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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Potential Implementation Programs and Policies <br />1. Adopt code amendments as needed to implement the policies above. <br />2. Provide sidewalk enhancements and guidelines for siting infrastructure control boxes for <br />utilities such as telephone lines and traffic signals. <br />3. Offer storefront design assistance. <br />4. Install interpretive/commemorative signage and integrate it with a citywide wayfinding <br />sign system. <br />Enter into an agreement with the PUD regarding the phasing in of underground electrical <br />lines. <br />6. Provide convenient, comfortable and attractive access to transit including elements such <br />as weather protection, adjacent crosswalks, wide sidewalks to avoid pedestrian or wheelchair <br />congestion, easy transfers, bus stops at convenient intervals and near to high -use facilities, <br />shortcuts through neighborhoods to get to bus stops. <br />G. Harborfront/Riverfront <br />Goal 8.7 Enhance the visual and functional characteristics of Everett's commercial and <br />industrial waterfront areas, encouraging redevelopment while recognizing the historical and <br />economic role of maritime activities and preserving or providing public access and views of the <br />water. <br />Objective 8.7.1 To improve internal circulation of waterfront areas, especially for walking and <br />bicycling, where possible and appropriate. <br />Objective 8.7.2 To provide connections between riverfront, harborfront, downtown and <br />neighborhoods, particularly with respect to the pathway along the river. <br />Objective 8.7.3 To develop a variety of publicly accessible viewpoints along the water's edge <br />that incorporate seating, lighting, interpretive signage, low landscaping and other amenities. <br />Objective 8.7.4 To increase the public's enjoyment of the city's waterfront areas by <br />encouraging concessions that offer food and beverages, fishing supplies, rental bikes, and other <br />services. <br />Objective 8.7.5 To retain and reinforce the traditional character of the waterfront, which <br />contains a rich mixture of commercial and industrial uses dependent upon marine transportation. <br />Objective 8.7.6 To introduce design features that lend some degree of continuity, but within a <br />setting that emphasizes widely varying expressions of entrepreneurial activity. <br />URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ELEMENT 22 <br />