Title
Public Hearing on the Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan 2023-2028 Financial Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Hold the Public Hearing for the Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan, 2023-2028 Financial Plan, and allow additional written comments to be submitted until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 21, 2022.
Report
Issue:
Whether to hold the Public Hearing for the Preliminary Capital Facilities Plan, 2023-2028 Financial Plan and allow additional written comments to be submitted until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 21, 2022.
Staff Contact:
Joyce Phillips, Principal Planner, Community Planning and Development, 360.570.3722
Presenter(s):
Joyce Phillips, Principal Planner, Community Planning and Development
Background and Analysis:
The Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) is a chapter in the City's 20-year Comprehensive Plan adopted by the City Council in 2014. The CFP portion of the Comprehensive Plan is updated annually.
The CFP identifies which capital facilities are necessary to support development and/or growth. Most projects listed are directly related to the applicable master plan or functional plan, such as the Parks, Arts and Recreation Plan, the Storm and Surface Water Plan, the Transportation Master Plan, and other similar plans. The Comprehensive Plan covers a 20-year time horizon; however, the Preliminary CFP, 2023-2028 Financial Plan is a 6-year financial plan. It is required by the Growth Management Act and includes specific projects, cost estimates, funding sources and strategies to implement the plan.
City staff annually reviews and updates the six-year plan to ensure it can fund and implement the Comprehensive Plan's vision, showing how the City will provide governmental services at adopted levels of service standards for the existing and projected population growth in the City and Urban Growth Area. The plan must be financially balanced, with anticipated revenues meetin...
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