City of Olympia - File #: 23-0620

• File #: 23-0620
• Version: 1
• Type: discussion
• Status: Filed
• File created: 7/11/2023
• In control: Utility Advisory Committee
• Agenda date: 8/3/2023
• Final action: 8/3/2023
• Title: 2024-2029 Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan
• Related files: 23-0861

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/3/2023	1	Utility Advisory Committee	completed

Title
2024-2029 Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan

Recommended Action
Receive a briefing on the projects contained in the 2024-2029 Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan and provide feedback.

Report
Issue:
Receive a briefing on the 2024-2029 Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan for the Drinking Water, Storm and Surface Water and Wastewater utilities. The UAC is requested to forward a summary of comments to the Olympia Planning Commission by September 22, 2023. The UAC is also requested to forward their recommendation to the City Council by October 4, 2023.

Staff Contact:
Susan Clark, Engineering and Planning Supervisor, Public Works Water Resources and Drinking Water Utility, 360.753.8321

Presenters:
Susan Clark, Engineering and Planning Supervisor
Fran Love, Stormwater Engineer
David Dunn, Wastewater Engineer

Background and Analysis:
The Utility Advisory Committee (UAC) reviews City utility preliminary budgets, finances, capital investments, and rates annually. Staff will brief the UAC on the capital projects contained in the Preliminary Capital Facility Plan (CFP) for the Water Resources utilities (Storm and Surface Water and Wastewater) and for the Drinking Water Utility. A UAC review of the preliminary 2024 budget and rate analysis will follow in September and October.

The City's three water related utilities are expected to provide uninterrupted public health services for our community. Our responsibilities include ensuring that drinking water meets water quality standards, sewer infrastructure safely conveys waste to the LOTT treatment facility, flooding is minimized, and our urban natural resources are protected. As municipal utilities, we must meet the needs of our community while maintaining and upgrading our increasingly aging infrastructure. Utility staff focus on effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of these services. Decisions regarding capital project needs are made during the development of management plans and through coor...