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Marysville · MAR-CP-2044 · Pages 287-320

Capital Facilities

The Capital Facilities Plan inventories existing public facilities and projects future capital needs for police, fire, parks, transportation, utilities, and municipal buildings to serve growth to 99,822 residents by 2044. It establishes level of service standards and financing strategies including impact fees, grants, and tax increment financing to ensure that capital improvements are provided concurrent with development. The CFP is required to be internally consistent with all other Comprehensive Plan elements and the City's biennial capital budget.

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“Only 1 of 14 Capital Facilities policies (7%) include a concrete, measurable commitment.” Real Record SAY vs DO analysis · Marysville Comprehensive Plan

About this analysis

Real Record applies the SAY vs DO accountability framework to every chapter of every Washington comprehensive plan we publish. Each policy in the chapter is read individually and scored into one of four buckets:

  • Measurable — the policy names a specific target, deadline, dollar amount, or action that can be verified later.
  • Strong — binding action language (“shall,” “will adopt,” “require”) without a measurable threshold.
  • Aspirational — encouraging or supportive language (“encourage,” “support,” “consider”) with no enforcement.
  • Monitor only — policies that commit to tracking or reporting but not to action.

The accountability score shown in the sidebar is the share of policies in the chapter that landed in the “Measurable” bucket. A score of 0–19 (red) indicates most policies use aspirational language without concrete accountability; 20–49 (orange) is mixed; 50 or higher (green) means the chapter is dominated by measurable commitments.

The underlying text comes from the official adopted comprehensive plan published by the Marysville planning department. Scoring is performed by Real Record analysts using a structured rubric; the raw policy text and bucket assignments are archived in the Real Record civic data warehouse.

Read the full methodology, sources, and rubric at Real Record · About.

What the Plan Promises
Formal targets adopted in the Marysville Comprehensive Plan.
$200 million Downtown/Waterfront investment over 10 years, 156th Street/I-5 interchange completion 2025-2031
Goals (3 total)
  • CF 1: Plan and finance capital facilities to support the City's land use vision and growth targets over the 2024–2044 planning period.
  • CF 2: Ensure that capital budget decisions are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and that facilities are provided concurrent with development.
  • CF 3: Pursue diverse financing strategies including impact fees, grants, bonds, and public-private partnerships to fund capital improvements.
Stronger Policy Language (8 policies in this chapter)
  • CF 1: Maintain a six-year Capital Improvement Program that is updated annually and is consistent with the goals, policies, and land use assumptions of the Comprehensive Plan.
  • CF 2: Require that capital budget decisions align with and implement the Comprehensive Plan consistent with RCW 36.70A.120.
  • CF 2: Ensure that public facilities and services are provided concurrent with development to maintain adopted levels of service.
Show all 8 stronger policies
The four examples above are a representative sample. The remaining 4 stronger policies are catalogued in the Real Record civic data warehouse and indexed by policy number against the adopted plan text. See how policies are scored →
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (5 policies in this chapter)
  • CF 3: Pursue grant funding, public-private partnerships, and other creative financing mechanisms to reduce the burden on local taxpayers for capital improvements.
  • CF 2: Encourage development in areas where existing capital facilities have capacity before requiring new infrastructure investments in undeveloped areas.
Show all 5 aspirational / monitoring policies
The four examples above are a representative sample. The remaining 1 policies in this bucket use language like “encourage,” “support,” “consider,” or “monitor” — phrasing that does not create an enforceable commitment. See how policies are scored →

SAY vs DISCUSS: Did this come up in meetings?

Real Record has not yet indexed any Marysville briefings tagged to this chapter’s topics. Browse all Marysville council and planning briefings to see related discussions in context.

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SAY vs DO: Where the Money Goes

Departments related to Capital Facilities in Marysville — what the city actually funds, year over year.

Budget analysis for this chapter is in progress. Real Record has mapped 1 Marysville department to this chapter, but the FY2006 / FY2025 line-item totals are not yet loaded into our civic data warehouse. In the meantime, browse the city-wide budget comparison on the index page.