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9 <br /> , r <br /> fu 4 <br /> . � P E7 7 <br /> CITY OF EVERETT,WASHINGTON <br /> RESOLUTION NO. <br /> A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Everett relating to <br /> community renewal; authorizing the Housing Authority of the City of Everett to <br /> serve as a community renewal agency,to prepare a community renewal plan, and <br /> to exercise the powers of a community renewal agency. <br /> WHEREAS, on July 2004,the City Council adopted Resolution No. , <br /> under which the City Council made a finding pursuant to the state Community Renewal Law <br /> (RCW 35.81)that: (a)the Residential Area next to the Former Asarco Smelter,in its present <br /> condition, is a"blighted area"under RCW 35.81.050; and (b)the rehabilitation,redevelopment, <br /> of a combination thereof, of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, <br /> morals, or welfare of the residents of the City of Everett; and <br /> WHEREAS,the recitals, facts, findings, and map of the Residential Area next to the <br /> Former Asarco Smelter Site,contained in Resolution No. , are incorporated by <br /> reference herein; and = <br /> WHEREAS,under the state Community Renewal Law, after adoption of an ordinance or <br /> resolution making the findings described above, a municipality may by ordinance or resolution <br /> elect to have the powers of a community renewal agency exercised by a housing authority <br /> created under RCW 35.82; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Housing Authority of the City of Everett("Everett Housing Authority") <br /> is a housing authority created under RCW 35.82; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Everett Housing Authority desires to rehabilitate, sell,and/or redevelop <br /> certain properties in the Residential Area next to the Former Asarco Smelter; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Everett Housing Authority is entering into agreements with the City of <br /> Everett,Washington State Department of Ecology("Ecology"),Asarco Incorporated("Asarco"), <br /> and other entities to take certain responsibility for the cleanup and rehabilitation of the <br /> Residential Area next to the Former Asarco Smelter; and <br /> WHEREAS,under said agreements,the Everett Housing Authority will remediate any <br /> property it may acquire from Asarco within the blighted area designated under Resolution <br /> 3 3 <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />