2012/12/18 Council Agenda Packet

Exhibit A to Ordinance No. Central Waterfront Redevelopment Plan to determine if on-site or off-site public access is more desirable or feasible. The improvements discussed below are conceptual. Before specific improvements can be constructed,additional planning, site analysis and design, and in some cases agreements with BNSF are required. The description of alternatives above briefly states the concept for each alternative related to providing public access to the water. Under Alternatives 1 and 2, industrial uses in the Deep Water Port must be water-dependent or water-related, and on-site public access is not required. Alternative 3 would require amendments to the SMP to allow nonwater-dependent/related industrial uses in shoreline jurisdiction and require on-site public access for those uses. This is shown conceptually as an open space at the south end of the water associated with a water- oriented commercial use and a trail along the entire shoreline edge. Alternative 4 encourages public access to be provided on-site, and also shows an open space at the south end of the site associated with water-oriented commercial uses. All of the alternatives show existing and potential pedestrian/bicycle connections to the eastern portion of the Kimberly-Clark site along Terminal Avenue and West Marine View Drive. • The Shoreline Public Access Plan provides for the main trail link along the Kimberly- Clark site to remain on the sidewalk along the west side of West Marine View Drive. This connects to the Everett Avenue overcrossing and Port of Everett's Terminal Avenue/Pigeon Creek trail to the south. The Everett Bicycle Master Plan calls for the sidewalk north of Everett Avenue to be widened to 12 feet. • A connection from the west end of Hewitt Avenue,beneath the BNSF mainline railroad and across the Bayside rail line, connecting the downtown and the central waterfront. • A connection to Bayside Park under West Marine View Drive connecting the Bayside Neighborhood to the central waterfront area. This improvement,included in the Shoreline Public Access Plan and the Bayside Park Master Plan,would connect to the sidewalk trail along the west side of West Marine View Drive by the existing north gate/ entrance to the Kimberly-Clark site. There are a number of other potential public access improvements that could be implemented under the various land use alternatives. These improvements may include on-site improvements to complement existing pedestrian and bicycle facilities that exist in the area,or they could be entirely new improvements in another off-site location. Maintaining views of the water is also a major public access consideration. On-site public access could include a wide variety of open spaces and trails along the water associated with water-oriented uses and views of industrial activities. See Appendix 5 for examples,including examples of public access provided in industrial areas. Off-site access could occur in a variety of locations. Kimberly-Clark owns land and tidelands in the Snohomish River at Preston Point on the north end of the Everett peninsula. The Everett • 17 • 23