2018/02/07 Council Agenda Packet

recommending that the City Council approve the proposed amendments to the Everett Municipal Code. The staff recommendation does not include allowing the use in the B-3 zone,the reasons for which are stated below. However,as requested by the Planning Commission,an alternative resolution that would include the B-3 zone is attached following the staff recommended resolution. 1. The documented need for additional treatment for opiate addiction,according to the Snohomish County Human Services Department,is most prominent in north Everett, Marysville, and Tulalip. Allowing a second facility in the city in the BMU zone north of 24th Street provides the opportunity to site a facility in proximity to the population for which the need for treatment has been documented. 2. Allowing a second facility within Everett along the Broadway arterial corridor in the BMU zone north of 24th Street provides the opportunity to site a facility in a business • district with convenient vehicular access and frequent public transit service. 3. The existing opiate substitution treatment facility located in south Everett has operated successfully within a commercial corridor outside of downtown for approximately 15 a years,with minimal impact on the community. 4. Other jurisdictions,specifically the City of Marysville and Snohomish County,do allow for the siting of an opiate substitution treatment facility in their land use regulations, should providers not be able to site a facility in the BMU zone north of 24th Street. 5. The B-3 zone area of downtown Everett has a disproportionate share of social services withix the city. While social services are an important part of the mix of land uses in a central city and county seat,not all services need to be located downtown when there are 1 other areas that are suitable for the use. 6. Businesses located in downtown have expressed concerns about impacts to business of allowing additional social services,and specifically an opiate substitution treatment facility,in the B-3 zone. 7. The City's Economic Development Director has provided a memorandum to the Planning Commission recommending against amending the zoning code to allow an opiate substitution treatment facility in the B-3 zone, stating reasons why such a facility may have unintended negative impacts on the revitalization of downtown Everett. 8. Other forms of opioid addiction treatment,including services provided through counseling,medical clinics,and pharmacies are permitted in the commercially zoned areas throughout Everett. 1 25 ye Staff Report-Page 4