2007/07/18 Council Agenda Packet

ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE amending Section 1 of Ordinance No.202.1-94,as amended,.the City of Everett Comprehensive Plan, adopting amendments to the text related to the 2006 docket items, and completing the 10-year update required by the Growth Management Act. WHEREAS, the City of Everett on August 3, 1994 adopted the Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan;and WHEREAS, the schedule established by the Growth Management Act in RCW 36.70A.130(4) mandates that each city in Washington take action to review and, if necessary, revise its comprehensive plan to ensure compliance with the Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS,the Growth Management Act allows for comprehensive plans to be amended on an annual basis; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett initiated its 2004 annual comprehensive plan amendment process in July, 2004, which included consideration of the 10-year update to the Comprehensive Plan;.and WHEREAS,on July 27, 2005 City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2855-05, the 10-year update of the Everett Growth Management Comprehensive Plan,which included the Phase 1. update to the Transportation Element,with a more comprehensive update to the Element planned for the next docket cycle; and WHEREAS,the City of Everett initiated its 2006 annual Comprehensive Plan amendment process in July, 2006, which included consideration of Comprehensive Plan map designation amendments,text changes and rezone applications; and WHEREAS,the 2006 docket for Comprehensive Plan amendments included.Phase 2 amendments to the Transportation Element to complete the 10-Year comprehensive update. addressing 2025 transportation needs as required by the Growth Management Act; and WHEREAS,the Everett Historic Commission submitted a letter requesting that the Planning Commission sponsor an amendment to the Urban Design and Historic Preservation Element of the Comprehensive Plan to further protect the Donovan Historic District from expansions of non- residential uses east of the District; and 19