2020/10/14 Council Agenda Packet

NARRATIVE STATEMENT ^ EVALUATION CRITERIA All applications must be accompanied by a separate narrative statement describing how the proposal is consistent with the following criteria and applicable rezone type. Please note that this information is important for the City s evaluation of your Comprehensive Plan map amendment and rezone application. Comprehensive Plan Policies Everett's Comprehensive Plan contains the following criteria that provide guidance to decision makers in their review of applications to amend land use designations. Please consider each of the following review criteria and respond to them on a separate piece of paper. The response should identify which of the criteria is being addressed. Where the criteria spells out relevant policies or criteria, found in either the City's Comprehensive Plan or Zoning Code, please reference the relevant section when noting such support for your application. City staff will help with any questions you may have in regard to completing this work. 1) The proposed land use designation must be supported by or be consistent with the existing policies of the various elements of the Comprehensive Plan. NOTE: Please refer to the location criteria beginning on page LU-65 (Applicant noted - this is an outdated reference; the correct section has been used by the Applicant). Please refer to specific policies, especially those in the Land Use and Housing sections. Applicant Response: The City of Everett Comprehensive Plan is the policy document that will guide the growth of the City until 2035. In order to approve a change of a comprehensive plan designation consistency with the plan needs to be demonstrated. The request is to change the current designation of Residential, Single Family to Residential, Multifamily for the eastern portion of the Subject Site; remove the Norton -Grand Historic Overlay zone on the eastern portion of the Subject Site; and establish a Development Agreement for the entire site to ensure that historic design features and project components enhance and compliment the neighborhood. This designation change would allow the future development of single- and multi -family units to serve homeless students and their families. The Everett School District (District) owns the property located south of 3 6th Street, between Norton and Grand Avenues referred to as its Sequoia "Upper Field". The neighboring community commonly refers to the Subject Site as the Norton Playfield. Housing Hope and Everett School District has concluded a 75-year Ground Lease Agreement for this site. Housing Hope, founded in 1987, recognizes that safe, secure and affordable housing is only the first step in solving poverty for struggling families. The innovative concept to provide a full -range of housing, with housing -related support services, is a halhnark of the Housing Hope mission. Housing Hope combines affordable housing with tailored services such as life -skills training, childcare, case management, and employment services. Housing Hope also offers homeownership opportunities for low-income individuals of Snohomish County and Canano Island. The project vision is to provide housing on the site to serve families experiencing homelessness that include students attending Sequoia High School and other homeless students within the District. L 1 l\ Ris Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment and Concurrent Rezone Application 11 OD Lc E Narrative Statement — Evaluation Criteria (Revision August 2020) ,,:c, keen hope alive Page 1