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ORDINANCE NO. 2526-01 An Ordinance Amending the Land Use Map of the Everett Comprehensive Plan for area located on Smith/ Spencer Islands east of I-5 by removing the area and its land use designation of Agriculture/Rural Shoreline Use from the Urban Growth Area as Part of the 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 sixth annual comprehensive plan amendment process in July, 2000, which included consideration of Land Use map amendment and rezone applications initiated by the city and private property owners; and WHEREAS,the affected area was removed from the Urban Growth Area by a Superior Court Ruling; and WHEREAS, Snohomish County has removed its recognition of this area as part of Everett's Urban Growth Area; and WHEREAS, an environmental analysis of the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment 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 publications, and posting of the affected property; and WHEREAS,the Planning Commission has conducted a public workshop on February 6, 2001 and a Public Hearing on March 6, 2001, to consider all the proposed amendments to the text and policies of the Comprehensive Plan which was initiated in July of 2000; and