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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Howell <showell@niius.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2021 3:25 PM
To: CityClerk <CityClerk@Rentonwa.gov>
Subject: PR21-000359 at 95 S. Tobin St.
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City of Renton Staff,
I am writing to express my substantial concerns regarding the proposed project. My Company owns, occupies and rents
to a retail establishment at the corner of Tillicum Street and Lake Ave S. Most significant concerns follow:
* The neighborhood is mixed commercial and residential. And there is a high school a short distance away. Introducing
transitioning mental patients into a mixed neighborhood like this will likely enhance an already tense situation between
tenants/residents and the homeless. Please look up the number of police calls in the area. Our building alone averages
at least one call for assistance to the police a month.
* Retail in the area is already challenged enough by the effects of Covid and the concerns for individual safety. If we lose
more retail, what use will those building find that fits the zoning? It is not an attractive area for office.
* It does not seem to me that a residential transitional mental facility meets the definition of the surrounding zoning.
Why this location and in this zoning?
* We are having to install enhanced security measures at our building. This is due to increased crime and vandalism.
Other neighbors are doing the same. It is hard to imagine how the proposed facility will do anything to help the
security/safety matters.
Thanks for your attention,
R. Scott Howell
2827 Mountain View Ave N., Renton WA