2012/04/11 Council Agenda Packet

Evergreen Way Revitalization Plan 2 Evergreen Way Revitalization Plan Introduction Evergreen Way extends from Everett's southern city limits at Airport Road to 41st Street (where its name changes to Rucker Avenue), about ten blocks south of the downtown. South of Everett Mall Way, Evergreen Way is also State Route 99, which extends south to Seattle. Evergreen Way is characterized primarily by mid-. to late-20th century strip commercial development. Besides its role as a regional multirnodal transportation route, the Evergreen Way corridor is one of Everett's chief retail districts, accounting for one-third of the city's retail tax revenue. LUHEA tCOA urarr Evergreen Way offers substantial opportunities to increase -__ *� economic activity and to develop a string of mixed-use focal = � ' ,r points serving and strengthening south Everett .!; EverettLV•!';-T'= neighborhoods. In addition to general growth in the '�`l• Mukil- ; . community, the introduction of"Swift" Bus Rapid Transit (BR i) _ _ service in 2009 will encourage new commercial, residential, `' 9 and institutional growth. Because of Evergreen Way's f inherent attributes as well as new opportunities brought by the " , : • `- Swift service, the City's Comprehensive Plan designates the r,- !, UsiJ . six-mile arterial amixed-use commercial-multifamily" corridor. r• , , The Comprehensive Plan also envisions that the corridor will *kilLynnwood A' EdmondsI-t accommodate a substantial portion of the City's future _•' , _J t commercial and residential growth. • ;_., ;;r Brier` e- btne�l • Mountlake' • •Terrace) t' `• i r .. The development of a revitalization plan for Evergreen Way was imtratearorirre verrLL ' City Council to craft a strategy addressing land use, transportation, economics, urban design, public safety, and neighborhood compatibility. Everett's Growth Management Comprehensive Plan, initially adopted in 1994 and updated in 2005, contains an extensive set of policies in several plan elements pertaining to arterial corridors. This revitalization plan provides more focus and detailed direction for future development and public investments specifically on Evergreen Way, and is being adopted as a Subarea Plan under the Growth Management Act. A summary of the current comprehensive plan policies that are relevant to Evergreen Way is contained in Appendix 1. The existing comprehensive plan policies that either directly or generally address Evergreen Way are contained in the Land Use, Housing, Transportation, Economic Development, and Urban Design Elements. The Land Use Map of the comprehensive Pifize 6