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DRAFT 2/14/07 11:42 AM restored. Public access will be integrated into these areas to allow the community to experience this natural environment. 4. Diverse Destination: Creating a Lifestyle Center Connected to the Broader Everett Community and Surrounding Riverfront Environment As noted above, the Plan calls for a development that creates a place that connects retail, residential, recreational, and environmental uses to generate a premier destination for working, shopping, dining and living. The Plan expects that such a place includes the following: • The development will enhance the visual and functional characteristics of Everett's riverfront. The master plan for the lifestyle center shall orient buildings and facilities to maximize visual access to the river, estuary and mountain views and provide visual and direct access to the river and prominent riverfront trails. • The development will create a pedestrian-friendly, riverfront destination community. The development will be at a human scale, having architectural designs which shape a simple, holistic aesthetic and remove barriers between the customers and the retail and recreational amenities. • The development will effectively link the City of Everett to the riverfront with various connections and access points to the community. Great places are about linkages, and this development will provide opportunities to link the river to the city and the amenities in the downtown in the future. • The site and buildings will be strongly interrelated with the environment through use of green building and environmental design features. Sustainable Design practices will be integrated into the development to create a healthy community. • The Plan will be implemented to achieve at least a certification level of Silver from the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System for Neighborhood Development as described in and subject to the provisions of the Agreement. • The development will introduce design features that lend to some degree of continuity, but within a setting that emphasizes Everett's waterfront history and setting, rather than thematic motifs not traditional to the Everett riverfront. • The development will result in a riverfront destination community with quality architecture, landscaping, and public amenities. Great places are about the smallest details and they happen inches at a time. Accordingly, the riverfront development will include well designed homes, a unique shopping and dining experience, and an inviting system of sidewalks and pathways, plazas, and parks that will make it a great place to live and work. G-3 06107-0063 LFGALI3023969.1