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Capital Improvements are the one area of implementation where the City, rather than the private sector, constructs physical improvements. Unlike other implementation programs,which are geared more toward the regulatory side of government and react to development proposals,the capital improvements constructed by the City can stimulate privately initiated development by providing infrastructure improvements necessary to support growth. The City's Capital Facilities Plan identifies specific projects to be built,owned and operated by the public sector. The timing and extent of development can be related to a specific service level that,in effect,will not allow development to occur at the designated intensity until necessary physical improvements are in place.The planning and scheduling of capital improvements can play a decisive role in the development of a community. Growth can be directed into desired areas through capital improvements programming and discouraged in le-s desirable areas through the selection of facility priorities that delay extension of services to specific areas. In this used by the City to achieve the goals of the comprehensive plan. DG-. ANNEXATION Annexation is the process by which unincorporated lands adjacent to the city boundary become part of the city. When property is annexed to the city,land use designations and zoning districts are assigned. The main reasons for annexation include increasing the efficiency and reducing the fragmentation in the delivery of municipal services, greater control of land use and service planning within a geographically related area,collection of tax revenues to support services that are already being used by residents of an area(parks, library, etc.),and to create more logical city boundaries. By annexing,the City has more direct control over land use and service decisions and receives direct tax revenues to support the services provided. VII. MONITORING THE LAND USE ELEMENT Although the Land Use Element is intended to be a guideline for the public,elected officials, Planning Commission,and City staff in making decisions concerning community growth and land use and development, it is not so rigid as to be inflexible or unresponsive to changing circumstances. While changes to the Land Use Element will be required from time to time,they should be carefully considered, responsive to the changing needs of the community,and in the best long-term interest of the entire community. In order to determine if the Land Use Element is effectively implementing the vision of the community, it should be periodically reviewed to determine how well it is performing. This is not to suggest that the policies of the Land Use Element be changed routinely, but that they are reviewed from time to time to keep the plan abreast with legal requirements, community needs, and changing circumstances. The Growth Management Act allows jurisdictions to amend comprehensive plans only once per year. The process for updating and amending the comprehensive plan is defined in Chapter i. Changes to either the policies or land use map of the Land Use Element can be made only through a public review process conducted by the Planning Commission and City Council. The Planning Commission must conduct a public hearing and make a recommendation to the City Council. The City Council has the final authority to approve or deny a request to amend either the policies or land use map of the Land Use Element. A. MONITORING In order to measure the effectiveness of the implementation measures for the Land Use Element, it is necessary to monitor the progress made toward achieving the many goals and objectives contained in the text. The City does track certain measures(dwellings, population,square feet of building space, miles of sidewalks,etc.)of development activity that can be used to determine if certain goals are being met. However,qualitative objectives are more subjective and difficult to measure. For those types of actions that can be quantified,the City should maintain an up-to-date database that can be easily updated to measure such items as land consumption, inventory of vacant land of various types(single family residential,multiple family,commercial,industrial,etc.), LAND USE ELEMENT, 2019 Amendment 59 Exhibit 1 -Page 59