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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 (focusing on the Transportation element) on November 18, 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 three Public Hearings on the Plan: September 23, 2024, November 18, 2024, and December 9, 2024. (The Transportation Element will be the focus of the 11/18/24 hearing.) The Council is scheduled to deliberate on, and consider adoption of, the Plan on December 16, 2024.
Interested in reviewing materials presented to Council ? Check on a link below:
| Date | Topic Discussed |
Link |
| 12-16-2024 | Council deliberations on the Comprehensive Plan |
Link |
| 12-9-2024
11-18-24 |
Public Hearing, Comprehensive Plan (#3 of 3)
Public Hearing, Comprehensive Plan (#2 of 3) |
Link |
| 10-21-2024 | Further Review of Transportation Element | |
| 9-23-2024 | Public Hearing, Comprehensive Plan (all elements except Transportation) (#1 of 3) | |
| 8-19-2024 | 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Review of Transportation Element | |
| 8-19-2024 | 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Review of Individual Elements (#2 of 2) | |
| 7-15-2024 | 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Review of Individual Elements (#1 of 2) | |
| 5-20-2024 | Tukwila Comprehensive Plan Update – Key Topics | |
| 5-6-2024 | 2023-2024 Tukwila Comprehensive Plan – Intro and Request for Rezone Request Direction | |
| 11-20-2023 | Presentation – Medium and High-Density Zoning Analysis | |
| 6-5-2023 | 2024 Comprehensive Plan Community Engagement Plan | |
| 7-11-2022 | 2024-2044 Comprehensive Plan Update Process – Briefing |
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 Outreach: Summer/Fall/Winter 2023-2024
- Planning Commission Element Discussion: Summer/Fall/Winter 2023-2024 – Completed
- Planning Commission Hearing: March 14, 2024 – Completed
- City Council Review of Plan: Spring/Summer/Early Fall 2024
- Plan Adoption: December 2024
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