Notice of Availability: Marysville 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update and DRAFT Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
Notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-455 and 197-11-510 that the City of Marysville is issuing a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) addressing the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update.
The Draft SEIS describes existing conditions and identifies probable significant environmental impacts, mitigation measures to mitigate these impacts, and any significant unavoidable adverse impacts from the proposal, in accordance with RCW 43.21C.031.
Description of proposal
The City of Marysville (City) has updated its Comprehensive Plan to address the 20-year planning period 2024 through 2044. The Plan was originally adopted in 2005 and amended in 2015. The proposed 2024 Comprehensive Plan is a continuation of the community vision set forth in the prior versions of the Comprehensive Plan, with land use designations and goals and policies that are substantially similar to those established in 2005 and updated in 2015. Revitalization of the Downtown and Waterfront as a civic and commercial hub; promoting mixed-use development in appropriate locations; preserving the scale and form of existing residential areas while accommodating new growth; and advancing business and living wage job growth – particularly in the Cascade Industrial Center – continue to be key City initiatives. The proposed Comprehensive Plan has also been updated to address new State, Puget Sound Regional Council, Snohomish County, and other partner entity initiatives.
The DRAFT SEIS evaluates three alternatives:
× A No Action Alternative that continues the existing Comprehensive Plan and zoning for the City updated in 2015. It should be noted that given discrepancies between the City’s 2015 Comprehensive Plan capacity estimates and the 2021 Buildable Lands Report capacity estimates, the SEIS has elected to adopt the 2021 BLR capacity estimates;
× An Action Alternative which largely retains the City’s existing Comprehensive Plan land use and zoning designations; however, reassesses land use assumptions and growth capacity by evaluating changes within the City since 2015 (i.e. 2021 Downtown Master Plan update land use designation changes, redesignation of the Public Works site, allowance for residential in the Flex zone, modified density assumptions for the Mixed Use zone in the Lakewood neighborhood, etc.) as well as new or modified State laws and Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) objectives (i.e. Middle Housing statute, modified growth targets, etc.
× A SWIFT Alternative, which is the same as the Action Alternative except that land use designation/zoning changes are considered for key nodes along State Avenue/Smokey Point Boulevard.
For each alternative, environmental impacts and mitigation measures are addressed including for: surface water/water resources, land and shoreline uses, socioeconomics, transportation, public services, and utilities.
Location of proposal
The Study Area is approximately 11,663 acres and encompasses the entire Marysville Urban Growth Area (UGA). The boundaries of the UGA are generally defined by Interstate 5 to the west, the Arlington UGA to the north, the Lake Stevens UGA to the south, and Highway 9 to the east. The northwest part of the UGA includes the Lakewood Neighborhood, west of Interstate 5.
Proponent and Lead Agency
City of Marysville
Documents Supplemented
The 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) builds on the 2021 SEIS for the Downtown, the 2009 SEIS for the Downtown, and the 2005 Marysville Comprehensive Plan EIS. This 2024 SEIS adopts and supplements:
§ Marysville Downtown Master Plan Final SEIS September 2021 and associated Draft SEIS February 23, 2021
§ Marysville Downtown Master Plan Final SEIS October 9, 2009 and associated Draft SEIS July 20, 2009
§ Marysville Integrated 2005 Comprehensive Plan and Development Regulations Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) April 6, 2005 and associated Draft EIS January 13, 2005
Comment and Review
The City of Marysville is requesting comments from citizens, agencies, tribes, and all interested parties on the Draft SEIS from October 18, 2024 to November 18, 2024. Comments are due by 4:00 PM, November 18, 2024. Please send comments to:
Angela Gemmer, Principal Planner
City of Marysville
Community Development Department
501 Delta Avenue
Marysville, WA 98270
360-363-8240 (direct line)
agemmer@marysvillewa.gov
Submittal of comments by email is preferred.
The Draft SEIS is posted on the City website at City of Marysville Comprehensive Plan Update (marysvillewa.gov).
See the Contact Person above if you are unable to access the documents online; alternate formats may be available at cost.
Responsible Official
Haylie Miller, Community Development Director
SEPA Responsible Official