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The Watershed Company• EAIBlumen <br /> June 2012 <br /> project description and map of the sites. A link to the website was included in a <br /> June 3,2011 article on HeraldNet.com,the website for the Everett Herald. <br /> On June 2,2011,the City's Parks and Recreation Director was the guest speaker <br /> at the Silver Lake Action Committee neighborhood meeting. The Director <br /> discussed the Sullivan Park conversion, and encouraged attendees to comment <br /> on the replacement site proposal. The City did not receive any written comments <br /> from the Silver Lake Action Committee. <br /> The primary public concern at the Silver Lake Action Committee meeting was <br /> that the location is unsuitable due to the distance from parking(at least 4 <br /> comments). Related concerns were that accessibility will be inadequate due to <br /> both the distance from parking and the proximity of Interstate 5 which must be <br /> crossed to reach the Replacement Site from Sullivan Park(1 comment). The lack <br /> of access was further mentioned as a possible hindrance to maintenance and <br /> emergency vehicles(1 comment). The perception that access to the new park <br /> property would be increased prompted submittal of concerns(3 comments) <br /> about crime,trespass, and/or other illegal behavior. The potential for increased <br /> noise to nearby residences was noted by one commenter. Other commenters <br /> voiced support for pedestrian access,and one requested that restroom facilities <br /> be installed for Interurban Trail users. One request for a streetlight on 104th <br /> Street was made. One commenter opposed public access from 109th Street SE. <br /> Wetlands on the new park property were mentioned as limiting the potential for <br /> recreational uses on the property, and therefore the commenters(2)believed that <br /> the replacement property was not equivalent in value or recreational utility to <br /> the fire station site prior to its conversion. One of these commenters also <br /> believed that an alternative lakeshore site would better address watershed water <br /> quality problems,while another noted that a more suitable replacement location <br /> would be on property to the north that is adjacent to four large apartment <br /> complexes. One commenter noted that the proposed location's wetlands might <br /> serve some hydrologic function for the area. Several commenters were pleased <br /> with the focus on wetlands in the new park property. One hoped that assurances <br /> that wetland status would be protected in the future would be included in the <br /> process. Another hoped that the preservation of off-property large trees would <br /> be included. <br /> A former Fire Marshall offered his correction and evaluation of a Heraldnet.com <br /> news story concerning the history of the conversion. Concerns regarding the <br /> news story were that it failed to state that the fire station was the only wood- <br /> framed station in the City and was built at a lower cost than other new stations. <br /> The commenter stated that the present and past overall problem is that the City <br /> is slowly annexing to its GMA boundaries,which made it difficult to plan for <br /> firefighting response. He further stated that the original plan had been for a new <br /> Page 5 <br />