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ORDINANCE NO. 3457-15 AN ORDINANCE Amending Critical Area and Floodplain Regulations as Part of the 2015-2035 Comprehensive Plan Update, Amending Ordinance No.s 2909-06 and1671-89, as Amended WHEREAS, 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; and WHEREAS, 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; and WHEREAS, the update must include review and, if needed, revision to policies and regulations regarding critical areas and natural resource lands; and WHEREAS, 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); and WHEREAS, Everett has followed its adopted Public Involvement Plan and provided many opportunities for public comment; and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan Update, Williams Plan Amendment and Rezone, Draft Environmental Impact Statement and related regulations were submitted to the Washington Department of Commerce for 60 -day review on July 17, 2015 in accordance with RCW 36.70A.106; and WHEREAS, RCW 36.70A.172 requires that jurisdictions include Best Available Science in developing policies and development regulations to protect the functions and values of critical areas and to give special consideration to conservation or protection measures necessary to preserve or enhance anadromous fisheries; and