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SECTION 46: PARK MITIGATION Findings: • The EIS analysis considered the impacts of 55,000 people, not households, in the seven- county study area on parks and recreation facilities and other land uses. Of these 55,000, approximately 29,000 are or will be residents of Snohomish County. • Accommodation of an estimated 55,000 additional population will result in the consumption of land for residential, commercial, industrial and public services use. • Everett's land use policies and regulations provide for the protection of critical environmental features on-site. • Major portions of the Pacific Yew grove were preserved and another large portion was converted from the proposed parking use to available for future development. Development of that area will be subject to future review based on the policies and regulations in effect at that time. • Wetlands B, C, M and G are a continuous wildlife corridor between Wetland B through Powder Mill Gulch to Japanese Gulch. • Everett has not required other commercial and industrial developments to provide offsite open space and riparian corridors. • Each local jurisdiction has the responsibility and authority to protect environmentally sensitive areas and riparian corridors, in the exercise of its planning and permitting responsibilities. • The State SEPA rules (WAC 197-11-660(1)(b)) place certain limitations on an agency's authority to condition an action to mitigation impacts. • The City of Everett's SEPA policies for parks and recreation are found in Ordinance Number 1348-87, Section I.D.2. Policies Pertaining to the Built Environment. Subsection B, Land and Shoreline Use, Subsection i. Relationship to Land Use Plans and Estimated Population, sets forth the policy "to implement and further the City's Comprehensive Plans, including the...open space, parks and recreation plan..." The policy in Subsection v. Recreation is: "To protect the existing open space areas for future generations and promote their expansion." • The Responsible Official, with the advice of a Public Services Technical Committee, analyzed the potential park and recreation impacts of the proposed action (see App. L and DELS Section 3.12). The analysis included: On-site and offsite impacts of Boeing employees; and offsite impacts of the total Boeing-related population growth. It 68