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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 Paine Field Way action is a part, so that the cumulative effects of <br /> all 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 Paine Field Way amendment to the Land Use <br /> Map; and <br /> WHEREAS,the City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Land Use Map <br /> of the Comprehensive Plan, which the Planning Commission has recommended for <br /> approval, are consistent with the requirements of the Growth Management Act, consistent <br /> with the Vision 2020 Growth and Transportation Strategies, consistent with the <br /> Snohomish County County-Wide Planning Policies, and consistent with other policies of <br /> the Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS,the City Council finds that the proposed amendments to the Land Use Map <br /> of the Comprehensive Plan which the Planning Commission has recommended for <br /> approval promote the best long-term interests of the Everett community; and <br /> WHEREAS,with regard to the Paine Field Way area located west of Paine Field Way <br /> and south of Holly Drive, and in consideration of evaluation factors found in Ordinance <br /> No. 2161-96, the City Council finds: <br /> 1) The purpose for the requested land use map amendment is to place the area under <br /> a single family land use designation; and <br /> 1) The proposed land use designation is supported by and is consistent with the <br /> existing policies of the various elements of the Comprehensive Plan; and <br /> 2) The proposed land use designation does promote a more desirable land use pattern <br /> for the community as a whole. Thus the proposed change in the land use designation is in <br /> the greater community's best interest; and <br /> 3) The proposed land use designation should not be applied to other properties in the <br /> vicinity without case by case review; and <br /> 4) Pressure to change the land use designation of other properties in the vicinity <br /> outside the present location is not anticipated. <br />