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Strategy Goals: relates to — Goal one, Goal two, Goal three, Goal four, Goal five, and Goal <br />six. <br />• Listed as #4 of the 17 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) projects <br />identified in Kittitas and Yakima Counties combined emphasizing its "importance for: job <br />creation, funding leverage, readiness to proceed, likelihood of success, and overall need for <br />the project" (pg 6). <br />X Comprehensive Land Use Plan — Officially Adopted: June 2019 <br />Kittitas Coun Com rehensive Plan 06/2019 Cie Elum Land Use Plan 06/2019 <br />• Project consistent with multiple goals in Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter <br />6, and Chapter 10. <br />X Capital Facility Plan - Officially Adopted: April 2019 <br />Cie Elum Capital Facilities Plan <br />• Project consist with multiple Kittitas County Countywide Planning Policies as listed in <br />Appendix A and Cie Elum goals in multiple infrastructure sections in the Cie Elum Capital <br />Facilities Plan — Transportation Systems, Domestic Water System, Stormwater System, <br />Sanitary Sewer System, Parks and Recreation sections. <br />X Community Action Plan (or other community-based pian) — Officially Adopted: <br />June 2017 <br />Cle Elum Downtown Plannin — Focus on 11 street Desio Conce is <br />City Council Planning Commission Study Session and Public Forum (2017) AKA <br />"Preferred Alternative." <br />X Six -Year Transportation Improvement Plans: <br />Cie Elum 2021-2026 Transportation Improvement_Pragram <br />• This project is included in Cie Elum's 2022-2027 Transportation Improvement Program as <br />the City's Number 1 project. <br />X Site-specific development plans; e.g., Community Master Plan: <br />Downtown Association Main Street Study QW) <br />Downtown Association Master Plan /2018) <br />❑ Other <br />4. Public Benefit: <br />Please describe the public benefit derived from project completion. <br />Conceptual plans and studies have been prepared for Cie Elum's downtown corridor over the past 20 years <br />to improve traffic flow, optimize parking, and build a pedestrian -friendly environment. The latter has <br />always been a focal point to enhance Cle Elum's tourism experience. The plans also addressed the need <br />for improvements to stormwater facilities throughout the City. Past plans and studies continually lost <br />momentum as the City's limited budget restricted possibilities for advancing forward without financial <br />assistance. <br />With procurement of grants/loans totaling $3.5 million in 3.5 years, Cie Elum residents and business <br />owners have acknowledged the reality of the downtown revitalization coming to fruition. The rigorous <br />planning process discussed in question 5 included feasibility analysis of design alternatives, followed by <br />adoption of the preferred alternative by City Council. Though the planning process did not include a market <br />7 <br />