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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN The Planning Area boundary has been modified since adoption of the 1994 Plan. Revisions include: • Removal of Paine Field Airport at Snohomish County's request/ • Removal of property between Mukilteo Speedway and Airport Road. • Removal of the area around Lake Stickney. • The addition of an area along Lowell River Road that Snohomish County recently added to the urban growth boundary. • The 1994 Plan and Snohomish County's proposed MUGA boundaries show an area west of Lowell-Larimer Road in Everett's Municipal Urban Growth Boundary. The City has identified this area for future consideration, due to steep slopes, streams and hillside seeps that result in little developable area. Goals #1 and#2 of the Growth Management Act require that urban growth areas be designated in each county, within which future urban growth would be encouraged and outside of which only rural uses would be permitted. The Everett Planning Area boundaries are entirely within the Municipal Urban Growth Boundaries adopted by Snohomish County. The Everett Planning Area has been divided into six Planning subareas, as indicated in Figure 1. These smaller units make the collection of data simpler, which makes the different characteristics of the city and its urban growth area easier to understand. The general characteristics of each area are summarized in a later section entitled "Existing Conditions." B. Outside the Everett Planning Area Outside of the proposed Everett Planning Area boundaries are the comparable planning areas or urban growth areas for the cities of Mukilteo, Lynnwood and Mill Creek to the south, Marysville to the north, and an urban area to the southeast of Everett not yet claimed by any existing municipality as being within its planning or growth area. This unclaimed area is served indirectly by the Everett water and sewer system, through the Silver Lake Water District. While Everett has expressed an interest in this area in the past, it is too far from current city boundaries to be considered a logical area for annexation and extension of additional services within the twenty-year horizon of the Growth Management Act. However, this area could be considered for future service by Everett if there is unprecedented interest in annexation expressed by area residents. Goal #11 of the GMA requires close coordination between municipalities and counties for the planning of land uses, transportation, facilities and services. Cooperation with neighboring cities and the county is essential to provide adequate public services to these areas regardless of which cities may ultimately annex them. The Snohomish County Tomorrow planning process has provided a forum for close coordination between Everett and its neighboring jurisdictions. INTRODUCTION 8