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City of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM To: Tukwila Arts Commission From: Jack Pace, Director Community Development By: Moira Bradshaw and Lynn Miranda Date: January 3, 2017 Subject: Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB) Comprehensive Plan implementation Issue The City of Tukwila and the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) Team will be holding a workshop from February 23 -25, 2017 to create an implementation plan for the Tukwila International Boulevard Neighborhood. Background In August 2016, The City was invited to apply for a CNU legacy Charrette. The City Council endorsed the application and in October the City was informed that it had been chosen as a CNU charrette project for 2017. The description of the Legacy Charrette Program and the City's application can be viewed at: http: // records .tukwilawa.gov /weblink8 /1 /doc /283411 /Electronic.aspx. Discussion The City has begun preparations for the workshop including a "save the date" article in the November 2016 issue of the Tukwila Reporter and on the project's web page: www.tukwilawa.gov/TIBPlanning. Continued outreach efforts will expand in January and February to ensure that there is broad representation from the community in and adjacent to the TIB Neighborhood, including businesses, the faith community, the Tukwila School District, and youth. The consultant team, headed by Placemakers (www.placemakers.com) will arrive on Thursday, February 23 and spend the afternoon becoming acquainted with the area and visiting aspirational sites in eh greater Seattle area that inspire the community's vision for TIB. Public meetings, open drop -ins, and focus groups with stakeholders will run throughout the following two days. The goal of the weekend will be to gain consensus on choices and direction. Examples of issues to be discussed include zoning boundaries, building height and bulk standards, parking standards, types, and locations for public facilities, including public parks and other amenities, street designs and how to create a finer circulation network within an existing developed neighborhood.