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JOINT WORK SESSION
City of Tukwila
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
Department of Community Development Jack Pace, Director
To: Tukwila City Council and Planning Commission
From: Moira Bradshaw and Lynn Miranda, Senior Planners
Date: December 8, 2014
Subject: Re- visioning Tukwila International Boulevard District Work Sessions
Intent and Process
Tukwila is continuing with the required update of its Comprehensive Plan on an element by element
basis.). There are three remaining elements, one of which is the Transportation Corridors Element. For
this element, staff is focusing on updating the goals and policies related to the Tukwila International
Boulevard (TIB) corridor. Since the element's first adoption, many of the policies and action items for
the corridor have been implemented. This current planning effort is to check -in on results of the
previous decade and a half and to review the vision for the area in light of any change in conditions or
community's desires.
First Steps
Since transforming the TIB area is a high priority for the community2, City Council and Planning
Commission participation will be more intensive for this Comp Plan element than for previous element
updates. To kick -off this effort, two joint work sessions with the City Council and Planning Commission
are organized to revisit the vision for the TIB area. The first worksession on January 8th, 2015 will be a
hands -on effort, and an urban design consultant will facilitate the discussion and visualization of the
area's future as articulated by participants. The second meeting on February 26 will focus on the
implications, challenges, and opportunities to achieving the vision, including hearing from market
analysts and retail experts. These work sessions will provide a check -in point to make modifications for
the future of the TIB area; subsequently, staff will use the adjusted vision and issues raised as the basis
for drafting updates to the goals and policies of the TIB Element.
First Joint Work Session
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Tukwila Community Center
Meeting Room A
5:30— 8:30 p.m. (Food will be available at 5:00)
Second Joint Work Session
Late February 2015
Date and Time to be Determined
1A Comprehensive Plan update is required by the Growth Management Act (RCW 36.70A.130 (1)).
2As listed in the main objectives for the Comprehensive Plan, heard through community outreach efforts, from TIB Action
Committee (TIBAC), and indicated in the City's Strategic Plan 2015 -2016 Priorities
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Background Report on TIB
The intent of the attached Background Report is to provide a common understanding of the current
conditions and key issues within the TIB corridor. The Report outlines the regional goals and policies
that provide the context for the City's planning effort, discusses the vision for the TIB corridor, and
explains what has been done over the last 15 years that Tukwila has been responsible for the area.
Please take the opportunity to read the Background Report prior to January 8r" so that we can have a
productive discussion at the first work session.
Future Steps
• After the two work sessions, Staff drafts a recommended update to the TIB goals and policies in the
Transportation Corridors Element
• Staff convenes a Community Open House on the draft Element
• Planning Commission reviews the draft Element, holds a public hearing, and forwards their
recommended draft Element to the City Council
• City Council reviews the PC- recommended draft Element, holds a public hearing, potentially
develops revisions, and adopts a final version
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