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storage pads and fences with access to Ross Avenue which will be retained. (exhibit 7, application, page 4) 7. The project site is on Smith Island and is on the north shoreline of the Snohomish River at approximately River Mile 1.5, immediately east of State Route 529 and west of Interstate 5 in the City of Everett. (exhibit 4, critical areas report, page 6; exhibit 7, application, page 5) 8. McClean Iron Works relocated its steel fabrication business to the current location at Smith Island in 2009. The permitting for the relocation began in 2007, and construction occurred in 2008. In 2009, the facility became operational. (testimony of Mr. Molver; exhibit 4, critical areas report, page 11) 9. Prior to the site development, the developed parcels were sandy soils dominated by weeds and grasses. Between the parcels and the Snohomish River was a large berm consisting of river dredge spoils and blackberry vegetation. As part of that development, the City of Everett required mitigation, including enhancement of the buffer, removal of all concrete debris and the removal of a lobe of the river dredge spoils that extended onto an estuarine wetland bench between the berm and the mainstream of the Snohomish River. (exhibit 4, critical areas report, pages 11 and 12; testimony of Mr. ingalsbe) 10. The expansion of the existing iron works facility on the two newly acquired parcels would include addition of a staging area and wharf that would allow loading and unloading of bulk steel, large steel structures, and components between a barge docked at the proposed wharf and the existing steel fabrication facility. The barges would travel up the Snohomish River to the site, dock at the wharf and then load and/or off-load steel for an ultimate delivery. A crane and a staging area are required to lift and carry large, heavy steel products between the barge and existing steel fabrication facility. The wharf and staging area will be located along the eastern upstream edge of the existing facility. The staging area will be located within the existing buffer between the existing steel ironworks facility and the Snohomish River. It is projected to be approximately 55 feet wide by 230 feet long, and cover 12,650 square feet and located along the upstream edge of the existing facility adjacent to the wharf. It would be constructed of reinforced concrete. (exhibit 4, critical areas report, pages 11 and 12) 11. The proposed wharf will extend from the staging area to the Snohomish River and be approximately 40 feet wide by 132 feet long, and cover 5,280 square feet. There would be approximately 30 linear feet of the wharf within the uplands, while the remaining 102 linear feet will be waterward of the ordinary high water mark of the Snohomish River. Based on the location of the mean higher high water mark, approximately 79 linear feet will be waterward of the mean higher high water mark. (exhibit 7, application, page 7) A total of twenty-three 18-inch diameter piles are proposed. The wharf will be supported by fifteen 18-inch diameter galvanized steel pipe piles. There would be an additional eight 18-inch 4