2020/10/14 Council Agenda Packet

BRENT PLANNING SOLUTIONS \IIIQII Advisors, Advocates, Negotiators in Laid Use Consulting August 10, 2020 David Stalheim, Long Range Planning Manager Community Planning and Economic Development City of Everett 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 8A Everett, WA 98201 Re: Sequoia Field Site (Docket Application #REW19-005) Dear Mr. Stalheim, Brent Planning Solutions/Townsell Consulting are the permitting/environmental consultants representing Housing Hope. The project team has had ongoing meetings with City Staff to discuss the Sequoia Upper Field property, which is owned by the Everett School District. As you are aware, the project vision is to provide housing on the site serving families experiencing homelessness, which includes students attending Sequoia High School, and other homeless students and their families within the District. In 2019 a Docket Application was submitted for a supportive housing project on the property. This request has been revised for consideration in the 2020 Docket Cycle. Housing Hope has been engaged in public outreach throughout the application process. Outreach has included various community groups and residents (including the Port Gardner Neighborhood Association, and the Neighborhood Advisory Committee — created by Housing Hope to facilitate public outreach and communication within the neighborhood), as well as staff and representatives of the City of Everett regarding the project. The most notable changes to the project are depicted on the Concept Plan and detailed in the SEPA Environmental Checklist. The revised 2020 Docket request is to amend the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map for the eastern portion of the Subject Site located on the west side of Grand Avenue (southernportion of Lot 2, and Lots 3 and 4) from a Single Family Detached Low Density zone to Multiple Family Medium Density zone (with a concurrent rezone to R-3) and remove the Norton - Grand Historic Overlay zone to allow necessary multi -family building heights. The western portion of the site that fronts Norton Avenue (Lots 7-12 and southern portion of Lot 13) would remain -unchanged as Single Family Detached Low Density zone with the Norton -Grand Overlay (historic) zone also unchanged. Housing Hope proposes that development of the entire Subject Site, with frontage on both Norton and Grand Avenues, would include establishment of a Development Agreement to ensure that historic design features and project components enhance and compliment the neighborhood. The Development Agreement is being prepared by the City with consideration of the components recommended by Housing Hope. Proposed site amenities have been included for the neighboring community. Housing Hope has revised the project E f fective team solutions in project management, environmental and land use permitting, civil engineering, and wetland resources. P.O. Box 1586, Mulcilteo Washington 98275 I Ph: 425.971.6409 I www.brentplanningsolutions.com