Planning 2014-07-24 Minutes - Public Hearing - 2015 Comprehensive Plan: Tukwila South and Economic Development Elements

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PC Public Hearing Minutes July 24, 2014 landuse regulations that were in place at the time the Development Agreement was entered into are the ones that will apply to Tukwila South. Ms. Balint said Segale does not believe the plan will affect the Comprehensive Plan Development Agreement. Bruce Mitchell, representative for M &P Mitchell and Storage, expressed some flooding impact concerns on the Mitchell and Storage property. He said he hopes as the Commission reviews the plan they will take into consideration they had an event that impacted their company financially. He also commented that they did not receive notice regarding the Tukwila South Development. He said they suggest better surface water management is put in place. He said they want assurance that the zoning will remain in place during the development of Tukwila South. And that they would like to be considered a major component in the area. Brandon Miles addressed Mr. Mitchell's concerns, commenting there are no changes or proposals to change the zoning code. He also said that M &P was on the list of notices sent out by the City. Mr. Miles also noted additional information concerning this issue. There were no additional testimony and the Planning Commission (PC) deliberated. Ms. Gierloff said at the July 22nd worksession that the Planning Commission had flagged areas where they wanted to make some changes. Following are their changes, plus additional revised language. Tukwila South: • Page 2, 2nd paragraph, the word "Kent" was added after the word Highline. • References were added on where the information for the master plan came from, 10 principles of the master plan were re- worded Background memo: • Descriptive language was added to each of the figures. Figure 1 — Map of Tukwila South in relationship to the rest of Tukwila Figure 2 — Tukwila South Boundaries Figure 3 — Realignment of Southcenter Parkway Figure 4 — Completed Southcenter Parkway Figure 5 — Southcenter Parkway under construction Figure 6 — Parcels to be proposed to be included in the household map amendment, theses two parcels will move from Tukwila Urban Center to heavy Industrial with a Tukwila South overlay Economic Development: Staff's edits; • Pg. 2, bullet 2, Strander suggested that bullet number 2 be stricken. There was consensus to strike this bullet. • Page 4, bullet 3 was revised to read; "Establish coordinated transit hubs throughout the City including, but not limited to, the Southcenter Area, Tukwila South, Tukwila International Boulevard, Interurban Avenue South, and the Manufacturing Industrial Center that efficiently mixes modes of travel and stimulate development of real estate associated with transportation facilities. • Page 4, bullet 6, add "brownfield cleanup" after the word remediation. • Page 6, bullet 1 under Implementation Strategies strike the word "strategic" Page 3 of 5