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Home My WebLink AboutC_Howard Comment_231108.pdfFrom: Maggie Howard <maggie.howard38@outlook.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:40 PM To: Alex Morganroth Cc: hanbeym@gmail.com; Sherylfriesz@gmail.com Subject: Re: NRNA meeting 10/18 Attachments: City of Renton Resolution 2708.pdf Hi Alex, Sorry, I may have pushed "send" before it fully loaded. From: Alex Morganroth <AMorganroth@Rentonwa.gov> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 11:56 AM To: Maggie Howard <maggie.howard38@outlook.com> Cc: hanbeym@gmail.com <hanbeym@gmail.com>; Sherylfriesz@gmail.com <Sherylfriesz@gmail.com> Subject: RE: NRNA meeting 10/18 Hi Maggie – are you able to try sending that attachment again? For some reason it’s not coming through. I can also check the city clerks office to see if they have a copy. With regards to the name “Logan Six”, this was the name given by the applicant. I believe it’s due to the building being six stories tall. Thank you, Alex ALEX MORGANROTH, AICP, Senior Planner City of Renton | CED | Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way | 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057 Virtual Permit Center | Online Applications and Inspections (425) 430-7219 | amorganroth@rentonwa.gov From: Maggie Howard <maggie.howard38@outlook.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 10:19 AM To: Alex Morganroth <AMorganroth@Rentonwa.gov> Cc: hanbeym@gmail.com; Sherylfriesz@gmail.com Subject: Re: NRNA meeting 10/18 Hi Alex, I have had guests for the last week, so I apologize for the delay in responding. CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. I was able to get a copy of the agreement (resolution 2708) between the city of Renton and North Renton neighborhood that I have included as an attachment. It appears this agreement has been ignored in regard to some past projects, but I'm hoping in regard to Logan 100 it will carry some sway in mitigating the size and scope of the project. By the way, why do you call the project Logan Six? If it was six units, we'd have no issue at all. Regards, Maggie Howard From: Alex Morganroth <AMorganroth@Rentonwa.gov> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2023 5:22 PM To: Maggie Howard <maggie.howard38@outlook.com> Cc: hanbeym@gmail.com <hanbeym@gmail.com> Subject: RE: NRNA meeting 10/18 Hi Maggie – thank you very much for your comments and suggestions. I apologize for the delay – still getting caught up after being at a conference the other week. I will make sure our engineering reviewer, Nate Janders (who attended the meeting with me), is aware of your suggestions related to traffic and access. With regards to your comments on the building itself, the applicants proposal meets the density, height, and bulk standards applicable in the zoning district (Urban Center zone). Therefore while restrictions you suggested related to parking and density (i.e. reducing the number of units they are allowed to propose) could impact future projects with a zoning code change, the Logan Six project is vested to current code (and the current standards) and therefore we cannot add restrictions to density or bulk (height, setbacks, etc) above and beyond what is allowed by code. However, we certainly can (and plan to) add conditions/mitigation related to things like aesthetics, traffic, etc. If you’d like to set up a phone call, Teams meeting, or in-person for next week, I’d be happy to discuss more. Thank you for your patience on my response and have a great weekend. -Alex ALEX MORGANROTH, AICP, Senior Planner City of Renton | CED | Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way | 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057 Virtual Permit Center | Online Applications and Inspections (425) 430-7219 | amorganroth@rentonwa.gov From: Maggie Howard <maggie.howard38@outlook.com> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:47 PM To: Alex Morganroth <AMorganroth@Rentonwa.gov> Cc: hanbeym@gmail.com Subject: NRNA meeting 10/18 CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. 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 · 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