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IEVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT 1111) ******************** I I. BACKGROUND AND INTRO- the County have agreed through the TION Snohomish County Tomorrow (SCT) The Washington State Growth Management planning process to coordinate their 1 Act (GMA) requires counties and cities in the comprehensive planning efforts to assure that state to prepare and adopt comprehensive projected growth is accommodated in an plans on or before July 1, 1994. The Compre equitable manner. The draft SCT population Ihensive Plan must, at a minimum, address allocation to the Everett Planning Area is critical areas (natural environment), land use, 166,950 for 2012, an increase of 62,494 over housing, transportation, capital facilities, and 1990. (See Map of Everett Planning Area.) iutilities.. The intent of GMA is to assure local Everett's "Preferred Alternative" for its governments plan in a comprehensive manner comprehensive plan establishes a lower that encourages development in urban areas population growth target of 150,000 for the where adequate public services exist or can be planning area. provided, and reduces the inappropriate H. HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE I conversion of undeveloped land into sprawling, low-density development. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 111 Under GMA, each county must designate an The Housing Element is one of the mandatory urban growth area or areas where growth elements required by the Growth Manage- IP should be encouraged, and outside of which ment Act in comprehensive plans. Prior to land would remain undeveloped or rural in beginning work on the Housing Element, the character. Each city within a county is City undertook a community-based visioning included within the urban growth area, as are effort that asked Everett's citizens to I areas outside of cities that are deemed determine the direction the city should take into the 21st century. Everett Vision 2000, as appropriate for accommodating urban growth. For planning purposes, the City of the exercise is known, includes goals and IEverett has defined a planning area as shown actions in eight areas: home and neighbor- in Figure 1. hood; economy and prosperity; environment and nature; leisure time, traditions and the I Based on a population forecast made for each arts; civic life, learning and public services; and transportation and infrastructure. The County by the Washington State Office ofI Financial Management (OFM), the urban Everett Vision 2000 was accepted by the City growth areas in the County must include areas Council to be used as a basis for the City's and densities sufficient to accommodate comprehensive plan policies. I population growth projected for the year 2010. The OFM forecast for Snohomish In the area of home and neighborhood, the County projects a population of 714,244 in Everett 2000 Vision is for "every neigh- I 2012, which translates into county-wide need borhood to be a safe and attractive place that to accommodate approximately 248,669 new fosters civic pride and encourages the participation of its neighbors in maintaining persons between 1990 and 2012. GMA does111/ not include any provision that specifies how and enhancing the quality of life. this growth should be distributed to each Furthermore, every individual and family jurisdiction within the County. Snohomish should have access to safe, decent, affordable County, the cities, and other jurisdictions in housing in the neighborhood of their choice." I H-1