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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN B. Goals, Objectives, Policies and Implementation The goals and objectives of a comprehensive plan provide the stated direction of a community regarding specific issues. Policies describe particular courses of action designed to implement the goals and objectives of the plan. Goal 6.7: Provision of Service To ensure the delivery of appropriate and adequate utilities to accommodate the demand associated with projected population growth in Everett over the next twenty years. Objective 6.7.1 Where economically feasible, utilities shall be provided in a manner that ensures their availability simultaneous with use or occupancy of development. Construction and improvements to utility operations shall be provided with minimal disruption to existing services and neighborhoods. Policy 6.7.1 The Capital Facilities and Utilities Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan shall be the guiding mechanism to implement the GMA through the provision of utilities. Policy 6.7.2 Promote the efficient use of land and minimize environmental disturbance by requiring co-location of utilities whenever possible and appropriate, as well as the appropriate re- vegetation of the corridor or site. Policy 6.7.3 The City shall promote the co-location of public and private utility distribution facilities in shared trenches and coordinate construction timing to minimize construction-related disruption to the public and to reduce the cost of utility delivery. Policy 6.7.4 The City shall use timely and effective notice procedures to promote coordination of utility trenching activities for new construction and for maintenance and repair/construction of roads. Policy 6.7.5 The City shall promote the development and availability of utility services, and should consider the feasibility of developing new sources of water and power as necessary to support the types and levels of growth contemplated by the Land Use Element. Goal 6.8: Essential Public Facilities To provide for the siting and construction of essential public facilities to accommodate projected growth over the next twenty years. Essential public facilities are defined as those facilities that are typically difficult to site and considered to be important to orderly growth. Objective 6.8.1 Ensure that the siting and construction of utilities considered essential public facilities are not precluded by the City's Comprehensive Plan. Policy 6.8.1 Provide for a review process for the siting of local essential public facilities. The City shall also provide for a common review process for the siting of interjurisdictional essential public facilities. Policy 6.8.2 Identify general locations of utilities considered essential capital facilities. CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT 29