2013/01/02 Council Agenda Packet

3 2025 Plan 2035 target Capacity capacity over 2011 surplus or over 2011 (deficit) City Population 30,007 61,712 (31,705) MUGA Population 8,714 5,424 3,290 Total 38,721 67,136 (28,415) City Employment 48,992 51,689 (2,697) MUGA Emp. 4,663 3,004 1,659 Total 53,665 54,693 (1,028) Mr. Giffen stated that the status of the countywide growth allocation process is that cities and the county are reviewing the regional growth numbers for 2035 and growth capacity under existing plans. The cities will need to provide their proposed preliminary targets to the County in January. Through the Snohomish County Steering Committee, all the cities recommend a number for each jurisdiction to the County Council and the County Council will adopt some preliminary targets for the 2015 Comprehensive Plan updates. After the 2015 plans are adopted,there is a growth target reconciliation process in 2016 to make adjustments based upon what each jurisdiction adopts in 2015. 7:42:03 PM During the preliminary countywide work,the metropolitan (Everett) and core(Lynnwood, Bothell) cities have indicated that they cannot take all projected growth. The "larger" and "small" cities indicated that their capacity is about even with the preliminary targets of the regional growth strategy. It was also determined that the unincorporated UGA's have greater capacity than the RGS preliminary growth targets. The City said that they would look at accommodating 10,000 more population over existing capacity for purposes of discussion. Just for purposes of getting the countywide discussions started,the City added their number with Lynnwood's and Bothell's capacity which indicated that about 30,000 in population needs to be shifted to other cities or UGA's in the County. Lake Stevens and Mount Lake Terrace felt that they could take more in population; however, none of the other cities felt that they could take more which appears to leave that number to be shifted into the MUGA. 7:46:14 PM Commissioner Sand asked if the changes to the City's plan would include converting single family residential neighborhoods into multi-family areas or bumping up the number of units or density in multiple family areas. Mr.Giffen responded that it would not include changing single family neighborhoods. There is a strong policy in the Comprehensive Plan regarding home ownership and protecting single family neighborhoods. The City could add additional areas that have unlimited density to increase the theoretical capacity; however,that is not viable in Everett. Everett does not have a real estate market like Seattle. - 7:49:30 PM Mr. Giffen stated that there will be further discussions with City administration, and a briefing to City Council on the preliminary targets in December. The City was awarded a grant for a consultant to help the City look at the capacity numbers and to identify some reasonable measures under GMA for increasing the City's capacity in a way that is acceptable to the community. Public workshops will begin next year as the process moves forward through 2015. Mr. Koenig added that the deadline for the 15