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The Watershed Companyâ–  EAIBlumen <br /> June 2012 <br /> 4.11.3 Mitigation Measures <br /> The Proposed Action represents new recreation facilities and opportunities for <br /> the City of Everett that would adequately compensate for the land and facilities <br /> that were previously converted in Sullivan Park from recreation use to fire <br /> station/roadway use. As such,no additional mitigation measures would be <br /> necessary. <br /> 4.12 Impacts to Travel Patterns <br /> 4.12.1 Conversion Site <br /> Sullivan Park <br /> Access to Sullivan Park is provided by Silver Lake Road,which is located <br /> immediately west of the park. Vehicles traveling from the north generally access <br /> Silver Lake Road via 112th Street SE,while those traveling from the south <br /> generally access from 19th Avenue SE. Visitors to the park typically enter the <br /> parking lot at the northwest corner of the lot at the main vehicular entrance. <br /> Additional vehicle access points for maintenance and service vehicles are also <br /> located along the western edge of the park,south of the parking lot. <br /> Travel Pattern Conditions Prior to Conversion <br /> Prior to development of the fire station and roadway, the Conversion Site was <br /> primarily forest and other vegetated area and was utilized as part of the <br /> recreation area associated with Sullivan Park. Visitors using the Conversion Site <br /> would typically access the area from Sullivan Park. <br /> Existing Travel Pattern Conditions <br /> Vehicle access for the Conversion Site is currently provided from 14th Avenue SE <br /> to the west of the site;the one-lane roadway which extended Silver Lake Road is <br /> also located on the Conversion Site and provides vehicular access for the <br /> residential neighborhood to the north of Silver Lake. Major roadways in the <br /> vicinity of the site include I-5 (a freeway/expressway)to the west of the site <br /> beyond 14th Avenue SE, 112th Street SE(a secondary/minor arterial)to the north <br /> of the site,and Silver Lake Road(a collector arterial)to the south and southwest <br /> of the site. <br /> Operation of the existing fire station also contributes a minor amount of traffic in <br /> the site area,primarily from employees travelling to and from the site and <br /> emergency vehicles responding to calls for service. <br /> Environmental Consequences <br /> The one-way roadway on the Conversion Site was originally developed to <br /> mitigate impacts from improvements to SR 527(19th Avenue SE),which <br /> eliminated left turns into and out of the Silver Lake Neighborhood. The <br /> Page 39 <br />