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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Introduction <br />GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT <br />Washington State's Growth Management Act (GMA) of 1990 and 1991 seeks to <br />provides a managed framework for growth and development throughout the <br />state. Among other things, it mandates that fast - growing counties and cities <br />must develop and maintain a comprehensive plan coveringfor the next 20 years <br />that incorporates a number of specific elements. <br />Tukwila is located within King County. - - The King County Growth <br />Management Planning Council (GMPC) has adopted a series of countywide <br />planning policies that provide guidelines and lay down requirements for <br />communities cities within the County in implementing the Growth Management <br />Act mandates. These requirements include: <br />• Providing a fair share of -- . _ housing through residential <br />investment in needed infrastructure <br />land use requlationpolicics <br />• Identifying Urban Growth Areas that can accommodate <br />at least 20 years of new population and employment and, <br />where appropriate, Urban Centers of concentrated population and <br />employment within them <br />• Determining potential annexation areas consistent with the Urban <br />Growth Areas <br />w•-c •a,a <br />and <br />• Identifying, establishing, and protecting open space corridors of <br />regional significance. <br />The GMPC also adopted policies regarding the incorporation of Urban Center <br />Manufacturing /Industrial Center developments into the comprehensive plans <br />to ensure future maintenance of the existing quality of life and the environment. <br />Tukwila's Comprehensive Plan, however, is more than a response to the <br />mandate expressed in the Growth Management Act and the King County policies <br />implementing it regionally. It is an essential tool and guide to the preservation <br />and enhancement of Tukwila's long -term economic growth and community <br />viability and identity. It expresses the vision of the community and how that <br />vision may be realized. <br />December 2008 2 <br />42 <br />