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ATTACHMENT 1 constitutes a menace" in its present condition and use. According to the act, among other negative consequences, blighted areas constitute a "serious and growing menace", and an "economic and social liability." To address these problems the act provides a process for municipalities to improve these areas using such things as "acquisition, clearance, and disposition" of property "subject to use restrictions". To implement the law, a municipality, by resolution or ordinance, declares an area to be blighted and finds that a rehabilitation or redevelopment is necessary to remedy that blight. The act provides several options for implementation, including having the City directly undertake the renewal, establish an entity to carry out the renewal or appoint an agency such as a housing authority to perform the work. The City of Everett has adopted resolutions identifying the Everett Asarco site as a blighted area (Resolution No. 5503 attached as Exhibit A of this Plan). The City of Everett has authorized EHA to serve as a community renewal agency, to prepare a community renewal plan, and, upon adoption of the plan, to exercise all of the powers of a community renewal agency under the Community Renewal Law (Resolution No. 5504 attached as Exhibit B of this Plan). The act requires adoption by the City of a "Community Renewal Plan" that addresses specific requirements and outlines how the redevelopment will be generally undertaken. This Plan provides the framework for guiding how the redevelopment and rehabilitation of the Redevelopment Area is to be undertaken. The Plan identifies steps for the financing, acquisition and construction of improvements will occur. The Plan also includes a review framework and use restrictions that will be combined with the zoning designation and City development standards to process specific redevelopment project proposals. EHA has prepared this Plan in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the Community Renewal Law, RCW 35.81 (see Section 4 below). The City previously evaluated appropriate land uses and restrictions at the plan level in conjunction with cleanup options for the Redevelopment Area in the 1999 Final Cleanup Action Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Upland Area of the Everett Smelter Site (FCAP/FEIS) and in the 2003 Amendment/Addendum to the FCAP/FEIS. This Plan is consistent with the FCAP/FEIS as amended. Community Renewal Plan-page 4