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(b) w6en the pubtic totended to be xrved by the propoecd governnKotal ot'fice use will clearly be served by a IocaHon ouWde of the &3 zone. Convenkot oR-street parking s6sdl not be permitted to be used as a ba�is tor making t6ts determioatlon. Findiogs: The intent of the Special Ptoperty Uu pertnit requirement for government offices is to require these uses to locate in the Central Business Disaict. The Ciry's General Plan Central Business District Policies includes the foilowing policy: Promote Everett's Central Business District as the regional center for govertunental, financial, and professional services; cultural activities; supported by high densiry housing; retail and service businesus in a distinctly urban downtown utting. The Ordinance adopting the Comprehensive Plan (Ordinance 2021-94) states that A Development Pl�n, for Fverett's Cencral Citv shall remain as a policy guideline to be used in shaping future growth in the conununiry. This document includes the following policies and statements. The Centrat City should be the urban center of Everett and the surcounding Snohomish County area providing a concentration of intensiry and diversiry in developmental character and human activiry. It should be the counry's focal point for commercial, govemmental, cultural, and recreatiunal pursuits. Federal, State, Counry and Ciry public adminis:ration buildings and public urvice buildings should be concentrated within the Core south of the retail area. In addition ro City and Counry government, State and Federal agencies which contain re�;ional offices and administrative centers should also be included in the corridor. A Federal office building is already in the area and future expansion should occ:ur on these or adjacent properties. A�, while some State services and functions may not be appropriate to tNe Core (due to rypes of services, space, or parking requirements), regional administrative activities would be. Grouping the governmental units provides better opportunities for coordination among those entitics, and added convenience to the public. This cooperation on overall facilities planning also permits common approaches to solving parking and transportation problems for this significant employee base. In their narrative statement, E�ibit 4, CT states that the adminis�rative offices staff'serve all CT employees, the tinajoriry of whom are already located at the Hardeson Road sire. By consolidating their staff onto one site, they will be able to reduce daily automobile irips between facilities, while increasing the efficiency of their organization. The maintenance and operations facility cannot be located downtown due to the need for large areas of bus parking, opetation of buses, frequency of bus trips, and noise associated with maintenance activities. Communiry Trnnsit states that locating the administration building downtown would not be more convenient to the public they serve, since their service area is located outside of E:verett. Thei� Customer lnformation Services will remain at their current laith Street building, which is more convenient for their ridership. The only public activities associaied with the offices are board meetings and public heatings, obtaining job applications, and job interviews. �