Ordinance 3129-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

Background Information permitted use in the Interim Urban Conservancy Agriculture SMP designation (No Action Alternative) but would be permitted in the Action Alternatives. All of the Action Alternatives involved some level of change to the current flood control and diking facilities. For all the Action Alternatives, the intent was to not alter hydrology or flood protection upstream of the flood control structure and in areas outside of where restoration occurs. Where private land is shown for habitat restoration, one or more forms of landowner approval were obtained during the project planning process. In most cases, restoration was contingent on the sale of some or all of the private land to a public entity that would implement the restoration. The general land use categories within each alternative included: • Agriculture: activities involved in the production of crops or livestock operation. • Preservation/Enhancement: Streams, wetlands, or terrestrial ecosystems currently providing relatively high ecological functions that may benefit from actions that increase the critical area's functions • Restoration: the return of a stream or wetland, or terrestrial ecosystem, to a state in which its functions and values significantly approach its unaltered state • Other/Infrastructure: road, railroad, power, and liquid petroleum product rights-of- way or easements or parcels. • Recreation: lands designed to encourage active or passive forms of exercise or refreshment. Alternative 1 provides for active and passive recreation. Alternatives 2 and 3 provide for passive recreation. 2.3.1 No Action Alternative The No Action Alternative retains the City's current Comprehensive Plan, SMP, and regulations applicable to the Marshland subarea and no formal restoration plan would be developed. The current Comprehensive Plan designation for the city limits would remain "Agricultural" for the majority of the land and"Parks/Open Space" for Rotary Park (City of Everett 2007a). Existing land uses, including the existing agricultural use of the City owned properties, would likely continue. Voluntary habitat enhancement projects could occur under the No Action Alternative; however, any voluntary restoration actions would more likely be piecemeal and are not likely to result in habitat creation and enhancement to the magnitude that would occur under the Action Alternatives. Draft Subarea Plan June 2009 Everett Marshland 24 070346-01