2025/06/18 Council Agenda Packet

EVERETT 2044 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 6/17/2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT Page 40 Gardens and Pigeon Creek. The neighborhood has restaurants and small businesses along Evergreen Way. Twin Creeks Twin Creeks is a neighborhood of single-family homes and several styles of apartment living. It is home to the Everett Mall and has easy access to Interstate 5. The Interurban Trail bisects the neighborhood and offers recreation for walking, skateboarding, and bicycling. Olivia Park elementary school is also within the neighborhood. Valley View-Sylvan Crest-Larimer Ridge Valley View-Sylvan Crest-Larimer Ridge neighborhood borders Wood Creek, forest and wildlife habitat and it has views of the Cascade mountains and Snohomish Valley. The neighborhood is comprised of mostly single-family homes with some multi-family apartments and duplexes. At the neighborhood entrance is the Valley View Commons a shared open space with native trees and plants. Everett’s Communities Clear policy guidance and direction on Everett’s desired design and development character will help preserve and enhance the character of city’s neighborhoods and promote the Everett as an inviting and inspiring place. It is the goal of the policies to guide building and site design to promote accessible and attractive public environments. They also encourage site and building designs that contribute to a welcoming and attractive public realm and respond to current and historical contexts. Community Gathering Places Community cohesiveness develops in many ways. It can come from a shared vision for the community. It can be developed using public places for interaction. These can be a plaza, library, community center, place of worship, café, park, or shopping area. Successful public places have the following qualities: accessibility, comfort or image, activity, a welcoming feeling, and sociability. Accessibility means having good links from surrounding areas, by foot, bike, transit, or other means. It also means visual accessibility. The comfort and image come from several characteristics, including a perception of safety, cleanliness and availability of seating, both formal and informal. Identifying features, such as a fountain, artwork, or a unique building, may also enhance image. Activity may be a natural outcome from a collection of uses or may be programmed through music presentations or performing arts. People typically feel welcome at public places that provide basic features, such as lighting, shelter, and play areas for children, along with spaces for meetings or other gatherings. Sociability is when a space becomes a place for people to go or to meet, usually because it has elements of the first four qualities. The City can facilitate the success of public places by promoting activities that enliven a space and by ensuring well-designed spaces. Community Hubs Community Hubs are places where large numbers of people live, work, and visit. Careful attention to the design of centers and corridors is necessary to ensure that they become places where people want to live and gather, and get around by walking, biking, or wheelchair. This plan provides for the