HomeMy WebLinkAboutResponse Letter to revisions PRE12-033January 8, 2013
Tara Tumber
Hunny Construction Inc.
10050 Rainier Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98178
SUBJECT: SIKH TEMPLE SIDEWALK EXTENSION
PRE12-033 and City of Renton Permit U120108
5218 Talbot Road South
Dear Mr. Tumber:
On December 4, 2012 you submitted revisions and additional information regarding the Sikh Temple Sidewalk Extension project. That information included a draft “project agreement” with
Sewall Wetland Consulting, Inc. regarding wetland monitoring services. Additionally, you submitted a revised “Sikh Temple Wetland Mitigation Concept and Planting Plan”, prepared
by Sewall Wetland Consulting, Inc.
While the revised wetland concept and mitigation plan identifies the stream course, the stream course buffer, and the wetland buffer, there is no indication of how the hard-packed gravel
within the wetland buffer area would be prepared and planted with the indicated buffer area seed mix. Furthermore, the proposed split rail fence must be placed along the 50-foot wetland
buffer boundary (a detail of the split rail fence and signage must be included with the mitigation plan). Also, the mitigation plan does not indicate planting performance standards
(the percentage of survival of the stake plantings and the seed mixes which would constitute success on an annual basis).
The submitted draft contract (project agreement) is between the Sikh Temple and Hunny Construction, Inc. The contract must be between the Sikh Temple and Sewall Wetland Consulting,
Inc. As I mentioned in my November 9, 2012 letter to you, the Contract Requirements for the Maintenance and Monitoring surety are as follows:
RMC 4-3-050G2 requires that, "for wetland and/or stream/lake mitigation plans, the [maintenance and monitoring] surety device shall be sufficient to guarantee that structures, improvements,
and mitigation required by permit condition perform satisfactorily for a minimum of five (5) years after they have been completed." Please provide a draft (followed by a final) maintenance
and monitoring contract (or contracts) for our review and approval prior to execution of the contract. The draft contract language must ensure compliance with both the performance
standards of the
approved mitigation and monitoring plan and the general requirements of the maintenance and monitoring standards of the Renton Municipal Code. In order to approve your draft maintenance
and monitoring contract, we will need to determine that the scope of the contract clearly covers the cost of plant maintenance and replacement as well. The language in the contract
must also guarantee that "structures, improvements, and mitigation perform satisfactorily for a period of 5 years" per RMC 4-3-050G2 (e.g. add provisions for plant replacement and weed
removal referencing compliance with the survival rates noted in the final approved wetland mitigation plan). The contract must include quarterly monitoring reports for the first year
and annual reports thereafter. Please a revised draft contract which addresses the above requirements including the cost of plant material replacement. The submitted mitigation plan
does not indicate performance standards and the draft contract does not address maintenance and replacement.
Please revise the mitigation plan and draft contract to reflect the above comments. When these revisions have been reviewed, I will inform you of the steps necessary to proceed.
Please contact me at (425) 430-7382 or gwasser@rentonwa.gov if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Gerald C. Wasser
Associate Planner
cc: Derek Sinclair, Guidant
Ed Sewall, Sewall Wetland Consulting, Inc.
Kayren Kittrick, Development Engineering Supervisor
Jennifer Henning, Current Planning Manager
Jan Illian, Plan Reviewer
Donna Locher, Lead Code Compliance