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Conclusion: Since access is not feasible on base, alternative measures must be taken to mitigate for loss of public access that will be lost. The Shoreline Master Program encourages exploring alternative means to provide public access and recreation on the shoreline and water and deals with the need for providing physical and visual shoreline access to the general public. Public water access and water front recreational activities have been severely restricted due to the industrial nature of Everett's early waterfront development. The challenge now is to increase the availability of public access to the salt water area. J. Finding: BREAKWATER Breakwater shall meet or exceed all design requirements of the State Department of Fisheries. Conclusion: U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fisheries have been consulted by the Navy in the design of the breakwater. A break or gap in the breakwater will lead fish along the same migration route through the East Waterway that is currently being used. K. Finding: DREDGE SPOILS DISPOSAL - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT The use regulations section of the City's Master Program contains the following provision: "Shoreline uses and activities not specifically identified, and for which policies and regulations have not been developed, will be evaluated as a conditional use activity." Dredge spoils disposal is a conditional use in the Conservancy-Recreation Environment if it is being utilized in a beach enrichment project with the minimal impact on water quality. Confined deep water disposal was not anticipated when the City of Everett's Shoreline Master Program was developed. Conditional use permits are granted only after the following points have been demonstrated: 1 . The proposed use will not be contrary to the general intent of Everett's Master Program. 2. The proposed use will not interfere with the normal public use of public shorelines. 3. The proposed use of the site and design of the project will be compatible with other permitted uses in the area. 4. The proposed use will cause no significant adverse effects to the shoreline environment in which it is to be located. 5. The public interest suffers no substantial detrimental effect. Conclusion: The City of Everett Shoreline Master Program contains the following provisions regarding conditional uses: "A conditional use permit is used to provide more control and and flexibility in implementation of the master program regulations. With measures to control undesirable effects, the range of uses within each of the six environments can be expanded to include many uses." The intent of the conditional use section of the master program is to provide a mechanism to allow the review of uses not classified or not specifically contemplated in the Master Program. Precedence for using deep water disposal as an approved method for dredge spoils disposal has been established. A conditional use permit was granted for the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Port Gardner Disposal Site. It was originally applied for in 1972 and granted; it has since been reissued in 1978 and 1984. -7-