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Capital Facmties <br />g. Facilities not described in Policies a through f, above, but which the County is <br />obligated to complete, provided that such obligation is evidenced by a written <br />agreement the County execut.ed prior to the adoption of this Comprehensive Plan. <br />GPO 5.4 All facilities scheduled for construction or improvement in accordance with this Policy <br />shall be evaluated to identify any plans of State or local governments or districts that affect, or <br />will be affected by, the proposed County capital improvement <br />GPO S.S Project evaluation may also involve additional criteria that are unique to each type of <br />public facility, as described in other elements of this Comprehensive Plan. <br />GPO 5.6 Kittitas County shall consider recreation needs and the services, which the County is <br />able to provide from the countywide recreation plan and in coordination with other agencies and <br />jurisdictions within Kittitas County. Recreation opportunities and facilities include, but are not <br />limited to parks, trails, river access, public lands access, campgrounds and picnic facilities. <br />GPO 5.7 Kittitas County shall consider the applicable adopt.eel city's comprehensive plan for <br />capital facilities and its relation to the identified Urban Growth Areas. <br />GPO 5.8 Provide needed public facilities that are within the ability of the County to ftmd the <br />facilities, or within the County's authority to require others to provide the facilities. <br />GPO 5.9 Financial Responsibility. Existing and future development shall both pay for the costs of <br />needed capital improvements. <br />GPO 5.10 Existing development. <br />a. Existing development may be required to pay for the capital improvements that reduce or <br />eliminate existing deficiencies, some or all of the replacement of obsolete or worn out <br />facilities, and may pay a portion of the cost of capital improvements needed by future <br />development <br />b. Existing development's payments may take the fonn of user fees, charges for services, <br />special assessments and taxes. <br />GPO 5.11 Future development: <br />a. Future development shall be required to pay its fair share of the capital improvements <br />needed to address the impact of such development, and may pay a portion of the cost of <br />the replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities. Upon completion of construction, <br />"future" development becomes Rexisting" development, and shall contribute to paying the <br />costs of the replacement of obsolete or worn out facilities. <br />b. Future development's payments may take the form of, but are not limited to, voluntmy <br />contributions for the benefit of any public facility, impact fees, mitigation payments, <br />capacity fees, dedications of land, provision of public facilities, and future payments of <br />user fees, charges for services, special assessments and taxes. Future development shall <br />not pay fees for the portion of any public facility that reduces or eliminates existing <br />deficiencies. <br />GPO 5.12 Existing and future development may both have part of their costs paid by grants, <br />entitlements or public facilities from other levels of government and independent districts. <br />GPO 5.13 Financing Policies. Capital improvements shall be financed, and debt shall be managed <br />as follows: <br />Kittitas County <br />Comprehensive Plan 5-10 <br />December 2016