Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Everett developed Drainage Basins Plans in the 1980s and 1990s that address stormwater issues in individual drainage basins. In 2002, Snohomish County developed Drainage Needs Reports that address stormwater issues in urbanizing basins of Snohomish County, including Everett's Planning Area. a) The City shall continue to work with neighboring jurisdictions to review drainage problems and update drainage ordinances and program capital improvements to provide adequate drainage for the land uses planned by the Land Use Element. Policy 2.14.2 Water Quality. The City was issued its first National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit in 2007, and its second in 2013. This Federal Permit, administered by the Washington State Department of Ecology, acts as an umbrella program for implementation of water quality actions in the City. Regulations and programs established or amended by the City to comply with the permit include the Surface Water System Ordinance, Surface and Storm Drainage Ordinance, Stormwater Management Manual, Surface Water Comprehensive Plan, and the City's Design and Construction Standards and Specifications. Everett's current NPDES permit and regulations mandate a wide variety of Low Impact Development (LID) measures that were not required at the time of Everett's last major comprehensive plan update. LID is a term used to describe a stormwater management and land development strategy that emphasizes protection and use of on-site, natural stormwater management features (such as areas of permeable soils, depressions, or shallow vegetated swales), integrated with engineered, small-scale hydrologic controls (such as rain gardens, roof top dispersion, and porous pavements) to more closely mimic predevelopment hydrologic functions. The stormwater runoff in the north end of Everett is treated by the Everett Water Pollution Control Facility (sewage treatment plant). Overflows from this combined system into the Snohomish River and Port Gardner Bay have been a problem in the past, and intense flooding of home and businesses during recent storm events have prompted the programming of major improvements in this system including replacement of deteriorated sewer lines, separation of portions of the system, and a stormwater storage facility to reduce this problem to an average of one event per year per outfall. In the south part of the Everett Planning Area, both the City and Snohomish County have prepared storm drainage and water quality plans and have identified both structural and nonstructural improvements that can be made to prevent further degradation of water quality. The City is also participating in the Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program. This program, developed by stakeholders from municipalities, tribes, environmental organizations, federal and state organizations and the business community, allows municipalities to pay into a pool to implement regional monitoring for status and trends, pollutant source identification and effectiveness monitoring. Money is paid to Ecology, who then contracts projects with consultants and stakeholders who bid to do specific projects chosen by the combined stakeholder body known as the Stormwater Work Group. The contract and payment process is overseen by an additional stakeholder group known as the Pooled Resources Oversight Committee. Pooling resources for larger projects will result in better projects and much less cost than each municipality doing monitoring on their own. LAND USE ELEMENT 46