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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL FACILITIES AND UTILITIES ELEMENT 1110 (3) Capital facilities identified as essential a. Objective public facilities shall be located so as to provide the necessary service to the intended The Capital Facilities and Utilities element of users of the facility with the least impact on the city's comprehensive plan shall support surrounding land uses. the Land Use element, be consistent with all ' other elements of the plan and, to the degree (4) The city will work with the County, possible, be consistent with all other local, Snohomish County Tomorrow, and other regional, and state capital facilities plans. cities to seek an equitable distribution of essential public facilities for the entire county. b. Policies The city will seek to avoid an unfair concentration of these facilities in any one (1) The location of capital facilities within city and in any one area within the city of residentially zoned areas shall be planned to Everett. protect the residential neighborhoods adjoin- ing the sites from unnecessary impacts (5) Essential public facilities which are associated with facility development and ' provided by the State of Washington and by operations. agencies of the state will be encouraged to engage in comprehensive planning for their (2) Promote consistency and cooperation ' facilities needs. The state will be encouraged regarding the provision of capital facilities to promote and adopt policies which among the city comprehensive plan and the recognize the value of comprehensive plans of adjacent and affected jurisdictions planning for facilities and which recognize the including facilities required by the State of role of local governments in planning for and Washington. This shall take place as other regulating the siting of such facilities. jurisdictions complete their planning pro- cesses and as plans are updated. c. Implementation (3) The city shall encourage Snohomish ' County's, the State of Washington's, and (1) Formulate a common site review process neighboring cities' participation in the to evaluate capital facilities considered essen- coordination and funding of capital facilities tial public facilities. This process shall be that benefit all jurisdictions. integrated into the review process specified by the city's zoning code, SEPA ordinance, 4. Goal 4 Environmental Considerations ' and other applicable ordinances which promote land use compatibility and mitigation To promote the provision of capital facilities ' of potential adverse impacts caused by the while ensuring environmentally sensitive, safe siting and operation of such facilities. and reliable service that is visually compatible with the surrounding land uses and results in 3. Goal 3 Consistency reasonable economic costs. To ensure consistency among elements of the city's comprehensive plan and among affected agencies and neighboring jurisdictions plans. ' CF-7