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EXHIBIT B — SNOHOMISH COUNTY TOMORROW ANNEXATION PRINCIPLES The following principles are intended as a "roadmap" for successful annexations but are not intended to require cities to annex all UGA lands. The desired outcome will reduce Snohomish County's current delivery of municipal services within the urban growth area while strengthening the County's regional planning and coordinating duties. Likewise, cities/towns will expand their municipal services to unincorporated lands scattered throughout the UGAs in Snohomish County. These principles propose altering historical funding and service delivery patterns. All parties recognize that compromises are necessary. 1. The County and all Snohomish County cities will utilize a six-year time schedule which will guide annexation goals. This work will be known as the Six Year Annexation Plan. As follow-up to the county's Municipal Urban Growth Area (MUGA) policies, those cities that have a (MUGA) land assignment, should designate this land assignment a priority. Each jurisdiction shall conduct its normal public process to ensure that citizens from both the MUGA areas and city proper are well informed. All Snohomish County cities have the option of opting in or out of this process. Cities that opt in will coordinate with the county to establish strategies for a smooth transition of services and revenues for the annexations proposed in the accepted Six Year Plan. 2. Each city will submit a written report regarding priority of potential annexation areas to the county council every two years, at which time each city will re- evaluate its time schedule for annexation. This report will serve as an update to the Six Year Annexation Plan. The report to the county council should be based upon each city's internal financial analyses dealing with the cost of those annexations identified for action within the immediate two-year time period. This analysis shall include: current and future infrastructure needs including, but not be limited to, arterial roads, surface water management, sewers, and bridges. A special emphasis should be given to the financing of arterial roads, including historical county funding and said roads' priority within the county's current 6-year road plan. Where financing and other considerations are not compelling, the city and county may "re-visit" the annexation strategies at the next two-year interval. 3. To facilitate annexation within urban growth areas (UGAs), the host city and the county may negotiate an Interlocal agreement providing for sub-area planning to guide the adoption of consistent zoning and development regulations between the county and the city. Coordination of zoning densities between the county and the host city may require the revision of land use maps, adoption of transfer rights or other creative solutions. Upon completion of sub-area planning, if INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT Page 19 of 21 BETWEEN THE CITY OF EVERETT AND SNOHOMISH COUNTY August 19,2020 CONCERNING THE SMITH ISLAND WEST ANNEXATION PURSUANT TO RCW 35.13.470