Tumwater committee reviews draft 2025 comp plan sections on lands for public purposes and utilities

Planning staff presented two draft sections of Tumwater’s 2025 comprehensive plan periodic update on May 14, asking committee members to review content and format and provide feedback before the formal adoption process begins in October.

The presentation, led by Brad (planning staff) and Erica (planning staff), described a two-part approach: Part 1 will list goals, policies and draft implementation actions intended to be a usable reference for council and staff; Part 2 will contain the technical material supporting capital facilities analysis and utility inventories. Brad described chapter layouts for the lands for public purposes element and said the format will be reused for other elements.

The committee was shown that chapter 4 of the lands-for-public-purposes element will be “the heart of the document,” containing goals and policies, while draft implementation actions will live in an appendix that identifies responsible departments and gives general timelines. Brad said the split…