2001/08/01 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

• August I,2001 WHEREAS,Ordinance No 2511-01 created a Public Facilities District pursued t0 Ch.35.57 RCW kmwe as the Everett Public Faciliriv District;and WHEREAS,the Everett Public Facilities District undertook a process to evaluate the best site for the Special Events Facility and as pat of that procedure reviewed and considered:the Moor Nora Feasibility Analysis,Final Report January 2001,completed by Brailsford&Dudavey;the City of Everett's Special Events Center Feasibility Committee Report,March 5,2001;the Special Events Arena Transportation Analysis and Evaluation,by Protea Engineering,Inc.,April 2001; the City of Everett'a Special Events Facility Feasibility Analysis by Shockey/Brent, Inc, May 14, 2001; the Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan and Environmental Impact Statement of January 1994;the Draft and Fuel Downtown Core Subarea Plan and Dreg Environmental Impact Statement prepared by the City of Everett,May 27,1998;staff and consultant presentations on the available alternative sites for the Special Events Center; public comments with respect to rite selection for the center,including those received at the Public Hearing held May I7,2001;the mvhonmmW impacts of development of the Everett Special Events Center on the considered site,an l disclosed and discussed in the Draft Supplemental Environment Impact Statement )) for the Everett Special Events Center issued June,2001,and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement including especially the parking traffic and historic impacts;the financial,economic and social impacts of its decision;the consequences of displacement of people,businesses and buildings on those displaced and the community,the benefits of the Everett Specie/Events Center on each of the alternative sites to the community,and the public interest and welfare; and WHEREAS,on July 24,2001,the Public Facilities District adopted Resolution No.2401 making findings regarding Site 5 and its suitability for the Special Events Facility and selecting Site 5 as drollest site for the Special Events Facility. Some ofthe findings read as follows: o Locating the facility at Site 5 will promote the City of Evades economic development,especially that of its downtown core; o Locating the facility at Site 5 will enhance and aid in the development of Everett and Snohomish Comtys quality of life with the location,development,and consbuetion of a special 316