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n EVERETT 7477 WASHINGTON RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION designating the Metro Everett Area a Community Renewal Area Suitable for Community Renewal Projects and Directing that a Community Renewal Plan Be Prepared Whereas, A. Under Chapter 35.21 RCW (the "Community Renewal Act" or the "Act")the City is authorized to undertake certain community renewal activities within areas of the City designated as "blighted, as that term is defined in the Act. B. The City of Everett desires to encourage revitalization and economic vitality within an 82-block area known as the Metro Everett Area (depicted in attachment A). C. The City respects private property rights and wants to work cooperatively with property owners in the Metro Everett Area. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Section 1. Findings The City Council makes the following findings: 1. The Metro Everett Area meets the definition of a "blighted area" under chapter 35.21 RCW in that there are properties within the area at which one or more of the following factors are present: "substantial physical dilapidation, deterioration, defective construction, material, and arrangement and/or age or obsolescence of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential"; "inadequate provision for ventilation, light, proper sanitary facilities, or open spaces as determined by competent appraisers on the basis of an examination of the building standards of the municipality"; "inappropriate uses of land or buildings"; "insanitary or unsafe conditions"; "deterioration of site"; "existence of hazardous soils, substances, or materials"; or "the existence of conditions that endanger life or property by fire or other causes". 2. The presence of any one of these factors or combination of these factors is "conducive to ill health or crime"; "substantially impairs the sound growth of the municipality or retards the provision of housing accommodations"; "constitutes an