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RESOLUTION NO. 5504 , A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Everett relating to community renewal; finding that a blighted area exists where the former Asarco Smelter was located and that rehabilitation and redevelopment is necessary in the public interest. WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Ecology ("Ecology") has designated portions of northeast Everett as the "Everett Asarco Site,"has placed the site on the state's Hazardous Sites List, and has given the site a hazard ranking of"1" (greatest assessed risk to human health and the environment); and WHEREAS, in November 1999, Ecology, after public review and comment and consultation with the City, issued a integrated Final Cleanup Action Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the upland area of the Asarco Smelter Site ("FCAP"), in compliance with the Model Toxics Control Act("MTCA") and State Environmental Policy Act ("SEPA"), and which included analysis of future land use under the City of Everett comprehensive plan and development regulations adopted under the Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS,the FCAP states that"The Everett Smelter Site is a portion of Northeast Everett contaminated by arsenic, lead, and other metals. The contamination was caused by emissions from the Everett Smelter between 1894 and 1912, and by material left behind when the smelter was demolished between 1912 and 1915. The property was sold in various parcels between 1915 and 1936, and homes were built on many of the parcels;" and WHEREAS, the FCAP describes the existence of smelter debris, flue dust and emissions, hazardous soils, substances and materials at the Asarco Smelter Site that contain arsenic, lead and other toxic chemical concentrations at very high levels in excess of than state cleanup levels for residential and other properties, which have created unsafe conditions that are conducive to ill health transmission of disease, and pose a threat to human health and the environment; and WHEREAS,the FCAP also found that"Contaminated soils in the residential communities raise health concerns because of, among other concerns, the potential for ingestion by children in the course of their normal activities in residential yards;" and WHEREAS, Ecology and the Snohomish Health District have found it necessary to institute health advisories and community protection measures information regarding the Everett Smelter Site, which have been translated into five different languages to accommodate the cultural diversity of the residents; Page 1 of 3