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Conclusions: <br /> • Appellants offered no data or analysis to the record to support their contention that the <br /> impact assistance program represents a shift of mitigation responsibilities, or that the <br /> reliance on tax revenues is inappropriate as a means of mitigation. <br /> • Snohomish County was an active participant on the Committee which reviewed the <br /> methodology which ultimately formed the basis for the mitigation program and offered <br /> no opposition to the chosen method, the FIA. <br /> • The FIA is an appropriate means of assessing impacts, expenditures and mitigation across <br /> multijurisdictional boundaries. <br /> • The State is the largest recipient of tax revenues from the Boeing Expansion and, <br /> therefore, is the appropriate source for the focus of an impact assistance program. <br /> • The City properly applied its SEPA policies in requiring mitigation where impacts were <br /> identified, in a manner that was reasonable, balanced and in accordance with SEPA. <br /> • Local, state and federal agencies have jurisdictional responsibilities to mitigate impacts <br /> using existing mechanisms and revenue sources. <br /> • Revenues generated by this proposal will be sufficient to allow local, state and federal <br /> agencies to decide how and at what level to mitigate population driven impacts. <br /> Decision: <br /> Deny the appeal and affirm the Decision Document as written with regard to this issue. <br /> SECTION 45: MITIGATION FOR LOW INCOME CHILD CARE SERVICES, CHILD <br /> ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES, INFORMATION <br /> AND REFERRAL SERVICES, LOW INCOME HEALTH SERVICES, <br /> FUNDING FOR AREA FOOD BANKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND <br /> HOMELESS SHELTER SERVICES. <br /> Findings: <br /> • The EIS analysis considered the impacts of 55,000 people, not households, in the seven- <br /> county study area on human services programs, including: low income child care <br /> services; child abuse prevention and treatment services; information and referral services; <br /> low income health services; funding for area food banks; and homeless shelter services. <br /> Of these 55,000, approximately 29,000 are expected to be residents of Snohomish <br /> County. <br /> 66 <br />