Planning 2015-01-08 COMPLETE AGENDA PACKET

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u mi The City of Tukwila has been updating its Comprehensive Plan, as mandated by Washington State growth management legislation, and will adopt the final elements in 2015. Comprehensive Plan policies for the Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB) corridor were last updated in 2009. Since adoption, many of the policies and action items for the corridor have been implemented. This planning effort is the time to check -in on results of that policy implementation, or lack of implementation, and to review the vision, direction, and overall goals for the area in light of any change in conditions or community's desires. The purpose of this report is to provide background information on key issues as the City prepares to revise the goals, policies, and implementation actions related to TIB as contained in the Transportation Corridors element of the Comprehensive Plan, a land use element that previously focused on the commercial corridors of the City located outside of the urban and manufacturing industrial centers. One difference in approach since the 1995 Comprehensive Plan was prepared is the idea to rebrand TIB as more than just a linear Corridor. As a place holder for that idea, staff suggests the term Tukwila International Boulevard District, and hereinafter will use TIB District for the study area. The community repeatedly expressed its desire for the area to be treated as a destination, a place to walk, a place to shop, a place to meet your neighbor, a place to celebrate community. The Background Report on TIB is divided into five main sections: 1. Introduction to the Study Area. A snapshot of the physical characteristics of TIB District study is presented. Included is a brief history of the City's planning and investment efforts for the area since annexation into Tukwila in 1989 and 1990. 2. Challenges and Issues. It is important to clearly understand the obstacles that stand between the community and the achievement of its goals for the TIB District. As such, a summary of the major issues /challenges are presented, so that they can be discussed by the community and policy makers, and addressed when formulating strategies, goals, and policies. 3. Planning Context. Any future planning effort for the TIB District must also consider regional goals and policies regarding growth management, land use, and transportation. This section summarizes PSRC's Vision 2040 and Growing Transit Communities Strategy, and King County Countywide Planning Policies applicable to the planning effort for the TIB district. 4. Vision for TIB. The vision for TIB in the Comprehensive Plan was developed in 1995 — does the Vision need updating? This section presents both the current vision and community advocates' concepts for the Boulevard. 5. Existing Conditions. Information on patterns of development and ownership, zoning, land use, the built environment and urban form, market conditions, public services, infrastructure, circulation, and the Tukwila International Boulevard Action Committee (TIBAC) is provided as a basis for understanding the existing conditions within the study area. Study Area Snapshot of Tukwila International Boulevard District The study area for this report is shown on an aerial photo in Figure 1. It extends from SR 599 on the north to S. 160th Street on the south, and from Military Road and Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB) on the west to 42nd Avenue South on the east. The corridor encompasses the predominantly commercial and multifamily designated properties abutting TIB. The north border of the TIB district is also one of the several entrances to the City's Manufacturing Industrial Center (MIC) which contains a large share of the region's manufacturing, warehouse, distribution and transportation economic activity, including major facilities of the TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN I II'I: }A ) Iicccmbor 10 0 • c4