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ASPECT CONSULTING PROJECT NO. AS190583A-08  MAY 21, 2025 FINAL 3 2 Site Background and Setting This section presents an overview of the Upland Area location, history, cultural resources, and environmental setting. 2.1 Location Description 2.1.1 Upland Area Location The Upland Area comprises approximately 54 acres located in an industrial area on the west side of downtown Everett, Washington (Figure 1-1). The Upland Area includes 12 contiguous tax parcels, which together encompass 54 acres of upland area and approximately 12 acres of adjacent tidelands. The tidelands are addressed as part of the East Waterway cleanup process. All the parcels were previously owned by K-C. In July 2019, the City purchased from K-C the northernmost 8.9 acres of the Upland Area including the former mill’s wastewater treatment infrastructure, referred to by the City as the Utility Property, and herein referred to as the City Utility Property. In October 2019, the Port of Everett purchased from K-C the remaining approximately 46 acres of the Upland Area and 12 acres of adjacent tidelands. Figure 2-1 depicts the current distribution of tax parcels and property ownership within the Upland Area. In 2014, David Evans and Associates, under contract to K-C, surveyed the southwestern boundary of parcel 29051900300100 in accordance with the legal description, which confirmed that the southwestern parcel boundary has been incorrectly located in Snohomish County’s online parcel database. The correct parcel boundary is coincident with the current fence line in that area. The parcel boundary, and thus the boundary of the Upland Area, are shown on figures in this report. 2.1.2 Surrounding Properties The properties surrounding the Upland Area are briefly described in the following bullets:  Immediately east of the Upland Area is the BNSF Railway, Inc. (BNSF) railroad mainline, and then West Marine View Drive and Lower Norton Avenue (Figure 2-1).  The western boundary of the Upland Area is the East Waterway shoreline, which is operationally defined as MHHW. The East Waterway is a dredged waterway within the larger Port Gardner Bay, approximately 2.3 miles south of the mouth of the Snohomish River (Figure 1-1). The East Waterway contains a United States (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers navigation channel.  The neighboring property to the north is the U.S. Naval Station Everett.  Adjacent to the south are multiple industrial properties owned by BNSF, Mobil Oil Corporation, the Ronan C. Bonnie Trust, and the Port of Everett, according to current Snohomish County online records.