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ORDINANCE NO. 2921-06 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2021-94, as amended, and adopting the 2006 Downtown Plan as a sub -area plan of the Growth Management Comprehensive Plan for the City of Everett, as set forth in Exhibit 1, and Amending the Land Use Map, as set forth in Exhibit 2 WHEREAS, the Growth Management Act in RCW 36.70A.080(2) permits cities to provide for optional elements to be incorporated in their comprehensive plans, and where appropriate the adoption and inclusion of sub -area plans which are consistent with the comprehensive plan; and WHEREAS, we, the City Council, directed staff to prepare a sub -area plan for the City's downtown area to comprehensively address a number of issues, including building heights and view impacts, permitted uses, parking demand and supply, building design and redevelopment in the central business district and the downtown area; and WHEREAS, the City hired consultants to assist the city in the preparation of a Downtown Plan addressing these issues; and WHEREAS, the City's consultants have conducted extensive research on economic data and projections, demographic trends, transportation system improvements, pedestrian activity, visual qualities and urban design characteristics, on -street and off-street parking utilization, current land uses, redevelopment potential, connections to surrounding neighborhoods, building type economic feasibility studies, transit operations, open space needs, historic buildings and the experience of other cities' downtown redevelopment strategies; and WHEREAS, the City has conducted an extensive public participation process, including eight public workshops held by the Planning Commission in which staff, consultants and the Commission sought and obtained public input and testimony on the downtown vision, the plan concepts, proposed design guidelines and development standards, streetscape standards, parking management and transportation strategies and proposed rezones; and WHEREAS, the City has encouraged public participation with additional presentations to neighborhoods, business and civic groups; extensive mailings, frequent postings on the City's Planning and Community Development Department website; and