2019/04/03 Council Agenda Packet

I. Public Facilities, The Land Use Inventory has not included"public facilities"as a separate land use category. Included under the term"public facilities"arc schools,civic buildings,libraries,fire stations,parks,courts,sewage utilities,the need for public facilities is driven by the location and levels of development authorized by comprehensive plans. While some public-facilities are large enough to be designated on a land use map,such as parks,others such as fire stations or libraries arc not large enough to identify as a separate category of land use. The Land Use Element policies contain criteria for the siting and land use compatibility of various types of public facilities. "e -- " - - - -• -- - " • -" - - - - - - - correctional facilities,transportation facilities,social services,military installations,and otherfacilities of regional eddres_.ed in the capital facilities elements of various governmental agency comprehensive plans. The Everett Planning Area has one hospital with two campuses,several correctional facilities,a community college with a university center for a consortium of college upper division classes and programs(and will soon have a building for Washington State University program clas.,es),a private college in downtown,numerous facilities." B. HOLDING CAPACITY/BUILDABLE LANDS ANALYSIS Buildable Lands Analysis. The Growth Management Act requires that Snohomish County counties to complete a review and evaluation program("buildable lands")to determine whether a county and its cities are achieving urban densities within urban areas and identify reasonable measures,other than adjusting urban growth areas, that will be taken to comply with GMA. every 5 years to determine if sufficient land is available to accommodate -- .::: .: :::. . '-- .-: -mpleymenttargets. The analysis must be based on actual densities of housing that • have been constructed and the actual amount of land developed for commercial and industrial uses. In 2012 Snohomish County Tomorrow completed a Buildable Lands Program update to determine if sufficient land capacity existed to accommodate the 2025 population and employment growth targets of Snohomish County and cities within the county.The analysis assumed that most future projects would be at a similar density The report concluded that sufficient land was available to accommodate Everett's 2025 population and employment targets within Everett and Snohomish County's collective overall growth targets within Snohomish County. The buildable lands data was used as the starting point in developing the alternatives for the 2015 to 203510 y ar update to the Comprehensive Plan. The City modified the assumptions used in the Buildable Lands analysis to project more likely development densities that would result from the redevelopment called for by Everett's growth strategy between 2015 arid 2o35'.-Adescription of the assumptions and methodology used to develop the three plan alternatives is contained in the Background Report for2015 Update to the City of Everett Comprehensive Plan,September 2014. The next Buildable Lands Report is scheduled to be completed in 2021,with the city required to review and update the comprehensive plan by 2021 1. Population and Employment Capacities for 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update Three alternatives were evaluated for the 10-Year Comprehensive Plan Update.- Population assumptions for Alternative 3,Existing Plan Extended,were based en the Buildable Lands data,which assumes development redevelopment of more parcels and construction of higher density multiple family housing,primarily around the ._ - _ : - _•: . - - _ __ . . -ative 1,County Council initial Growth Targets,assumed higher density redevelopment near downtown,Everett Station,arterial corridors and other areas,than Alternative 2. LAND USE ELEMENT,2019 Amendment 7 Exhibit 1-Page 7 73