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Background Information 2.4.3 Outcomes of the Alternatives This section compares how well each alternative meets, partially meets, or does not meet the guiding principles and objectives of the subarea plan. 2.4.3.1 No Action Alternative Meets objectives: • Provides for ongoing agricultural use of the subarea • Has no costs associated with restoration other than small-scale restoration that may occur on private properties • Allows for ongoing diking and drainage activities to continue as presently preformed Partially meets or does not meet objectives: • Habitat restoration is more likely to be small-scale, piecemeal, and disjointed • Does not provide for public recreation facilities on City-owned lands 2.4.3.2 Alternative 1: Maximum Recreation Alternative Meets objectives: • Provides for both active and passive recreation opportunities • Provides for the largest agricultural area • Provides some tidally-influenced and freshwater wetland restoration • Does not require significant infrastructure changes • Is lower in cost that Alternatives 2 and 3 Partially meets or does not meet objectives: • Provides less habitat restoration than Alternatives 2 and 3 • Fish passage is not provided into the Marshland Canal, tributary streams, or Wood Creek 2.4.3.3 Alternative 2: Stakeholder Preferred Alternative Meets objectives: • Provides an area for passive recreation and a large public trail system • Provides the second largest amount of overall habitat restoration • Provides fish access to Wood Creek via a flume across the canal into a tidally- influenced wetland area rather than the Marshland Canal Draft Subarea Plan June 2009 Everett Marshland 29 070346-01