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. <br /> EVERETT <br /> ORDINANCE NO. /968 - 93 <br /> AN ORDINANCE amending the City' s Environmental Policy <br /> Ordinance, Ordinance No. 1348-87 , Chapter 20. 04 <br /> EMC. <br /> THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br /> SECTION 1: The following section is hereby added to Ordinance <br /> No. 1348-87, Chapter 20. 04 EMC: <br /> Rules. The City is authorized to promulgate rules for <br /> the interpretation and implementation of this ordinance <br /> through administrative rules adopted by the Responsible <br /> Official, and resolutions or ordinances adopted by City <br /> Council. <br /> SECTION 2 : Section II E of Ordinance No. 1348-87 , EMC <br /> 20. 04 . 100, which reads as follows: <br /> Section IIE: TIMING OF THE SEPA PROCESS AND <br /> INTEGRATION OF SEPA PROCEDURES WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL <br /> ACTIVITIES <br /> A. The primary purpose of the Environmental Review <br /> Process is to provide environmental information to <br /> governmental decision makers to be considered <br /> prior to making their decision (and to provide for <br /> appropriate mitigation of environmental impacts in <br /> compliance with other sections of this ordinance <br /> and the SEPA rules) . The actual decision to <br /> proceed with many actions may involve a series of <br /> individual approvals or decisions. The threshold <br /> determination and the EIS, if required, should <br /> ideally be completed at the beginning of this <br /> process. The threshold determination and the EIS <br /> (if required) should be completed at the earliest <br /> point in the planning and decision making process, <br /> at which time, principal features of a proposal <br /> and its environmental impacts can be reasonably <br /> identified. <br /> B. To the fullest extent possible, the procedures <br /> required by this Ordinance shall be integrated <br /> with existing planning and licensing procedures <br /> utilized by the City. These procedures should be <br />