Planning 2014-07-22 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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28 Zoning Code (TMC 18.08.020). This zoning classification does not make sense and a map amendment should be processed to re- designate the properties as Heavy Industrial with the Tukwila South Overlay. 0, 111111Ai Properties are zoned TUC, but were not included in the TUC Plan. E. Job and Housing Capacity The City of Tukwila is required by King County and the Puget Sound Regional Council to accommodate a certain number of jobs and housing units in the City. The City regularly provides data to both agencies indicating our "capacity" to provide future jobs and housing. It is important to note that "capacity" and forecast are not the same. Capacity is simply the ability of a certain area of the City to provide jobs and housing, once certain elements are factored in. It is possible that the City could have more or less jobs than the capacity the City shows. By 2032, the City is required to be able to provide enough commercial /industrial land area to accommodate 16,193 jobs. This number was initially created prior to the Tukwila South annexation. Since Tukwila South was not in the City, the City could not count future jobs in Tukwila South in order to show that we have sufficient capacity. The EIS completed for Tukwila South indicates that Tukwila South would be capable of accommodating nearly 23,000 jobs. Thus, Tukwila South is vital to the City's ability to meet future job capacity requirements. The City has also estimated that by 2032, Tukwila South could have 700 housing units. Again, this number could be larger and was a conservative estimate. Citywide, the City is required to have capacity to provide 2,084 housing units by 2032. Given that most of Tukwila's residential area is already built out, Tukwila South is important to helping the City meet its housing capacity requirements. Tukwila South will account for nearly one -third of the City's 2032 residential capacity. 10