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Pill, <br />VC kdw� 10 <br />OCT 2 6 2009 <br />Hand Delivered <br />CITY OF E VERETT <br />October 25, 2009 Planning Dept. <br />Dave Koenig <br />City of Everett Planning and Community Development Dept. <br />2930 Wetmore, Suite 8A <br />Everett, WA 98201 <br />Re: DSEIS 09-001 <br />Request for Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezone <br />Dear Mr. Koenig: <br />The Mukilteo School District wishes to comment on the SEIS for the request for a <br />Comprehensive Plan map amendment and Rezone by CEMEX USA SEIS 09-2009. If <br />approved, this request could result in as many as 1045 dwelling units being constructed. <br />This would have an obvious and significant impact on school district services. While we <br />understand that development would be phased over several years, a clear understanding <br />of the effects of ultimate build -out on school facilities is crucial to ensuring adequate <br />mitigation. <br />While this may not be the time to request specific actions by the applicant, the Mukilteo <br />School District wants to be on record that a development of this size will have a <br />significant impact on the public service that we provide. <br />We are a district serving over 14,000 students. Projected enrollment, without the <br />proposed CEMEX USA development, is expected to reach 16,750 by 2025. We are <br />constantly challenged to provide adequate facility capacity and are currently experiencing <br />deficiencies at the elementary and high school levels. Middle schools are projected to <br />experience shortfalls by 2010. Should former commercial land be converted to mixed <br />use commercial and residential, with up to 1045 units, this could add as many as 373 <br />students based upon our current Capital Facilities Plan with an estimated 187 of those <br />students attending elementary school. <br />This level of enrollment would require app. 8 additional elementary classrooms in <br />District schools. Horizon Elementary School is the closest facility to this site, but it is at <br />its developed capacity and the District's current school assignment plans would not allow <br />for additional classrooms at the site. Mukilteo Elementary School would also have <br />difficulty accepting this number of students. Students in this development would likely <br />have to be transported to other facilities in the District where space can be added, but the <br />District could be burdened with ongoing transportation costs to accommodate the <br />students. <br />