Association of Washington Cities January 17, 2005

1. Association of Washington Cities January 17, 2005

2. Cities’ ability to meet financialneeds in the next 5 yearscompared to FY 2004

3. Local conditions most often cited as worsened over past 5 years

4. Top negative budget influences(% of cities citing as 1 of top 3)

5. Majority of cities expect to delay capital programs over next 6 years

6. Majority of cities cannot fund transportation maintenance from their general fund

7. Demands for other services competewith transportation generalfund resources

8. Cities face $3.4 billion transportation capital shortfall over next 6 years (2004-2009)

9. Infrastructure needs for water, sewer and storm water have increased by 40% 40% Increase

10. Cities are pessimistic about providing economic development services over the next five years

11. City actions due to statewide initiative impacts

12. Impacts on service delivery past 4 years

13. Where we go from here:Maintaining our cities’ fiscal health • Allocate state funding to struggling cities and towns • Implement a comprehensive transportation package • Provider greater flexibility in the use of existing resources • Develop new fiscal tools to address the inadequacy of current revenues to meet needs • Invest in economic development