Key Commitments
$200 million Downtown/Waterfront investment over 10 years, 156th Street/I-5 interchange completion 2025-2031
Goals
(3 total)
- CF 1: Plan and finance capital facilities to support the City's land use vision and growth targets over the 2024–2044 planning period.
- CF 2: Ensure that capital budget decisions are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and that facilities are provided concurrent with development.
- CF 3: Pursue diverse financing strategies including impact fees, grants, bonds, and public-private partnerships to fund capital improvements.
Stronger Policy Language (8 policies)
- CF 1: Maintain a six-year Capital Improvement Program that is updated annually and is consistent with the goals, policies, and land use assumptions of the Comprehensive Plan.
- CF 2: Require that capital budget decisions align with and implement the Comprehensive Plan consistent with RCW 36.70A.120.
- CF 2: Ensure that public facilities and services are provided concurrent with development to maintain adopted levels of service.
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (5 policies)
- CF 3: Pursue grant funding, public-private partnerships, and other creative financing mechanisms to reduce the burden on local taxpayers for capital improvements.
- CF 2: Encourage development in areas where existing capital facilities have capacity before requiring new infrastructure investments in undeveloped areas.