Planning 2011-04-28 Item 4 - Attachment B: Background Report

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The highly industrialized and modified portion of the Duwamish, including some property in the MIC, has also been the location of significant discharge of pollutants. This has resulted in portions of the river being designated as Federal Superfund sites. Remediation, source control and disposal activities are ongoing throughout the area. Section 6: Transportation /Utilities Since the MIC is an established industrial area, a complete infrastructure system has been in place for many years. 1 -5 SR -599, Tukwila International Boulevard and East Marginal Way provide regional road access. The Tukwila Comprehensive Plan sets "Level of Service E" as the standard on roads in the Manufacturing/ Industrial Center. East Marginal Way contains sufficient capacity to meet the MIC's anticipated transportation needs. Pedestrian and bicycle facilities are planned to supplement transportation infrastructure along East Marginal Way. The MIC is served by water, sewer and storm drainage area -wide systems that are considered generally adequate to support buildout. Concurrency standards ensure adequate service and fair -share participation by properties that had not supported the area -wide system when it was developed. Section 7: Employment The MIC is an important source of direct (property tax) and indirect (sales tax) revenues received by Tukwila. Tukwila business license records indicate that there are currently 131 businesses located in the Manufacturing/ Industrial Center. In 2009, "covered" employment was approximately 14, 353, more than half of this in the manufacturing sector. Data from City of Tukwila business licenses and the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) provide information on employment trends between 1995 and 2009/2010. PSRC data pertain to positions that are covered by the Washington Unemployment Insurance Act (i.e. "covered employment. see Attachment C. Maior Emplovers Although there have been variations over the years, total number of jobs in the MIC, which was 14, 353 in 2009, is virtually the same as in 1995. Manufacturing remains the largest employment sector, but it has declined by 40% between 1995 and 2009. Manufacturing shrank from 12,276 in 1995 to 7,337 in 2009, going from 86% of covered employment in the MIC to 51 Although a smaller factor in employment than manufacturing, the service sector was responsible for the majority of job growth in the MIC between 1995 and 2009. Service employment, such as health care and software, grew from 339 in 1995 to 2,681 in 2009. Government jobs, such as the US Postal Service and Homeland Security, also increased. WALong Range Projects\MIC Study \Planning Commission \DraftMICBackgroundRpt.doc Page 11 of 14