2019/06/12 Council Agenda Packet

iv Plan Section 5 Description of Improvements and Details Notes for 5.1 through 5.3 Properties in this area are owned by the Port of Everett and Weyerhaeuser.The Port obtained a shoreline permit for development of its portion of the property in 1999. In addition to construction of a non-motorized watercraft haul-out on Ferry-Baker Island,the shoreline permit required that a public access corridor be reserved on the site for a period of five years.The access corridor will be opened to the general public if(1) BNSF allows public access on the bridge over its railroad and (2)the Department of Ecology allows public access on the site(the contamination on the site was cleaned up to industrial standards). If public access is allowed on the site, a 10-foot-wide asphalt trail and five associated waterfront viewpoints will be constructed. The Port also contributed$300,000 to off-site public access improvements. If the Port proposes to revise its application to allow Nonwater dependent uses on the northern portion of the site,the public access requirements will be re-opened, since the SMP requires public access for nonwater-dependent uses. These issues will also have to be resolved for the Weyerhaeuser-owned portion of the area. Section 5.1 looking south towards Ferry-Baker 5.1 Port Riverside Business Park island The location of this segment of the trail depends on the type of development on Port property. The new path will be aligned along the shoreline (Alternative 5.1a) if development of the Port- owned Riverside Business Park will not include water-dependent uses. - iyl The path will follow the existing north-south road, where the existing path can be widened to 12 feet(Alternative 5.1b). Both alternatives should have access to the bridge(Segment 5.2). This will allow Section 5 trail segments to function as a viable loop trail before Sections 4 and 6 are completed. The Port access bridge would also be a good access path to this segment of shoreline from nearby neighborhoods. 5.2 Port Access Bridge The Port access bridge to Riverside Business Park has been completed '- -- - - __— Railroad -Railroad restriction for bike and pedestrian access. - While access to the Riverside may be obtainable from - the north (4.8) and south (5.4), the bridge provides a - key link to E. Marine View Drive and adjacent — —neighborhoods. Port access bridge to Riverside Business Park 32 Shoreline Public Access Plan Update 2019 39