2013/12/18 Council Agenda Packet

8 Identify transportation programs and strategies for security and emergency responses. Identify how the plan meets complete street provisions. Ensure mobility of people with special needs. Update and modify other policies as needed to implement the plan. 5. Capital Facilities and Utilities Element. The City is in the process of updating the Sewer and Water Comprehensive Plans. The Sewer Comprehensive Plan is nearly complete and the Water Comprehensive Plan update is expected to be completed in June 2014. Both plans are based on population and employment forecasts from PSRC that are different from the proposed alternativess. They estimate a 2035 population of 135,832 within the existing City limits,which is between Alternatives 2 and 3. They estimate 2035 employment of 126,412 within the existing City limits,which is lower than all of the proposed alternatives (pages 1 and 2 of this audit). Because high water demand is based on fire flow requirements versus usage by residents and employees,the Water Comprehensive Plan should be consistent with any of the alternatives. However,higher population and employment targets in the proposed alternatives will result in additional impacts to the sewer system, especially the Water Pollution Control Facility(WPCF). The Sewer Plan update that is almost completed identifies the need for a new Trickling Filter#4. The 10-Year Comprehensive Plan Update will address when that improvement will be needed for each alternative (2023-2027 for the highest growth Alternative 1, 2034-2046 for the lowest growth Alternative 3). Additional improvements to the WPCF have not been designed, so cannot be specifically addressed in the update. The next Sewer Comprehensive Plan Update in 2019 will address the higher population and employment targets if they are adopted by City Council. The City is also in the process of updating the Surfacewater Comprehensive Plan. Information from these updates will be incorporated into the Comprehensive Plan Update. • • Update inventories and future needs of other capital facilities and utilities, such as public facilities, schools, gas, electricity,telecommunications,and hospitals. Coordinate with other providers, including school districts,hospitals and the Port of Everett to update their summaries. Update 6year plans for 6 years after 2015—2020 or 2021. Review OFM's list of essential state public facilities that are required or likely to be built within the next six years and address if appropriate. 5 Demographic data was obtained from the"Puget Sound Regional Council,2003 Sub-County(Small Area) Forecasts of Population and Employment,Central Puget Sound Region." 4�2