WAC 365-195-315   Capital facilities element.  (1) Requirements. This element shall contain at least the following features:

     (a) An inventory of existing capital facilities owned by public entities, showing the locations and capacities of the capital facilities.

     (b) A forecast of the future needs for such capital facilities.

     (c) The proposed locations and capacities of expanded or new capital facilities.

     (d) At least a six-year plan that will finance such capital facilities within projected funding capacities and clearly identifies sources of public money for such purposes.

     (e) A requirement to reassess the land use element if probable funding falls short of meeting existing needs and to ensure that the land use element, capital facilities plan element, and financing plan within the capital facilities plan element are coordinated and consistent.

     (2) Recommendations for meeting requirements. The capital facilities element should serve as a check on the practicality of achieving other elements of the plan. The following steps are recommended in preparing the capital facilities element:

     (a) Inventory of existing capital facilities showing locations and capacities, including an inventory of the extent to which existing facilities possess presently unused capacity. Capital facilities involved should include water systems, sanitary sewer systems, storm water facilities, schools, parks and recreational facilities, police and fire protection facilities.

     (b) The selection of levels of service or planning assumptions for the various facilities to apply during the planning period (twenty years or more) and which reflect community goals.

     (c) A forecast of the future needs for such capital facilities based on the levels of service or planning assumptions selected and consistent with the growth, densities and distribution of growth anticipated in the land use element.

     (d) The creation of a six-year capital facilities plan for financing capital facilities needed within that time frame. Projected funding capacities, are to be evaluated, followed by the identification of sources of public or private funds for which there is reasonable assurance of availability. The six-year plan should be updated at least biennially so that financial planning remains sufficiently ahead of the present for concurrency to be evaluated.

     (e) The needs for capital facilities should be dictated by the phasing schedule set forth in the land use element.

     (f) Provision should be made to reassess the land use element and other elements of the plan periodically in light of the evolving capital facilities plan. If the probable funding for capital facilities at any time is insufficient to meet existing needs, the land use element must be reassessed. At the same time funding possibilities and levels of service might also be reassessed. The plan should require that as a result of such reassessment, appropriate action must be taken to ensure the internal consistency of the land use and capital facilities portions of the plan. The plan should set forth how, if at all, pending applications for development will be affected while such a reassessment is being undertaken.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.190 (4)(b). 92-23-065, § 365-195-315, filed 11/17/92, effective 12/18/92.]