2020/10/14 Council Agenda Packet

comprehensive plan policies and objectives and the proposed designation implements better use of the site for the School District's and Housing Hope's objectives. 2) Have circumstances related to the subject property and the area in which it is located changed sufficiently since the adoption of the Land Use Element to justify a change to the lame` use designation? if so, the circumstances which have changed should be described in detail to support findings that a Different and use designation is appropriate. Applicant Response: The Everett School District (District) went through a property management planning process some years ago. This was a community -wide process that involved numerous community open houses to discuss properties owned by the Distnct. As stated on the District's website, "Property management planning is the process used to plan and manage the development, use, and disposition of real estate owned by the district. The implications of property management are evident in the District's strategic plan priorities to utilize and generate resources in support of student learning, and to support strategic partners whose work is aligned with our mission." Out of the process the Everett School Board approved a Property Use Matrix and a Property Use Framework. The site identified as Norton Avenue Playfield was shown as a future Sale/or Exchange to the City of Everett. Inquiries have been made to the City and interest was not shown for acquisition. Both the District and Housing Hope have seen the increase in numbers in homeless students (1,266 in 2018) and their families. Homeless students move more often, and it has been estimated that with each move 4-6 months of learning is lost. Based on this recognized need, discussions began on how both parties could address this increasing need. While the site had been identified as a future sale through a public process, providing housing on the site is consistent with the District's commitment and mission to students and their families. The request to a Residential, Multifamily designation (with removal of the HO) for a portion of the site would allow for development of housing units to meet the need of these homeless students and their families in an area that has similar designations and as a transition from the adjacent single-family neighborhood. There are policies in the City's Comprehensive Plan that do support this housing element of the request and include the following: Chapter 4. Housing Element H. Laws and Guidelines Influencing Everett's Housing Element A. G W' 1H MAN & G EMENT ACII 3. Identification of sufficient land for housing, including, but not limited to, government assisted housing, housing for low-income families, manufactured housing, multifamily housing, and group homes and foster care facihties. Igo PSRC VISION 2040 REGIONAL G OWTH STRATF,GY; MJ Pil \7 Th G POLICIES UCOU` J'Y Housing Diversity and Affordability: l�Vi F 4i 9: Encourage inteijurisdictional cooperative efforts and public -private partnerships to advance the provision of affordable and special needs housing. V:C keep hori flirt* Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment and Concurrent 31ezone Application Narrative Statement -- Evaluation Criteria (Revision August2O20) Page 14