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, . . The County will evaluate whether or not these levels of service standards are being met when updates to the Comprehensive Plan are performed according to the deadlines in RCW 36.70A. 130(1 ), when urban growth areas are reviewed according to RCW 36.70A. 130(3), and facilities are inadequate, the County will consider one or more of the following strategies: • Reduce public facility demand. • Reduce level of service standards. • Increase revenue. • Reduce the cost of the needed public facilities. • Reallocate or redirect population and employment growth to make better use of existing facilities. • Phase growth or adjust the timing of development if the lack of public facilities is a short term issue. • Revise countywide population forecasts within the allowable range. The County will also evaluate if proposed development activities would reduce the levels of service of public facilities below the adopted standards. If a proposal is expected to impact a transportation facility, lowering its levels of service below the standard, then preliminary development approval shall not be granted unless improvements or strategies are made concurrent with the development that will maintain the levels of service standards. All other types of public facilities with level of service standards listed above do not have the specific concurrency requirement that transportation facilities have, but they do require the provision of adequate public facilities as a condition of project approval. 5 .2 .3 Project Criteria Other Than Levels of Service Standards Public facility improvements that are not needed for maintaining levels of service standards can be programmed if they are: • Facility repairs. • Remodel. • Renovation. • Replacement of obsolete or worn out structures. • Improvements that do not reduce financing for other improvements needed to achieve or maintain the standards for levels of service. • Improvements that do not contradict, limit or substantially change the goals and policies of any element of this Comprehensive Plan. Public facility improvements may also provide capacity in excess of what would be required to achieve or maintain levels of service standards (i.e., the minimum capacity of a capital project is larger than the capacity required to provide the level of service). Excess capacity is beneficial if it results in economies of scale making it less expensive than a comparable amount of capacity if acquired at a later date. However, these projects should be given a lower priority than projects needed to maintain levels of service standards. 5 .2.4 Analysis of Future Development The County will estimate the type and amount of public facilities needed to accommodate future growth by evaluating previously issued development permits and determining future growth patterns. Page 57 Comprehensive Plan