4027 4TH ST SE 2018-01-01 MF Import

NAR[iATIVII STATGDI6NT A. The City of Everett recently received a Shoreline M¢nagement Permit for the installation of n metal polc building nt the City's wastewuter treatment pl.ant. Condition No. 1 of the permi'. states tltnt the floor of the pole building �aust be elevated nUove the 100-year flood mar!< (108.�1 feet, City of Everett datuo). The City requests o variance from this conditior. of its Shorelines Pernit for the following reasons: (1) The ostensible intent of floodproofing structures withi❑ n floodplein is to prevent damage to the structures nnd their contents i� the event of n flood. 1:oNever, t}ic proposed met¢1 pole building would sustnin negligible dua�egc ducing even o 100-yenr flood event, if the structure was constructed a: the existing grode. The building's Nalls, doors, and roof �+ould nll be mode of shcet octal, und the structure iaould contnin neither utilities nor perounently stored equipment. Accordingly, the pole building woald not bc nppreciably damnged by floodwnter or flonLing objects. (2) The proposed use of thc pole building is for uvernight vchicular stornge and security only. At present, tiie treatment plant vehicles are 3tored in the open, ut the exiating grade. So, if the vehicles �-ere damnged in the event of o flood, they hould bc dnmeged with or witliout tl�c pole building. (J) 'fhc constructicn n 75' by 39' plutl'oc•m 3.7 fccl above the existing grade would require at least 400 cubic vards of fill. The cost of the fill alone would be upproximately S5,000; and ivhen this cost ig added to the cost of the use of the dump truclt ❑nd backhoe, as caell os operntor time, the overall cost of erecting the platform iaould closely approximnte thc cost of the building ?tself (;9,900). (4) Finally, the filling operetions required to conslruct the platform for tlie pole building would significnntly alter the conditions under which the Declarution of Nonsignificance was given, and would tt.u3 require nnoCtter environment¢1 review of the oroject. u. I'he treatment pinnt staff need the metal pole building in order to properly store and secure their vehicles nt night. To this end, the t�urpose of the pole building is likc that of the borns locnted on fnrms adjncent to the treatnent plant. And obviously, it is to the benefit of Evecett's Public Works Department, and to nll of Everett's ciCizenry, Lo protect public property to tlie greutest extent possiblc. C, fhe metal pole building will enhance public welfare by pru'ecting public property. Also, the other propertv in the nr��o will not be injured in either a prnctical ur an uc:+thetic ;ense by the co�struction of Che pcle building. D. The construction of the pole building is in complete hi�rmony with the Policy 1, Section IV, page 53 of the Cit}•'s Sl�orcline Dlaster Program, which stotes thnt "New utility activities in the shoreline ❑ren shouL� improve existing uses and/or putential uses uf the land und result in the apFropriatc dcvelopment oC the shoreline nrea." Surcly lhe installotiun of the pole building Nould :�id in tl;c :naintenance of the wastc�;ater treatment plant, ��nd would th��efore imprrve the existing use of u shcreline ai�co.