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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT y "multi-county planning policies .... by two or future growth and development through the more counties, each with a population of I year 2020. Vision 2020 supports a new order 450,000 or more, with contiguous urban areas of compact, people-oriented living and and may be adopted by other counties..." working places, thereby reversing trends that (RCW 36.70A.210). King, Pierce and Sno- II are creating increasing numbers of low- homish counties area required to adopt multi- density, auto-dependent communities. It county policies under this provision, and limits the expansion of the urban area and Kitsap County has opted to participate in I focuses a significant amount of new adopting these policies. The Multi-County employment and housing into about 15 Planning Policies will provide the framework •mixed-use centers that are served by a for regionally addressing multi-county growth Itransportation investment strategy em- management issues. phasizing transit. Vision 2020 is being used as the basis for the IThe Vision 2020 growth strategy envisions multi-county planning policies. A draft of the that the centers of employment and Multi-County Planning Policies has been I population will follow a hierarchy of central previously distributed to the Planning places. In this vision, Seattle will remain the Commission and Growth Management regional center, while Bellevue, Everett, Advisory Committee. Several of the draft I Bremerton, and Tacoma will be metropolitan Multi-County Planning Policies directly centers. The central business districts of these address housing issues, while others which are centers are identified as places where new not so direct will still have a bearing on IP employment and residential growth is housing development. Those policies which desirable, accompanied by increased invest- are related to housing are listed below. ment in both transit and ridesharing. A major I part of this new transit investment would be a RV-5 Provide diversity and choice in high capacity transit system (either rail or housing and employment options. busway) that would link each center (except I Bremerton). VG-1 Provide enough urban land to allow private enterprise to create opportunities for VISION 2020 contains policies which set employment and affordable housing for all I forth a preferred strategy to influence how economic segments of the population in a decisions concerning growth patterns and cost-effective and efficient manner. transportation investments are to be made for Ithe central Puget Sound region. The adopting VG-2 Concentrate growth into compact, resolution stated, in part, well-defined central places (from metropolitan I "..the policies and direction set in VISION centers to small towns) that are connected by an efficient, transit oriented, multi-modal 2020 shall serve as a policy framework for transportation system and provide the I development of local comprehensive plans..." opportunity for residents to live near jobs and urban activities. 16 C. Multi-County Planning Policies VG-4 Promote design that preserves Since the adoption of the Vision 2020 policies community character and livability, creates in 1990, the Growth Management Act lively and people oriented areas, and supports Iamendments in 1991 require the adoption of transit, pedestrian and bicycle access. 1 H-5