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June 23, 2025
City of Renton, CED
Attn: Planning Division
1055 S. Grady Way
Renton, WA 981057
por@rentonwa.gov
RE: Longacres Campus Master Plan, LUA25-000100, SA-M, ECF / PR23-000147 Scoping Comments
To Whom it May Concern,
We are writing on behalf of Alaska Airlines, Inc. (“Alaska Airlines”), which owns property at 1301 SW 16th St. (Lots
2423049055 and 2423049022 on the Longacres campus), to provide comments in response to the EIS Scoping Notice for
the Longacres Campus Master Plan, dated June 2, 2025. Alaska Airlines reserves the right to develop on its parcels and
does not want adjacent parcel development to impact its development rights or potential. Alaska therefore requests that
the SEPA EIS consider the impact on adjacent parcel development and mitigate any impact on Alaska Airlines’ future
development potential.
Importantly, Alaska Airlines requests that its parcels be removed from the “SITE” identified on the map within the City’s
Notice of Environmental Determination and future SEPA documents. The list of parcels identified does not include Alaska
Airlines’ parcels, and Alaska Airlines requests that remain consistent in future SEPA documents.
Alaska Airlines also suggests that the forthcoming EIS includes a review of the following issues, among others:
Noise: Evaluate noise impacts from the Longacres development on Alaska Airlines’ property, including noise impacts from
any proposed music venue.
Parking: Assess the potential for parking overspill from activities on the Longacres campus.
HOA: Address the potential impacts of the proposed development on the other parcels within the Longacres HOA. The
HOA governing documents state that development and entitlements cannot adversely impact the rights of other owners
within the HOA to develop and use their property.
Traffic: Review anticipated transportation impacts associated with the Longacres development, including impacts to
Longacres Dr SW, SW 16th Street, Oakesdale Ave SW, access to I-405 and I-5, and cumulative impacts of future
development.
Construction Disruption: Review impacts to other HOA owners and the public related to the proposed construction.
Utilities: Review impacts to the availability of utilities to other HOA owners as utility capacity on the Longacres campus are
currently finite. In addition, review impacts to other HOA owners that result from running utilities to each of the
Longacres sites given that utilities must originate from the northernmost point of the Longacres campus.
Alternatives and Mitigation Measures: Review alternatives and mitigation measures that may enhance the Longacres
campus for the HOA owners and the public. In addition, consider the impact to existing contractual agreements between
Unico and Alaska Airlines that require Unico to use diligent, good faith, and reasonable efforts to minimize impacts to
Alaska Airlines’ property related to Unico’s development.
Alaska Airlines requests to be a party of record and be notified of any developments and decisions related to this project.
Please send all notices to Teri Sato at Teri.Sato@alaskaair.com and Chris Kaloper at chrisk@senecagroup.com, with a copy
mailed to
Alaska Airlines, Inc.
19300 International Blvd.
SeaTac, WA 98188
Attn: Corporate Real Estate
We appreciate the opportunity to provide these comments.
Sincerely,
Chris Kaloper
Associate Principal