HomeMy WebLinkAboutC_Howard Comment_231027.pdfFrom: Maggie Howard <maggie.howard38@outlook.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:47 PM
To: Alex Morganroth
Cc: hanbeym@gmail.com
Subject: NRNA meeting 10/18
Hi Alex,
It was good hearing from you last evening at the Senior Center. I was there as well as at the
Zoom meeting some time ago about the Logan project. At both meetings the topic was the
traffic issue that a 100-unit apartment complex would create in our small, confined
neighborhood. At neither meeting did I hear from the city any kind of remediation plan. (there
was an admonishment that our complaints were a little late in the game - despite the issue
being presented at the Zoom meeting over a year ago.)
There has been no mention of fixing the issues created in this neighborhood by making Logan
only one lane northbound many year ago that bottlenecked that stretch. It was exacerbated
when a bus stop was installed at the pinch point of Logan and 6th without a pullout for buses,
then yet again by letting Top Golf put their entrance/exit on Logan instead of the completely
empty, four-lane 8th Street. Now you want to build 100-unit apartment building on that same
stretch of road that will force more cars into the residential streets. These streets were altered
years ago to keep Boeing traffic out of the neighborhood, with no left turn onto 6th, two hour
parking without permit, and one-way streets. In this way the neighborhood was designed to
keep excess traffic out.
My suggestions are as follows. First fix the existing issues on Logan by:
· widening to two lanes northbound
· make a pullout for the bus stop at Logan and 6th and Logan and 10th
· change the entrance to Top Golf to 8th St which has four lanes, no residences, and no
facing businesses.
Regarding the Logan St 100-unit apartment, mixed use project, despite the area being zoned for
ridiculously huge buildings, it isn't compatible with the neighborhood and the size should be
reconsidered. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Also, if rules can't be changed,
refer back to the agreement with the city and North Renton that Diane Dobson quoted last
evening. What you do now has a lasting effect on this neighborhood, and as you know from the
above issues that have yet to be addressed, will probably not get corrected. Here is my
recommendation regarding the Logan project:
· restrict the developer to 25 units (still 2.5 times bigger than any apartment complex in
the neighborhood)
· require two parking spots per unit
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· require traffic remediation as part of the project.
This will alleviate the on-street parking issue by reducing the accommodated cars by 75% (but
realistically by 150%) and be compatible with the existing neighborhood.
I live on Wells N. My house is flanked by duplexes and there is a fourplex across the street as
well as a 10-unit apartment building. There are two small apartment buildings just north of me
as well as at least two other duplexes on my block. We are not NIMBYs here, but let's be honest
and realistic, the neighborhood is not conducive to a behemoth like the Logan project, and we
already have an agreement in place with the city to maintain the single-family and small unit
multi-family housing in North Renton. We need you to work with us, not just provide lip service
(refer back to the issues brought up at the initial Zoom meeting).
Best regards,
Maggie Howard
507 Wells Av N
Renton, WA 98057
206 919 0318