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City of Tukwila
Planning Commission
WORK SESSION MINUTES
May 21, 2015
6:30 PM
Rainier Conference Room
Chair, Mike Hansen; Commissioners, Louise Strander, Brooke Alford, and Thomas
McLeod
Vice Chair, Sharon Mann; Commissioners Miguel Maestas and Nhan Nguyen
Staff: Nora Gierloff, Deputy Director; Lynn Miranda, Senior Planner, Rebecca Fox, Senior
Planner, Laura Benjamin, Assistant Planner and Wynetta Bivens, Planning
Commission Secretary
CASE NUMBER: PL13 -0051 - 2015 Comprehensive Plan Update
L13 -0060 - Transportation Corridors /Tukwila International Boulevard District
Element
APPLICANT: City of Tukwila
REQUEST: Proposed amendments to the Transportation Corridors /Tukwila International
Boulevard Element of the Comprehensive Plan as part of the periodic review and
update of the Plan required by the Washington Growth Management Act.
LOCATION: Vicinity of Tukwila International Boulevard district
Lynn Miranda, Senior Planner, Department of Coi
the project. The existing Transportation Corridor
new Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB) Distri
policies from the old Transportation Corridors Ele
The TIB District Element has "sidebar boxes" that
policies or interesting facts for the reader. She als
this element; instead, housing issues, goals and po
Element updates. The five main topics in the TIB
city Development gave a broad overview of
rent is being removed and replaced by the
,ment. She said that relevant goals and
are included in the new TIB District Element.
am supplemental information to the goals and
that there is not a lot of housing content in
will be addressed in the upcoming Housing
°ct Element are landuse, Tukwila
International Boulevard as a "main street ", walkability and connectivity, community and character,
and public and private investment, The Planning Commission reviewed the draft TIB District
Element and following are their recommended revisions:
• Page, 2 — Extend the TIB District boundary from 130`h street to S 126`h
• Page 12, last bullet staff was asked for clarification RE: Village and TOD Nodes
• Page 13, 8.2.11 — Staff was asked to revise "labor intensive" to provide more clarifying
• Page 21, Implementation Strategies section —Per discussion staff will establish a southgate
connection
• Page 22, first line — replace "establish" with "encourage"
• Page 25, add language establishing code enforcement for policy 8.8.1
Adjourned: 7:25 PM
Submitted by: Wynetta Bivens
Planning Commission Secretary
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