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Puget Sound Regional Council <br />Vision 2040 <br />Goals and Policies <br />As a prelude to this section it should be noted that southwest Everett is the only area in <br />Snohomish County currently designated as a Manufacturing / Industrial Center by the Puget <br />Sound Regional Council. <br />From PSRC's 2040 Plan, adopted April 24, 2008: <br />Manufacturing / Industrial Centers. <br />Designated Manufacturing /Industrial Centers are existing employment areas with intensive, <br />concentrated manufacturing and industrial land uses that cannot be easily mixed with other <br />activities. These industrial centers are intended to continue to accommodate a significant <br />amount of regional employment. Protecting these centers from incompatible uses, as well as <br />providing them with adequate public facilities and services, requires deliberate and careful <br />planning. Good access to the region's transportation system, in particular, will contribute to <br />their continued success. <br />Goal: The region will direct (industrial) growth and development to a limited number of <br />designated regional growth centers <br />Policy MPP-Ec-19: Maximize the use of existing designated manufacturing and industrial <br />centers by focusing appropriate types and amounts of employment growth in these areas and by <br />protecting them from incompatible adjacent uses. <br />Goal: The region will continue to maintain and support viable regional manufacturing / <br />industrial centers to accommodate manufacturing, industrial, or advanced technology uses. <br />Policy MPP -DP -B: Focus a significant share of employment growth in designated regional <br />manufacturing/industrial centers. <br />According to PSRC: <br />The region is the major center in the Pacific Northwest for information, technology, aerospace, <br />finance, etc. It is also one of the most technologically advanced regions in the United States for <br />turning cutting-edge research into products and services. These sectors are forecast to play an <br />increasingly important role in the region's job growth. Within the region's urban lands, cities <br />have designated regional growth centers and manufacturing / industrial centers as part of the <br />process begun with the 1995 VISION 2020 document. <br />11 <br />Industrial Land Policy Analysis <br />