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Planning Director York Stevens Watts summarized the disposition agreement and the work completed on the first phase, and Shelter Holdings representative Eric Evans told the council the project has 1,250 units approved under the development agreement and about 300 units completed so far. \"There are 1,250 units approved under the development agreement... so far, there's 300 completed residences,\" Evans said.

Why it matters: a locally sited grocery or community grocer was a specific public benefit in the original riverfront agreements; councilors and residents have linked the grocery commitment to walkability, neighborhood retail viability and the success of transit investments planned for the area.

Developer presentation and timeline
Shelter Holdings said the first phase elements —two mixed‑use buildings, a public plaza, a first‑phase parking lot and portions of a first‑phase park—are complete or under construction. Evans said Shelter holds approximately 30,000 square feet of inline retail that is being marketed and that the developer has permits for an additional 160 units and permit applications for roughly 150 more, which together will complete the west‑side residential buildout to about 600 units. The developer proposed a five‑year extension for the grocery‑store deadline to allow residential density to grow and thereby increase market interest.

Council questions and staff note
Councilors asked how many additional housing units remain to be built and whether interim retail options (small grocers, food truck programming, community‑scale tenants) could serve residents while the developer seeks a full grocery tenant. Evans said marketing for smaller community grocers and food trucks is underway and that the developer and city staff are coordinating outreach; he said the developer would report additional updates within 60 days.

Next steps and timing
City staff recommended approval of the amendment to extend the grocery delivery deadline; the council set the item for final action on June 25. The proposed amendment would acknowledge completed first‑phase elements and extend only the grocery provision; other rights and obligations in the property‑disposition agreement remain in place.

Ending: the council did not vote June 18; if the amendment is approved June 25, it would push the deadline for the grocery tenant five years forward (the amended ordinance text references \"February\" but the year was not specified in the briefing).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Everett City Council Meeting: June 18, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Shelter Holdings told the council it has built 300 of the 1,250 approved riverfront units and is seeking a five‑year extension of the grocery‑store deadline in the Riverfront Amended and Restated Property Disposition Agreement; the council scheduled action for June 25.","taxTitle","Everett, Snohomish County, Washington","taxId",2974,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6191715,"Everett Police recommend modest SODA zone changes; council to act June 25",487,1538000,2025000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4444236-d2b4f989636ea4c84b0b6ad99e133e4d&start=1538&end=2025","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4444236-d2b4f989636ea4c84b0b6ad99e133e4d/thumbnail_1538000.jpg","/articles/6191715/Everett/Snohomish-County/Washington/Everett-Police-recommend-modest-SODA-zone-changes-council-to-act-June-25","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6191715-87bfa96bd02a16b530faafb242130678/orig.mp4?Expires=1773775422&Signature=QvEdvQEPXvMMlpwOzZiJeY6etUHnSUmEPBJeIdvhRXKSvb-BkZNZWnhq24sVXtFdjTG9b4vH5t8CRQftS2eQE9XJfI7L5OB0ACuh-AGWMG3kxvbl8ZXLL-7p1WRfnc0Qe12FhFlEZN9Jox0ozAws9oz4cY6B7zyxHSSfvcFzxLg2PpBV8kPFOjtuhex~L9UXKpGZ~~2Fd~R1mSKIrVw-JFFcLOjx4NgALX7taReQR8cwqYbQRhh1oHBk3F3-PfFYqzqyGmXmh1gEwfCGUflQTvQWSLQOa28EAsooIzI3BrsSPKK6ORctl90F3OotCgBo3uX07UxspwYre4zsQcr-Pw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","City Attorney staff and Everett Police briefed the council on the biennial review of so‑called SODA areas (locations where certain drug‑trafficking prohibitions are adopted by resolution). The briefing summarized overdose and narcotics data, park calls for service and on‑the‑ground observations and recommended keeping most existing prohibited areas, adding one zone on North Broadway and removing Wiggum's Hollow Park.

Why it matters: SODA zones are local resolutions that set prohibited areas intended to reduce open‑air drug dealing and trafficking in locations with documented activity. Police said the zones are one tool among outreach, enforcement and social services used to address public‑safety concerns around substance use.

Summary of police presentation and recommendation
Sergeant Bennett summarized the evidence used to form the police recommendation: fatal and nonfatal overdose incident mapping, narcotics‑related arrests and substance‑related 911 or officer‑initiated contacts for 2021–2024. The packet cited 1,784 narcotics violation arrests for 2023–24 combined. The department said most overdoses and narcotics contacts still occur in or near the currently defined SODA areas.

Sergeant Wallace told councilors the department recommends adding the 1000 block of North Broadway to the SODA map, citing increasing business and resident complaints and a recent investigation that identified dealer activity proximate to Everett Community College. \"The zone that we would like to recommend to include would be the 1,000 block of North Broadway to East Marine,\" Wallace said. The department also recommended removing Wiggum's Hollow Park because patrol observations no longer show significant narcotics‑trafficking activity there, though nearby Jackson Park continues to report activity.

Council response and next steps
Council members asked detailed questions about park data and particular hot spots (for example, south of downtown and near service providers). One councilor urged staff to consider expanding zones in some corridors south of downtown; the police said they would review that suggestion in advance of the June 25 action. City staff said a formal resolution reestablishing the SODA areas is scheduled for council action on June 25.

Ending: the police briefing provided the evidence base the council asked for; the final boundaries and the council's formal resolution vote were scheduled for the June 25 council meeting.","Police briefed the council on drug‑related data and recommended keeping most existing SODA (prohibited areas related to drug trafficking) zones, adding a block on North Broadway near Everett Community College and removing Wiggum's Hollow Park; final action was scheduled for June 25.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6191721,"Everett adopts 2044 plan and new development rules with targeted zoning, transit and preservation changes",5236,3355000,8591000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4444236-d2b4f989636ea4c84b0b6ad99e133e4d&start=3355&end=8591","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4444236-d2b4f989636ea4c84b0b6ad99e133e4d/thumbnail_3355000.jpg","/articles/6191721/Everett/Snohomish-County/Washington/Everett-adopts-2044-plan-and-new-development-rules-with-targeted-zoning-transit-and-preservation-changes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6191721-750eee64a4a6b8b1fdf84a5fd6299234/orig.mp4?Expires=1773775422&Signature=g6PTTiFJWnt3Gynh45fDXE4o1I86-43Dl1PVjP6ZePBKALvYXogbNQKKXipCazC9xws~MbdzcKI65tFE1jdtOqpl9h2O1Vg5CzkSH8UoSP8ketcmOr0doAS--sCxEknApwRXoiC66GkEPmVxUeUeF0hZE766hM3e3X~A7Q2lWvNLS59EhG7wvpVyCzW9fVGJANBQEW2lIbtKFcfCnctXQH58bZWwvv3hFy64Cgy8KRe7gMMJIcLfLAi17702~VM6qQEewqNIWqN-wZ~TQAPQONu3dbSSpXn7XVBVRa1YBLCR2OvfTP5BhIYCroPLy51NyYDF9qe5VTx1exuio-qQYg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Everett City Council on June 18 adopted the Everett 2044 Comprehensive Plan and the Periodic Update Development Regulations after approving multiple staff- and council-sponsored amendments that modify transportation policies, new neighborhood commercial rules, and add studies on historic-area design and inclusionary zoning impacts.

The plan and regulations set long-range land-use and housing policy for the city through a combination of new policies, mapped rezones and development standards. Planning Director York Stevens Watts told the council the package combines the periodic update with local implementation steps, and staff recommended the set of amendments presented to the council. \"This agreement is 1 of several agreements between the city and the developer,\" Stevens Watts said in an earlier briefing describing related implementation steps for other actions the council is considering.

Why it matters: the comprehensive plan and its companion development regulations govern where and how Everett will grow, how the city prioritizes transit and street safety, and what kinds of housing and small commercial uses neighborhoods may see. Council members and the public framed debates around displacement risk, preserving affordability and creating walkable neighborhood services.

Most notable council actions and staff directions
- The council approved changes to several transportation policies to add explicit language on transportation demand management and prioritizing transit (policies referenced as TR 8, TR 15, TR 37 and TR 51 in staff materials). Staff said large projects or requests for parking reductions already require transportation-demand-management plans during permit review.
- The council added an 18-month monitoring action to report back on the new “neighborhood commercial” framework by January 2027; the report is to summarize applications, conversions, and practical barriers and recommend changes if needed.
- The council directed staff to work with the Historic Commission and Planning Commission to develop design-requirement recommendations for new construction adjacent to historic overlays (action DD‑2). That study is intended to generate clear, objective recommendations consistent with state rules on design standards.
- On inclusionary zoning (local requirements for on-site or in-lieu affordable units), council debated competing views and added a council request for a staff study. The council voted to adopt the plan as amended and separately requested a report on the projected impacts of inclusionary zoning on affordable housing and housing affordability by July 2027 so council members can evaluate local options before statewide defaults apply.

Public testimony and council debate
Public commenters and stakeholders appeared in support and opposition. Russell Joe of Master Builders (addressed the council as a representative of the industry) urged council to exclude EMC 19.09 (the draft inclusionary zoning code) from the final regulations, arguing it would reduce housing production and raise costs: \"We're asking that the final, Everett 2044 plan not include EMC 19 oh 9, the inclusionary zoning.\" Bobby Thompson, executive director of the Housing Consortium of Everett and Snohomish County, spoke for the proposed inclusionary approach and asked council to adopt it without a sunset clause: \"But today, I urge you to adopt this proposal without watering it down and without adding a sunset clause.\" The transcript shows both positions were considered by council and staff.

Selected zoning and standards changes adopted or amended at third reading
- Neighborhood commercial: the council adopted a framework to allow small-scale commercial uses on specified corner lots and corridors (map-based) with a set of allowed uses, special limits on certain uses, and development standards. The council set operating-hour limits for neighborhood-commercial uses (typical baseline approved: 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) with an exception pathway for additional hours when the planning director finds the proposal compatible under the administrative review process described in Title 15.
- Allowed uses in neighborhood commercial include small grocery/convenience, coffee shops, clinics (with a local carve‑out limiting clinics in a defined area near Providence/Colby), small-scale lodging capped at five rooms for new facilities, day-care centers limited to 20 children/adults in neighborhood-commercial locations and adaptive‑reuse allowances for historic structures.
- Rezones and map edits: a number of parcel-specific rezones were approved or adjusted (examples included changes around the Norton Grand historic overlay and other neighborhood corrections included in the exhibit maps).
- Nonconforming accessory structures: the council approved language allowing a detached accessory structure with nonconforming setbacks to be demolished and a dwelling unit to be built in the same footprint when the new structure meets current building code and the planning department certifies the location.

Legal and statutory context
Staff and councilors discussed state law and recent legislation. The record includes references to the local Everett Municipal Code (EMC 10.13 and EMC 19.09 as used in the staff materials) and to the Washington Growth Management Act (RCW 36.70A), which informed how the policy language was framed. Staff and commenters also noted the 2025 state transit‑oriented development package—cited in the meeting as House Bill 1491—which includes requirements for inclusionary measures in station areas by 2029; speakers said adopting a local program now preserves local flexibility.

Votes and next steps
The council adopted the comprehensive plan and the development regulations package as amended at third reading; the roll call recorded unanimous approval by the members present. Several parts of implementation are now left to administrative code changes and permit review. Staff was directed to return periodic monitoring and targeted reports (neighborhood commercial report by Jan. 2027; inclusionary‑zoning impacts report by July 2027) and to carry out the historic‑design recommendations process with advisory bodies.

Ending note: the council also scheduled separate final actions at the June 25 meeting on related items including a resolution on prohibited areas for drug‑related activity and a proposed amendment to the riverfront property disposition agreement (the grocery‑store deadline), both discussed earlier on June 18.","On June 18 the Everett City Council adopted the Everett 2044 Comprehensive Plan and corresponding development regulations after approving amendments on transportation demand management, neighborhood commercial rules, historic-design study and reporting requirements for inclusionary zoning.","actionData","errors"]

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