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RESOLUTION NO. 5644 A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Everett, disestablishing the existing Business Improvement Area, pursuant to RCW 35.87A.180, and initiating and establishing a new Business Improvement Area, pursuant to RCW 35.87A.130. WHEREAS, the Business Improvement Area(BIA) has existed and operated in City of Everett (City) since 1995 pursuant to Chapter 35.87A RCW; and WHEREAS, the downtown area of the City has changed by the addition of new businesses, residential properties and condominiums and by the addition of the Everett Events Center on Hewitt Avenue, thus enjoying additional business revenue and visitors to the downtown area especially along Hewitt Avenue; and WHEREAS, as a consequence of such changes in the downtown area there is a need to establish a new BIA with different boundaries and method used in calculating the assessments against the properties in the BIA; and WHEREAS, the City engaged the services of a consultant, expert in the affairs of downtown business improvement areas of districts, who is in agreement that there is a need to establish a new BIA with different boundaries and method used in calculating the assessments against the properties in the BIA and to use assessed valuation as well as front footages as an basis for assessments; and WHEREAS, the most expeditious way to accomplish the creation of a new BIA is to disestablish, terminate and dissolve the existing BIA and create a new BIA, incorporating both the existing boundaries and the new boundaries along Hewitt Avenue; and WHEREAS, the City Council is willing to initiate and declare its intentions to establish such BIA and set a time for public hearing thereon, all as herein below more specifically set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERETT Section 1. Pursuant to Chapter 35.87A RCW, it is the intention of the Everett City Council to disestablish, terminate and dissolve the existing BIA established by Resolutions No. 4149 and 4151 and Ordinance No. 2097-95 in 1995, and hereby does disestablish, terminate and dissolve such existing BIA effective the effective date of the establishment of a new BIA pursuant to Council actions to be taken June 29, 2005 or thereafter as may be determined by Council. Such existing BIA to be disestablished, terminated and dissolved was created by Council in 1995 with the following described boundaries: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of Pacific Avenue and the centerline of the alley west of Hoyt Avenue, thence north along the centerline of the alley west of Hoyt 1