The City Council of the City of Pasco hereby finds that the City has sustained significant population growth and anticipates that growth to continue into the future. Pasco School District No. 1 has determined that it does not have sufficient resources to meet the students anticipated by this additional growth, and that a means by which this new growth should pay a proportionate share of the costs of developing new facilities is needed. Therefore, pursuant to Chapter 82.02 RCW, the City Council adopts a school impact fee to address identified impacts of new residential development on schools and to ensure that new development bears a proportionate share of the costs of the capital expenditures necessary to meet demands for schools to serve the best interest of the citizens of the City of Pasco. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the purpose of the Council in establishing a school impact fee. [Ord. 4046, 2012; Code 1970 § 3.133.010.]