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Home My WebLink AboutC_Public_Comment_PRE17-000692_18050210415_147(hAvenueSErrRenton,WA98059r(rL,E1,/tDApril28,2018MAY22618CityofRentoncnvOFENTONPlanningDept.PLANNINGDMSIQN1055S.GradyWayRenton,WA98055RE:SunsetTownHouses,4409NESunsetRenton,WA98059Iwouldliketosubmitthesecommentsaboutthisproposeddevelopment.FromwhatIreadon-line,thesetownhornesaretoextendoverHoneyCreek.IthoughtRentonrequiredabufferbetweenthehighwatermarkofthestreamandthestreamitself?IlivewithastreamflowingthroughmyyardandhaveseenwhatRentonallows—theydoverylittletoprotectsaidproperty.HoneyCreekflowsintoMayCreekandthenLakeWashington.Theyallowconstructiontooccurwithoutmakingthedeveloperputtipsiltfences—orthrowstrawdowntostoperosionfromflowingintoMayCreek,theyallowpoorconstructionofdetentionpondssothatdetentionpondsbreakandspillyellowwaterintoMayCreek—anddon’tstopit.TheplansIreadsaidthattherewillbeanundergroundgarage—isthedirtstableenough.Whereisthedetentionpondsupposedtobe(orthevault).Tome,thereisn’troom.Inaddition,Rentondoesn’tenforceitstreepolicy.Thereareanumberofmaturetreesonthissite—yettheywillbecomingdownandonlyreplaced—ifatall—bysmallsticktrees.Thedevelopershouldberequiredtoplantmaturereplacementtrees.Also,thecitymakesdevelopers“mitigate”theimpactofconstruction/development,butthendon’tenforcetherules.Whymakethemdoanymitigationatall?AnotherexampleisthatRentonsaysnewconstructioncan’tbedoneonSunday,yetifyoudrivebyasiteonaSunday,thereisusuallysometypeofconstructionhappening.Andthenyoutrytoreportitand911dispatchdoesn’tknowwheretheconstructionishappening.Ilookforwardtoreviewingtheplansforthisproposeddevelopment.Thankyou.Sincerely,ClaudiaDonnelly