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WHEREAS the City hired consultants to study several roadway alignment alternatives. The City considered several alternative sites for the Project. These alternatives are referenced in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Widening of SR 527 from 112`h Street S.E. and 132nd Street S.E. dated August 1995. These alternatives were presented to the public for comment during the Environmental Impact Study phase of the Project. WHEREAS this is the only section of SR 527 within the City that has not yet been improved and the land, property and property rights selected are those that abut Project along the existing right-of-way from 112th Street S.E. to 132nd Street S.E. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Public Use. The construction of road improvements within the vicinity of SR 527 between 112`h Street S.E. and 132nd Street S.E. will promote and enhance the public health, safety and welfare by reducing traffic counts within the SR 527 corridor between 112`h Street S.E. and 132nd Street S.E. and creating the potential for reduced traffic accidents. The Project will also provide additional benefits such as storm water run-off detention and treatment as well as pedestrian sidewalks, bicycle lanes, landscaping and lakeshore improvements, such as fishing piers, sidewalks, picnic tables, benches, and interpretive signs along the east shoreline of Silver Lake. These promote safety as well as public recreation and foster community and family ties. The Project will also promote commerce and economic development in the City of Everett and Snohomish County generally. The Project will be a part of a right-of-way owned by the City of Everett and open for use by the general public, and therefore the use of the land, property and/or property rights condemned, taken and/or appropriated by this ordinance for the construction of such Project constitutes a public use. Section 2. Public Necessity. The taking or damaging of the land, property and/or property rights, situated in the City of Everett, and legally described in Exhibits 1 — 13 to this ordinance and incorporated here by this reference (the "Property"), are necessary for development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Project. Alternative alignments have been reviewed, considered and rejected. The alignment selected best meets the requirements of the City's Comprehensive Plan and six-year Transportation Improvement Plan. The Property selected, are those abutting the existing roadway. They are necessary for development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Project. Section 3. Condemned Property. The City unsuccessfully attempted to negotiate and close the purchase of the Property (legally described in Exhibits 1 — 13) 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 (see Exhibits 1 - 13), shall be and hereby is 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 2 m26181-366327.5.doc