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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT 4 16. Ensure the expeditious and efficient for the community's future. One of the topic processing of development applications by areas, Home and Neighborhood, is related to I endeavoring to process complete the Housing Element and contains the development applications within 180 days. following vision and goals: The jurisdictions shall maintain clear and I specific submittal standards and the cost Vision current available information on wetlands, Every neighborhood will be a safe and geological hazardous areas, and fish and attractive place that fosters civic pride and 1 wildlife habitat conservation areas. The encourages the participation of its neighbors expeditious processing of development in maintaining and enhancing the quality of applications shall not result in the lowering of life. Every individual and family will have I environmental and land use standards. access to safe, decent affordable housing in the neighborhood of their choice. 17. Minimize housing production costs by Iconsidering the use of a variety of Goals/Actions infrastructure funding methods, including but Preserve essential values and structure of I not limited to existing revenue sources, existing neighborhoods and ensure that new impact fees, local improvement districts, and neighborhoods are quality places in which to general obligation bonds. live and raise a family. r18. Ensure that each jurisdiction's impact Develop innovative design and development fee program adds no more to the cost of each standards to encourage new approaches to IP housing unit produced than a fairly-derived affordable housing. proportionate share of the cost of new public facilities needed to accommodate the housing Encourage a broad range of housing I unit, as determined by the impact fee opportunities in neighborhoods through crea- tive use of zoning, design standards, and cited in RCW 82.02. other innovative tools. I19. and 20. (Are not applicable to the Encourage neighborhood related support Everett Planning Area). facilities such as local retail and community services. 21. Encourage local jurisdictions to imple- ment housing relocation programs as Set development standards to achieve quality, Iprovided under chapter 59.18 RCW. equity and variety for vital neighborhoods. I E. Everett Vision 2000 Encourage housing forms that retain Adopted by the City in November 1991, traditional neighborhood forms, while in- Everett 2000: Vision, Goals and Actions is creasing density (i.e. duplex bungalows, I a community-based effort at developing a narrow lots, etc.). shared vision for the City of Everett's future. The Everett 2000 Vision was used by the Maintain structure and condition of existing ill citizens of Everett as the basis for housing through incentive, volunteer comprehensive planning requirements of assistance efforts and enforcement. GMA. The citizen committee recommended Ivarious types of actions for achieving a vision H-11