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Kent Comprehensive Plan

The City of Kent has spent the last two years actively working with the community through workshops, pop-up events, surveys, and other outreach to get your thoughts and priorities for the future of Kent. Your concerns, ideas, and recommendations have been used to shape this plan. As we move closer to the required adoption date at the end of the year, we need your help again. This time we need your feedback on the draft plan, the goals, and policies that is the roadmap for our decision makers for the next 20 years.

Profile and Vision
Land Use
Housing
Transportation
Parks and Recreation
Economic Development
Capital Facilities
Utilities
Shoreline
Climate

Kent Comp Plan Public Review

We want to hear your thoughts on our Draft Comprehensive Plan!

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

A Comprehensive Plan is a long-term policy document that guides how the city will grow and develop, covering key areas like land use, housing, transportation, parks, transportation and economic development. This plan sets a vision for the next 20 years, ensuring that Kent evolves in a way that reflects the needs and values of its residents and visitors alike.

By providing comments on the Draft Plan, you have the opportunity to share your feedback on the elements that make up the plan before they are finalized and adopted.


The comment period is open until November 12, 2024. In addition, the City will hold two public hearings in November where you can provide verbal comments in person or virtually via Zoom. Visit the project website at Engage.KentWA.gov/FutureKent to learn more.


How to Provide Comments on the Draft Plan: To navigate the different chapters of Kent's Comprehensive Plan, use the drop down feature located above the green bar at the top of the document. This feature will allow you to move between the 10 different chapters. You can review each chapter individually by clicking through at your own pace. As you read, feel free to provide your comments and feedback directly within the document. Please be advised that any comments you submit will be publicly visible.

Chapter Overview:

  • Introduction, Community Profile, Vision
  • Land Use Element
  • Housing Element
  • Transportation Element
  • Parks and Recreation Element
  • Economic Development Element
  • Capital Facilities Element
  • Utilities Element
  • Shoreline Element
  • Climate Element
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 12:26PM on page 48

Suggestion
I think it's wonderful that we citizens can contribute to the discussion online. Most Kent citizens just can't attend in-person meetings, so having a way to participate digitally goes a long way with making the feedback process more equitable and accessible.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 12:23PM on page 44

Suggestion
Including real/protected bike lanes!
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 12:22PM on page 44

Suggestion
We need a (local/small business) grocery store in the Kent station area. No big box store requiring lots of parking, but just something where downtown residents and commuters can grab some groceries or basic necessities.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 12:19PM on page 43

As someone who has volunteered with at-risk children for many years, I've accessed some excellent services for children in Kent who are displaced (foster care or homeless) or have disabilities (often undiagnosed). Shout out to the KSD schools' staff and the staff at Kent's Youth and Family Services in Kent's East Hill community. Your competency truly does save lives.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 12:04PM on page 41

Concern
Over the past couple years, we've noticed a deterioration in the condition of some main public transit stops. Bus shelters first filled up with litter/camping gear, and then were eventually removed (presumably because they were littered to the point of having become unusable). As a result, hundreds of people who rely on public transit are left waiting in the rain (and still surrounded by litter) every day and night.

I will never judge an unhoused individual for trying to sleep somewhere dry. Most unhoused people do not trash the places where they've camped, and are simply doing their best to survive. I do not want these neighbors of ours to be harassed or penalized for minor acts of littering. But the city does need to be more proactive about not allowing major acts of littering/dumping, which benefit no one (including the people littering/stashing trash) and make shared public spaces unusable for everyone. I do believe we can keep our public transit stops cleaner and safer while still respecting our unhoused communities.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 11:50AM on page 41

Concern
I agree with the other commenter that there needs to be mention of the need for bike lanes. Biking is in high demand here (esp with e-bikes making biking more accessible) and here in the East Hill neighborhood, I daily see bikers struggling to bike safely on uneven sidewalks or tiny shoulders of the road. I know so many people (both adults and youth) who would like to bike to work or school every day, but cannot, due to the road conditions.

Please note that the unprotected shoulders of busy roads are not real bike lanes. Real bike lanes offer some protection from cars (some of which WILL swerve, without looking, into bike lanes unless there is a barrier).
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Dan Streiffert Nov 9 2024 at 9:53PM on page 7

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Solar Power on Kent Valley Warehouses

The Kent/Auburn valley has hundreds of flat roof warehouses that are ideal sites for solar power. If we put solar on these roofs, heat pumps in the buildings and EV vehicles transporting the goods, then we have dramatically decreased the power used and the carbon emitted by these warehouses. And we can probably do this with a very short return on our investment.
All we need to do is educate the owners on the economics of this. IKEA has already done some of this and would probably be a good model to talk about.
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Hoa Nov 7 2024 at 5:36PM on page 23

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Should be "women" (plural)
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Sally Nov 5 2024 at 4:45PM on page 13

This is an amazing document and is worth a full read by anyone living, working, or recreating in Kent. Thank you to the staff who put in countless hours researching and compiling best practices to make Kent a place who welcomes and encourages all who live here.
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Sally Nov 5 2024 at 3:35PM on page 35

Suggestion
What an outdated, ageist icon to have 65+ residents represented as bent over with a cane.
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Doug Woj Nov 1 2024 at 1:44PM on page 13

Question
Why are schools not on here? I understand the city of Kent doesn't have any ownership in how schools are operated but a cooperation by the municipality the schools are located in is vital for a successful community. One of the first things new families look at when determining where to live is "How are the schools?". Why wouldn't you want to help the local schools succeed? How can you help the local schools? Impact fees, zoning for new schools, become a Community Partner with the schools.
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Sue Cornell Oct 25 2024 at 2:29PM on page 39

Concern
This neighborhood, Salt Air Hills, has been an active, vibrant community. The homes here should not be under consideration for displacement.
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Daniel Schirmer Oct 23 2024 at 9:40AM on page 41

Suggestion
"people have to walk long distances or bike on sidewalks or in dangerous streets without bike lanes. "

There is no mention of the lack of bike infrastructure in this section, and bikes aren't even explicitly mentioned.
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