Capital
Facilities Plan
The
Washington State Growth Management Act requires that the Comprehensive
Plan include a Capital Facilities Plan element. Skagit County revises
its Capital Facilities Plan each year to update its capital facilities
inventory and six-year financing plan.
Current 2025 Plan Draft
Capital Facilities Plan and Transportation Improvement Plan Update
Impact Fees
Impact fees are a type of one-time charge developers pay to help finance their proportionate share of the cost of the roads, parks, schools and other facilities necessary to serve their new developments. Impact fees are usually due at the time a building permit is issued. The funds collected cannot be used for operation, maintenance, repair, alteration, or replacement of existing capital facilities and cannot just be added to general revenue. The amount of the fee must be clearly linked to the added service cost, not some arbitrary amount.
Skagit County has adopted the impact fees of several school districts and cities and collects them within the unincorporated portions of those school districts and urban growth areas:
Interlocal Agreements for Collection of Impact Fees
Adopted Capital Facilities Plans
- 2024 – 2029 (adopted by Ordinance O20230006 on December 12, 2022)
- 2023 – 2028 (adopted by Ordinance 020220014 on December 12, 2022)
- 2022 – 2027 (adopted by Ordinance O20210007 on December 13, 2021)
- 2021 – 2026 (adopted by Ordinance O20200004 on December 15, 2020)
- 2020 – 2025 (adopted by Ordinance O20190007 on December 2, 2019)
- 2019 – 2024 (adopted by Ordinance O20180011 on December 3, 2018)
- 2018 – 2023 (adopted by Ordinance O20170008 on December 4, 2017)
- 2017-2022 (adopted by Ordinance O20160010 on December 19, 2016)
- 2016-2021 (adopted by Ordinance O20150010 on December 28, 2015)
- 2015-2020 (adopted by Ordinance O20140007 on December 8, 2014; updated by O20150002 on April 14, 2015)
- 2014-2019 (adopted by Ordinance O20130006 on December 10, 2013)
- 2012-2017 (adopted by Ordinance O20110011 on December 13, 2011)
(Draft | DNS)
- 2011-2016 (adopted by Ordinance O20110003 on January 18, 2011)
- 2008-2013 (adopted by Ordinance O20070012 on December 17, 2007)
Historical Plan Drafts
2024 Plan Drafts
2023 to 2028 CFP and TIP Updates
- November 22, 2022, Planning Commission Recorded Motion
- Friends of Skagit County comments on 2023-2028 CFP Draft
- October 25, 2022, CFP Update Introduction Planning Commission Slides
- October 25, 2022, TIP Update Introduction Planning Commission Slides
- DRAFT 2023-2028 Capital Facilities Plan Redline
- October 20, 2022 CFP Staff Report
- October 20, 2022 Notice of Availability for Public Comment, Public Hearing, and SEPA Threshold Determination
- October 20, 2022 CFP SEPA Determination of Non-Significance
- DRAFT 2023-2028 Transportation Improvement Plan
2022 to 2027 CFP and TIP Updates
2021 to 2026 CFP and TIP Updates
Plan Drafts: 2020 to 2025 CFP and TIP Updates
Plan Drafts: 2019 to 2024 CFP and TIP Updates
- Transcript of BoCC Deliberations / Adoption of the 2019 – 2024 Capital Facilities Plan (December 5, 2018)
- Planning Commission Meeting Minutes (November 27, 2018)
- Staff Report in Advance of the Board of County Commissioners Deliberations/Potential Adoption of Proposed Updates to the 2019-2024 CFP/TIP (includes redlined CFP, TIP, and updates to the Schedule of Impact Fees) (November 29, 2018)
- Public Comment received concerning the proposed annual updates to the 2019-2024 CFP/TIP (November 27, 2018)
- Planning Commission Meeting Minutes (November 20, 2018)
- Notice of Availability, Public Hearing, How to Comment, and SEPA Threshold Determination (October 30, 2018)
- Staff Report in Advance of the November 20, 2018 Planning Commission Public Hearing (October 30, 2018)
- Draft Capital Facilities Plan 2019-2024
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2019-2024
Plan Drafts: 2018-2023 CFP and TIP Updates
- Planning Commission Recorded Motion (October 3, 2017)
- Staff Report: Board of County Commissioners Public Hearing for updates to the 2018-2023 Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) and Transportation Improvement Program (includes redlined CFP, TIP, and updates to the Impact Fee Schedule) (November 20, 2017)
- Partial Transcript – Public Hearing Only (September 19, 2017)
- Supplemental Staff Report and Summary of Public Comments (September 27, 2017)
- Draft Capital Facilities Plan 2018 – 2023 (August 31, 2017)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Plan 2018 – 2023 (August 31, 2017)
- Staff Report (August 31, 2017)
- Notice of Availability, Public Hearing, How to Comment, and SEPA Threshold Determination (August 31, 2017)
Plan Drafts: 2017-2022
- Planning Commission Recorded Motion (October 19, 2016)
- Supplemental Staff Report (October 11, 2016)
- Public Comments (September 26, 2016)
- Transcript: Planning Commission Public Hearing (September 20, 2016)
- Notice of Availability, Public Hearing, and How to Comment (September 2, 2016)
- Staff Report (September 12, 2016)
- Draft Capital Facilities Plan 2017-2022 | track changes version (September 2, 2016)
- Summary of Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2017-2022 (October 10, 2016)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2017-2022 (October 25, 2016)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2017-2022 (October 10, 2016)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2017-2022 (September 14, 2016)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2017-2022 (September 1, 2016)
Plan Drafts: 2016-2021
- Planning Commission Recorded Motion (October 20, 2015)
- Supplemental Staff Report (October 13, 2015)
- Public Comments (October 8, 2015)
- Staff report (September 22, 2015)
- Notice of Availability, Public Hearing, and How to Comment (September 17, 2015)
- Draft Capital Facilities Plan 2016-2021 | Track Changes (September 17, 2015)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2016-2021 (September 2, 2015)
- Draft Transportation Improvement Program 2016-2021 (September 22, 2015)
- Draft changes to SCC 14.30 Public Facilities Impact Fees (September 17, 2015)
- Draft Impact Fee Schedule (September 17, 2015)
2015Q1 CFP Update Proposal
Plan Drafts: 2015-2020
Plan Drafts: 2014-2019
Resources
County Roads Concurrency Assessment
The County Engineer is required by SCC 14.28.110 to produce a concurrency report for County roads by July 1 of each year.
City/Town CFPs
Anacortes
Burlington
Mount Vernon
Sedro-Woolley
Concrete
La Conner
School
District CFPs
Sewer
District Comprehensive Plans
Skagit
Regional Airport
Transportation
Improvement Program ("TIP")
The TIP, prepared by Public Works, is incorporated into the
CFP by reference. You can find the current six-year TIP, as well
as older editions, on the Public
Works transportation programs webpage.
Water
System Plans
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