2020/10/14 Council Agenda Packet

E. CONSOLIDATED PLAN 2. Support the development of facilities and services for homeless people, particularly families with children, homeless youth, and single women. 3. Address the needs of those who are at -risk of becoming homeless as well as those who are chronically homeless in order to achieve real progress in ending homelessness. Applicant Response: The required housing element of the Comprehensive Plan states the need to provide housing for low --income or homeless youth families, which this partnership with the Everett School District and Housing Hope addresses. The availability of a public land to address this need is unique and is consistent with supportive housing. The revised 2020 proposal meets a greater number of goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan, as detailed extensively in response to Ill Evaluation Criteria. 3) Are the assumptions on which the land use designation of the subject property is based erroneous, or is new information available which was not considered at the time the Land Use Element was adopted that justify a change to the land use designation? If so, the erroneous assumptions or new information should be described in detail to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that the land use designation should be changed. Applicant Response: The Subject Site is surrounded on three sides by R-3 and R-4 zoning. With the large size of these platted lots and access now feasible from Grand Avenue, it is appropriate to change the land use to multi -family development. New information is also now available regarding the need for housing for homeless students and their families. This unique partnership between the Everett School District and Housing Hope allows this housing need to be addressed by the redevelopment of a public site in an area that supports the density and character of use, as well as provides a location with close proximity to schools (Sequoia High School and Jackson Elementary School) which would be served by the proposal. The new information was previously discussed (see #2 Evaluation Criteria for additional details). 4) Does the proposed land use designation promote a more desirable land use pattern for the community as a whole? If so, a detailed description of the qualities of the proposed land use designation that make the land use pattern for the community more desirable should be provided to enable the Planning Commission and City Council to find that the proposed land use designation is in the community's best interest. Applicant Response: The provision of this housing on the Subject Site does benefit the Everett community as a whole. The availability of public land with existing infrastructure adds to the desirability of the location. The existing patterns in the vicinity are a mixture of single-family and multi -family development, and the future development potential would provide a transition between L Ell ri El ; L,D C Gf'i i( kee{_ hr pe alive Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment and Concurrent Rezone Application Narrative Statement — Evaluation Criteria (Revision August 2020) Page 15