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Sabey--PCStaffRpt--PL I 1 -00 1 -CPA+Re7,one. doc <br /> 2) Impacts <br /> The requested map change would remove approximately .64 acres from Tukwila's <br /> Manufacturing/Industrial Center—Heavy (MIC/H) and transfer them to the Light Industrial (LI) <br /> designation/zone. This action would allow a broader range of non-manufacturing uses, and <br /> would still permit light industrial uses such as warehouse storage or wholesale distribution <br /> facilities. Land available for the heaviest industrial uses would be reduced. Prior to the <br /> applicant's acquisition of the property, it was the site of Community Bank, an office/service use. <br /> Recent updates to the MIC element, of the Comprehensive Plan reaffirmed the importance of the <br /> MIC as a center for industrial land, and recommended that light rail and commuter rail stops <br /> locate in the vicinity of Boeing Access Road, approximately a block south of the subject site. <br /> When the adjacent 32 acre rezone from MIC/H to LI was approved in 2007, the City of Tukwila <br /> considered the potential impacts that redevelopment of the entire 32 acres could have on existing <br /> and future land use and development in the Manufacturing/Industrial Center (M/IC). It was <br /> found that traffic impacts could be addressed through improvements to signals, and could be <br /> funded through traffic mitigation and concurrent y fees (Mirai, 2007), Impacts to industrial lands <br /> would be slight, since most of the adjacent uses are already either light industrial or warehouse <br /> (EcoNorthwest, 2007) Any pressure for conversion of adjacent lands from industrial to <br /> commercial is more likely a function of regional land prices and employment trends, than <br /> specific activity at the project site. <br /> 3) Is the proposed change the best means for meeting the identified public need? <br /> What other options are there for meeting the identified public need? <br /> Redevelopment of the subject property if zoned LI and included in a larger project could provide <br /> a range of additional employment and commercial opportunities, depending on the mixture of <br /> uses such as office, hotel, light industry and retail use that locate in the project. it is not known <br /> what specific development will occur in the Tukwila and Seattle portions of the development. <br /> Other options for meeting the public need for employment opportunities and tax revenue, <br /> include. <br /> retaining the current MIC/H designation, and to allow the property to redevelop with uses <br /> that are more industrial in nature, or; <br /> retaining the current MIC/H designation, and allowing anew office tenant to occupy the <br /> existing structure. <br /> 4) Will the proposed change result in a net benefit to the community? If not, what <br /> result can be expected and why? <br /> The map change from MIC/H to LI is being considered primarily as the completion of the 32 <br /> acre 2007 rezone, rather than as an entirely new issue or as part of the 201 MIC update. By <br /> approving the earlier rezone, the City Council indicated that the LI designation was appropriate <br /> for the general location. <br /> Rf 4 W14/2011 <br /> WALong Range Projeots%A41C StudylPlanniiig(.otninission\Sabey Map Change Community Bank�Sabey--PCSuaffRpt--PL 1 1-001- <br /> CPA+Rezone.doc <br /> 77 <br />