City of Mill Creek - Draft 2009-2015 Capital Facilities Plan

 The City of Mill Creek will hold a Public Hearing on the 2009-2015 Capital Facilities Plan on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of City Hall at 15728 Main Street.  The 2009-2015 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) is a seven year outline of the capital projects the City plans to undertake during that time period.  It is revised and updated every other year to coincide with the City’s biennial budget process. The first two years of the CFP provide the capital expenditure framework for the biennial budget.  As a planning document the CFP is intended to only provide a rough outline of the projects, their time schedule, approximate budget, and funding sources.  It does not provide much detail on the specifics of each project.  The detail is developed when each project moves from the planning stage to the design process.

As required by City Council Resolution No. 96‑222, the CFP is drafted by a committee composed of three Council Members, two Planning Commissioners, the Finance Director, and the City Manager.  The draft prepared by the Committee is then reviewed by the City Council before receiving public comments at a public hearing.  This year the CFP Committee met six times in May and June to review and prioritize 65 proposed projects.  The $38.5 million cost of the proposed projects exceeded the anticipated revenues, so some proposals were not included in the draft CFP.  However, since the CFP process is undertaken every other year, all projects not included in this cycle have the opportunity to be submitted again for inclusion in the next CFP.

The information on this website includes a brief summary of each project and a table that shows anticipated expenditures for each project by year and the general source of funds for each project.  There are eight categories of funding listed:

1. The General Fund, which includes a variety of revenues sources, with the largest being property and sales taxes.
2. Real Estate Excise Tax (REET), the tax paid when real property is sold.
3. Mitigation Fees, which in Mill Creek are fees collected for park and transportation improvements at the time of final plat approval or issuance of a building permit for a binding site plan.
4. Public Works Trust Fund (PWTF) Loans, which are low interest loans for certain eligible public works projects issued by the state.
5. Bonds, which can include both voter approved and council issued bonds.
6. Grants from various state and federal agencies.
7. Development Contributions, which represent money a development must contribute to a specific project based on a number of factors, but most generally the need for the improvement for the development to have sufficient infrastructure to meet the adopted standards or levels of service.
8. Utility Fees, which for Mill Creek is the Surface Water Utility fee that is assessed once a year.

Text Summary of the CFP Projects
Table that Includes the Schedule and Funding Sources

A full copy of the CFP which includes more detailed financial information is available for review at City Hall, 15728 Main Street.  Questions or comments on the proposed CFP can be directed to Tom Gathmann, Public Works Director, at tomg@cityofmillcreek.com.