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Hello Alex,
Let me add my thanks for sharing your time and expertise with us.
I would like to add just a couple additional comments to Matt’s below.
Traffic
There needs to be reconsideration of allowing an entrance and exit off of Logan. While I understand that Logan is a main thoroughfare, this solution will aid in discouraging added pressure
to the local residential streets that are not equipped to handle it. The is precedence for a Logan entrance given that Boeing has been allowed 2 and more recently Top Golf was allowed
a Logan entrance.
Also I want to add that including features such as speed bumps and others to the local streets (i.e. Burnett, Williams, Wells) needs to be included in the traffic solution.
After my discussion after the meeting regarding parking permits, I learned that while there is currently 2 hour parking limits on these side streets, there is inadequate parking enforcement
to enforce them. Additional parking enforcement will also need to be a part of the solution to monitor overflow parking impacts once the development is occupied.
Public Hearing
You had mentioned that the plan was to have the next public hearing be conducted virtually. I believe that the City of Renton needs to reconsider if this decision is in line with their
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) mission. Many residents do not have access to computers, internet nor the knowledge and understanding of how to access a virtual meeting. I witnessed
this during the first public hearing that was held during COVID. While virtual was the best option during that time period, I would hope that the City would extend access by hosting
a hybrid meeting solution, both in person and virtual. I believe this would increase access and attendance and participation.
Thanks again and please add me the agenda for the upcoming public hearing,
Rose Smith Bartlett
30+ year Renton Resident
On Jun 29, 2023, at 8:40 AM, Alex Morganroth <AMorganroth@Rentonwa.gov> wrote:
Hi Matt –
Thanks for the thorough summary. I will add them to the file and keep you updated on the project’s progress.
Thank you,
Alex
ALEX MORGANROTH, AICP, Senior Planner
City of Renton | CED | Planning Division
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Subject: Meeting today (proposed logan development)
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Hi, Alex:
Thanks for meeting with Rose and me today. I know others (Tiffany, Tracy) wanted to be there, too.
We covered a lot in the meeting:
-- the city environmental committee has not met yet and the public hearing is not yet scheduled. I believe a staff paper would be written in advance of a public hearing that is not
yet scheduled and may occur in late July or in August. This also means the city can still receive comments on the project.
-- design standards and city center plan. I will read this more closely about potential applicability to transition areas from residential areas.
-- Traffic: we talked about the possibility of having an entrance on Logan Avenue, to take pressure off of N 3rd and N 4th Streets. The idea is if a barrier was placed on N Logan Ave
to prevent cars from turning North on N Logan from the parking lot across the street, then having that might not rule out access on N Logan to the site. The whole idea is to let cars
access the in the area zoned for it, not to use local streets (Burnett Ave, etc) to do so.
You asked, what would you like to see:
-- HEIGHT / WIDTH MITIGATION: a step-back of floors on the east-side of the building, starting from the third or fourth floor and stepping back with each higher floor, creating a set
of terraced floor-- this could even create an open space for decks or outside use areas on these floors. This would lessen the visual impact of the "wall" that residents on Burnett
Ave will see, as the proposal stretches for nearly a city block, and would allow for maximum build on lower floors which would mostly be shielded by the buildings that already exist
on the westside of N Burnett Ave. Yes, this restricts the size of the development, and the number of units, but it would lessen the visual impact to those in the adjacent residential
neighborhood. It was also mentioned about this step-back (setback) at the north and south ends of this building; that also would be a benefit in that it would lessen the visual impact
to the neighbors that are to the north and the south of the proposed development.
-- ENTRANCE/S: it does not seem desirable to have in/outs on both N 3rd and N 4th streets. Apparently this is due in part to there being two parking floors that are not connected.
If the two parking floors were connected then it would be possible to have either only one entrance or one exit, or one in/out and the other just an entrance or exit. This would, in
theory, lessen the impact of cars travelling into the adjacent residential neighborhood, which hopefully is a goal for the city as guiding principle. This could also apply to the idea
of an entrance on N Logan, as mentioned above, which would lessen the reliance on N 3rd or N 4th streets and Burnett Ave. We also discussed the intersection at N 3rd Street and N Logan
Avenue, that could be refigured to better direct access the proposed development (entrance) and discourage drivers from crossing N 3rd to access Burnett Avenue from N Logan Avenue,
a "criss cross" of car traffic.
-- TREES: I did not mention this but the corner parcel the developer purchased, apparently for retail parking at surface level, has at least two large trees on the residential property.
These trees should remain as they would shield the building from neighbors' views, and area an amenity. Also, Renton's tree ordinance may also require that these trees be left standing.
Rose may have more comments here.
Thanks again for meeting with us today. It was a pretty constructive meeting; I think in part as the many issues are coming into focus, probably also based on the short timelines things
are on.
Matt Hanbey