Everett Landfill / Tire Fire Site Riverfront Redevelopment

Client: City of Everett

Development of a Consent Decree and cleanup action plan to enable redevelopment of a 70-acre former landfill located along the Snohomish River and adjacent to the Everett city center. Work includes long-term agency coordination and monitoring.

Overview of Floyd|Snider Contributions

Developed CAP and Consent Decree for a brownfields site with undetermined future use

Leads agency coordination for the City and site developer

Reviews development plans and construction submittals for compliance with Consent Decree requirements

Supports long-term monitoring requirements for the City, evaluating landfill gas and leachate migration and controls

Project Summary

Since 1998, Floyd|Snider has supported the City of Everett preparing the Everett Landfill / Tire Fire Site for mixed-use redevelopment.

The closed municipal landfill is a 70-acre property adjacent to the Snohomish River and Everett city core. Following closure in the 1980s, the landfill site was used to store tires and was the site of two major tire fires—producing ash waste and triggering listing of the Site by Ecology under MTCA.

Since 1998, Floyd|Snider has supported the City of Everett preparing the Everett Landfill / Tire Fire Site for mixed-use redevelopment. The closed municipal landfill is a 70-acre property adjacent to the Snohomish River and Everett city core. Following closure in the 1980s, the landfill site was used to store tires and was the site of two major tire fires—producing ash waste and triggering listing of the Site by Ecology under MTCA.

Our Approach

Floyd|Snider successfully developed an Ecology-approved Consent Decree and CAP for the Site in 2001.

The Consent Decree and CAP defined environmental requirements for development in the absence of a specific redevelopment plan. It defined the process, schedule, and liabilities associated with landfill redevelopment for potential developers. The Consent Decree was the first in Washington to govern landfill redevelopment and to define development construction requirements in the absence of a specific development plan. Since 1998, Floyd|Snider has provided scientific, engineering, management, and negotiation expertise to the City in support of the landfill redevelopment efforts. Now that the Site is undergoing private development, Floyd|Snider supports the City in their review of the permit and design documents for compliance with the Consent Decree and CAP requirements, and we facilitate the ongoing Ecology interactions. In addition, Floyd|Snider supports the City with long-term monitoring requirements and agency coordination and negotiations.

Project Milestones:

2001. Final Consent Decree and CAP
2007. Property Disposition Agreement between City and Developer
2019. Site Redevelopment Initiated

Floyd|Snider successfully developed an Ecology-approved Consent Decree and CAP for the Site in 2001. The Consent Decree and CAP defined environmental requirements for development in the absence of a specific redevelopment plan. It defined the process, schedule, and liabilities associated with landfill redevelopment for potential developers. The Consent Decree was the first in Washington to govern landfill redevelopment and to define development construction requirements in the absence of a specific development plan. Since 1998, Floyd|Snider has provided scientific, engineering, management, and negotiation expertise to the City in support of the landfill redevelopment efforts. Now that the Site is undergoing private development, Floyd|Snider supports the City in their review of the permit and design documents for compliance with the Consent Decree and CAP requirements, and we facilitate the ongoing Ecology interactions. In addition, Floyd|Snider supports the City with long-term monitoring requirements and agency coordination and negotiations.

Project Milestones:

2001. Final Consent Decree and CAP
2007. Property Disposition Agreement between City and Developer
2019. Site Redevelopment Initiated

Project Team

Floyd|Snider

Haley and Aldrich (Formerly Hart Crowser)

BHC Consultants

The City of Everett has more than 20 years' history of working on numerous sites with Floyd|Snider. During this time, we have always experienced a highly responsive, strategic and integrated team, resulting in successful solutions at complicated sites. Working with Floyd|Snider has been a valuable and productive relationship.

Mark Sadler, PE, City of Everett

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