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• Interpretation of concurrency and how it will be defined and applied in different areas and jurisdictions may vary considerably. • The definition and application of level-of-service standards as a measure used in determining concurrency is under discussion but has yet to be decided. • State legislative definitions of "concurrency" allow a six-year period to achieve concurrency once concurrency regulations are put in place by local jurisdiction. • Upon adoption of the planning requirements of the Growth Management Act by July 1993, it is presumed that "concurrency" will be placed into effect in the City. • Because of the size and importance of the Boeing facility to the local and state economies and because of the considerable size of the local project shares that have been put forward in the mitigation on these projects, it is expected that funding schedules can and will be adjusted to shift additional state and local monies to the mitigation package over the next three to six years. The City's existing SEPA Policy is contained in Ordinance No. 1670-89 as amended, the Interim Transportation Mitigation Ordinance (ITMO). Traffic mitigation requirements were based on the policy contained in ITMO, as applicable. Conclusions: • Under SEPA, Mitigation Requirements must be based upon policies formally adopted by the local jurisdiction as a basis for imposing mitigation. • The City is under no state or local requirement to assure or otherwise guarantee concurrency at this time, other than to consider the issue in its Decision. • The City recognizes the emergence of new requirements that will result in some presently undefined application of the concurrency concept. • The City has outlined a feasible mid to long-term (1995-1997) mitigation program that will likely require shifts in public schedules and priorities in the future if timely construction of impacts is to occur. • The Decision Document is designed to consolidate, eliminate or otherwise adjust projects or project schedules to more closely adhere to concurrency principles should it become a more pressing public policy issue in the future. • The Decision Document imposes mitigation requirements on the basis of the City's Interim Transportation Ordinance, which (together with other transportation policies) is the City's formally adopted SEPA Policy. 31