Ordinance 3454-15 with Exhibits A- C

EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CHAPTER 6 CAPITAL FACILITIES I. Introduction The State of Washington Growth Management Act of 1990 (GMA), as amended, requires that communities adopt comprehensive plans that are designed to guide the orderly development of growth over the next twenty years. Capital facilities and utilities are mandatory elements in the comprehensive plan. These facilities and utilities represent the infrastructure, or foundation, of a community and are integral to accommodating growth. They include: water, sanitary sewer and storm water, police and fire, solid waste/recycling, parks and recreation, transportation, library and public housing. The long range Capital Facilities Plan and the short range Capital Improvement Program make up the Capital Facilities Element required by GMA. Specifically, the GMA requires: • An inventory of existing capital facilities owned by public entities, showing the locations and capacities of the capital facilities; • A forecast of the future needs for such capital facilities; • The proposed locations and capacities of expanded or new capital facilities; • Inclusion of a six-year plan that will finance such capital facilities within projected funding capacities and clearly identifies sources of public money for such purposes; and • A requirement to reassess the Land Use Element if probable funding falls short of meeting existing needs. The Capital Facilities Plan contains policies and strategies for the provision of adequate public facilities and services, funding and ongoing budgeting, a selection process, and maintenance of capital facilities for economic development. The plan provides the long-range policy guidance for development of the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The plan also contains an inventory of existing and proposed capital facilities; forecasts future needs for facilities, and identifies deficiencies in capital facilities and the actions necessary to eliminate such deficiencies. The CIP contains a six-year finance plan for all capital facilities and lists sources of funding and scheduling of individual projects for all capital facilities. Utilities include private and public enterprises that supply Everett with electricity, telecommunications, cable television and natural gas services. While some of these capital facilities and utilities are provided by the City, private companies and special districts provide others. Due to their similar nature and function, the City of Everett has chosen to combine capital facilities and utilities within one element. However, the GMA addresses capital facilities and utilities independently regarding planning requirements, particularly concerning funding issues. The joint presentation of capital facilities and utilities within this document is one of usefulness to the reader and should not be construed as imposing general capital facilities planning requirements on utilities. A. Scope The scope of this plan includes land within the existing city limits and the planning area. This plan element covers all public capital facilities of the City of Everett. Some facilities that are considered CAPITAL FACILITIES ELEMENT