Ordinance 3129-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

WHEREAS,the City formed a Stakeholder Advisory Committee composed of property owners, utility providers, BNSF Railroad, environmental groups, the Tulalip Tribes, the City, Snohomish County and state agencies to help guide development of the alternatives to be analyzed in an environmental impact statement; and WHEREAS,the City hired Anchor QEA to help develop the alternatives, prepare an environmental impact statement, and subarea plan; and WHEREAS,the Stakeholder Committee met six times to develop the alternatives and review the environmental impact statement and Subarea Plan; and WHEREAS,the City also held group and individual meetings with property owners to discuss the project, and met with various interest groups including neighborhood groups, agricultural interests, and rowing interests; and WHEREAS,four alternative plans for the Marshland subarea were reviewed under the State Environmental Policy Act and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement was issued on November 17, 2008 and a Final Environmental Impact Statement was issued on February 13, 2009; and WHEREAS,Planning Commission and Board of Park Commissioners held hearings to take public testimony during scoping for the EIS (March 18, 2008 and July 15, 2008) and to take public comment on the DEIS (December 2, 2008); and WHEREAS,the Board of Parks Commissioners had additional discussion on the Subarea Plan on January 13, 2009 and February 24, 2009 and passed a resolution recommending an alternative to Planning Commission; and WHEREAS,the Planning Commission held a public hearing on March 3, 2009 and recommended that a subarea plan be prepared for an alternative consistent with the Board of Parks Commissioners recommendation that primarily consisted of Alternative 3, Maximum Restoration, and which added in the passive recreation areas along Larimer Road shown in Alternative 2, and removed private properties where property owners no longer desired to be included in restoration actions; and WHEREAS, consultants and staff prepared a draft Subarea Plan, presented that to the Stakeholder Advisory Committee and to the property owners,revised the Plan based on comments received, and mailed out an April version of the Plan for public review and comment; and WHEREAS,based on additional comments from the Stakeholder Committee and property owners, the Plan was revised and a May 2009 version prepared; and WHEREAS,Planning Commission held a public hearing on the revised plan on May 19, 2009 and recommended that City Council adopt the Marshland Subarea Plan; and 2