Comprehensive Plan Visioning and Document Library
2024 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update Status
At a public hearing that concluded September 18, 2024, the Federal Way Planning Commission voted to recommend adoption of the Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update to City Council. The Comprehensive Plan will move forward to the Land Use and Transportation Committee (LUTC) for discussion on October 7 and November 4, 2024. An LUTC action, on moving the Comprehensive Plan ordinance forward to the full City Council, is anticipated at the November 4 LUTC meeting.
New and updated Comprehensive Plan chapters are available for review and comment here on this EngageFW page.
Public comments received on the new and updated Comprehensive Plan chapters are found in the Document Library on the right sidebar of this webpage.
Comprehensive Plan Public Town Hall
2024 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update Status
At a public hearing that concluded September 18, 2024, the Federal Way Planning Commission voted to recommend adoption of the Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update to City Council. The Comprehensive Plan will move forward to the Land Use and Transportation Committee (LUTC) for discussion on October 7 and November 4, 2024. An LUTC action, on moving the Comprehensive Plan ordinance forward to the full City Council, is anticipated at the November 4 LUTC meeting.
New and updated Comprehensive Plan chapters are available for review and comment here on this EngageFW page.
Public comments received on the new and updated Comprehensive Plan chapters are found in the Document Library on the right sidebar of this webpage.
Comprehensive Plan Public Town Hall
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Document Library
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Public Comments
- Comment 1- 6-7-24.pdf (57.1 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 2- 6-18-24.pdf (54.8 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 3- 7-26-24.pdf (117 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 4- 8-16-24.pdf (124 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 5- 8-22-24.pdf (84.8 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 6- 8-31-24.pdf (206 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 7- 9-4-24.pdf (114 KB) (pdf)
- Comment 8- 9-9-24.pdf (82.2 KB) (pdf)
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Agency Comments
- WA DNR 7-2-24.pdf (68.2 KB) (pdf)
- WA DFW email 7-8-24.pdf (211 KB) (pdf)
- KC AHC letter 7-23-24.pdf (206 KB) (pdf)
- PSRC letter 8-13-24.pdf (184 KB) (pdf)
- PSP ECB Letter 8-14-24.pdf (237 KB) (pdf)
- WA Commerce Checklist comments 8-22-24.pdf (205 KB) (pdf)
- ST letter 8-23-24.pdf (123 KB) (pdf)
- WA Commerce email 8-27-24.pdf (106 KB) (pdf)
- WA DFW letter 8-28-24.pdf (345 KB) (pdf)
- WA Commerce Letter 8-30-24.pdf (758 KB) (pdf)
- WA DFW letter 9-4-24.pdf (442 KB) (pdf)
- Organization Comments
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Survey Results from EngageFW.com
- Survey to Shape Federal Way's Future.pdf (893 KB) (pdf)
- Inspiration for Downtown.pdf (171 KB) (pdf)
- TC3 Master Plan Feedback.pdf (36.8 KB) (pdf)
- TC3 Places & Spaces.pdf (90.9 KB) (pdf)
- What do you want built on TC3.pdf (33.7 KB) (pdf)
- Pin the Heart of Downtown Federal Way.pdf (37.8 KB) (pdf)
- Climate Change & Resiliency.pdf (485 KB) (pdf)
- Defining the S Station Subarea Plan Vision.pdf (73.2 KB) (pdf)
- Community Needs Survey.pdf (648 KB) (pdf)
- Public Participation Summary - 8-29-24.pdf (3.43 MB) (pdf)
- Public Participation Plan - Comprehensive Plan Periodic Update (566 KB) (pdf)
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Ad Hoc Committee Meetings
- 2.17.22 Agenda.pdf (68 KB) (pdf)
- 2.17.22 Presentation.pdf (757 KB) (pdf)
- 2.17.22 Meeting Summary.pdf (93.3 KB) (pdf)
- 3.14.22 Agenda.pdf (73 KB) (pdf)
- 3.14.22 Meeting Summary.pdf (865 KB) (pdf)
- 4.11.22 Agenda.pdf (67.5 KB) (pdf)
- 4.11.22 Update 2024 Open House Findings.pdf (848 KB) (pdf)
- 4.11.22 DEI paper.pdf (201 KB) (pdf)
- 4.11.22 Meeting Summary.pdf (97.3 KB) (pdf)
- 5.9.22 Agenda.pdf (68.9 KB) (pdf)
- 5.9.22 Meeting Summary.pdf (173 KB) (pdf)
- 6.13.22 Agenda.pdf (65.7 KB) (pdf)
- 6.13.22 Meeting Summary.pdf (186 KB) (pdf)
- 8.8.22 Agenda.pdf (65.7 KB) (pdf)
- 8.8.22 Meeting Summary SWOT Analysis.pdf (218 KB) (pdf)
- 10.10.22 Agenda.pdf (137 KB) (pdf)
- 10.10.22 Meeting Summary.docx (22.5 KB) (docx)
- 11.14.22 Agenda.pdf (218 KB) (pdf)
- 12.12.22 Agenda.pdf (86.1 KB) (pdf)
- 12.12.22 Meeting Summary.pdf (138 KB) (pdf)
- 2.13.23 Agenda.pdf (142 KB) (pdf)
- 4.10.23 Agenda.pdf (95.7 KB) (pdf)
- 4.10.23 Meeting Summary.pdf (113 KB) (pdf)
- 5.8.23 Agenda.pdf (95.5 KB) (pdf)
- 5.8.23 Meeting Summary.pdf (156 KB) (pdf)
- 10.9.23 Agenda.pdf (82.4 KB) (pdf)
- 10.9.23 Presentation (Housing).pdf (912 KB) (pdf)
- 10.9.23 Meeting Summary.pdf (127 KB) (pdf)
- 11.13.23 Agenda.pdf (80.2 KB) (pdf)
- 11.13.23 Meeting Packet Capital Facilities & Utilities Chapters Progress.pdf (1.64 MB) (pdf)
- 11.13.23 Meeting Summary.pdf (118 KB) (pdf)
- 12.11.23 Agenda (Housing Inventory).pdf (682 KB) (pdf)
- Draft Comp Plan Chapters & Appendices
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Who's Listening
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Senior Planner
Phone 253-835-2646 Email evan.lewis@cityoffederalway.com
Important Links
Project Process
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Scoping & Public Participation Plan Adoption
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Visioning Process
Comprehensive Plan Visioning and Document Library has finished this stageSpring 2022
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Study Issues-Revise Chapters
Comprehensive Plan Visioning and Document Library is currently at this stageJanuary 2022 - 2023
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Draft Comprehensive Plan
this is an upcoming stage for Comprehensive Plan Visioning and Document LibrarySpring 2024
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Public Hearings & City Council Adoption
this is an upcoming stage for Comprehensive Plan Visioning and Document LibraryFall 2024
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- Update 2024 is what we are calling the Periodic Update to the City of Federal Way's Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is the city’s map for the future and provides the goals, objectives, policies, actions, and standards that are intended to guide the day-to-day decisions of elected officials and staff for the next two decades.