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fifro/Ah,„ ORDINANCE# 2284-98 An Ordinance Amending the Text and Policies of the Everett Comprehensive Plan, as contained in Exhibit"A" of Ordinance#2021-94, as amended, as Part of the 1997 Annual Update to the Comprehensive Plan. WHEREAS,the City of Everett adopted a new Comprehensive Plan in August, 1994, in conformance with the Washington State Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS,the Growth Management Act, codified as RCW Chapter 36.70A, generally allows for comprehensive plans to be amended on an annual basis; and WHEREAS,the City of Everett initiated its third annual comprehensive plan amendment process which included consideration of Land Use Map amendment and rezone applications initiated by private property owners, and amendments to the text of the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, an environmental analysis of the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendments has been conducted by the City in compliance with the requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act(SEPA); and WHEREAS, the City of Everett has encouraged Public Participation in the consideration of Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, as required by the Growth Management Act, through a variety of notification procedures, including SEPA review, mailing to interested citizens and organizations, mailing to affected property owners, legal publication, posting of affected properties, and the City of Everett cable television bulletin board; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has conducted Public Workshops and Public Hearings between July, 1997, and November, 1997, to consider all of the proposed amendments to the text of the Comprehensive Plan which were initiated in 1997; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has considered all of the proposed Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and text amendments as well as implementing rezones, so that the cumulative effects of all amendments have been fully ascertained, as required by the Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council the approval of various amendments to the text of the Everett Comprehensive Plan, as well as amendments to the Land Use Map and the rezoning of specific properties to implement the Comprehensive Plan; and