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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY ELEMENT <br /> Page 156 <br />CC- Transition the City’s municipal vehicle fleet and equipment to vehicles and equipment that use <br />fuels with reduced greenhouse gas emissions. <br />CC-10 Emphasize green stormwater infrastructure and low carbon materials when designing and <br />building city infrastructure. <br />CC-11 Support installation of energy production systems including solar, wind, and geothermal. <br />CC-12 Develop appropriate regulations that support the installation of distributed systems, such as <br />solar power in appropriate scales and locations and ensure solar systems are not blocked or <br />made less efficient by development on neighboring properties. <br />CC-13 Assist homeowners in retrofitting buildings for energy conservation and use of efficient, clean <br />energy technologies such as electric heat pumps and solar collectors. <br />CC-14 Pursue the development of energy management technology to make energy systems more <br />efficient. <br />Creating Resilient Communities <br />CC-15 Advance the resilience of the transportation system by incorporating redundancies, preparing <br />for disasters and other impacts, and coordinated planning for system recovery. <br />CC-16 Address rising sea levels by siting and planning for the relocation of hazardous industries and <br />essential public services away from the 500-year floodplain. <br />CC-17 Promote the retention of significant trees during proposed development review with an <br />emphasis on preserving trees in and near riparian areas. <br />CC-18 Protect and expand the city’s tree canopy to reduce energy use, mitigate heat stress, manage <br />stormwater, and sequester carbon and monitor tree retention and canopy on a regular basis. <br />CC-19 Identify areas where urban heat island effects will be greatest and target these areas for <br />additional tree planting and other drought tolerant landscaping, green roofs and walls, cool <br />roofs and cool pavement. <br />CC-20 Promote actions to help the city become more resilient to drought and reduced water <br />availability, marine and coastal changes, flooding, extreme heat, wildfire and smoke. <br />CC-21 Plant tree species or varieties known to have a broad range of environmental tolerances and <br />promote use of native plants to provide habitat for native species. <br />CC-22 Encourage landscape design and maintenance and agriculture that reduces water, pesticide, <br />herbicide, and synthetic fertilizer use, including transitioning turf lawn areas to native ground <br />covers, shrubs, and trees. <br />CC-23 Strengthen community partnerships and programs that reduce vulnerability, risk, and chronic <br />diseases by supporting healthy places to live, work and play. <br />CC-24 Collaborate with the Tulalip tribe on the development and implementation of programs that <br />protect, enhance, and restore ecosystems to support tribal sovereign and treaty rights and