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I<..athy Keolker·Wbeeler, Mayor
December 7, 2005
Jason Walker, RLA, ASLA
Talasea Consultants, Inc.
15020 Bear Creek Road NE
Woodinville, WA 98077
CITY <jF RENTON
PlanninglBuildinglPublicWorks DePartment
Gregg Zimmerman P.E., Administrator
Subject: Reconsideration Request of Administrative Determination of Un-mapped
StreamlWetland Classification for Defoor Properties (parcel Nos.
0007200196,0007200194, and 2023059085)
Dear Mr. Walker:
. This letter is in response to your letter dated November 17, 2005 requesting
reconsideration of the classification of 3 un.;.mapped streams (Stream B, Stream C, and
Drainage 1) as identified in the Wetland Study, Stream Assessment, Habitat Study,
Watershed Rest-oration, and Mitigation Plan llr'Cpared by Talasea Consultarits, Inc. dated.
June 28, 2005 (revised October 3, 20(5)~ In yOUT letter you indicate that the creation of
the 3 un-mapped streams was·the result of erosion due to point-discharge of st()rmwater
and sQould be considered artificial and reJUlatedaSClass 5 streams. RMC 4,.3-
050L.l.a.v defines a Class 5 stream as non~regulated waters that "flow within an
artificially constructed channel where no naturally defined channel had previously
existed." The point discharge of stormwater onto the subject site does not constitute an
. artificially constructed channel that would be clasSified as a Class 5 stream.
In your letter you also cite a previous project within the City, Sunnybrook Preliminary
Plat (LUA05-127, SA-H, PP, ECF), where the modification of7 drainage channels was
pennitted. You indicat~ that the previous approval should serve as a precedent for the
streams located on the subject property. Since "the review and approval of the
Sunnybrook Preliminary Plat, subsequent critical area regulations have been adopted,
which include a new stream definition and stream claSsification system. Therefore, as the
current project was submitted under the subsequent regulations, the previous approval of
the alteration of 7 drainages would not be a precedent. The previous determination of the
classification of the streams dated November 3, 2005 stands. .
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The reconsideration request letter also requested ~ appeal. The appeal of the
determination will continue. You will be notified of the date of the appeal-bearing when'
the Office of the Hearing Examiner has scheduled it. Please feel free.to contact Jill Ding
at (425) 430-7219 if you h~e any questions. -
Sincerely,
Neil Watts
Development ,Services Director
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Jennifer Hehning ',,<_,~_,
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