"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   Major public facilities, public works, and capital projects with significant public funding generally aim to accrue broad benefits to the people of Washington. However, frequently overlooked or inadequately addressed is the interest of the stakeholder community that bears the disproportionate cost of the broad public benefit by absorbing a deleterious impact upon itself. These impacts may include dislocation, displacement, and the overall disintegration of an identifiable existing community and its historical and cultural character. The legislature finds that the preservation and restoration of the character of such a community, and the community's historical and cultural character, are important public policy goals that can be achieved through the creation of community preservation authorities.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Community" means a group of people who reside or work in a well-defined geographic area and who currently or historically share a distinct cultural identity or local history.
     (2) "Community preservation authority" means an authority created by members of an impacted community.
     (3) "Impacted community" means a community that has been or has the potential to be adversely impacted by the construction of, or ongoing operation of, multiple major public facilities, public works, and capital projects with significant public funding.
     (4) "Major public facilities project, public works project, or capital project with significant public funding" means any capital project whose total cost exceeds ten million dollars.
     (5) "Single point of contact" means a cabinet-level state agency directed by the legislature to work with community preservation authorities to ensure communication and consultation among state and local governments and communities that may be impacted by future major public facilities, public works, or capital projects with significant public funding.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   (1) Community preservation authorities are hereby created to restore or enhance the health, safety, and well-being of communities adversely impacted by the construction of, or ongoing operation of, multiple major public facilities, public works, and capital projects with significant public funding.
     (2) Community preservation authorities have the following purposes:
     (a) To revitalize, enhance, and preserve the unique character of impacted communities;
     (b) To mitigate the adverse effects of multiple major public facilities projects, public works projects, or capital projects with significant public funding, or a secure community transition facility as defined in RCW 71.09.020(14);
     (c) To restore a local area's sense of community;
     (d) To reduce the displacement of community members and businesses;
     (e) To stimulate the community's economic vitality;
     (f) To enhance public service provisions;
     (g) To improve the standard of living of community members;
     (h) To preserve historic buildings or areas by returning them to economically productive uses that are compatible with or enhance their historic character; and
     (i) To raise the visibility of the consequences of public policy decisions and actions.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   (1) Members of an impacted community may propose formation of a community preservation authority to the state legislative delegation representing the area in which the community is located.
     (2) The affairs of a community preservation authority must be managed by a board of directors, including the following members:
     (a) Two members who own, operate, or represent businesses within the community;
     (b) Two members who are involved in providing nonprofit community or social services within the community;
     (c) Two members who are involved in the arts and entertainment within the community;
     (d) Two members with significant knowledge of the community's culture and history; and
     (e) One member who is involved in a nonprofit or public planning organization that directly serves the impacted community.
     (3) In appointing members to the board of directors, preference will be given to candidates who reside within the impacted community.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5   Once constituted, a community preservation authority shall:
     (1) Solicit input from members of its community and develop a capital projects plan to restore or enhance the health, safety, and well-being of the impacted community and to preserve and recapture its cultural and historical identity;
     (2) Include within the plan a prioritized list of projects identified and supported by the community, including capital or operating components that address one or more of the purposes under section 3 of this act;
     (3) Work in partnership with a designated state agency to assist organizations that serve the impacted community to identify and successfully compete for local, state, federal, and private funding to carry out projects that will benefit the impacted area; and
     (4) Work with the single point of contact to ensure that state and local government officials communicate and consult fully with the impacted community and with each other prior to making siting, design, and construction decisions for future public facilities, public works projects, and capital projects with significant public funding. The single point of contact must make every effort to ensure that the cumulative effects of multiple projects upon the impacted community are considered.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6   The community preservation authority account is created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for projects under this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   By November 15, 2006, the department of community, trade, and economic development shall develop and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature recommendations for a community preservation authorities program. The department shall develop the recommendations within existing resources and shall consult with at least one community that has an interest in forming such an authority. The recommendations must include statutory and budgetary elements needed to support the program and must address operational issues, including: (1) The appointing authority and process by which community preservation authority board members are named; (2) state agencies that should be considered for designation as the single point of contact; (3) the means for establishing the authorities' eligibility for grant and loan programs; (4) how the community preservation authorities program should address the potential impacts of major public facilities, public works, and capital projects sited within and adjacent to the community's geographic boundaries; and (5) any other issues that must be resolved in order to operate the program.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 8   Sections 1 through 6 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 43 RCW."