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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN future. The primary difference between the alternatives was the amount of population and employment that would be accommodated in the Planning Area. All of the Alternative Growth Scenarios for the Comprehensive Plan would have allowed for significant growth within the Everett Planning Area. The Planning Commission and City Council selected Alternative 2. The following table shows the growth levels under the alternative growth scenarios. Table 6: Population and Employment by Alternative 2001 Population 2025 2025 2025 Estimate, Alternative 1: Alternative 2: Alternative 3: 2000 Existing Trends Adopted Snohomish Employment Targets County High Estimate Growth Alt. in UGA Population 161,168 167,519 169,896 131,003 (+30,165) (+36,516) (+38,893)2 Employment 127,130 132,545 139,060 86,147 (+40,983) (+46,391) (+52,913) The Comprehensive Plan was approved by City Council in August 2005, and was subsequently appealed to the Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board. The Board ordered the City to quantify the holding capacity within the city limits and reconcile the entire planning area target population for 2025 with Snohomish County, or take other legislative action to increase density in order to accommodate the projected 2025 growth. Snohomish County approved their 10-Year Comprehensive Plan Update in December 2005. The Plan included higher targets for population and employment within the unincorporated portion of Everett's planning area than did Everett's plan. Countywide Planning Policy UG-2 requires that a target reconciliation process be undertaken after all the Snohomish County jurisdictions complete their Comprehensive Plan updates. In December 2006 Snohomish County Council completed step 4 of the target reconciliation process by updating Appendix B of the Countywide Planning Policies to incorporate the new targets. The adopted targets for Everett's unincorporated planning area were the same as the targets in Snohomish County's 10-Year Comprehensive Plan Update. The adopted targets for the Everett City limits were the same as the targets adopted in Everett's 10-Year Update. The City completed the capacity analysis for Everett's city limits and determined that more than sufficient capacity exists to accommodate Everett's adopted targets. (This information is available for review in the City of Everett Planning and Community Development Department.) In March 2007, Everett amended this Comprehensive Plan to incorporate the new targets for the unincorporated planning area consistent with the targets adopted by Snohomish County. 2 The audit target for the alternative was 181,270,but County land use changes did not result in the expected increase. INTRODUCTION 14