HomeMy WebLinkAboutEx58_Reconsideration Letter from HCMP Law Offices
October 28, 2022
Via Email (CityClerk@Rentonwa.gov)
Jason A. Seth, MMC
City Clerk/Public Records Officer
City of Renton
1055 South Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
with a copy to:
Office of the City Hearing Examiner
City of Renton
1055 South Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
Re: Kennydale Gateway Project
Dear Jason:
This law firm filed a notice of appeal to the City of Renton Hearing Examiner on
October 10, 2022 regarding the Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (“MDNS”)
issued for the Kennydale Gateway project (City File No. LUA 22-000011) (the “Notice of
Appeal”). The Notice of Appeal was filed on behalf of the applicant Kennydale Gateway LLC
(the “Applicant”) to challenge conditions set forth in the MDNS.
This letter requests that the Notice of Appeal be initially processed as a
reconsideration request under RMC 4-8-100.I. Because the City’s State Environmental Policy
Act (“SEPA”) implementation code includes a “reserved” section on reconsideration at RMC
4-9-070.L, the Applicant believed at the time of filing the Notice of Appeal that administrative
reconsideration was not available for SEPA threshold decisions. Following the City’s receipt of
the Notice of Appeal, Planning Director Vanessa Dolbee alerted the Applicant to the
availability of the administrative reconsideration process under RMC 4-8-100.I. Ms. Dolbee
explained that the reconsideration process available to general applications as set forth in that
section is also available to facilitate reconsideration of SEPA determinations by the
Environmental Review Committee.
The Applicant wishes to pursue the administrative reconsideration process on the basis
set out in its Notice of Appeal filed on October 10, 2022. It requests that the Notice of Appeal
filed on October 10th be processed as a reconsideration request, with the formal appeal held
Jason A. Seth, MMC
October 28, 2022
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in abeyance pending completion of the reconsideration process, as set forth at RMC 4-8-
100.I.1.
If the City decides not to process the Notice of Appeal as a request for
reconsideration, then the Applicant reserves and retains its rights to pursue the Notice of
Appeal to completion as contemplated by RMC 4-9-070.R.
Please let me know if you need any additional information to process these requests.
Very truly yours,
Holly D. Golden
HDG:dlc
E-Mail: holly.golden@hcmp.com
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