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Executive Summary <br /> The impetus for this plan comes from two sources. The first is the City Council's <br /> direction to address specific pressing regulatory and redevelopment issues Key issues identified by City Council <br /> currently hampering positive downtown revitalization, including allowable building required attention in this plan: <br /> heights, parking concerns, building design, and redevelopment incentives. The • Building heights and view <br /> second impetus is the need to identify a coordinated set of actions to achieve the impacts. <br /> City's vision for a more active, diverse, multi-modal, and visually appealing <br /> • Permitted uses. <br /> downtown as called for in Everett's Comprehensive Plan. <br /> • Parking demand and supply. <br /> To address these purposes, the Everett Department of Planning and Community • Building design. <br /> Development, under the direction of the Everett Planning Commission and with • Economic redevelopment. <br /> the assistance of a consultant team, undertook a year-long planning process. <br /> Starting in the summer of 2005, the planning team reviewed existing conditions <br /> and relevant planning documents. In September, over 100 people attended the <br /> first of four Planning Commission workshops to give participants the chance to <br /> envision the type of downtown they hoped to achieve. With the input from the <br /> first three Planning Commission meetings, the planning team developed a <br /> preferred downtown plan concept, which was approved by the Planning <br /> Commissioners at a February workshop. Following the February workshop, the <br /> planning team tested the feasibility of a range of example development projects <br /> per current market conditions and developed construction costs. The planning <br /> team also prepared specific recommendations for zoning and development <br /> standards, circulation and parking, streetscape and open space, historic <br /> preservation, and public safety. <br /> The team's analysis indicated that the development market demand and land use <br /> capacity in downtown are congruent with comprehensive planning growth <br /> projections. While numerous transportation improvement actions are <br /> recommended that will increase access to and within downtown, the team found <br /> EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN — DRAFT 6/29/2006 1 <br />