Ordinance 2528-01 - Laserfiche WebLink

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Public Use. The construction of a special events center will promote and enhance the public welfare by supporting community activities that require large spaces. The events center will support such activities as a variety of local and regional amateur and professional sporting events, concerts, family shows and other community entertainment such as skating, youth hockey, gymnastics, ice-capades, circuses, symposiums and reunions. These activities promote public recreation, as well as foster community and family ties. The events center will also promote commerce and economic development in the City of Everett and Snohomish County generally. The center will also support technical and merchandising trade shows as well as educational seminars and employee training. The center will also provide an opportunity for commercial trade events such as boat, recreational vehicles, and home shows which require a large exhibition space as well as an attractive location for people to gather. Section 2. Public Necessity. The taking or damaging of property and/or easements located within the City of Everett, legally described above and depicted in Exhibit 1 attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference ("Property"), is necessary for development, construction, operation and maintenance of the special events center. The Public Facilities District has commissioned, and the City has reviewed, feasibility studies and a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on a number of sites and has determined through these studies that the Property is located at the site best suited for construction of the project. The site on which the Property sits best meets the requirements of the City's planning codes and Comprehensive Plan in that it is located in the Central Business District and has appropriate topography. Further, the site is within the "Core" area of the City as defined in the 1987 Everett Central City Development Plan, where concentrated development is encouraged to locate. Large public assembly facilities should be located in the central business district to support the vitality of the City's businesses. The location also has the best urban street grid for traffic flow and is best for available parking. The sloping topography supports entries at two different levels which is important for maintaining separate entrances for the main event's floorshow and the concourse. The subsurface geology is capable of supporting a heavy load which is important for public assembly events. Section 3. Condemned Property. The City has unsuccessfully attempted to negotiate and close the purchase of the Property legally described in Exhibit 1 from the owners thereof. In view of the impasse reached with the property owners, the City Council of the City of Everett, after reviewing the planned construction, hereby declares that the Property (Exhibit 1), shall be and hereby are condemned, appropriated, taken and/or damaged for the public use and purpose of constructing a special events center as described in section 1 above. The condemnation, appropriation, taking and/or damaging of the Property includes the right to make all necessary slopes for cuts and fills upon adjacent lands, as well as temporary easements to enable construction. The condemnation, appropriation, taking and/or damaging of the Property shall be subject to 2 m24254-310000.doc