Resolution_PFacilitiesAgmt_City of Cle Elum

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creation, funding leverage, readiness to proceed, likelihood of success, and overall need for the project" (pg 6). ❑ Comprehensive Land Use Plan —Officially Adopted: June 2019 Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan (06/2019)- ; Cle Elum Land Use Plan (06/2019) • Project consistent with multiple goals in Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, and Chapter 10. ❑ Capital Facility Plan — Officially Adopted: Auril 2019 Cle Elum Capital Facilities Plan • Project consist with multiple Kittitas County Countywide Planning Policies as listed in Appendix A and Cle Elum goals in multiple infrastructure sections in the Cle Elum Capital Facilities Plan — Transportation Systems, Domestic Water System, Stormwater System, Sanitary Sewer System, Parks and Recreation sections. ❑ Community Action Plan (or other community-based plan) — Officially Adopted: June 2017 Cle Elum Downtown Planning — Focus on I" street Design Concepts • City Council Planning Commission Study Session and Public Forum (2017) AKA "Preferred Alternative." ❑ Six -Year Transportation Improvement Plan — Officially Adopted Cle Elum 2023-2028 Transportation Improvement Proms • This project is included in Cle Elum's 2023-2028 Transportation Improvement Program as the City's Number 1 project. ❑ Site-specific development plans; e.g., Community Master Plan — Officially Adopted: 2015 & 2018 Downtown Association Main Street Study (2015); Downtown Association Master Plan (2018) ❑ Other 4. Public Benefit: Please describe the public benefit derived from project completion. Conceptual plans and studies have been prepared for Cle Elum's downtown corridor over the past 20 years to improve traffic flow, optimize parking, and build a pedestrian -friendly environment. The latter has always been a focal point to enhance Cle Elum's tourism experience. The plans also addressed the need for improvements to stormwater facilities throughout the City. Past plans and studies continually lost momentum as the City's limited budget restricted possibilities for advancing forward without financial assistance. With procurement of grants/loans totaling $5.8 million in 6.5 years, Cle Elum residents and business owners have acknowledged the reality of the downtown revitalization coming to fruition. The rigorous planning process discussed in Question 5 included feasibility analysis of design alternatives, followed by adoption of the preferred alternative by City Council. Though the planning process did not include a market study and potential economic outcomes following completion of the revitalization, comparisons were made