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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOff-Hold Letter LUA09-151 Quendall TermsDenisLawMayorCommunity&EconomicDevelopmentC.E.“Chip”Vincent,AdministratorMarch16,2017CampbellMathewsonCenturyPacific,L.P.1201ThirdAvenue,Suite1680Seattle,WA98101SUBJECT:“OffHold”NoticeQuendallTerminals/LUAO9-151,ElS,ECF,BSP,SA-M,SM,DADearMr.Mathewson:TheapplicantsforthesubjectprojecthaverequestedthattheCityconsiderenteringintoaDevelopmentAgreement,whichwouldestablishanEnhancedAlternativeproposal,incombinationwiththealreadyappliedforLandUseapplications.TheoriginalQuendallTerminalsproposalforaMixed-UseDevelopment,includingthePreferredAlternativeDevelopmentPlanhascompletedStateEnvironmentalPolicyAct(SEPA)review.Todate,theCityhasissuedaDraftEnvironmentalImpactStatement(ElS),ElSAddendum(establishingthePreferredAlternative),andaFinalEISandassociatedMitigationDocument;however,thesedocumentsdidnotspecificallyevaluatetheproposedDevelopmentAgreementestablishinganEnhancedAlternative.TheproposedDevelopmentAgreementandassociatedEnhancedAlternativeprimarilyincludethefollowing:•Theadditionof1.3acresofpublicparkingspace;•Additionalretail/restaurant/officespaceandstreetactivation(fountains,artwork,etc.)•Theadditionofeitherapublicdock/pierand/oranalternativeapprovedbytheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)toallowforpublicaccesstoLakeWashington;•BuildingSW4wouldbe4-stories,buildingSW3would5-stories,andalltheremainingbuildingswouldbe6-stories;•ExtensionofLandUsePermitapprovaltermto10-yearswithpossibleextensionopportunitiesinwhichdevelopmentregulationvestingwouldbemaintained.Theabove-referencedchangestothePreferredAlternativeandtheassociatedDevelopmentAgreementarerequiredtogothroughSEPAReview.Assuch,theDevelopmentAgreementandEnhancedAlternativeisscheduledtobeconsideredbytheCity’sSEPAResponsibleOffice,theQuendallterminals“Off-Hold”NoticePage11055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057.rentonwa.gov EnvironmentalReviewCommittee(ERC)foraConsistencyDeterminationwiththealreadyissuedElSdocumentsonMarch20,2017.Therefore,pertheapplicant’srequest,theQuendallTerminalsproject(LUAO9-151)hasbeentakenOff-HoldandtheCitywillcontinuereviewoftheproject.TheDevelopmentAgreement,MasterSitePlan,BindingSitePlan,andShorelinePermithavebeententativelyscheduledforapublichearingbeforetheCityofRentonHearingExamineronApril18,2017at10:00a.m.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasecontactmeat(425)430-7314orvdolbee@rentonwa.gov.Sincerely,1€cDdI2eJ2VanessaDolbeeCurrentPlanningManagercc:AltinoProperties,Inc.andJHBaxter&co./OwnersHullsClarkMartin&PetersonP.S.,AmitD.RanadeandAnnM.GygiPartiesofRecordQuendallterminals“0ff-Hold”NoticePage27055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057rentonwa.gov