Presentations to Growth Management Policy Board
and Regional Staff Committee

June 2009

Infrastructure Funding — Legislative Update: Details new infrastructure legislation, budget impacts to state infrastructure programs, and some infrastructure bills that did not pass this session. Given the close relation to growth management planning and municipal finance, lists some non-infrastructure legislation in the areas of land use, environment, and transportation.

March 2009

Overview of CTED Infrastructure Efforts: Covers results of GMA Effectiveness Study/Infrastructure findings, current work of a CTED/PWB/CERB workgroup, and preview of proposal to restructure CTED into a Department of Commerce.

February 2009

Public Infrastructure Funding Project Status Report: Details funding sources, overall funding issues, summarizes statewide reports and studies, and provides list of 2009 legislative proposals that address infrastructure issues.

Public Infrastructure Funding Project Status Report. Part II: Resources & Report Summaries: Provides a list of resources, summarizes state law and Hearings Board case law, and provides a summary of each of the highlighted statewide reports and studies.

Reports and Studies

Infrastructure Assistance Programs Review & Implementation Plan – OFM
Meeting the Growth Management Challenge: The Washington State Growth Management Act Effectiveness Report & Appendices – CTED
Washington’s Invisible Backbone: Infrastructure Systems in Washington’s Cities and Towns – AWC
Study Committee on Public Infrastructure Programs and Funding Structures- Final Report – JLSC
County Financial Health and Governance Alternatives Study – CTED
Inventory of State Infrastructure Programs – JLARC
Local Government Infrastructure Study – Realtors
Infrastructure in Washington and Washington’s Infrastructure Needs Policy Briefs – WRC
Inventory and Evaluation of the State’s Public Infrastructure Programs and Funds
- Final Report – OFM
Local Government Infrastructure Study – PWB