Public Scoping Meeting: South Downtown Subarea Plan

UPDATE: Don’t forget this happens tomorrow.

The City of Tacoma is getting its ducks in a row for future development in south downtown to accomodate 60,000 new jobs and 70,000 additional people in Tacoma by 2030. This could mean up to 30 million square feet of new floor space in the south downtown area. That’s a lot of development, and a lot of planning.

For the first public comment session last week the City created images of what potential development in the various neighborhoods involved could look like if fully built up (see below). As the City moves forward with the South Downtown Subarea Plan, it must complete a “non-project Environmental Impact Statement” for the area. Part of that process includes getting citizen feedback on concerns, comments and ideas about the environmental and infrastructure impacts of the planned development. Next week’s scoping session is the venue for the City to collect public comments regarding the direction of the EIS. Concerns and questions raised at the scoping meeting will inform the direction of the EIS, and anything left out will get less consideration. This is important because once the Subarea Plan, with its EIS, is complete, there will not be the usual opportunities for EPA appeals.

South Downtown Subarea Plan Public Scoping Meeting

When: Thursday, December 15th, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: University of Washington Tacoma, Carwein Auditorium, Keystone Building, Room 102
Details: Notice of Notice of EIS Public Scoping and Public Scoping Meeting

Provide written comments via mail or email:

Community and Economic Development Dept.
747 Market Street, Room 1036
Tacoma, WA 98402

Or

planning@cityoftacoma.org