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Comprehensive Plan 2024-2044 Update

Tukwila’s Comprehensive Plan is a policy document that describes how the City will manage its growth and provide necessary services and facilities over a 20-year planning horizon.  The Comprehensive Plan receives a major update every ten years as required by state law.  The current Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2015.

Throughout 2023-2024, the City will be conducting the Plan’s update, with a targeted completion date of Fall 2024. The periodic update of the Comprehensive Plan requires a thorough review each element of the Plan to ensure it reflects new laws and requirements, as well as provides responses to changing conditions within the community.

Review the Draft Plan

The City Council is holding a Public Hearing on the draft Comprehensive Plan (all elements except Transportation) on September 23, 2024.

Review the draft Plan here!

Critical Issues the 2024 Plan Update Addresses

While the 2024 update has reviewed the entire 2015 Comprehensive Plan to determine what information needs to be updated, this Plan update will focus several issues that will be critical to the community over the next 20 years:

HOUSING – how can the City support and encourage the development of affordable housing that addresses the needs of all Tukwila’s residents – at all income levels, for families of all sizes, for specialized needs, etc.

CLIMATE CHANGE & COMMUNITY RESILIENCE – how can the City and community adopt practices and implement procedures and projects that protect our quality of life as environmental conditions change.  As a part of this issue, how can we protect and enhance our natural resources and environment so future generations can also enjoy these special parts of Tukwila.

EQUITY – It is important that City resources and services support all parts of the community.  The Plan will help ensure that Equity is considered as the City selects its priorities.  For this reason, the City is prioritizing ensuring that all communities within the City have the opportunity to share their ideas about what Tukwila should look like in the future.

Want to learn more about the Comprehensive Plan?

You are invited to review materials considered by the City Council over the last several years:

A full periodic review is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to revisit our community vision. As a Tukwila resident, your input is crucial to the success of this plan as it will shape our goals for years to come.  Staff are starting to meet with community groups to hear their thoughts about the Plan, and we are finalizing the public participation plan.

The Plan Engagement Hub provides information about issues the Plan is addressing, as well as feedback received (the Engagement page is dated from before the Planning Commission Public Hearing).  If you have questions, you can email them to 2044CompPlan@TukwilaWA.gov, or contact Nancy Eklund at Nancy.Eklund@TukwilaWA.gov or (206) 433-7141.

Upcoming Events

CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING 

The City Council is conducting two Public Hearings on the Plan: September 23, 2024, and November 18, 2024.  (The Transportation Element will not be included in the 9/23/24 hearing.)  The Council is scheduled to deliberate on, and consider adoption of, the Plan on December 9, 2024.

Interested in reviewing materials presented to Council ?  Check on a link below:

Date Topic Discussed

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12-9-2024 Council deliberations on the Comprehensive Plan

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11-18-2024 Public Hearing, Comprehensive Plan (#2 of 2)

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10-21-2024 Further Review of Transportation Element

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9-23-2024 Public Hearing, Comprehensive Plan (all elements except Transportation) (#1 of 2)

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8-19-2024 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Review of Transportation Element

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8-19-2024 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Review of Individual Elements (#2 of 2)

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7-15-2024 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Review of Individual Elements (#1 of 2)

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5-20-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Key Topics

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5-6-2024 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan – Intro and Request for Rezone Request Direction

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11-20-2023 Presentation – Medium and High-Density Zoning Analysis

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6-5-2023 2024 Comprehensive Plan Community Engagement Plan

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7-11-2022 2024-2044 Comprehensive Plan Update Process – Briefing

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Project Schedule

State law requires that the City adopt Comprehensive Plan by no later than December 31, 2024.  However, because the Council will need to develop the 2025-2027 City Budget in the fall of 2024, the Comprehensive Plan will need to be adopted no later than September 2024.

  • Community OutreachSummer/Fall/Winter 2023-2024                
  • Planning Commission Element DiscussionSummer/Fall/Winter 2023-2024 – Completed
  • Planning Commission Hearing: March 14, 2024 – Completed
  • City Council Review of PlanSpring/Summer/Early Fall 2024
  • Plan Adoption: December 2024

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