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RESOLUTION NO. 6910 A RESOLUTION Declaring the Periodic Review and Update of the Comprehensive Plan and Regulations Complete WHEREAS, the City Council finds the following: 1. RCW 36.70A.130 (5) requires that cities in Snohomish County take action on or before June 30, 2015 to review and, if needed, revise their comprehensive plans and development regulations to ensure the plan and regulations comply with the requirements of the Growth Management Act (the periodic update). 2. On June 24, 2015, City Council adopted Resolution No. 6872 concluding that the City had completed a great majority of the substantive steps necessary to complete the 2015 update and establishing a schedule for adoption of the Comprehensive Plan update and related regulations by October 28, 2015 provided that the schedule is subject to change as necessary to ensure public review and comment and thorough review by the City Council. 3. The update must include review and, if needed, revision to policies and regulations regarding critical areas and natural resource lands and the population allocated to the city from the most recent ten-year population forecast by the office of financial management. 4. The Comprehensive Plan must be consistent with the VISION 2040 regional growth strategy and multi -county planning policies, and the Snohomish County Countywide Planning Policies required by RCW 36.70A.210. 5. Following a public involvement process that included issuance of a Determination of Significance and scoping for an environmental impact statement on the update, on December 18, 2013 City Council approved Resolution No. 6685 adopting a Comprehensive Plan Audit and Public Involvement Plan for the update in accordance with RCW 36.70A.130(2). 6. The City completed a Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statement to address the environmental impacts of the proposal. 7. The Planning Commission held 24 workshops and two public hearings on the 10 -Year Comprehensive Plan and regulations update and recommended that City Council approve the update. 8. On October 21, 2015 the City Council held public hearings and adopted the following ordinances amending the Comprehensive Plan and development regulations: • An Ordinance Adopting the 2015-2035 Comprehensive Plan Update, Amending Ordinance No. 2021-94, as Amended • An Ordinance Amending the Comprehensive Plan Map Designation and Rezoning Properties at 2514 to 2526 Wetmore Ave., and Amending the Downtown Subarea Plan, Planned Action