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Ordinance No. 3260-12 <br /> AN ORDINANCE Establishing a Moratorium with Respect to the Central Waterfront Planning <br /> Area, in accordance with RCW 36.70A.390, and Declaring an Emergency to Exist. <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following: <br /> 1. For generations a mill has been located in the heart of the City's working waterfront. The <br /> site is unique and valuable due to its size, adjacency to a deep water port, access to rail <br /> lines, access to roads, relationship to Port Gardner Bay and its location at the terminus of <br /> the City's water transmission line Number 4. This site is also in proximity to the central <br /> business district, residential and mixed use areas, the Port of Everett and Naval Station <br /> Everett. <br /> 2. Kimberly-Clark recently announced it will close and demolish the mill, conduct yet-to- <br /> be-determined environmental testing and cleanup, and market the property. <br /> 3. The closure and potential conversion of a major industrial facility to vacant land is a <br /> substantial change in circumstances that may render existing land use plans, policies, and <br /> regulations inadequate. The City does not have long-range planning for the site and its <br /> vicinity that envisions any uses for the site other than the existing operation. <br /> 4. Because of the site's unique nature, it is a critical economic engine for North Everett, <br /> downtown and the greater community. A transition from a mill site to a new use will <br /> have ramifications for years to come. <br /> 5. The change in circumstance presents the City with a unique opportunity to undertake a <br /> planning process for the site as well as its immediate vicinity, which are strategically <br /> located between the Port of Everett and Naval Station Everett. For purposes of this <br /> Ordinance, this approximately 92-acre area is referred to as the "Central Waterfront <br /> Planning Area" and is shown on Exhibit A. This planning process will consider a range <br /> of alternatives and determine if revisions to the City's comprehensive plan or <br /> development regulations are in the public interest. The public interest is best served by <br /> working with the property owners and other public and private stakeholders to evaluate a <br /> range of reuse alternatives. <br /> Page 1 <br />