2025/05/28 Council Agenda Packet

8 2. Describe how the CTR program will help achieve the jurisdiction’s land use and transportation objectives.2 a. Describe how and to what extent your CTR program will help your city or county achieve the land use and transportation objectives referenced in question 1. The CTR program supports the City’s goals by focusing on large employers in the City and their employees’ commute methods. By analyzing biannual employee survey data, Everett can better understand employee commute patterns and preferences, which can be useful for planning future growth. By creating relationships with employee transportation coordinators (ETC), Everett will have the insight of employer representatives and the effectiveness of their worksites’ commuting programs. By encouraging employees to use non-drive alone commute methods, the CTR plan can help decrease commute trips and reduce traffic congestion. In turn, this enables Everett to achieve its land use goals to increase housing density and its transportation goals to reduce transportation related community impacts and improve multi-modal connections. 3. Describe how the CTR program will help achieve the jurisdiction’s environmental objectives.3 a. Describe how the CTR program will support jurisdiction greenhouse gas emission reduction efforts. The CTR program supports the City’s environmental objectives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by rallying behind Climate Action Plan initiatives such as: • Providing overall leadership and capacity-building for climate action. • Promoting more biking, walking, transit, and clean, energy-efficient vehicles to reduce drive- alone trips and emissions. b. Describe how the CTR program will support jurisdiction environmental objectives in addition to greenhouse gas emission reductions. The CTR program supports the City’s environmental objectives by spreading awareness of climate action strategies and transportation options. The education and promotion of environmental objectives among large employers in the City supports a safe, healthy and sustainable community. The public and stakeholder engagement conducted through CTR plan updates also facilitates productive feedback on how the CTR program and City initiatives can work in tandem to reach community goals. 2 Source: The local CTR plan shall describe how the CTR program will help achieve the jurisdiction's broader land use and transportation goals. (WAC 468- 63-040(2)) 3 Source: The legislature also finds that increasing automotive transportation is a major factor in increasing consumption of gasoline and, thereby, increasing reliance on imported sources of petroleum. Moderating the growth in automotive travel is essential to stabilizing and reducing dependence on imported petroleum and improving the nation's energy security (…) The intent of this chapter is to require local governments in those counties experiencing the greatest automobile-related air pollution and traffic congestion to develop and implement plans to reduce single-occupant vehicle commute trips. (RCW 70A.15.4000)