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ORDINANCE NO, 3257-12 An Ordinance permitting Community Sanctio i Special Event Signage. WHEREAS,the City Council finds the following: 1. Since 1990,Everett has grown from under 70,000 to over 104,000 residents; 2. Along with this growth in population, there has been an increase in the interest of the Everett community to hold special events of a cultural or sporting nature; 3. Since 1990, various new public facilities have been constructed, along with improvements to existing public facilities to accommodate special events of a cultural or sporting nature; 4. Many private sector businesses have made substantial investments to create or improve facilities and services to support participants and spectators attending such special events; 5. At times,public facilities in Everett have the opportunity to host significant special events that draw attendance and participation from areas outside of Everett and Snohomish County and that focus positive attention from various regional and national communications media on the Everett community; 6. Such special events have a very positive economic impact on the greater Everett community; 7. Promotion of these events would help support a positive experience in Everett and increase the potential for sponsors of other such events to consider hosting them in Everett; 8. Modification of City regulations could provide additional promotional opportunities for these types of events; 9. Adopting a new ordinance to provide additional promotional opportunities on a limited basis should increase the potential for these events to be successful; and 10. This ordinance should be adopted on a trial basis to see whether it adequately addresses the needs of the City in regards to allowing this type of temporary signage; WHEREAS,the City Council concludes the following: