Ordinance 3227-11 - Laserfiche WebLink

#00, ORDINANCE NO. 3227-11 AN ORDINANCE annexing property located east of th-14001 . : i : ity limits, and west of and including the Lowell-Snohomish River Road, Known as the Marshland Annexation WHEREAS; pursuant to RCW 35.13.180,the City of Everett is annexing certain city- owned property for municipal purposes; and WHEREAS, on September 26, 2003, the Snohomish County Council adopted Ordinances No. 03-061 and 03-064 that adopted Map Amendments that extended the Urban Growth Boundary to include the area of this proposed annexation within the Urban Growth Area of the City of Everett; and WHEREAS,the 2005 Update of the City of Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan established the designation of 6.1 (Agricultural)as the Comprehensive Plan designation for the proposed annexation area; and WHEREAS, a 2011 update of the City of Everett Shoreline Master Program and the Comprehensive Plan designated this area as Urban Conservancy Agriculture; and WHEREAS,the property is owned by the City of Everett, and is contiguous to the existing city limits of the City of Everett; and WHEREAS, the property will be used to access the contiguous City-owned properties within the existing City limits,the property will remain as open space to continue it's viability as farmland of long-term commercial significance; and WHEREAS,the area of this annexation is within the Urban Growth Area of the City of Everett; and WHEREAS,the City Council did conduct a public hearing on June 15, 2011, for the proposed annexation, for which proper notice of hearing was provided; and WHEREAS, following the public hearing,the City Council determined it to be in the public interest to annex all of the property; and WHEREAS,the annexation of City owned contiguous property to the City is exempt from review by the Snohomish County Boundary Review Board; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed annexation is in the best interests of the citizens of Everett;