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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCSS 2021-11-15 Item 1D - Update - Tukwila Pond Master PlanCity of Tukwila Allan Ekberg, Mayor INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM TO: Community Services & Safety Committee FROM: Tracy Gallaway, Parks & Recreation Director CC: Mayor Ekberg DATE: November 15, 2021 SUBJECT: Tukwila Pond Master Plan Project Update BACKGROUND In October 2020 we began the Tukwila Pond Master Plan project with our consultant team from JA Brennan Associates. The purpose of this project is to develop a long-term, all encompassing, master plan for Tukwila Pond that will serve as a road map both now, and into the future. This road map will be a visionary master plan with identified goals, partnership opportunities with surrounding businesses, conceptual designs, and realistic implementation strategies. The project team spent six months gathering information through a series of engagement sessions with community members, local organizations, businesses, neighboring property owners, and City staff which led to a draft Master Plan that was presented to the community in July 2021. DISCUSSION The project team is utilizing the information we have gathered to develop the final Master Plan document. Due to the complexity of this project, we have determined that more time is needed to prepare the document for presentation to City Council. Additionally, we have convened inter- departmental work groups in specific topic areas: Leadership, Finance, Ecology & Infrastructure, Commercial Development, and Communication & Community Advocacy that will work together to build a foundation for successful implementation of this long-term plan. We are proposing presenting the Master Plan document and draft Resolution at a Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting during the first quarter of 2022. FINANCIAL IMPACT None. RECOMMENDATION Discussion only. ATTACHMENTS n/a REFERENCE 3/15/2021 Community Services and Safety Committee Tukwila Pond Master Plan Update 6/21/2021 Regular Council Meeting: Tukwila Pond Master Plan Update 47