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ItEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT b15. Community Involvement. Implement annexation and delivery of services to programs which promote public education, geographic areas of overlapping interest. I intergovernmental cooperation, clean-up campaigns, tree planting, and other innovative 1.16.2 Encourage intergovernmental cooper- methods which will involve participation of a ation between Everett, neighboring cities, 1 broad base of citizens and civic groups in Snohomish County, and special purpose order to protect the environmentally sensitive districts and establish agreements for the areas of the community provision of urban services to the Everett I Planning Area. 16. Education and Public Awareness. Educate and inform the public on water 1.16.3 Adopt annexation policies which Iquality enhancement and erosion control provide for timely processing of annexations measures such as maintaining vegetation on and provides for an orderly transition to city and adjacent to steep slopes and in natural services when unincorporated areas are I drainage areas, proper disposal of pollutants, annexed. and proper use of fertilizers, herbicides and Ipesticides. Urban Service Area Policies. 1.16 Urban Service Area Policies. The 1.16.1 Plan cooperatively with other I Everett Planning Area is larger and somewhat government agencies and service providers to different than the "Phase I Annexation Area" determine how to provide high quality adopted by the Everett City Council as part of municipal services and adequate public facili- 01 the Urban Service Area Policies in November, ties and infrastructure to support the land use 1990. While the geographic boundaries are activities designated by the Land Use Element, somewhat different, the policies of the Urban in a cost effective manner. J Service Area Element are essentially the same, but are simplified herein. The City shall 1.16.2 Develop a funding plan which continue to use the Urban Service Area Ele- equitably distributes the costs of providing I ment policies adopted by City Council public facilities and services. Resolution #3400 on November 21, 1990, when considering annexation and service 1.16.3 Establish a Phase I annexation area I extensions within the unincorporated areas of for areas in which other neighboring cities the Everett Planning Area. have no interest in providing services, and develop annexation agreements with neigh- 1 Goal for Urban Service Area: boring cities before accepting annexation proposals in areas located outside the Phase I I 1.16.1 To provide for the most effective annexation area. method of providing municipal services to the Everett Planning Area. 1.16.4 Do not accept annexation proposals I until the City is prepared to provide to provide Urban Service Area Objectives: acceptable levels of public services to the annexation area. Funding of certain public 16 1.16.1 Define potential areas to be annexed facilities and services by property owners and into the City of Everett and develop residents of the annexation area may be a agreements with neighboring cities concerning requirement of annexation. I LU-57