Economic Element for Jefferson County杰佛县的经济因素.docVIP

CAPITAL FACILITIES PURPOSE: The purpose of the Capital Facilities Element is to identify and provide for public capital facilities. Capital facilities generally have very long useful lives and significant costs. Public capital facilities include the capital improvements and systems of each of the following: airports, animal control shelters, community centers, corrections facilities, county administrative buildings, Superior and District Courts, fire protection and emergency medical services, police and sheriff services, hospitals, libraries, parks, roads, sanitary sewer, schools, solid waste, surface water management, transit, water. Traditionally, public capital facilities strategic planning has involved developing “wish lists”. Often there were limited external legal frameworks mandating implementation, and often no accountable link to land use planning. The Growth Management Act (GMA) mandates a significantly different approach. As a result, the Capital Facilities Element identifies a fully funded sixyear capital facilities plan that supports Jefferson Countys existing and projected population and the development as identified in the Comprehensive Plan’s Land Use Element. The Capital Facilities Element contains the following components: An inventory of existing capital facilities owned by the County, and the location and capacity of these facilities. Establishment of Level of Service standards for public capital facilities based on quantifiable, objective measures of capacity. County population projections for Years 2005 ( 2010. Determination of the public capital facilities necessary to serve future population based on the adopted Level of Service standards. Projected capital costs for those public capital facilities. A plan to finance those public capital facilities. The Growth Management Act mandates that the Elements of the Comprehensive Plan should be internally consistent. Provision is made for regular assessment of the Capital Facilities Element and t