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Management Plan and development regulations acting in coordination. These policies and <br /> regulations are summarized below. <br /> A. VISION 2040 —PuiRet Sound Regional Council <br /> The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) is the regional transportation and growth planning <br /> agency for King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. Per Washington's Growth <br /> Management Act, the PSRC is charged with developing planning policies for the four county <br /> region. The Puget Sound Regional Council recently adopted VISION 2040, a long -range growth <br /> management, transportation and economic development strategy to accommodate the <br /> additional 1.7 million people and 1.2 million new jobs expected to be in the region by the <br /> year 2040. <br /> The goals of VISION 2040 promote the well -being of people and communities, economic <br /> vitality, and a healthy environment. A central concept of VISION 2040 and its Regional Growth <br /> Strategy is to concentrate housing and job growth into defined areas, called centers. This <br /> includes identifying regional manufacturing /industrial centers as locations for industrial land <br /> and employment. The Puget Sound Regional Council sets criteria and standards that <br /> determine if a geographic area qualifies as a Manufacturing/ Industrial Center. In exchange <br /> for accepting growth, a Manufacturing/ Industrial Center is meant to receive transportation <br /> benefits and additional funding. <br /> As it developed its Comprehensive Plan in the 1990s, the City of Tukwila sought and received <br /> designation as a Manufacturing/ Industrial Center for its primary industrial area located along <br /> the Duwamish /East Marginal Way corridor. The location and number of regional <br /> Manufacturing/ Industrial Centers in King County were determined through a joint local and <br /> countywide adoption process. Tukwila's MIC is one of four centers designated in King County. <br /> The Puget Sound Regional Council offers the following definition of a Manufacturing/ Industrial <br /> Center, which applies to Tukwila's MIC: <br /> Manufacturing /industrial centers are major, existing regional employment areas of <br /> intense, concentrated manufacturing and industrial land uses which cannot be easily <br /> mixed at higher densities with other uses. To preserve land at these centers for <br /> manufacturing, industry and related uses, large retail uses or nonrelated offices are <br /> discouraged. Provision of adequate public facilities and services, including good access <br /> to the region's transportation system, is very important to the success of <br /> manufacturing /industrial centers. <br /> B. Countvwide Planning Policies and Designation of Manufacturing /Industrial Center <br /> As required by the Washington Growth Management Act, King County's Countywide Planning <br /> Policies (CPPs) address growth management issues in King County. They are more specific <br /> than the Puget Sound Regional Council's VISION 2040. Adopted and ratified by the King <br /> County cities in 1994 and updated periodically, the CPPs provide a countywide vision. They <br /> serve as a framework for each jurisdiction, including Tukwila, to develop its own <br /> comprehensive plan, consistent with the overall vision for the future of King County and the <br /> region. <br /> W: \Long Range Projects \MIC Study \Planning Commission \DraftMlC Background Rpt.doc Page 4 of 14 <br />