The development of the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan could not have been accomplished without the Parkland, Spanaway, and Midland Community Planning Boards (CPBs). Each CPB, appointed in 1998, consisted of a fifteen-sixteen member group representing a variety of interests and geographic locations of the community. The Community Planning Board is an ad-hoc board that was established to draft a community plan for the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland communities. The role of the CPB was to:

• Serve as a sounding board for the community and the interest(s) you represent;
• Develop a vision for the plan area;
• Identify topics which need to be addressed by the Community Plan;
• Review the existing Pierce County Comprehensive Plan and identify policies and implementation ideas for the plan area which may need to be modified or supplemented;
• Develop additional community-wide policies and implementation ideas;
• Review and approve policy and implementation idea recommendations developed by planning committees appointed to work on specific topics; and
• Forward to the Pierce County Planning Commission and County Council a draft Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Communities Plan that reflects the communities' desired vision for the future.

Community Plan Committees
Five committees were formed to address the following topic areas: commercial and industrial character and economic development (CICED); the natural environment, water resources, parks and open space (NEWPOS); residential areas; and transportation. The role of each committee was to work with staff in researching and developing detailed policies and implementation actions related to the goals adopted by the CPBs, and to forward draft policy and implementation actions to the CPB for review and approval.

Any questions regarding the community plan should be directed to Sean Gaffney, Senior Planner , at (253) 798-2724.