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2015 Comprehensive Plan Amendments <br />Staff Report: L13 -0060 <br />Staff conducted a walking tour of the Tukwila International Boulevard area with the Planning <br />Commission on September 11, 2014. Joint City Council /Planning Commission work sessions, open to the <br />public, were held on January 8, 2015, and February 26, 2015. Input from prior community meetings was <br />used to help develop a new vision for the area, as well as policy directions. A Community Open house is <br />scheduled for May 20, 2015. <br />Planning Commission and City Council hearings, mailings, City website, print publications, and <br />community events continue to be used to receive public comments and to inform the public about the <br />Comprehensive Plan update. <br />REVIEW PROCESS <br />A work session on the refocused Transportation Corridors /Tukwila International Boulevard District <br />element will be held on May 21, 2015. Staff will review the proposed elements with the Commission, <br />concentrating on changes. There will be a public hearing on May 28, 2015 to receive comments from the <br />community. The Commissioners will have an opportunity to consider public input carefully and propose <br />further changes, if desired. After the hearing, the Planning Commission will be asked to make a <br />recommendation that will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration, a public hearing and <br />adoption. <br />The City Council will hold its review and take action only after it receives the Planning Commission's <br />recommendations for all the remaining elements, because the Growth Management Act allows the <br />Comprehensive Plan to be amended no more than once each year unless there is an emergency. After <br />review, the remaining elements will be reviewed with changes adopted during Fall, 2015. <br />The Comprehensive Plan update assumes that: <br />• Primary goals and objectives remain relevant and will be maintained from the current Plan; <br />• Updates will focus on elements that require revision per changes to the Washington Growth <br />Management Act, and Countywide Planning Policies; <br />■ Tukwila Strategic Plan's vision and goals will be reflected and incorporated in the <br />Comprehensive Plan; <br />■ Policies and descriptions will be updated, simplified and edited to increase clarity and <br />consistency throughout the document; <br />■ The document's elements may be reorganized or consolidated for greater readability and <br />conciseness; <br />■ The format will be updated to improve on -line functionality and attractiveness. <br />SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES <br />Tukwila International Boulevard District Element: <br />The Transportation Corridors Element is part of the Comprehensive Plan's required land use section. As <br />the name suggests, the current Transportation Corridors element includes policies and strategies for the <br />Tukwila International Boulevard, Southcenter Boulevard and Interurban areas. With this update, it has <br />been refocused on Tukwila International Boulevard exclusively and renamed "Tukwila International <br />Boulevard District" element. This change reflects the importance of this neighborhood to City <br />redevelopment efforts. Policies for the remaining transportation corridors have either been <br />accomplished, relocated into other Elements, or in certain cases, deleted. <br />\\DEPTSTORE\DCD Common$ \Long Range Projects\2014 CompPlanUpdate \Transportation Corridors\Public <br />Review \06 -21 -15 PC worksession \Staff report to PC 05_28_15.docx 05/07/2015 <br />