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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 6:32PM on page 22

Suggestion
Yes! Thank you!
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:31PM on page 21

Suggestion
What about community swim lessons that are free to low-income families?
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:26PM on page 19

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Perhaps another indoor community pool? Perhaps in the long-neglected, high-density Panther Lake area? An indoor community could be rented out part of the time to help cover maintenance costs.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:24PM on page 19

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I agree that we need to expand facilities outside of downtown, but I also know that there is a lot of empty commercial space downtown, so it might be low-hanging fruit to add some basic facilities downtown as well.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:22PM on page 19

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Free lunch for anyone under age 18 at Kent Parks during the summer was a great program. The meals were surprisingly nutritious, and I saw the program get many at-risk families out into green spaces, where they then connected with each other and got great exercise. Please continue this program next year also.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:20PM on page 19

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I appreciate how the YMCA has been integrated with the Morrill Meadows Park. Yes, the Y's Community Swim time/space is too small for the community, but it's still very meaningful to those who can come.
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in reply to Justin's comment

Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:17PM on page 19

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Community access to the lake would be amazing.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:14PM on page 14

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It's great to see youth use this park in the summer. I think it fills an important need for older kids to socialize safely and exercise.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:12PM on page 14

Question
What is this park? There are no photos of it on Google Maps, and it doesn't appear to be accessible to the public?
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:11PM on page 14

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Even though this a primarily commercial area, it is near a school and a library, and could be a good spot for a mini park. What if Kent acquired some of the unused parkinglot space adjacent to the Panther Lake Library parkinglot and made a small gathering area geared toward families and middle-school kids? I think a little investment here could go a long way.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:04PM on page 12

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Lake Meridian Park can accommodate very many people but not many cars. Improving the public transit that serves this area is important, so that more people can enjoy this amazing park (without adding to parking congestion).

Also--please plan the 4th of July transit better. This past year was a disaster, with hundreds and hundreds of people stranded.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:02PM on page 12

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Panther Lake area needs a park.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 6:00PM on page 12

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The fountain (when it runs, during the summer) is surprisingly delightful. Next summer, please expand its hours, so that parents can take their kids here after work.
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Chrissy Nov 15 2024 at 5:53PM on page 8

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Kent's trails are primarily near the city limits. Can you imagine how transformative it would be to have a trail/park system that was centered in Kent?
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Justin Nov 14 2024 at 6:49PM on page 14

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connect this to a park! Maybe up to the Kent property off 204th with a pedestrian crossing over 208th.
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Justin Nov 14 2024 at 6:48PM on page 14

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providing a good walking trail network through the mill creek earthworks property from top to bottom, giving the community a forest in the city.f
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Justin Nov 14 2024 at 6:46PM on page 19

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provide access to the Kent Owned property on 204th and create access to Panther lake as well. We have so much potential here for a community that needs this space.
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Kathy Nov 11 2024 at 10:18PM on page 19

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The people living near the Panther Lake Safeway need a park and a small community center. The people near the proposed new park on 132nd have cars, yards, and higher incomes. Build a park and gathering place where the people have no park
nearby and no transit to get to the proposed park. All the reports in this document show that this is where time and effort should be focused.
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RB Nov 11 2024 at 1:32PM on page 14

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Lk Meridian - beautiful high-use park with music events and activities! Keep up the fantastic work here!
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RB Nov 11 2024 at 1:30PM on page 14

Suggestion
What's this area? Open area but no park, close to high density housing and low income areas? Why not a top priority area for a family park?
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RB Nov 11 2024 at 1:25PM on page 12

Concern
Has any park staff walked from the housing across 132nd to this park? A narrow, high speed (35? not likely) road with no crosswalks or sidewalks? I wouldn't walk/bike there, and kids walking there is a potential disaster. So this will be an auto-only park, or bike via Soos creek trail. Or add a lot of money for road improvements to make it accessible. The Soos creek trail is already here - not a park, but good walk/bike area accessible via other access points. King County Gary Grant park is only 8 blocks north.
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matthew morgan Nov 5 2024 at 9:56PM on page 24

Question
How are opportunities to create off-leash parks? Are all opportunities related to these goals broadcasted to the community?
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Sally Nov 5 2024 at 4:32PM on page 19

Concern
Yet Parks opted to invest in a new nature trail park on 216th and 132nd, which sits above fragile Soos Creek and alongside 770 acres of Soos Creek Trail property- as opposed to property they also have owned on Panther Lake which is surrounded by 1100+ residential units (medium/high density/subsidized/sr.mobile home) . By the time a park is finally built for those families near Panther Lake, three generations of children will have grown up without a nearby park. Somewhere, an assumption was made that these underserved residents, have cars and gas money to get to the East Hill North Park >3 miles away. No METRO bus has been or is slated to service this park, which is down to having ~4 acres of developable land. All of the above graphs and diagrams show where the actual need is for a park. The equitable thing to do would be to put the EHNP project on hold and build a park at Panther Lake, for the residents to walk to.
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Hoa Nov 4 2024 at 11:08PM on page 24

Question
How far "in advance of need"? We should maximize our investment and use structures until they are unsafe/unsightly/or some other critical criteria. We should of course consider how much much down time will be caused to get new equipment in.
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Elizabeth (Liz) Wagner Nov 4 2024 at 8:34PM on page 21

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As much as possible, provide protection of natural environments, not just for people to enjoy the beauty of nature, but to preserve habitats for all forms of wildlife. Incorporate opportunities for ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES. Partnerships with the Pacific Science Center like Bellevue Parks offers, or Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, astronomy clubs... School field trip opportunities, summer camp programs... All ages must be educated and experience nature in order to care about preserving and protecting it now and for future generations. The song lyrics "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot... Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got 'til it's gone" come to mind. I don't want to have to take my grandchildren to museums to see trees and stuffed animal specimens to learn about nature.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 2:30PM on page 12

newly annexed area; they could use a nice park
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