Just the Facts - AWC Fact Sheets
Fact sheets are published when there are important issues your city needs to know about. Topics vary, ranging from taxes to energy and environment to transportation issues.
Please click one of the following categories, or scroll to see available fact sheets:
- Energy
- Environment
- Federal Issues
- Fisca Health
- Flexible General Government Operations
- General
- Land Use
- Community Safety and Justice
- Personnel & Labor Relations
- Quality Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
Energy
Environment
Stormwater
Stormwater: Dedicated state revenues needed to help fund local obligations, March 2010 (pdf, 74 kb)
Clean Water Act of 2010 tackles stormwater challenge, February 2010 (pdf, 71 kb)
Toxins fee for stormwater management, January 2010 (pdf, 64 kb)
Stormwater: Dedicated state revenues needed to help fund local obligations, January 2010 (pdf, 78 kb)
The Municipal Stormwater Challenge, September 2009 (pdf, 83 kb)
Federal Issues
Fiscal Health
Local Flex Package
Support ESHB 3179 Local Government Fiscal Flex, March 2010 (pdf, 66 kb)
Local Flex, January 2010 (pdf, 68 kb)
City Flexibility Package, January 2010 (pdf, 70 kb)
City Fiscal Conditions: Nearing the Breaking Point, February 2009 (pdf, 118 kb)
Other Priorities
State of the Cities, September 2009 (pdf, 92 kb)
Clarifying “Use” for the Brokered Natural Gas Use Tax, February 2009 (pdf, 81 kb)
Flexible General Government Operations
General
Employee Benefit Trust, February 2010 (pdf, 76 kb)
Several Bills Attempt to Preempt Local Authority, February 2009 (pdf, 81 kb)
Land Use
Annexation Reform, February 2009 (pdf, 92 kb)
Proposed Changes to the Growth Management Act, February 2009 (pdf, 90 kb)
Residential Burn Ban, February 2009 (pdf, 62 kb)
Community Safety & Justice
Requiring the election of all municipal court judges, February 2010 (pdf, 79 kb)
Partners in Crime, February 2009 (pdf, 86 kb)
Personnel & Labor Relations
Quality Infrastructure
Pay-as-you-go streets & roads, January 2010 (pdf, 70 kb)
Street Maintenance Utility, January 2010 (pdf, 175 kb)
City Infrastructure Systems: The Foundation for a Strong Washington, February 2009 (pdf, 90 kb)
Telecommunications