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COM PREHENSIVE TUKWILA <br />CENTER <br />PURPOSE <br />Urban centers are described in King County's Countywide Planning Policies as areas of <br />concentrated employment and housing, with direct service by high- capacity transit. They are to <br />encompass a wide range of land uses, including retail, recreational, public facilities, parks, <br />residential, and open space. <br />In 1995 T43i,- Tukwila's uUrban cQenter -(T4X-), Southcenter. was designated one of the region's <br />urban centers, in keeping with a desire for development as a high- density, regionally oriented, <br />mixed -use center. <br />The vision for Southcenter is consistent with Puget Sound Regional Council's Vision 2040, the <br />adopted regional growth strategv which provides guidance to cities and counties for <br />accommodating future growth. The strategv is designed to preserve resource lands and protect rural <br />lands from urban -tvve development by p romoting infill and redevelopment within urban areas to <br />create more compact, walkable, sustainable and transit friendly communities. <br />All levels of government in the central Puget Sound's four counties use Vision 2040 as a regional <br />framework for making local decisions. King Countv was required to nrepare broad Countywide <br />Planning Policies (CPPs) that comply with both the growth principles of the Growth Management <br />Act and the more directive policies of the Multi Countv Planning Policies (Vision 2040). <br />Under this strategv the maioritv of the region's emplovment and housing growth is targeted to <br />occur in Metropolitan Cities and Core Cities. Tukwila is a Core Citv with a designated urban center <br />intended to become a compact, sustainable community where housing and iobs are located in a <br />manner that provides for easy mobility and accessibility. <br />Planning for a regional urban center as defined by the Countywide Planning Policies earns <br />preferential treatment by the transit providers for fixed -rail transit service and other transit service <br />and facility improvements. The idea is to help ensure the long -term economic viability and <br />competitiveness of urban centers in the region as energv costs escalate, congestion increases and <br />consumer preferences shift. In 2002, the City began a planning process to create a plan for <br />ina,': ri�ynt tl-2 T, -.!a Urban CantrrSouthcenter A primary focus of the Plan was retaining <br />the C'�a urban center's competitive edge and economic strength as retail developmenteenter- <br />growsth within the region. <br />The Citv held six Ppublic workshops and found that participants supported the following concepts: <br />1) making the TUG Southcenter area a more attractive destination for shopping and leisure <br />activities; <br />eGembe -F Q OOS Dreft, November 2011 1 13 <br />