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I. INTRODUCTION <br />Purpose of the Capital Facilities Plan <br />The Washington State Growth Management Act (the "GMA") outlines 13 broad goals including <br />the adequate provision of necessary public facilities and services. Schools are among these <br />necessary facilities and services. Public school districts have adopted capital facilities plans to <br />satisfy the requirements of RCW 36.70A.070 and to identify additional school facilities <br />necessary to meet the educational needs of the growing student populations anticipated in their <br />districts. <br />The Mukilteo School District (the "District") has prepared this Capital Facilities Plan (the <br />"CFP") to provide Snohomish County (the "County"), the City of Mukilteo, and the City of <br />Everett with a description of facilities needed to accommodate projected student growth. The <br />CFP includes a detailed schedule and financing program for accommodating projected student <br />enrollment at acceptable service levels over the next six years (2006 - 2011). <br />The District prepared its original CFP in 1994 based on the criteria set forth in the GMA. When <br />the County adopted its GMA Comprehensive Plan in 1995, it addressed future school capital <br />facilities plans in Appendix F of the General Policy Plan. Appendix F established the criteria for <br />future updates of the District's CFP. <br />In accordance with the Growth Management Act and the Snohomish County School Impact Fee <br />Ordinance, this CFP contains the following required elements: <br />• Future enrollment forecasts for each grade span (elementary, middle and high <br />schools). <br />• An inventory of existing capital facilities owned by the District, showing the <br />locations and capacities of the facilities. <br />• A forecast of the future needs for capital facilities and school sites. <br />• The proposed capacities of expanded or new capital facilities. <br />• A six-year plan for financing capital facilities within projected funding capacities, <br />which identifies sources of public money for such purposes. The financing plan <br />separates projects and portions of projects that add capacity from those which do not, <br />since the latter are generally not appropriate for impact fee funding. <br />• A calculation of impact fees to be assessed and support data substantiating said fees. <br />In developing this CFP, the District followed the following guidelines set forth in Appendix F of <br />the General Policy Plan: <br />• Information must be obtained from recognized sources, such as the U.S. Census <br />or the Puget Sound Regional Council. School districts may generate their own <br />