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Letter to Mr. Allan Giffen <br />October 22, 2009 <br />Page 3 <br />doesn't have a large surplus of capacity. Population is expected to grow by 26,990 people from <br />2002 to 2025. The surplus capacity is 1,636 people. Everett will clearly require additional <br />population capacity in order to accommodate its 2040 target. <br />Allowing residential development at the CEMEX site will add capacity for 2,950 persons <br />according to table 1.2 in the DSEIS, which will help Everett achieve the 2040 population target. <br />At the same time, if a major regional employer were to locate at this large industrial site, that <br />might increase demand for higher density housing in Everett, resulting in higher achieved <br />densities, thereby increasing the expected population capacity. Therefore, it isn't clear whether <br />this proposal will increase or decrease the net 2040 population capacity for Everett. <br />From the Multicounty Planning Policies (MPPs): <br />MPP -DP -8 Focus a significant share of employment growth in designated regional <br />manufacturing/industrial centers. <br />Retaining the existing industrial designation is consistent with policy DP -S. <br />MPP -DP -53 Protect industrial lands from encroachment by incompatible uses and <br />development on adjacent lands. <br />Re -designating industrial land for residential uses is encroachment on industrial land and <br />contrary to policy MPP -DP -53. <br />Airport C )mpatibility <br />The DSEI S indicates that the site is within the Airport Influence Area (AIA) for Paine Field, as <br />shown in figure 2.9, and that noise impacts are unavoidable. However, the DSEIS doesn't <br />identify aiiy mitigation measures addressing noise impacts from airport operations for potential <br />future res: dents. The county's GPP recommends that a notification process be developed to alert <br />property owners within Paine Field's AIA that their property is located near a public use airport <br />and may experience impacts from airport operations. If the land use designation changes to <br />incorporate residential uses, the county would be interested in review of the measures that the <br />city would require of the developer to mitigate the impacts. <br />CONCLUSI®N <br />As the analysis shows, there could be some benefits to redesignating the CEMEX site from <br />industrial to mixed residential and commercial development, but there are also some areas of <br />concern. Everett should explore opportunities to increase population capacity inside the city, <br />consistent with the PSRC's Vision 2040 Regional Growth Strategy. However, the county would <br />want to know: how would the city propose mitigating for the loss of a large-scale industrial <br />parcel for the regional economy, and the lost employment capacity in the MIC, if the designation <br />changes? In addition, we would like to see what mitigation measures the city would require of <br />