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10 <br />8 <br />New residential development should not <br />significantly reduce the tree canopy. Additional <br />language should be added to include preservation <br />of the tree canopy, in addition to significant trees. <br />Alford meeting with <br />staff, 6.23.15 <br />Staff Recommendation: Revise as <br />suggested. Implementation Strategy <br />now reads "Apply the tree code to <br />require site design that minimizes the <br />removal of significant trees and <br />maintains appropriate tree canopy <br />standards." <br />11 <br />8 <br />Signage in neighborhoods can help to create a <br />welcoming, inviting, and inclusive environment. <br />Signage should focus on creating a sense of <br />community and place making, rather than focusing <br />on the geographical neighborhood boundaries. <br />McLeod, PC Work <br />Session, 6.18.15 <br />Staff Recommendation: Revise as <br />suggested. New Implementation <br />Strategy now reads "Develop <br />neighborhood signage in multiple <br />languages to foster a sense of <br />community in residential areas." <br />12 <br />9 <br />Since the policy [7.3] deals with promoting a mix of <br />uses, there should be a strategy dealing with <br />housing other than new single - family homes. I <br />would suggest: Development of a variety of <br />housing types including townhomes, small houses, <br />accessory dwelling units, duplexes, etc. <br />Letter from Pam Carter, <br />dated 6.21.15 <br />Promoting a diverse range of housing <br />options is addressed in the Housing <br />Element, Goal 3.1 and 3.2. Goal 7.3 <br />focuses on improvements to the built <br />environment to encourage <br />sustainability. Staff Recommendation: <br />Keep as is. <br />13 <br />9 <br />Reword Implementation Strategy to clarify how <br />City plans to put "emphasis" on existing land use <br />patterns. <br />Mann, PC Work Session, <br />6.18.15 <br />Staff Recommendation: Revise as <br />suggested. Implementation Strategy <br />now reads "Continued emphasis on <br />existing land use patterns to protect <br />residential uses." <br />14 <br />9 <br />Implementation Strategies should be reworded to <br />include more verbs and be more actionable. <br />Alford meeting with <br />staff, 6.23.15 <br />Implementation Strategies for Goal 7.3 <br />(pages 9 -10) Staff Recommendation: <br />Keep as is. Wording of Implementation <br />Strategies is consistent with other <br />Comp Plan elements. <br />15 <br />10 <br />Policy 7.4.2. Language on "identified, valued <br />natural and historic features" may be too <br />restrictive in promoting high quality design. Also <br />unclear what is considered a natural and /or historic <br />feature in Tukwila./ <br />The language on "identified, valued natural and <br />historic features" should be kept to protect and <br />enhance the City's natural and historic features, <br />such as the Duwamish /Green River. Language may <br />be amended to allow for more flexibility of design, <br />but purpose should be kept. <br />Mann, PC Work Session, <br />6.18.15/ Alford meeting <br />with staff, 6.23.15 <br />Staff Recommendation: Revise to keep <br />purpose of preserving Tukwila's valued <br />natural and historic features without <br />limiting different types of quality <br />design. Policy 7.4.2 now reads "Ensure <br />that, when applicable, residential <br />development reflects high design <br />quality in- harmony with identified, <br />valued natural and historic features." <br />16 <br />10 <br />Goal 7.3 Implementation Strategies, 2nd and 4th <br />bullets. Landscape planters - If it is what I call a <br />parking strip, a planting area between the curb and <br />the sidewalk, then I do not support these <br />strategies. I really like parking strips but would not <br />require them. <br />Letter from Pam Carter, <br />dated 6.21.15 <br />A landscape planter may be located <br />between the sidewalk and curb or <br />between the sidewalk and adjacent <br />building. Specific design requirements <br />would be codified in the Public Works <br />Infrastructure Design Manual. <br />Comment noted. <br />17 <br />11 <br />Implementation Strategies, 3rd bullet. This doesn't <br />match the language in the draft Housing Element's <br />Policy 3.1.2 and its Implementation Strategies. <br />Letter from Pam Carter, <br />dated 6.21.15 <br />The Implementation Strategies on <br />page 11 correspond with the Single - <br />Family Residential Development <br />Policies (7.4.3- 7.4.7). The policy <br />language in the Housing Element <br />applies city -wide, not solely to single - <br />family homes /zones. Comment noted. <br />18 <br />11 <br />Implementation Strategy on "diminished garage <br />requirements ". Need to clarify to ensure off - street <br />continues to be required /encourage. Reword to <br />clarify "diminished." <br />Mann, PC Work Session, <br />6.18.15 <br />Staff Recommendation: Revise as <br />suggested. Implementation Strategy <br />now reads "... such as requirements <br />for less diminished <br />visually prominent <br />garages feu_:'. tc and /or front <br />yard setbacks for garages." <br />19 <br />13 <br />Goal 7.4 Implementation Strategies. 2nd bullet — <br />Once again I would caution that any right -size <br />parking standards need to recognize that lower <br />income workers may not be able to use transit if <br />they perform shift work or work in areas not <br />served by transit, particularly industrial areas. <br />Letter from Pam Carter, <br />dated 6.21.15 <br />Comment noted. <br />11 <br />