Sea-Tac Communities Plan Fact Sheet No. 6 (Study Area)

THE STUDY INVOLVES AN AREA OF 44.2 SQUARE MILES BOUNDED BY: NORTH - ROXBURY AND TRENTON STS.; EAST- FREEWAY AND 51ST SO.; SOUTH- SO. 288TH; AND WEST- PUGET SOUND. THIS IN- CLUDES ALL OF THE INCORPORATED CITIES OF NORMANDY PARK AND DES MOINES AND PORTIONS OF SEATTLE, TUKWILA -AND KENT. THE COMMUNITIES OF BURIEN AND WHITE CENTER ARE ALSO INCLUDED. THE 1970 CENSUS INDICATES A POPULATION OF 137,000 FOR THE STUDY AREA. INVENTORY - SCHOOLS: ELEMENTARY JR .HIGH SR.HIGH SPECIAL ADM & OTHER HIGHLINE #401 33 9 5 3 12 FEDERAL WAY #210 5 1 1 SOUTH CENTRAL #406 4 1 1 1 KENT #415 1 SEATTLE #1 1 HIGHLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS ALSO IN THE STUDY AREA PARKS: IN ADDITION TO THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SCHOOL, KING COUNTY OWNS 18 PARK SITES IN THE AREA WITH SOME YET TO BE DEVELOPED. THESE RANGE IN SIZE FROM SEAHURST WITH 172.8 ACRES TO CHELSEA WITH ONLY 3.0 ACRES. THERE ARE ALSO PARKS WITHIN THE INCORPORATED CITIES AND SALTWATER STATE PARK OWNED BY WASHINGTON ~ STATE. THE COUNTY HAS 1 SWIMMING POOL IN OPERATION IN THE HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH ANOTHER UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. UTILITIES & SERVICES: WATER - 18 PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SOME PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES. SEWER - 10 PUBLIC AGENCIES FIRE - 13 PUBLIC AGENCIES WITH 17 FIRE STATIONS IN THE STUDY AREA TELEPHONE - 1 PRIVATE COMPANY ELECTRICAL - 1 PUBLIC AGENCY AND 1 PRIVATE COMPANY GARBAGE - 3 PRIVATE COMPANIES MISCELLANEOUS:…
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