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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 181 <br />that strives to mimic predisturbance hydrologic processes of infiltration, filtration, storage, <br />evaporation, and transpiration by emphasizing conservation, use of on-site natural features, <br />site planning and distributed stormwater management practices that are integrated into a <br />project design. <br />PF-22 Implement a Capital Improvement Program that maintains and improves the municipal <br />separate stormwater system in a manner that enhances and protects the City’s natural <br />environment, mitigates flooding problems, improves water quality, promotes a reliable and <br />safe transportation network, and provides the community a safe and healthy place for living, <br />working, and recreation. <br />PF-23 Effectively manage the City’s municipal stormwater system and private surface water systems <br />in a manner that reduces flooding, maintains water quality, and protects the natural <br />environment. <br />PF-24 Plan for the provision of telecommunication infrastructure to provide access to residents and <br />businesses in all communities, especially underserved areas. <br />PF-25 Work cooperatively with school districts to plan for school facilities to meet the existing and <br />future community needs consistent with adopted comprehensive plans and growth forecasts, <br />including siting and designing schools to support safe, walkable access and best serve their <br />communities. <br />Essential Public Facilities <br />PF-26 Maintain a process for siting essential public facilities in Everett when necessary; include <br />provisions for notice and an opportunity to comment to interested counties and cities and the <br />public, authority for reasonable conditions necessary to mitigate the identified adverse impacts <br />of the project while not precluding the siting of a facility, and consideration of design <br />conditions, amenities, or incentives for neighborhoods that could be used to make a facility <br />better fit with its surroundings. <br />PF-27 Site or expand regional capital facilities in a manner that (1) reduces adverse social, <br />environmental, and economic impacts on the host community, especially on historically <br />marginalized communities, (2) equitably balances the location of new facilities away from <br />disproportionately burdened communities, and (3) addresses regional planning objectives. <br />