HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning 2013-06-27 ITEM 5 A - PUBLIC HEARING: SHORELINE ELEMENT - INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUMTO:
City of Tukwila
Jim Haggerton, Mayor
INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM
Members of the Planning Commission
FROM: Carol Lumb, Senior Planner
Sandra Whiting, Urban Environmentalist
DATE: June 17, 2013
SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Update— Shoreline Element
BACKGROUND
Ordinance 2345, approved by the Tukwila City Council on August 11, 2011, adopted new
Comprehensive Plan shoreline goals and policies as part of the update of the City's Shoreline
Master Program. The narrative background section in the Shoreline element of the
Comprehensive Plan was not updated at that time — only the goals and policies were updated.
For the 2015 update of the City's Comprehensive Plan, the narrative section of this Element
needs to be updated to reflect the legislative intent behind the revisions to the new goals and
policies. Materials related to the update of the City's shoreline Master Program can be found
here: http:// www. tukwilawa .qov /dcd /shoreline.html
DISCUSSION
A public hearing will be held on June 27, 2013 to consider the proposed revisions to the
Shoreline Element narrative. Attached to this memo are two documents:
1. Shoreline Element narrative— Strikeout/Underline: this is the current Element from the
Comprehensive Plan with proposed narrative revisions identified.
2. Shoreline Element narrative — Formatted: this is a clean version of the Shoreline
Element with all proposed revisions accepted.
Please note that no revisions to the Shoreline goals and policies are proposed. The
Washington State Department of Ecology would need to review and approve any revisions to
shoreline goals and policies for consistency with the Shoreline Master Program.
RECOMMENDATION
Hold the public hearing to receive testimony on the revised narrative. Once the public hearing is
closed, staff requests that the Planning Commission review staff proposed revisions to the
narrative, consider public testimony and then make changes to the Shoreline Element narrative
for City Council consideration.
Attachments:
1. Shoreline Element narrative — Strikeout /Underline
2. Shoreline Element narrative — Formatted
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