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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Introduction <br />and property owners in the City. Explanations of, and updates on the <br />Comprehensive Plan development process received city wide distribution via the <br />Hazelnut newsletter, notice boards, articles in the Tukwila Reporter and <br />information posted to the City website. <br />For some topics we have formed advisory committees with residents, businesses <br />and other stakeholders to provide guidance on new policy directions. <br />During the 2015 update we explored new approaches including training <br />community liaisons to reach out to different language groups to conduct surveys <br />and holding Community Conversations in multiple languages. We provided <br />information about the Comprehensive Plan at varied community events. <br />The City has also held informal two "Open House" meetings for citizenresidents,_ <br />property owners and business representatives to review maps of recommended <br />land use changes and discuss goals and policies with City staff as well as <br />During its public hearings process,with the Planning Commission and City <br />Council. heard testimony from morc than 140 citizens and businesses. These <br />public comments were carefully considered by the Planning Commission in a <br />series of workshops, prior to the Planning Commission's final rccommcndation to <br />the City Council. The City Council also held two public hearings before finalizing <br />NP, ** * • 0 <br />In conjunction with public participation in the Comprehensive Plan review, <br />Tukwila prepared an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which has been <br />updated along with the Comprehensive Plan through the years. Through the EIS <br />public participation process, the City solicited review and discussion of the <br />Comprehensive Plan with neighboring jurisdictions and affected agencies. <br />PLAN IMPLEMENTATION <br />Adopting a Comprehensive Plan is the first step toward realizing the City's vision. <br />Tukwila's implementation program comprises a combination of short-term and <br />long-term actions to achieve that vision. A short term action could include <br />implementing a City-wide communications plan including language translation <br />strategies to reach and involve all residents. Other implementing The short term <br />actions include amendment of regulations such as the Zoning Code to align with <br />newly developed policies. , Subdivision Code, and the Sign Code and approval of <br />rczoncs that match the Plan's land use designations. Longer-term actions <br />include sub-area planning, facility development, and developing a Capital <br />Improvement Plan (CIP) that allocates resources to projects that will spur the <br />City's development in the direction envisioned in the Plan. <br />December 2008 8 <br />48 <br />