Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • Maintain and improve the quality of housing and neighborhoods • Encourage active citizen participation in City government and planning efforts • Provide educational excellence for children in school districts serving Everett • Create opportunities for job training and 4 -year degree programs in Everett • Support programs to serve special needs populations For the 2015 update of the comprehensive plan, citizens have validated that the above common themes still are important priorities for Everett's future. Additional concerns identified through a community questionnaire and public visioning workshops include a need to address: • public safety concerns, • homelessness, and • services for individuals with mental illness. While not all of the issues identified through earlier and the current visioning exercises can be addressed in detail in the comprehensive plan, they do provide a statement of the type of community Everett aspires to be, which will influence how the City responds to the mandates and directives of GMA, Vision 2040 (the MPPs), and the CPPs. 5. Alternative Growth Targets The City developed three different sets of 2035 population and employment growth targets for the 2015 plan update. These targets are based upon the 2015 city limits, and were used to identify three distinct choices for consideration: Alternative 1: High growth scenario (County Council adopted growth targets, June, 2015) 2035 Population = 165,000 2035 Employment = 140,000 (identical to Alternative 2) Alternative 2: Moderate growth scenario (City Council preliminary growth targets) 2035 Population = 143,000 2035 Employment = 140,000 Alternative 3: Existing Plans extended to 2035 2035 Population = 133,000 2035 Employment = 142,000 Everett has chosen the Alternative 2 growth targets, but has provided sufficient land use capacity to accommodate the Alternative 1 growth levels in the 2015 plan update. 6. Vision for the Everett Comprehensive Plan A community's vision expresses a future state or condition that citizens aspire to achieve. Each community has a different history that shapes how its citizens think about the future. Everett has a legacy as an industrious people with an independent spirit who value their ability to accomplish great things when working cooperatively for a common purpose. This spirit is reflected in the following statement of a community vision for Everett's future. Everett will be a better community if we preserve our essential qualities, while continuing to collaboratively address the challenges that greet us. We are, and will continue to be: INTRODUCTION 4