HomeMy WebLinkAboutEx 32 HEX_PPT_RSD#16_210803_v1Renton School District
Elementary School #16
LUA21-000167, CUP-H, SA-H, MOD (x2)
HEX Public Hearing
August 3, 2021
Presented by: Alex Morganroth, Senior Planner
Project Proposal
4
•77,000 sf facility
•650 students and
60 staff
•82 parking spaces
•On-site bus drop
off/pickup
•Improvements
concentrated on
east side of site
•Requesting
Conditional Use
Permit and Site
Plan Review with
two modification
requests
Project Location
3
S 2nd St
Renton HS
•11 total parcels (Lot Line
Adjustment forthcoming)
•Residential structures
removed in 2020.
•Church and multifamily
uses abutting north and
northwest.
•Single-family west, south,
and east
•Adjacent to Hazen High
School
•Frontage along Duvall Ave
NE, Chelan Ave NE, and
Chelan Pl NE
•Small portion of
unimproved Chelan Ave NE
ROW to be vacated
Image via COR Maps
Site Characteristics
4
•Approximately
11-acre site
•Site currently
vacant
•Trees and ground
vegetation
across majority
of site
•Site slopes east
to west and falls
approximately
29 feet
•Two wetlands
located on site
Facing west from Duvall Ave NE -
Image via Google
Building Design
5
•Two story structure (43’
max height)
•Sloped roof profile
•Two classroom wings
emanating west from
office/public space
•Mix of light and dark
brick, aluminum curtain
wall, and significant
glazing
•Plaza and SE corner main
entrance
Zoning and Land
Use Designations
5
•Site is Residential-8
with Residential-10
on NW corner
•Site is designated
Residential Medium
Density with
Residential High
Density in NW corner
•Single-family
residential to the
east, south, and west
•Multifamily and
commercial to the
north, northeast, and
northwest
Critical Areas
5
•Category IV Wetland
along eastern
portion of property
(Wetland B)
•Category III Wetland
on western portion
of property
(Wetland C)
Wetland Impacts
5
•Proposed fill of
Wetland B (lower
quality Category
IV)
•Mitigation via
credit purchase
from Springbrook
Creek Wetlands
Mitigation Bank
due to location of
wetlands
•Wetland C (higher
quality Category
IV) retained with
full 100-foot buffer
and enhancement
Vegetation
5
•499 trees located on site
•208 trees located in
wetlands or buffer
•30-percent retention
requirement (81 trees)
•Applicant proposing to
retain 18 trees (7%
retention)
•114 trees proposed for
planting, or 266 less than
required
•Temporary impacts to
vegetation in Wetland C
buffer to be offset via
enhancement
Access and Transportation
5
On-site
•Right in, right out in bus load lane
•Right in, right out parking and drop-off off of Duvall Ave NE
•Exit only onto Chelan Ave NE
•~200 ft. queuing lane on Duvall south of bus exit
Off-site
•4 intersections analyzed
•LOS maintained with project
except for NE 10th St and
Duvall Ave NE (A to E)
•NE 10th and Duvall Ave NE
drops from A to E with
significant eastbound delays
Replace HAWK signal with full
signalized intersection (SEPA
mitigation measure)
•8-foot sidewalk to be installed
between north terminus of
site and NE 12th St along
Duvall Ave NE
Site Plan Review
5
•Access via Duvall Ave NE
(right in/right out) with
queuing lane and Chelan Ave
NE (exit only)
•Sited on east side of site away
from SFR to south and west
•Mix of active and passive
open spaces
•Excellent pedestrian and
vehicular circulation
•Modular wetlands system,
grass paver fire-lane, and full
dispersion in wetlandsfor
portion of site reduces
stormwater impacts
Conditional Use
Permit •K-12 Educational Institutions
required Hearing Examiner CUP
in R-8 and R-10 zones
•Mitigating Characteristics:
•Landscape screening
proposed around
perimeter (additional
conditions)
•High quality building
design to decrease scale
•Orientation away from
neighboring properties
•Frontage improvements
provided along Duvall Ave
NE (up to NE 12th St),
Chelan Ave NE frontages
Parking and Street
Modifications•Parking
•60 stalls required
•82 stalls proposed
•Additional capacity requested
for special events and to limit
impacts
•Street Modification
•Duvall Ave NE to be improved
as part of TIP project to include
standards frontage
improvements (curb/gutter,
bike lane, raised median)
•Addition ROW requested to
accommodate vehicle queuing
lane
Environmental
Review
•Renton School District acted as SEPA lead agency
•Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) issued on June 21,
2021
•14-day comment period commenced on June 25, 2021 and ended on July
8, 2021
•Nine (9) mitigation measures related to wetlands impacts, frontage
improvements, and traffic impacts
•Staff concurs with mitigation measures and includes compliance with
subject measures as condition of approval
Integral Project Features
7
•Permanent protection of Wetland C
•High-quality design and materials for the school building
•Installation of a significant quantity of landscaping in the surface parking.
•Replanting of large-stature tree species to replace the large healthy trees that
would be removed,
•Payment into the Springbrook Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank program prior to
permanent impacts to Wetland B,and the use of LID stormwater systems
•Large pedestrian plaza and prominent entry area,significant modulation along
the classroom wing facades,and the provision of an outdoor classroom on
northern portion of the site.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the Renton School District Elementary #16,
(File No. LUA21-000167, CU-H, SA-H, MOD) Conditional Use Permit, Site
Plan Review, and Modification (x2) applications, subject to the 21
conditions contained in the staff report.
8