2010/05/19 Council Agenda Packet

• 1 • • approximately 100 acres located between.Japanese Gulch and the Mukilteo city limits, it is all readily accessible and served by water and sewer utilities. . The City, along with landowners, the Everett Chamber of Commerce and the Snohomish County Economic Development Council, consider this area to be an important economic resource for the Puget Sound region. Therefore, the Land Use Element reinforces the previous commitment to.industrial use of this area. Land use designations include heavy manufacturing, light industry and office and industrial park Conversion of the industrial land base to non-industrial use is discouraged except under limited circumstances where it can be demonstrated by the property owner that industrial use of a site is not feasible and that conversion to a non-industrial use will not reduce the viability of adjoining industrial lands or impact upon the Paine Field Airport. Policy 2.11.9, d) Manufacturing/Industrial Center. The southwest Everett-Paine Field area is the major manufacturing and industrial area for Snohomish County. The intent of designating this area as a "manufacturing/industrial center"is to emphasize the importance of this area for the economic health of the county and region. This area is intended to experience even more intensive development with manufacturing, industrial and other compatible land uses. Southwest Everett Subarea Plan In 1997,the SW Everett Subarea.Plan was adopted and incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan. The plan represented a new approach to planning that integrated the environmental protection measures under the State Environmental Policy Act(SEPA) and the planning requirements under the Growth Management Act(GMA). The plan encompasses an area of almost 4000 acres, including Paine Field although Paine Field is not in the City of Everett, and is no longer included in Everett's Urban Growth Area. It borders on Everett, contains industrial lands and has proposed a wetland mitigation bank within Everett's limits, and its inclusion gives a broader information base for analysis of environmental systems and impacts. • Economic Development Chapter Policy 7.1.4. Treat industrial lands as a critical and limited resource and protect this resource with land use policies. Policy 7.8.3 Preserve the existing base of usable industrial lands, treat these lands as a resource with policies that protect it. Analysis,Everett Industrial Lands Policies: Absent a compelling reason to do otherwise,Everett's Industrial Lands Policies call for protection and preservation of such upland industrial areas, and the employment base they represent. The Southwest Everett Sub Area Plan and planned action ordinances were developed to encourage industrial development in southwest Everett. The PSRC(Puget Sound Regional Council) 2040 12 7