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a` RESOLUTION NO. 4118 A RESOLUTION adopting the Chaplain Property Comprehensive Plan to manage ETT City-owned property in and around Chaplain Reservoir. WHEREAS, the City owns approximately 3086 acres of land (known as the Chaplain Property) around Chaplain Reservoir in the Sultan Basin; and WHEREAS, the majority of the Chaplain Property is regulated by FERC License#2157 which includes issues of water quality, wildlife habitat management and public access; and WHEREAS, the Chaplain Property consists of two different types of land--"watershed" and "watershed buffer"--on which land uses differ distinctly; and WHEREAS, "watershed"portions of the Chaplain Property function as an integral part of the City's municipal water supply system; and WHEREAS, water quality and public and health and safety are of paramount importance to the City in its role as primary supplier of domestic water to Snohomish County; and WHEREAS, the Chaplain"watershed" lands are protected for purposes of health and safety under City Ordinance No. 2019-94; and WHEREAS, the Chaplain"watershed buffer" lands are regulated by City Ordinance No. 2020-94 designed to protect the areas from environmental degradation; and WHEREAS, the Everett Planning Commission recommends the adoption of the Chaplain Property Comprehensive Plan as a functional plan which is consistent with the adopted Everett Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the City to provide a comprehensive plan for management of the Chaplain Property, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference;