2022/06/29 Council Agenda Packet

WASHINGTON June 9, 2022 Washington State Department of Commerce Growth Management Grants Attn: Anne Fritzel, Housing Program Manager 1011 Plum StreetSE P.O. Box 42525 Olympia, WA 98504-2525 SUBJECT: Intent to submit middle housing grant application One of the goals of the Growth ManagementAct is to plan for and accommodate housing affordable to all economic segments of the population of this state, promote avariety of residential densities and housingtypes, and encourage preservation of existinghousingstock. The city is requiredto plan for housing that meets the needs of our diverse community and to ensure we are providing sufficient residential zoned land capacity for housing to accommodate 20-year growth targets. To help meet this goal, the City of Everett recently prepared a Housing Action Plan that includes strategies to increase housing variety by encouraging infill development in single family zones. The middle housing grant will provide important resources to support implementation of this aspect of our housing action plan. INTENT TO SUBMIT MIDDLE HOUSING APPLICATION The City of Everett intends to submit an application, by July 5, 2022, requesting $100,000 from the Washington State Department of Commerce to support actions promoting middle housing in portions of the city currently zoned for single family residential. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Based on an initial analysis, the city estimatesthatthere are about 21,000 parcels zoned single family in the city (note: these zones are titled single family and are largely limited to detached houses, but duplexes would be allowed in some of those parcels if size, dimensional, and otherrequirementswere met). Accordingly, the city plansto evaluate, analyze, and propose allowing middle housing typeson at least 6,300 parcels as part of this project. PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK AND USE OF FUNDS The city is currently underwaywith multi-yearcomprehensive plan periodicupdate process. While the resources, eligible activities, and technical assistance opportunities of this grant align very well with the city's housing action plan and overall comprehensive plan update scope of work, the timing of the grant period presents some challenges that will need to be addressed. Our initial proposed approach, subject to continued refinement and collaboration with and advice from Commerce staff over the coming 0 2930 Wetmore Ave., Ste. 8-A Everett, WA98201 425.257,8731 0 planning@everettwa.gov 425.257.8742 fax everettwa,gov