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f '1 ORDINANCE NO. 3053-08 An Ordinance amending the Shoreline Master Program, Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to update the shoreline designation maps and accompanying text to be consistent with updated FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps, by Amending Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600-02, as Amended (Shoreline Master Program), Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2021-94 (Comprehensive Plan) and Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 1671-89, as Amended (Zoning Code) WHEREAS, the City of Everett and the Washington State Department of Ecology approved an updated Shoreline Master Program for the City of Everett which became effective in May 2002 and which has subsequently been amended; and WHEREAS, the City adopted recently updated FEMA flood insurance rate maps and modified the floodplain management ordinance in the Zoning Code and floodplain management regulations in the Shoreline Master Program through the adoption of Ordinance Nos. 2856-05 and 2857-05; and WHEREAS, it is the intent of this ordinance to make the necessary revisions to the Zoning Code and Shoreline Master Program so that they are consistently and accurately mapped flood prone areas; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments were reviewed under the State Environmental Policy Act and a Determination of Nonsignificance was issued for the amendments; and WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A.130 provides that the goals and policies of the shoreline master program shall be considered an element of the City's comprehensive plan, and the other portions of the shoreline master program shall be considered part of the City's development regulations; and WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act, RCW 36.70A.130 authorizes the City to amend the comprehensive plan in order to adopt or amend shoreline master programs at any time; and WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing to review the recommendations of the Planning Commission and to take additional public testimony; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds: