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ATTACHMENT 1 <br /> for single family residential development. No on-site Consolidation Facility will <br /> be constructed under this proposal. <br /> Final site restoration, landscaping, and related plans will be prepared and will <br /> require the approval of Ecology and the City. <br /> At the conclusion of the work, the entire area will be cleaned up to standards that <br /> will allow single family or other residential use. Contaminated soil will remain <br /> on the properties at depths where it is unlikely that people will come into contact <br /> with it. Institutional controls will be used (property owner notification, a marker <br /> cloth at the top of the contaminated soil, deed restrictions, etc.) to help ensure <br /> that people are aware of where contaminated material may be encountered so <br /> they can take appropriate safety measures. <br /> 5.2 Problems Addressed by the Plan <br /> In addition to the basic need for environmental cleanup addressed by the Plan, <br /> as described in the previous section, there are a number of factors that <br /> independently as well as together result in the Redevelopment Area being <br /> blighted. Development of the neighborhood appears to have been targeted at <br /> families who desired to live near the industries (lumber mills and other <br /> traditional industries) that once rimmed the north end of the city. As the <br /> economic cycles affected the industries in North Everett the opportunities for the <br /> area residents to work nearby faded. Over time the neighborhood slowly <br /> transitioned from an owner-occupied residential area into a greater <br /> predominance of rental units. The need for the type of redevelopment and <br /> rehabilitation proposed by this Plan is reinforced by the following: <br /> The US Census Tract in which the Area is located ("census tract 402" or <br /> "the tract") has the lowest average income level of any tract in Snohomish <br /> County; <br /> Census tract 402 has the lowest rate of owner occupied housing in <br /> Snohomish County (21.4% compared to 46% for the City of Everett as a <br /> whole and 67.8% for the County). <br /> The challenges listed above are magnified by the fact that the area has a <br /> disproportionately high number of children as residents: <br /> The tract has a high number of younger residents, the third lowest median <br /> age in the County (28.6 years compared to the County median of 34.7). <br /> Community Renewal Plan-page 9 <br />