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EVERETT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT F. Capital Improvements Planning: which delay or deny extension of services to Capital improvements programs are plans that specific areas. In this manner, a compre- identify various expenditure needs for a hensive capital improvements program is a permanent facility or physical improvement, valuable implementation tool that can be such as a street, library or fire station, and actively used by the City to achieve the goals identify sources of funding needed to build of the comprehensive plan. these improvements. The number, type, size and timing of such facilities are based upon a G. Annexation: Annexation is the process defined level of service that the City wishes to by which unincorporated lands adjacent to the provide and maintain. Land use designations city boundary become part of the city. When are applied to an area based upon the ability of annexed to the city, land use designations and the city to pay for the facilities and services zoning districts are assigned. The main needed to maintain the desired level of service. reasons for annexation include increasing the If the city designates a particular area for a efficiency and reducing the fragmentation in type of land use without having necessary the delivery of municipal services, greater community facilities built or planned, it will control of land use and service planning within create a deficit in the service level or require a a geographically related area, collection of tax premature commitment of resources to make revenues to support services which are already up the deficit. being used by residents of an area (parks, library, etc.), and to create more logical city Capital Improvements are the one area of boundaries. By annexing, the city has more implementation where the City, rather than the direct control over the land use and service private sector, constructs physical improve- decisions and receives direct tax revenues to ments. Unlike other implementation support the services provided. programs, which are geared more toward the regulatory side of government and react to VII. MONITORING AND AMEND- development proposals, the capital im- MENT OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT. provements constructed by the city can stimulate privately initiated development by Although the Land Use Element is intended to providing infrastructure improvements neces- be a guideline for the public, elected officials, sary to support growth. The city's Capital Planning Commission, and city staff in making Facilities Plan identifies specific projects to be decisions concerning community growth and built, owned and operated by the public land use and development, it is not so rigid as sector. to be inflexible or unresponsive to changing circumstances. While changes to the Land111 The timing and extent of development can be Use Element will be required from time to related to a specific service level that, in effect, time, they should be carefully considered, will not allow development to occur at the responsive to the changing needs of the designated intensity until necessary physical community, and in the best long term interest improvements are in place. The planning and of the entire community. In order to scheduling of capital improvements can play a determine if the Land Use Element is decisive role in the development of a effectively implementing the vision of the community. Growth can be directed into community, it should be periodically reviewed 11/1 desired areas through capital improvements to determine how well it is performing. This is programming and discouraged in less desirable not to suggest that the policies of the Land areas through the selection of facility priorities Use Element be changed routinely, but that LU-66 1