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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CAPITAL FACILITIES AND UTILITIES ELEMENT (Appendix B--Utility Inventory--this will disruption to the public and to reduce the cost contain maps and inventories). of utility delivery. B. GOALS, OBJECTIVES, POLICIES (4) The city shall use timely and effective AND IMPLEMENTATION utility procedures to promote coordination of utility trenching activities for new construc- The goals and objectives of a comprehensive tion and for maintenance and repair/con- plan provide the stated direction of a struction of roads. community regarding specific issues. Policies (5) The city shall promote the development describe particular courses of action designed and availability of utility services, and should to implement the goals and objectives of the consider the feasibility of developing new plan. sources of water and power as necessary to 1. Goal 1—Provision of Service support the types and levels of growth con- To ensure the delivery of appropriate and templated by the Land Use Element. adequate utilities to accommodate the 2. Goal 2—Essential Public Facilities demand associated with projected population To provide for the siting and construction of growth in Everett over the next twenty years. essential public facilities to accommodate a. Objective projected growth over the next twenty years. Where economically feasible, utilities shall be Essential public facilities are defined as those provided in a manner which ensures their facilities that are typically difficult to site and availability simultaneous with use or oc- considered to be important to orderly growth. cupancy of development. Construction and a. Objective improvements to utility operations shall be Ensure that the siting and construction of provided with minimal disruption to existing utilities considered essential public facilities services and neighborhoods. are not precluded by the city's comprehensive b. Policies plan. (1) The Capital Facilities and Utilities element of the city's Comprehensive Plan shall b. Policies be the guiding mechanism to implement the (1) Provide for a review process for the GMA through the provision of utilities. siting of local essential public facilities. The city shall also provide for a common review (2) Promote the efficient use of land and process for the siting of interjurisdictional minimize environmental disturbance by essential public facilities requiring co-location of utilities whenever possible and appropriate, as well as the (2) Identify general locations of utilities appropriate revegetation of the corridor or considered essential capital facilities. site. (3) Utilities identified as essential public (3) The city shall promote the co-location of facilities shall be located so as to provide the public and private utility distribution facilities necessary service to the intended users of the in shared trenches and coordinate construc- facility with the least impact on surrounding tion timing to minimize construction-related land uses. 202 CF-18