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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Annexation Objectives <br />Objective 2.17.1 Define potential areas to be annexed into the City of Everett and develop <br />agreements with affected jurisdictions and districts that provide for annexation and delivery of <br />municipal public services to annexation areas. <br />Annexation Policies <br />Policy 2.17.1 Plan cooperatively with other government agencies and service providers <br />to determine how to provide high quality municipal services and adequate public facilities and <br />infrastructure to support the land use activities designated by the Land Use Element, in a cost <br />effective manner. <br />Policy 2.17.2 Establish annexation areas in which other neighboring cities have no interest in <br />providing services, and develop annexation agreements with neighboring cities and Snohomish <br />County as needed to make the transition from unincorporated to incorporated City. <br />Policy 2.17.3 Do not accept annexation proposals until the City is prepared to provide <br />acceptable levels of public services to the annexation area. Funding of certain public facilities <br />and services by property owners and residents of the annexation area may be a requirement of <br />annexation. <br />Policy 2.17.4 Develop a fiscal impact model which analyzes the costs of providing services <br />and the revenues to be realized from proposed annexations. Such a model should identify the <br />impact upon the City, Snohomish County, and the other providers of public services within the <br />annexation area. <br />Policy 2.17.5 Consider developing agreements with neighboring cities, Snohomish County <br />and other service providers concerning the sharing of the costs and revenues associated with <br />providing services to all portions of the Everett Planning Area. <br />Policy 2.17.6 Develop public service agreements with service providers, when possible, <br />concerning the delivery of services to a proposed annexation area before submitting the <br />annexation proposal to the Boundary Review Board. <br />Policy 2.17.7 Annexation boundaries should be based upon logical service areas, should <br />attempt to eliminate existing irregular boundaries to the extent possible, and should meet the <br />objectives of the Boundary Review Board stated in RCW 36.93.180. <br />2.18 Property Rights and Permit Processing <br />The GMA includes goals (#6 and #7) related to protection of private property rights, and the fair <br />and timely processing of permit applications. The following policies are established in <br />accordance with these goals. <br />Policy 2.18.1 Private Property Rights. The City, in applying policies of the Land Use Element, <br />shall not take private property for public use without making just compensation. In applying the <br />policies of the Land Use Element, the City shall protect the rights of private property owners <br />from arbitrary and discriminatory actions. <br />LAND USE ELEMENT 55 <br />