2018/12/05 Council Agenda Packet

01"err COMMUNITY PLANNING&ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONTEXT EnvisionEverett In 2017,the City convened a group of citizens and civic leaders to develop an extended community vision for Everett.Several topics were identified in the final report including Housing and Homelessness. While broadly defined,these are the specific statements from the Housing Vision: • Continue with programs that are working well now, and offer more of them relative to the market, • Continue to strive for increased housing density in all of the city's major corridors, • Place a high priority on affordability for all income levels, • Encourage the development of multi-family structures that reflect modern design and innovation, • Annex areas only if there is strong support within the target community and after a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis. Homelessness intersects with both housing and human services and must be included in the affordable housing discussion.The vision statements for homelessness are to: • Continue to fund and support current city programs that achieve results, • Ensure that resources are adequate to meet the level of need, • Develop strong data resources and design programs in response, • Actively explore and institute innovative best practices in response to homelessness, • Significantly increase community awareness and engagement around homelessness,addiction, mental illness,and other social issues, • Continue to build on the city's community policing program. Mayoral Directive On January 24,2018, Mayor Franklin issued the Community Planning and Economic Development Directive.The Directive established wide-reaching goals related to Everett's economic growth encompassing business,job, and housing growth for all economic segments of the population. Initiative two specifically directs staff to develop a comprehensive housing affordability strategy. A housing strategy is generally defined as a working plan establishing a comprehensive approach to achieve stated housing objectives.The purpose of the strategy is to align programs, policies and regulations across departments and partner agencies affecting housing in the community. Ideally, a strategy will contain: 1. Needs assessment and problems to be solved, 2. Objective of the strategy, 3. Approaches and resources, 4. Funding sources, 5. Implementation plan, and 6. Numerical goals/milestones and a monitoring system. The Mayoral Safe Streets Directive Initiative 1 related to housing guides the City to partner with Snohomish County and housing providers to advocate for and help facilitate future supportive housing projects and to expand shelter capacity. 3