Planning 2014-03-27 Item 4 - Tukwila Village Phase II - Attachment D: Parking Notice of Decision

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Phasing Plan and Parking Supply Because this is a large project that will be built over two — three years, (Attachment E) staff considered the implications of parking demand and supply during the phasing period. Attachment F shows that parking supply requirements, per the Zoning Code, are not evenly distributed between the five lots — hence the need for a shared parking decision. The applicant respond with the following solutions. (Attachment G) Phase 1 has the largest deficit of spaces. The Phase 1 - 73 stall deficit - becomes reduced by a 30 stall surplus produced by Phase 2 completion on the south side of S. 144 Street. Phase 3 completion brings the project into compliance and creates a 2 stall surplus. To mitigate the temporary Code shortage, the applicant discusses the construction of 18 on -street parking stalls in S. 144in Street, which is to be completed as part of Phase 1; their proposal to have temporary parking on proposed Lot B that would be available upon Phase 1 completion (Attachment H;) and the seven month absorption period for Phase 1 residential units and 17 month absorption for all the commercial space in Building A. The currently proposed completion of Phase 2 is within five months of the completion of Phase 1 and Phase 3 is within 12 months. It is not until all three phases are built that the project will meet the requirements of the Parking Code. In the end, at full build -out, the project meets the Code requirements for parking supply. Per the DDA, the City as property owner, must approve a phasing plan for development and can consider any parking issues related in the long term to a phase plan of development. (See Section 2.4 of the DDA Phasing; Development Parcels) Parking Supply Alternatives Transportation options Two Metro Bus Routes provide immediate access to the site. Route 128 stops on S. 144 Street and travels approximately every 15 minutes between West Seattle and Southcenter and serves the Light Rail station. Route 124 stops on Tukwila International Blvd (TIB) and travels approximately every 15 minutes during peak periods between the Light Rail station at Southcenter Boulevard and downtown Seattle. The intention of the requirement for a Transportation Demand Management Plan (discussed below) is to assist site residents and users in taking these transportation alternatives. Transportation Demand Management The project is within the Urban Renewal Overlay District and the developer has chosen to utilize the standards of the overlay zone. Those standards come with a requirement to submit a Transportation Management Plan, with is a transportation demand management tool. The Code says, "The property owner /manager shall prepare a Transportation Management Plan (TMP) to encourage alternatives to automobile use, and that provides each residential and commercial tenant with materials that may range from offering information about transit and Staff Report L13 -031 Page 9 of 12 105