[0:06] Good evening residents of Everett Washington and interested parties. I'd like to call to order the Everett City Council meeting of September 2, 2026 for information on council meetings and how to participate. Please visit Everettwa.gov slash city council. Please note that we do not allow comments that make up any kind of campaigning, whether for or against ballot measures or candidates running for office. We also do not accept comments focused on personal matters that are unrelated to city business.

[0:34] We ask that audience refrain from clapping, cheering, or booing, and no signage of any kind is allowed in the chambers.

[0:41] We also ask everyone to take a seat and not gather in our entryway area.

[0:46] Clerk, please take the roll.

[0:47] Mayor Franklin, here, Councilmember Bader.

[0:50] Vice President Ryan.

[0:52] Councilmember Burbano.

[0:54] Excused.

[0:55] Councilmember Tuey.

[0:57] Councilmember Weer.

[0:58] Councilmember Zorlingo.

[0:59] Here.

[1:00] President Schwab.

[1:01] Excused.

[1:03] I'd like now to ask Councilmember Bader to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

[1:30] The City Council wishes to acknowledge the original inhabitants of this place, the Stohogship people, and their successors, the Tulalip Tribes.

[1:38] Since time immemorial, they have hunted fished, gathered on, and taken care of these lands and waters.

[1:44] We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

[1:50] We will strive to be honest about our past mistakes and bring about a future that includes their people, stories, and voices to form a more just inequitable society.

[1:59] Thank you, Mayor Franklin.

[2:01] Good evening.

[2:03] Good evening council and community.

[2:06] First, happy first day of school to all our everett and muckelteal students, including my daughter.

[2:13] I want to give a shout out to the superintendent, Dr. Saltson and Dr. Bernelson as well as our teachers administrators and other school staff members.

[2:20] And a reminder to our community that there are a lot more kids out there on the road.

[2:24] So please be cautious as you're driving about and as they're heading to school, so please be extra cautious.

[2:32] And then Labor Day is coming up, so I want to take a moment to acknowledge the many hard working people that keep our community moving forward every day.

[2:41] Ever, it has a proud history built by workers and that continues today in our businesses, industries, public service and throughout our community.

[2:48] The rights and protections many of us rely on today were hard earned through generations of advocacy by working people and organized labor.

[2:57] I'm grateful for our city employees, our labor partners, and workers across the effort for everything they contribute to our community.

[3:05] And I hope everyone has a safe and restful labor day.

[3:09] And to everyone who will be working on Monday, thank you. Thank you for keeping our city running and keeping our community safe. We appreciate you.

[3:17] And with that, no further comment. Thank you.

[3:20] Thank you, and now on to old business.

[3:22] Do I hear a motion for approval of the minutes for August 26th, 2026 meeting?

[3:28] That's my bear's.

[3:29] Second, the motion.

[3:31] We're please take the roll.

[3:33] Councilmember Bader.

[3:34] Yes.

[3:34] Vice President Ryan.

[3:36] Councilmember Tuey.

[3:37] Councilmember Weir abstain.

[3:39] Councilmember Sanlingo.

[3:42] And now on to public comments, which includes written

[3:45] comment acknowledgement under our rules written comments are considered in the same manner

[3:48] as oral comments, the person submitting the comments must provide their name and city

[3:54] of residents written comments require this to be made part of our official council record.

[3:59] Angie do we have any written comments or did anyone sign up to speak this evening?

[4:04] Hi, we received no written comments and we have one person online and quite a handful of people

[4:13] in the chamber. So we'll start with Rob Online. And if you could unmute and turn your camera on

[5:01] Hello, my name is Rob Workman.

[5:06] I live in unincorporated, snowmish County, but literally across the street from the city of Everett. Good evening, Mayor Franklin, members of the Everett City Council, my name is Rob, and I'm speaking regard to the proposal consolidation of the Everett Transit and Community Transit.

[5:25] I'm not speaking as someone who has simply studied transportation.

[5:28] I spent decades using it, advocating it, advocating for it, and helping planet.

[5:34] I love public transportation.

[5:38] I will continue to use it for the rest of my life.

[5:40] I live in Everett.

[5:42] I lived in Everett often on from 1998 to 2016.

[5:46] For the last 10 years, I've lived just across the street from Everett City boundary.

[5:49] From my home, I'm eligible to use both Everett Transit and clean transit.

[5:53] I regularly use both Everett Paratrans and Community Transit DART

[5:57] I've been using and writing DART since 1998.

[6:02] For those 28 years, my personal experience with these two paratrans

[6:05] systems have been dramatically different.

[6:08] I estimate the light, late pickups, arrivals, and scheduling problems

[6:11] that affect approximately 80% of my dart rides.

[6:15] With Everett Paratrans, I've experienced those problems

[6:18] less than 10% of the time.

[6:20] For people with disabilities, that difference is enormous.

[6:23] Transportation is simply arrived as independent, dignity, and access to health care, education, employment, and our community.

[6:31] If your parent transit consistently makes you late or your disability begins determining which opportunities you can participate in.

[6:40] I also bring experience from planning side from 2002 to 2005. I served on average transit advisory committee representing an ever community college.

[6:48] Students and writers with disabilities while also serving two terms as ASB President.

[6:55] I later served five years on Air State Transit Citizens Advisory Committee working on accessibility, universal design, facility planning and student transportation needs.

[7:05] So I understand the potential benefits of consolidation, more service, better frequency, fewer transfers and improve regional connections.

[7:13] But bigger does not automatically mean better.

[7:17] Transit ever transit has served this community for 133 years.

[7:22] Once an independent transit agency is dissolved,

[7:24] that the CIS will be extremely difficult to reverse.

[7:28] I'm also deeply concerned that this decision permanently

[7:34] can move forward without ever its voters making the final decision.

[7:38] My greatest concern is Everett Paratransmit. Everett has built a service that, in my

[7:44] experience, is remarkably reliable in response to riders with disabilities.

[7:48] You can see that attention in the details. Everett transit routinely updates the riders

[7:53] guides approximately every 12 to 18 months while community transit is currently working

[7:59] to update their guide that hasn't been updated since 2021. And simply look at the differences

[8:05] and paratransit vehicles themselves. As a long-time wheelchair user, I notice the practical

[8:10] differences in how these vehicles work for riders and drivers every day.

[8:14] So I'm sorry you'll have to wrap up for three minutes of IX gone over.

[8:20] Okay. If consolidation was forward, please require a specific enforceable long-term

[8:25] recommendations. Please protect it, improve it, and make every accessibility standards

[8:32] something community transit riders to not something ever riders are asked to surrender.

[8:39] It is the one, it is the one, I think that's it to be fair to either commenters.

[8:45] We have to hand it here.

[8:47] Thank you.

[8:50] Thank you.

[8:51] To the desk there, it's your turn to speak, yes,

[9:06] that's key, okay.

[9:07] Please state your full name and see your residence and press the button on the make. Yes.

[9:13] Keith Jacobson, City of Everett. You see me before. I've been here before. I've spoken personally to many of you.

[9:23] You all know where I stand on this. I'm opposed to the merger of Everett Transit for a multitude of reasons.

[9:31] first and foremost of course, is the whole sales tax thing. This is going to be the largest

[9:39] single sales tax increase in the history of the state of Washington at this goes through.

[9:46] And it's going to be that and it's going to be that without a vote of the people,

[9:49] in input and without a vote of the people. Prior to this, the largest single sales tax increase

[9:54] was ST-3 in 2016.

[10:03] And this 0.6% that we're talking about here, that's a lot of money we're talking about, that's going to come out of people's budget. That's, that's approximately 30 million a year.

[10:13] That's enough to buy a baseball state in every four years. So we're talking a lot of money here that we are going to be handing over a community transit.

[10:21] And this sales tax increase we're talking about if this goes through, it means the citizens of Everett will lose control of their sales taxes forever.

[10:30] Yes, we will have a voice on at least a voice on the community transit council, the governing board.

[10:40] But right now, we got all the voices.

[10:46] We will be giving up control. We will be the citizen of every way at the mercy of the community transit governing board for its sales taxes for the rest of the first long as there is an effort.

[10:57] Um,

[11:01] this tool is wrong.

[11:03] We should not be voice forcing this sales tax increase on people without their say, so if you really think this is such a wonderful thing for the people of Everett, make your case and let us vote.

[11:16] There's, there's not an emergency with Everett transit that it has to be done right now. You've got time.

[11:22] Yeah, unless there's some external force that is making us do it right now, we've got time to think about this and put it to a vote of the people and yet we're choosing not to do that.

[11:35] I think the sizzle of Everett deserve the right to vote on this, especially for a sales

[11:40] tax increase of this size, the largest in the history of the state of Washington.

[11:45] Thank you.

[11:47] Thank you Renee.

[11:47] If you could please come to the podium,

[11:57] and please say your full name and city residents,

[11:59] you have three minutes to speak.

[12:02] Hello, good evening.

[12:03] Mayu.

[12:04] Nice to meet you.

[12:05] Nice to meet you.

[12:07] Thank you.

[12:08] Thank you.

[12:09] My name is René Bédoan. I'm a Marine, so I don't follow. I am a resident of a tax payer

[12:19] in every country. I would like this opportunity to address the major merger between every

[12:24] transit and the community transit, but only from a perspective of a tax payer. There would

[12:30] be some other opportunities, I hope so, for different perspectives like surface sustainability,

[12:35] these subsidies to corporation, etc. We would like to call this opportunity, in front of you,

[12:44] the Franklin Cell Stacks Fund.

[12:49] I am here because I see a gigantic red flag

[12:54] associated with the mergers and the cell stacks in heaven. The merger implies an automatic and

[13:02] permanent increase in the sales tax in every. With this merger, the sales tax portion for

[13:08] transit service service in every will double from 0.6 to 1.2 percent of the total sales tax.

[13:15] This means that the residents, voters and taxpayers of every will have to pay an additional

[13:21] a permanent approximately 30 million dollars a year to finance transit service in every.

[13:27] and equivalent to $450 extra dollars a year for every household in Everett.

[13:33] Important instrument that only about 6% of the residents

[13:36] in Everett due to transit for daily work commute,

[13:39] but this can really go up to 10% if we consider the service that Everett transit

[13:44] provide going to neighborhoods and local routes.

[13:50] At this moment, for the next three to four years, Everett transit

[13:54] is and would be able to provide this service, like it has done it in the last 33 years of

[14:02] which 56 years it's been owned by the city by popular vote. It was put to the vote of the

[14:08] TV. As the decision makers, you become some members, are bounded with an undeniable

[14:16] official responsibility with every single resident voted a taxpayer to favor it.

[14:22] This legal bond requires from you on this subject of the measure only to consider and to

[14:28] act in the best interest of the resident's voters and taxpayers of error.

[14:33] All of them say that the subject of shame should not only be about the taxing trees, but on

[14:42] how to maximize the use of the sales tax increase for the benefit of everyone.

[14:46] I believe that the city of Egypt has not a money problem, it has an idea problem, it has

[14:53] effective and efficient communication problems, and most of all, personal agendas.

[15:00] But if you want the sales has increased and need the money to finance projects for the city in the city, then let's get the data to increase and make the people choose on how they want to use this money.

[15:15] One of the options is to give them the option of approve the merger and give the money to CTE. The other option should be approve the merger and increase the sales tax and the money states here.

[15:26] Remember, you are custodians, non-liquidators,

[15:30] who feel your fiduciary duties with every resting and taxpayers of ever,

[15:36] and advocate and approve the vote for the practice,

[15:39] sales tax reform.

[15:41] That's it. Thank you.

[15:42] Thank you.

[15:43] Jack, if you can come, you're Jack, right?

[15:48] Okay.

[15:48] If you go, please go to the end of the desk.

[15:53] Thank you.

[15:54] Thank you.

[16:03] And please state your full name and city of residents and you'll have three minutes to speak.

[16:08] Yes, my name is Jack Williams.

[16:12] I was an Everett transit driver years ago.

[16:17] I was here when the very first disabled accessible bus.

[16:22] We got it on a grant.

[16:28] As you can see, I am now severely disabled myself.

[16:37] the injury that you see now, the cervical collar is caused because the community

[16:43] transit driver and as a group they refuse to secure our chairs. I'm not just

[16:49] mine, but I see this with other people.

[16:54] Ever transit is every bit as high quality

[16:59] a bus company. So it was when I drove for them years ago. Police do not

[17:05] loot by merging.

[17:12] Community transit can learn a lot from Everett transit. I never have to ask

[17:19] one of the Everett transit drivers to secure my chair. I have been told by a turn that if I

[17:27] get on another community transit bus and they don't secure my chairs. I request that I either have

[17:35] get off the bus and find another bus. Or I am on a known hazard.

[17:44] This is not right.

[17:47] I need

[17:47] to be able to transport. I'm spending a lot of time and ever it now. And the difference

[17:57] between community transit and ever transit is worlds of difference. Please do not dilute

[18:04] a fine bus company.

[18:10] If any of you want to talk to me outside of the meeting, I will make myself available.

[18:18] I'm in the driver, you can ask for older people in the town. I'm the one that, from the neck down, had costumes for all the holidays.

[18:28] I had passenger asking for years after I left.

[18:32] Again, come back and drive again.

[18:37] I love my passengers, my passengers,

[18:41] respect them appreciated me.

[18:43] I was not late for my stops.

[18:47] When I deployed the lift and most take a lot more time

[18:50] than the ramps that we now have to flip out.

[18:56] I beg you, please do not dilute a very fine bus company.

[19:04] They're not going to get better.

[19:07] I've been merged and I am speaking now with myself, but a number of other people in chairs that could not make it in tonight.

[19:20] Thank you.

[19:22] God bless and keep you all and please take to heart what I'm saying because any moment, any one of you could be in the situation.

[19:30] And I have to wait two and a half hours to get a bus driver that will finally grudgingly secure your chair.

[19:38] This is humiliating. Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

[19:44] Wait, both my service dog and I were injured when we were thrown the driver took an S curve too fast and I would launch that's could be as well as launched.

[20:01] I am an example of what happens when we don't get what is fair. Thank you.

[20:10] Thank you. William, if you please come to the podium,

[20:17] see your full name and city residents, you have three minutes to speak.

[20:20] William parents, silver lake, this is forever summer festivals and support tourism and local businesses and

[20:29] positive media coverage throughout the sector. This is a I need this. We need this in the city of ever need this and this is a this is good. This is real good.

[20:43] Uh, bring the good here. Blend to every it's all right.

[20:50] You don't like to go to your blocks.

[20:52] I don't know if the good year blimp dear mayor in the city council members ever has unique opportunity

[21:00] attract one of the most recognizable aviation symbols in the world the good year blimp

[21:04] an influx of tourism weekend restaurant spending a national television exposure for a massive event

[21:11] like a major golf tournament or festival with California intimately new tire regulations that

[21:17] year has argued, could affect roughly 70% replacement tires and an increase cost the company may

[21:25] eventually evaluate whether other locations better support its operation and if that happens,

[21:32] ever it should be at the top of the list, our city is already known worldwide for aviation,

[21:37] And as you can see, the combination of playing field, Boeing,

[21:42] presence in a supportive community makes

[21:45] ever a natural fit for the Good Year Blimp.

[21:48] A permanent blimp presence would draw a tourist,

[21:51] local support local businesses and create jobs

[21:54] and provide excellent opportunities for

[21:57] community events and educational programs.

[21:59] Good Year Blimp belongs in the city that celebrates flight

[22:03] and few cities do that better than ever.

[22:05] addition of the Gidveer Blamp could make these efforts by drawing additional visitors to festivals,

[22:14] community celebrations, and waterfront events, while providing another highly visible symbol

[22:21] of innovation and imagination. Ever's growing calendar of summer festivals and cultural events

[22:28] presented outstanding opportunities for the Blamp to become a centerpiece attraction as the

[22:35] bringing the good year blint to every it would be an investment in tourism, local businesses, civic pride in our city's world,

[22:43] reowned aviation legacy. I hope the city, I hope that every

[22:48] leaders will proactively communicate with good year and highlight the many advantages our city can offer.

[22:55] Thank you.

[22:57] Thank you. Jordan, if you could please come to the podium.

[23:02] Please state your full name and city residents.

[23:04] you have threes to speak and if you could press the button on the base of the mic. There you go.

[23:09] I am Jordan Beardson. I am some Ed Brits. What did you ask? I'm sorry.

[23:15] I can't hear you. Oh, um, just that your full name and city of residents.

[23:19] Okay. Jordan Beardson. Jordan Beardson. Jordan Beardson, Edward Washington.

[23:24] Thank you for your time and listening to me tonight. I am seeking your support for a new

[23:28] small business take called Take a Moment Mobile Care Bus LLC. Our stationary mobile child care

[23:34] us provide safe short-term care for children while parents shop, run errands, attend appointments

[23:39] or just need a moment in their car.

[23:42] The bus is fully contained with a restroom and handwashing that we do not serve food.

[23:48] The challenge is that current child care regulations were designed for traditional building

[23:52] not mobile buses like ours.

[23:55] Because of this, there is currently no clear pathway for our business to operate.

[23:59] I respectfully ask the City of Everett to explore a permitting option that would allow retail

[24:04] properties to safely and legally host our bus.

[24:08] We believe the service could support local families, strengthen local businesses, and bring

[24:12] an innovation solution to our community.

[24:16] Thank you for your time.

[24:18] I'd also e-mails Everett, Mill Creek, and Linwood, I've gone to the legislators meeting

[24:24] talk to Peterson and Dunn. They are interested, but I need to get on the ground floor first.

[24:30] Thank you for your time. Well, you make sure that Jennifer Gregerson has your contact information,

[24:36] so we can follow up. She's right here. Thank you.

[24:42] Saeed, if you could please come to the podium.

[24:47] He's pressed the button on the mic and state your

[24:50] name city of residents, you have three minutes to speak. My name is Saeed Haiki and I live in

[24:59] I will-

[25:00] Would be really surprised to find out that any of you, or the people at the state level, who have started this process, would have a relatively intimate knowledge of the challenges in the day-to-day life of a disabled person.

[25:17] I have been listening to their stories for over seven years and believe me, even I don't have a clue what they go through.

[25:28] I know for a fact that many of them limit their use of our pirate transit service because of the $2 fare, $2.

[25:39] And they would like to use the service more, but they can't afford it.

[25:45] Now many people here think we are trying to fix something that isn't broken and in fact has been functioning well for a very long time.

[25:57] A decision of this magnitude which affects the lives of many thousands should be decided by the voters who would be directly affected by it.

[26:10] You have to be forthright about the actual reasons of your decision, about the benefits and drawbacks of this decision, for the citizens and voters of effort and informed them accordingly.

[26:25] And

[26:28] if you avoid this, you will have failed in your duty to serve the people of Everett

[26:33] and will have, essentially, overcept your electoral mandate.

[26:40] In other words, you will have acted just like our federal politicians who once in office

[26:46] will pursue their own personal objectives and pay little attention to the needs of the

[26:53] country and the welfare of the people.

[26:56] To close, why don't you survey 50 paratransit customers who regularly use us and the

[27:06] CTE dollar system and find out for real what they think.

[27:12] These are the people who use the system and it's worthwhile to know what they think of this

[27:17] proposal.

[27:19] Thank you.

[27:21] Thank you.

[27:23] Daryl, if you could please come to the podium

[27:31] and please state your full name and see your residents, you have three minutes to speak.

[27:36] Good afternoon everyone, citizens. My name is Daryl Sullivan, and I'm a resident of Everett.

[27:45] I'm here to speak about the proposed transit consolidation,

[27:51] and I'm a real basic person.

[27:56] peats and beer. One plus one equals to higher taxes, less good bus service, local bus

[28:08] service, and never it. I'm speaking local. It doesn't,

[28:17] it's negative two, lose

[28:21] And

[28:25] we're here to represent everything,

[28:33] just everything, just everything, the county, take care of their business, county council does their things, city council does theirs, we're local just everything,

[28:48] I can't see paying higher sales tax, especially in times like this, you all know it's crazy.

[28:58] the inflation.

[29:01] Six tenths of a percent is significant. Local businesses lose.

[29:07] The average citizens lose.

[29:14] I don't see a winner in every.

[29:21] That's a pizza and beer.

[29:24] Go on. Thank you. Thank you.

[29:27] Thank you. Evan, if you could please come to the podium

[29:34] and see your full name and see

[29:36] residents, you have three minutes to speak. I spoke, Soloria. Nice to see you again. My name

[29:42] is Evan Reed. I run a non-profit here in downtown Everett. I live here in downtown Everett,

[29:47] called Bunker Arts Collective. I'm kind of going off the cuff today. I could totally regret this

[29:52] or it could be a legendary moment for me, but here's here goes. I'm speaking mostly about my experience

[29:58] as a resident living in downtown.

[30:01] I've gotten a lot of time to walk around. I have very busy legs. I have walked around every single

[30:07] nook and cranny of our downtown corridor. There are so many historic buildings. We have so many wonderful

[30:12] businesses right after this. I'm going to lucky time to go say how to Alex and after that, I'm

[30:16] going to pop over to a Paolo or or shoe or El Parais was going to be still open. But I think the reason

[30:24] why the gears are turning my head of what is even still open is that there are some pretty

[30:29] serious systemic issues here in the downtown core that I want and I want to emphasize our

[30:35] downtown evidence association. Chefs gets they do amazing work. This has nothing to do with them.

[30:40] There are systemic issues, policy wise and administratively wise and resource wise that

[30:47] I'd really love for us to prioritize in the coming years in future here to make sure that

[30:52] downtown is going to set our businesses that are trying to do their best up for success.

[30:57] Large part of that, we have so many historic buildings. So many. I think right now they're currently

[31:03] unlit most of them. We have so much mid-century modern and neogothic and art deco and it's just kind

[31:11] of sitting there. It's not part of the landscape despite most of these buildings being there for over

[31:17] 100 years, blade signs, neon signs, things that used to catch people's attention when you're

[31:23] looking up and down the street, most of it has it gone. It's a lot of flat signage right now.

[31:28] That's, I think when most folks are saying, going to lucky dime, for instance, they'll see

[31:33] that Apollo is open across the street. But if you start walking on to Colby, you're kind of,

[31:39] I don't know, you look both directions in the synergy kind of fizzles out a little bit. So

[31:44] really some of those systemic issues are long-term abandoned vacant properties, whether or not

[31:50] the code situation of getting these facilities up to code is the problem or these property owners

[31:57] are holding on to a waiting for marking conditions to work in their favor. It's very nuanced

[32:01] and not going to be a accusatory, but that lack of historical preservation, whether it be historical

[32:09] signage historical markers, exhibitions, things actually highlighting the uniqueness and

[32:16] weirdness of what makes Everett so fun and so cool and such a great place to call home.

[32:23] And I think right now we're we're not doing enough.

[32:26] So through my nonprofit, we're starting a program called Refresh Everett, we're adopting

[32:31] a corridor every six months that the residents get to vote on.

[32:35] that poll is open right now.

[32:37] Downtown is an option of an opportunity for us

[32:39] to do trash cleanups, overgrowth, paint some murals,

[32:43] work with small businesses, really do what

[32:47] we want to do full time with the ultimate aspiration

[32:49] to build a brick and mortar community art center

[32:52] right here in downtown Africa.

[32:53] So thank you for your time.

[32:55] I'd love to chat and you have my information.

[32:59] Thank you.

[33:00] Thank you, Duane, if you could please come to the podium.

[33:04] You state your full name and city of residence, you have three minutes to speak.

[33:08] Hi, Duendo has born in the old ever general hospital in 1962.

[33:13] I've been a parent transit driver now and you're number 33.

[33:18] Rob spoke earlier.

[33:20] He's been on my bus many times taking lots of places.

[33:23] He was council president at ASB with every community college used to write.

[33:27] You know, we take him down and he even played about some of the roads because, you know,

[33:34] over some of the seams on the roads. I go on up 13th street towards the hospital. I then

[33:41] take that right on to what more and go down.

[33:45] There's a lot of the riders that was like

[33:49] the drivers to speak for them. We tell them that we can say something, but we can't speak

[33:56] for you. You need to speak for yourselves. That's why it's great to have Rob speak. It's great

[33:59] Just a moment here. Thank you for your, you know, I didn't know him as an, as an ever driver. I think that I've been here 33 years.

[34:09] The bus fare is another thing, you know, with the taxes going up, we're still at $2. They say, you know, that with a merger, we'd still be $2 for a while.

[34:20] Recognition for it's was at an employee meeting and he had told us that the work of people are actually trying to nudge him for a $3 fare.

[34:30] The people that we say that we care about that, you know, can least support a lot of these things are going to have that sales tax increase

[34:36] They're going to maybe have a bus fair go from $2 to $2 to $2.50 and then possibly $3, you know, fairly quickly, and

[34:45] It doesn't seem like we're looking out for those guys and

[34:49] You know, we love our passengers. They

[34:53] Consider us some of their best friends and

[34:56] You know, we hate to lose that. I mean not the dart doesn't

[35:00] Provide the valuable service to you, but unfortunately, they got their issues. I worked for them a couple years before I came to the city, and they were run by different people.

[35:08] It was run by senior services. It was different people running it.

[35:12] I mean, and it's still a great service, but ever transit, I've heard from so many people over the years that they've come from other places, and they tell us that we're the best.

[35:22] Like I said, somebody's got to be the best, and if you're ashamed to give that up. So thanks. Please vote no.

[35:30] Thank you. Steve, if you could please come to the podium,

[35:42] you state your full name and city residents, you're three minutes to speak.

[35:46] Good evening, my name is Steve Oase. I live here in Everett.

[35:51] Mayor Franklin, council members.

[35:55] I'm here to speak about the potential merger also.

[36:00] The sales tax is a terrible idea.

[36:04] I've gone out and talked to a lot of people about it, they aren't aware of it.

[36:09] They should be made aware of it if you are going to do that without letting them vote on it.

[36:17] If you want to let them vote on it and they say yes, they pass it.

[36:21] Great. I'll support it 100%.

[36:24] But they have the opportunity to come in here, but they don't know.

[36:28] I go out and talk to them all the time.

[36:30] They don't know this is going on.

[36:35] I don't want to say any more about the sales tax or some other things I want to talk about.

[36:40] I've heard that we're going to have twice the bus service in Everett.

[36:43] If you believe that, I got some lakefront property out in Montana.

[36:51] Not near any lakes, but it'll be lakefront. I guarantee you that.

[36:55] We won't have double the service in Everett.

[36:59] It won't happen. They can tell you, they can tell you that, but once this deal is done, it's done.

[37:07] Ever it has a transit agency itself.

[37:11] We will never get it back if you get rid of it.

[37:16] Don't let that happen.

[37:20] One of the things I've heard from the administration is we want to make sure our team is taking care of.

[37:27] Our drivers are taking care of.

[37:29] I had a meeting with 1576. That's the union. Same union as us. There would be a sister one.

[37:38] We're 8-8-3. They're 1576. And what they said in the meeting is we want you to die on the vine.

[37:46] They want we can have our union. They'll have their union. And as we lose people through attrition,

[37:56] all the new hires would be hired into their union and they'd be coming over and driving our routes.

[38:04] So we won't get rid of them, we'll keep them around for another 30 or 40 years, but once they die out, they're gone.

[38:14] We don't get to hire new people.

[38:18] That's not acceptable.

[38:20] our local has a long history. Everett has a long history with having our union.

[38:29] We've been

[38:30] here since 1919. They have been here since 1976.

[38:37] We've been here a lot longer than them.

[38:40] That doesn't make us better. But we have survived very well. We've provided good service

[38:45] From many of our passengers, you've heard the type of service that they want and that they get from our local, they don't get from community transit.

[38:58] Anyway, thank you for the time. I hope you think about this. I'd like to be contacting some of you and having some meetings, but have a good night. Thank you.

[39:08] Thank you, Deborah, if you could please come to podium

[39:14] and please state your full name and city residents, you have three minutes to speak.

[39:18] I need to push things.

[39:19] Okay.

[39:20] Hi, my name is Deborah Kappenthin.

[39:22] I live in Mary's Hall, but I am an employee of Everett Transit for the last couple years.

[39:28] I'm also a retiree of community transit.

[39:32] So if I understand correctly, you guys have a priority list.

[39:36] And ever transit was that the bottom half of that list and all of a sudden we're at the top of the list, the last couple months, it's like what's going on, why does it have to happen now?

[39:51] Why can't we go back to the bottom of the list and give us time to prioritize and get the...

[40:00] Employees are financial affairs in order. I think about the employees who just purchased the home the last year. So I think about the employees who are sending their kids to college, are they going to have to have them come home? Like I said, I'm a retiree of community transit. Not everybody's going to end up there.

[40:25] So I'm just going to leave it with it that and I honestly hope that you will put ever

[40:32] transit back at the bottom of the list and give us time to get our personal affairs financial

[40:39] personal affairs in order.

[40:43] Thank you.

[40:44] Thank you and that concludes our public comment.

[40:47] Okay, thank you, now we'll go on to administration, Jennifer.

[40:54] Council President, usually it's council comments next.

[40:57] Oh, sorry, all right.

[40:58] You're right.

[40:59] Skip that.

[41:01] Surprise.

[41:01] Jennifer.

[41:03] Now to council comments.

[41:05] I can't remember better.

[41:06] Thanks.

[41:06] I didn't want Jennifer speaking for me.

[41:08] No report.

[41:08] No comments.

[41:10] Thanks.

[41:12] Also, let's see.

[41:14] council member Ryan. Great things. Good evening, everybody. On Friday, I was honored to attend the

[41:20] New Start Center Ribbon Cutting. It's the old days in there. Right next to the Everett Mall,

[41:27] and it's been, it was purchased by the county and then I would help from the city. It's now transformed

[41:33] into a transitional housing facility operated by a salvation army. I know that they gave a

[41:38] presentation at the committee meeting earlier tonight, so I don't want to steal too much thunder on it,

[41:43] but I did want to share just a couple of comments about what a positive transformation this whole

[41:49] space is going to be for the city of Everett and for the people that are going to be staying there.

[41:54] You know, for a really long time the day's in was a place where there wasn't a lot of positive

[41:58] opportunities for the people who stepped on site there and so now with the vision from through

[42:05] the county and then with the support of the city and subation army, there's a lot of positive

[42:09] outcomes that are going to happen as a result of this facilities. I'm really excited for other

[42:14] people who are going to be able to stay there and who can get their feet under them and move

[42:18] towards that stability. I'm also really grateful for Salvation Army's commitment to being a good

[42:24] neighbor. They were really outstanding and robust, a good neighbor policy. Some glad that they put a lot of

[42:30] thought into that to make sure that they are great partners here in the city. And also kind of

[42:39] a point to this knowledge county partnership to end homelessness. So I think we'll start our

[42:43] all start meetings later this month, then look forward to recording back on that. So other than

[42:48] that, no more comments. Thanks. Thank you. Council member Tui. Yeah. I will talk a little bit more about

[42:56] the new start center. We had them at our committee meeting for the community safety and community

[43:05] healthy community meeting meeting. Sorry about that. The snowmish county group was so it's an emergency bridge housing. So it's not for permanent housing, but it's about a 90 day transition is the goal. This whole new project is really innovative. I don't know that there's anything quite like it. This one room has this one facility has 71 rooms.

[43:33] And they are hoping that 75% of those rooms will be with

[43:37] every people that are experiencing homelessness

[43:41] and that they will be there 90 days and when they leave,

[43:44] they'll be going into permanent housing.

[43:47] So it's really quite an exciting project.

[43:50] And I know that Caslomerware probably has a few things to say too,

[43:55] but it was very impressive what all they're doing.

[44:00] Caslomerware.

[44:02] Yeah, I agree. It's exciting to see after the many years that they've been working on that location and project that it's finally ready to open to residents for that temporary stayover and get them on their feet. And they really do have a well laid out plan for what they're doing and have put a lot of thought into the you know the all the little details of how that's going to function for for the residents and then in the community members around it.

[44:30] But other than that, no comments for me.

[44:34] All right.

[44:36] Thank you.

[44:37] Actually, I was at that ribbon cutting as well.

[44:40] Listening to comments.

[44:41] Took a tour.

[44:42] And I was also impressed with, especially the, the thought that has already gone into this with

[44:48] from the Salvation Army, the layout of the facility, the control access, the incremental

[44:53] kinds of help they expect to walk people through to get them back for self-sufficiency.

[44:58] Um

[45:00] Let's see in the past week or so, I've been part of three meetings in events where I represented ever, all those turned out to be regional this time.

[45:08] Just a couple of quick highlights. One of them was the homeless county tomorrow, kind of a countywide planning effort.

[45:14] We got a briefing from the PU Public Utility District, the homeless county, PUD, CIO, John Harlow.

[45:21] And one of the things that I thought was particularly remarkable there in light of the current questions about power and power use and data centers.

[45:28] that sort of thing. They use the phrase growth, pace for growth, meaning that new users pay

[45:34] for the cost of new users. That's kind of an amorphous term, and he added a lot of specifics

[45:40] to that. And one thing I would say is that those specifics were reassuring to those of us who

[45:45] worry about power availability, about power rates. So for example, if you're worried about a large

[45:51] new power user, such as a data center, causing rates to go up because more power is being used,

[45:57] more expensive power has to be purchased,

[45:59] more power lines need to be run,

[46:00] and that's sort of thing.

[46:02] And they are pretty careful in this,

[46:04] and they work with the large power users

[46:06] in the early stages to make sure

[46:09] that all of those power needs are met by the new user,

[46:13] and they are not causing increases in rates for the rest of us.

[46:16] So it was a well-thought-out process

[46:18] that's in advance of our typical kinds of permitting.

[46:22] And that's especially important

[46:23] because the advance thinking on that process

[46:26] means that projects don't go forward when power is not a workable, not a workable process for them.

[46:34] Then I also attended earlier this week, Fusion Week. I represented

[46:39] the Mayor and Council Administration. I was there with Dan O'Neill and I see our economic

[46:43] development director. A lot of people are familiar with nuclear power in the form of fish in the

[46:49] power plants we've seen, or we're heavy elements like uranium, our split apart. That's what we're

[46:54] familiar with, but those unfortunately have risks associated with things like loss of cooling

[46:59] and production of the long life, nuclear waste.

[47:02] Fishing is the opposite way to take light things and merge them together, fusion, and the

[47:08] important part about that is that it's inherently safer and also does not produce those

[47:12] long life waste products. And that means something to effort because there are a couple of fusion

[47:18] companies here. So I'm an engineer and have an interest in fusion going back decades.

[47:24] It was a logical person to attend that Fusion Week, representing Everett, and I along with

[47:30] Dandernessy.

[47:31] And I have to say I was really encouraged this Fusion that we've heard about for decades,

[47:35] always seemed to be something on the far horizon, but with the effort of companies like

[47:40] Zap Energy and Healy on here, there's a real center, a kind of a convergence of things

[47:46] here in Everett, a cluster for Fusion, various aspects of it.

[47:50] I think it's really promising, we are finally getting to the point where we can see the potential

[47:54] for actual commercial power plants, something goes beyond these large science experiments

[47:59] that we've heard about.

[48:01] So I think that's good news for Everett, it's good news for the planet, and it's good news

[48:05] for technology for us here.

[48:07] And then lastly, earlier today, I represented Everett at the PSRC's Economic Development District

[48:15] board, that sounds kind of a esoteric sort of thing, but it's the designated regional development

[48:21] authority, which gives us access to federal resources, particularly the Department of Commerce

[48:26] and federal and other funding. That means we get funding that way to develop a regional

[48:32] economic strategy, and that allows us to get funding to do local economic development. So just

[48:39] multiple parts operating that way together, and that's part of the duties of the council members

[48:44] here is to represent effort and those efforts to make sure that we do the best we can for

[48:49] effort.

[48:50] I think that is it for me and now on to administration, Jennifer.

[48:55] Yes, I just wanted to point out, in item, in the last item, item 14, there is the typo

[49:02] in the street address, so 2302 Pacific Avenue should be 2303.

[49:08] We will make sure it's corrected, and I don't think you'll have to change your action, but we

[49:15] want to make sure that is clear. It's accurate in the eminent domain ordinance that's linked to

[49:19] there, but I just thought that I would point that out before we got there, because sometimes when we

[49:24] get to the end of the agenda, we'd move expeditiously. So.

[49:32] On to our city attorney, Ramsey Remer.

[49:35] No comments, no executive session tonight. Thank you. Thank you.

[49:47] All right. Now we go on to our six

[49:49] You can set items, do I have a motion to pass the consent items?

[49:53] That's one of our beta solos.

[49:56] Second?

[49:58] Ah, clerk, please take the roll.

[50:00] Councilmember Bader. Yes. Vice President Ryan. Yes. Councilmember 2e. Yes. Councilmember Weir. Yes. Councilmembers are lingo. Yes. And now on to propose action items.

[50:12] Item 7 and 8 have been read already into the record. Does the council have any question or comments on those two items?

[50:21] All right. And then on to item number 9 on our agenda. Councilville 2608-46. This will be both the first and second readings for this item.

[50:31] adopt an ordinance assuming jurisdiction over a portion of the MuckelTO water and wastewater

[50:36] district responsibilities, property facilities, and equipment in areas previously annexed

[50:42] to the city of Everett, expect a third and final reading on September 9th, 2026. Do we have any

[50:49] questions or comments from council?

[50:54] All right, moving on to item number 10, council bill 26008-47.

[50:59] This is the first reading adopted ordinance creating a special improvement project entitled 41st Street to Rucker Avenue Corridor phase 2 fund 303 program 123 and

[51:11] Repeating ordinance number for a 4118 dash 25. We expect the third and final reading on September 16

[51:20] And on this we have any council questions or comments council member Vader. I request to take we get more information

[51:28] on what this next phase involves, maybe also a reminder of what phase one was and what we

[51:36] hope phase three might be. I don't know if we need to, I'm not asking for a briefing,

[51:39] but would just appreciate additional info. I apologize if I missed it, but didn't notice

[51:44] that much specifics in the pack. I think we can expand on it. I don't have it, but I think we

[51:50] should get that to you. Okay. Or maybe Ryan may have it now. Okay. I didn't mean necessarily

[51:56] Yes, we're briefing now, but any, whatever.

[51:59] Good evening.

[52:00] Ryan Sassman Public Works.

[52:02] Phase one of this project was the multiple intersection improvements

[52:07] at 41st and Rucker, Rucker, and Pacific,

[52:12] and Pacific, and West Marine to drive

[52:15] that were completed a number of years ago.

[52:17] And this project phase two,

[52:20] are additional improvements between the Pacific and Rocker and the Port of Everett.

[52:31] And again, I apologize for being the road geek here, so should have called you ahead of time,

[52:34] Ryan, but when we're seeing improvements, can you just give me some interest to what those are?

[52:39] Yeah, yeah, there's widening to better move larger freight, elevation of signals for greater

[52:45] clearance improvements of radius is that sort of thing so that the movements are smoother and then we'll also have some pedestrian and non-motorized improvements in associated with it.

[52:57] This particular action is just an update to the funding ordinance because we got an additional 1.3 million in connecting Washington funds and so we're updating the ordinance to accommodate the additional funding.

[53:13] Thank you. Thanks for indulging my questions.

[53:16] I have the little answers.

[53:17] Any other questions or comments on that item?

[53:21] I'll add them. We're moving on to a briefing and proposed action item.

[53:25] First, I'll read this into the record.

[53:28] Our agenda item number 11, Council Bill 268-48,

[53:33] the first reading,

[53:34] the attached ordinance adopting amendments to land division procedures

[53:38] and development standards,

[53:39] The Mending Chapters 13.16 13.68 19.01 19.04 19.06 19.33 19.34 19.38 19.35 and 15.02 of the

[53:56] evidence ever municipal code repealing Chapters 19.24 19.25 19.26 19.27 of the municipal code

[54:06] and adding a new chapter, 19.23, the public hearing will be on September 9th of this year,

[54:14] the third and final readings expected on September 16th. And I think we have a presentation

[55:00] Along with that long list of sections and chapters, proposed for update along with this ordinance.

[55:06] The proposed ordinance would update procedures and development standards for land divisions, which is the process by which a piece of property can be divided into multiple other one or more other properties and lots that may be then sold or transferred.

[55:20] And

[55:24] our goals of this project are rooted in some comprehensive plan policies that came along

[55:30] with the effort of 24 periodic update a few years ago around increasing opportunities

[55:36] for home ownership in the city.

[55:38] There is a state bill that was adopted in last year's legislative session that we are

[55:42] addressing with this.

[55:44] And we are modernizing land divisions for middle housing kind of a complement to the development

[55:50] regulations that were amended in the periodic update to allow for development to that

[55:57] middle housing to as much as possible be available for home ownership and fee simple home

[56:03] ownership specifically which is the most flexible and often most desirable form of ownership

[56:08] compared to condominium or unit lots or some other forms of ownership. As with everything we

[56:14] try to work on streamlining and simplifying, and one example of that is currently we had a few

[56:21] development regulations that only apply to if you were doing land division, but not if you were

[56:25] doing the same type of development under a condominium, for example. So part of the streamlining

[56:31] means making all of those the same regardless of the ownership type of the development that our

[56:36] standards apply to the physical development and not to the ownership type. Those policies in the

[56:44] comprehensive plan, talk about boosting home ownership opportunities, providing for land

[56:48] division into small fee simple lots and allowing lots splits, we knew that the bill was

[56:54] coming and wrote that into the policies to anticipate this stuff.

[57:01] House Bill 1096 from 2025 requires cities including Everett to allow residential lots splits,

[57:08] which is a process by which one lot is divided in two

[57:12] with an administrative process.

[57:15] And each of the new lots must meet the minimum lot size.

[57:21] There are a couple pieces of this bill.

[57:23] We wanted to, we're taking kind of a,

[57:26] we're one of the first adopters of local amendments

[57:29] to implement the lot split if not the first.

[57:33] So we're breaking some new ground here

[57:34] and wanted to make sure that we're complying

[57:36] with each of the pieces of the bill. So I've got them all listed out here. A lot split must

[57:42] maybe combine with the building permit. It must be administrative, so not using hearing

[57:47] examiner planning commissioner council decisions, which are the case for some larger land

[57:51] divisions. Planning director decision, clear and objective standards, public hearing prior to

[57:57] the land division would not be allowed and administrative appeal would be exempt for these

[58:02] lot splits. We propose implementing the lot splits as a form of a short subdivision or a unit

[58:11] lot sort short subdivision. So we've got in this table those two routes and we went down the

[58:16] line to make sure these each one of these rows is one of those requirements from the lot split

[58:21] bill. And for the most part I would say we're actually already mostly consistent with the bill.

[58:27] We've done a lot of work in recent years and in the last decade to streamline and simplify our development regulations and procedures.

[58:36] We already have a administrative short-plat process and we already check a lot of the boxes here.

[58:44] And so a lot of the amendments that are part of this ordinance here are improving and streamlining, but there was only a few little tweaks that we needed to do to actually meet a lot split bill.

[58:59] One of the changes is for a unit-lot short subdivision and we see a lot split us again being just a small version of one of those.

[59:08] They had been a review to process for unit-lot land division which did include public notice and if requested a public hearing prior to making a decision.

[59:19] one of the changes in this bill is to bring those unit lot short subdivisions into a review

[59:25] one process, which is the administrative decision and planning director decision, which is consistent with the

[59:31] lot split bill, it would extend some of the streamlined aspects that are anticipated by that

[59:37] lot split bill out of the legislature upwards through all of our short plot allowance, which is up to nine lots.

[59:49] We're also looking at minimum lot size in the lot split bill.

[59:54] You must meet the minimum lot size for the two lots created through that right now in the two zone.

[1:00:00] Residential Zone and our U.R. 4 Zone. Currently, the minimum lot size there is 5,000 square feet with some minimum dimensions, 50 feet wide up and 80 feet deep, I think.

[1:00:13] Proposed to reduce the minimum lot size to 2,000 square feet with corresponding reductions to those other dimensions for the width, which is an important one, bringing it down from 50 feet to 25 feet, which matches the lot pattern in North Everett.

[1:00:29] Commonly 25 foot lots, some of which have been merged into 50 foot lots, but we do have quite a few that still remain at that 25 foot width.

[1:00:38] The primary, the primary result of this is there could be a few lots in the city that are not buildable because they don't meet those minimum dimensions.

[1:00:48] If they can prove that they were created legally prior to our subdivision ordinance of 1956s,

[1:00:55] We started to put some of these minimum dimensions into city code.

[1:00:59] You may build on it, but if you don't have that record of legal establishment,

[1:01:03] the lot is somewhat stranded.

[1:01:05] And nothing can happen on with it until it is merged with a neighbor or something like that.

[1:01:11] So for some of those lots that meet the proposed new smaller dimensions,

[1:01:15] but not our existing dimensions, it could make them buildable.

[1:01:18] And for others that provides a route for that small lot land division that was anticipated in the comprehensive plan and for them to be fee simple lots with the most flexibility and independence compared to

[1:01:32] We have a unit lot subdivision process right now where you can get a lot down to any size, the regulations operate on the parent lot setbacks and

[1:01:45] setbacks is the main one. Maximum lock coverage by building as a percentage is another one.

[1:01:52] If you meet those setbacks, five feet on the sides, 10 feet in the front, 10 feet in the back.

[1:01:58] You can create as many and as small of lots within that.

[1:02:01] And this is current code as you want by reducing the standard minimum lot size.

[1:02:07] you could do a standard short-plat or long subdivision process to achieve fully independent

[1:02:15] lots down to that 2,000 square foot size. We sized it both the dimensions in the total

[1:02:22] to accommodate reasonable dwelling size that would be legal under the building code and leave

[1:02:29] room for those setbacks on all sides. There have been some questions about whether a short-plat

[1:02:37] could be redevited again in the lot split build.

[1:02:40] You may not use a lot split again once it was split into.

[1:02:44] For our short plots, as long as you do not wind up creating more

[1:02:48] than nine lots, you can redevide again.

[1:02:53] That nine lot limit would exist for five years at any given time.

[1:02:57] And if you were to take a lot split it into two and then split it again

[1:03:01] into something that would in total exceed the nine lots,

[1:03:04] then you would have to go through the formal full subdivision process.

[1:03:08] But as long as you are keeping that lot in under nine total,

[1:03:14] we could have a kind of a rapid fire

[1:03:16] two step subdivision process.

[1:03:18] We anticipate some folks, for example,

[1:03:21] wanting to sell their backyard.

[1:03:23] Maybe they don't use it as much

[1:03:25] or they need some funds or something like that.

[1:03:28] But they don't know what they want to do with it

[1:03:30] and a big piece of this use case would be selling that backyard

[1:03:34] and then a developer buys it and then they decide what they want to do with it, which could involve a second land division.

[1:03:43] And so that would all be within that nine lots permissible.

[1:03:50] Here's a couple examples of what this could look like.

[1:03:54] This is an alley lot with a house in the front and an existing curb cut coming off the street.

[1:04:01] Allie access was a big topic of discussion in the planning commission and in our work at a staff level, we have a requirement that if you have alley access that you use that alley access and not create a new curb cut and drive way on the street side and a couple examples here show how that would work in this case we didn't want to create a pathway for like I said dividing that backyard and then all of a sudden you're no longer an alley lot so written into this ordinance.

[1:04:31] that at the point that you sever your property from the alley that is the point to maintain

[1:04:39] access to the alley and if you don't and it's after the effect of data this ordinance you

[1:04:45] would not be able to have a new curb cut to the front part. So in this example you see three new

[1:04:51] lots created in the backyard and this would be a unit lot land division and you can tell because

[1:04:57] There are no setbacks for the new units in the back.

[1:05:00] Now you do, thanks for spotting that. For this example, what if it's a corner lot, so it wouldn't, so like, on the graphic

[1:05:10] where it says New Unit, what if that's an is a street, so then wouldn't it make sense to have access

[1:05:18] from the street side on there, but not necessarily in front of the principle, dwelling if that makes sense?

[1:05:24] Yeah, if the lot has alley access, then it needs to take access from the alley and it does include

[1:05:32] order lots. There are a few exceptions if it is infeasible if there's significant topography

[1:05:39] or something else blocking that access. But for the most part, even if it's a corner lot, if the

[1:05:45] parcel has alley access, that's where the vehicles need to come off of or onto the property through.

[1:05:54] And so what we're doing here is with the land division, making sure that we don't have a two-step process that results in a whole bunch of new curb cuts and driveways.

[1:06:06] Some of the reasons for that, we get questions about that. In my mind, the main ones are that the curb cut on the street takes two, perhaps three parking spaces off the street.

[1:06:18] Removes the landscape strip removes multiple street trees or the opportunity for multiple street trees and then interrupts the sidewalk

[1:06:25] And anybody who goes walking with toddlers know that you can let them run as far as they can until they hit the next driveway

[1:06:32] So for parental strolling freedom purposes and the other ones that I mentioned there.

[1:06:37] Great, did that.

[1:06:39] Okay, thank you.

[1:06:42] Okay, so this is one scenario.

[1:06:43] Here's this scenario where the house does not have any curb cut on the street

[1:06:48] maybe they have a garage or surface parking on the alley side and on the right side you

[1:06:53] would see an example of how that front unit could preserve their ability to park in a garage

[1:07:01] or on the surface in their lot. You would need to maintain an easement or build the driveway

[1:07:07] or something as part of that land division.

[1:07:11] This preserves people access to the front lot.

[1:07:14] On this one, you can see an example of these the children lots, the three in the back, have setbacks, they're smaller, and this is an example of not a unit lotland division, but a short subdivision.

[1:07:28] Now, each of the lots are fully independent, but they do need to have their own setbacks, we're in the prior example.

[1:07:34] Each lot was potentially exactly the size of the dwelling unit and no more.

[1:07:40] In this case, you can see that no access was provided to the front principle dwelling and in this case that front principle dwelling would no longer be able to in the future create a curb cut and a new driveway on the street side.

[1:07:56] So the decision needs to be made and we will communicate that to applicants that this is the time to preserve your ability for a future driveway to your property.

[1:08:05] after you've severed from the alley that would no longer be possible.

[1:08:13] Here's an example on a non alley lot and you could have either an easement parking area with walkways to the individual units.

[1:08:24] Or you could have, think, a more common driveway to a parking port or to individual garages in the back.

[1:08:32] This is an example of a short land division with the setbacks there,

[1:08:40] easement access track.

[1:08:44] Okay, so those were a couple of examples of what this can look like,

[1:08:46] but there are a thousand different ways that land divisions and development and lots,

[1:08:51] patterns and everything exist in the city.

[1:08:55] The updates, a lot of these are in the memo,

[1:08:58] we're proposing to combine what is now for separate chapters into one that I'll deal with land

[1:09:04] We're updating the purpose statement that guides the land divisions and in cases of need for interpretation. That's what we look to.

[1:09:15] We are I understand a rare city to require that before recording a subdivision you clear any gaps or encroachments.

[1:09:23] gaps or encroachments and this is a fairly common thing in North Everett, where the fence line does not perfectly follow the property line.

[1:09:31] In most places, that's a civil matter between neighbors and the city stays out of it.

[1:09:37] In Everett, we've been in it and that can be a drag on a land division because they either have to move the fence or they need to go to court or to make an agreement to address that.

[1:09:46] This would step us back out of that and they would remain a civil matter.

[1:09:51] These necessary provisions in 1.32.30 and 3.30 of the new chapter are things like every land division no matter what is going to happen.

[1:10:00] And everything that you need to have a successful dwelling unit and independent property in the future.

[1:10:08] So we've reorganized those to make them clear for applicants.

[1:10:12] And as I started out by saying these residential lot splits on the new state law are to be processed as a short subdivision or as a unit lot.

[1:10:21] short subdivision. So we're not proposing to have a separate article or section or chapter for

[1:10:28] unit for residential law splits. We do have a section in there that clarifies that this is our

[1:10:35] intent so that there is no confusion there. I'll get to this at the end with a schedule thing but

[1:10:41] the Department of Commerce who provides technical assistance and reviews along with other state

[1:10:46] agencies all changes to development, regulations and procedures is taking a look at this.

[1:10:51] Like I said, we're an early adopter and we will work closely with them to make sure that

[1:10:56] we're on the right track.

[1:10:57] They've asked for the full 60 days of the state agency review, which is going to push us

[1:11:01] past that September 16th by a couple of weeks.

[1:11:06] So we may be looking into October before the council may take action on it, but the benefit

[1:11:10] of that is that we will give some good discussions with the state and it could be that we

[1:11:15] creating a model that other jurisdictions may be able to follow, or we will need to make some changes,

[1:11:21] and I'll be sure to keep you up to speed on that.

[1:11:28] Timing of improvements is another important aspect

[1:11:30] of this ordinance right now before you can record a land division and sell any of the properties

[1:11:37] you have to actually physically install access of driveways, walkways, and that sort of thing

[1:11:44] Recreation facilities, some larger subdivisions require a playground or something like that.

[1:11:50] Utility stuffs you need to run the water lines and sewer lines to the future site of the development and landscaping.

[1:11:58] All that needs to be installed and inspected before you can sell any lot and that takes a time.

[1:12:04] So we are proposing to instead apply conditions on the face of the plat that would provide for the construction of all of those before any building permit could be issued.

[1:12:13] So it ties the physical development of the infrastructure and supporting stuff to

[1:12:19] see what's still here.

[1:12:22] Thank you.

[1:12:26] Thank you.

[1:12:28] I mentioned the minimum locked dimensions.

[1:12:32] This is for only the NR and you are four zones.

[1:12:37] We had a question in committee a couple weeks ago.

[1:12:39] Thank you.

[1:12:40] Councilmember Ryan.

[1:12:40] believe it was for spotting this one. It does not apply to the neighborhood residential

[1:12:45] constrained zone, no changes to what you can build or how you can divide to that zone.

[1:12:54] Those are the dimensions that are changing here. We did have a comment, which I thought was a

[1:12:59] good spot. The 60 foot minimum lot depth is exactly half of a common 120 foot lot depth in north

[1:13:08] And the question was, what happens if a survey shows that to be 119 feet and eight inches?

[1:13:14] And then now you could not do that front and back separation.

[1:13:18] So one thing we'll think about and look at the implications of other than it looking strange could be to make that minimum

[1:13:23] locked up 59 feet or 58 feet instead of 60.

[1:13:27] So we don't get into an issue of inches.

[1:13:34] Access, right now there's a table in chapter 1926, one of the land division chapters that shows which types of number of dwelling units in it proposed development and the type of access drive or easement access drive or driveway or private street or public street that it connects to.

[1:13:53] there are some confusing aspects and some unclear aspects to it, we are proposing to delete that

[1:14:00] table and instead handle that table administratively in the DCSS, the city's design construction

[1:14:09] standards and specifications that public works maintains and they are working and have a complete

[1:14:14] draft of that or will very soon that will allow us to change it more easily and have all of the

[1:14:22] under drawings and everything connected to it.

[1:14:27] Like I said, we're trying to make it the same process, whether and the same physical development

[1:14:31] whether it's a land division or not.

[1:14:35] So we wanted to make sure that we have the ability to require dedication of public

[1:14:39] right of way or expansion of it, whether there's a land division or not right now those

[1:14:42] sections are in the land division's chapter.

[1:14:45] So if you were to build a development all on one parcel as a condominium or something like

[1:14:51] apartments. We wanted to make sure that we have the ability to build out the public road

[1:14:56] network if justifiable. Same thing with block.

[1:15:00] Three, which is shrubbery, landscaping for the sides of private access drives and recreation and stormwater facilities.

[1:15:08] But if you were to build the exact same development without a land division, you don't have to have that.

[1:15:13] So we proposed to delete that and through discussions with the Planning Commission. They thought that the most important of all of those five foot strips of landscaping could be the portion between a driveway and the neighboring property.

[1:15:26] so that outside of a driveway. So we do have that written in and preserved in 1935, 130.

[1:15:34] Otherwise, all landscaping would be just the per the landscaping chapter. Like it would be for a non-land

[1:15:41] division development.

[1:15:44] Issued a determination of non-significant, under CEPA a couple of weeks ago,

[1:15:49] So the Planning Commission recommended approval of the Resolution 20604 and we are in that state agency 60 day review period through October 13th. So we are asked or told not to take final action until that period is complete. So looking at potentially October 14th, but I will work with Jennifer to confirm that that's an okay time.

[1:16:16] And then a couple of weeks after that would be the effective date of the amendments.

[1:16:22] Thank you for tolerating all of that.

[1:16:25] I'd happy to take any questions.

[1:16:26] One clarification and that does mean we would still be doing our public hearing on the night that we come today.

[1:16:32] I think so. Yeah, we've already scheduled it and noticed it.

[1:16:36] So it makes sense to continue and you'll get the benefit of hearing.

[1:16:40] Okay, questions and comments.

[1:16:41] I don't remember where.

[1:16:43] This may be a silly question, but do these same restrictions apply

[1:16:48] or guidelines apply, whether somebody is trying to sell off

[1:16:52] the property for development or whether they're doing it just

[1:16:55] like as a mother-in-law, like family live-in type thing,

[1:16:58] but they would continue ownership.

[1:17:00] Does it, is all the same risk requirements?

[1:17:03] It would work for either power.

[1:17:09] That's what I'm going to be better.

[1:17:10] Thanks, sir.

[1:17:11] I could maybe three questions one I guess at some point be interested know what in here we're

[1:17:18] proposing isn't required by the new state law just so we know where we have some discretion.

[1:17:24] Second question would be, I think it was slide 14 where timing of improvements.

[1:17:37] What if it goes forward with a lot of division goes forward and then something prevents these improvements from happening and they can't develop is there some provision for re integrating those lots or I mean I don't know what that might entail if there'd be a desirable to do that.

[1:17:56] Yeah, I think you would need to revise the subdivision or do a new subdivision or a boundary line adjustment to change course after that.

[1:18:06] We will make sure that any land division results in buildable lots so we will ask for a site plan that shows what you intend to build with the land division although that is not binding you're allowed to change, but you have to

[1:18:20] You cannot create a bunch of one foot lots or something like that,

[1:18:24] even through a lot of land vision or strange sizes or something like that.

[1:18:28] So it will have to be buildable, you may change from an L-shaped to a square

[1:18:35] or something like that in the future when you come for building permits.

[1:18:39] So we want to make sure that we're not stranding any land.

[1:18:42] But if the development of the actual buildings falls through,

[1:18:47] you would still have a buildable lot that could be sold

[1:18:50] and someone else could pick that up,

[1:18:51] or there are a couple of ways to change the personal lines

[1:18:54] in any of these events.

[1:18:55] It's more thinking that if once you start digging

[1:18:58] and then you find out there's something like,

[1:19:00] you know, we can't go forward with this project,

[1:19:03] and no one probably ever could or utility access

[1:19:06] is just can't happen, just thinking,

[1:19:10] all of a sudden we've created lots, we don't need.

[1:19:14] And some, you know, where is now we would know

[1:19:16] before this was approved, if we had created lots,

[1:19:18] We would need to take some action of revising the plat or doing a different boundary line adjustment or doing a new subdivision.

[1:19:33] There is some risk of false starts like that.

[1:19:38] I think we think that it is worth it.

[1:19:41] And that's the feedback that we've heard is that in the rare cases, I think this came up the planning commission too.

[1:20:00] Part of an issue, but it is a common case where folks are running into frustrations and shins and timelines

[1:20:05] with lane divisions.

[1:20:07] Yes.

[1:20:07] Just wanted to shouldn't be some provision.

[1:20:09] We'll take a look.

[1:20:10] I mean, even planning directors discretion, and then finally, maybe the Earth is when you

[1:20:15] capture the offline, but several of you are graphic example showed both structures, apparently

[1:20:23] immediately next to each other and others with setbacks. So at some point wondering, if you can

[1:20:32] remind me, I'm not necessarily here, but when they have to be set back and when they can be

[1:20:37] immediately, you're right next to each other.

[1:20:40] You know, a lot of land divisions allows for zero-lot-line development within the parent lot,

[1:20:46] and the standard short subdivision requires that each lot has its setbacks. That's the main difference.

[1:20:52] Okay. Thank you. And to your first question, I would say almost everything in this ordinance

[1:20:58] is city initiated in city discretion. We had already been almost entirely compliant with the

[1:21:05] lot split build just with work that had been previously done through, I think mainly rethink

[1:21:10] zoning. So this was all improvements that we put together. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.

[1:21:20] Okay, my other council question, I guess I had one or two myself, one of them, maybe the complement to council and verbators question, I, where I can imagine situations currently where to make a, to make a subdivision,

[1:21:35] the owner would need to put in a bunch of infrastructure improvements, but those might not

[1:21:41] then align with what the buyer would like in terms of their configuration.

[1:21:44] So in that sense, there is one problem that is maybe averted there, even though another might be created.

[1:21:51] And then just one other question that was a removal of some requirements for public notice,

[1:21:58] are there mechanisms for neighbor notices, not general public notices, but one of the things we

[1:22:03] Sometimes here from people is this something was happening and I didn't know about it.

[1:22:07] Are there provisions that way that would, where adjacent neighbors or a budding neighbors

[1:22:12] would notice?

[1:22:13] Yeah, with a review one decision, there would not be public notice, not the poster or not

[1:22:18] mailed notice.

[1:22:20] So, like to think of what we do with the public comments that we receive and for a lot of

[1:22:25] these decisions that have been put to a review one, there's not a lot of discretion necessarily

[1:22:31] for the city and it can serve to create

[1:22:37] consternation among neighbors when there's not

[1:22:39] necessarily much we can do with the input.

[1:22:42] I would rather you did not split that lot, but it is

[1:22:45] legal to do so.

[1:22:48] So with the review one, there would not be public notice.

[1:22:51] I believe it would be up on our active projects.

[1:22:55] Web page if someone were to map if someone were to

[1:22:58] just go click again looking regularly, but we wouldn't expect that to happen.

[1:23:02] Right. We are. Our next ordinance is local project review procedures, which is

[1:23:09] title 15, and we'll be looking more comprehensively at those review procedures, including the

[1:23:14] public notice. So I expect to have more conversations about what's in and what's out of this

[1:23:19] part of that ordinance too. Councilmember Bader. Just to follow up on that, but that public notice

[1:23:25] require or non-requirement. It's actually one of the things a state actually did

[1:23:30] take away from us. Correct. So it is in our world.

[1:23:33] Yes, for the two, for the two lot-lots, let's yes. What we are proposing is, and right now,

[1:23:40] a short-plat is already not, has already does not have public notice. It is only the

[1:23:45] unit-lot land divisions. So those are the ones where you don't do not meet the internal

[1:23:50] setbacks, but you still have an external setback. So, under current procedures, if you're

[1:23:56] doing short subdivision, no public notice, if you're doing a short unit lot subdivision,

[1:24:02] there is public notice. Both of them require the same setback from a neighbor, so it didn't

[1:24:09] to make sense that difference. But we could under the law require public notice for two to nine

[1:24:20] lots. We do require a whole hearing examiner process, public hearings, and hearing examiner

[1:24:27] decision for 50 lot plus land divisions. So we're going through that process right now for the

[1:24:39] a lot of public process. This is for the small ones.

[1:24:43] All right. All right. Thank you, Eric.

[1:24:47] Okay. We're moving on now to our action item section that in number 12,

[1:24:51] Council Bill 2608-42, the third and final reading

[1:24:55] adopted ordinance creating a special improvement project entitled

[1:24:59] evergreen way yet.

[1:25:00] Center Road pedestrian safety fund 303 program 141 to accumulate all costs for the improvement. Any questions?

[1:25:09] Well, first, do I have a motion to approve?

[1:25:12] So move the motion.

[1:25:17] All right, I do we have questions or comments on this on the side.

[1:25:22] All right, please take the roll.

[1:25:24] Councilmember Bader. Yes. Vice President Ryan.

[1:25:26] Yes. Councilmember Tui. Yes. Councilmember Weir. Yes. Councilmember Zerlingo. Yes. And on to agenda item 13. Council Bill 268-43. The third and final reading.

[1:25:39] Adopt this ordinance. Semending ordinance number 4098-25 has previously amended to continue the special improvement project entitled

[1:25:47] Everett outdoor event center fund three four two programs zero five two for the accumulation of expenditures associated with property acquisition costs necessary for the project

[1:25:57] And do I have a motion to approve

[1:26:01] Council more bears the most

[1:26:05] second all right questions are comments from council on the side of council member

[1:26:10] Do we yeah, I'm not in support of the interfund loans without knowing the financial picture

[1:26:18] the total cost financing and the financial performer of the stadium and the impact that it will have on the city.

[1:26:26] That's my understanding that we are expecting a full financial report of the project, hopefully by the end of the month.

[1:26:33] And I know staff is working hard on it, but they still have a lot of things that need to fall into place.

[1:26:39] So for me, I, I would need that financial information before providing an additional 3.5 million

[1:26:47] in this interfung loan.

[1:26:49] Thank you.

[1:26:51] Hello.

[1:26:52] The comments or questions.

[1:26:55] I like.

[1:26:56] Please take the roll.

[1:26:57] That's another thing.

[1:26:58] One question.

[1:27:00] Scott is, well, 1314, we're moving forward on that piece of parcel property where the

[1:27:09] the parcel property that we're for.

[1:27:12] How's my better, can you repeat?

[1:27:14] So I know recently we have had to deal with a owner who wanted to close on their parcel

[1:27:19] before mids of Canberra is this other either this item or item 14 cover either of those situations.

[1:27:29] Yes, this is the same property for both 13 and 14, which is property number 28.

[1:27:36] And this is the property where we negotiate a very fair deal.

[1:27:45] And part of that was a quick closing.

[1:27:48] And I think for 1031 exchange reasons,

[1:27:51] so they could do a reinvestment of their finances.

[1:27:56] Thank you.

[1:27:57] Don't remember where.

[1:27:59] So on that same subject.

[1:28:01] So what is the timeline for that closing requirement?

[1:28:03] And so to council member, too, is concerned about that we're expecting more financial information

[1:28:10] by the end of the month and is there the timing of that line up to wait on this or is

[1:28:18] it not something that can hold off?

[1:28:21] No, the closing on this is in about two weeks.

[1:28:27] Okay.

[1:28:30] No further comments, please take the roll.

[1:28:33] Councilmember Bader. Yes. Vice President Ryan. Yes. Councilmember Tui. No. Councilmember Weir. Yes.

[1:28:41] Councilmember Sarlingo. Yes. And our last item number 14, adopted resolution and

[1:28:47] program purchase of property. That is a lot 28 for the Everett outdoor events center. And I

[1:28:52] guess I will note, Jennifer, this was the one where you had a correction. Yes, it's um,

[1:29:01] the

[1:29:02] solution and it's on the cover there right in the middle and so we'll just make sure that's

[1:29:07] adjusted before we get the final document.

[1:29:10] Thank you. Do we have our motion to adopt the resolution?

[1:29:13] Yeah, it's our beta.

[1:29:17] Second the motion.

[1:29:20] All right with a motion.

[1:29:21] And a second, do we have any discussion on the side?

[1:29:26] All right, clerk, please take the wrong.

[1:29:28] Councilmember Bader.

[1:29:29] Yes.

[1:29:29] Vice President Ryan.

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