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ORDINANCE Page 3 of 5 <br />1. Circumstances have recently changed and new information is available in relation to this <br />proposal: <br />2. October 2020, the Puget Sound Regional Council adopted VISION 2050, establishing new <br />multicounty planning policies and a regional growth strategy which calls for Everett, a <br />Metropolitan Center regional geography, to plan for and accommodate 20% of the <br />population growth in Snohomish County through 2050. <br />3. In September 2021, the Snohomish County Council adopted the 2021 Snohomish County <br />Buildable Lands report, which indicated a shortfall in housing capacity in Everett (“Key <br />results: … There is a significant 2035 population capacity shortfall within the City of <br />Everett”), which puts Everett into a so-called reasonable measures framework (see RCW <br />36.70A.215 and appendix D of the Countywide Planning Policies) that requires actions to <br />address the capacity shortfall. <br />4. In June 2023, Snohomish County Tomorrow and the Snohomish County Council <br />completed adoption of a new housing growth target (appendix B, Table H2 of the <br />Countywide Planning Policies) for Everett of 38,557 new housing units in Everett by 2044 <br />at a range of affordability levels. This target further exceeds Everett’s buildable housing <br />capacity and requires actions to address the capacity shortfall as part of, or prior to, the <br />comprehensive plan periodic update. <br />V. On April 17, 2024, the Everett City Council held a public hearing, after proper notice, and <br />considered public comment and the entire record related to the comprehensive plan amendment <br />contained in this ordinance; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br />Section 1. Amend the City of Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element, <br />Section 2.11 Building Intensity Land Use Policies, as indicated in Exhibit 1. <br />Section 2. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary <br />corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical errors, <br />references and ordinance numbering. <br />Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or <br />phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it <br />would have passed all portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination of any such portion as <br />may be declared invalid. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Cassie Franklin, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST: <br /> <br /> <br />City Clerk