City Improvement Plan
The State of Washington Growth Management Act of 1990 (GMA) requires that the City of Poulsbo develop a Comprehensive Plan that contains land use, housing, capital facilities, utilities, public facilities and transportation elements. The City Improvement Plan (CIP) is the document that communicates the Citys plan for capital construction and purchases for a six-year period as required by the GMA. Capital projects and major purchases are identified by city departments based on Council goals and priorities and level of service standards sufficient to maintain the safety and quality of life of our citizens.
2004-2009 City Improvement Plan
Capital construction projects and major purchases are divided into three categories within this report; General Purpose, Transportation and Enterprise. The General Purpose element contains projects dealing with police, parks and recreation, public buildings and improvements. The Transportation element contains projects dealing with vehicle and pedestrian transportation and, for the most part, duplicates our Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). The Enterprise element contains projects associated with the City's utilities: Water, Waste Water, Storm Water and Solid Waste.
As part of the City's Comprehensive Plan, the Capital Facilities Plan (CFP), besides being a planning tool, also places certain obligations on the City. First of all, the CFP is required to be a fully funded plan that identifies the sources of funding for all projects and expenditures. Secondly, land use decisions that rely on future infrastructure improvements to maintain level of service standards impose an obligation on the City to complete the improvements within six years of development if the improvement has concurrency requirements. In order to ensure this, the GMA requires that the project be included in the current CFP.
From the Capital Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan, the City has created the City Improvement Plan (CIP). The City Improvement Plan is a long-range study of financial wants, needs, expected revenues and policy intentions. The CIP is a process used to coordinate the Capital Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan to the annual appropriations for capital projects.
Due to the City's constrained financial position, the current City Improvement Plan identifies more projects than the City can finance, therefore, the plan is divided into funded and non-funded sections. Since this is a six-year plan, future funding may become available and projects identified as non-funded can still be completed should funding become available. This is particularly important since many sources of grant funding require projects to be included in our current CFP in order to qualify for consideration. By identifying all worthy projects, both funded and non-funded, we can position ourselves to be eligible for sources of funding that would otherwise be unavailable to us.
The CIP is incorporated into our budget process and is Section 9 of the final budget.
A copy of the preliminary budget can be obtained in the following ways:
View a copy at City Hall located 19050 Jensen Way NE, 360-779-3901
View a copy at the Poulsbo Kitsap Regional Library located at 700 NE Lincoln Street, 360-779-2915
Request a copy on CD by contacting the Finance Department by calling 360-697-2487 or by email
