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Aaron Reardon, <br />County Executive <br />(425) 388-3311 <br />FAX (425) 388-3670 <br />October 22, 2009 <br />Snohomish Counil'y OCT 2 6 9009 <br />Planning and Development Sevvices <br />Allan Giffen <br />Planning and Community Development Director <br />City of Everett <br />2930 Wetmore, Suite 8A <br />Everett, WA 908201 <br />SUBJECT: Everett Comprehensive Plan Update — CEMEX DSETS <br />Dear Mr. Giffen: - <br />CUCY OF E-VERY17 <br />M/S #604 <br />3000 Rockefeller Avenue <br />Everett, WA 98201-4046 <br />Thank, you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed city of Everett 2008-2009 <br />comprehensive plan update. I would like to share the county analysis of the proposed CEMEX <br />amendments as outlined, in the Draft Supplemental , Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for <br />that proposal. <br />mywl�l �*" NO <br />As you are aware, this conipreheiisive plan amendment would redesignate the majority of the <br />CEMEX property (the former Rinker Materials site) from industrial to allow a mix of residential, <br />commercial, and office development. Currently, that property is part of the regionally designated <br />Paine Field/Boeing Everett -Manufacturing Itidus,trial Center (MIC). This 4,241 acre area <br />stretches across the border of Everett into -unincorporated Snohomish County and includes both <br />the Boeing wide-body commercial jet factory and the Paine Field Airport. Puget Sound <br />Regional Council (PSRQ estimates show that the MIC had 33,814 employees in 2000, 106.5% in <br />the manufacturing sector.' <br />Z=1 <br />According to table 1.2 in the DSEIS, this proposal would reduce the employment Capacity by <br />2,486 industrial jobs. A large share of the remaining 1,150 job capacity would be shifted to <br />service sector and retail sector jobs that frequently do not pay as well and do riot have, as large of <br />a regional economic, impact as manufacturing jobs do. <br />Fui , ther, an analysis of the parcel data for the 2007 Buildable Lands Report (BLR) for Snohomish <br />County shows that the primary parcel involved, which is roughly 140 acres in size, is the largest <br />1 Puget Sound Regional Council, "Central Puget Sound Regional Growth Centers," 2002. <br />www.snoco.org <br />