Everett Link Extension
Connecting Snohomish County jobs and housing

Stakeholders and partners

Advisory Groups

The Elected Leadership Group, Community Advisory Group, and Interagency Group are key audiences that inform the development of the Everett Link Extension project in various ways. These groups review technical information and public feedback and provide recommendations and insight through multiple phases of the project.

The IAG provides a platform for Sound Transit to work closely and coordinate with several agencies and local governments as this project moves forward. The IAG will convene throughout environmental review. 

People in a group

Model Code Partnership 

The Everett Link Extension Project, which is currently in the planning phase, includes a unique component intended to implement consistent best practices for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) along the entire light rail corridor. This Model Code Partnership (MCP) was funded primarily by a $2M grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) TOD Pilot Program. Sound Transit has been working in collaboration with the three partner jurisdictions along the corridor (Lynnwood, Snohomish County, and Everett) and the Puget Sound Regional Council to develop potential policy and regulatory language to be considered for local adoption.

These policies and regulations, along with concepts and illustrations for topics including Urban Design, Land Use, Multimodal Streets, and Resilient Infrastructure are available in the TOD Toolkit. Although created with and by Everett Link partners, topics and implementation resources are applicable to any jurisdiction interested in encouraging transit-oriented communities. Contact Miranda Redinger (miranda.redinger@soundtransit.org) for additional information.

The MCP consists of four major components:

1. Policy and regulations inventory, which cataloged existing language from guiding documents for each of the three jurisdictions.

2. Gap analysis, which identified potential gaps and/or conflicts between policies and regulations within each jurisdiction, between jurisdictions, and between existing and best practices.

3. Case studies, which focused on exemplary planning and TOD efforts in peer cities and the financial tools used to develop projects.

4. Model code development, which provided options for policies and regulations that could create consistency and implement best practices along the full EVLE corridor. The partnership will culminate in local adoption of policies and regulations, customized for each of the jurisdictions.

Previous stakeholder input

The CAG and ELG convened during the Alternatives Development phase of planning and helped determine the alternatives to be studied in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

The CAG included residents, transit riders, business owners, and representatives of organizations that reflect the diversity found throughout the corridor, including groups who have been historically excluded from planning processes like this. The CAG consisted of people who know the community and could provide valuable insight as we reviewed and refined project alternatives. The CAG met during the Alternatives Development phase of planning and provided input on the alternatives to be studied in the Draft EIS.

The ELG comprised elected officials who represented communities along the project corridor and Sound Transit Board members. The purpose of this group was to inform Sound Transit’s decisions and work through project issues as needed. The ELG met during the Alternatives Development phase of planning and recommended the alternatives to be studied in the Draft EIS.