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Resolution No. 2009-204
ON t�
FRANKLIN COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
1883 13RAD PECK ROBERT E.Kocn RICK MILLER
DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3
Fred H.Bowen Patricia L.Shults Rosie H.Rumsey
County Administrator Executive Secretary Human Resources Director
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2009-204
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,FRANKLIN COUNTY,WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY PLANNING
RE: ADOPTION OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PLAN AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NUMBERS 1999-399, 2004-284, AND
2006-250
WHEREAS,the Franklin County Board of Commissioners reviewed the proposed changes to the
Franklin County Economic Development Plan and recommended gp roval; and
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Economic Development Plan was originally adopted in 1999,
with its first amendment occurring in 2004; and
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Economic Development Plan received a major update of all
sections in 2006, and the 1999 Plan, along with the 2004 update, were inadvertently left intact
and not rescinded; and
WHEREAS, the public use and interest will be served by adoption of the proposed Economic
Development Plan; and
WHEREAS, upon adoption of said Plan, it is necessary to rescind Resolution Numbers 1999-
399,2004-284, and Resolution 2006-250; and
WHEREAS,a public hearing was held June 3, 2009, to take testimony for and against amending
the Economic Development Plan;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Franklin County Board of Commissioners
hereby approves the Franklin County Economic Development Plan in accordance with the
provisions of R.C.W. 36.01.085 and R.C.W. 82.14.3' 0 and authorizes rescinding Resolution
Numbers 1999-399,2004-284,and 2006-250.
APPROVED this 3rd day of June 2009.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FRANKLIN COUNTY,WASHINGTON
Rick Miller, Chair
Attest: Robert E.Koch, Chair Pro Tern
Clerk to the Board Brad Peck,Member
Originals: Auditor-Planning-Commissioners
1016 North 41b Avenue,Pasco,Washington 99301-3706 1 Phone(509)545-3535 1 Fax(509)545-3573 1 web site www-co.franklin.wa.us
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section: Page.
1. Introduction 2
2. Purpose of the Economic Development Plan 3
3. Vision for Economic Development 4
4. Current Economic Standing 5
General Description of Area 5
Economic Development 6
Population, Income and Housing 12
Resource Lands 23
Community Facilities 30
Public Facilities 35
Transportation & Circulation 39
Energy Related Enterprises 53
Agricultural Related Enterprises 53
5. County's Economic Expansion Strengths and Weaknesses 56
6. Critical Development Issues Facing Franklin County 58
7. Approaches for Sustainable Economic Development 60
8. Economic Development Policies and Objectives 62
9. Public Facility Projects—Rural Distressed Counties 66
Appendix:
Franklin County Future Comprehensive Land Use Map
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INTRODUCTION
SECTION ONE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION ONE
INTRODUCTION
In 2005 and again in 2008, Franklin County adopted an economic development
policy that "encourages development consistent with adopted comprehensive
plans. Promote economic opportunity for all residents of the County, especially for
unemployed and for disadvantaged persons and encourage growth in areas
experiencing insufficient economic growth".
This policy was originally implemented with the adoption of the 2005 Franklin
County Comprehensive Plan and again in 2008 with an update to the
comprehensive plan — in addition to other previously adopted county-wide
economic development policies. This Franklin County Economic Development
Plan has been developed to further implement this policy.
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PURPOSE OF PLAN
SECTION TWO
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION TWO
PURPOSE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN
This economic development plan discusses the County's long-range visions,
current economic standing or conditions, critical development and expansion
issues, and the approaches necessary to achieve sustainable economic development
in Franklin County.
In addition the plan is a mechanism to discuss economic growth issues and the
creation of new employment opportunities as they relate to the County's planned
public facility projects.
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VISION FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SECTION THREE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION THREE
VISION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The adopted Franklin County Comprehensive Plan identifies the types of
development and the locations for proposed development areas within the County.
The County's Future Land Use Map designates these areas and provides the
County's current vision for development over the next twenty years. The
development areas include but are not limited to the County's Urban Areas, Rural
Residential Areas, Agricultural lands and Agri-business, Rural Commercial
Development areas, Rural Settlement areas, and Industrial siting areas.
Franklin County encourages countywide economic growth through the alliance of
government, industry, business, labor and other interests. A consensus based
approach to economic growth will assist in diversifying the County's economic
base, create new employment opportunities, promote tourism (including the multi-
use Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center (TRAC) Facility and associated
support infrastructure such as hotels, retail services, sport fields, and RV parks)
and assist in encouraging the expansion of small businesses. This will assist in
developing and maintaining sustainable economic development consistent with the
designated development areas and the County's long-range goals and policies.
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O VER VIE W OF ECONOMIC
STANDING
SECTION FOUR
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION FOUR
THE CURRENT ECONOMIC STANDING OF
FRANKLIN COUNTYAND SURROUNDING REGION(MSA)
Understanding the current economic situation for an individual county includes an
examination into the surrounding region. In the case of Franklin County a
comparison and assessment of the County's incorporated cities and towns, and the
encompassing Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) need to be taken into
consideration. Together, this regional data serves as a valuable tool in gaining a
holistic view of Franklin County's current economic standing.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA
Geographical Characteristics:
Washington State is located on the northeasterly edge of the Pacific Rim, on the
North American Continent, within the Pacific Northwest region of the United
States of America. British Columbia, Canada borders Washington State on the
north, Idaho State on the east, Oregon State on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on
the west.
Washington is known as the Evergreen State, and is viewed by many as a land of
forests and frequent rains. Franklin County, however, is located in the south central
portion of Washington, which averages only seven to eight inches of precipitation
per year in the lower elevations and ten inches or.more for the higher elevations.
Ample sunshine is an attractive feature of the region. Approximately seventy-
percent of the precipitation comes in the six-month period from November through
April.
Three major rivers dominate the geography of Franklin County: the Columbia,
Snake and Palouse. The cities of Pasco, Connell, Mesa and Kahlotus are located
within Franklin County. The rivers provide a sharp contrast to the warm, dry
surrounding Iandscape, the majority of which is either under irrigation or dry-land
cultivation. The rivers give the region its most enduring character, providing
abundant water for both irrigation and energy, a major transportation intersection
(water, rail, air, and road), and a major recreational resource.
Franklin County occupies a total of 1,244 square miles. Its county seat is at Pasco.
Franklin County is located in the south central portion of Washington State. The
northern border abuts Grant and Adams counties; the western border adjoins
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Benton County; the eastern side faces Whitman, and Walla Walla Counties; and
the southern border is where the Snake and the Columbia Rivers meet.
Elevations range from about 300 feet above sea level at the lower points to over
3,000 feet in the higher points. The terrain is generally basin and valley bottomland
interspersed with upland plateaus.
The climate of the region is described as mild and dry. Throughout the year the
region averages 280 days of sunshine. During the summer the maximum
temperatures exceed 90°F on about half of the days in July and August. The
average night temperature in July and August is 59°F. In the winter the daily
maximum temperatures average 40.5°F in January and 48.8°F in February. The
daily minimums average 24.5°F in January and 30.1°F in February. The average
yearly temperature is 55°F. The growing season in the region varies from 152 to
194 frost-free days. The northerly latitude of our area means long hours of daylight
and an abundance of sunshine during the growing season.
Demographic Characteristics:
The Richland-Kennewick-Pasco Metropolitan Statistical Area includes both
Benton and Franklin Counties, and their total populations. It is also referred to as
the Tri-Cities MSA.
The Richland, Kennewick, Pasco, urban area is central within the Pacific
Northwest and is located approximately 200 miles southeast of Seattle, 200 miles
northeast of Portland, Oregon, 130 miles southwest of Spokane, and 300 miles
northwest of Boise, Idaho.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Franklin County is included in the Richland, Kennewick-Pasco Metropolitan
Statistical Area designated by the U.S. Census Bureau and referenced in this
document as the Tri-Cities MSA. Although, the economies of the bi-county area
and region each contribute to the vitality of the Tri-Cities MSA and Franklin
County, for the purposes of this analysis and because the land use discussed in the
comprehensive plan is primarily unincorporated Franklin County, this section will
focus on the rural economy of Franklin County.
Agriculture
Air, water and land are important economic resources for Franklin County. Since
before statehood, fertile soils, available irrigation water, sunny skies and long
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summer daylight hours have made agriculture a cornerstone for economic
development.
Franklin County lies within the Columbia Basin, one of the Northwest's most
productive agricultural regions. According to the Agricultural Censuses taken
every five years by the Washington Agricultural Statistics Service, in Franklin
County there were 943 farms in 2002 and 848 farms in 1997, an increase of 9
percent. However, the land area in farming varied as much as 19 percent annually
between 1982 and 2002. The average size of a farm was 739 acres in 1987 and 705
acres in 2002.
Table 1—Natural Resources—Agriculture
I Franklin ('uunl}
i 1_9'82 -- 1987 19'`12 _1997_ 2002
Numt�er��f l u��t�� 856 894 857 848 943
Land in I•smis 632,519 660,813 670,1 563,71 664,87
_ 49 6 5
Avenrgr tiro of I"ams _f 739 782 665 705
Farms%vilh irrigated land '1 727 736 715 725 744
Irrigated Acres 189,236 193,960 214,7 221,14 340,24
48 5 4
Market Value «t Products 151,138 176,358 238,5 332,93 350,48
($1.000) 28 5 3
Aterageiflirm Dollars 176,563 197,269 279,4 392,61 371,66
�.�.� 96 2 1 8
Censuses of Agriculture-National Agricultural Statistics Service
In 2002 the general crop type in farms was 71 percent Cropland, 25 percent Pasture
and 4 percent Other Uses.
The market value of production additionally increased from $346,805,000 in 1997
to $350,483,000 in 2002, an increase of 11 percent. The market value of
agricultural products sold in 2002 was $350,483,000 including crops at
$297,450,000 and livestock, poultry, and their products at $53,033,000. The
market value of production average per farm was up 15 percent from $322,610 in
1997 to $371,688 in 2002. Government payments additionally increased 71 percent
from $5,488,000 in 1997 to $9,369,000 in 2002. The average farm receiving
government payments noted an increase of 59 percent from $15,076 in 1997 to
$23,961 in 2002.
The most recent crop production data available from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture for Franklin County is described in the following table.
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Table 2-Crop Production-Franklin County
('fops Acres OdYACre Prodflutio'l ' Runk
Harvested - _f
1997 2002_ 1 Q97 ; 21)1)2_ 1 J
_997 2002 97 I
- -,---- - - -
Wirftr, 1 101,00 59,605 61.7 44.6 6,230,000 2,659,824 8
� Bu ' 0
1�beat, �nxinr_ 17,300 1 13,632 69.6 71.3 1,204,000 971,495 8
' 1311
Witcat. Ail � � � 118,30 73,237 63.7 49.6 7,407,000 3,631,315 8
_ 0
l3:artey. l3u 1 2,500 - 60.0 - 150,000 - 12
Corn rc+r Gra ;. � 11,400 9,221 217. 180. 2,478,000 1,667,109 3
131 __ q 8
SiIag, t`-ona, j 2,200 1,780 30.9 26.2 68,000 46,716 5
Tons _ 1 5
I'Otat yes, C%,L T� 38,000 41,442 570 545. 21,678,00 22,619,18 2
8 0 4
1)n li� ns.t:ur 2,700 2,391 23.7 22.6 64,000 54,059 3
0
11 V. AH91174, 53,400 96,803 8.0 6.8 427,200 657,868 2
'ions
5,500 - 4.0 22,000 - 8
1 lay. All, 'Tons 58,900 103,90 7.6 6.6 449,200 686,223 2
1
,1�s�araus�Cv�r 11,600 7,482 36.2 - 420,000 - 1
2,500 2,085 - - - - 3
S��cc t C c►r:}, 13,400 17,697 - - - 3
Proe. _
Grecri Pca:. t � t 588 1,044 - - - - -
i�ty Onion=. 4,400 1,494 525 - 2,310,000 - 1
Agricultural Demand 2000-2020
Although the population of the Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow from 2.6
billion in 2000 to 3.0 billion in 2020, this rate is slower than the rest of the world.
Asia-Pacific's share of the world population will decline from 43 percent in 2000
to 40 percent in 2020, as countries in Africa and the Middle East grow faster. Since
the 1960's, global population growth, including the Asia-Pacific region, has
slowed, marking a shift from the geometric growth rates of previous decades.
Currently, the number of people is declining. The world population is projected to
level off at about 9-10 billion after 2050, with the Asia-Pacific region leveling off
at about 3 billion before declining in the 2040's.
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The population of the Asia-Pacific region is projected to rise by more than 400
million people by 2020, a 16 percent increase over 2000. Although economic
growth and prices are closely monitored drivers of food demand, demographic
changes (urbanization, growth in populations, and changes in the age structure of
populations), will likely have more profound long-term implications for the
region's food system.
Population growth throughout the region will not be evenly distributed. By 2020,
the largest absolute increase will occur in China (160 million), followed by
Indonesia (60 million) and the United States (50 million). In contrast, the Russian
Federation's population has began declining, and by 2007 Japan's population will
begin to decline. China's population is expected to decline around 2030, following
the population declines of Korea in 2027 and Taiwan in 2029. The United States,
surprisingly, will grow faster than some developing economies after 2020 due to
immigration and the high fertility of recent immigrants.
Population growth will undoubtedly challenge the food system, although not
equally across the region due to different rates and distribution of growth. Japan's
declining and aging population, for example, implies lower food demand in this
affluent nation, a leading importer of food and agricultural products. Russia's
declining population, when combined with its social and economic restructuring,
could recast the nation as a supplier in international food markets. More rapid
population and income growth in developing and middle-income economies will
increase their influence in the Pacific food system, altering production,
consumption, and trade patterns.
Between 2000 and 2020, average life expectancy in the Asia-Pacific region is
expected to rise from 72 to 77 years, and the median age from 30 to 36 years. The
population 65 and older will increase from 200 million in 2000 to 370 million in
2020. Virtually all the economies in the region have shifted from high to low birth
and death rates, leading to a projected 8 percent decline in the number of young
people from 2000 to 2020, a modest 17 percent rise in the number of working age
people, and a very rapid rise (almost 80 percent) in the number of older people.
The aging of the region's population will slowly lead to lower per capita food
consumption and a shift in the consumption of food demand. Changes in the
composition of food demand are likely to include more fresh fruits and vegetables,
less red meat, and less eating out. These changes will directly affect producers,
processors, retailers, and food service establishments.
The USDA Baseline 10-year projections through 2013 for agriculture, assume
continuation of current farm law as well as specific conditions for the economy,
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the weather and global situation. The baseline covers commodities, trade, and
aggregate indicators such as farm income and food prices. The 10-year projections
call for stronger domestic and international growth through 2013, following the
economic slowdown of 2001 through early 2003, providing a favorable demand
setting for the U.S. agricultural sector. Improving economic growth, particularly in
developing countries, provides a foundation for gains in global consumption and
trade, U.S. agricultural exports, and farm commodity prices. Domestic demand
also increases for meat, feeds, horticultural products, corn used in ethanol
production, and food use of rice. As a result, market prices and cash receipts will
rise, which help to improve the financial condition of the U.S. agricultural sector.
Consumer food prices are projected to continue a long-term trend of rising less
than the general inflation rate. The trend in consumer food expenditures towards a
larger share for meals eaten away from home is expected to continue.
The U.S consumption of food commodities is projected to rise through 2020,
mainly due to the increase of 50 million additional consumers in the Nation. The
total consumption of all the commodities studied is predicted to rise during the
period 2000-2020, mainly due to the projected population increase. But, the per
capita consumption of many commodities is predicted to fall. The results suggest
that fruits will lead all commodities in term of growth in both total and per capita
consumption. Certain vegetables, such as lettuce and tomatoes, are predicted to
grow substantially, while per capita potato consumption (fried and other) is
predicted to decline, retarding the growth in total U.S. potato consumption. The
increase in meat, poultry, and fish consumption varies. Per capita fish and poultry
consumption is predicted to rise while per capita consumption of beef, pork and
other meat is predicted to fall. Per capita consumption of milk and cheese is
predicted to fall, while per capita consumption of yogurt and eggs is predicted to
rise. The consumption of nuts and seeds and grains is also predicted to rise over the
next two decades.
Assumptions
Improved U.S. and global economic provides a favorable demand setting for field
crops, supporting longer run increases in consumption, trade, and prices. However
a relatively strong U.S. dollar, despite declines from a recent peak, and certain
foreign trade competition will constrain U.S. exports for some crops.
It is assumed the provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 giving farmers almost complete flexibility in deciding which crops to plant,
marketing assistance loans are continued, and the Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) will be continued.
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Projected planting for the eight major field crops in the U.S. will remain relatively
stable through 2013. Domestic corn use is strong in the initial years and continues
growing throughout the period. Global economic recovery underlies long-run
growth in U.S. corn exports.
Demand in the U.S. wheat sector grows slowly, with steady domestic food-use
gains, relatively large feed use, and moderate long-term increase in exports.
Exports continue to be crucial to the success of the U.S. Horticultural sector,
averaging about 21 percent of production value during this period. However, the
U.S. remains a net importer of horticultural products (fruit and nuts, vegetables,
and greenhouse and nursery products).
• Grapes, oranges, apples, fresh and processes potatoes, and processes
tomatoes are among the leading horticultural export commodities.
• Major export markets for the U.S. include Canada, Japan, and
Southeast Asian nations.
• Imports will continue to play an important role in the domestic
supply of fresh vegetables during winter months and, increasingly
during other times of the year.
• Major U.S. horticultural imports include bananas, grapes, frozen
concentrated orange juice, potatoes, and tomatoes from Mexico,
Chile, Canada, and Brazil.
• Canadian potato production and potato processing capacity have
been increasing more than U.S. production levels and processing
capacity. As a result, the U.S. is a net importer of potatoes and
potato products during some of this ten-year period.
Conclusions
Agriculture will continue to be a major industry in the Mid-Columbia and Franklin
County. Agricultural lands should continue to be protected as an important county
resource. Agricultural industries and businesses, relating to production and/or
processing should be encouraged for siting locally. Cottage industries should be
encouraged in agricultural areas and agricultural tourism should be promoted, each
to diversify the economic base of farm families. The right-to-farm mandate
expressed in this plan and by county ordinance should be continued to support the
agricultural industry in.Franklin County.
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POPULATION INCOME & HOUSING
Population
The 1900 federal census counted 486 people residing in Franklin County, 254 of
whom lived in Pasco. By 1910 the county population increased by 10 times, by
2000 the population has increased by more than 100 times and by 2025 it will have
increased by more than 140 times. In 1910 approximately 50 percent of the
population lived in Pasco and by 2025 it is projected that 80 percent will live in
Pasco.
The following table chronicles the population growth of Franklin County and the
incorporated cities since their year of incorporation and respective decennial
population since 1900.
TABLE 3
FRANKLIN COUNTY POPULATION by JURISDICTION, 1900-2000
t'ranklin Caincerpgrated 4 LocporAt�'Osbelf I kawetus 1 mesa Paiw ?w: kdx}gfiva
- --• _l:Aaa�-� - _. ._._.. .. _. _ Stu r.@
Year
[_ncorp!rato -1883 - - 1910 1907 1955 -1891 1889
190 _ 486 232 254 - - - 254 518,103
19119 5,153 2,938 2,215 - 132 - 2,083 1,141,990
_ 1920_ 5,877 2,033 3,844 311 151 - 3,362 1,356,621
_ 1930 6,137 2,156 3,981 321 164 - 3,496 1,736,I91
1940 6,307 1,866 4,441 365 163 - 3,913 2,378,963
19-i 13,563 2,719 10,844 465 151 - 10,228 2,378,963
1%0 _ 23,342 7,822 15,822 906 131 263 14,522 2,853 214
WO _ 25,816 10,069 15,422 1,161 308 274 13,920 3,413 250
19$0 35,025 14,619 20,406 1,981 203 278 18,425 4132,204
1990 37,473 14,712 22,761 2,005 167 252 20,337 4,866,692
20110 49,347 13,686 35,661 2,956 214 425 32,066 5,894,143
Source:U.S.Bureau of the Census.
Table No. 4 describes the population of the county and each city on April 1 st since
1995. The unincorporated population of Franklin County has been decreasing since
1996 because of the annexation of portions of the Riverview area to Pasco.
Although incorporated in 1910 Connell's first census was taken in 1920 and since
the decennial population has increased steadily. By 1940 the city had grown 3.2%.
Between 1950 and 1960 the growth rate reached a high of 94.8% increase. During
the early 90's the population remained stable until the Coyote Ridge Prison opened
for inmates in 1993 and by 2000 the city's population increased to 2,956 an
increase of 47.5% over 1990.
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KahIotus was incorporated in 1907 and enjoyed a fairly stable population from
1920 to 1950. In 1960 census takers counted 131 persons, in 1970 308, and by
1980 the population dropped to 203. By 1990 the count further dropped to 167 then
rebounded to 245 by 2000. The population increased 187% between 1969 and
2000 from 131 to 245 with a peak of 365 during the late 60's due to dam
construction employment.
Since its incorporation in 1955 Mesa's population increased gradually, except for a
9.4 percent (26 persons) drop in population between 1980 and 1990 and then a
dramatic average annual increase of 6% during the 1990's.
TABLE 4
FRANKLIN COUNTY POPULATION by JURISDICTION, 1995-2007
papulrtiun F'runl:lin Unincorporated tncnrparated Coancll KaLlari�s Mecst I'�rca �1'nshin�rou
-- Count �_
19!JS_ 45,756 18,270 25,730 2,690 215 325J 22,5001 5,4297900
1494 , 46,361 18,067 25,633 2,634 232 297 22,370 1 5,516,800
1997 47,206 15,215 28,685 2,750 215 420 25,300 5,606,800
1148 47,747 14,843 29,557 2,780 257 430 26,090 5,685,300
199Q 48,306 15,030 30,070 2,800 245 425 26,600 5,757,400
2000 49,347 13,686 35,661 2,956 2I4 425 32,066 5,894,143
zoo 50,400 13,765 36,635 2,970 215 440 33,010 5,974,910
2002 I 51,300 12,915 38,385 3,100 215 440 34,630 6,041,710
_2003 i 53,600 12,175 41,425 3,190 215 440 37,580 6,098,300
t 2004 ; 57,000 12,305 44,695 3,195 220 440 40,840 6,167,800
2005 60,500 12,455 48,045 3,195 220 440 44,190 6,256,400
2006 64,200 12,730 51,470 3,200 220 440 47,610 6,375,600
20117 67,400 13,325 54,075 3,205 220 440 50,210 6,488,000
Census Tracts 201 through 205.02 and 206.02 are situated primarily within the
Pasco UGA. Census tract 206.01 lies northerly of the Pasco UGA between SR 395
and the Columbia and extends northerly almost to Mesa and Basin City. Census
Tract 207 lies within the easterly portion of the county, north of Pasco, east of SR
395 and includes the City of Kahlotus. Census Tract 208 lies northerly of Census
Tract 206.01, westerly of census Tract 207 and includes the Cities of Connell and
Mesa and Basin City. Basin City became a Census Designated Place as a result of
the 2000 census with a population of 968.
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Table a
Urban and Rural Population,Census 2000
C+bus «01 241: 1 203 204 205.01 205.02 206.01 206.02 207 20 1I
Tract
TotAl r 5 862 S 841 4 998 8 118 2,607 6 152 4,409 3 167 1 383 6 8 J
> 10
1 srhan 5,862 5,841 , 4,998 8,118 2,607 6,1 2 0 1 3,045 0 2,910
Inside i 5,862 5,841 4,998 8,118 2,607 6,152 0 3,045 0 0
Urbanized I
@_AreAs
4Inside 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,910
Urban ;
flamers
J2ar 60 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4,409 1 122 1 1,383 3,900
Table No. 6 describes the population by race and by Census Tract. Census 2000
describes Census Tracts 201, 202, 203 and 204 as predominately of Hispanic
origin. The 2000 Census described the population of Franklin County as being
47% of Hispanic origin.
Table 6
Franklin County Population by Race by Census Tract,2000 Census
Census 1*01al %%hate Mack In<lien Asian 1lahaiii"I Oflier THn or Ifkpanic
Tract Pop _Africau Fsl.into Pacific Racy Mom Otigin „f
_ _ Jfiantl��r Raca •n race
2711 S 5,862 1,989 362 - 55- - 41-- - 9 3-,183 223 4,532
202 5,841 2,602 135 51 48 6 2,750 248 4,234
203 ' 4,998 2,513 138 34 95 4 1,988 226 2,994
_;94_1 8,118 4,011 239 56 167 19 3,338 288 4,931
205.01 2,607 2,377 20 15 27 1 105 62 180
_205.02 i 6 152 4 980 148 54 I21 8 592 249 1,131
206.01 4 409 3,537 18 29 18 5 721 81 1,327
206.02 3,167 2,627 42 I7 122 1 271 87 524
207 1383 1,227 6 4 4 0 114 28 247
L_a 208 6,810 4,689 122 47 157 4 1,238 553 2,932
Franklin County Population Projections
GMA specifications require that county populations be expressed as a"reasonable"
range developed within the state high and low population series. County high and
low projection alternatives reflect uncertainty bands. They are not, in a formal
sense, alternative scenarios. In general, the uncertainty band will be larger for
smaller counties such as Franklin County than large ones. OFM high and low
projections are based on probable economic and other assumptions. OFM growth
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assumptions do not carry forward extreme economic conditions or other factors
that have resulted in relatively short periods of extreme high population gains or
losses. County projection growth ranges, developed within the state framework,
were established on the same basis and show moderate variations. It should be
noted that Washington State and its counties have tended to exhibit growth spurts
interrupted by periods of slower growth, stagnation, and even decline. These future
spurts will also not be uniform in time and duration and the projections shown in
Table 7 will not occur in a linear manner.
Several assumptions, some of which apply specifically to the Tri-Cities MSA, were
used by OFM in their projection of county populations. Major growth, in terms of
numbers, if not rates, will be through accretion at existing population centers.
Rates of growth will be smaller (or potentially negative) at the centers and high on
the periphery. This accretion will occur along existing transportation corridors and
spurs, primarily the interstate highways and similar roadways. The Tri-Cities MSA
is specifically noted as a"population center".
TABLE 7
POPULATION PROJECTIONS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY
211111
n High 93,947 108,6-49- -123-,-59-3-1 -1-3-8,696
L_ed pi i 80,348 90,654 100,666 109,861
",_1.0w ` 72,514 79,776 86,321 91,733
The rural population of Franklin County includes scattered farms, non-farm
residential, and residential clusters at Basin City, Eltopia, Merrill's Corner,
Mathew's Corner and Columbia River North. The rural population described in
Table 9 includes the projected farm and nonfarm population outside the UGAs
through 2030. The total rural population is projected to range from 11 to 12
percent, plus or minus, of the county population through the planning period.
TABLE 8
FRANKLIN COUNTY RURAL POPULATION PROJECTIONS-NON-UGA
2 ,15 _
'Total 10,071 10,261 11,416 4 12,407
i 111mi l 7,972 8,131 9,254 10,077
- Fkr qt 2,099 2,130 2,162 2,330
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City Population Projections
Nigh, medium and low population projections for Connell are projected in the
following table. The high population estimates are based upon an annual 3%
growth rate, the medium 2% and the low 1%. The siting of the proposed new
prison will accelerate the projected growth rate.
TABLE 9
CONNELL POPULATION PROJECTIONS
l i81t 6,734 1 7,744 7,976 9,172 -
Mcdiuni 6,435 7,078 1 7,785 J 8,563
(—l.oN%- 6,095 6,399 6,718 1 7,054
The high, medium and low population projections for Kahlotus are projected in the
following table. The high population estimates are based upon an annual 2%
growth rate, the medium 1.5%, and the low 1.0%.
TABLE 10
KAHLOTUS POPULATION PROJECTIONS
- Ycac- --T 2015 _-�-—X02_0-- 1025 - --- 20:10
_ Ifi h 1 299 330 364 402
Medium 284 306 330 356
Low 271 284 299 314
The high, medium and low population projections for Mesa are projected in the
following table. The high population estimates are based upon an annual 2%
growth rate, the medium 1.5% and the low 1.0%.
TABLE 11
MESA POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Will- 21120 �.fllc
liigll 544_ 600 663 732
l�lediuin 517 557 600 646
I,o�r Y 493 518 545 573
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It is assumed in this analysis that the unincorporated population within the Pasco
UGA will be annexed into the City of Pasco during this planning period. The high,
medium and low population projections for Pasco in the following table are 80% of
the Franklin County population projections.
TABLE 12
PASCO POPULATION PROJECTIONS
Year 'l)�l) ?�>>� j _,1_,11;1) -'
1 ih 75,158 86,919 98,874 110,477
j ,lltediunt 64,278 72,523 80,525 87,889
__I,i»a �; 58,011 63,821 69,057 73,386
Housing
The GMA requires Franklin County to prepare a housing element of the
comprehensive plan that recognizes the vitality and character of established
neighborhoods, and:
❑ includes an inventory and analysis of existing and projected housing needs;
❑ includes a statement of goals, policies, and objectives for the preservation,
improvement, and development of housing;
❑ identifies sufficient land for housing including, but not limited to
government assisted housing, housing for low-income families,
manufactured housing, multifamily housing, and group homes and foster
care facilities; and,
❑ makes adequate provisions for existing and projected housing needs of all
economic segments of the population in unincorporated Franklin County.
In 1994 the county prepared an assessment of housing needs in unincorporated
Franklin County and the city's of Connell, Kahlotus and Mesa, which included an
inventory and analysis of existing and projected housing needs. To the extent
possible portions of the previous study were updated in 2004 and are included in
this element. The goals, policies and strategies are based on a needs assessment,
the legal requirements of the GMA, the countywide planning policies, the
recommended procedural criteria included in WAC 365-195-310, and public input.
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Census 2000 counted 16,084 housing units in Franklin County through March
2000 including 14,840 occupied. An additional 6,536 single-family residences
were placed or constructed in Franklin County between 2000 and September 2007.
Table 13 and 14 describes the housing units counted in the census by ownership,
occupancy, owner or renter and type of dwelling unit.
Table No. 13
Housing Units
Cctisus 201 I 2 20. 204 205.01 -W02 206.01 za("0" 1 -107 -708 Tow
_Tracts -� - _ __
Ti lafia 1,596 _1,N9_4 1,548 2,765 954 2,258 1,532 1,108 532 2 006 16,084
Table 14
Housing Unit Summary
All N:ousiug Occupied lluu`?-g Units - i �'acaut llau+inj�
l3nia Total OwDer Renter I Units
Totttl!?nifs: 16,084 14,840 9 751 5,089 1,2
1.U,rtaeltcd. 9,251 8,857 7,563 1,294 394
1i Attached 312 273 131 142 39
.2. 593 541 66 475 52
�3 of 4 924 832 28 804 92
•54u 9 ' 588 482 30 452 106
i! l0lct'14 373 312 0 312 61
!':0 392 325 9 316 67
5tl or h-aic 644 532 0 532 112
i416bi1c Norte 2,961 2,645 1,902 743 316
136+666;�RV, An, -� 46 41 22 19 5
Table No. 15 describes the occupied housing units by census tract and as either
family or non-family households, and by the household size.
Table 15
Housing Type by Household Size,Census 2000
l cKtsut i'ratc# �� 211 202 203 204 2115.111 205.02 206.111 + ?lu►.+► 207 20$ Tottll
_ i i ; 2I1
T'ot>tl 1 427 1,628 1 472 2,538 938 2,172 1,334 1,081 1 452 1,798 14,870
FntnilY fro isehol� ds 1,199 11115 1 162 I,765 791 1,726 1 1,110 895 349 1,491 11,695
2 rcon houseltold.; 208 202 325 490 376 750 1 407 330 135 425 3,744
rcon hou%rholdj 190 218 243 358 158 343 195 212 52 292 2,204
_a�_erson bntuchold 252 230 218 324 154 333 201 1 222 74 309 2,304
erson houRehold 208 187 155 246 61 173 139 72 1 40 176 1,463
6-pet-son household 136 112 99 '182 30 76 88 34 22 146 1 010
7-or-mrr�oa,_ 205 166 122 165 12 51 80 25 1 26 1 143 970
Nonfamiiv� 228 513 1 310 773 147 446 1 224 186 1 103 1 307 3,175
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1-pr– ._ nou.araoid , 165 417 262 643 123 374 173 1 147 84 247 2,622
2-person household 51 64 37 90 19 58 29 1 36 16 44 399
3 pr•rxan household 5 23 4 18 4 9 11 1 3 3 7 98
4-perxon household 4 3 2 13 0 4 4 0 0 7 45
f•person household 1 5 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 10
E b crsnn honcchald 2 1 1 2 EJ 1 2 0 0 0 0
7 pc-fin or more 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 0
Table 16 describes the average household size both separately by census tract and
countywide.
Table 16
Average Household Size
Census 201 I Of 204 205.111 205.01 lOti.01 '_0602 207 2418 Counry l
Tr.xci Wide
A�rrn�t
3.26
fluu,5 iuld 4.10 3.47 3.39 L3_15 2.77 2.82 3.31 2.93 3.06 3.48
47Y
Table 17 describes the average family size by census tract, differing from
average household size because non-family households and non-family
residents are not included in the average.
Table 17
Average Family Size
Census 201 1.021 103 204 205.01 205.02 1I20:01 f 206.02 207 '.08
f Merage 4.43 4.23 3.77 3.76 3.01 `3.15 3.55 3.23 3.52 3.82
j family
To quantify the housing stock, the county was broken down by census tracts and
analyzed on that basis. This has provided the insight of the prevailing housing
stock and the future housing needs by area.
Table No. 18 groups the periods of housing construction in Franklin County by
census tract. Table No. 19 describes the median year by census tract the housing
units were constructed.
Based on population projections for this planning period, 350 to 700 additional
dwelling units will be required to house the 2030 rural population. It is expected
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based on historical construction trends that mix of new housing will be 50% site
built and 50% manufactured home.
Table 18
Year Structure Built
Cc�t�uc — !1�1 ? - ' — - -� G:01 2db.UL2U7 Q8^1
'1'otxl 1,596 1,794 1,548 2,765 954 _2--258- 'F—
258 1 542 1,098 520 2,009
i iffli 1991)to March 70 5 43 0 37 28 7 173 13 38
2u1N►
11u111 15141 1998 285 35 61 48 129 138 190 531 33 261
13ulif 1"0 to 1994 64 12 66 77 168 71 222 168 65 91
Ruilt 198410 19119 180 85 79 232 54 103 137 105 98 178
Iluilt 1970 to 1979— 317 202 242 1 145 316 1,003 433 86 137 615
_Ruin 14641- 1969 192 295 353 404 147 518 211 26 42 343
R_(J{It 1954 to 19_59 ; 265 407 598 585 60 252 237 9 33 254
1111ilt 1949141.1949 + 131 456 87 244 27 80 69 0 22 152
I�diltl919 or rflrlieir I 92 297 20 30-1 16 65 36 0 77 77
�--- -
Table 19
Median Year Structure Built
i (-ensus Tracf 1_- 20-1 j 202 1 20.1. z4a ?OS:UI 1'ft A2' _20_6.QL -:�I411.4: ?U7 __20�K
I Nlcdiaiivear 1 1974 1954 1962 1971 1977 1972 1975 1996 1976 1973
�Crttfl�l.tc hu+dpi
Income
Personal Income
In 2005 Franklin County had a per capita personal income (PCPI) of$20,573. This
PCPI ranked 37h in the state and was 58 percent of the state average, $35,479, and
60 percent of the national average, $34,471. The 2005 PCPI reflected a decrease of
0.4 percent from 2004. The. 2004-2005 state change was 1.5 percent and the
national change was 4.2 percent.
In 2005 Franklin County had a total personal income (TPI) of $1,295,502. This
TPI ranked 21 St n the state and accounted for 0.6 percent of the state total. In 1995
the TPI of Franklin County was $771,878 and ranked 21" in the state. The 2005
TPI reflected an increase of 5.3 percent from 2004. The 2004-2005 state change
was 2.9 percent and the national change was 5.3 percent. The average annual
growth rate of for the state was 5.6 percent and for the nation was 5.2 percent.
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Median Income
Based upon data from the 2000 Census median income in Franklin County is
$38,991. WAC 365-195-310 recommendations that planning jurisdictions should
use the following economic ranges for planning purposes:
- Extremely low income—below thirty percent of median income.
- Very low income — between thirty-one percent and fifty percent of
median income.
- Low income—between fifty-one percent and eighty percent of median
income.
- Moderate income -- between eight-one percent and ninety-five percent
of median income.
Middle income --- between ninety-six percent and one hundred twenty
percent of median income.
Poverty
The Office of Management and Budget sets the poverty level using poverty income
guidelines, required by section 652 and 673 of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of
1981. These guidelines are intended for use as an eligibility criterion for a number
of federal programs. Specific questions about applying the guidelines and
definitions to a particular program should be referred to the office responsible for
that program.
Census 2,000 disclosed in that the poverty rate for Franklin County 1999 was
19.2%. In 2002 the poverty threshold for a single individual under age 65 was
$9,359 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A four-person family with one parent
or guardian and three children under the age of 18 was considered to be living in
poverty if their income was less than $18,307.
Franklin County is additionally a Distressed County. For purposes of special
assistance counties that have experienced a three-year average unemployment rate
that is 20 percent above the states average rate are designated as distressed
counties.
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Table 20
Basin City CDP
Income and Poverty in 1999
r _T-- - -- --- - - f---- - - - -- -i
i
I I titedian cerniu{;�
in 1099 of fuU-
Median income in time%ear-round Income in 1949 helot» poverty level
' 1V99 tdr,lhtt� J rorkers(dollars)
- - - 1'crrcltl of popuLttiuu
for N hom povert) f
Pet
statu-s is deteratined
icapitw - - Relate'd 65
i ipco[nc C'hildrta ♦can Percent of
I in 1 9 All under 18 and f tlniJiv> ?
E 1?�rw )tt.N1h xMilics I (doll41N .J MnIc- Yemltle_ A ttt cArti ut'cr
I Eia.iu 1
f_its. $29,444 $31,071 $8,46I $23,438 $21,071 18.0 16.1 0.0 22.9
The Basin City CDP is located in Census Tract 208, Block 4. The difference in
data between Table Nos. 20 and 21 may be because the Basin City CDP numbers
are based on sample data and Table 21 was a 100% count.
Table 21
Income and Poverty Levels by Census Tract Block Group,2000 Census
+r t tow: I %ftdims 1-tcdiau - I'tr 4 xptlt I'or+on► 1'ct%un% VCIU"I% - F'Crwn. Velkonr Percent of
Irattby b0awflold family Inco mein aKh with IncLaw 'ith I n:thteu AilhFntonte H",4-lxd+
Monk Income in I meanie in 1099 in r.,ru � Irkti t1rYn I Inr�•mr than 175•: le.k thon 941)"
�rotrp 1!+S� I99'� Ir+s lhxn ( IW.,. Ft1 t Ism n PC,utt :40�'. 1'u%nt%
�V'. Pn�tm istt•. 1 curl !'otetly 1 rt'd
I")%rrlr Irid I"o.trl. Le.tl
LOCI I I Carl
_ _ __ ! rPcrcrnFll__tPtrcent► _(,!'ucrnt)•�--lhr,crn_t)_ ,__�Mere>t,H�. ---_ _ _!
2111.1 $28,542 $28,542 r $7,142 _ 7.85 25.13 62.65 63.70 70.68 23.58
201. $30,368 $30,294 $9,013 5.94 19.16 29.46 41.34 53.81 15.87
101,.4 $22,188 $20,000 $10,488 0.00 20.00 38.95 38.95 80.00 16.67
211(.1 $28,173 $30,577 $10,453 21.19 30.07 41.69 46.24 63.86 34.79
20A.5 $23,889 $23,889 $5,266 2.94 29.41 71.18 80.00 80.00 16.67
20:.6 $29,583 $26,607 $8,544 3.60 19.21 48.63 60.51 69.11 20.51
202.1 $12,473 $20,882 $8,352 19.18 47.38 62.99 70.61 76.72 51.17
611112,2 $41,442 $39,531 $14,256 6.37 18.70 36.60 45.45 50.84 17.59
:02-1 $22,500 $21,033 $8,057 16.32 42.19 60.85 65.97 72.74 37.32
21)3,1 $30,893 $17,083 $14,738 0.00 41.03 56.41 56.41 77.78 34.15
�Dz 2 $83,835 $91,527 $47,574 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.92 2.92 0.00
$24,489 $26,495 $9,079 20.92 31.34 54.49 58.40 64.06 39.90
T03.4 $43,125 $44,688 $14,260 3.90 10.76 16.80 26.91 34.27 10.22
'94 i $21,318 $19,986 $7,528 11.93 38.20 60.53 69.60 75.27 40.77
:±04.2 $35,625 $42,742 $16,588 9.95 21.28 26.68 27.29 42.79 16.59
r - $18,785 $17,443 $8,483 20.51 43.16 66.64 70.02 77.54 33.73
Ott-;,1 $34,583 $29,821 $10,055 21.11 22.07 33.52 33.52 56.70 6.86
$38,750 $37,011 $25,043 8.82 24.86 35.29 42.79 42.79 16.43
Jt�.6 $36,731 $40,3I3 $11,120 10.99 21.05 39.16 42.41 51.53 18.81
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205.01.1 $67,344 $76,447 . $49,073 3.22 3.70 12.89 15.99 15.99 2.37
?OS.UI.i $70,568 $69,375 $24,408 00.0 7.85 7.85 7.85 12.63 6.59
x05.01.3 $64,450 $65,750 $24,887 9.57 9.57 10.26 14.56 14.56 8.12
205.01.4 $86,522 $97,102 $36,289 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 0.67 1.77
205.02.1 $49,957 $52,813 $17;723 0.58 1.68 3.71 4.64 14.39 2.96
205.02.2 $59,167 $58,988 $20,908 0.81 0.81 12.61 15.26 16.17 0.00
21,1Z (112.3 $68,125 $68,906 $25,422 0.00 0.00 1.22 11.71 11.71 0.00
20..'12.4 $66,071 $80,452 $30,697 1.06 1.06 3.18 4.85 4.85 2.69
20-S.v23 $52,545 $53,393 $19,524 0.00 3.33 7.84 12.94 14.31 3.65
20.5.32.5 $42,750 - $48,942 $21,119 6.40 15.08 19.03 24.85 26.54 10.44
M5.01.1 $32,500 $42,917 $I1,356 0.31 3.74 31.31 36.92 48.60 7.78
20o.01 .' $41,953 $43,571 $20,404 5.14 12.04 32.99 3299 38.66 9.63
206.01_-� $54,022 $60,417 $21,772 0.32 0.32 12.70 22.17 22.17 0.00
206.02.1 $64,213 $66,389 $20,898 1.48 . 2.72 4.25 4.25 9.86 1.83
20b.02.1 $47,845 $47,566 $20,241 1.54 1.54 6.54 8.75 15.00 2.45
ZOb.'!".1 $85,810 $85,810 $36,970 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
2 17.1 $38,289 $39,519 $16,513 9.73 15.43 21.14 27.06 40.80 11.98
210-1,1 $47,981 $51,875 $14,859 7.10 8.74 13.11 17.60 33.55 7.28
2:18.7 $34,352 $38,125 $12,713 6.71 21.76 37.12 44.51 49.03 17.42
20.2 $32,155 $38,125 $I2,334 10.69 15.39 30.15 33.59 36.13 13.85
208.3 $54,408 $54,803 $19,918 2.28 12.79 22.07 26.48 26.79 5.64
ZTS.4 .$31,321 $30,958 $11,560 8.58 29.27 49.47 59.39 64.67 24.88
:108.5 $43,500 $54,545 $18,230 2.30 650 21.52 34.91 41.27 8.11
Table 22
Poverty Status by Age,Census 2000
Popnix on for%s hmn lm%r ' talus h drterminrkl -3
_ -- -- -PmcrtY 1,_crc_1 __V,-
�1=,_�a 1•�1n_n in_rnmr{�4c1 b} xge --- - _ _ _�
(Census Total Below At or_ Tota! Under, 5 Years 6 to 11 12 to 17 18 to 64 65 tO 74 75+
Trace above 5 Years Years Years Years Years Years
201 5,844 1 1,334 4,510 1,334 2I4 39 254 142 630 20 35
202 1 5,666 1 2,085 3,581 2,058 369 67 292 207 1,072 45 33
1 4,991 1,158 3,833 1,158 190 27 248 134 534 10 15
244 1 7,965 2,457 5,508 2,457 467 60 495 215 1,139 47 34
205.011��S 2,601 128 2 473 128 0 11 40 60 4 13
NSA'J � 6 146 257 5,889 257 18 0 55 17 167 0 0
:Ob.01! 4,312 321 3,991 321 32 11 30 15 218 0 15
206.U:- 3,157 67 3,090 67 0 0 6 13 48 0 0
207 1,388 153 1,235 153 19 2 22 17 82 11 0
2(18 u- 1 6,237 1,320 4,917 1,320 199 41 227 189 636 22 6
RESOURCE LANDS
The GMA requires counties to identify resource lands of long-term commercial
significance, which in Franklin County include agricultural and mineral lands that
can be economically and practically managed for commercial production. The Act
encourages the conservation of productive resource lands and discourages
incompatible uses. Generally, resource lands have special attributes that make
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them productive which, cannot be re-created if they are lost to development or
mismanaged. The Act defines resource lands as having, "the growing capacity,
productivity, and soil composition for long-term commercial production, in
consideration with the land's proximity to population areas, and the possibility of
more intense uses of the land." [RCW 36.70A.030 (10)]. These lands also provide
aesthetic, recreational, and environmental benefits to the public while'contributing
to the diverse character of the County.
Franklin County identifies resource lands of long-term significance using
distinctive characteristics such as soil types, geologic structure, location, and other
unique identifiers characteristic of the resource and set forth in the Act. Currently,
there are no known locatable mineral deposits although sand and gravel deposits
are widespread. Frequently such deposits are very large and usually found along
either past or present drainage systems. And, eolian deposits are also found in great
abundance and closely associated with sand dunes. In the early 1920's natural gas
was found in commercial quantities along the Rattlesnake Hills. These hills are
east/west trending anticlines lying approximately 20-25 miles northwest of Pasco
in Benton, County. It is believed that extension of these structures continues across
the Columbia River into Franklin County, covered under thousands of feet of
Columbia River basalt. However, since nothing has been drilled that deep in
Franklin County, this relationship is considered speculative.
Agricultural Lands
The GMA provides that cities and counties should "assure conservation of
agricultural lands of long-term significance". The Act also requires local
government to assure that land uses adjacent to designated resource lands not
interfere with the continued resource use.
Agriculture and its related commercial and industrial businesses provide the
economic base in Franklin County. The diversity of this agricultural base provides
a relatively stable economic base and contributes to the areas' cultural heritage and
quality of life.
Franklin County has approximately 809,486 acres of lands including
approximately 700,000 acres of farmland with a mixture of irrigated land, dryland,
and rangeland agriculture.
Soils in these agricultural areas were classified using the U. S. Soil Conservation
Service national classification of agricultural lands. There are three classifications,
Prime, Unique, and those of State and Local Significance.
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Prime, Unique, & Farmlands of State and Local Significance
Prime agricultural lands are lands with soils best suited for producing food, feed,
forage, fiber, and oilseed crops, and are also available for these uses. They have the
soil qualities, growing season, and moisture supply required to produce
economically sustained high yields of crops when managed according to modern
farming methods.
Farmland soils other than prime farmland used for the production of specific high
value food and fiber crops are classified as unique agricultural lands. These lands
have the special combination of soil quality, location, growing season, and
moisture supply needed to economically sustain high quality and yields when
managed according to modern farming methods.
Areas shown in agricultural uses will be in, or already are in productive crop
agriculture (these areas also include grazing lands). With water availability, the
soils are sufficiently deep for irrigated cropping. Soils are also sufficiently deep for
non-irrigated cropping.
Areas within this designation should be conserved, insofar as is practicable and
desirable, for the continued economic welfare of the farm industry and residents of
the County. Farm labor housing, farm supplies, and agricultural storage/processing
are compatible uses.
In Franklin County agricultural lands of long-term commercial significance are soil
classification 1-3 according to the Land Capability Classification of the USDA Soil
Conservation service. Further, the County's Prime, Unique and of State and Local
Significance soils as generally shown and mapped by the Franklin Conservation
District, are also described as agricultural lands of long-term commercial
significance in Franklin County.
TABLE 23 -LAND USE SUMMARY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY
Land Use Categor} ,acres Acrestkc Total °'0 7'ulal
h�_l'nc�� ur•�
Federal LandVlAkes& Riticrs
11anford Reach Nat'l A1nnununt_ 23,195 J 2.87
_Juniper Dunes W lder_n_e_s_+_Are_a _ 7,393 0.91%
Lakes end RiNers_ ___ 15,045 1.86%
Total federal I.andO.Mk"&RitiCT 45,683 5.64%
Connell __--- —�—� 7,466 -- .�r--- 0.42%
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sltn� TT 928
0.I1%
_M csa 1,455 0.18%
('aaR�o 25,658 3.17%
Tonal UGAN _ _ _ _ 35,508 _439%
1 Mural lauds 1
_ Rural R_oidential 506 0.06%
Rural Shurelinc _ 1,548 0.190/0- Rural sctticnvrn_t 2,773 0.34%
R� ural Rrrnotc 4,772 0.590/0
subtoul 9,600 1.190/0
Rural Industrial_ 3,052 0.38%
V Rural Acti%it1 Center 95 0.01%
�_.Ag Service Center 4956 0.06%
sublotal� _ 3,643 0.45%
.Total Rural Lnn& _ _ 13,243 1.64%
Croplands - — - - — _ -
lrri aced Ctuhldnd 232,283 28.70%�
Drylaud Cleland 222,992 27.55%
1 oW Crophi d 455,276 56.24%
Ranprinnd 259 776 32.09%
Total Fraulliu'Cuunry 809,486 100.00%
Mineral Lands
During the next 2,0 years Franklin County's population is projected to increase by
approximately 50 percent. As the urban and suburban development associated with
this population increase occurs, additional mineral resources will be needed for the
new infrastructure and residential, commercial and industrial building site
preparation and building construction.
It is the intent of this section to provide a framework for designating mineral
resource sites with sufficient commercial quantities to accommodate future growth
while minimizing associated impacts to adjacent land use, critical areas, scenic
resources and protect mineral resource lands from incompatible land uses.
The mining industry in Franklin County consists primarily of sand and gravel
mining operations. Currently, there are approximately 70 active and inactive rock,
and/or gravel mines in the County.
Identifying Mineral Lands
The criteria used to classify mineral resource lands were based on an analysis of
local conditions and land use, DNR surface mining data USGS mapping, and Soil
Conservation Service soils data. The following criteria were used to identify
resource lands of long-term commercial significance.
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A. All existing permitted sand and gravel extraction sites (pits) will be
designated on the Mineral Resource Map as mineral lands of long-term
commercial significance — as depicted in the Franklin County
Comprehensive Plan.
B. Other potential mineral sites may be designated on the Franklin County
Comprehensive Plan - Mineral Resource Map provided that the site
approval is consistent with the goals, policies and criteria.
C. Areas will be classified as mineral resource lands based upon geologic,
environment, commercial quality and volume of the resource,
topographic characteristics of the site, visual aesthetics, economic
factors, compatibility with existing land uses and land ownership
patterns. The following categories of mineral resource lands are
established for the purposes of classification:
1. Sand and Gravel
2. Other Minerals (including clay, oil, gas, metallics)
D. The County's designation of mineral resource lands on the Franklin
County Comprehensive Plan - Mineral Resource Map will not substitute
for any permit or approval required for mineral extraction, will not create
a presumption of approval for any required permits, and will not
substitute for any required environmental review or conditioning which
may be required in conjunction with a permit.
The primary mining done in Franklin County is gravel. This gravel is processed for
road construction and asphalt. Areas where this activity is occurring are shown
below.
Table 24—Permitted Mining Sites
C�tiCtn36�iii� LiNrrutur ut°rrra+it i 1''r-o1jc --,r N1lut 1 c 4:,I Ill rt i(ltlun WNR 1't 1.11111 d.
Rock or Stone
Sand&Gravel Meridian Aggregates Co Cactus Quarry Co S16,T13N,R31E 10716
Glacier Park Company Mesa Pit S19,TUN,R31E 10715
Central Prc-Mix Concrete Pasco Pit S12,T9N,R28E 10311
Connell Sand&Gravel Sulfur S1,T13N,R32E 12486
Central Pre-Mix Wilson S12,T13N,R32E 12480
WSDOT SC Region QS-FN-88 S1,T13N,R32E 11677
WSDOT SC Region PS-FN-74 S6,T13N,R32E 10084
WSDOT E Region PS-FN-56 S16,T14N,R35E 10811
WSDOT SC Region QS-FN-110 S25,T14N,R30E 12368
Aggregates West Inc Charlie Cox Pit S23,TI IN,R30E 12484
American Rock Products Railroad Pit S6,T9N,R30E 11147
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Implementation and Classification
The Franklin County Comprehensive Plan — Mineral Resource Map illustrates the
location of lands designated as mineral lands of long-term commercial
significance. These lands are classified with an overlay mineral resource lands
designation. Subsequent development of these lands is subject to a conditional use
permit review and evaluation process; including, assessment of relevant
comprehensive plan sections, land use compatibility, economic issues, reclamation,
and environmental impacts. Upon completion of mining operations and following
the reclamation, the site will be removed from the Franklin County Comprehensive
Plan—Mineral. Resource Map.
Incidental extraction of mineral within commercial/industrial locations should be
addressed through County site grading and excavation processes and not the
mineral extraction process.
Mining Criteria
The following criteria are the minimum requirements to be considered when
reviewing development permit applications for sites within lands designated on the
Franklin County Comprehensive Plan—Mineral Resource Map.
A. Development proposals for mineral extraction operations will be consistent
with the County's land use, environmental, transportation and other
elements of the comprehensive plan. Regulatory controls will become
applicable concurrent with state requirements.
B. The development of a mineral resource site will be phased with
reclamation taking place as extraction from one phase is depleted and
extraction from another phase is being implemented.
C. Settling ponds, retaining basins, ditches, diking, and/or revegetation of
slopes will be required for mineral extraction operations to protect water
and air quality and to prevent erosion.
D. Filling will not be allowed in floodways and erosion controlled will be
considered a priority and addressed in the operational plan.
E. Site design will include adequate measures to control potential negative
impacts to adjacent properties, including but not limited to fugitive dust,
Iate hours of operation, and light and glare. Such measures may include
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paving or gravelling road surfaces, watering, limited hours of operation,
buffers and locating stockpiles in wind-protected locations.
T. During the operation of the site and any associated remote stockpiling,
noxious weeds will be controlled to prevent their spreading to other
properties, particularly agricultural Iands.
G. Complete the reclamation of land for redevelopment after the completion
of gravel and mineral extraction through weed-control and re-vegetation
with the intent to re-establish adequate ground cover or preparation for the
siting of other permitted uses.
H. The extraction of mineral resources may occur when the site can be
screened by existing topography to minimize off-site impacts. Where
heavy equipment, mines and pits cannot be effectively screened from
residential and commercial areas, shorelines, and major highways a
combination of existing topography, berms and landscaping may be
utilized for such screening.
I. The minimum lot size for a mineral extraction site will be that, sufficient to
encompass all areas for resource extraction and necessary operations,
stockpiles, sediment ponds and buffering.
I All applicable state and federal regulations will be complied with,
including but not limited to those rules administered by the Washington
State Departments of Natural Resource and Ecology.
Table 25
Mineral Resource Designation Criteria
Ihyi�nation Critrria � � f'ul;�woiutit;u3 -�--- �-- _—�
Land Usr Barters!_
Jurisdiction City Boundaries Federal lands
State Lands Other Public lands
Land Use Urban Growth Area(typically disqualified).
Lands designated as Agricultural land.
Lands designated as Rural
Designated historical/cultural resource sites(typically disqualified).
Approved/permitted minis sites.
Compatibility with Adjacent Land Uses General compatibility of mineral resource sites and land use patterns.
Mineral resource sites adjacent to or impacting urban/residential areas
are not typically designated.
Preferred adjacent land uses may include mining,open space,
a iculturallands.
Sensitive Uses Identified archaeological and historical sites/areas(example:cliffs
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and talus slopes),schools,parks,and environmentally sensitive areas.
Re tonal or local utility corridors water,power,natural gas,etc.
Aesthetic Impact Impacts on unique features and vista(example:Columbia/Snake
Rivers Corridors,SR 345,SR 17,SR 26,SR 260
Transportation Traffic impact on routes serving mineral resource sites.
Environmental Factors
Critical Areas Presence of streams,wetlands,wellhead protection areas,shorelines
of statewide significance.
Geological hazards and consequences—floodplains,steep slopes and
erosion hazards.
Biological Impact Impact on biological resources(fish and wildlife habitat)
Priority habitats—cliffs and talus slopes.
ESA listed species,protective measures
Impacts too ens ace.
Mineral Site Factors
Classification Criteria Life expectancy of site
Quality of Resource
T e of resource sand/ vel/rock/cla
Parcel Size Restrictions Minimum size—10-80 acres is common
Dimensional—more than 500 feet in width to minimize site impacts
to adjacent parcels.
Volume of resource within the site.
Feasibility Depth of overburden
Setbacks/buffers
Topognphy
Access/Transportation Distance to market or job sites
Transportation networks—roads and rail
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
The community facilities described in this section include county buildings utilized
for conducting county business, public schools for the education of children in the
rural community, fire districts and rural fire station locations, and recreational
facilities.
County Buildings
The Franklin County Courthouse was built in 1912 and opened to the public in
1913. Remodeling of the courthouse began in 2004 and was completed in 2006.
The Carriage House, Security Building, was constructed to screen all visiting
public prior to access to the Courthouse and Public Safety Building, was completed
in 2007. The following departments are located in the courthouse: Assessor,
Planning and Building, Commissioners, Treasurer, Auditor (elections, Recording,
Licensing and Accounting), and two courtrooms.
The Public Safety Building was added onto the Courthouse in 1975. The following
departments are located in the Public Safety Building: Print Shop, Coroner,
Information Services, Municipal Court, District Court, Superior Court Clerk, and
Prosecutor's Office including Child Support.
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The Corrections Facility was built in 1986. The facility was designed to
accommodate 107 inmates; however, it can hold approximately 157 inmates when
they are double-bunked. The county needs to either plan for expansion or contract
with another entity to house additional inmates. The expansion would include
adding a second floor to the jail, which would provide for approximately 200 beds.
Construction funding is uncertain at this time.
The Public Works Facility has been located a 3416 Strearman Avenue since 1988
and includes the business office, Solid Waste Division, and the Vehicle Repair
Shop.
The Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center, commonly known as TRAC,
opened in October 1995 adjacent to the Road 68 interchange at I-182. More than
100,000 square feet of exhibit space is available in three main buildings for large
conferences, with the capacity to seat 3,000 people, dinner seating for up to 1,800
or up to 210 exhibit booths can be laid out for trade shows. The 140'x 280' Arena
with an indoor dirt floor has a seating capacity of 3,400 and is utilized for equine
and rodeo events. There is paved parking for 1,450 cars with adjacent grass
parking for an additional 500 cars.
The Franklin County Annex located at 412 W. Clark, was purchased from the City
of Pasco with the intent to house county administrative offices while the County
Court House was being-remodeled. Since mid-year 2006 the Annex has been used
by the B/F Health District and other public agencies.
Fire Districts
The boundaries of Franklin County Fire Districts and the general locations of the
rural fire stations within the respective fire districts are shown in the
Comprehensive Plan. There are a few small areas of the county that are not located
within a fire district and are identified as such in the Comprehensive Plan.
Recreational Facilities
Recreational opportunities in Franklin County include the use of numerous federal,
state, county and city facilities, many of which are listed in the Franklin County
Comprehensive Parks Plan, as amended.
McNary, Ice Harbor and Lower Monumental Dams on the Columbia and Snake
Rivers provide opportunities for camping, boating and fishing opportunities on
Lakes Wallula, Sacajawea, and Herbert G. West. The U.S. Army Corps of
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Engineers maintains Levy Landing Park and Washington State maintains Windust,
Lyons Ferry and Palouse Falls State Parks, each on the Snake River.
The federal Columbia Basin Irrigation Project bringing water by canal from behind
Grand Coulee Dam to Franklin County created numerous inland lakes ranging in
size from potholes to the Scooteney Reservoir provides multiple destinations for
fishing, boating and camping. The farmlands and lakes additionally provide
seasonal upland and migratory bird hunting throughout the Basin.
Ice Age Floods Geologic Trail
The U.S. Department of the Interior is proposing the Ice Age Floods National
Geologic Trail, a network of touring routes and interpretative centers across the
state and county, telling the dramatic story of the Missoula Floods at the end of the
last ice age, 12,000-14,000 years ago. The floods left a lasting imprint on the
landscape of the region and have greatly affected our pattern of human settlement
and development in our corner of the Northwest.
The Columbia Plateau Trail utilizes the abandoned BNRR line from Ice Harbor on
the Snake River to Cheney near Spokane. The Columbia Plateau Trail intersects
and crosses several proposed Ice Age Floods touring routes at Kahlotus and
Palouse Falls. Mesa is additionally situated within the Esquatzel Coulee and
Connell is located at the confluence of the Esquatzel and Washtucna Coulees, both
are on the network of proposed touring routes. The State Parks and Recreation
Commission manages the trail. Placing crushed rock throughout the trail began in
1998 and will be completed as funding can be secured.
County Parks & Trails
The County owns and maintains a five-acre soccer field on Road 48 just north of
Court Street. The permanent improvements to this site include underground
sprinklers and pump house.
The County currently leases Wade Park from the Corps of Engineers, which is
located between Road 39 and 54 along the Columbia River. Renovation of the
Boat Launch, parking area and there support facilities at Road 54 was recently
completed(Spring 2008).
Franklin County relinquished the lease for Chiawana Park, situated on the
Columbia River at approximately Road 88, back to the Corps of Engineers in 2006.
The park occupies 83 acres of which approximately 4 acres are developed for
picnicking. The County had improved the Park's boat launching basin by dredging
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it to provide safe draft for pleasure craft and has also constructed a concrete boat-
launching ramp. A pipeline was installed to maintain a flow through.the basin and
alleviate it silting problem. The boat improvement project was performed with a
grant-in-aid from the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation (IAC),
matching funds from the County, and donated labor and machinery. The County
constructed a new comfort station at the west end of the park to replace a
dilapidated facility. This comfort station allowed the reopening of the west end of
the park, which had been closed for several years.
The City of Pasco recently completed the process of signing a lease and currently
maintains Chiawana Park.
County Parks
Franklin County has traditionally developed and maintained regional parks larger
than five acres in rural areas meant primarily to serve those in unincorporated
areas. The County has adopted a standard of five acres of developed park per 1,000
populations for regional parks. This assessment divided the County into three
planning districts as shown on the map from the Franklin County Comprehensive
Park Plan. Based on the adopted standard, the following table shows the
assessment findings for each district. It must be noted that these findings do not
include state/federal parks, schools or parks within the incorporated areas.
County Trails
The trail corridors shown on the Franklin County Comprehensive Plan —
Community Facilities Map include the Columbia Plateau Trail which is proposed
to extend northeasterly toward Spokane together with the preferred corridors of use
by bicyclists in Franklin County. Additional routes are also shown on the Cycling
Tri-Cities Map, a bicycle guide map, prepared by the Benton-Franklin Council of
Governments in collaboration with Franklin County, Benton County, Pasco,
Kennewick, Richland, West Richland, Tri-Cities Visitor and Convention Bureau,
and the BFCG Bicycle Advisory Committee, and the Tri-Cities Bicycle Club.
Project Development
The following project listings are described as having no funding source identified
and will likely require regional/statewide competitive funding or innovative local
funding sources to finance their acquisition and/or improvement.
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20-Year F1an�.� -��i '�In r�sn.It:g 1d�c►N$ ti - _ - - .
Replace restroom at the east end of Chiawana Park $142
Expand the parking lot at Chiawana Park Boat Launch 36
Install Playground equipment at the east end of Chiawana Park 40
Acquire pTperty and construct restroom and support facilities at Road 54 686
Add a courtesy float and other amenities at Chiawana Park Boat Basin 50
I rove the inlet of the Chiawana Park Boat Basin 12
Construct restrooms at the Road 48 Soccer Field 124
Assist with the development of Edwin Markham School as a Regional Park 25
Support com letion of the bike trail to Saca'awea Park 2
Improve bike trail from Richland Bridge to Harris Road 62
Improve bike trail from 1-182 to Columbia River along Road 68 82
Complete bike trail from Harris to River Bend 111
Develop Master Plan for River Bend 15
Expand developed acreage at Chiawana Park 320
No Fundhig Fund' Source IdentJed Total $1.707
Schools
The North Franklin School District serves a K-12 student population of
approximately 2,000 students within the below schools located in Connell, Mesa
and Basin City. The Kahlotus School District services a student population of
approximately 100 students in Kahlotus.
TABLE 27 Rural Public Schools
--- VAt'CIJT ;.__—� .,. LOCATION CAPACITY
High School Connell 450
Junior High Connell 330
Connell ElemenLaa Connell 450
Basin City Elementary Basin City 500
Mesa Elementary Mesa 300
Kahlotus K-12 100
The Pasco School District has 11 elementary schools; 3 middle schools; 2 high
schools (one opening in the Fall of 2009); and, 1 alternative high school and
middle school. District enrollment is approximately 11,000 students.
Essential Public Facilities
Franklin County will participate in a cooperative regional process to site essential
public facilities of regional and statewide importance, including transportation
projects, with the objective to promote environmental quality, optimize access and
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usefulness to appropriate jurisdictions, and to equitably distribute economic
benefits/burdens throughout the county or region.
Library
The primary library in Franklin County is located in the City of Pasco and is part
of the Mid-Columbia Library system. Branch libraries are also located at Basin
City and Merrill's Corner.
PUBLIC FACILITIES
This section consists of the general location, of existing and proposed utilities,
including, but not limited to, electrical, natural gas and the general location of
lands useful for public purposes such as utility corridors, and other public uses.
Electricity
The primary electricity providers for rural Franklin County are Big Bend Electric
Cooperative and the Franklin County PUD. The PUD and Big Bend cooperatively
serve the majority of electrical power needs within the rural county, planning for
and upgrading power line capacity and/or the upgrade or construction of
substations. The Washington Water Power Company and Inland Power and Light
Company each serve a small area in the extreme northwest corner of the County.
While Big Bend serves more than half of the total area of the County, the PUD
serves over 80 percent of the County's population.
The growing rural electrical power loads in the Connell vicinity will require an
increased transfer capacity for load switching and a new line between the
Scooteney and Shano substations by 2010. And an additional substation and 115
KV line will be required to support the increased power load in the Coyote Ridge
vicinity as the prison expands its prisoner population. In the rural Road 100, Taylor
Flats and Selph Landing Roads vicinity existing lines will additionally require
upgrading/construction and the capacity increased. A fiber optic line circuit is
proposed from Pasco, north to Connell and east to Kahlotus.
Power Supply
Big Bend is a Full Service customer of Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
who provides their full electrical load requirements. The PUD is a SLICE customer
with the BPA entitled to a fixed percentage of the output of the federal generation
system dependant principally on Columbia and Snake River flows and Columbia
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Generation Station availability. The PUD would be required to purchase power on
the open market if adequate power supplies are not available.
Presently the region has a forecasted energy surplus through 2013 based on the
Fifth Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan, Annual-Average
Load/Resource Balance Medium and Medium Low Load Growth Forecasts. Each
BPA customer is expected to help assure the availability of energy by developing
conservation or conventional electrical resources for its load growth. The BPA will
purchase these resources and blend the cost with the existing base resources. The
PUD currently owns 11 megawatts of a 40-megawatt natural gas fired generator
utilized for an emergency back up. The PUD is also a member-owner of Energy
Northwest and receives a small amount of its power from the Packwood Lakes
Hydro Electric Project.
The PUD is additionally a Columbia Storage Power Exchange member and helped
to finance the Canadian Storage Projects. As a consideration for that help the
District receives a share of the downstream generation benefits over the term of the
agreement.
Natural Gas
Cascade National Gas Corporation (CNG) builds operates and maintains natural
gas facilities serving Franklin County. CNG is an investor-owned utility serving
customers in sixteen counties within the State of Washington.
Regulatory Environment
The (WUTC) regulates rates, expansion plans and other aspects of the natural gas
industry.
The WUTC requires gas providers to demonstrate that existing ratepayers do not
subsidize new customers. Gas main extensions have been initiated only when
sufficient customer demand is present.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sets rates and charges for
the interstate transportation and sale of natural gas. In addition, the Commission
establishes rates or charges for interstate transportation of gas by pipeline.
The National Gas Policy Act (NGPA) is designed to encourage competition
among fuels and suppliers across the U.S. As a result, natural gas essentially has
been decontrolled. The NGPA contains incentives for developing new natural gas
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resources and a tiered pricing structure to encourage development of nation-wide
transmission pipelines.
The Washington State Clean Air Act of 1991 requires diversification of fuel
sources for motor vehicles to reduce atmospheric emissions and the nation's
reliance on gasoline. It promotes use of alternative fuels by requiring 30 percent of
newly-purchased state government vehicle fleets to be fueled by alternative fuel by
July 1992 (increasing by 5 percent each year). It also encourages the development
of natural gas vehicle refueling stations.
The Northwest Power Planning Council (NWPPQ The NWPPC, in its Fifth
Power Plan, comprises a resource development strategy to ensure the region's
power supply with the least cost and least risk; with recommendations on key
issues that affect the power system through, Conservation, Demand Response,
Wind, and New Power Plants; including the construction of new coal-fired
generation resources as early as 2010; significant additional wind generation
shortly thereafter; and later during the 20-year planning period, additional gas-fired
generation.
It should be noted that providing natural gas directly to customers for heating
purposes is up to 50 percent more efficient than generating electricity with gas and
providing that electricity to the customer for the same heating function. The most
efficient use of natural gas, "direct application for space and water heating", can
contribute to a balanced regional energy policy.
Existing Conditions
Pipelines
The Northwest Pipeline Company pipeline runs from Vancouver, B.C. to
Vancouver, Washington, and up the Columbia River Gorge to Plymouth. There it
branches into two lines. One traverses northwesterly to serve the Yakima Valley
and Wenatchee. The other serves the Tri-Cities and Spokane. The maximum pipe
size is 30 inches. This system distributes natural gas to Washington's seven utility
companies for further distribution to customers. A branch line also extends into
Walla Walla from Oregon.
The Chevron Pipeline is a common carrier pipeline that transports refined
petroleum products such as diesel and gasoline from Salt Lake City to Pasco and
Spokane, where it connects with the Yellowstone Pipeline (Billings, Montana to
Spokane and Moses Lake). Chevron's pipeline consists of two, parallel, 6-inch
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lines up to Pasco, then an 8-inch line to Spokane. When demand exceeds supply
for a given product in Pasco, additional product is barged up from Portland.
Typically, Chevron is short on diesel in winter and gasoline in summer.
Olympic Pipe Line Company recently proposed to construct an underground
pipeline to transport refined petroleum products (gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel)
from Western Washington refineries to Central and Eastern Washington. The line
would ascend over Snoqualmie Pass, traverse Kittitas and Grant Counties, and then
swing southerly through Franklin County to the fuel distribution facility east of
Pasco. A connection to an existing pipeline near Pasco would have facilitated
transporting fuels to Spokane. At present that plan is on hold.
Sources of Natural Gas
The Pacific Northwest receives its natural .gas from the Southwest United States
and from neighboring Canada.
Natural gas is supplied to the entire Region via two interstate pipeline systems, the
Pacific Gas Transmission Company and Northwest Pipeline Corporation. Each
owns and operates their respective regional pipeline network that supplies natural
gas to the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Reliability
Natural gas-can be stored in two ways. First, it can be pressurized and then injected
into underground geologic structures, which are suitable for gas storage. This is
done locally at Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Field located south of Chehalis. This
gas is used to supplement the region's gas supply in colder weather. Secondly,
natural gas can be stored by cooling it to -258 degrees Fahrenheit. At this
temperature it becomes a very dense liquid and can be stored in storage tanks. Such
a storage facility is located at Plymouth, Washington. Storage of natural gas in
these ways makes for a more reliable supply.
New and Improved Facilities
The locations, capacity and timing of these improvements depend greatly on
opportunities for expansion and on how quickly Franklin County and its
municipalities grow. There are usually several possible routes to connect different
parts of the system. The final route will depend on right-of-way permitting,
environmental impact, and opportunities to install gas mains with new
development, highway improvements, or other utilities.
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Cascade Natural Gas (CNG) has an active policy of expanding its supply system to
serve additional natural gas customers. CNG's engineering department continually
performs load studies to determine CNG's capacity to serve its customers. The
maximum capacity of the existing distribution system can be increased as required
by one or more of the following:
❑ Increasing distribution and supply pressures in existing lines.
❑ Adding new distribution and supply mains for reinforcement.
❑ Increasing existing distribution system capacity by replacement with larger
sized mains.
❑ Adding district regulators from supply mains to provide additional
intermediate pressure gas sources to meet the needs of new development.
Telecommunications and Cable Television
Wireless communication facilities (WCFs) cannot be excluded from placement
within the county because such placement is allowed by federal law however the
placement of where and how many can be regulated by local authority.
Solid Waste Management
The Benton and Franklin Counties Solid Waste Plan was developed and adopted in
1994 to provide decision makers with a set of goals, policies and recommendations
for implementing and evaluating solid waste management efforts. The goals,
policies and recommendations contained in said plan, as amended and adopted, are
referenced and appurtenant to the Franklin County Comprehensive Plan.
TRANSPORTATION & CIRCULATION
The Transportation and Circulation element of the Franklin County
Comprehensive Plan establishes the county's transportation goals, policies and
strategies during this 20-year planning period. It will provide direction for the
update of implementing measures including, the 6-Year Transportation
Improvement Plan, the Capital Facilities Plan and the Annual Budget. This element
will additionally affect project development review and approval, land use and
zoning decisions, and continuing transportation programs. This element is
additionally referenced to the Franklin County Comprehensive Transportation Plan
prepared for the Franklin County Planning Department by the Transportation
Division of the Benton-Franklin Council of Governments in 2000 and updated in
2005.
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The Growth Management Act (GMA)
The GMA placed renewed emphasis on transportation planning to better ensure
that transportation and land use planning are consistent and interrelated. The Act
requires counties and cities to include a transportation element in their
comprehensive plans that meet certain minimum requirements.
Among these requirements is the establishment of minimum traffic standards.
Counties and cities must establish minimum level of service (LOS) standards for
all arterials and transit routes to serve as a gauge for performance of the system.
These standards provide both planning and regulatory functions and both
determine how much additional development can be permitted prior to system
upgrades and the extent of the system upgrades when needed.
One of the more significant requirements of the GMA is the need for concurrency
between the land use and transportation elements of the plan. The Act additionally
requires local jurisdictions to adopt regulations, which would prohibit development
approval if such development would cause the LOS of a transportation facility to
decline below the adopted standard. Concurrent with the development means that
"improvements and strategies are in place at the time of development or that a
financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within
six years". This provision provides local governments and developers needed
flexibility in those instances when it is not practical or necessary to construct
improvements or implement strategies at the time of development.
Transportation Facilities & Services of Statewide Significance (TFSSS)
In 1998 the Governor signed into Iaw legislation to enhance the identification and
coordinated planning for major transportation facilities identified as Transportation
Facilities and Services of Statewide Significance (TFSSS).
For these facilities of statewide significance, the legislation identified specific
GMA planning requirements for local jurisdictions, clarified that the state
establishes the level of service, and changed the application of concurrency. The
intent is to enhance the coordination of planning efforts and plan consistency
through monitoring measures at the local, regional, and state level.
Several sections of the GMA (RCW 36.70A) were amended. In general, the
amendments are related to the requirements for each jurisdiction's comprehensive
plan transportation element, the county-wide planning process for identification
and siting of essential public facilities, plan consistency, and the adoption
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deadlines established to meet the new requirements. The transportation element is
required to include state-owned transportation facilities in the transportation
inventory, together with estimates of the impacts to state-owned facilities resulting
from land use assumptions based upon forecasted population, and the LOS for
state-owned transportation facilities. The concurrency requirements of the GMA
do not apply to highways of statewide significance, except in island counties.
Transportation facilities and services of statewide significance are declared
essential public facilities under the GMA. The required countywide planning
policies for siting essential public facilities must include these facilities. The new
legislation emphasizes the requirement for local plans to be consistent with the
statewide plan with regard to identified needs. The process for review of
methodologies and development of alternative transportation performance
measures under RCW 47.80 (Regional Transportation Planning Organizations or
RTPO) is also added with regard to transportation facilities and services of
statewide significance, including highways of statewide significance (HSS), and
other state highways and ferry routes.
In summary, the new legislation creates a strong tie between the local
transportation plan requirements under the GMA and the state's enhanced role in
the RTPO process for designating LOS on state-owned facilities, and recognizes
the importance of certain facilities as being of statewide significance. This includes
provisions for consistency with Washington's Transportation Plan (WTP, currently
being updated), the regional plans, related (local, regional, and state) financial
plans, and funding priorities for transportation facilities and services of statewide
significance, as identified by the Transportation Commission.
Transportation Facilities and Services of Statewide Significance in Franklin
County include:
SR12: I-182 to Walla Walla County Line
SRI 7: SR 395 to Adams County Line
I--182: Benton County Line to SR 12
SR 395: Benton County Line to Adams County Line
Amtrak Passenger Rail Service: Vancouver to Spokane via Pasco
The Pasco Intermodal Center (Amtrak, Greyhound)
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
The Pasco Switching/Hump Yard(BNSF)
The Columbia Basin Railroad: Connell to Adams and Grant Counties
The Port of Pasco
The Columbia/Snake Navigable River System
Ice Harbor Dam c&Lock
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Lower Monumental Dam & Lock
Windust Barge Loading Facility
Fort of Kahlotus Barge Loading Facility
Tidewater Barge Lines and Terminals
Chevron Tank Farms
Land Use and Transportation
The importance of integration and consistency of land use planning with
transportation planning cannot be overstated. Land use is now recognized as the
basis for making significant public investment decisions, including those
associated with transportation. Transportation is a public service with its demand
determined by the physical separation of activities (i.e., the arrangement of land
uses).Therefore, land use policies and transportation policies need to be consistent
with one another as they work in a single unified direction. To accomplish this, the
community and its decision-makers need to have a greater understanding of the
procedures and purposes underlying transportation and land use planning.
Comprehensive planning requires that forecasts be made regarding growth for the
community. These forecasts allow planners and decision-makers to consider how
the transportation system will function in the future with increases in travel
demand.
Analysis of the Existing Transportation Network
Functional Classification of Roads
Functional classification is the division of highways, roads, and streets into groups
having similar characteristics of providing mobility and/or land access. Basic to the
classification system is the understanding that individual roads and streets do not
function independently since most of the travel involves movement through a
network of roads. It is, therefore, necessary to channel travel within the roadway
network in a logical and efficient manner. Functional classification defines the role
a road or street serves within the network. In simple terms, highways, streets, and
roads function as arterials, collectors, or local access.
Arterials provide the highest degree of mobility (speed and reduced travel times)
and have limited access to local property. Collectors generally provide equal
emphasis upon mobility and land access. Local roads and streets emphasize land
access in lieu of mobility.
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Functional classifications and criteria utilized for rural areas somewhat differ from
urban and urbanized areas. The streets of small cities (under 5,000 population) are
classified as rural.
Rural arterials are divided into principal and minor categories. Rural principal
arterials consist of a connected or integrated network of continuous routes that
serve corridor movements having trip length and travel density characteristics
indicative of substantial statewide or interstate travel. Such routes serve all, or
virtually all, urban areas of 50,000 population or more and a large majority of
those with populations of 25,000 and over.
Rural minor arterials, in conjunction with the principal arterials, form an integrated
network that links cities and larger towns and other traffic generators that attract
travel over long distances. They provide interregional and inter-county service.
They are spaced at intervals, consistent with population density, so that all
developed areas of the state are within a reasonable distance of an arterial highway;
and provide service to corridors with trip length and travel density greater than
those predominately served by rural collector or local systems. Minor arterials,
therefore, constitute routes expected to provide relatively high overall travel speeds
with minimum interference to through movement.
Rural collector roads generally serve intra-county travel rather than statewide
travel and constitute those routes on which (regardless of traffic volume)
predominant travel distances are shorter than on principal or minor arterial routes.
Consequently, more moderate speeds may be typical. Rural collectors are divided
into major and minor categories.
Rural major collectors provide service to any county seat not on an arterial route;
to larger towns not directly served by the higher systems; and to other traffic
generators of equivalent intra-county importance, such as consolidated schools,
shipping points, county parks, important industrial and agricultural areas, etc.
Major collectors link these places with nearby larger towns or cities, or with routes
of higher classification, and serve the more important infra-county travel corridors.
Rural minor collectors are spaced at intervals, consistent with population density,
to collect traffic from local access roads and provide for all developed areas to be
within a reasonable distance of a collector road. Minor collectors provide service to
the remaining smaller communities and Iink locally important traffic generators
with their rural hinterland.
Rural local access roads and streets constitute the rural mileage not classified as
arterial or collector. These facilities serve primarily to provide access to adjacent
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land and to provide travel service over relatively short distances as compared to
collectors or arterials.
Franklin County—State Highway System
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) assigned
functional classifications to state highway system routes in Franklin County and
designated a portion of the highway system as Highways of Statewide Significance
(HSS). The functional classification of streets in the county is described on Map
12. In Franklin County, State Route (SR) 17 and SR 395 are HSS routes. SR 12,
within the City of Pasco is also an HSS route. Other state highways in Franklin
County include SR 21, SR 260 and SR 261.
Table 2 of the Franklin County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (FCCTP) lists
certain characteristics of state highways in Franklin County, including functional
class, posted speed, number of lanes, and HSS Route. Table 3 of the FCCTP
describes the classified road inventory including road segment, functional
classification, pavement type and width, pavement rating, shoulder type and width
and year rated. Table 4 of the FCCTP describes the rural functionally classified
roads by road segment and type of arterial.
Truck Routes
The Statewide Freight and Goods Transportation System route segments within
rural Franklin County are shown on the following table and map. Annual tonnages
for the five classifications are:
Tonnage Class Annual Tonnage (thousands)
T-1 Over 10,000
T-2 5000-10,000
T-3 300-5,000
T-4 100-300
T-5 Over 20 in 60 days
The cities, counties, ports, WSDOT, and the BFCG have cooperatively developed
the regional freight system, based on truck counts, weight information, and local
knowledge of freight and freight movements. At present there is no funding
specifically earmarked for the freight system. Should such funding materialize, a
high priority will likely be directed toward all-weather surfacing of freight routes
currently subject to seasonal restrictions. Table 5 in the FCCTP provides a list of
the road segments, tonnage classification, functional classification and whether or
not the segment is all-weather.
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Marine Transportation
The Columbia-Snake River system, with its government locks at each of eight
dams, affords 465 miles of water transportation from Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth
to Lewiston, Idaho. Over 11 million tons of cargo moves on this water highway
every year. One tug and barge can move 3,500 tons of grain. It would take 116
trucks or 35 rail cars to move the same quantity.
Tidewater Barge Lines operate terminals at Vancouver, Umatilla, East Pasco,
Central Ferry, and WiIma/North Clarkston, each served by truck and/or rail. A
primary feature is combination barges to haul petroleum upriver and grain
downstream. Logs, fertilizers and containers are also frequently hauled.
There are 17 barge terminals in the Mid-Columbia and Snake navigation region.
Those within the three-county region are the Port of Benton, Kennewick, Pasco,
Walla Walla, and Kahlotus (Windust). Seven more ports lie upriver, including the
last one at Lewiston, Idaho. Annual cargoes on the Snake River approximate 4.4
million tons at Ice Harbor. Downstream cargoes account for about 70 percent of
the total movements, grain shipments being about 85 percent of that down-bound
traffic. Petroleum and chemical products dominate up-bound movement.
Overall, Snake cargoes account for about a third of the total cargo volumes carried
by barge on the Columbia. Most importantly, the Snake generates about two-thirds
of the grain carried on the Columbia.
Barges supply petroleum products to the Chevron tank farm near Pasco as well as
for local needs from two private terminals in East Pasco.
Annually the Port of Pasco has handled about 4,300 containers (113,000 tons). A
new crane installed in 2000 has increased their capacity by 20,000 pounds per load
(10,790 tons/year).
The Tri-Cities Inland Port Concept Study was initiated in 1999 to take
economic advantage of the confluence of rail, highway, water, and air
transportation modes in the Tri-Cities region. The intent was to link inter-modal
facilities for transport of grain, bulk commodities, and containerized cargo to and
from the seaports of Seattle and Tacoma, and Portland and Vancouver, via multiple
inland transportation routes. Preliminary feasibility studies resulted in shelving the
project.
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Snake River Draw Down/Dam Breaching to enhance endangered salmon and
steelhead species continues to be a major issue potentially affecting power
generation, irrigation of farm lands, recreational activities, and water transportation
upriver from Pasco to Lewiston, Idaho. If such actions are implemented there will
be severe impacts to the economy of the region, as well as increased need for rail
and highway facilities to move freight and goods. Furthermore, port facilities on
the Columbia River in Benton, Franklin and Walla Walla counties would have
considerably increased significance and need for capacity improvements.
With drawdown or dam breaching the 4.4 million tons of commodities now
shipped by barge through the Ice Harbor locks would be shipped by truck (700 per
day) or by rail. There would be a strong shift away from roads leading to the Snake
River and greatly increased loads on roads leading to Columbia River ports in the
Tri-Cities area. That shift would increase traffic on three primary corridors: SR
395; SR12/SR124 through Walla Walla County; and the SR 26/SR260/Pasco-
Kahlotus Road corridor. In essence, these three corridors would replace the river as
the primary route to Tri-Cities ports for trans-shipment to barges for delivery to the
Portland area.
A consultant study for the Legislative Transportation Committee in 2000 indicates
the following corridor improvement costs (millions) under an all-truck scenario,
including 20-year life cycle costs.
SR 395: Ritzville to Tri-Cities $30-$34
SR 26/SR 260/Pasco-Kahlotus Road $53-$61
SR 124/SR 12: Clarkston to Tri-Cities $5 8-$64
Pasco Area Direct Routes to Ports $15-$18
Under an all-rail scenario (i.e. no shift to trucks) the infrastructure improvement
costs were estimated at $240 to $276 million, including some highway
improvements.
Impacts to local roads in Franklin County due to the potential shift from the Snake
River ports to Tri-Cities area ports is a major concern. In order to reasonably
accommodate these increased truck movements, infrastructure improvements
would be necessary to maintain adequate road performance and minimal travel
delay. Needed improvements include adding capacity; pavement rehabilitation;
increased maintenance; reconstruction to provide adequate structural stability
and/or width; and upgrading bridges to correct or reduce deficiencies.
About 95 miles of Franklin County roads would be impacted, resulting in one-time
infrastructure costs ranging from $45-$54 million. Also, annual accident and
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maintenance costs attributed to the shift to Franklin County roads were estimated
at $367,000.
The costs presented herein from the consultant study only address roadways and
railroads. Other potential costs of dam breaching or drawdown include loss of
access for recreation and irrigation facilities due to lowered water levels and loss of
electric power generation.
Port of Portland/Barge Transportation
To compound the uncertainty of barge transportation on the Snake and Columbia
Rivers, Hyundai Merchant Marine and The "K" Line announced they would halt
service to the Port of Portland by the end of 2004, leaving only Hanjin Shipping to
handle oceangoing container traffic along the Columbia River to Portland.
However, Hanjin Shipping recently announced they would start a new service that
would include stops at Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, B.C. and ports in Japan, South
Korea and China.
Aviation Facilities
The Connell Airport (privately owned) is situated on a small ridge within
Washtucna Coulee, about 1.5 miles east of the city. The facility has a 50-foot wide,
3,100 — foot long paved runway with runway lights, a visual approach slope
indicator, and a centerline approach lighting system. Most of the lighting system is
non-standard under FAA specifications. Furthermore, the runway does not meet
FAA line-of-sight standards due to a humped design.
The paved tie-down and fueling area has a holding capacity of about 35 aircraft.
Three hangars house six aircraft. About a dozen aircraft are based here.
The airport has limited long-term development potential due to terrain limitations.
The pavement does not have proper slope or thickness to meet general utility type
aircraft use. Extensive earthwork would be needed for the runway, the taxiway,
and terminal areas to provide proper slopes and clearances in order to meet FAA
criteria.
A 1998 study selected a new airport site northeast of Connell to the north of and
paralleling Lind Road. To date no plans are eminent for its implementation.
Residents of rural Franklin County have access to the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco
for commercial flights on major carriers to national and international destinations.
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The Richland Airport and Kennewick's Vista Field provide business and small-
plane flights.
Railroads
The Burlington Northern-Santa Fe (BNSF) mainline from Pasco to Spokane passes
through Mesa and Connell. This track sees about 25 through freight movements
daily. Total tonnage exceeds 50 million gross ton-miles per mile per year,
reflective of the export grain trains which operate via this route to water terminals
at Portland, Kalama, and Longview. This line operates close to its maximum
practical capacity. Long range planning includes a second track. Spur tracks serve
industry in Mesa and Connell.
The Columbia Basin Railroad branches off the BNSF at Connell, extending
northerly into Adams and Grant counties. The Port of Moses Lake will soon begin
operation of grain hopper cars on this line.
Amtrak passenger service operates on the BNSF trackage, however, individuals
must board at the Pasco intermodal terminal.
RideshareNanpool
Ben Franklin Transit of the Tri-Cities operates a regional rideshare/vanpool
program. In addition to matching individuals for their vans, BFT also matches
people for private van and car pools. At present, one BFT van operates from the
Tri-Cities to Lamb Weston in Connell. Other potential users include the Headstart
Program (pre-school) and elderly care facilities.
Level of Service Standards
A level of service (LOS) is a designation that describes a range of operating
conditions on a particular type of facility and is defined as a qualitative measure
describing operational conditions within a traffic stream and the perception thereof
by motorists and/or passengers.
The Benton-Franklin Council of Governments' November 2006 Regional
Transportation Plan sets uniform urban and rural area level of service standards for
the three-county region. For urban areas over 5,000 population the uniform LOS is
"D." For rural areas and small cities under 5,000 population the uniform LOS is
"C." Level of service is to be designated for all arterials and collectors on the
"Functional Classification" system. Franklin County has adopted the regional LOS
"C
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Tables 7 and 9 in the FCCTP provide definitions for LOS categories A-F. Most of
Franklin County's functionally classified rural roads currently operate at LOS A or
B. A few segments operate at LOS C, the regionally adopted standard. In 10 years,
segments of R-170, R-68 North, and Taylor Flats Road will degrade to LOS D.
These segments constitute a very small percentage of the classified rural road
system. As such, traffic congestion is generally not a problem in rural Franklin
County. The need for road improvements therefore, is primarily based on
pavement conditions; substandard widths; the need for all-weather surfacing on
roadways subject to seasonal closures or weight restrictions; the need for hard
surfacing on gravel roads; replacement of obsolete bridges; and safety.
The following lists represent Franklin County's projected roadway need for the
next 20 years. They are comprised of projects from three sources: Franklin
County's current TIP, the Franklin
County 20-Year Project Lists (Urban and Rural) from the Benton-Franklin Council
of Governments Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and projects whose need has
surfaced since the RTP was adopted in 2006. The Six-Year TIP, as adopted by the
County Commissioners, is incorporated by reference into this comprehensive plan.
Table 28 - 2006-2025 Transportation Project List—RuraI
Rural 2006.201511roject List
__,_ _ _Prolect _ _ _ Pro'Oct Cost 500051_
East Foster Wells Extension;Construct New All-Weather Road $550,000
Road I OOBroadwoor&Dent Rd.;Construct New Road $1,000,000
Pasco Kahlotus Road Overlay:Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $950,000
Pasco Kahlotus Road 1;Reconstruct and Surface $I,500,000
County Paving Priority Program; Improve 30 Miles of Gravel Roads to Hard $4,500,000
Surface
Road 68;Widen to Four Lanes $500,000
Hendricks Road;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $600,000
Glade North Overall Overlay III;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $1,000,000
Frontier/E.Elm Extension;Construct New Road $900,000
Access Road to Juniper Dunes;Construct New Access Rd.into Dunes $1,000,000
Commercial/Tank Farm Road;Construct New Frontage Road $800,000
Pasco KahIotus Road 2;Reconstruct and Resurface $600,000
Powerline Rd./Dent Rd.Extension;Construct New Road $400,000
Pasco Kahlotus Road 3;Reconstruct and Resurface $1,000,000
Countywide Safety Projects; Bridge Rail Retrofits, Guardrail improvements & $500,000
Ditch Line Work
Count wide Illumination Projects;Add Illumination and Signing $500,000
Countywide Bridge Replacement;Replace Structures with New Bridges $1,000,000
Subtotal:2006-2015 $7-100.000
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Rural 2016-2025 Projects
Project Project Cost $000s
Co an Road;Reconstruct R/R X-ing&Hard Surface $1,000,000
Hendricks Road Ill;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $600,000
Palouse Falls Rd;Improve to Hard Surface Standard $400,000
Pasco KahIotus Road 4;Reconstruct and Resurface $1,000,000
Oregon St./Railroad Ave.;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $725,000
Glade North Overlay IV;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $600,000
Taylor Flats Bridge;Widen and LWrove Existing Structure $200,000
Glade North Overlay V;Reconstruct to All-weather Standard $1,000,000
Sagehill Road 111;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $1,000,000
Countywide Safety Projects; Bridge Rail Retrofits, Guardrail Improvements & $500,000
Ditch line work
Glade North Widenin •Widen to 4 Lanes and Safety Improvements $500,000
Pasco Kahlotus Road 5•Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $1,600,000
Glade North Overla VI;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $1,000 000
PH 15•Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $2,000,000
Taylor FIats Road;Construct Truck Climbing Lane $750,000
Sel h Landin Road;Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $1,000,000
Russell Road:Reconstruct to All-Weather Standard $1,200,000
Countywide Illumination Projects;Add Illumination and Signing $500,000
Countywide Bridge Replacement'Replace Structures with New Bridges $1,000,000
Glade North Widening H;Widen to 4 lanes and Safe Improvements $5,000,000
Total Project Cost 2016-2025 $21,575,000
Total Project Cost 2006-2025 $38,875,000
Table 29- 2006-2025 Transportation Project List—Urban
_ ---[Urban 20_06.2025 ProjMs --- _- 1 ------
2006.20I5 {
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Project Project Cost
Road 68:Court St.to Ar ent Rd.;Widen to 4 Lanes $500,000
Argent Rd:Rd.52 to Rd.68;Widen to 3 or 4 Lanes $500,000
Road 100:Broadmoor&Dent Connection Construct New Road $1,000,000
Road 68:North C/L to Taylor Flats Rd.;Widen to 4 Lanes $500,000
Wemett Rd:Rd.76 to Court St;Construct New Road $300,000
Road 60:Park St.to Court St.;Reconstruct and Widen $900,000
Court St.Inters.Improvements;install Si alization $250,000
Total Project Cost 2006-2015 $3,950,000
2016-2025
Argent Rd.Intersection Improvements;Install Turn Lanes and Si alization $300,000
Road 60:Court St.to Argent Rd.;Reconstruct and Widen $700,000
Road 52:Sylvester St.to Argent Rd.;Reconstruct and Widen $500,000
Glade North Road:CAI,to Sel h Landing Rd.;Reconstruct and Widen $1,000,000
Riverview Wide;Reconstruct and Improve Roads $1,000,000
Riverview Wide;Improve Intersections and Install $1,000,000
Total Project Cost 2016-2025 $4,500,000
Total Project Cost 2006-2025 $8,450,000
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Table 30—Transportation Unfunded Project List—Rural
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Dent Road: as E Street to Columbia Road/Rd.68 $450,000
East Elm Road:Frontier Road to Snake River Rd/PK Highway $2,000,000
Glade N.Rd.:Rin old to R-170;Upgrade to All-Weather Road $800,000
Replace 10 new Brides $5,000,000
Reconstruct(Upsnade 20 Miles of Roads to All-Weather $4,000000
Total Unfunded Pro- et Cost $12,250,000
Franklin County Transportation Revenue Forecast
The three following tables outline the revenue forecasts used for the preceding
project lists. The project costs are based on those listed in the TIP and the 2006-
2025 RTP and further reviewed by Franklin County Public Works staff. Potential
revenue and maintenance & operations costs are based on the RTP. Transportation
revenue is estimated and maintenance and operations costs subtracted, leaving
estimated project revenue. Project costs are subtracted from the revenue and an
ending balance is determined.
Table 31—Transportation 2006-2025 Project Costs
_ 'VA. r _
2006-2015 $2,450,000 $17,300,000 $19 75D 000
2016-2025 $3,500,000 $21,575,000 $25,075,000
Table 32—2006-2025 20-Year Transportation Financial Analysis
(MPOIRTPO)
Forecasted prole t
_ 1'pxr I Ke)•eti.lt Fr t ;�l� (:arc Reyn_o�, _}'rojccl ('oSt� I $tilartrr
2006-2015 $60,608,606 $37,915,000 $22,693,000 $19 750,000 $2 943 000
2016-2025 $60,608,000 $37,915,000 $22,693,000 $25,075,000 -$2,382,000
Total $121,216,000 $75,830,000 $45 86 000 $442825,000 $561,000
Table 33 - 2006-2025 Transportation Financial Analysis (MPO)
ioreCdi11C—d — Pr-OJt`1 ProjfeCr AStS `t iIin�
Revenue 1 M&U Cods ----- Balance
2006-2015 04
$8, 5,000 $5,033,000 $3,012,000 $2,450,000 $562,000
2016-2025 $8,045,000 $5,033,000 $3,012,000 $3,500,000 $488,000
TOTAL $16,090,021 $1020652555 $6 24,466 $5,950,000 74,466
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The preceding tables showed the available revenue and estimated costs for
improvements to Franklin County's urban and rural road systems over the next 20-
years. Franklin County will generate $121 million in revenue over the next 20
years in the urban and rural portions of the unincorporated county (RTPO/MPO).
Of this total, $76 million (63%) will be available for improvements. At the end of
the 20-year planning horizon, the county will have an ending balance of$561,000.
In the urban unincorporated portion of the county, Franklin County will generate
$16 million in revenue over the next 20-years. Of this total, $10 million (63%) will
be needed to maintain the system, and $6 million (37%) will be available for
improvements. At the end of the planning cycle, the county will have an ending
balance of$74,466.
Like other sparsely populated rural counties, Franklin County must rely heavily
upon state and federal funding sources to accomplish needed improvements.
Furthermore, many of the needed improvements are on roads not eligible to receive
state or federal funds. Consequently, innovative financing methods must be used to
implement some projects. The 2006-2025 Regional Transportation Plan for the
RTPO and WO describes the available state and federal funding sources.
Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
TDM programs promote the use of travel modes other than the single—occupant
vehicle (SOV), shift trips out of peak travel periods, and enable elimination of
certain types of trips. TDM helps solve transportation-related air pollution, energy,
and congestion problems by helping move more people in fewer vehicles and
reducing vehicle miles traveled. TDM promotes alternatives to SOVs, such as
transit, car and vanpools, biking and walking, alternative work schedules, and
telecommuting. These alternatives increase transportation system efficiency and
can forestall the need for costly capacity improvements.
TDM focuses on work-related commuting because traffic congestion is heaviest on
weekdays when people are traveling to and from work. Efforts to change
commuter behavior need the participation of employers, who can reach commuters
(their employees) with information about alternatives to SOVs.
Employers can help change commuting behavior by offering flex-time, ride
matching, telecommuting, and alternative work schedule programs; bicycle
parking and lockers; and "guaranteed ride home" for family emergencies or times
when an employee must work late. Preferential parking and lower parking charges
for car and vanpools, and transit pass and other transportation allowances are
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incentives that employers can offer. Disincentives, such as restricted parking or
parking charges, can also be used to influence commuting decisions.
At the present time there is no need for TDM in Franklin County. However, the
county will develop a TDM plan at such time travel demands exceed level of
service standards.
Intergovernmental Coordination
Franklin County and the Cities within the county are member jurisdictions of the
Benton-Franklin-Walla Walla Regional Transportation Planning Organization.
Therein, there is coordination of routes crossing jurisdictional boundaries as to
functional classification, design standards, and proposed improvement projects.
Furthermore, countywide planning policies in the Franklin County Comprehensive
Plan are coordinated with the cities.
ENERGY RELATED ENTERPRISES
One of the basic industries of the area involves energy research and development
on the Hanford Reservation. The potential for growth of nuclear related enterprises
is severely restrained by federal policies. In addition, those activities are becoming
more and more constrained by the political activities of those living around the
area who do not understand the technical and safety aspects of nuclear power and
research, and the importance of both in the economic well-being of the area and
also the economic and strategic health of the nation. Providing support for
continued growth in research, development, and energy production as it relates to
the well-being of the bi-county area is important.
AGRICULTURAL RELATED ENTERPRISES
Franklin County,.as with several counties throughout the state, is well endowed
with resources that create a strong comparative advantage for agricultural
production. Thanks to abundant land, plentiful water for irrigation, and a mild
climate, this County produces a wide range of food and fiber products. Franklin
County is part of the Columbia Basin, one of the nation's most productive
agricultural regions. Franklin County, under the Growth Management Act, has
adopted and designated Critical Areas and Natural Resources. Under the definition
of Critical Areas/Natural Resources falls Agricultural lands, which are mandated
through GMA to be preserved, which currently Franklin County is using strategies
to comply under GMA and preserve Agricultural lands.
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With agriculture being a basic industry of the area, Franklin County recognizes it
as one of the greatest potentials for growth in the County. The region grows a wide
variety of crops, ranging from dry land wheat, asparagus, and other row crops, to
apple orchards and vineyards (one of the fastest growing agriculture sections in the
bi-county area).
Franklin County has recognized the importance of that sector of our economy and
encourages and endorses projects for continued growth in the industry. In addition,
there is potential in developing the Agriculture Technology sector of the industry.
Three major constraints exist regarding the agriculture industry. The first is the
lack of investment potential—more funds must be available for agriculture
investment if storage facilities and processing plants are to be built. Second is
existing infrastructure though the bi-county area has excellent ties to the region
that surrounds it, as well as overseas, many local farm to market roads in the
county are not all weather roads and must have load restrictions put on them at
various times of the year. This is a constraint to development for both the farmer
and the processor. The third is the extension of water and sewer lines and increased
capacity to serve the processing plants that should be built in order to expand the
economic activity in the bi-county agricultural sector.
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
SECTION FIVE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION FIVE
SUMMARY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY'S STRENGTHS AND
OfEAKIVESSES
Franklin County has a number of assets for continued economic expansion
and development. Among the county's assets are the following:
❑ A resource endowment, which has been used for a highly productive
and diverse agricultural economy. Franklin County lies within the
Columbia Basin, one of the most productive agricultural production
regions in the nation. The county's agricultural producers have
capitalized on the long-growing season and availability of irrigated
water to produce a rich cornucopia of crops, from traditional grains to
a wide array of high-value specialty crops. Continued growth,
especially within specialty crops, bode well for the county's
agricultural sector.
❑ A growing agricultural-related complex from farm production and
related services to processing and marketing of farm products. A
critical mass of agricultural service and supply firms are present
within the county providing productive inputs to agricultural
producers. The county has also attracted food processor especially
in the preserved fruits and vegetables sector adding further value to
farm products produced within the county. Prospects look bright for
the county's agricultural complex.
❑ Franklin County is a regional transportation hub, boasting one of the
most efficient multi-modal transportation systems within the state.
The county has one of the largest inland port facilities with access to
the Pacific along with excellent rail service. Access to a multitude of
modes help regional shippers remain competitive in the delivery of
their products to respective markets. Although there are significant
development opportunities, there are problems on the horizon, namely
continued rail abandonment and drawdowns affecting barge shipping
on the Columbia River waterway_
❑ Quality of life factors and relatively low cost-of-living make Franklin
County an attractive area for economic expansion. Housing within the
county is affordable compared with similar areas. The county also has
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one of the highest participation rates of two-year community college
attendance among all counties in the state.
❑ Franklin County is reasonably well-positioned for the emerging
industries of health services, tourism (i.e TRAC Facility), and
producer services. These emerging industries will not only expand the
local economy but provide economic diversity.
The County also has some liabilities compared with other counties, against
which it must inevitably compete for scarce public and private investment
dollars. Among the County's liabilities are:
❑ A lack of overall diversification in the local economy. Although
Franklin County currently enjoys the fruits of agricultural prosperity,
the county remains highly dependent on agriculture. More than two-
fifths of its economy is agricultural-related.
❑ An erosion in retailing's pulling power mean that an increased number
of consumers are leaving the county to shop elsewhere, presumably in
nearby Kennewick. The county's smaller communities have been
especially affected by retail leakage.
❑ The high level of persons living in poverty and the relatively low
levels of educational attainment are worrisome. A relatively
uneducated workforce will be problematic in attracting the high-
growth, high-technology sectors.
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ISSUES
SECTION SIX
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION SIX
CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FACING FRANKLIN COUNTY
Several issues affect the ability of Franklin County to accommodate new
development and new residents who come to the area because of quality of
life and job opportunities. In this section, several issues are considered
including the quality and capacity of education and training systems, the
adequacy of infrastructure for growth, and a reasonable approach to
sustainable economic development.
Human Resources
Franklin County's labor market is changing in fundamental ways. Over the
last three decades, the economy has experienced significant sectoral shifts.
Services grew faster than manufacturing and agriculture. These sectoral
shifts, as well as the changing occupational use within sectors, have
profound impacts on the region's workforce and on the training systems that
prepare workers for effective participation in the workforce.
Nationally and statewide, the occupational structure of the labor market has
changed. During the last decade, there was a continual shift away from
production jobs toward managerial, professional, and technical jobs.
Occupational categories showing the fastest growth over a ten-year period
were managerial and professional, and technical, sales, and administrative.
Those with the slowest growth were precision production, craft, and repair,
and operators, fabricators, and laborers.
The educational attainment of people in the workforce is also changing.
While the educational attainment of the workforce has improved since 1980,
Franklin County continues to lag behind similar counties. According to the
most recent Census, racial and ethnic minorities tend to be over represented
at the lower levels of educational attainment and underrepresented at the
higher levels. The opposite holds for non-minorities in the county.
Education and training in Franklin County are provided by a variety of
institutions, including primary and secondary schools and a community
college. Other workforce education and training systems include the federal
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program, which provides training and
related support services to economically-disadvantaged, youth, older
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workers, and dislocated workers; and the state's Job, Opportunities, Basic
Skills (JOBS) program to assist those on public welfare to become self-
sufficient through employment.
Physical Infrastructure
Availability of quality affordable sites in the quantity and location needed
for business growth is critical to supporting a growing economy capable of
meeting the county's future employment demands. Franklin County
possesses a large amount of industrial land that appears to be adequate for
the next few years.
For the most part, assessments of infrastructure—transportation, water,
sewer, energy, and the like—as related to economic development and capital
facility needs are not readily available. To construct such an analysis would
require rigorous investigation matching services and defining capacities in
some cases to individual parcels or clusters of commercial and industrial
lands.
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APPROA CITES FOR
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
SECTION SEVEN
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTION SEVEN
APPROACHES FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
There are a number of realistic approaches for sustainable economic
development in Franklin County. Options that should be considered are:
❑ Cultivate resident industries within the county. Successful economic
development begins at home. A strong home-grown business
development strategy is often the most powerful strategy. Every
community, no matter how large or small, has the opportunity to
develop home-grown business. Often these home-grown businesses
have modest beginnings. However, an entrepreneur may expand and
hire additional workers. Thus the local economy is developed job by
job.
❑ Diversify the existing economic base. Franklin County is highly
dependent on agriculture for its economic well-being. Although
dependence is a concern, there are also untapped opportunities both
within agriculture and outside. Clearly, the county has the potential to
add further value to crops raised within the area.
❑ Attract and retain residents. Attracting and retaining residents is
increasingly considered an economic development opportunity for
rural areas. New residents indirectly contribute to economic growth by
providing labor for business development and additional tax base for
the local schools and public facilities. Even when people are not
employed locally, they can bring income into the local economy. A
significant number of Franklin County residents travel into Benton
County to work each day. Capturing dollars earned by commuters can
result in significant economic development for Franklin County.
Retirees also bring to the county retirement incomes and personal
investments from previous employment.
❑ Promoting Franklin County as a destination for tourists and visitors.
American tourism has expanded during the last two decades. Driving
forces of expanding tourism are more people with leisure time and
rising income levels. Tourism is becoming an important economic
opportunity for small communities and rural counties. Locally, the
opportunity exists to market and develop support infrastructure (i.e.
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hotels, retail services, recreational sport fields, and RV parks) for
TRAC the County and City of Pasco's Trade, Recreation, and
Agricultural Center. Regional promotion and marketing of this
premier northwest facility as a multi-use complex for trade,
recreation, sports, education, tourism, entertainment, and agricultural
use is essential to sustaining tourism and economic growth in the
County.
❑ Stemming the flow of retail knowledge within Franklin County.
Shopping habits of local residents play an important role in their
economic future. A serious problem facing many counties and smaller
communities is an increasing tendency by local residents to travel to
larger cities for shopping. With strong cooperation, many of those
retail dollars can be regained. While it may not be realistic to return to
the early 1970s, where most retail shopping was done locally, it is
possible to increase local shopping.
One of the key challenges for Franklin County is finding ways to foster a
stable and vibrant economy. An effective alliance of government, industry,
business, labor, and other interests is needed to guide a consensus-based
approach to developing a county economic strategy.
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POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES
SECTIONEIGHT
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
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SECTIONEIGHT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, OBJECTIVES, AND
PROJECTS
COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY:
Franklin County Comprehensive Plan (2008):
"Encourage economic development consistent with adopted comprehensive
plans. Promote economic opportunity for all residents of the County,
especially for unemployed and for disadvantaged persons and encourage
growth in areas experiencing insufficient economic growth"
County-Wide Planning Policies (1993):
"The Comprehensive Plan of the County and each city shall promote
employment and economic opportunity for all citizens".
The following recommendations have been generated to ensure consistency
between the above economic development policies and the adopted county
comprehensive plan:
1. Enhance economic and job opportunities for all citizens, especially the
unemployed, disadvantaged persons, minorities and small businesses.
1.1 Creating in the land use element of each comprehensive plan a
designation of areas for "commerce" and "industry" (RCW
36.70A.070(1)).
1.2 Provide an adequate transportation system which will enable
industrial and commercial development to occur.
1.3 Work with the two Ports, Benton-Franklin Economic
Development District, Tri-City Industrial Development Council
(TRIDEC) and the municipalities to identify potential industrial
clients.
1.4 Provide adequate public facilities and services to areas
designated for economic development.
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1.5 Determine a reasonable "jobs/housing" balance and
coordinating land use and development policies to help achieve
the designated balance of adequate affordable housing near
employment centers.
1.6 Encourage redevelopment of declining commercial areas.
2. Enhance the existing agricultural economic base through
diversification.
2.1 Work with the Washington State University Extension to
identify additional high value crops that could be grown in
Franklin County.
2.2 Support the development and construction of the East High
Canal.
2.3 Encourage the location of value added processing plants
2.4 Assist in development of specialty crops.
3. Encourage the Economic Diversification of the County and its
municipalities as well as strengthening existing businesses and
industries to add to the diversity of economic opportunity and
employment.
3.1 Continue to market and develop support infrastructure for
TRAC the County's Trade, Recreation, and Agricultural Center
which is a premier northwest multi-use complex for trade,
recreation, sports, education, tourism, entertainment and
agriculture.
3.2 Participate with Hanford contractors and technology
partnerships and take advantage of technological spin offs
which could be established and nurtured.
3.3 Work with the Port of Pasco to develop incubators which will
provide space for emerging businesses to grow and develop.
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3.4 Encourage citizen involvement in home occupations to expand
into off site centers where practical.
3.5 Evaluate federal state, and local regulatory, taxing, facility
financing, and expenditure practices to assure that they favor
economic development at appropriate locations.
3.6 Strive to maintain adequate public facilities and service levels.
3.7 Streamline permit processing.
OBJECTIVES
Business Development- Economic Diversity
Objective 1. Pursue an active and aggressive recruitment program to
induce a variety of commercial and industrial enterprises
to settle in the County.
Employment Centers
Objective 2. Encourage the growth of readily-available large planned
employment center development sites, properly zoned
and serviced within infrastructure.
Community Revitalization
Objective 3. Develop programs that create healthy central business
districts (CBD) and neighborhood commercial districts
throughout the County.
Infrastructure
Objective 4. Assure that adequate infrastructure is provided to
accommodate economic growth.
Education and Training
Objective 5. Actively participate in the development of a properly
educated and trained work force.
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Cultural Revitalization
Objective 6. Encourage programs that develop and promote our
cultural resources.
Environment
Objective 7. Maintain the environmental quality of life so that
Franklin County is a preferred place to work.
Regulatory Framework
Objective 8. Encourage the development of regulations that are
consistent, fair, predictable, and timely.
Coordination
Objective 9. Coordinate the economic development element of the
Comprehensive Plan with other elements so that a clear
and consistent economic policy is followed.
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PUBLIC FACILITYPROJECTS
SECTION NINE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
Resolution No. 2009-204
SECTIONNINE
PROJECTS
To assist rural distressed areas in addressing existing economic problems,
the state legislature passed RCW 82.14.370 which allows for the creation of
a local sales and use tax. The funds collected under these guidelines are to
be used for the financing of public facilities projects within rural counties.
To promote economic development and job creation, a four-member
Franklin County Economic Development Advisory Committee was created
and given the responsibility of reviewing applications for new public facility
projects in the County. Through a selection (i.e., ranking) process based
upon specific criteria, the Advisory Committee designated fourteen public
facility projects to receive financing in the future. The County Economic
Development Program application, which forms the basis for the selection
criteria, follows the detailed public facility project listing.
Proiect#1
Franklin County
TRAC (Trade Recreation, &Agriculture Center)
Requested Funds: $10,000,000
Benefit: This project promotes tourism within Franklin County and
the City of Pasco by maintaining current assets and future
upgrades required at the TRAC facility. Project to include,
but not limited to,planning, capital improvements,
renovations, alterations, equipment upgrades and signage.
(See attached list.)
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 250
Short term jobs retained/created 200
Long term jobs retained/created 150
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Project#2
Port of Pasco
Riverfront Business Park Infrastructure
Requested Funds: $250,000
Benefit: Create a highly visible 110-acre riverfront business park by
installing road,water, and sewer infrastructure at
undeveloped Port of Pasco land along the Columbia River
in Pasco, Washington.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 100
Short tern jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 2400
Project#3
Port of Pasco
Tri-Cities Airport Business Park Sewer Extension
Requested Funds: $200,000
Benefit: The project will extend sanitary sewer to the east end of the
Tri-Cities Airport Business Park, located at the northwest
corner of Argent and 20th Avenue,to support development
of new offices,hotel/motel and limited retail.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 10
Short tern jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 200
Project.#4
Port of Pasco
Bit!Pasco Roof Replacement
Requested Funds: $250,000
Benefit: The project will re-roof up to 10 large warehouse bays at
the Big Pasco Industrial Center(BPIC)for use as
manufacturing,warehouse/distribution,or incubator space.
The re-roof project is critical to maintaining and expanding
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the industrial base in the region. Each bay is 43,600 square
feet and is served by dock high rail and truck loading
facilities along two sides. The rehabilitation project would
remove the existing flat roof, sheathing, and structural
members where needed,and replace with a sloped and
insulated membrane roof.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 50
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 350
Proiect#5
Port of Pasco
Saca'awea Industrial Park Rails ur
Requested Funds: $100,000
Benefit: Installing the switch and Oregon Avenue gated grade
crossing will allow the spur to be ready and available for
new industry on one of three properties within the county
identified for strategic rail development by Burlington
Northern Santa Fe(BNSF).
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 30
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 4000
Project#6
City of Pasco
Heritage Rail Extension
Requested Funds: $500,000
Benefit: Install approximately 6000 if of rail line through the
Heritage Industrial Center.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 30
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 1500
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Pro e. ct#7
City of Pasco
East"A"Street Right-of-Way Acquisition
Requested Funds: $50,000
Benefit: Acquire necessary right-of-way along south line of East
"A"Street to accommodate widening of East"A" Street via
LID.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 50
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 1500
Project#8
City of Pasco
Kahlotus Highway Sewer Pump Station
Requested Funds: $300,000
Benefit: Construction of new sewer pump station.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 10
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 4500
Project#9
City of Pasco
Hillsboro Reconstruction
Requested Funds: $200,000
Benefit: Reconstruct Hillsboro Street from North Oregon Avenue to
Travel Plaza.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 20
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 200
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Proiect#10
City of Pasco
Saint Thomas Drive
Requested Funds: $325,000
Benefit: Relocate and realign approximately 1900 feet of St.
Thomas Drive and extend St.Thomas Drive approximately
300 feet to Chapel Hill Blvd.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 20
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 150
Proiect#11
City of Pasco
James Street Improvement Project
Requested Funds: $360,000
Benefit: Extend James Street West of State Route 397(Oregon
Avenue)and rebuild existing James Street(including
utilities)to the East of State Route 397.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 20
Short term jobs retained/created 138 (retained)
Long tern jobs retained/created 300 (retained
and created)
Pro ecJ t#12
City of Pasco
Maitland Industrial Road,Improvements
Requested Funds: $400,000
Benefit: Widen and reconstruct Maitland Avenue, `B" Street Loop,
Myrtle Avenue, and `B" Street.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 20
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 100
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Proiect#13
City of Pasco
East`B" Circle Road
Requested Funds: $200,000
Benefit: Reconstruct East"B"Circle Road to a 28 foot wide road
meeting arterial street standards.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 20
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 200
Project#14
City of Pasco
Ainsworth Avenue Im rovements/Herita a Trail Extension
Requested Funds: $430,000
Benefit: Acquire up to 4 residential properties along Ainsworth
Avenue(total= .70 acre),East of overpass (South side),
allowing completion of improvements to street/Heritage
Trail(5001.f.) and eventual area redevelopment.
Job Creations: Construction-related jobs 4
Short term jobs retained/created 0
Long term jobs retained/created 4
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PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING DISTRESSED CO UNTY FUNDS
April 27, 1997 Legislation passed the Second Substitute Senate Bill
5740 (SSSB 5740)
January 29, 1998 Notice of Public Hearing -sent to Franklin County
Graphic to be published on February 12 and 19, 1998
March 4, 1998 Held public hearing for testimony for and against levying
and accepting sales and use tax of.04% pursuant to SSB
5740; Approval of Resolution 98-105
February 27, 2006 Received estimated payment schedule for Limited Tax
General Obligation Bonds (for budgeting purposes) from
Martin Nelson & Company, Inc.
March 5, 2009 Informational letter, application and questionnaire for
projects sent to City, County and Port Officials in
Franklin County
May 12, 2009 Notice of Public Hearing sent to Franklin County
Graphic to be published on May 14 and May 21, 2009
June 3, 2009 Public Hearing to take testimony for and against Franklin
County's proposed update of the Franklin County
Economic Development Plan and its updated project list
as identified in Section Nine of this Plan
June 3, 2009 Approval of Resolution 2009-204
June of 2009 Approval/Denial letters to all parties that applied for
Distressed County Funds
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FRANKLIN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Organization:
Contact Person: Telephone:
Address:
Project Title:
Project Description:
Project Status:
Conceptual state Planning complete Engineering Complete
Project Schedule:
Assuming funds are available, estimate the project construction schedule.
Start Date Completion Date
Job Creation:
Estimate the number of jobs created or retained by the proposed project.
a. #of construction-related jobs
b. Short term jobs retained/created
C. Long term jobs retained/created
Include all jobs created directly by the project and jobs that will be created by the
increased capacity to attract new businesses.
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Project Budget:
Estimate proposed expenditures and sources of funds for the project.
Projected Total Project Funding Sources
Expenditures Cost Grant Other
Request Public Private
Plannin /En ineermi
Land Acquisition
Construction
Machine /E ui ment
Other
TU"TAL
Description of Project Funding:
What funds are currently available for this project?
If no grant funds were available,how would this project be funded?
General Project Information:
Describe the nature and timing of private investment in this project.
Describe the nature and timing of public investment in this project.
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How will the project compliment the County's existing economic development strategy?
Will the project compliment existing infrastructure? Yes No
If yes,how?
Will the project create a demand for additional infrastructure? Yes No
How does the project support the location of new industry to the region and/or expand or
support existing industry?
Please describe any unique economic development opportunities the project will provide.
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APPENDIX
FRANKLIN COUNTY FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE
LAND USE MAP
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
PLAN