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The Watershed Company■ EAlBlumen June 2012 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROPOSED SULLIVAN PARK FIRE STATION CONVERSION 1 PURPOSE AND NEED 1.1 Overview of Proposed Project In 2007,the City of Everett notified the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) that it had developed a portion of Thornton A. Sullivan Park(Sullivan Park)without knowledge of the grant-protected status of the park. Sullivan Park is protected by Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund(LWCF)Act, and conversion of such parkland to non- recreation use requires the adequate replacement of the displaced area and uses and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA). The RCO is the state administrator of the LWCF program in Washington State on behalf of the National Park Service (NPS). Final approval of any conversion rests with the NPS. The proposed action would formally transfer NPS federal authority from the approximately 1.6-acre area(Conversion Site)at the northeast corner of Sullivan Park that currently houses a fire station and roadway to the proposed 3.5-acre Replacement Site (Exhibit 1.1-1). The Replacement Site is located approximately 0.25 mile northwest of Sullivan Park and is proposed to include passive recreational uses (e.g.,trails, seating areas,picnic tables) and forested/vegetated open space to match or exceed those uses that were displaced on the Conversion Site. 1 .2 Project Location The Conversion Site and proposed Replacement Site are located in the southeast corner of the City of Everett, Snohomish County,Washington. As Exhibit 1.1-1 shows, the Conversion Site,which includes a fire station and roadway at the north end of Sullivan Park,is bordered by 14th Avenue to the east, 112th Street SE to the north, and Sullivan Park to the south. The proposed Replacement Site is located just north of 112th Street SE,west of Interstate 5 and the Interurban Trail, and east of 10th Drive SE. Page 1