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6947 Coal Creek Parkway SE #203 <br />Newcastle, WA 98059-3159 <br />206-794-9286 <br />george( S'ncvr7vanassocbiz <br />October 26, 2009 <br />Dave Koenig, Manager <br />Planning Depailmennt <br />2930 Wetmore Avenue, 8th Floor <br />Everett, WA 98201 <br />RE: Comment- Draft Supplemental EIS for CEMEX Materials <br />Dear Mr. Koenig; <br />Thank you for the opportunity to provide written continents on the draft supplemental <br />environmental impact statement and rezone for CEMEX Materials which is part of the City of <br />Everett 2008-2009 comprehensive plan docket update. These written connivents supplement the <br />testimony presented at the public hearing before the City of Everett Planning Commission on <br />October 6, 2009. <br />I am writing in support of the comprehensive plan amendment which would become the <br />foundation for the rezone and development known as the Glenwood mixed-use nnaster plan. I <br />have over 30 years professional planning and development experience in Snohomish County and <br />the greater Puget Sound region. Currently, this is the sort of urban village, mixed-use <br />development cities in the region are seeking to attract at strategic locations large enough to <br />enable master planning. <br />Since 1979, there have continuously been -large master planned communities within Snohomish <br />County to accommodate substantial residential growth each year: Snohomish Cascade, Silver <br />Firs, Harbour Pointe, Glen Eagle (Arlington) and even Mill Creek (UDC master plan as the City <br />in the Country). All these master planned conrununities have been built out and completed in the <br />last decade. <br />With the recent policy decisions to remove Fully Contained Communities (FCCs) from the <br />Snohomish County GMA comprehensive plan, there is a projected population allocation of <br />15,000 persons which must be redirected to the Urban Growth Areas. Currently, Snohomish <br />County is in the process of updating and adopting neer standards for urban centers & urban <br />villages which would encourage this type of development in Urban Growth Areas (UGAs), The <br />City of Everett is the largest municipality and plays a significant role in the future land use <br />policy for future development in Snohomish County's tJGA (both incorporated and <br />unincorporated). <br />