2015/08/26 Council Agenda Packet

City Council Staff Report Smith Island Municipal Annexation, Zoning and Shoreline Management Program Designations Public Hearing on September 9, 2015 A. Summary City Council is asked to finalize the Smith Island Municipal Annexation, set zoning and adopt interim Shoreline Management Program Designations on the subject area (See Exhibits A through D). Following Council action, the State Office of Financial Management will certify the annexation as complete and made part of the City of Everett, and affected State agencies, service providers and interested individuals will be notified. The zoning ordinance and Shoreline Management Program Designations ordinance are presented under separate cover. B. Background A SEPA review was completed and a Determination of Nonsignificance was issued February 17, 2012 that addressed a Comprehensive Plan designation of 2.8: Public/Quasi-Public Facilities and A-1 Agriculture zoning for the subject area (See Exhibit E). City Council passed Ordinance 3288-12 August 1, 2012 which set the land use designation on the subject property as 2.8: Public/Quasi-Public Facilities (See Exhibit F). The City submitted an application to Snohomish County in order to incorporate the subject area within the City's UGA, and Snohomish County reviewed the City's request as a docket item with their 2015 Comp Plan update. County Council passed Ordinance 14-131 June 10, 2015 amending the City's UGA boundary to include the subject property (See Exhibit G). The annexation is of City owned property, contiguous to the existing City boundary and is for a municipal purpose, and therefore does not require review or approval by the Snohomish County Boundary Review Board (BRB) per RCW 36.93.090. We did however consult with BRB staff prior to proceeding with the annexation process. On July 29, 2015 the City issued a Notice of Adoption of Snohomish County's Final Environmental Impact Statement for Snohomish County's Shoreline Management Program update to meet the City's State Environmental Policy Act requirements for the proposal (See Exhibit H). Planning Commission held a public hearing on zoning and interim Shoreline Management Program designations of the annexation area on August 4, 2015, recommending that zoning be set at A-1: Agriculture Rural Flood Fringe District and to adopt Interim Snohomish County Shoreline Management Program Resource and Aquatic desrgnailons (See Exhibit 1). Fa _ of 44