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A key means for achieving CTR goals is the ability to apply similar parking supply and cost <br /> strategies at both existing sites and new developments. <br /> The Task Force also recognizes the influence of site design on travel mode choice. The presence <br /> and quality of facilities for pedestrians, transit users, and bicyclists are critical to the convenience, <br /> comfort, and safety of commuters using those modes. <br /> Everett will make its own decisions regarding the strategies recommended here, as local parking <br /> requirements are the result of many factors, such as land use policies. CTR goals are among those <br /> considerations. However, the regional nature of transportation systems calls for a coordinated <br /> approach to parking policy revisions, and the schedule and requirements of the Growth Management <br /> Act (RCW 36.70A.070) provide an appropriate opportunity to make such revisions. <br /> Recommendations <br /> The City of Everett will use the Task Force recommendations as a basis for establishing parking <br /> standards for new developments and expansions: <br /> 1. Review parking policies and standards in conjunction with and consistent with arterial and <br /> transit levels-of-service required under the Growth Management Act (GMA). The timing of <br /> parking policy review will be coordinated with GMA policies adopted by July 1992 and new <br /> comprehensive plans adopted by July 1993. <br /> 2. Review off-street parking requirements for professional office and industrial uses, as well <br /> as related land use categories such as business or industrial parks, high-tech, and light <br /> industry. Institutions will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Standards will be set to <br /> meet actual demand, rather than to provide "ample" parking. <br /> 3. Conduct parking demand studies, if desired, to supplement previous national and local <br /> studies that analyze the supply of parking at office and industrial sites. Explore the use of <br /> Congestion Management Funds available through the Intermodal and Surface Transportation <br /> Efficiency Act to support studies relating to parking policy. <br /> 4. Report to the CTR Task Force in the annual progress report any problems experienced <br /> in implementing these recommendations, such as inadequate resources. <br /> Adjusting Parking Supply <br /> The City will consider the following Task Force recommendations when adjusting parking standards <br /> in land use codes: <br /> 1. Lower the minimum parking requirement for all office and manufacturing land use <br /> categories to the level of projected parking demand, commensurate with the achievement of <br /> 1995 CTR goals. <br /> 39 <br />