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EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA I'l'EM COVER SHEET <br />PROJECT TITLE: <br />An Ordinance Regulating <br />Rights of Way, Prohibiting <br />Certain Conduct within Public <br />Rights of Way, including <br />Sitting, Lying, Pedestrian <br />Interference, and Distributing <br />Goods, Products or Supplies <br />without a Street Use Permit, <br />Adding Three New Chapters to <br />Title 13 of the Everett <br />Municipal Code <br />x <br />Briefing <br />Proposed Action <br />Consent <br />Action <br />First Reading <br />Second Reading <br />Third Reading <br />Public Hearing <br />COUNCIL BILL # <br />Originating Department <br />Contact Person <br />Phone Number <br />FOR AGENDA OF <br />Initialed by: <br />Department Head <br />CAA <br />Council President <br />Administration <br />David Hall <br />425-257-8624 <br />4-1-15 <br />Location <br />Preceding Action <br />Attachments <br />Department(s) Approval <br />Amount Budgeted <br />-0- <br />Expenditure Required <br />-0- <br />Account Number(s): <br />Budget Remaining <br />-0- <br />Additional Required <br />-0- <br />DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br />This ordinance would prohibit sitting, lying, and placing items on public rights of way, including sidewalks, <br />within a several block area in the vicinity of the Everett Gospel Mission. It is intended to give police another <br />tool in their efforts to prevent the re-establishment of the de facto encampment that was recently disbanded <br />under the Smith Avenue overpass and to regulate similar behavior in the surrounding neighborhood. The <br />ordinance also prohibits the unauthorized distribution of goods, products, or supplies in that same area <br />without a street use penuit. Distribution of food, coffee, clothing, and other goods and supplies in the Smith <br />Avenue area, while well intentioned, has had unintended negative consequences for the neighborhood, <br />negatively impacted businesses in the area, and interfered with the ability of the Everett Gospel Mission to <br />provide important community services. <br />RECOMIIIENDATION (Exact action requested of Council): <br />Adopt the Ordinance Regulating Rights of Way, Prohibiting Certain Conduct within Public Rights of Way, <br />including Sitting, Lying, Pedestrian Interference, and Distributing Goods, Products or Supplies without a <br />Street Use Permit, Adding Three New Chapters to Title 13 of the Everett Municipal Code. <br />9 <br />