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INTRODUCTION <br /> With the input from the three Planning Commission meetings, the planning team ""' <br /> developed preferred downtown plan concepts, which were presented to Planningtr�Sy' �"a �� <br /> �, � � i t t <br /> • <br /> Commissioners and the public ata Februaryworkshop The concepts were � ' "' � AlfP�elf <br /> p' fi r �� y�iy� r��J�I��A, ,�.1 iy�^;�H � � <br /> generally endorsed by Planning Commission members and communityyt` "fh9: <br /> participants. « �: v , " `�`�`; <br /> {ASF 4e,, <br /> fIrk <br /> Following the February workshop, the planning team prepared a range of ;� N`AN.' • . <br /> a s b 4fk <br /> example development projects for downtown to be tested per current marketN � ��-� t� `� <br /> conditions and construction costs. The planning team also prepared specific � � rt "r��Ifs' <br /> ea5 t C a 'tt y t S ' rn wti ' <br /> recommendations for zoning and development standards, circulation and t k <br /> parking, streetscape and open space, historic preservation, and public safety. <br /> ♦ P ra,P4tn 1 r <br /> pa .:, *x � tlre,r:Duvaao , Il <br /> At the March 20,2006 Planning Commission workshop, the planning team <br /> got <br /> presented information concerning building heights, floor area ratios, design . <br /> guidelines, streetscape plans, and open space ideas to implement the concepts Figure 4. A workshop participant summarizes <br /> presented in the February workshop. The Commission took additional public planning concepts from group mapping <br /> exercises. <br /> comments on the plan details and asked that the April workshop include more <br /> detail and graphic examples related to building height and floor area regulations <br /> and the proposed design guidelines. <br /> The Planning Commission's April 18, 2996 workshop considered this additional <br /> detail and, following further public comment, the Commission expressed general <br /> satisfaction with the plan details. At the May 16, 2006 workshop, the <br /> Commission took public testimony, reviewed the areas proposed to be rezoned <br /> to implement the plan, and addressed environmental issues. At the June 6, 2006 <br /> planning Commission meeting the Commission adopted a resolution <br /> recommending City Council approval of the Downtown Plan and companion <br /> zoning code amendments. <br /> EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN — DRAFT 6/29/2006 9 <br />