Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

WHEREAS, Everett has followed its adopted Public Involvement Plan, including the outreach identified in Exhibit A to this Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments include amendments to the Comprehensive Plan text and map, the Zoning Map, and regulations; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan for Everett Station Area, the Williams amendment and rezone, and the regulations are implemented through separate ordinances, but are part of this Comprehensive Plan 10 -Year Update; and WHEREAS, the proposal amends all of the Comprehensive Plan elements, except the Shoreline Land Use Element, which will be updated with the next comprehensive update to the Shoreline Master Program by 2019, and the Parks and Recreation Element, a non -required element, which is being updated in a separate process that will conclude later than this update; and WHEREAS, the proposal includes two new elements: the Marine Port Element, which is an optional element and was prepared at the request of the Port of Everett, and the Climate Change and Sustainability Element which is in response to the policies in Vision 2040 and new information since the last update to the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the update was guided by a variety of analyses documented in the following documents and background reports: Vision 2040 and associated PSRC documents, Countywide Planning Policies, 2012 Buildable Lands Report for Snohomish County, City of Everett Alternative Employment and Population Capacity Assumptions and Calculations Background Report September 2014, Climate Change and Sustainability Element Background Report, Housing Profile Everett 2015, June 2013 Potential Residential Infill Measures Report, Commerce Development Regulations Checklist and Comprehensive Plan Checklist, PSRC Reporting Tool for Comprehensive Plans and Reporting Tool for Center Plans; 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 WHEREAS, the City completed a review of Best Available Science for the update to critical area policies and regulations including the information identified in Exhibit B to this Resolution and amended policies and regulations to address new information; and WHEREAS, little new science was found that is contradictory to current Critical Area Regulations, with the primary need for amendments related to new WA Department of Ecology guidance for wetlands and frequently flooded areas, including use of the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual and a new State wetland rating system, a new method of calculating debits and credits for wetland mitigation, new in -lieu fee mitigation programs, and implementation of a National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion on the effect of the National Flood Insurance Program on species listed under the Endangered Species Act and their critical habitats in Puget Sound; and 2