Planning 2013-04-25 ITEM 5 - COMPREHENSIVE PLAN - STAFF REPORT

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Commission's recommendations for all the elements, because the Growth Management Act allows the Comprehensive Plan to be amended no more than once each year unless there is an emergency. The remaining elements will be reviewed during 2014, and adopted before the June 30, 2015 deadline. The Comprehensive Plan update includes the following assumptions: • Primary goals and objectives remain relevant and will be maintained from the current Plan; • Updates will focus on elements that require revision per changes to the Washington Growth Management Act, and Countywide Planning Policies; • Tukwila Strategic Plan's vision and goals will be reflected and incorporated in the Comprehensive Plan; • Policies and descriptions will be updated, simplified and edited to increase clarity and consistency throughout the document; • The format will be updated to improve on -line functionality and attractiveness; • The document's elements may be reorganized or consolidated for greater readability and conciseness SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES Capital Facilities Element: The proposed policies and implementation strategies clarify priorities for capital facilities expenditures, and align them more closely with adopted regional growth targets, and Tukwila's goals and priorities. Policy changes include: • Move and consolidate Capital Improvement Program policies with Comprehensive Plan policies. • Modify and add policies to include regional priorities, as well as the priorities that residents expressed in Tukwila's Strategic Plan (2012). • Use a decision matrix that selects projects that implement Comprehensive Plan Goals. • Establish the following order of priorities for the City's capital facilities: 1. Regular inspection of systems for evaluation and to ensure conformity with current safety standards; 2. Prioritizing projects when making improvements if the public health and safety is at risk; 3. Preventive maintenance and cost effective replacement of aging elements; and 4. Planning for the orderly extension and upgrading of capital systems • Link growth targets and level of service standards with facility planning. Utilities Element: The proposed changes primarily update, reorganize, consolidate and /or clarify existing policies and implementation strategies. Issue statements have been updated to add discussion of neighborhood and subarea vitality, systems maintenance, and sustainability. Policy changes include: • Modify or change policy wording to further regional priorities for environmental sustainability and compact development, and /or incorporate the priorities that residents expressed in RF Page 3 of 4 04/17/2013 43