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WHEREAS,the Planning Commission has conducted a public workshop on February 6, <br /> 2001 and a Public Hearing opened March 6th, 2001 and completed on April 17, 2001, to <br /> consider all the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan which was initiated in <br /> July of 2000; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Planning Commission has considered all of the proposed <br /> Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and Policy amendments as well as implementing <br /> rezones, of which the Group 4 application is a part, so that the cumulative effects of all <br /> amendments have been fully ascertained, as required by the Growth Management Act; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS,the Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council the <br /> approval of various amendments to the Land Use Map and the rezoning of specific <br /> properties to implement the Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS,the City Council held a Public Hearing to consider the recommendations of <br /> the Planning Commission concerning the Group 4 amendment to the Land Use Map; and <br /> WHEREAS,with regard to the Group 4 property located on 19th Avenue SE, and in <br /> consideration of evaluation factors found in Ordinance No. 2161-96, the City Council <br /> finds: <br /> 1) The proposed amendments to the Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan which <br /> the Planning Commission has recommended for approval, are consistent with the <br /> requirements of the Growth Management Act, consistent with the Vision 2020 Growth <br /> and Transportation Strategies, consistent with the Snohomish County County-Wide <br /> Planning Policies, and consistent with other policies of the Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> 2) The proposed land use designation is supported by and is consistent with the <br /> existing policies of the various elements of the Comprehensive Plan if the subject <br /> property is limited to office use only in such a way that its appearance and function, <br /> including landscaping, building position on the lot and parking are so configured as to <br /> have a minimum impact of abutting residential properties, and further that such <br /> conditions would be accomplished through use of the Resolution of Intent to Rezone <br /> process ; and <br /> 3) The proposed land use designation does promote a more desirable land use pattern <br /> for the community as a whole in that it places office use on 19th Avenue SE as a layering <br /> action to insulate the abutting residential area from the affects of this busy corridor, in <br /> addition such action brings a desirable use to the corridor. Thus the proposed change in <br /> the land use designation is in the greater community's best interest; and <br />