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VIGOR <br /> INDUSTRIAL <br /> December 18, 2012 <br /> Everett City Council <br /> 2930 Wetmore Ave. <br /> Everett WA 98201 <br /> Subject: Proposed zoning for former Kimberly Clark property <br /> Council Members: <br /> I'm writing to express Vigor Industrial's support for the Everett Planning Commission's recommended <br /> zoning for the former Kimberly Clark site at the Port of Everett. The commission recommends <br /> retaining the site's existing M-2 maritime industrial zoning. This zoning allows for family-wage <br /> maritime industries such as ours, along with other water-dependent businesses, to locate and expand <br /> in Everett. Retaining the M-2 designation will help Everett preserve and further benefit from the city's <br /> well developed, deep-water industrial infrastructure. <br /> Our facility is adjacent to the Kimberly Clark site. Our craftspeople earn anywhere from$40,000 to <br /> $80,000 a year on average.We provide services for vessels including tugs,ferries and fishing boats, <br /> along with significant projects for the Navy and Coast Guard. We do this work in Everett because the <br /> area offers deep water access and excellent industrial infrastructure.We cannot do this work without <br /> these assets. <br /> Across the West Coast, cities are losing this irreplaceable industrial infrastructure to development for <br /> non-water dependent light industrial, commercial and residential uses.While such development is <br /> clearly beneficial to cities,these types of activities can be sited nearly anywhere. Water-dependent <br /> heavy industrial uses, on the other hand, must be located in places with deepwater access. <br /> As other West Coast communities make the mistake of erasing their industrial waterfront <br /> infrastructure, Everett's M-2 zoned land will only become more attractive and valuable to water- <br /> dependent industries. If Everett joins the growing number of cities turning waterfront into office parks, <br /> that valuable asset and the associated family-wage industrial jobs will be gone forever. <br /> Preserving this land for water-dependent industrial use is the city's chance to hold on to an <br /> increasingly scarce and valuable resource: a working industrial waterfront. z <br /> O <br /> Thank you for considering our comments during your public process. — <br /> O <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Adam L. Beck <br /> Director of Regional Operations CC <br /> Vigor Industrial LLC I— <br /> w <br /> 0 <br /> phone 206.623.1635 / fax 206.442.8505 / Vigortndustrial.com z <br /> P.O.Box 3806,Seattle,WA 98124 / 1801 16th Avenue SW Seattle,WA 98134 — <br />