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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Objective 6.1.1 Capital facilities in the city of Everett shall be provided to maintain existing services and to accommodate the projected growth over the next twenty years in a timely and efficient manner. Policy 6.1.1 The Capital Facilities and Utilities Element of the City's Comprehensive Plan shall be the guiding mechanism to implement the GMA through the programming of public facilities and services. City Council will determine an adequate level of service when they adopt the annual budget. Policy 6.1.2 Inventories, locations and levels of service shall be monitored as a part of GMA planning. The capital budget of the City shall include a six-year funding plan. That plan, when adopted by the City Council, shall represent the official expression of capital funding for locally provided facilities. Policy 6.1.3 Concurrency shall be required of those facilities that are mandated by the GMA for funding purposes (transportation, water and sewer). A six-year capital-funding plan shall be developed to cover other city facilities that are not subject to GMA concurrency requirements. The City will work with the purveyors of other services to assure the provision of facilities and services in an appropriate and timely manner. (a) Adequate transportation, water and sewer facilities are considered necessary to all development by the State of Washington; therefore these facilities must be concurrent with development. (b) The ability to provide adequate police, fire and emergency medical services,parks library services and City administration facilities is necessary for orderly development to occur. Facilities in this category are subject to local adequacy standards. The City shall have capital budgets that provide funding for these services. (c) Other purveyors of public services provide an important component to the desired quality of life in Everett. These facilities and services are categorized as "Facilities and Services Controlled by Others" (e.g., schools, solid waste disposal/recycling services). Since most of these facilities are outside of the City's direct control,the City will work with those purveyors to provide necessary facilities and services. Policy 6.1.4 Encourage land use, economic development and housing policies that co-locate jobs and housing to optimize use of existing and planned capital facilities, including transportation systems. Policy 6.1.5 The City of Everett will annually monitor and make adjustments as needed to the Capital Facilities and Utilities standards and approach based on growth rates, Comprehensive Plan amendments, and financing for projects. CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT 5