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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT Other advantages Everett enjoys that may viewed to ensure that the plan is implementedIP/ help upgrade its image include a skilled and and that our codes do not present an onerous educated labor supply, large amount of land burden to those projects which are consistent for industry and commerce, transportation with the plan. systems, quality of life, resources--including a good water supply, and an active business The city is already looking carefully at critical 111 climate. Everett can capitalize on its role as a regulatory issues, including: "sub-regional hub" for the Puget Sound Region, being located in the I-5 corridor • Integration of the State Environmental I between Portland and Vancouver, B.C., and Policy Act (SEPA) with the GMA. as the north end of the "high-tech corridor." • Integration of the Shoreline Management Act (SMA with GMA. I The city's role in upgrading the image of • Consolidation of federal, state and local Everett as a business center include: wetlands regulations. • Undertaking area-wide environmental re- , • aesthetic improvements to the city's most views designed to expedite SEPAlpermit visible business districts (downtown and reviews for projects which are consistent arterial corridors) through public im- with the GMA plan. provements, or code requirements for • Efficient and timely reviews and pro- businesses to provide improvements when cessing, including coordinating inter-nal Ilbuilding or remodeling. reviews between agencies. • cooperating with the Chamber of Com- D. Everett's Role in the Region. merce, Economic Development Council Everett, along with Snohomish County, is et or other promotional entities to advertise both an important part of the emerging, the benefits of locating businesses in evolving Central Puget Sound metropolitan Everett. area and an important urban concentration on its own. Everett's sub-regional center role • coordinating transportation and beautifi- presents challenges and opens opportunities. I cation improvements with WSDOT, In the future, the Everett area's role in the developers, existing businesses and regional economy will increase in importance, neighborhoods to create more attractive and it will become more interdependent I gateway entry corridors into the city. economically on other parts of the region. C. Balancing Environmental Quality and Changes in transportation and communi- I Economic Health. The city is committed to cations technology reduce the importance of the development of efficient and effective distance from the geographic and business regulations which will both protect critical center of the region, Seattle. Residential environmental resources and provide growth and commercial growth have certainty and predictability for development. extended northward. From a larger point of I The GMA provides a framework for policies view, Everett is a sub-regional center on the to accomplish these objectives. I-5 corridor between Portland and Vancouver, B.C. Everett serves as a key Upon adoption of this comprehensive plan, location on the high-tech corridor. WhenIP the city will update its development movement of resources is considered, our regulations. These regulations will be re- ' ED-8 I