2012/12/18 Council Agenda Packet

Allan Giffen From: Allan Giffen Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:06 AM To: Mary Cunningham Cc: Dave Koenig; Jim Hanson Subject: FW: Our Waterfront For record. From: Deb Williams Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 3:14 PM To: Allan Giffen Subject: FW: Our Waterfront From: Paula McCulloch [paula.mcculloch@me.com] Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 11:09 AM To: Ron Gipson; Paul Roberts; Brenda Stonecipher; Shannon Affholter; Jeffrey Moore; Scott Bader; Arlan Hatloe; Mayor Stephanson Subject: Our Waterfront The Herald's December 16th article on "What is the right use for old mill site?" held many compelling reasons to vote for Plan 3. I attended one of the first meetings at the Everett train station. I was under the impression the city set this up to get citizens input on what was important to them at the K.C. site. It was a very good turnout. At the top of the list of posted survey results people wanted the area to be cleaned up to the highest level possible, clean industry with livable wage jobs, and public access. These are all reasonable requests and I do believe the public is expecting at the minimum the site to be cleaned up to the highest standard. My hope is that a healthy compromise can be made to satisfy a majority of people but mostly the people who call Everett their home. Alternative 3 fits all the criteria the public was asking for. It's the only option that will provide the highest tax revenue for the city, the only option that requires public access, and the greatest number of potential jobs with higher wages than an industrial use. In addition, and most importantly to me, this plan will ensure the shoreline environmental cleanup will occur and will hold the greatest benefit to the downtown. If I could have only one of those items met it would be to see the area cleaned up to the highest level and to not continue to pollute the waters of Puget Sound, and no I don't have any desire to swim in the waters in front of K.C. EVER. The Port of Everett and Navy Base already have a large piece of our waterfront. This taxpayer and citizen of Everett hopes to see a cleaner shoreline in the future. Jobs are important but so are quality of life issues, they go hand in hand. Remember the saying "if you don't have your health, you don't have anything"? With plan number 3 we can have both. If I'm expected to keep up with escalating taxes the City ought to pay more attention to making Everett a more livable place. Maybe it's human nature to do the same thing over and over, I understand it's the easy thing to do but it may i