Snohomish County used this grant to complete final designs for: I) Howarth Park Beach Restoration; and II) Restoration of three Beaches at a) Powder Mill Gulch Creek; b) Narbeck, Merrill and Ring Creeks; and c) Glennwood Creek. These Puget Sound nearshore beach nourishment projects are all located along the railroad impounded shoreline in WRIA7 between between Mukilteo and Everett in Snohomish County. A stakeholder process identified these sites as part of the Nearshore Sediment Nourishment Feasibility Study (Preliminary Design Report, Attach #8; funded by #09-1268) which included conceptual designs for sites 5 and 9. Howarth Park and Site 2 designs were advanced to 30% (Attach 33 & 34). Project deliverables for this 2012 grant included Preliminary Designs for Sites 5, 6, 9, and 10 in accordance with Manual 18 Appendix D-2; and final designs for all locations in accordance with Appendix D-3. Permit applications were submitted but the acquisition of permits will be completed during the construction phase (13-1106). Restoring more natural sediment delivery and transport processes to and along the beaches and restoring riparian conditions should significantly improve salmon productivity and juvenile capacity (SRBSCP 2005) and is a "most pressing need" (highest priority and sequence) in the Snohomish Basin 3-year work plan. The primary species supported by these nearshore habitats are Chinook Salmon, Pacific Sand Lance, and Surf Smelt.