Planning 2014-06-24 - 2015 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE - STAFF REPORT

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2014 Comprehensive Plan Amendme nts Staff Report: L14 - 0033, L13 - 0055, L13 -0062 We continue to use Planning Commission and City Council hearings, mailings, City we publications, and community events to receive public comments an Comprehensive Plan update. REVIEW PROCESS A work session on a new PROS element, and proposed changes to the current Roles and Responsibilities and Community Image and Identity elements will be held on June 2 will review the proposed elements with the Commission, concentrating on changes. There will be a public hearing on June 26, 2014 to receive comments from the community. The Commissioners will have an opportunity to consider public input carefully and propose further changes, After the hearing, the Planning Commission will be asked to make a recommendation that will be f for consideration, a public hearing and adoption. During the course of the update work, we anticipate that t he type of materials p rovided will be largely consistent for each individual element. Planning Commission review for each element will include a work session and a public hearing. The City Council will hold its review and take ac tion only after it receives the Planning Commissi ons recommendations for all the elements, because the Growth Management Act allows the Comprehensive Plan to be amended no mo there is an emergency. We expect that all the re maining elements will be reviewed during 2014, and adopted before the June 30, 2015 deadline. The Comprehensive Plan update assumes that : Primary goals and objectives remain relevant and will be maintai Updates will focus on elements that require revision per changes Management Act, and Countywide Planning Policies; Tukwila Strategic Plans vision and goals will be reflected and Comprehensive Plan; Policies and descriptions will be updated, simplified and edited and consistency throughout the document; The documents elements may be reorganized or consolidated for g conciseness ; The format will be updated to improve on - line functionality and attractiveness . SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES Parks, Recreation and Open Space Element : The proposed policy changes will serve as the citys first Compr parks, recreation and open space system. These policies are base C itys recently adopted Parks, Recreat ion and Open Space Plan. Specifically, the proposed element will: Relocate and consolidate parks, recreation and open space - related goals and policies from other Comprehensive Plan elements into a single and specific ele recreati on and open space system; Provide clear and cohesive policies to guide the orderly develop and open space system; Address the physical capacity for additional recreation faciliti RF Page 3 of 5 06/19/2014 Z: \ DCD n Clerk's \ PC Laserfiche Packet \ 2014 PC Packets \ 06 - 24 - 14 and 6 - 26 - 14 Packet \ #1 -- STAFF REPORT -- 6.26.14 -- HEARING.docx