City of Kent completed the first phase of the Downy Farmstead restoration project by relocating Frager Road away from the Green River to provide room to construct the salmon habitat restoration envisioned in phase II. A six car parking lot was constructed at the Old Fishing Hole (downstream) to replace the existing parking area. Now that the road is relocated, the city is applying for additional funding to complete the restoration project and enhance river processes by constructing a side channel and reconnecting floodplain on the left bank of the Green River between river mile (RM) 21.5 and RM 22.3. The City of Kent acquired the site with SRFB grant 02-1601 for habitat restoration. When restoration is complete, the project will provide rearing and refuge habitat for juvenile salmon throughout most of the year, particularly juvenile Chinook salmon. Additional fish species present at the site and expected to utilize the project area are bull trout, Chum, Coho, Cutthroat, Pink, winter Steelhead, Pacific and River Lamprey. Enhancing habitat to improve juvenile salmonid rearing, lifestage diversity, and productivity is a priority in the Green River watershed. A secondary goal of the project is to create additional flood storage and to help alleviate flood damages in urban and agricultural areas in the project vicinity. The feasibility study and preliminary design was completed with funding from project number 08-1659 and final design was completed in 2013, through SRFB Project #11-1219.