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HomeMy WebLinkAboutERC Determination.Approval.Notice_Renton Aerospace Training Center_15-000582b-S’.I.-.___October22,2015Community&EconomicDevelopmentDepartmentC.E.”Chip”Vincent,AdministratorWashingtonStateDepartmentofEcologyEnvironmentalReviewSectionP0Box47703Olympia,WA98504-7703Subject:ENVIRONMENTAL(SEPA)THRESHOLDDETERMINATIONTransmittedherewithisacopyoftheEnvironmentalDeterminationforthefollowingprojectreviewedbytheEnvironmentalReviewCommittee(ERC)onOctober19,2015:SEPADETERMINATION:DeterminationofNon-SignificanceMitigated(DNS)PROJECTNAME:RentonAerospaceTrainingCenterPROJECTNUMBER:LUA15-000582,ECF,VA-A,MODAppealsoftheenvironmentaldeterminationmustbefiledinwritingonorbefore5:00p.m.onNovember6,2015,togetherwiththerequiredfeewith:HearingExaminer,CityofRenton,1055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.AppealstotheExamineraregovernedbyRMC4-8-110andinformationregardingtheappealprocessmaybeobtainedfromtheCityClerk’sOffice,(425)430-6510.PleaserefertotheenclosedNoticeofEnvironmentalDeterminationforcompletedetails.Ifyouhavequestions,pleasecallmeat(425)430-7219.FortheEnvironmentalReviewCommittee,L74JRocaleTimmonsSeniorPlannerEnclosurecc:KingCountyWastewaterTreatmentDivisionRaminPazooki,WSDOT,NWRegionBoydPowers,DepartmentofNaturalResourcesLarryFisher,WDFWKarenWalter,Fisheries,MuckleshootIndianTribeDuwamishTribalOfficeMelissaCalvert,MuckleshootCulturalResourcesProgramUSArmyCorp.ofEngineersGretchenKaehler,OfficeofArchaeology&HistoricPreservationRentonCityHall•1055SouthGradyWay•Renton,Washington98057.rentonwa.gov DEPARTMENTOFCOMMUNITYANDECONOMICDEVELOPMENTI!LL1J!J!\ENVIRONMENTAL(SEPA)DETERMINATIONOFNON-SIGNIFICANCE-MITIGATED(DNS)PROJECTNUMBER:LUA15-000582,ECF,VA-A,MODAPPLICANT:JonathanWilsonPROJECTNAME:RentonAerospaceTrainingCenterPROJECTDESCRIPTION:TheapplicantisrequestingEnvironmental(SEPA)Review,astreetmodification,modificationtoacriticalslope,andafrontyardsetbackvariancefortheconstructionofanew22,300squarefoot,twostory,AerospaceTrainingfacility.ThesubjectpropertyislocatedontheeastsideofRainierAveNjustnorthofAirportWayat300RainierAve.Theprojectworkareatotals30,151squarefeetandiszonedMediumIndustrial(IM).ThesitecurrentlycontainstheformerRentonChamberofCommercebuildingwhichisproposedforremoval.TherearetWoprimaryaccesspointsonRainierAvewhichareproposedtoremainasis.Theapplicantisproposingtoretaintheexisting41parkingstallsonsitetoservetheproposeduse.TheapplicantisrequestingastreetmodificationfromRMC4-6-060inordertoeliminatetheimprovementsrequiredalongRainierAveN.TheapplicantisalsoproposingavariancefromRMC4-2-130inordertoreducetherequired20-footfrontyardsetbackdownto0-feetattheclosestpoint.TherearecriticalslopeslocatedonthewesternportionofthesiteofwhichtheapplicantisrequestingamodificationfromRMC4-3-050inordertoimpactthecriticalslope.Thisprojectalsoincludestheinstallationofapressure-reducingpumpneartheairporttower,aswellastheadditionofashortsoft-surfacetrailfromtheparkinglotatthesouthendoftheairporttoAirportWay.TheapplicanthassubmittedaDrainageReport,TrafficImpactAnalysis,ParkingAnalysis,andGeotechnicalEngineeringstudywiththesubjectapplication.PROJECTLOCATION:300RainierAveNLEADAGENCY:CityofRentonEnvironmentalReviewCommitteeDepartmentofCommunity&EconomicDevelopmentTheCityofRentonEnvironmentalReviewCommitteehasdeterminedthatitdoesnothaveaprobablesignificantadverseimpactontheenvironment.AnEnvironmentalImpactStatement(EIS)isnotrequiredunderRCW43.21C.030(2)(c).ThisDeterminationofNon-SignificanceisissuedunderWAC197-11-340.Becauseotheragenciesofjurisdictionmaybeinvolved,theleadagencywillnotactonthisproposalforfourteen(14)days.Appealsoftheenvironmentaldeterminationmustbefiledinwritingonorbefore5:00p.m.onNovember6,2015.Appealsmustbefiledinwritingtogetherwiththerequiredfeewith:HearingExaminer,CityofRenton,1055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.AppealstotheExamineraregovernedbyRMC4-8-110andmoreinformationmaybeobtainedfromtheRentonCityClerk’sOffice,(425)430-6510. DEPARTMENTOFCOMMUNITYANDECONOMICDEVELOPMENTFzr1t©2rilPUBLICATIONDATE:DATEOFDECISION:SIGNATURES:GreggZimhe-man,AdministratorPublicWork&IDeIrtmentcUC.E.“Chip”Vfcent,AdministratorDepartmentofCommunity&EconomicDevelopmentOctober23,2015OCTOBER19,2015TerryHigashiyama,AdministratorCommunityServicesDepartmentDateDateMakPeterson,AdministratorFire&EmergencyServicesflO/t/IsDatetoJutcDate CITYOF—Renton0_OFENViRONMENTALDETERMINATIONISSUANCEOFADETERMINATIONOFNONSIGNIFICANCEPOSTEDTONOTIFYINTERESTEDPERSONSOFANENVIRONMENTALACTIONPROJECTNAME:RentonAerospcaceTrainingCenterPROJECTNUMBER:CUA1S-000582,ECF,VA-A,MODLOCATION:300RainierAveNDESCRIPTION:THEAPPLICANTISREQUESTINGENVIRONMENTAL(SEPA)REVIEW,ASTREETMODIFICATION,MODIFICATIONTOACRITICALSLOPE,ANDAFRONTYARDSETBACKVARIANCEFORTHECONSTRUCTIONOFANEW22,300SQUAREFOOT,TWOSTORY,AEROSPACETRAININGFACILITY.THESUBJECTPROPERTYISLOCATEDONTHEEASTSIDEOFRAINIERAVENJUSTNORTHOFAIRPORTWAYAT300RAINIERAVE.THEPROJECTWORKAREATOTALS30,151SQUAREFEETANDISZONEDMEDIUMINDUSTRIALtIM).THESITECURRENTLYCONTAINSTHEFORMERRENTONCHAMBEROFCOMMERCEBUILDINGWHICH15PROPOSEDFORREMOVAL.THEREARETWOPRIMARYACCESSPOINTSONRAINIERAVEWHICHAREPROPOSEDTOREMAINASIS.THEAPPLICANTISPROPOSINGTORETAINTHEEXISTING41PARKINGSTALLSONSITETOSERVETHEPROPOSEDUSE.THEAPPLICANTISREQUESTINGASTREETMODIFICATIONFROMRMC4-6-OBOINORDERTOELIMINATETHEIMPROVEMENTSREQUIREDALONGRAINIERAVEN.THEAPPLICANTISALSOPROPOSINGAVARIANCEFROMRMC4-2-130INORDERTOREDUCETHEREQUIRED20-FOOTFRONTYARDSETBACKDOWNTO0-FEETATTHECLOSESTPOINT.THEREARECRITICALSLOPESLOCATEDONTHEWESTERNPORTIONOFTHESITEOFWHICHTHEAPPLICANTISREQUESTINGAMODIFICATIONFROMRMC4-3-050INORDERTOIMPACTTHECRITICALSLOPE.THISPROJECTALSOINCLUDESTHEINSTALLATIONOFAPRESSURE-REDUCINGVALVENEARTHEAIRPORTTOWER,ASWELLASTHEADDITIONOFASHORTSOFT-SURFACETRAILFROMTHEPARKINGLOTATTHESOUTHENDOFTHEAIRPORTTOAIRPORTWAY.THEAPPLICANTHASSUBMIUEDADRAINAGEREPORT,TRAFFICIMPACTANALYSIS,PARKINGANALYSIS,ANDGEOTECHNICALENGINEERINGSTUDYWITHTHESUBJECTAPPLICATION.THECITYOFRENTONENVIRONMENTALREVIEWCOMMITTEE(ERC)HASDETERMINEDTHATTHEPROPOSEDACTIONDOESNOTHAVEASIGNIFICANTADVERSEIMPACTONTHEENVIRONMENTAppealsoftheenvironmentaldeterminationmustbefiledinwritingonorbefore5:00p.m.onNovember6,2015,togetherwiththerequiredfeewith:HearingExaminer,CityofRenton,1055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.AppealstotheExamineraregovernedbyCityofRMC4-8-110andinformationregardingtheappealprocessmaybeobtainedfromtheRentonCityClerk’sOffice,(425)430-6510.IFTHEENVIRONMENTALDETERMINATIONISAPPEALED,APUBLICHEARINGWILLBESETANDALLPARTIESNOTIFIED.FORFURTHERINFORMATION,PLEASECONTACTTHECITYOFRENTON,DEPARTMENTOFCOMMUNITY&ECONOMICDEVELOPMENTAT(425)430-7200.DONOTREMOVETHISNOTICEWITHOUTPROPERAUTHORIZATIONIPLEASEINCWDETHEPROJECTNUMBERWHENCALLINGFORPROPERFILEIDENTIFICATION.1