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October 26, 2009 <br />C 12 6 2009 <br />Mr. Allan Giffen 1MVil 0-F EWUR-11"TT <br />III I <br />Director and SEPA Responsible Official PUI;n�ralog Bhapl- <br />City of Everett <br />2930 Webmre SUite 800 <br />Everett, VVA 98201 <br />RE: Draft Supplemental Environrnental Impact Statement on CEMEX Proposal <br />We would first like to thank the City for the opportunity to comment on the <br />DSEIS. <br />The Planning Commission has a once in a generation opportunity to niake a <br />recornmendation'"chat will helpweeave the fabric for a new and vibrant communibi <br />in S-out-hwest Everett. <br />As we approach the end of the first decade of the 21s't Century tremendous <br />change is taking place. Change in the economy both globally and localiy, change <br />in the employment climate, change in people"s expectations and needs, and <br />change in the social and environmental landscape. CEMEXs proposal reflects <br />these changing times. <br />In 1994, CSR, the predecessor to CEf,,IE)( declined the opportunity to place <br />re sidenUL al de.veloprnent on this site, as they sa,4,.i sand and gra-vel mining as <br />incompatible with new homes. Instead CSR requested a land use that has putt <br />businesses and jobs on over 100 acres of land. Mn addition they donated 100 <br />acres of land for parl-,s and open space. <br />Cernex"s proposal addresses the remaining -117 acres <br />In 2009 CEMEX's operations occupy roughly sixty acres of land, which are <br />pernnitted as a ""grandfathered use"'. Now CEMEX has the possibilih-1 of relocating <br />to North Everett on the Snohomish River and to consolidate their operations, <br />P- 425 258 9366 / F: 425 303 9130 <br />2911 1/2 Hewitt Ave, Suite I <br />Everett, WA 98201 <br />