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7 <br /> Planning Context <br /> Improvements to public shoreline access, recreational opportunities, and wildlife/fish habitat on the <br /> Riverfront Development site were consistently identified as primary components in the planning <br /> documents which have addressed this area to date. In the 1980s the area's long history of use by the <br /> timber industry came to a close, and after the tire fires of 1983 and 1984 on the Landfill site, the city of <br /> Everett initiated in the 1990s a period of property acquisition and cleanup. <br /> ; � <br /> Shoreline of vacated call line looking north. <br /> This first decade of the 21st century has seen a concerted effort by the city to plan for the future of the <br /> Riverfront Development site. The city initiated construction of a riverfront trail system, and began the <br /> planning effort with the private developer for future development of the sites. <br /> In 2005 the city updated its Shoreline Master Program (SMP). The SMP created a vision and <br /> description for the development of the entire 217 acres. The SMP included specific protections for on- <br /> site wetlands and established shoreline designations for the Riverfront Development District that <br /> directed how and where various uses could be located on the site. Snohomish County, in partnership <br /> with the Water Resources Inventory Area 7, published the Snohomish River Basin Salmon <br /> Conservation Plan, which identified portions of the Riverfront Development site as "one of the few <br /> opportunities to create off-channel habitat"within the city limits for salmon restoration in the Snohomish <br /> River estuary. Also in 2005, the city developed a conceptual restoration plan in partnership with <br /> neighborhood leaders, business interests, the Tulalip Tribes, and environmental groups. The plan, <br /> Snohomish Riverfront Properties at Bigelow Creek: Final Conceptual Enhancement Program, by The <br /> Watershed Company, developed a vision for the type and scale of environmental enhancement and <br /> restoration as well as how public access and public amenities could be integrated with environmental <br /> elements. <br /> This Public Amenities Master Plan represents an important step in the planning process for the <br /> Riverfront Development site, the first consolidation of the <br /> various site plans and projects. The plan presents an ' ,3 <br /> approach to project uiiplementation that balances the <br /> physical characteristics of the site with fiscal limitations to <br /> wy. .�� <br /> achieve a vision of integrated site development. �,- t <br /> • <br /> Multiple Projects • <br /> _• <br /> • <br /> The private development works in concert with art , j �'� � , „�,,:.r, <br /> interlinked group of projects that are managed by the city. `• <br /> One of these is the 41st Street overcrossin and � ''' ' <br /> roundabout that provides access to the private -r4z ;; ` '` - <br /> development. Stormwater and utility systems upgrades <br /> are included in this work. The city's second major project 41st Street overcrossing. <br /> addresses improvements to the Landfill site's leachate <br /> Riverfront Development Public Amenities Master Plan 11 <br /> 48 <br />