Ordinance 2849-05 - Laserfiche WebLink

} 5. Comprehensive Plan Policy 1.11.4. calls for ECC to work with the neighborhood in development of the plan, that the plan shall provide for off-street parking and access improvements and that principal access to the campus shall be taken from Broadway over the long term. 6. The proposed rezone includes provisions for parking to be brought onto the campus and off of nearby surface streets in a way that will mitigate impacts to surrounding residential areas. 7. Both ECC and nearby PEMC (Providence Everett Medical Center) are essential public facilities, and important institutions in their own right, that need to grow within the community. It is City Council's desire that ECC and PEMC work on expansion plans with surrounding neighborhood residents and the community to accommodate both organizations. 8. City Council support for the ECC proposal is in part based on submittal of Master Plan maps including specific phases of expansion as found in Exhibit"C,"which includes a transit center, early learning center college classrooms, other College functions and added parking capacity. 9 City regulations concerning,but not limited to: Design Guidelines, landscaping, signage, and lighting shall be used to review each of the necessary construction permit phases. WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES: 1. The Master Plan, submitted in the form of text and maps with the subject application supports the present action and is responsive to Comprehensive Plan Land Use Policy 1.11.4., therefore Everett Community College has provided an application that is supported by and is consistent with the City Comprehensive Plan. The Master Plan and support materials submitted with the application show sufficient evidence of neighborhood involvement, that parking needs have been addressed, and that access to and from the campus, including the expansion area which is the subject of this action, does connect to Broadway Avenue as required, over the long-term. 2. Changed circumstances are clearly evident in materials and testimony provided by the College in terms of growth in student enrollment and current State funding that will enable the College to grow to meet demand while providing a modern(state of the art) instructional environment 3. The public health, safety and welfare will be provided for by this Ordinance and through existing development regulations of the City. 4. The amendment to the land use map, rezone and adoption of the Master Plan promotes the best long term interests of the Everett community. 5. The approval as requested does not constitute a grant of special privilege to the proponent due to the public service it provides. 6. The amendment will not create added pressure to change the land use designation of other properties in the vicinity without due public consideration of need. 3