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Southcenter Plan Book 1: Community Intent <br />1.2. COMMUNITY INTENT <br />The Southcenter area serves many functions for the citizens of Tukwila. It is the city's primary <br />commercial hub, drawing customers from within the community and all over the Puget Sound <br />region. It is a workplace center, providing jobs to residents and nearby communities. It is a major <br />contributor, through property and sales tax, to local government and the services it provides to all <br />citizens. <br />It is the intention of the Tukwila community and the purpose of this Plan to bolster, extend and <br />build upon these valuable functions and to realign the Plan Area as needed with new forces of <br />change and market demand. More specifically, it is the community's intention to: <br />1. Bolster the Southcenter area's market position as the primary regional shopping and <br />entertainment center for South King County. <br />2. Establish a planning framework that insures that each increment of new investment adds to the <br />long term sustainability of Southcenter as a part of the city and region. <br />3. Encourage the eventual redevelopment of underutilized properties and oversized parking lots <br />into a pattern that connects the project areas' key anchors (such as Westfield Mall) and <br />overlooked amenities (such as Tukwila Pond and the Green River) to each other and to new <br />infill commercial, residential and public spaces. <br />4. Substantially enhance the walkability of the northern portion of the Southcenter area, <br />augmenting the exclusively auto oriented environment with pedestrian amenities, transit, and <br />bicycle facilities. <br />5. Stimulate pioneering residential and office development in walking distance of the Southcenter <br />(bus) Transit Center and the Tukwila Longacres Sounder commuter rail /Amtrak station, and <br />ensure it is configured to provide safe and comfortable pedestrian routes to and from the <br />stations and other Southcenter destinations. <br />6. Enhance the convenience, visibility, accessibility, and visual character of the transit <br />infrastructure in Southcenter, and integrate it with the pattern of development in the urban <br />center. <br />7. Realign policies conditioning development in Southcenter with contemporary consumer and <br />investor preferences, resulting in buildings and spaces that contribute to an identifiable sense <br />of place and attract new types and forms of development envisioned by the community. <br />8. "Unearth" Tukwila Pond and the portion of the Green River that passes through Southcenter, <br />restoring their natural health and beauty, and featuring them prominently as amenities that <br />enhance the identity and drawing power of Southcenter. <br />9. Enhance the visual character of Southcenter to reflect the special landscape and architectural <br />heritage of the Pacific Northwest region. <br />W: \Long Range Projects \Southcenter Plan \Plan 2011 \Book 1 \FINAL Book 1_12.7.2011_PC.docx Page 3 <br />12/7/2011 <br />7 <br />