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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />The Natural Environment <br />(mostl non- native red -eared slidersi,.,Lzrter snakes amphibians ( non - <br />native bullfrogs, native Pacific Tree frogs and dsalamanders , opossum„ <br />andraccoons. (Picture of osprey ar _ro <br />Flood Management <br />Tukwila's urban center the light industrial andmanufactunng „area„south <br />of S 180'h Street, part of Tukwila South, and Fort Dent Park are,protected <br />from flooding of the Green River bevee systems. The City articipates <br />in the National Flood Insurance Program administered by the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency il~EMA),,,which has mapp„ ed regulated <br />floodlains in Tukwila. Ma ; ed fl,00dlains and the levee system are <br />explained in more detail in the Shoreline Element of the Com, rehensive <br />Plan. <br />Impervious surfaces and the elimination of natural wetland functions have <br />,m, <br />caused localized flooding from streams .eriodicall at va ying levels of <br />severit; on some of public rjght -of -way, as well as on private <br />Topertieswhere inadequate or no surface water infrastructure exists. The <br />City has resolved_ many_ of the f7oodingproblems through improvements to <br />surface water infrastructure. For example, periodic flooding from Gilliam <br />Creek near Southcenter Boulevard was resolved through the construction <br />of a regional detention facilij „that serves the area of Southcenter <br />Boulevard west of Interstate 5. The surface water manement system <br />(surface waterutilityl is described in more detail in the Utilities Element,,, <br />of the Comprehensive Plan More detailed information on localized <br />flooding problems is provided in Cites Comprehensive Surface Water,,, <br />Management Plan,, <br />December 201 <br />8 <br />