20171291 Ver 1_As-Built Site Visit Minutes_20210826

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Good morning,
Thank you all for meeting us at Gideon this week. Please find attached the minutes from the site visit. Let us know if you
have any feedback.
Thanks,
Ryan Medric
Ecologist
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MEMORANDUM
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3600 Glenwood Ave., Suite 100 Raleigh, North Carolina 27612 919.209.1052 tel. [phone] fax
TO: NCIRT
FROM: Ryan Medric — RES
Brad Breslow — RES
DATE: August 26, 2021 (discussion held on August 23, 2o2i)
RE: Summary of As -Built Site Visit for Gideon Project, Surry County, NC
SAW-2 01'7-01462
DWR #2017-1291
Attendees
Todd Tugwell, USACE
Erin Davis, NCDENR
Date & Time
August 23, 2021 @ 2:00 pm.
Steve Kichefski, USACE Ryan Medric, RES
Brad Breslow, RES
Project Summary
Construction and as -built set-up of the Gideon Mitigation Project, within the RES Yadkin 01 UMBI, are now
complete. As constructed, the Gideon Mitigation Project will provide 2,962.067 stream mitigation units (SMUs).
Site Visit Discussion
Multiple areas of bank erosion were noted on MC2-A. Rain gauge data from North Carolina State
Climate Office Mt. Airy (approximately nine miles from the site) shows that there were seven rain
events between one and two inches since March 2021. RES plans to repair these areas this
dormant season with haybales, matting, livestakes, brush mattresses, etc.
- A couple headcuts were noted along the top of bank of MC2-A. These areas likely were a result
of flood waters cutting back into the stream channel. RES plans to repair these areas this dormant
season with haybales, matting, livestakes, brush mattresses, etc.
Reach JN6-C seemed to have low livestake vigor. RES plans to add supplemental livestakes to
this reach during this dormant season.
- Multiple areas of bank erosion were noted on the enhancement III reach MC2-Bjust below MC2-
A.
There was discussion about the lack of supplemental planting on JN6 above the crossing. Though
it was mentioned in the Mitigation Plan language; the construction plans/monitoring figure only
showed the planting proposed for the area of restoration above the crossing.