Ordinance 3202-10 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 4.2 (8)of agreement required Everett develop the marshlands subarea plan. (8) The process shall produce a subarea plan that addresses: (1)a summary of the area's restoration potential and feasibility and a listing of the restoration goals and opportunities; (2)timeframes and benchmarks for achieving the restoration goals and opportunities; (3)committed and potential funding sources; (4)anticipated improvement in the ecological functions of the areas identified by the plan for restoration; (5)shoreline master program regulations for protecting critical areas within the Marshlands; (6)mechanisms and strategies to ensure implementation of the subarea plan;and(7)mechanisms to review the effectiveness of the subarea plan and make changes if review reveals the subarea plan is not effectively promoting the plan's identified restoration opportunities or meeting its other goals, policies and objectives. The subarea plan shall also make a recommendation to the City Council regarding a designation and permitted use table for the Marshlands that is consistent with the Shoreline Management Act, the City's Shoreline Master Program, and the results and conclusions of the final subarea plan submitted to the City Council. This SMP amendment is consistent with applicable sections of the Settlement Agreement. Marshlands Shoreline Environment Designations: Section 4.15 and figure 4.20 have been changed to be consistent with the proposed subarea plan. The bulk of the marshlands area was Interim Urban Conservancy Agriculture. The interim label has been removed under the revised designation. The city will re-designate various sections of Marshlands as the proposed sub-area plan restoration phases are implemented. Other note worthy changes included: reduction of shoreline residential area on the western border and inclusion of an insert map in figure 4.20 to clarify Urban Industrial and Urban Conservancy shoreline environments in the northwest corner of the marshlands subarea. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW After review by Ecology of the complete record submitted and all comments received,Ecology concludes that the City of Everett's SMP amendment is consistent with the policy and standards of RCW 90.58.020 and RCW 90.58.090 and the applicable SMP guidelines (WAC 173-26-171 through 251 and .020 defmitions). This includes a conclusion that the proposed SMP amendment,contains sufficient policies and regulations to assure that no net loss of shoreline ecological functions will result from implementation of the new master program amendment (WAC 173-26-201(2)(c). Ecology concludes that those SMP segments relating to shorelines of statewide significance provide for the optimum implementation of Shoreline Management Act policy (RCW 90.58.090(5). Ecology concludes that the City of Everett has complied with the requirements of RCW 90.58.100 regarding the SMP amendment process and contents. Ecology concludes that the City of Everett has complied with the requirements of 7