2013/01/02 Council Agenda Packet

3 12. The City, in its comments to the PSRC during the Vision 2040 plan update process,urged the PSRC to amend the draft RGS to increase the allocation of future growth to other cities and to unincorporated urbangrowthareas"where-frequent transit-service exists or-- ---- is likely to be successful." 13. The Vision 2040 RGS was adopted in 2008 without the changes requested by the City. 14. The State Office of Financial Management(OFM)has established a countywide"most likely"population forecast for Snohomish County for 2035. 15. Preliminary 2035 population and employment growth targets, based on the Vision 2040 RGS and the OFM 2035 forecast,have been developed through the SCT cooperative planning process for all jurisdictions within the County. 16. The countywide growth target planning process requires the jurisdictions in Snohomish County to provide preliminary 2035 growth targets in January, 2013,through the SCT Steering Committee. 17. The draft preliminary 2035 population target under review for the current Everett city limits is 164,812, an increase of 61,712 over Everett's 2011 population. 18. The draft preliminary 2035 population target under review for the current Everett city limits of 164,812 exceeds the population capacity of the existing comprehensive plan by an estimated 31,705 residents. 19. The draft preliminary 2035 employment target under review for the current Everett city limits is 145,428, an increase of 51,689 over Everett's 2011 employment. 20. The draft preliminary 2035 employment target under review for the current Everett city limits of 145,428 exceeds the employment capacity of the existing comprehensive plan by an estimated 2,697 jobs. 21. City staff has briefed the Planning Commission concerning the preliminary growth targets,the countywide planning process for establishing preliminary growth targets, and the growth capacity of the City's currently adopted comprehensive plan. 22. City staff reported that the City has documented and repeatedly expressed to the PSRC and its fellow jurisdictions in Snohomish County its concerns and doubts about the growth suggested for Everett by the Vision 2040 RGS. 23. The Planning Commission has expressed concern over the ability of the City to accept the proposed level of population growth as proposed by the draft preliminary 2035 growth targets. 24. The Planning Commission has expressed doubts about the ability of the City to reach the 2025 employment growth target of the City's currently adopted comprehensive plan of 130,340 jobs, which represents an increase of 36,601 jobs over the estimated 2011 employment in the City. - 25. City staff reported to the Planning Commission that it has communicated to other jurisdictions in Snohomish County that the City is considering a 2035 population growth target that is approximately 21,000 lower than the draft preliminary target of 164,812, but approximately 10,000 greater than the capacity of the existing comprehensive plan. 9