In

interpreting any provision of this Guarantee, this Guarantee

shall be construed as a whole.

(b) Any claim of loss or damage, whether or not based on

negligence, or any action asserting such claim, shall be

restricted to this Guarantee.

made except by a writing endorsed hereon or attached hereto

signed by either the President, a Vice President, the Secretary,

an Assistant Secretary, or validating officer or authorized

signatory of the Company.

14. Notices, Where Sent.

All notices required to be given the Company and any statement in

writing required to be furnished the Company shall include the

number of this Guarantee and shall be addressed to the Company

at First American Title Insurance Company, Attn: Claims

National Intake Center, 1 First American Way, Santa Ana,

California 92707 Claims.NIC@firstam.com Phone: 888-632-

1642 Fax: 877-804-7606

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Schedule A

Subdivision Guarantee

ISSUED BY

First American Title Insurance Company

GUARANTEE NUMBER

3236808

Order No.: 3236808

Liability: $2,000.00

Fee: $350.00

Tax: $34.65

Name of Assured: Gray & Osborne

Date of Guarantee: September 20, 2019

The assurances referred to on the face page hereof are:

1. Title is vested in:

City of Dupont, a municipal corporation

2. That, according to the public records relative to the land described in Schedule C attached hereto

(including those records maintained and indexed by name), there are no other documents affecting

title to said land or any portion thereof, other than those shown under Record Matters in Schedule B.

3. The following matters are excluded from the coverage of this Guarantee

A. Unpatented Mining Claims, reservations or exceptions in patents or in acts authorizing the issuance

thereof.

B. Water rights, claims or title to water.

C. Tax Deeds to the State of Washington.

D. Documents pertaining to mineral estates.

4. No guarantee is given nor liability assumed with respect to the validity, legal effect or priority of any

matter shown herein.

5. This Guarantee is restricted to the use of the Assured for the purpose of providing title evidence as

may be required when subdividing land pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 58.17, R.C.W., and the

local regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to said statute. It is not to be used as a basis for

closing any transaction affecting title to said property.

6. Any sketch attached hereto is done so as a courtesy only and is not part of any title commitment,

guarantee or policy. It is furnished solely for the purpose of assisting in locating the premises and

First American expressly disclaims any liability which may result from reliance made upon it.

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Schedule B

Subdivision Guarantee

ISSUED BY

First American Title Insurance Company

GUARANTEE NUMBER

3236808

RECORD MATTERS

1. General taxes for the year 2019, which have been paid.

Tax Account No.:

0119266004 (Lot 1)

Amount:

10.82

Assessed Land Value:

2,555,000.00

Assessed Improvement Value:

0.00

The taxes for the current year reflect an exemption for Municipal Corp and Misc Taxing Districts. Any

curtailment of the exemption may result in an additional amount being due for the current year and

for any re-assessment of land and improvement values.

2. General taxes for the year 2019, which have been paid.

Tax Account No.:

0119266002 (Lot 2)

Amount:

9.61

Assessed Land Value:

260,300.00

Assessed Improvement Value:

0.00

The taxes for the current year reflect an exemption for Municipal Corp and Misc Taxing Districts. Any

curtailment of the exemption may result in an additional amount being due for the current year and

for any re-assessment of land and improvement values.

3. Taxes which may be assessed and extended on any subsequent roll for the tax year 2019, with

respect to new improvements and the first occupancy which may be included on the regular

assessment roll and which are an accruing lien not yet due or payable.

4. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

755683

In Favor of:

Puget Sound Power & Light Company

For:

electrical transmission and/or distribution line

Modification and/or amendment by instrument:

Recording Information:

1362684

5. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

1362683

In Favor of:

Puget Sound Power & Light Company

For:

electrical transmission and/or distribution line

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6. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

2015421

In Favor of:

Puget Sound Power & Light Company

For:

electrical transmission and/or distribution line

7. Reservations and exceptions, including the terms and conditions thereof:

Reserving:

minerals

Reserved By:

Weyerhaeuser Company

Recorded:

February 2, 1990

Recording Information:

9002020329

We note no examination has been made regarding the transfer or taxation of the reserved rights.

Modification and/or amendment by instrument:

Recording Information:

9405130746

8. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

9004190543

In Favor of:

Puget Sound Power & Light Company

For:

utilities

9. Covenants, conditions, restrictions and/or easements; but deleting any covenant, condition or

restriction indicating a preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,

handicap, family status, or national origin to the extent such covenants, conditions or restrictions

violate Title 42, Section 3604(c), of the United States Codes:

Recording Information:

9208240297, including all amendments thereto

Assignment of Declarant Rights recorded under Recording No. 200201080843.

10. Provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Northwest Landing Commercial

Owners Association, and any tax, fee, assessments or charges as may be levied by said

association.

11. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

9511200886

In Favor of:

Puget Sound Power & Light Company

For:

underground electric system

Affects:

Easterly portion said premises

12. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

9205210946

In Favor of:

City of Dupont

For:

Landscape easement

Affects:

Easterly portion said premises

13. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

9601090362

In Favor of:

owners

For:

Landscaping, pedestrian access and utility

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14. Covenants, conditions, restrictions and/or easements; but deleting any covenant, condition or

restriction indicating a preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,

handicap, family status, or national origin to the extent such covenants, conditions or restrictions

violate Title 42, Section 3604(c), of the United States Codes:

Recording Information:

9712230865

15. Covenants, conditions, restrictions and/or easements; but deleting any covenant, condition or

restriction indicating a preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex,

handicap, family status, or national origin to the extent such covenants, conditions or restrictions

violate Title 42, Section 3604(c), of the United States Codes:

Recording Information:

9910290750

16. The terms and provisions contained in the document entitled "Notice Regarding historic District

Designation and Declaration of Covenant"

Recorded:

February 12, 2001

Recording No.:

200101120143

Modification and/or amendment by instrument:

Recording Information:

200606120310

17. The terms and provisions contained in the document entitled "Declaration of Covenant Regarding Fire

Station"

Recorded:

February 16, 2006

Recording No.:

200602160943

18. The terms and provisions contained in the document entitled "Declaration of Restrictive Covenant -

Commercial"

Recorded:

July 25, 2006

Recording No.:

200607251021

19. The terms and provisions contained in the document entitled "Declaration of Restrictive Covenant -

Commercial"

Recorded:

July 25, 2006

Recording No.:

200607251022

20. Terms, covenants, conditions and/or provisions as contained in an easement serving said premises,

as contained in instrument:

Recording Information:

200708100582

For:

Temporary construction easement and permanent

access and utility easement

21. Any and all offers of dedication, conditions, restrictions, easements, boundary discrepancies or

encroachments, notes and/or provisions shown or disclosed by Short Plat recorded August 15, 2007,

under recording number 200708155002.

Affidavit of Minor Correction of Survey recorded under Recording No. 200712180504.

22. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

200708270208

In Favor of:

Pierce County

For:

Sanitary sewer

Affects:

Northeasterly portion Lot 2

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23. The terms and provisions contained in the document entitled "Declaration of Restrictive Covenant

Commercial - Lot A"

Recorded:

October 26, 2007

Recording No.:

200710260184

24. The terms and provisions contained in the document entitled "Declaration of Restrictive Covenant

Commercial - Lot B"

Recorded:

October 26, 2007

Recording No.:

200710260185

25. Easement, including terms and provisions contained therein:

Recording Information:

200804111004

In Favor of:

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.

For:

gas and electricity

26. Unrecorded leaseholds, if any, rights of vendors and security agreement on personal property and

rights of tenants, and secured parties to remove trade fixtures at the expiration of the term.

Informational Notes, if any

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Schedule C

Subdivision Guarantee

ISSUED BY

First American Title Insurance Company

GUARANTEE NUMBER

3236808

The land in the County of Pierce, State of Washington, described as follows:

Lots 1 and 2, Pierce County Short Plat No. 200708155002, according to Short Plat recorded August 15,

2007, records of Pierce County, Washington.

Situate in the County of Pierce, State of Washington.

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Preliminary Short Plat Application Page 1 of 2 (Revised 9/24/2014)

www.ci.dupont.wa.us

City of DuPont

Preliminary Short Plat

Application

Phone 253-912-5393 1700 Civic Drive

DuPont, WA 98327

www.dupontwa.gov

Fax 253-964-1455

City File Number: ___________________________

All information listed in this application, or by applicable ordinance, must be submitted in order for a

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conformance with adopted policies and requirements.

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DUPONT PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY- SOUTH SITE

CITY OF DUPONT

XXX CIVIC DRIVE, DUPONT, WA 98327

253

912-5211

253

964-3554

DOM MILLER, P.E. GRAY & OSBORNE, INC

360

292-7481

360

292-7517

The project is for the City of DuPont Public Works Facility, which will be located just south

of the existng Public Safety Building. The proposed facility will include decant facility,

vehicle wash, and a brine station for deicing.

4.459 Acres

1 Lot to 2 Lots

20,700 SF Lot 1 173,544 SF Lot 2

0.475 Acres Lot 1 3.984 Acres Lot 2

Civic Drive

160 LF

N/A

Preliminary Plat Application Page 2 of 2 Revised (9/24/2014)

Required Plans, Information and Fee:

(Quantity and minimum scale of each item or drawing is indicated in parenthesis. Engineering related

plans shall be no larger than 24 by 36 inch sheet size) Short Plat Site Plat shall be on 18inch by 24

inch sheets.

□ Vicinity Map (include as part of site plan),

□ Short Plat Site Plan drawn at one inch equals 20 feet (1:20 scale, 7 each),

□ Topographic information at two foot elevation (1:20 scale, 7 each)

□ Existing Tree Plan identifying location, size and species of all landmark, historic and specimen

trees and trees to be retained (1:20 scale, 7 each),

□ Grading Plan with estimated dimensions and quantities of work involved (1:20 scale horizontal

and two foot contour interval vertical, 7 each),

□ A Temporary Erosion and Sediment Control (TESC) Plan shall be provided, including details

and City Standard TESC notes.

□ Storm Drainage and Utility Plan (1:20 scale, 7 each), Existing utilities and easements shall be

shown.

□ Preliminary Stormwater Management Report and calculations (3 each),

□ Roadway cross sections, (single line dimension, 7 each),

□ One each 8 by 11 inch reduction of all drawings,

□ Average daily trips generated by the proposal based on the International Transportation

Engineers Trip Generation Manual (2 each),

□ Title report of subject site that is less than 30 days old,

□ Draft of proposed covenants, conditions and restrictions related to the maintenance of open

space or commonly owned improvements, if applicable (2 each),

□ Letter of Sewer Availability from Pierce County (2 each),

□ Letter of Water Availability from City of DuPont (2 each),

□ Completed environmental checklist (2 each),

□ Pre-stamped envelopes addressed to all property owners within 300 feet of the subject site and

list of addresses (1 each). Be sure to include envelopes for the applicant and applicant’s

representative.

□ Completed Preliminary Short Plat Application (1 each),

□ Completed Agent Affidavit (1 each),

□ Filing fee(s).

Note:

Fill out and return this application with all material listed in the Required Plans, Information and Fee

section. All plans must be folded to 8½ by 11 inch size. Submittal of all required plans, information and

fees constitutes a complete application. You will be contacted by the City within 28 days of formal

application submittal regarding whether the application is complete. Site work may not start until all

necessary permits have been obtained. Paper or electronic drawings of the proposal may be requested

for presentation purposes.

________________________________________ _______________________________________

(Applicant Signature) (Date) (Print name)

EAST ELEVATION

WEST ELEVATION

DECANT/VEHICLE WASH/DEICING FACILITY

BUILDING ELEVATIONS

S4-6

PRELIMINARY

NOT FOR

CONSTRUCTION

●

CITY OF DUPONT

PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

NORTH ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

DECANT/VEHICLE WASH/DEICING FACILITY

BUILDING ELEVATIONS

S4-7

PRELIMINARY

NOT FOR

CONSTRUCTION

●

CITY OF DUPONT

PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

222 Etruria Street, Suite 100

Seattle, WA 98109

206.839.0819 ph // 206.839.0824 fx

CITY OF DUPONT PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY

SITE NOISE STUDY

Submitted to:

Dom Miller

Gray & Osborne, Inc

202 Carriage Dr SW

Building I

Olympia, WA 98502

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DOCUMENT INFORMATION

FILE: City of Dupont Public Works Facility Noise Study

PROJECT #: 19-7280

PREPARED BY: Steve Hedback and Alan Burt, P.E.

SIGNED:

DATE: October 15, 2019

This report has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be used in whole or part and relied upon for

any other project without the written authorization of SSA Acoustics, LLP. SSA Acoustics, LLP accepts no responsibility or liability for

the consequences of this document if it is used for a purpose other than that for which it was commissioned. Persons wishing to use

or rely upon this report for other purposes must seek written authority to do so from the owner of this report and/or SSA Acoustics,

LLP and agree to indemnify SSA Acoustics, LLP for any and all resulting loss or damage. SSA Acoustics, LLP accepts no

responsibility or liability for this document to any other party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. The findings and

opinions expressed are relevant to the dates of the works and should not be relied upon to represent conditions at substantially later

dates. Opinions included therein are based on information gathered during the study and from our experience. If additional information

becomes available which may affect our comments, conclusions or recommendations SSA Acoustics, LLP reserves the right to review

the information, reassess any new potential concerns and modify our opinions accordingly.

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I. INTRODUCTION

This report presents the results of an environmental noise study conducted for the proposed City

of Dupont Public Works Facility project. The proposed site is located to the north and west of the

DuPont Fire and Police building located at 1700 Civic Dr. in DuPont WA. The purpose of the

study is to document the extent of impact of the proposed public facility operations to nearby

properties and the Sequalitchew Creek Path which is located north of the project site. Noise

levels from the site is predicted to the receiving properties compared to the exterior sound level

limits established by applicable code requirements. Additionally, noise levels are predicted to the

Sequalitchew Creek Path and compared to measured ambient noise levels at the path.

See Appendix I for descriptions and definitions of acoustical terminology used in this report.

II. PROJECT SITE AND ZONING

The site locations and surrounding properties, shown in the figure below, is within the City of

Dupont zoning jurisdiction. According to the City of Dupont, the project site and nearest adjacent

properties are currently zoned as follows:

Table 1: Site and Surrounding Properties Zoning

Property

Zoning

EDNA

Project Site

MXD

Class B

North

Class A

East

Class A

West

MUV7

Class B

South

MXD

Class B

The following figure presents the zoning of the proposed site and surrounding properties:

Figure 1: Site Map

PROPOSED

SITE

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Ambient Conditions

Existing ambient noise levels were measured along the north property line and along

Sequalitchew Creek Path from July 23 at 12:00 a.m. to July 30 at 12:00 a.m. in 2019 with a

Svantek 971 noise monitor. The following table presents a summary of the hourly noise levels

during daytime and nighttime hours:

Table 2: Measured Ambient Noise Levels

Time Period

Hourly Sound Level Range

at path, dBA Leq

Hourly Sound Level Range

at property line, dBA Leq

Daytime (7 AM – 10 PM)

32 – 45

34 – 52

Nighttime (10 PM – 7 AM)

30 – 46

33 – 48

Please refer to the appendix for more information regarding the site noise measurements.

In order to discuss the noise impact to the ambient noise environment of the Sequalitchew Creek

Path, the following table approximates human sensitivity to changes in sound level.

Table 3

Changes in Sound Level

Change in

Sound Level (dB)

Change in

Apparent Loudness

Imperceptible (except for tones)

Just barely perceptible

Clearly noticeable

About twice (or half) as loud

About 4 times (or one-forth) as loud

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IV. SITE OPERATIONS

The proposed public works facility will store and maintain the heavy vehicles used for

maintenance of the public properties. The following is a list of significant noise generating

equipment and activities that may occur at the public works facility:

• Air compressor

o The air compressor will most likely be located in a closed room adjacent to the

shop. Noise levels from the compressor will be contained within the room.

• Sawing

• Drilling

• Grinding

• Floor lift

• Welding

• Installing / removing tires

• Installing / removing lug nuts

The following is a summary of typical noise levels from sources associated with the site:

Table 4: Source Sound Pressure Levels

Truck Events

Noise Level

Sawing

80 dBA at 25 feet

Drilling

88 dBA at 25 feet

Grinding, Pneumatic

71 dBA at 25 feet

Floor lift, Pneumatic

77 dBA at 25 feet

Welding

77 dBA at 25 feet

Installing / removing tires

82 dBA at 25 feet

Installing / removing lug nuts

82 dBA at 25 feet

1. These events occur for less than 1 minute in duration.

2. These events occur instantaneously.

The major noise generating activities are expected to be have a total duration of less than 5

minutes per hour. Therefore, the noise generating activities must meet the 67 dBA 5-minute code

limit at residential receiving properties and the 70 dBA 5-minute code limit at the commercial

receiving properties.

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V. PREDICTED SOUND LEVELS

Noise levels from the major noise generating activities are predicted to each of the receiving

property lines and the proposed Sequalitchew path.

Noise levels were predicted based on distance attenuation. Noise reduction due to intervening

elements, such as earth berms, barrier walls, buildings, etc were accounted for in the calculations.

The noise generating activities will be conducted within the shop, and therefore noise will be

primarily contained within the shop. The garage doors are assumed to be closed most of the

time, except when a vehicle is entering the shop. Since the doors may be open, noise from a

worst-case scenario with garage doors open was evaluated. With the reflective surfaces located

within a typical shop, the noise exiting through the garage door will be attenuated by 4 dB.

Additionally, between the facility and the path, there is a significant amount of dense foliage which

will provide attenuation.

Predicted Sound Levels – Proposed Sequalitchew Creek Path

The following table presents a summary of predicted noise levels at the nearest portion of the

Sequalitchew Creek Path:

Table 5 - Receiver: Sequalitchew Creek Path

Event / Source

Sound Level

(dBA @ 25’)

Distance

(feet)

Distance

Reduction

Noise

Reduction

Receiver Sound

Level (dBA)

Sawing

350

-23

-28

Drilling

350

-23

-28

Grinding

350

-23

-28

Floor lift

350

-23

-28

Welding

350

-23

-28

Installing tires

350

-23

-28

Installing lug nuts

350

-23

-28

Table Notes:

1. Distance Reduction for dBA = 20*log (D2/D1)

2. Minimum noise reduction from the garage door opening, the building barrier, and dense foliage.

According to the table above, the noise level from drilling is predicted to be 5 dB above the lowest

measured ambient daytime noise levels at the path. The drilling noise will be audible at the path.

In order for the drilling to not be noticeable at the path, closing the garage door will be the most

effective measure for mitigating the noise.

The predicted noise level from the other noise generating activities at the nearest portion of the

path will be within 2 dB of the lowest measured ambient daytime noise levels. For most people

this would be just barely perceptible, and will not noticeably impact the acoustical environment of

the portion of the proposed path closest to the public works facility.

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Predicted Sound Levels – North Receiving Property

The following table presents a summary of predicted noise levels at the north receiving property:

Table 6 - Receiver: North Property (Class A EDNA)

Event / Source

Sound Level

(dBA @ 25’)

Distance

(feet)

Distance

Reduction

Noise

Reduction

Receiver Sound

Level (dBA)

Sawing

240

-20

-28

Drilling

240

-20

-28

Grinding

240

-20

-28

Floor lift

240

-20

-28

Welding

240

-20

-28

Installing tires

240

-20

-28

Installing lug nuts

240

-20

-28

Table Notes:

1. Distance Reduction for dBA = 20*log (D2/D1)

2. Minimum noise reduction from the garage door opening, the building barrier, and dense foliage.

According to the table above, the predicted noise level from the activities at the north receiving

property will meet the 67 dBA code limit.

Predicted Sound Levels – East Property Line

The following table presents a summary of predicted noise levels at the east receiving property:

Table 7 - Receiver: East Property (Class A EDNA)

Event / Source

Sound Level

(dBA @ 25’)

Distance

(feet)

Distance

Reduction

Noise

Reduction

Receiver Sound

Level (dBA)

Sawing

725

-29

-23

Drilling

725

-29

-23

Grinding

725

-29

-23

Floor lift

725

-29

-23

Welding

725

-29

-23

Installing tires

725

-29

-23

Installing lug nuts

725

-29

-23

Table Notes:

1. Distance Reduction for dBA = 20*log (D2/D1)

2. Minimum noise reduction from the garage door opening, and the building barrier.

According to the table above, the predicted noise level from the activities at the east property line

will meet the 67 dBA code limit.

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Predicted Sound Levels – South Property Line

The following table presents a summary of predicted noise levels at the south receiving property:

Table 8 - Receiver: South Property (Class B EDNA)

Event / Source

Sound Level

(dBA @ 25’)

Distance

(feet)

Distance

Reduction

Noise

Reduction

Receiver Sound

Level (dBA)

Sawing

400

-24

-14

Drilling

400

-24

-14

Grinding

400

-24

-14

Floor lift

400

-24

-14

Welding

400

-24

-14

Installing tires

400

-24

-14

Installing lug nuts

400

-24

-14

Table Notes:

1. Distance Reduction for dBA = 20*log (D2/D1)

2. Minimum noise reduction from the garage door opening, and the building barrier.

According to the table above, the predicted noise level from the activities at the south property

line will meet the 70 dBA code limit.

Predicted Sound Levels – West Property Line

The following table presents a summary of predicted noise levels at the west receiving property:

Table 9 - Receiver: West Property (Class B EDNA)

Event / Source

Sound Level

(dBA @ 25’)

Distance

(feet)

Distance

Reduction

Noise

Reduction

Receiver Sound

Level (dBA)

Sawing

120

-14

-4

Drilling

120

-14

-4

Grinding

120

-14

-4

Floor lift

120

-14

-4

Welding

120

-14

-4

Installing tires

120

-14

-4

Installing lug nuts

120

-14

-4

Table Notes:

1. Distance Reduction for dBA = 20*log (D2/D1)

2. Minimum noise reduction from the garage door opening.

The predicted noise level from the noise generating activities at the west property line will meet

the 70 dBA code limit.

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VI. SUMMARY

This report has provided the results of the site noise study from the proposed public works facility

to the neighboring properties and to the Sequalitchew Creek Path to the north. Predicted noise

levels were compared and evaluated relative to the City of Dupont Municipal Code maximum

permissible sound levels. Additionally, predicted noise levels were compared to the ambient

noise levels at the Sequalitchew Creek Path.

The predicted noise levels from the drilling will be audible at the path but will meet code limits at

the nearest receiving properties. The predicted noise levels from the other noise generating

activities at the path may be slightly audible during the quietest periods, while the normal activities

will not be audible.

The noise levels were predicted for a worst-case condition with the garage doors to the shop

open. We recommend keeping the garage doors closed during maintenance activities,

particularly drilling, in order to further reduce the noise levels to the adjoining properties and the

path.

Please contact us if you have questions or need further information.

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APPENDIX I: ACOUSTICAL DESCRIPTORS

Sound is measured as sound level in units of decibels, dB. The human ear responds differently

to sounds at different frequencies. This is demonstrated by the fact that we hear higher pitched

sounds more easily than lower ones of the same magnitude. To compensate for the different

“loudness” as perceived by humans, a standard weighting curve is applied to measured sound

levels. The weighting curve represents the frequency response of the human ear and is labeled

as dBA (“A” weighted decibels).

People normally experience sound levels between 30 and 90 dBA, depending on their activities.

Locations near highways or urban arterials may be 70 dBA, whereas quiet rural areas may be 40

dBA.

Each 10 dB increase in sound level corresponds to a tenfold increase of sound energy, but is

judged by a listener as only a doubling of loudness. The smallest changes in sound level

considered just noticeable are about 2 to 3 dBA.

Sound levels from two or more sources are combined logarithmically, not by adding the levels

arithmetically. When two levels are combined, the louder level predominates, and the combined

level is the louder level plus 0 to 3 dBA. Some examples: 50 dBA combined with 50 dBA is 53

dBA; 50 dBA combined with 40 dBA results in 50.4 dBA, which is rounded off to 50 dBA since

fractions of a dB are negligible from the point of view of perception of environmental noise.

When measuring noise that is fluctuating over time, it is common practice to use a descriptor

called equivalent A-weighted sound level, Leq. The Leq is that constant sound level in dBA which

contains the same amount of sound energy over a given time period as the measured fluctuating

noise. The Leq is often determined for one-hour time periods.

Another descriptor is the Lmax. The Lmax is the highest instantaneous sound level for a given

sound event or time period. Similarly, Lmin is the lowest instantaneous sound level for a given

sound event or time period.

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APPENDIX II: ACOUSTICAL MEASUREMENTS

Hourly monitoring of noise levels at the site were conducted at the north property line and at the

proposed Sequalitchew Creek Path with two Svantek 971 type 1 sound level meters. The

monitors were set to record noise levels over from 12:00 AM on July 23 to 12:00 AM on July 29,

2019. The following figure presents the locations of each of the measurements.

Figure 2: Measurement Locations

The charts on the following page present the results of the monitoring at locations M1 and M2:

Key:

MX = Long-Term Monitoring Location

PX = Short-Term Measurement Location

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Figure 3: Hourly Noise Levels - M1 - July 23-29, 2019

Figure 4: Hourly Noise Levels – M2 - July 23-29, 2019

1416 NW 46th St., STE 105 PMB 346 Seattle, WA 98107

PHONE 206 855-9020 - info@crcwa.com

TECHNICAL MEMO 1901D-1

DATE: May 1, 2019

TO: Brian Matthews

Gray & Osborne

FROM: Margaret Berger, Principal Investigator

RE: Cultural Resources Assessment for the City of DuPont Public Works Building

Project, Dupont, Pierce County, Washington

The attached short report constitutes our final report for the above referenced project. No

evidence of archaeological sites was found in the project location. No further cultural resources

investigations are recommended. Please contact our office should you have any questions about

our findings and/or recommendations.

CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT COVER SHEET

Author: Sonja Kleinschmidt and Douglas Beyers

Title of Report: Cultural Resources Assessment for the City of DuPont Public

Works Building Project, Dupont, Pierce County, Washington

Date of Report: May 1, 2019

County(ies): Pierce Section: 26 Township: 19 N Range: 01 E

Quad: Nisqually, WA Acres: ~1.5

PDF of report submitted (REQUIRED) Yes

Historic Property Inventory Forms to be Approved Online? Yes No

Archaeological Site(s)/Isolate(s) Found or Amended? Yes No

TCP(s) found? Yes No

Replace a draft? Yes No

Satisfy a DAHP Archaeological Excavation Permit requirement? Yes # No

Were Human Remains Found? Yes DAHP Case # No

DAHP Archaeological Site #:

• Submission of PDFs is required.

• Please be sure that any PDF submitted to

DAHP has its cover sheet, figures,

graphics, appendices, attachments,

correspondence, etc., compiled into one

single PDF file.

• Please check that the PDF displays

correctly when opened.

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Cultural Resources Assessment for the

City of Dupont Public Works Building Project,

Dupont, Pierce County, Washington

Table of Contents

Management Summary ............................................................................................................. 1

1.0 Administrative Data ......................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 Research Design .......................................................................................................... 1

1.3 Project Description ...................................................................................................... 2

2.0 Background Research ...................................................................................................... 2

2.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................... 2

2.2 Environmental Context ................................................................................................ 3

2.3 Archaeological Context ............................................................................................... 4

2.4 Ethnographic Context .................................................................................................. 4

2.5 Historical Context ........................................................................................................ 5

2.6 Historical Records Search ........................................................................................... 6

2.7 Cultural Resources Database Review .......................................................................... 7

3.0 Archaeological Expectations ........................................................................................... 9

3.1 Archaeological Predictive Models .............................................................................. 9

3.2 Archaeological Expectations ....................................................................................... 9

4.0 Field Investigations ........................................................................................................ 10

5.0 Results and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 11

5.1 Results ....................................................................................................................... 11

5.2 Conclusions and Recommendations .......................................................................... 11

6.0 Limitations of this Assessment ...................................................................................... 12

7.0 References ....................................................................................................................... 12

8.0 Figures and Tables ......................................................................................................... 17

Attachment A. Correspondence with Area Tribes. .............................................................. 28

Attachment B. Inadvertent Discovery Protocol. ................................................................... 33

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Management Summary

This report describes the cultural resources assessment for the City of DuPont Public Works

Building Project, Dupont, Pierce County, Washington. Gray & Osborne requested a cultural

resources assessment prior to ground disturbing activities associated with the construction of a

new public works building/shop, along with a fueling facility, decant facility, and wash rack at

1700 to 1780 Civic Drive in DuPont. This assessment was developed to identify any

archaeological sites in the project location and to evaluate the potential for the project to affect

cultural resources. Background research conducted by Cultural Resource Consultants, LLC

(CRC) resulted in the identification of one recorded historic archaeological site determined not

eligible for listing on historic registers overlapping the southern portion of the project, and two

locations where archaeological material was collected during previous archaeological monitoring

in the immediate vicinity of the northern portion of the project. No site numbers were assigned to

these latter two locations. Field investigations, inclusive of archaeological monitoring and

testing, did not result in the identification of any archaeological sites within the project location.

No further cultural resources investigations are recommended. An inadvertent discovery protocol

is attached.

1.0 Administrative Data

1.1 Overview

Report Title: Cultural Resources Assessment for the City of DuPont Public Works Building

Project, DuPont, Pierce County, Washington

Author (s): Sonja Kleinschmidt and Douglas Beyers

Report Date: May 1, 2019

Location: The physical addresses for the project is 1700 to 1780 Civic Drive, DuPont,

Pierce County, WA. The project is on Pierce County Assessor’s parcels #0119266004 and

#0119266002. The legal description for the project is in the NW¼ of Section 26 of Township 19

North, Range 01 East, W.M.

USGS 7.5’ Topographic Map(s): Nisqually, WA (Figure 1).

Total Area Involved: ~1.5 acres.

1.2 Research Design

This assessment was developed as a component of preconstruction environmental review with

the goal of preventing cultural resources from being disturbed during construction of the

proposed project by identifying the potential for any as-yet unrecorded archaeological or historic

sites within the project. CRC’s work was intended, in part, to assist in addressing state

regulations pertaining to the identification and protection of cultural resources (e.g., RCW 27.44,

RCW 27.53, RCW 68.60). The Archaeological Sites and Resources Act (RCW 27.53) prohibits

knowingly disturbing archaeological sites without a permit from the Washington State

Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP), the Indian Graves and Records

Act (RCW 27.44) prohibits knowingly disturbing Native American or historic graves, and the

Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries and Historic Graves Act (RCW 68.60) calls for the

protection and preservation of historic era cemeteries and graves.

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CRC’s investigations consisted of review of available project information and correspondence

provided by the project proponent, local environmental and cultural information, and historical

maps; and field investigations. On April 1, 2019, CRC contacted cultural resources staff at the

Squaxin, Muckleshoot, and Puyallup tribes to inquire about project specific information and

concerns on a technical staff-to-technical staff basis (Attachment A). This communication was

not meant to be or replace formal government-to-government consultation. At the time this

assessment was completed, responses had been received from the Squaxin and Nisqually tribes.

A representative from the Nisqually Tribe stated that the DuPont is an important location to their

tribe as it contains many precontact sites and burial locations, and they would like notification

when survey work would take place. A representative from the Squaxin Island Tribe responded

that they did not have any specific concerns for cultural resources at the present time. Any

additional information made available subsequent to the submission of this report will be

included in a revision of this report. This assessment utilized a research design that considered

previous studies, the magnitude and nature of the undertaking, the nature and extent of potential

effects on historic properties, and the likely nature and location of historic properties within the

project location, as well as other applicable laws, standards, and guidelines (per 36CFR800.4

(b)(1)) (DAHP 2018).

1.3 Project Description

City of DuPont proposes to construct a new public works building/shop, along with a fueling

facility, decant facility, and wash rack. For the purposes of this assessment, the area of interest

for cultural resources (hereafter, “the project location”) is understood to be the area described

above and depicted in Figures 1 – 2.

2.0 Background Research

2.1 Overview

Background research was conducted in April 2019.

Recorded Cultural Resources Present: Yes [x] No [ ]

The southern area of the project location is within archaeological site 45PI563, a ca. 1843-1930s

historic artifact scatter measuring 116 meters east-west and 107 meters north-south and identified

within the upper 10 centimeters below surface (Chesmore 2001; Wilson 2002). This site was

determined not eligible for listing on historic registers. Two locations containing cultural

material were identified in the immediate vicinity of the northern portion of the project

(Thompson 2006): HRA-30a-d consisting of one core, one flake, and two edge-modified flakes;

and HRA-31a-d consisting of four basalt flakes. These locations were recorded, and the artifacts

collected, but were not given trinomials on the DAHP WISAARD. No GPS coordinates were

listed.

Context Overview: The context presented here summarizes environmental, ethnographic,

historical, and archaeological information from local cultural resource reports by reference;

archaeological and historic data from DAHP and the Washington Information System for

Architectural and Archaeological Records Data (WISAARD) records search; ethnographic

resources; geological and soils surveys (e.g., USDA NRCS 2019; WA DNR 2019); and historical

maps and documents from Bureau of Land Management United States Surveyor General (USSG)

Land Status & Cadastral Survey Records database, HistoryLink, Historic Map Works,

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HistoricAerials (NETR 2019), University of Washington’s Digital Collection, Washington State

University’s Early Washington Maps Collection, county assessor website, and in CRC’s library.

2.2 Environmental Context

Overview: The project is within the Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock) vegetation zone in

the Willamette-Puget Lowland physiographic province characterized by the wide “trough”

between the Coast and Cascade Ranges formed during the advance and retreat of Pleistocene

epoch glaciers (Franklin and Dyrness 1973; McKee 1972). The project is located northwest and

south of the existing DuPont City Hall with the northern and southern portions of the project

divided by the existing infrastructure and Civic Drive. Immediately to the north is Sequalitchew

Creek which flows west in a ravine into the Puget Sound. The headwaters of Sequalitchew Creek

are located to the northeast of the project at Sequalitchew Lake with the creek draining through

and feeding a series of marshes before entering an incised ravine. Remaining land surrounding

the project appears to have been cleared and leveled and is a mix of ground cover vegetation and

gravel. Land to the west-southwest of the project on the topographic map is depicted as marsh

but appears to have been filled in. Immediately west of the project is a golf course, The Home

Course. Edmond Marsh is located approximately .35 mile to the east-southeast. Terrain in the

project location is fairly level in the northern portion, ranging in elevation from 227 to 229 feet.

The southern portion of the project descends to the south from 225 feet to 217 feet.

Geomorphology: The topography and geology of the area were formed during the Late

Pleistocene, following episodes of advance and retreat of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which

originated from Canada and extended between the Cascade and Olympic mountain ranges into

the Puget Lowland (Kruckeberg 1991:12; Thorson 1980:303). The Vashon Stade was the most

recent glacial event in Puget Sound and is largely responsible for the region’s contemporary

landscape. Glacial advance and retreat scoured and compacted underlying sediments while

meltwaters carved drainage channels into glacial outwash deposits (Downing 1983; Booth et al.

2003). Streams and valleys in the area are relict recessional channels that, at the end of the

Pleistocene, were spillways that allowed meltwaters to drain southwest from glacial Lake

Puyallup into glacial Lake Russell, the main proglacial lake along the axis of the Puget Lowland

(Thorson 1980). To the northeast of the project is a broad glacial outwash plain that contains

numerous lakes, including Sequalitchew Lake, Steilacoom Lake, American Lake, and Gravelly

Lake, near the terminus of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet (Waitt and Thorson

1983:60-61). These lakes originated when detached blocks of glacial ice, sand, and gravel were

stranded and, as they melted, formed and filled depressions known as kettles (Kruckeberg

1991:247). While sedimentation during glacial times was widespread and voluminous, active

deposition in nonglacial periods including the present day has been more restricted, occurring

mostly by alluvial processes in major river valleys (Booth et al. 2003).

Mapped Surface Geologic Unit: Mapped surface geology for the project location consists of

Qgd, Quaternary (Pleistocene) continental glacial drift (WA DNR 2019). This unit is described

as Pleistocene till and outwash clay, silt, sand, gravel, cobbles, and boulders deposited by or

originating from continental glaciers. Local variations may occur within this unit and could

consist of peat, non-glacial sediments, modified land, and/or artificial fill.

Mapped Soil Unit: The soil unit mapped in the project location is Spanaway gravelly sandy loam

(USDA NRCS 2019). This soil unit forms on outwash plains from a parent material of volcanic

ash over gravelly outwash. A typical profile of this soil unit is gravelly medial sandy loam from

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0 to 14 inches (0 to 35 centimeters), very gravelly medial sandy loam from 14 to 18 inches (35 to

46 centimeters), and extremely gravelly sand from 18 to 60 inches (46 to 152 centimeters) below

surface. This unit is considered to be somewhat excessively drained.

2.3 Archaeological Context

Overview: Thousands of years of human occupation in the Puget Lowland have been

summarized in a number of archaeological, ethnographic, and historical investigations over the

past several decades that provide a regional context for evaluating the project area (Greengo

1983; Kopperl 2016; Larson and Lewarch 1995; Matson and Coupland 1995; Nelson 1990).

Human use of the area is generally oriented toward resources locations (i.e. fresh water,

terrestrial and marine food resources, forests, and suitable terrain). Archaeological context for

evaluating this project area is provided by information regarding the local and regional

chronological sequence and research problem domains as included in Greengo (1983), Morgan

(1999), Wessen and Stilson (1987), and others.

These researchers (and others) have divided the prehistoric record for the Puget Sound region

into three broad chronological categories: early (ca. 12,000-5,000 years Before Present [BP]),

middle (5,000-1,000 years BP), and late (1,000-250 years BP). Each period is characterized by

specific cultural changes in habitation sites, tool development and subsistence practices reflected

in the archaeological record. Shell middens first appear in the archaeological record in the

middle period, as do the first records of seasonal village sites (Carlson 1990; Nelson 1990;

Wessen and Stilson 1987). The late period is characterized by an influx of exotic trade goods;

bone, shell and antler tools begin to replace (or supersede) the small stone projectile points

common in the early period. The first permanent village sites identified in the archaeological

record date to this time period (Carlson 1990; Nelson 1990; Wessen and Stilson 1987).

In the ethnohistoric period, Puget Sound Indians practiced a seasonal subsistence economy that

consisted of spring, summer, and fall migrations to areas for hunting, fishing, gathering of

berries, and roots, and procurement of shellfish followed by a more sedentary lifestyle as they

returned to longhouse villages as winter approached. Although salmon and other fish were the

primary food source, the complexity of the Puget Lowland environment provided a rich

subsistence base.

2.4 Ethnographic Context

Traditional Territory: The project is within territory utilized both in the historic past and today by

members of the Puyallup, the Nisqually, and the Steilacoom (Castile 1985:20; Haeberlin and

Gunther 1930; Ruby and Brown 1992; Smith 1940; Spier 1936:42; Suttles and Lane 1990:485).

These groups are Southern Lushootseed speakers, now represented by the contemporary

Puyallup Tribe of Indians, the Nisqually Indian Tribe, and the Steilacoom Tribe. The Puyallup

and Nisqually tribes are federally recognized; the Steilacoom do not currently have federal

recognition. Puyallup people are descendants of Southern Lushootseed-speaking (Puget Salish)

people (Suttles and Lane 1990) who lived in villages along the Puyallup River and its tributaries,

and the shores of Puget Sound. Smith (1940) identifies 34 principal villages within Puyallup and

Nisqually territory. Nisqually bands occupied the Nisqually River valley from its headwaters

near Mount Rainier to its mouth east of Olympia, as well as areas along the upper reaches of the

Puyallup River (Ruby and Brown 1992:150). Five bands in the Tacoma Basin comprise the

Steilacoom Tribe: the Steilacoom were in six locations on Chambers Creek, the Sastuck were in

three locations on Clover Creek, the Spanaway were at Spanaway Lake, the Tlithlow were on

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Murray Creek, and the Segwallitchu were in two locations on the Segwallitchu River

(Sequalitchew Creek) (Steilacoom Tribe 2012). The Steilacoom and other southern Puget Sound

peoples also used Ketron, McNeil, and Anderson islands for fishing (Ruby and Brown

1992:223).

Ethnographic Place Names: Early ethnographers documented locations of villages and names for

resource areas, water bodies, and other cultural or geographic landscape features from local

informants. Knowledge of these features contributes to the broader archaeological context of the

project and the nature of the archaeology that may be encountered during this assessment.

Waterman (2001:325) identifies two place names in the vicinity of the project. S qwa’i1t-teu is

the name of a large creek east of Nisqually and referencing Signalitchew (Sequalitchew) Creek

located immediately north of the project. Suttles and Lane (1990) also note “Sequalitchew” as an

important village location. This name is translated as “extensive sand banks over which the water

is shallow,” “big tide,” or “long run out” (Waterman 2001:326). Near the mouth of the Nisqually

River west-southwest of the project ~3.5 miles was

sqweE’le, translated as “late,” and the name

given to an old village site located at the mouth of the river (Waterman 2001:325). This name

was given as salmon were said to run later in the year up the Nisqually.

2.5 Historical Context

As previously discussed in an overview report by Thompson (2006:8-9) for the former DuPont

Works Site which includes the project location,

Numerous studies have covered the Euroamerican history of the area that includes the former DuPont Works

site (Anderson 1988; Carlson 1990; Moura 1990; Stilson 1990, 1991a, 1991b; Stratton and Lindeman 1977).

While Euroamerican history of the area first dates to 1792 when George Vancouver’s expedition explored

the area, the most significant period follows the HBC's 1833 construction of Fort Nisqually.

In 1832, HBC established a storehouse (Nisqually House) along the beach near the Nisqually Indians'

Sequalitchew Village. The first site of the Fort was located on the south side of Sequalitchew Creek, between

the creek and Old Fort Lake. This location was selected for its prime agricultural potential and to provide

distance from Sequalitchew Village (Carpenter 1986).

The 1833 Fort included a store, a kitchen, the Chief Factor’s House, a dwelling house for the men, an Indian

hall, stables, and agricultural buildings such as cellars and sheds. These buildings were enclosed within a

palisade, established primarily to control the movement of Indians within the Fort and to provide privacy

(Moura 1990:42). Outside the palisade, a structure was built to provide housing for Indians who had traveled

long distances to trade. The HBC began plowing land surrounding the Fort and by 1939, they "had all

available, arable land under cultivation around the Fort and had expanded operation on the fertile prairies

along Sequalitchew Creek to the marshes and ponds near its headwaters" (Moura 1990:25).

Following establishment of the Fort, Indians from across the region came to trade and gathered at the

Sequalitchew Village. The Nisqually and other Indians expanded the village along the banks of the creek and

began to live along the edge of the prairie and around the Fort.

According to letters of Edward Huggins, the last employee of Fort Nisqually, men at the 1833 Fort tried to

drill a well in the kettle depression near the Fort (probably the small depression east of the Fort site), digging

a hole about 100 feet deep (Huggins 1904). No water was found, and the lack of an adequate source of water

contributed to the decision to move the Fort. In 1843, HBC moved Fort Nisqually up the creek a distance of

almost one-half mile to improve its water source and to accommodate the agricultural activities that had

increased after the establishment of the PSAC in 1839. The PSAC farm at Fort Nisqually emphasized cattle

and sheep husbandry for trade with Alaska, Hawaii, and Europe, while another farm at Cowlitz Prairie

focused on plant products.

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The construction of the second Fort began around 1841 when workers started to disassemble many of the

1833 Fort structures and reconstruct them at the new location closer to the creek. The Fort was not formally

completed until the building of the palisades and bastions in 1848. During this time, dwellings, stores,

kitchens, barns, sheds, and other agricultural structures were constructed north and south of the creek.

Additional agricultural fields were established south and east of the Fort (Stilson 1991b).

Increasing American settlement threatened and eventually ended the HBC’s holdings around the Consent

Decree Area. After the boundary dispute between the United States and Britain was settled in an 1846 treaty,

the HBC was allowed to remain at the site for a few years, although American settlers soon began trespassing

on HBC lands. Edward Huggins claimed part of the HBC lands for himself, including the former DuPont

Works Site, and continued agricultural activities there.

In 1906, the E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company (DuPont), an explosives manufacturer based in Delaware,

acquired the land. The DuPont Company constructed a large-scale, self contained plant for the manufacture

of explosives such as nitroglycerine, dynamite, water gel, and black powder, which it produced for resource

extraction and construction along the Pacific Rim. Many of the buildings and structures served multiple

purposes, including the delivery of raw materials to the plant, the production of electrical power, the security

of the Plant, the housing of workers, waste disposal, and the development, manufacture, transportation,

storage, and shipping of Plant products.

During the operation of the DuPont plant, buildings frequently were constructed and demolished, resulting

in extensive disturbance of the area, including for example, the construction of the railway and roads, and the

burning and demolition of a number of buildings. Underbrush was cleared and burned every year, and

explosions were not uncommon—resulting in the destruction of production buildings and the scattering of

debris for up to half a mile (Munyan 1972). In 1945, DuPont demolished and burned structures associated

with a black powder mill located on the north side of Sequalitchew Creek just over a mile inland (Stratton

and Lindeman 1977). The Burning Ground Dump site (45PI64), located north of Sequalitchew Creek near

the Methodist Episcopal Mission Site (45PI66), was systematically dynamited before the property was turned

over to Weyerhaeuser. Another example of DuPont-era damage is the use of the kettle to the east of the 1833

Fort as a holding area for soda and nitrate residue as well as runoff from plant operations (Welch n.d.). The

DuPont Powder Works closed in 1976 and Weyerhaeuser purchased the property. Before the property was

turned over to Weyerhaeuser, many of the production buildings were burned to prevent detonation of

undetected explosives.

2.6 Historical Records Search

Review of historical maps and aerial imagery provided an understanding of the historic and

modern land use, and ownership of the project. The General Land Office (GLO) conducted early

cadastral surveys to define or re-establish the boundaries and subdivisions of Federal Lands of

the United States so that land patents could be issued transferring the title of the land from the

Federal government to individuals. These maps and land serial patent records provide

information of land ownership in the 1800s. The GLO first surveyed the project location in the

1850s. The GLO map from 1854 depicts a large area, including the project as “Claimed by the

Puget Sound Agricultural Company under the Treaty of 1846.” On this map, Fort Nisqually is

illustrated. This map depicts Fort Nisqually approximately .70 mile northeast of the project

location. This location may not be fully accurate as the shoreline of in Township 19 N, Range 01

E is mapped different than that of present day. The GLO produced a map in 1859 but it did not

depict the project location.

An early 1871 map does not any cultural annotations within the project (USSG 1871a). The

project is located just outside of a mapped prairie and Edmond Marsh is present to the east (~.40

mile). Seguallitchew Creek is mapped to the north (~.06 mile). A network of roads is also

mapped including a road passing immediately north of the project south of the creek and a road

passing to the southeast of the project (~.09 mile). Several homesteads are annotated on this map

with the nearest ~.25 mile east of the project belonging to E. Huggins. The GLO remapped

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Township 19 N, Range 01 E later in 1871 to include land claims (USSG 1871b). The land claim

nearest to the project was in Sections 22 and 23 north of the project and belonged to Levant F.

Thompson totaling 157.30 acres. Records on file at the Bureau of Land Management (2019)

show that the project was within lands patented to William Young on October 10, 1872 and

included the NW¼ of Section 26, 160 acres (Document Nr: 4059; BLM Serial Nr: WAOAA

082550; Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry [3 Stat. 566]).

The 1889 county atlas depicts the project within land belonging to E. Huggins who owned the

NW¼ of Section 26 along with other surrounding tracts of land (Plummer 1889). This map

depicts a road passing through the southern portion of the northern part of the project. This road

was aligned southeast to northwest and intersected with another established road east of the

project in the general location of Fort Nisqually, though the fort is not illustrated on the map.

Sequalitchew Creek is annotated north of the project in the same general location. The USGS

1898 land classification sheet depicts the project as within an area free of timber.

Historic county atlases, aerial imagery, and topographic maps provide information on the land

ownership and use of the project from the early 1900s to present. The 1951 county atlas depicts

the project as within a large tract of land owned by E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co (Metsker

1951). The town of DuPont was located southeast of the project and a railroad line was shown

extending northwest from the town limits and passing just north of the project location. The 1960

county atlas depicts the project as within E. I. DuPont Co. land. Sequalitchew Creek is annotated

to the north of the project and railroad lines are present to the northeast and northwest of the

project (Metsker 1960). The 1965 county atlas shows similar conditions and ownership as the

1960 atlas (Metsker 1960, 1965).

Historic aerial imagery is available for the project location beginning in 1969 (NETR 2018).

Imagery from this year shows the project as cleared and surrounded by stands of trees. What

appears as an unimproved road passed through the northern portion of the project. Subsequent

imagery from 1981 and 1990 shows the project location as becoming revegetated and an

established road passing through the project in the same location. Imagery from 2002 to 2007

shows the project as cleared and graded with heavy machinery scarring, likely part of soil

remediation, and the golf course to the west being constructed. Beginning in 2008, the city hall

was under construction and was completed in 2009. The southern portion of the project in this

imagery appears to have been filled to some extend creating a uniform gravel pad. The project

remains in similar condition to present day.

Historic topographic maps of the project location beginning in 1940 show the project as

undeveloped with a road in a similar alignment to the present day Civic Drive to the east and

what appears to be a dam on the creek to the north of the project (NETR 2019). The 1955 map

shows the two rail lines visible in the 1951 county atlas. Maps from the 1970s and 1980s show

the same conditions as the 1955 map. The 1994 map depicts the project as still undeveloped but

illustrates the “Historic Fort Nisqually 1843” to the east of the project and east of Civic Drive.

By 2003, Sequalitchew Cemetery was annotated south of the fort.

2.7 Cultural Resources Database Review

A review of the WISAARD database identified previous cultural resource studies, recorded

precontact and historic sites, and recorded built environment, which helps gauge the potential

and likely nature of cultural resources present within the project vicinity (DAHP 2019). Thirty-

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six cultural resources assessments have been conducted within approximately one mile of the

project location with 20 of these completed within .25 mile of the project. Two of these

assessments, an interim (Maass 2002) and final report (Thompson 2006), completed for the

Former DuPont Works Site, Parcel 1 overlap the proposed project location. Archaeological

monitoring of soil remediation resulted in the identification of precontact and historic materials

though much of the deposits observed were sparse and fragmentary. Archaeologists completing

these assessments investigated these locations to determine whether any represented intact

archaeological sites, and if so, to gather information on their nature and boundaries. These

included the identification of HRA-1/45PI563 a historic debris scatter, HRA-30a-d consisting of

one core, one flake, and two edge-modified flakes, and HRA-31a-d consisting of four basalt

flakes. The latter two finds were recorded, and the artifacts collected, but were not assigned

trinomials by DAHP. Site 45PI563 is located in the southern project location, and HRA-30a-d

and HRA-31a-d were identified in the immediate vicinity of the northern project location, though

GPS coordinates were not provided.

Nearly 60 archaeological sites have been recorded within one mile of the project location and 20

sites are recorded within approximately .25 mile of the project location. These include both

historic and precontact archaeological sites (Table 1). According to adjacent precontact

archaeological site forms, cultural materials and deposits have been identified between the

ground surface and 50 centimeters below surface. One archaeological site has been recorded

within the proposed southern project location, 45PI563, briefly discussed above. This is a

historic artifact scatter occupying an area measuring 116 east-west and 107 meters north-south

and extending from the surface to 10 centimeters below surface (Chesmore 2001; Wilson 2002).

The site was initially identified in the tracks of heavy machinery and was later delineated

through the excavation of 22 shovel probes. Initially recorded items included Hudson’s Bay

Company rum bottle glass, plate fragments, a small tea cup base, and metal fragments. Shovel

testing identified an additional 55 ceramic, glass, and metal artifacts. Analyzed artifacts suggest a

period of use from 1840s through the 1930s and associated with domestic activities possibly

from the Puget Sound Agricultural Company or Old Town-period occupation. The site was

found to be in poor condition and was determined not eligible for listing on historic registers.

Historic archaeological sites identified in proximity to the project include the ruins of the historic

Fort Nisqually (45PI56) and other sites associated with the fort including the remains of

structures occupied by Hudson’s Bay Company personnel (45PI405) located west of the fort; a

precontact and historic era site that included a Hudson’s Bay Company dwelling (45PI401); a

lens of shell believed to be historic and associated with the fort (45PI4895); a historic artifact

scatter associated with Hudson’s Bay Fort Nisqually (45PI563); and a historic Native American

cemetery located adjacent to Fort Nisqually (45PI413) and isolated occurrence of several human

elemental fragments of a burial (45PI712) that may be associated with the cemetery.

Four historic register listed properties are located within approximately one mile of the project

location (Table 2). These include the Fort Nisqually 1833 Site, the 1843 Fort Nisqually Site, the

DuPont Village Historic District, and the Sequalitchew Archaeological Site. The nearest to the

project is the 1843 Fort Nisqually Site listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

(Thompson 1999). The site was nominated under Criteria A and D and is significant for the

period between 1843 and 1869. The fort is the second of two built by the Hudson’s Bay

Company of the Nisqually Bay (the first in 1833 west of the project) and operated by the Puget

Sound Agricultural Company. No surficial structural remains are present at the site though

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structural elements have been moved to be displayed elsewhere. The site has been investigated

by archaeologists and has been found to contain palisades, gates, bastions, and interior structural

elements.

Just under 100 historic structures have been inventoried within approximately one mile of the

project location. The nearest mapped to the project is located .25 mile to the southeast and is the

Fort Nisqually (Second Site) and Old Town of DuPont. These resources have been previously

evaluated for listing on historic registers and are mapped in different locations on the nomination

forms than the inventory location on DAHP’s WISAARD. The nearest inventoried property is

the DuPont Powder Works: Entrance Gate located approximately .26 mile to the south-southeast.

Eight cemeteries have been recorded within one mile of the project location (Table 3). These

include established cemeteries and locations of identified human remains and date to the historic

and precontact periods. The nearest to the project are remains identified .06 mile to the south,

believed to belong to a single individual.

3.0 Archaeological Expectations

3.1 Archaeological Predictive Models

DAHP Model: The DAHP statewide predictive model uses environmental data about the

locations of known archaeological sites to identify where previously unknown sites are more

likely to be found. The model correlates locations of known archaeological data to environmental

data “to determine the probability that, under a particular set of environmental conditions,

another location would be expected to contain an archaeological site” (Kauhi and Markert

2009:2-3). Environmental data categories included in the model are elevation, slope, aspect,

distance to water, geology, soils, and landforms. The model ranks the project location as “Survey

Highly Advised: High Risk” and “Survey Highly Advised: Very High Risk.”

3.2 Archaeological Expectations

This assessment considers the implications of the predictive models coupled with an

understanding of geomorphological context, local settlement patterns, and post-depositional

processes to characterize the potential for archaeological deposits to be encountered. Mapped

surface geology and soils in the project location are derived from glacial drift and outwash

deposits. Archaeological materials or deposits are expected to be identified at or near surface due

to the paucity of deposition in these units during the Holocene. Local archaeological sites have

been identified locally in the upper 50 centimeters below surface. Previous archaeological

studies have been conducted in the project location in response to soil remediation efforts from

historic contamination. Aerial imagery depicts clearing within the project location and provides

support of remediation efforts reworking the land within the project prior to the construction of

the Dupont City Hall and administration facilities that divide the two project locations.

The project is located in proximity to two ethnographically named places, both noted as being

village locations. Knowledge of Native American land use of the project location and

surrounding area is supported by the large number and distribution of archaeological sites.

Evidence of precontact use of the project location was found through the identification of stone

tools and implements by previous investigators. Evidence of Native American burials has also

been identified in the vicinity of the project. Manifestations of the precontact and ethnohistoric

record that may be present within the project location could include evidence of resource

procurement activities such as procurement and processing of plant, animal, and/or mineral

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resources, overland travel, temporary camps as well as ceremonial or religious activities which

may be represented by an array of deposits or materials such as fire-modified rock, lithic or bone

tool or implements, or lithic waste flake scatters. Precontact archaeological sites, if present,

would likely be associated with transient activities occurring between more permanent

settlements such as the village location at the mouth of Sequalitchew Creek or the historic Fort

Nisqually locations to the east and west. Precontact materials, if observed, are not expected to be

in situ.

Euro-Americans have had presence in the area since the early to mid-1800s with the

establishment of Fort Nisqually, which was established west of the project but eventually moved

just east of the project on the east side of Civic Drive. Following the dissolution of Fort

Nisqually, the land was under the ownership of the E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, an

explosive making company whose activities resulted in the contamination of the soils. Historic

maps demonstrate that land within the project was used primarily as a transportation corridor for

railroads and automobiles. One historic archaeological site, determined not eligible for listing on

historic registers, recorded as a debris scatter was previously identified in the area of the southern

portion of the project. Historic-period archaeological materials that could be identified during

this assessment would likely be associated with the operations of the historic Fort Nisqually or E.

I. DuPont de Nemours & Company and would likely consist of a variety of materials most likely

lost or discarded tools or implements, equipment, or debris deposited along the travel corridors

that once existed here. It is unlikely that historic road or railroad grades remain intact given the

previous ground disturbance within the project. Historic materials, if observed, are not expected

to be in situ.

4.0 Field Investigations

Total Area Examined: The entire project (~1.5 acres).

Areas not examined: None.

Date(s) of Survey: April 1, 2019

Weather and Surface Visibility: Weather ranged from 45 to 60 degrees and was partly cloudy.

Surface conditions consisted of grass interspersed with gravel patches.

Fieldwork conducted by: Douglas Beyers. Notes are on file with CRC.

Field Methodology: Field investigations included archaeological monitoring and survey.

Archaeological monitoring consisted of observing the excavation of six geotechnical test pits.

Archaeological survey consisted of pedestrian surface survey and subsurface testing via hand

excavated shovel test probes. Surface survey was conducted in opportunistic transects within the

project to target mineral soils. Probes measuring 40 centimeters in diameter were manually

excavated. All sediments were screened through ¼-inch hardware mesh for artifacts. Probe

locations were recorded using a handheld GPS unit.

Field Narrative: Field investigations included archaeological monitoring and survey (Figure 4).

Monitoring components for the day included six locations (Test Pits 1-6) for excavation in

proposed construction locations of the DuPont Public Works complex. The northern portion of

the project had previously been cleared and leveled (Figure 5). Much of the central and eastern

portion of this area was used for plant storage and was enclosed by a fence. The western portion

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of the project contained a large pile of wood chips. The remaining area was primarily graveled

surface that was somewhat overgrown. The southern portion of the project was a graveled

surface (Figure 6). Prior to subsurface testing the archaeologist examined the surface and

surrounding vicinity for archaeological material; none were observed. Excavation locations had

been previously marked with flagged stakes.

Test pit excavations were performed with a Komatsu PC45MR excavator and generally

measured 7 feet long by 3 feet wide, with depths ranging between 4 feet and 9 feet (Figure 7;

Table 4). In all test pit locations, excavations began below the level of the natural ground surface

which was evident from observations of differently leveled land surfaces at property edges.

Subsurface deposits were similar across all excavations, mostly consisting of gravelly glacial till

(both native and as fill in some cases) on top of sandy glacial deposits. Four test pits were

excavated in the northern portion of the project and two were excavated in the southern portion

of the project. Test pits were immediately backfilled subsequent to documentation.

In addition to these, the archaeologist performed subsurface testing through the excavation of

three shovel test probes (Figures 8-13; Table 5). Probe locations were focused along the northern

boundary of the project nearest to the creek and ranged between 45 and 100 centimeters below

surface. Sediments encountered in these probes mirrored sediments observed in test pit

excavations. Of these, probe 3 was the only probe excavated at the level of the natural ground

surface. Probes 1 and 2 were in the lower-leveled cleared area, further from the edge of the

property line.

One non-diagnostic piece of metal measuring approximately 11 inches (30 centimeters) long by

6 inches (15 centimeters) wide was observed in the top 60 cmbs of disturbed glacial sediments in

test pit 5. It did not appear to be associated with any significant intact cultural deposits, and no

other archaeological or historical materials were observed.

5.0 Results and Recommendations

5.1 Results

No cultural resources were identified during this assessment.

5.2 Conclusions and Recommendations

Background research conducted by CRC resulted in the identification of one recorded historic

archaeological site determined not eligible for listing on historic registers overlapping the

southern portion of the project, and two locations where archaeological material was collected

during previous archaeological monitoring in the immediate vicinity of the northern portion of

the project. No site numbers were assigned to these latter two locations. Field investigations,

inclusive of archaeological monitoring and testing, did not result in the identification of any

previously recorded archaeological sites within the project location. Due to the extent of prior

ground disturbance in the project location since these materials were recorded and the conditions

observed in our field investigations, it is considered unlikely that any archaeological deposits

remain within the project location. No evidence of precontact or historic archaeological sites was

identified during field investigations. No further cultural resources investigations are

recommended.

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In the event that any ground-disturbing or other construction activities result in the unanticipated

discovery of archaeological resources, work should be halted in the immediate area, and contact

made with county officials, the technical staff at DAHP, and tribal representatives (Attachment

B). Work should be stopped until further investigation and appropriate consultation have

concluded. In the unlikely event of the inadvertent discovery of human remains, work should be

immediately halted in the area, the discovery covered and secured against further disturbance,

and contact effected with law enforcement personnel, consistent with the provisions set forth in

RCW 27.44.055 and RCW 68.60.055.

6.0 Limitations of this Assessment

No cultural resources study can wholly eliminate uncertainty regarding the potential for

prehistoric sites, historic properties or traditional cultural properties to be associated with a

project. The information presented in this report is based on professional opinions derived from

our analysis and interpretation of available documents, records, literature, and information

identified in this report, and on our field investigation and observations as described herein.

Conclusions and recommendations presented apply to project conditions existing at the time of

our study and those reasonably foreseeable. The data, conclusions, and interpretations in this

report should not be construed as a warranty of subsurface conditions described in this report.

They cannot necessarily apply to site changes of which CRC is not aware and has not had the

opportunity to evaluate.

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1985 The Indians of Puget Sound: The Notebooks of Myron Eells. University of Washington

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Greengo, R. E. (editor)

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Washington State Museum, University of Washington, Seattle.

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Haeberlin, H., and E. Gunther

1930 The Indians of Puget Sound. University of Washington Publications in Anthropology

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DAHP, Olympia.

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Washington. SWCA, Seattle. Submitted to City of Redmond and David Evans and

Associates, Inc.

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1991 The Natural History of Puget Sound County. University of Washington Press. Seattle.

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1995 The Archaeology of West Point, Seattle, Washington: 4,000 Years of Hunter-Fisher-

Gatherer Land Use in Southern Puget Sound. Larson Anthropological Archaeological

Services, Gig Harbor, Washington.

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The Weyerhaeuser Company.

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1995 The Prehistory of the Northwest Coast. Academic Press, San Diego.

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Nelson, C. M.

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North, Range 01 East, Willamette Meridian.

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Willamette Meridian.

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Wessen, Gary, and M. Lee Stilson

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8.0 Figures and Tables

Figure 1. USGS Nisqually, WA quadrangle annotated with the project location in red in the center of the map.

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Figure 2. Project plans, provided by Gray & Osborne.

EXISTING

PUBLIC SAFETY

BUILDING

CIVIC DRIVE

EXISTING

CITY HALL

BUILDING

SHOP / STORAGE

2-STORY

OFFICE

FUELING

STATION

VEHICLE

WASH

DECANT

FACILITY

EXISTING

STORM

POND

CITY OF DuPONT

FIGURE 2-4

SITE PLAN

CONSULTING ENGINEERS

NEW PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY / YARD SITE

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Figure 3. GLO map annotated with the approximate project location in red (1871a).

Table 1. Archaeological sites recorded within approximately .25 mile of the project location.

Site Number

Site Type

Distance from

Project

Historic Register Status

Potential

Impacts

45PI56

Historic Forts

.22 mile east

Listed on the WHR.

None

45PI59

Historic Debris

Scatter/Concentration

.20 mile east

Determined not eligible for register

listing.

None

45PI64

Historic Debris

Scatter/Concentration

.18 mile northwest

Determined not eligible for register

listing.

None

45PI66

Historic Religious

Properties

.16 mile northwest

Determined eligible for register

listing.

None

45PI401

Pre Contact Lithic

Material / Historic

Object(s)

.17 mile east

Determined not eligible for register

listing.

None

45PI405

Historic Residential

Structures

Historic Object(s)

.15 mile east

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI413

Historic Religious

Properties

.17 mile east

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI455

Historic Military

Properties / Pre Contact

Lithic Material

.05 mile north

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI484

Historic Object(s)

.19 mile southeast

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

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Site Number

Site Type

Distance from

Project

Historic Register Status

Potential

Impacts

45PI485

Pre Contact Shell

Midden / Historic

Debris

Scatter/Concentration

.09 mile east

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI563

Historic Object(s)

Within the southern

project location.

Determined not eligible for register

listing.

None; it is

anticipated this

site has been

removed by

prior

disturbance.

45PI576

Pre Contact Lithic

Material

.04 mile west

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI712

Historic

Cemetery/Burial

.06 mile south

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI773

Pre Contact Isolate / Pre

Contact Lithic Material

.04 mile north

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI1224

Historic Railroad

Properties

.12 mile northeast

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI1225

Historic Railroad

Properties

.10 mile north-

northeast

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI1226

Historic Railroad

Properties /

Historic Bridges

.04 mile northwest

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI1227

Historic Debris

Scatter/Concentration

.19 mile northeast

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI1228

Historic Debris

Scatter/Concentration

.17 mile northeast

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

45PI1229

Historic Debris

Scatter/Concentration

.21 mile northeast

Not formally evaluated for register

listing.

None

Table 2. Register listed historic properties within approximately one mile from the project. No historic properties

have been recorded in or adjacent to the project.

Period of

Significance

Location

Historic Register Status

Potential Impacts

1843 Fort Nisqually

1843-1869

.22 mile east

Listed on the WHR.

None.

Fort Nisqually Site

1833-1869

.73 mile west-northwest

Listed on the WHR and

NRHP.

None.

Sequalitchew

Archaeological Site

Precontact

1.07 mile northwest

Listed on the WHR and

NRHP.

None.

DuPont Village

Historic District

1906-1937

.79 mile southeast

Listed on the WHR and

NRHP.

None.

Table 3. Cemeteries recorded within approximately one mile of the project location.

Resource ID

Smithsonian

Number

Cemetery Name

Address/

(DuPont)Distance

Date Established/In

Use

628385

45PI712

.05 mile south

628384

45PI711

Early Historic

Cemetery

.63 mile southwest

628382

45PI451

Lone Fir Grave Site

2152 Forrest Place /

.37 mile southeast

Mid to late 1800s

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Resource ID

Smithsonian

Number

Cemetery Name

Address/

(DuPont)Distance

Date Established/In

Use

628381

45PI413

1843 Fort Nisqually

Native American

Burial Site /

Sequalitchew

Cemetery

.16 mile east

Mid to late 1800s

628380

45PI404

Nisqually Indian

Burial Site

.65 mile northwest

628373

45PI78

Huggins Ranch

Graves

.34 mile southeast

Mid to late 1800s

628372

45PI77

Old Fort Lake Graves

2300 Golf House

Road / .57 mile west

628371

45PI76

Sequalitchew Graves

.93 mile northwest

Figure 4. Satellite imagery annotated with the project location, excavated test pits, and excavated shovel probes.

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Figure 5. Overview of the typical conditions in test pit locations in the northern portion of the project.

Figure 6. Overview of the typical conditions in test pit locations in the southern portion of the project.

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Table 4. Depositional context observed in test pit excavations.

Test

Pit #

UTM

Coordinates

Observed sediments (measured in centimeters below

surface in compacted core samples)

Archaeological

Materials observed

526675E

5217008N

0-60 (disturbed glacial fill) grayish brown loamy sand, 50-

60% rounded gravel and cobbles

60-75 (disturbed glacial fill) grayish tan gravelly sand lens

75-125 (glacial) dark brown loamy sand, 50-60% rounded

gravel and cobbles

none

526662E

5217008N

0-100: (disturbed glacial fill) mixed till and tan sandy

gravel

100-130: (glacial) Dark brown loamy sand, 50-60%

rounded gravel and cobbles

130-270: (glacial) yellowish brown sand, 25-35% rounded

gravel and cobbles.

none

526675E

5217056N

0-60: (disturbed glacial fill) dark brown loamy sand, 50-

60% rounded gravel and cobbles

60-95: (disturbed glacial fill) tan sandy gravel

95-160: (glacial) banded gray and tan sandy gravel, 30-

40% small cobbles

160-225: (glacial) tan sandy gravel, 30-40% small cobbles.

none

526643E

5217055N

0-25: (disturbed glacial fill/topsoil) very dark brown sandy

loam, 15-25% gravel

25-75: (disturbed glacial fill)Tan sandy gravel and small

cobbles

75-245: (glacial) gray sandy gravel, 30-40% cobbles.

none

526706E

5216886N

0-170: (disturbed glacial) banded gray and tan sandy

gravel, 30-40% cobbles

170-205: (alluvial) compacted very dark brown sandy

loam and peat, 25-35% gravel

205-235: (glacial) yellowish brown silty sand and gravel,

30-40% cobbles

Metal fragment in

upper 60 cm

526704E

5216908N

0-120: (disturbed glacial) banded gray and tan sandy

gravel, 30-40% cobbles

120-200: (alluvial) compacted very dark brown sandy

loam and peat, 25-35% gravel

200-250: (glacial) yellowish brown silty sand and gravel,

30-40% cobbles

none

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Figure 7. Representative photograph of the subsurface conditions observed in test pit excavations

Table 5. Depositional context observed in shovel test probes.

Probe #

UTM Coordinates

(+/- 3 meters)

Observed sediments (measured in centimeters below

surface in compacted core samples)

Archaeological

Materials

Observed

526691E

5217054N

0-17: (glacial/topsoil) dark brown sandy loam, 15-25%

gravel

17-70: (glacial) dark brown loamy sand, 50-60% gravel and

cobbles.

Terminated at cobbles

none

526677E

5217054N

0-14: (glacial/topsoil) dark brown sandy loam, 15-25%

gravel

14-45: (glacial) dark brown loamy sand, 50-60% gravel and

cobbles.

Terminated at cobbles

none

526611E

5217059N

0-32: (glacial/topsoil) dark brown sandy loam, 15-25%

gravel

32-59: (glacial) dark brown loamy sand, 20-30% gravel and

cobbles.

59-100: (glacial) dark yellowish brown loamy sand, 50-60%

gravel and cobbles

none

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Figure 8. Subsurface conditions in probe 1.

Figure 9. Probe 1 overview, view is to the west.

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Figure 10. Subsurface conditions observed in probe 2.

Figure 11. Probe 2 overview, view is to the west.

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Figure 12. Subsurface conditions observed in probe 3.

Figure 13. Probe 3 overview, view is to the east.

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Attachment A. Correspondence with Area Tribes.

CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSULTANTS, LLC. 1416 NW 46TH ST, STE 105 PMB346, SEATTLE, WA 98107

PHONE 206.855.9020 - sonja@crcwa.com

April 1, 2019

Nisqually Indian Tribe

Jackie Wall, THPO

4820 She-Nah-Num Dr SE

Olympia, WA 98513

Re: Cultural Resources Assessment for the City of Dupont Public Works Building Project,

Dupont, Pierce County, WA

Dear Jackie:

I am writing to inform you of a cultural resources assessment for the above referenced project

and to seek additional information about the project area the Tribe may have that is not readily

available through other written sources. This letter is on a technical staff-to-technical staff basis

to inquire about project-related cultural information or concerns. It is not intended as formal

government-to-government consultation to be initiated by the appropriate regulatory agency.

The project is located in Section 26, Township 19 North, Range 01 East Willamette Meridian at

1700 to 1780 Civic Drive in Dupont, Pierce County, Washington. City of Dupont proposes to

construct a new public works building/shop, along with a fueling facility, decant facility, and

wash rack.

We are in the process of reviewing available information. Background research will include a

site files search at the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation,

review of previously recorded cultural resource reports, and review of pertinent published

literature and ethnographies. Results of our investigations will be presented in a technical memo.

We are aware that not all information is contained within published sources. Should the Tribe

have additional information to support our assessment, we would very much like to include it in

our study. Please contact me at sonja@crcwa.com or 360-395-8879 should you wish to provide

any comments. I appreciate your assistance in this matter and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Sonja Kassa Kleinschmidt

Projects Manager

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CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSULTANTS, LLC. 1416 NW 46TH ST, STE 105 PMB346, SEATTLE, WA 98107

PHONE 206.855.9020 - sonja@crcwa.com

April 1, 2019

Puyallup Tribe of Indians

Brandon Reynon

3009 East Portland Ave

Tacoma, WA 98404

Re: Cultural Resources Assessment for the City of Dupont Public Works Building Project,

Dupont, Pierce County, WA

Dear Brandon: