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EVERETT 2044 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 6/17/2025 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES ELEMENT <br /> Page 162 <br />Public Facilities and Services <br />Vision: Everett has sustainable and resilient public facilities and services. <br />Element Scope: The Public Facilities and Services element describes how the City and its partner <br />agencies provide facilities, services, and utilities to meet the needs of our growing community. <br />This element provides inventories of existing and proposed capital facilities; forecasts of future needs, <br />and any capital facility deficiencies and the actions necessary to eliminate them. Goals and policies guide <br />development of the capital improvement program; under state law, capital budget decisions must <br />conform to the city’s comprehensive plan. <br />Everett’s public facilities and private partners <br />The city’s homes, businesses, and activities are served by public facilities, services, and utilities that keep <br />the city running. Public facilities that are expensive, fixed, and long-lasting buildings, infrastructure, and <br />equipment are known as “capital facilities”. <br />This element addresses public facilities (also known as capital facilities) that serve the City of Everett, <br />whether owned and operated by the City of Everett or by other public agencies. <br />• Police and fire protection, library, and local government services are provided by the City of <br />Everett. <br />• Water, sanitary sewer service, and stormwater management are provided by the city as <br />enterprise utilities (customer rates and system expenses are in a dedicated enterprise fund <br />administered by the Utilities division of Public Works). <br />• Public K-12 schools in Everett are provided by the Everett and Mukilteo School Districts. <br />• Parks are addressed in the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space plan element. <br />• Transportation facilities (streets, sidewalks, bridges, paths, and public transit) are addressed in <br />the Transportation Element. <br />• Utilities include electric utility, gas utility, solid waste, recycling, and compost service, and <br />telecommunications providers. <br />Why are public facilities included in the plan and how are they planned for <br />This element helps ensure the practicality of the urban form and other elements of the plan by laying <br />out a framework for implementing the Growth Management Act and delivering capital facilities planned, <br />provided and paid for by the City of Everett, other public entities like special districts and private <br />utilities. <br />The City Council determines an adequate level of service when they adopt the annual budget and four- <br />year utility rate ordinance. Capital facility inventories, locations and levels of service will monitored.