Ordinance 2021-94 - Laserfiche WebLink

IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT b and within the city rights-of-way along the E. Human Resource, information Base, major entry corridors into the downtown. and Administrative Implementation Pro- I grams and Strategies 23. Encourage the development of more housing in and around the Central Business 1. Survey employers and residents regarding I District. existing skills, education, and training. Use the results to promote Everett area employees C. Waterfront Implementation Programs when recruiting new industry and for 1 and Strategies designing new course work. 1. Identify historically significant structures, 2. Encourage the siting of a four-year educa- I activities, or sites along the waterfront and tional facility within the Everett Planning promote their adaptive reuse. Area, preferably on the Simpson site. I 2. Promote employment uses and public 3. Maintain up to date information on access in the Port and river front areas. Everett's demographic, employment, land use inventory, housing stock, and utilities that I 3. Identify wetland mitigation areas and will be useful to the public, potential plans with other public agencies to maximize employers, developers and others involved in the development potential of Everett's promoting economic development. Iwaterfronts. 4. Maintain and expand the informational D. Quality of Life Implementation Pro- and educational resources available at the grams and Strategies library related to economic development, careers and job opportunities. I 1. Maintain an information base and maps of environmentally sensitive areas for use by the 5. Encourage vocational training and total community: business and industry, technological education programs in the local I developers, and residents. school district programs, the Applied Technology Center, and Everett Community 2. Support Everett Symphony, Cultural College. I Commission, Parks, Museums, and Libraries. 6. Ensure that new development regulations 3. Develop alternative transportation choices are clear and concise, and are administered in I for consumers and employees. a timely manner. Examine measures to re- duce the regulatory cost of conducting 4. Promote development of recreation and business while preserving a desirable quality Ientertainment activities to respond to the of life. needs of the growing and changing population, especially the youth. I 16 I ED-23 I