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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSWP273307 _5W? 7--1 - '330-7 ti`�Y o CITY OF RENTON PlanningBuildin&ublicWorks Department "" `O� Kathy Keolker,Mayor Gregg Zimmerman P.E.,Administrator ANT September 29, 2006 Robert West Victoria Pointe, L.L.C. 3904 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 SUBJECT: VICTORIA POINTE PLAT-REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF OFFSITE STORM LINE IMPROVEMENT Dear Mr. West: I have carefully reviewed your letter dated June 20, 2006, requesting reimbursement for improvements you are constructing to the offsite storm line on Lake Washington Blvd. You state in your letter that since this improvement will result in some reduction in flooding to the existing outfall to the west,you request that the City share in the cost of improving the offsite storm system. The Victoria Pointe Plat proposed to direct discharge to Lake Washington in lieu of providing onsite flow control(detention)as part of the project drainage report. The City can only allow direct discharge to an approved major receiving water body if the downstream storm system has adequate capacity for the total tributary upstream area for full build out conditions and there are no existing downstream drainage or flooding problems. A single functioning outlet to the west served the site,but there is an existing documented flooding problem downstream of your project on this storm system. Since this outlet had an existing flooding problem due to insufficient capacity, the City would not have been able to allow the project to use direct discharge in lieu of onsite flow control. In order for your project to utilize the direct discharge option in lieu of onsite flow control, you proposed to replace a non-functioning storm system to City standards that flowed to the north from your project site and then to the west into Lake Washington. This offsite improvement was necessary in order for the City to allow you to use direct discharge in lieu of onsite flow control. We agree that your offsite storm system improvement will result in a reduction in the amount of flow to the existing outfall that drains directly to the west from your project. However, this is an incidental benefit associated with the required storm system improvements necessary for approval of direct discharge in lieu of onsite flow control. The City did not direct you to make the offsite improvements to reduce the existing flooding problem on the existing functioning outfall that discharges to the west from the project. The offsite improvement was made by you so that the Victoria Pointe Plat could use direct discharge in lieu of onsite flow control. Therefore, we have determined that the offsite storm system improvements required in order for the Victoria Pointe Plat to be allowed to use direct discharge in lieu of onsite flow control are not eligible for cost sharing by the City's Surface Water Utility. 1055 South Grady Way-Renton,Washington 98055 RE N T O N AHEAD OF THE CURVE This paper contains 50%recycled material,30%post consumer West/Victoria Plat Cost Sharing September 29,2006 Page 2 of 2 If you have any questions,please contact Lys Hornsby,Utility Systems Director,at (425)430-7332, or Ron Straka, Surface Water Utility Engineering Supervisor,at (425)430-7248. Sincerely, Gregg Zi in an, P.E. PBPW Administrator cc: Lys Hornsby,P.E.,Utility Systems Director Neil Watts,Development Services Directory Ron Straka,P.E.,Surface Water Utility Supervisor Allen Quynn,P.E.,Surface Water Utility Engineer Mike Dotson,Development Services Engineering Specialist H:\File Sys\SWP-Surface Water Projects\SWP 27-Surface Water Projects(Plan Review)\Victoria Pointe Plat\request letter2.doc\RStp (co Y � PLANNING/BUILDING/, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT '�N�O� M E M O R A N D U M DATE: September 19, 2006 TO: Gregg Zimmerman, Administrator / FROM: Lys Hornsby, Utility Systems Director(ext. 7 SUBJECT: Victoria Pointe Plat Drainage System Cost cip`ation Request ISSUE: Should the City of Renton share the cost of construction of an offsite storm system required for the development of the Victoria Pointe Plat? RECOMMENDATION: The City should not participate in the construction cost of necessary offsite drainage improvements for the Victoria Pointe Plat. BACKGROUND: There were two options for drainage from the Victoria Pointe Plat. Option 1: Flow control onsite—construct detention to limit discharge to natural conditions so as not to decrease capacity of the downstream system. Option 2: Direct discharge exemption if there is not downstream flooding and the discharge pipe has adequate capacity for the tributary area at full build out. The developer chose option 2. Under this option, there were two pipes that could be used for discharge from this plat. One pipe was experiencing some downstream flooding. The other pipe was old, deteriorating and the capacity was unknown. The developer did some exploration and TV work on the pipe, and based on their results, chose to use this pipe. The Drainage Plan submitted by the developer states that the developer would "repair as needed"the 12-inch pipe. Now it looks like this pipe will need to be replaced and the developer is asking that the City share in the cost of the replacement. They feel that because replacing this pipe may relieve some of the flooding problem in the other pipe, the City should pay for this benefit. The Surface Water Utility's view is that replacing the 12-inch pipe may not be the fix of choice for the downstream flooding. The Utility has not evaluated options to alleviate Zimmerman/Victoria Pointe September 19,2006 Page 2 of 2 this flooding problem nor is there a project addressing this problem included in the Surface Water Utility's 6-year CIP. Based upon the information provided, we cannot determine whether simply replacing this section of pipe will alleviate the problem and to what degree. The Surface Water Utility does not feel it is appropriate to share in the cost of this pipe replacement for the following reasons: ■ The replacement of the existing 12-inch pipe is a required part of the drainage system for the plat. ■ We did not require the developer to upgrade or upsize the pipe. ■ The cost of replacing the 12-inch pipe is less than constructing onsite detention. CONCLUSION: The City should not participate in the construction cost of necessary offsite drainage improvements for the Victoria Pointe Plat. The developer chose to meet the surface water and drainage requirements of this plat by utilizing the direct discharge exemption and offsite improvements versus onsite detention. By utilizing this exemption, the developer was able to add at least one more lot to the plat and avoid the cost of constructing detention. The savings resulting from fully utilizing the property and avoiding the construction costs of detention facilities far exceed the costs of constructing the necessary offsite improvements. If you concur with this conclusion, the Surface Water Utility will prepare a letter to the developer responding to their request for cost sharing. Attachments cc: Neil Watts,Development Services Director Ron Straka,Surface Water Utility Supervisor Mike Dotson,Plan Review Engineer H:\File Sys\SWP-Surface Water Projects\SWP 27-Surface Water Projects(Plan Review)\Victoria Pointe Plat\V ictoriaPointePlat.doc\LHtp June 20, 2006 To: Gregg A. Zimmerman,P.E.,Administrator, City of Renton Planning,Building, Public Works 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton WA 98055 From: Robert West,Developer, Victoria Pointe L.L.0 3904 Park Ave. N. Renton, WA 98056 Re. Off Site Storm Line Lake Washington Blvd. Dear Mr. Zimmerman, In January of this year, we went before Mr. Paul Kaufman,Hearings Examiner for the City of Renton, for preliminary plat approval of Victoria Pointe, a 10 lot subdivision, located in the 3700 block of Lake Washington Blvd. in the Kennydale area of Renton. Prior to commencing the Hearing rocess, we investigated the existing storm water conveyance-system between N. 36 St. and N. 38th St. along Lake Washington Blvd.. The city's storm water inventory manual of 2005 describes a 12 inch pipe coming from a type 2 C. B. located-on the west side of our property and going north to a type 2 C. B. located approx. 90 feet south of N. 38 h St.. The arrows in the manual indicate that the water flows from south to north. The manual also shows a pipe going west from the 38t' St. C. B. crossing under Lake Washington Blvd. under the R.R. tracks and out flowing into Lake Washington. The manual does not give the size of this pipe but our investigation found it to be 18 inch. However, when we physically viewed the water in the C. B. in front of our property we could see that the water-was not flowing north out of the C. B. but was coming from the north into the C. B.. We then retained a firm to place a T. V. camera inside the pipe so that we could observe what was going on. We found that 48 feet north of a type 1 C. B., that is located 55 feet north of our property the Ripe was collapsed We then placed the camera in the pipe going south out of the N. 38 St. type 2 C. B.. We found another collapsed pipe 18 feet south of the C. B. The Drainage Plan we submitted for review states that we will"repair as needed"the 12 inch pipe going north and raise the invert elevation out of the type 2 C. B. so that a portion of the water will flow north. Our plan also provides for some of the water to go south and in the case of an emergency over some could go west. This plan was reviewed and signed off on by the City. We were almost finished with the installation of our on site storm and about to begin the offsite system when I received a call from Mike Dotson, Engineering Specialist, City of Renton, asking Me and our Engineer, Shelesh Tatu,to meet with him, Steve Pinkham, Inspector,and Allen Quynn, P. E. Surface Water,City of Renton. Without going into all of the discussion, some of it heated,that took place in an hour and a half meeting, the following facts were determined. 1, There is an existing identified problem in that the Home Owners that live on Lake Washington, across from our site have their homes flood on a regular basis. ( see enclosed copy of letter from Joyce Kendrick-Goodwin). 2, The reason these homes are flooding is that all of the water that flows from the north end of Wells Ave. west to Lake Washington Blvd. is supposed to then flow north into the N 38 h St. C. B., but because the pipe has not been maintained and has been allowed to be breached by other utilities the water now flows south into the Type 2 C. B. in front of our site then west,thus contributing to the flooding. 3, There is sufficient depth in the Type 2 C. B.just south of N.381`St. to allow for lowering the invert of a new pipe to such an extent that all of the water currently flowing from N. Wells to Lake Washington Blvd. and the water that will flow from our on site system to flow north, thus alleviating the existing identified problem. We all agree that installing a new pipe at a lower elevation, in the long term,would be in the best interests of the Home Owners along Lake Washington,the City, and our selves. The questions are, what will it cost and who pays for the up grade? Allen Quynn,of your Surface Water Systems Division estimated the cost to be $25,000 to $30,000.. 1 feel that is a reasonable number. It was the opinion of a majority of your representatives at our meeting that since we would be solving an existing City problem the City should participate in sharing the cost of the up grade. If the City and Victoria Pointe L.L.C. were to share the cost equally it would not be overly burdensome on either party. It was suggested by Mike Dotson that I write this letter to you in hope that we can reach a fair and equitable resolution to this problem. I will look forward to receiving your response. Thank you for your consideration. Robert West,Develo r, Victoria Pointe L.L.C. t August 0,2005 City of Renton Pianning/BuildingfPublic Works Maintenance Service Division Wastewater Management Renton City Hall - 61h Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98055 Dear Siis, We lire at 3715 Lake Washington,Boulevard N. on a private lane adjacent to the Burlington Northern railroad tracks. We are writing on behalf of ourselves and several of our neighbors who suffer from flooded garages whenever there is a substantial downpour of rain. We are deeply concerned with the safety of the railroad as well as damW and motion to our horses. Something must be done to correctt the problems of the inadequate storm drain located tuider the Burlington Northern railroad tracks. This pipe drains storm water from Lake Washington Boulevard and the hillside above. A number of times in heavy downpours,the drain pipe simply could not handle the volume of water that has overflowed the drain pipe from the bank above onto our strut below. This produces a huge waterfall overflowing from the bank,with tremendous amounts of water gushing onto our street and into garages. it brings with it dirt,rocks and debris from the hillside as it flows under the railroad tracks and onto our street, into basements and garages. 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