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6.Maintains strong residential neighborhoods through public investments in physical improvements intended to enhance neighborhood identity and through public policy decisions intended to protect neighborhoods from intrusion by incompatible uses; 7.Conveys an overall single family residential character while offering a range of housing types and prices to ensure an adequate choice of attractive living accommodations to persons desiring to reside in Bothell; 8.Provides commercial areas which are pedestrian-, bicycle- and transit-oriented, vibrant and inviting by design, and located and sized so as to ensure adequate selection and availability of goods and services for all Bothell residents; 9.Provides an employment "hub" for residents of North King County and South Snohomish County, offering job opportunities which are generated by diverse, sustainable and environmentally sound economic activities; sufficient in number and concentrations to support employee-oriented transit, recreation and human services; and located in settings characterized by high quality design; 10.Honors its past and provides a perspective for the future by preserving significant historic buildings and other links to the early years of the City; 11.Protects, preserves and enhances those features of the natural environment which are most sensitive to human activities; 12.Promotes protection of native wildlife habitats, recognizing that the human species is but one of many within the Bothell area; 13.Provides a diversity of active and passive recreation opportunities through recreation programs and a system of parks, open spaces and interlinking trails; 14.Possesses a range of affordable and physically accessible human services to assist individuals and families in need; 15.Provides necessary utility services including clean water supply, electricity, telephone, natural gas, storm water drainage, and disposal of sewerage and solid waste in a manner which is fiscally and environmentally responsible; 16.Ensures the safety and security of community residents, employees and visitors through responsive police, fire and emergency medical aid services; 17.Continually strives to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of municipal services, and extends those services through annexation at the request of residents of adjacent unincorporated areas; 18.Recognizes that each community's decisions affect other communities and that certain issues are most effectively addressed on a regional level, and therefore works closely with other public agencies at the city, county, state and federal levels to ensure that local and regional goals are achieved; 19.Through realization of the preceding components of this vision statement, fosters a sense of belonging and pride in the community and a feeling of well-being. Comprehensive Plan VS -2 Introduction and Vision Statement Updated through 2010