Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTER 4 HOUSING ELEMENT I. Background and Information A. 2015 Update of the Housing Element The Housing Element of the Comprehensive Plan is based on several guiding laws, policies, planning efforts, and community guidance the City must consider in the 2015 update of the comprehensive plan: • Growth Management Act. The requirements of RCW 36.70A.070(2) and WAC 365-196- 410 state mandatory and optional items to be included in a comprehensive plan. • Vision 2040 Regional Growth Strategy. The Vision 2040 Regional Growth Strategy includes housing policies which guide the development of both the Countywide Planning Policies and local comprehensive plans. • Snohomish Countywide Planning Policies. The 2011 Countywide Planning Policies for Snohomish County provide a framework for the development of local comprehensive plans within the county, including housing policies. • Growing Transit Communities. The growing transit communities partnership devised strategies to provide affordable housing choices with recommended actions to define and quantify housing needs, preserve existing affordable housing and supply new housing choices, and capitalize on the value created by the private market–enhanced by transit investments—in order to achieve the broadest range of affordability in transit communities. • Public outreach / visioning comments received as part of the public participation process for the plan update. • City of Everett Potential Residential Infill Measures Report. In 2013 the City produced a report, funded by a grant from the State Department of Commerce, identifying a variety of potential infill housing strategies for consideration in the 2015 update of the comprehensive plan. • Everett Community Street Initiative Task Force. Convened in 2014, the mission of the Task Force is to foster a vibrant and healthy community by better understanding the street level social issues, such as poverty and homelessness, in Everett's commercial core areas and identifying potential short and long term actions for the community to address those issues. • City of Everett Consolidated Plan. Because Everett receives Community Development Block Grant funds, it is required to prepare a Consolidated Plan addressing the community's priorities for the use of block grant funds. This plan addresses many of the housing needs of lower income households in Everett. HOUSING ELEMENT