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ENVIRONMENTAL CHEC:tLIST <br />SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENTS <br />DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: <br />The existing County Jail, which has been determined to be substandard, is <br />located in the County Courthouse Building in downtown Everett. The applicant <br />�has -requested siting approval to construct a new County detention facility on <br />"properties between Oakes Avenue and Lombard Avenue, between Hall Street and <br />Pacific Avenue, excepting the site of the former Carnegie Library Building, <br />�.in ��. the City of Everett. The proposed facility will be designed to house up to <br />`^ "-337 persons and is expected to include approximately 114,400 square -feet in <br />4-5 stories and parking for approximately 45 vehicles. These facilities are <br />subject to expansion to accommodate future growth. <br />The facility will be occupied by persons sentenced for misdemeanor and felon}+ <br />offenses and arrested persons awaiting arraignment or trial. <br />Applicant -dill also request a special land use permit; building and related <br />permits; and a sever connection permit from the City of Everett. <br />Public water and sever will be provided to standarCu; of the City of Everett. <br />The submittal of this Declaration of Non -Significance should not be interpreted <br />as acceptance or approval of the subject proposal as presented. Snohomish <br />County reserves the right to deny said proposal or approve said proposal subject <br />to conditions.1f it is determined to be in the best interests of the County <br />and/or necessary to the general health, safety and welfare of the public to'do <br />so. <br />II.J. =risoner Escapes - County records indicate one escape in each of <br />calendar years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1'381, and two escapes in 1980. <br />It is expected that the new facilities +.gill substantially reduce <br />escape opportunities through both improved physical security and <br />by arranging facilities so as to permit improved prisoner supervision. <br />II.R. Project will displace single-family residences. Displaced persons <br />eligible for relocation assistance as provided by the RCM. <br />