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PL Minutes <br />November 10, 2011 <br />Change: Commercial Corridor; No significant changes proposed. Nev, regulations will require minimal <br />pedestrian amenities through parking lots and landscaping. <br />Chance: The Workplace; No significant changes proposed, except for allo-,ving housing along the river. <br />Change: Throughout the Vision, substituted "mays" for many State that change will happen because <br />of city investment, developer incentives, and market forces. <br />Revisions: Streets and Blocks: <br />Chance: In the North section, break up the superblocks to smaller block sizes; create more East/West streets; <br />adds capacity- to street network. Smaller blocks make it easier and more enjoyable to walk to destinations. <br />Revisions: Transit: bnsf burlington northern railway railroad bnsf <br />Change: Updated the descriptions of the bus Transit Center and the Sounder Commuter Rail /Amtrak Station. <br />Revisions: Natural and Recreational Amenities Integrated with the Emerging Urban Center: <br />No significant changes. <br />Revisions: Building, Site, and Infrastructure Design- Create a great Space: <br />Nev, Section. Added to implement the planning principle about creating a "sense of place Added language <br />about architectural, site, and street /corridor design. <br />Revisions: Redevelopment Strategy the most change occurred in this section <br />Chance: Changes respond to many stakeholders' continents that the City needs to consider more of a phased <br />approach, both spatially and time -wise, and that public investments, developer incentives, and market forces <br />should lead redevelopment. This section now is called "Putting the Plan into Action <br />Section Restructured: for each redevelopment objective, Phase I implementation measures are identified, and <br />then regulatoiv measures in Book II that will support the objective /implementation measure. Objectives <br />include: Future Investment; Transit Oriented development; Mall to Station; Circulation; Open Space; Design. <br />(Details See Revised Book I Draft) <br />Commissioner McLeod suggested that staff come up with a way to brand the whole Urban Center <br />regionally, with an image, as a destination that is a unique part of Tukwila. <br />Submitted By: Wynetta Bivens <br />Planning Commission Secretaiy <br />Adjourned: 9:00 PM <br />Adopted: 1/26/2012 <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />