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Home My WebLink AboutReport 01Kathleen Dow 1210 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Fred Warnock 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bgmc2@cox.net (party of record) Yvonne & Gary C. Pipkin 1120 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-2009 (party of record) Amy & Kevin Dedrickson 1012 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3799 eml: aimerdoll@yahoo.com (party of record) Mark Hancock PO Box 88811 Seattle, WA 98138 (party of record) Cyrus M. McNeely 3810 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 eml: cmikeathom@msn.com (party of record) Updated: 06/03/13 PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Michael Mullinaux 1415 N 24th Street Renton, WA 98056 eml: mullinaux@comcast.net (party of record) Inez Petersen 3306 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #1 Renton, WA 98056 eml: inezpetersenjd@gmail.com (party of record) Larry & Linda Boregson 1013 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: borg41943@comcast.net (party of record) Len & Pat Reid 1217 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-0474 eml: Ipreid@comcast.net (party of record) Larry Reymann 1313 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-8511 eml: fulmen8@hotmail.com (party of record) Kelly Smith 6811 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 917-3316 (party of record) Mike Cero 8300 Avalon Drive Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 419-0657 eml: mscero@comcast.net (party of record) Marcos J. Santos 1209 N 31st Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 221-0752 (party of record) Winnie & Yuri Sihon 1211 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: wSihon@comcast.net (party of record) Carol O'Connell 1241 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 254-2796 (party of record) Ronald & Vanessa Brazg 1019 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 746-7768 (party of record) Janet L. & Gary R. Sanford 1102 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 276-5848 eml: garys@loziergroup.com (party of record) Jim Hanken 15543 62nd Avenue NE Kenmore, WA 98028 (party of record) Michael Christ President SECO Development, Inc. 1083 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #50 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 282-5833 (party of record) (Page 1 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Roger A. Pearce Foster Pepper LLC 1111 Third Avenue ste: #3400 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 447-4676 eml: pearr@foster.com (party of record) Charles & Rebecca Taylor 1252 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4473 (party of record) Sally A Scott 1405 N 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-1005 (party of record) Charles P Witmann 907 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Christine Chen 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 229-5880 eml: christineschen@yahoo.com (party of record) Ronald Corbell 4113 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6844 eml: rrcorbell@comcast.net (party of record) Updated: 06/03/13 Robert & Sonya Tobeck 1003 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Ross & Ava Ohashi 1018 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 890-3045 eml: taryntani@gmail.com (party of record) Richard M Ferry 7414 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 232-1872 (party of record) Sheng Wu 1222 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (832) 971-9396 eml: swu@bechtel.com (party of record) Victor Chiu 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (626) 627-1059 eml: vchiu74@hotmail.com (party of record) Susan Stow 1309 N 36th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 793-5062 eml: stows@comcast.net (party of record) Lawrence E. Hard Attorney at Law 4316 NE 33rd Street Seattle, WA 98105 tel: (206) 669-8686 (party of record) Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bmaccaul@gmail.com (party of record) Anne Woodley 7920 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: a.woodley@comcast.net (party of record) Suzanne & Donald Orehek 4103 Wells Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (516) 944-8739 eml: suzywo@verison.net (party of record) Glen St. Amant Muckelshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division 39015 172nd Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092 tel: (253) 939-3311 eml: g len@muckleshoot.nsn.us (party of record) Rajendra Agrawaal 1113 N 29th Street Renton, WA 98056 eml: agrawaalr@yahoo.com (party of record) (Page 2 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Tony Boydston 3920 NE 11th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: bonethedawgs@yahoo.com (party of record) Pavy Thao 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #A101 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 591-7077 eml: pavyt@hotmaiJ.com (party of record) Farrell Wilson & Jonell Bitney- Wilson 4063 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-1748 eml: jobitney@comcast.net (pa rty of record) Sue & Mac Jahnke 1717 Aberdeen Avenue NE Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-6489 eml: forsue2go@comcast.net (party of record) Leslye Bergan 3306 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #2 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 940-7461 eml: lesbergan@comcast.net (party of record) Trudy Neumann 922 N 28th Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-4205 (party of record) Updated: 06/03/13 Chuck & Sylvia Holden 3609 Meadow Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-9956 eml: sbholden@nwlink.com (party of record) Tim Riley 3607 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 779-2021 eml: autowashsys.com (party of record) Kim Browne 1409 N 37th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7791 (party of record) Faye Janders 2717 Aberdeen Avenue NE Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-4227 eml: fayeandlorna@comcast.net (party of record) Marleen Mandt 1408 N 26th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1167 eml: mkmandt@comcast.net (party of record) Dima 1815 NE 27th Court Renton, WA 98056 eml: dyma20@yahoo.com (party of record) Mike & Sharon Glenn 8825 114th Avenue SE Newcastle, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-8351 eml: altglennmal@comcast.net (party of record) Amy Lietz Roberts 1006 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-1057 eml: amyroberts@seanet.com (party of record) Darius & Vicki Richards 3605 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4469 (party of record) Connie Taylor 2425 NE 25th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-5436 eml: conniemtaylor@comcast.net (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #C201 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 200-8156 eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Jon & Marilyn Danielson 1308 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-7933 eml: jonjdan@aol.com (party of record) (Page 3 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Mike Batin 3410 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 235-8818 eml: mbattin@yahoo.com (party of record) Bud Worley 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #B203 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 235-0825 eml: bud@nwccc.net (party of record) Keith Preszler 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: kpreszler@hotmail.com (party of record) Ryan Durkin 500 Galland Building 1221 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) Steve Van Til Vulcan 505 5th Avenue S ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98104 tel: (206) 342-2119 (party of record) Updated: 06/03/13 Sally Rochelle 3626 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 277-3159 eml: rochsjr@comcast.net (party of record) Tim Stewart Director Development Services Group City of Mercer Island 9611 SE 36th Street Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 275-7600 (party of record) Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Avenue ste: #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 757-8893 eml: cmathewson@centurypacificlp.com (contact) John Hansen 4005 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-1498 eml: johsamm@comcast.net (party of record) Dan Mitzel 111 Cleveland Avenue Mt Vernon, WA 98040 tel: (360) 404-2050 (party of record) Susan Miller 806 N 30th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-1868 eml: susa nag renmi lIer@hotmail.com (party of record) Mimi MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-5409 eml: mimiafsc@mac.com (party of record) Altino Properties, Inc. & JH Baxter & Co. 800 S Third Street Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 226-3900 (owner) Lance Lopes Vice President General Counsel Seattle Sea hawks I Seattle Sounders FC I First & Global Inc. 12 Sea hawks Way Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-8010 eml: lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com (party of record) Spencer Alpert Alpert International, LLP 2442 NW Market Street ste: #722 Seattle, WA 98107 tel: (206) 915-7200 (party of record) (Page 4 of 6) PARTIES OF· RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Laurie Baker 3107 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206)772-6284 eml: laurieb@mvseac.com (party of record) Jim Hanken Wolfstone, Panchot & Bloch, P.S., Inc. 1111 Third Avenue ste: 1800 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 682-3840 (party of record) Paul & Susan Siegmund 1006 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 502-5195 eml: paulrsiegmund@gmail.com (party of record) John Murphy Director of Operations New Home Trends, Inc. 4314 148th Street SE Mill Creek, WA 98012 tel: (425) 953-4719 (party of record) Bob & Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3385 eml: mbfamily6@gmail.com & rgb@beckerarch.com (party of record) Ricardo & Maria Antezana 1025 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: ricardoadlc@msn.com (party of record) Updated: 06/03/13 Kevin Iden 5121 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-4336 eml: idenkr@comcast.net (party of record) Charlie Conner 846 108th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 tel: (425) 646-4433 (party of record) Jessica Winter 7600 Sand Point Way Seattle, WA 98115 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) c/o Brad Nicholson SEGB 2302 NE 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Roy & Joann Francis 1000 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-7108 eml: royfrancis@msn.com (party of record) Nancy Denney 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: nancydenney@comcast.net (party of record) Anne Simpson 3001 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6344 eml: annsimpson@comcast.net (party of record) Rich Wagner 2411 Garden Court N Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Ronald & Sachi Nicol 1030 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 891-6169 eml: rfnucik@comcast.net & msnicol@gmail.com (party of record) Patty Witt 1204 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056-2170 tel: (425) 890-1880 eml: pwitt55@aol.com (party of record) Laura & James Counsell 1122 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-1281 eml: yyluan@yahoo.com & j.diddly@gmail.com (party of record) Tom Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (421) 221-0631 eml: tommbaker@hotmail.com (party of record) (Page 5 of 6) Linda Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1251 eml: lindabak@hotmail.com (party of record) Gretchen Kaehler Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation PO Box 48343 Olympia, WA 98504-8343 tel: (360) 586-3088 eml: PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Elisabeth Durr 1206 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: elisabethdurr@gmail.com (party of record) Gwendolyn High 155 Yakima Avenue NE Renton, WA 98059 tel: (206) 279-0349 eml: gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com (party of record) Aaron Belenky 1800 NE 40th Street ste: #H-4 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 235-2651 eml: abelenky@alum.mit.edu (party of record) John & Diane Haines 1014 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: headac1@comcast.net (party of record) gretchen. kaeh ler@dahp.wa.gov (party of record) Kevin Poole 627 High Avenue S Renton, WA 98057 tel: (206) 245-8956 eml: kevinpoole@mac.com (party of record) Ramin Pazooki Local Agency & Development Services Manager WSDOT 15700 Dayton Avenue N PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133-9710 (party of record) William Skilling 3814 E Lee Street Seattle, WA 98112 tel: (206) 622-2626 eml: bskilling@msn.com (party of record) Updated: 06/03/13 Richard & Kathleen Bergquist 7244 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: dickb@seanet.com (party of record) Barbara Nightingale, Regional Shoreline Planner Department of Ecology 3190 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008 (party of record) Jenny Manning 1205 N 10th Place ste: #2440 Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 283-2880 eml: jenny.manning@patch.com (party of record) Lynda Priddy Remedial Project Manager Environmental Protection Agency 1200 6th Avenue ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98101-3140 (party of record) Diane Espey Jackson 2419 Talbot Crest Drive S Renton, WA 98055 eml: dianej2419@msn.com (party of record) (Page 6 of 6) ~-----~ ~----------~.-. -.------.---.-------..---_.-..,.---~---------------- f C mmunity , /5'-~-~\ rtment 0 0 CltyO~(mlnl (:~, ,: .. 1 ~e:C~nomic Development rJ ®rITll1(Q.,.!j,!J '<::iY 55 South Grady Way 10 WA 98057-3232 Renton Ij JJ=-Michele Mullinaux PO Box 2825 Renton, WA 98056 'r' I '" \ \oi \. \- ., ,,~ , \ , I '- I .~ 1, ' ._e " t Denis Law ____ ~M:aYO~r __ ------~¢.r ct; October 18, 2012 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Avenue #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Department of Community and Economic Development C.E."Chip"Vincent, Administrator Subject: NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY -EIS ADDENDUM Quendall Terminals/LUA09-151, EIS,ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM Dear Mr. Mathewson: This letter is written on behalf ofthe Environmental Review Committee (ERC}to advise you that they have completedtheir review of the subject project, and notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) was issued on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA98057, and on the City of Renton web site: www.rentonwa.gov. Written comments on the EIS Addendum will be accepted for a 3D-day comment period, ending November 19,2012 and should be addressed to: Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner; City of Renton, CED-Planning Division, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 Please refer to the enclosed Notice of Issuance and Availability for complete details. If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-7314. For the Environmental Review Committee, Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner Enclosure cc: Altino Properties, Inc. and JH Baxter & Co./ Owners Parties of Record Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov NOTICE OF ISSUANCE & AVAILABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADDENDUM (EIS ADDENDUM) Notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). PROJECT NAME: PROPONENT: PROJECT NUMBER: Quendall Terminals Campbell Mathewson, Century Pacific, l. P. LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP,SA-M, SM LOCATION: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd DESCRIPTION: The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS Addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued December 10, 2010; evaluates potential impacts resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. For those assumptions that have been modified under the Preferred Alternative, the updated analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements include, Critical Areas, Aesthetics/View, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies. DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall for $25 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD, plus tax and postage (if mailed). COMMENT PERIOD: Written comments on the DEIS will be accepted for a 30-day comment period, ending 5:00 p.m., on Monday, November 19, 2012, and should be addressed to: CITY OF RENTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT ATTN: VANESSA DOLBEE, SENIOR PLANNER 1055 SOUTH GRADY WAY, 6TH FLOOR RENTON,WA 98055 If you have further questions, please contact Vanessa Dolbee at (425)430-7314; vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE PROJECT MANAGER VANESSA DOLBEE AT (42S) 430-7314. DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALLING FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION. Department of Community -.::onomic Development 1055 South Grady Way Renton WA 98057-3232 ", \ " c;;~) '-(:.c:2? s":; 1;:< CI-'3 ? ~:'1 ~~ '2 :;j '~? Chelsea Ryberg, Director Eastport Shores Townhomes Association 3100 Lake W<Jshington 13ivd N Retl; ::-,~ 't -l -x ~:: ':;.1 ',,:. c ~.'C' i ,~ ~~, ,-:;;Ji,'U:~:' .,,-, ~i-'";:::'~,;-;~, (-·Co ,,:,:. ,,_:"Ij' :: !'-CIJ.';:rf, "'-":~'r~ ,-~. ,'~ !!:!. l .. i.!I!i]');!'! iiL,!!, ,1,!·:II,,)I·I.i,)I! ;;iii ~tV Addvtft; ~ 11100 Lo.u u.lo.. 0.ud· N ~~c.201 &rt ~ J WA:-9 ~ (}8G, fhrru., 20&;-]{[J-816(P La/{ed Y~o/II Denis Law sir _________ :M:aY:o~r ................... ~. r ............... ~" Ma rch 27, 2012 Department of Community and Economic Development Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 SUBJECT: Receipt of EPA letter "On Hold" Notice Alex Pietsch,Administrator Quendall Terminals, LUA09-151, ECF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Mr.Mathewson: The Planning Division of the City of Renton received a letter from the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15, 2012. This letter addressed the City's concerns regarding EPA's original correspondence on the Draft Eis. This letter identified necessary changes to the proposal which the EPA believes will be reasonably consistent with the outcome of the Record of Decision when it is issued in accordance with the EPA's process. Specifically, the following change to the site plan was identified by the EPA in their March 13,2012 letter: • A 100 foot area extending from the shoreline, 100 feet landward along the entire shoreline, shall be designated as future wetlands, buffers, and setback orea. EPA identifies in the letter, that if the environmental baseline is modified to reflect the aforementioned assumptions, then the EPA believes the environmental baseline would be reasonable. In order for the City to re-start the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, either a new alternative reflecting the· EPA's proposal shall be provided or the existing alternatives shall be amended to reflect the above request. A new site plan and associated documents reflecting this change shall be submitted to the City to proceed with the EIS process. Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Campbell Mathewson Page 2 of2 March 27} 2012 At this time, your project will remain "on hold" pending receipt of the requested information. Please contact me at (425) 430-7314 if you have any questions. Sincerely, 1£~{JL Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: Altlno Properties} Inc., and J.H. Baxter & Co. /Owner{s) Lynda Priddy, EPA Party!ies) of Record EA I Blumen Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 12:32 PM 'CenturyLink Customer' Ce: Subject: Rebecca A. Taylor; Jennifer T. Henning RE: Quendall Project WA oct-lSI Charles, I appreciate your comments on the project. I have briefly reviewed your comment and I suggest you send your letter and/or contact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for specific responses related to the EPA's clean-up process and associated document such as the FS. The Superfund clean-up process is completely separate from the City's SEPA and Master Plan Review Process, and is handled entirely by the EPA. The current contact at EPA for the Quendall Terminals Project, is Claire Hong, who can be reached at 206-553-0125 or hong.clair@epa.gov. As you may be aware, the Final Environmental Impact Statement, for the Quendall Terminals Development Project is currently under appeal. If you are interested in reading the appeal, this can be downloaded at the following link: http:// re nto nwa .gov!b us i ness! defa u It.a spx ?id;3 2800 To address some of your specific questions, please see the FE IS Response to Comments section, in which there was a specific response to your letter provided during the EIS process. This response can be found on page 3-437 of the FEIS which can also be downloaded at the above link. In addition, the FE IS addresses your questions related to noise, construction hours, traffic etc. However, specific details such as the construction inspector contact information is not available at this time because there has not been a construction permit issued for this project. In addition, because you are a party of record, you will receive notice when the applicant submits to the City the revised master plan materials that are required to comply with the mitigation document issued along with the FE IS (also downloadable at the link). Once the City receives these documents, an official comment period will be re-opened and I encourage you to review the materials and provide comments either in writing or at the public hearing at that time. However, at this time there is no official comment period open for the project, however I will file your comments in the attached letter in the project file. Thank you and have a great Holiday, 'Vallessa 'lJo[6ee, Current Planning Manager Community & Economic Development Department Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 (425)430-7314 From: CenturyLink Customer [mailto:cw7mm@q.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11: 12 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee 1 Cc: Rebecca A, Taylor Subject: Quendall Project Hi Miss Dolbee, My name is Charles Taylor and I live over at Barbee Mill. I've attached a few concerns that I have regarding the Quendall Project. Thank you, Charles '. 2 Quendall Terminal Final Remedial Investigation Report; Based on the recommendations in this report, I would like to know if a new FS will be conducted to address the issues as recommended, The items listed below are of concern to me, Section 8.2 Recommendations Identification and evaluation of remedial alternatives that address DNAPL and other affected Site media with contaminants exceeding Preliminary Remediation Goals should be pursued in the forthcoming Feasibility Study, What is the status of the new FS to address the PRGs? Section ES.8 Conclusions and recommendations The results of the baseline human health and ecological risk assessment based on exposure to site contaminated media exceed EPAs acceptable levels, The exposure scenarios included future residential, worker, and recreational beach user. It appears that human health risk will always exist. The primary contributors are PHAs, naphthalene, benzene, and arsenic, Will these items be addressed in the new recommended Feasibility Study? Section 3.3.2 Drinking Water Use What affect does the contaminated arsenic plume, ground and surface water runoff have on lake Washington since it is considered a potable water source protected under the clean water act and Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan? Quendall Terminals Mitigation Document During construction: Who/how will noise be monitored What will be the vibration and noise decibel sound limits Noise and vibration limits may need to be adjusted to meet community needs How will vibration affect the homes along the property lines How much setback from Quendall property line and existing homes along the fence Please provide City of Renton contacts during construction Work hours should be the same as in Seattle 7:00 AM -6:00 PM, Saturday work should be eliminated. Construction access should have a wheel wash at exit point The traffic signal at Barbee Mill N 43,d street will restrict residents unless Lake Washington Boulevard is widen Thank you for considering my concerns. Charles Taylor 1252 N 420d PL Renton, WA 98056 cw7mm@q,com 1 2 3 4 HILLIS CLARK MARTIN & PETERSON P.S. 1221 Second Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98101-2925 Telephone: (206) 623-1745 Fax: (206) 623-7789 Attorneys for Applicant 5 Century Pacific, LLLP 6 7 8 9 CITY OF RENTON HEARING EXAMINER lOIn re: NOTICE OF APPEARANCE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 QUENDALL TERMINALS FEIS AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT APPEAL, Project No. LUA09-151 TO: Office of the Hearing Examiner; TO: City of Renton; TO: Altino Properties, Inc., SUbject Property Owner, and Davis Wright Tremaine, its counsel; TO: J.H. Baxter & Co., Subject Property Owner, and Cable Huston, its counsel; and TO: Brad Nicholson and South End Gives Back, Appellants; Amit D. Ranade and Ann M. Gygi of Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. hereby make appearance in the above-entitled action on behalf of the applicant, Century Pacific, LLLP, and hereby request that service of all further papers in this appeal be made upon the undersigned attorneys at their address below stated. IIIII NOTICE OF APPEARANCE· I HILLIS CLARK MARTIN & PETERSON P.S. 1221 Second Avenue. Suite 500 Seattle. WA 98101-2925 Telephone: (206) 623-1745 Facsimile: (206) 623-7789 Denis Law Mayor September 2, 2015 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Avenue #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 q/p -._.",----... Community & Economic Development Department C.E."ChiP"vincent,Admlnistrat0A-¥ ~ /)1~~~~ n 'A .. _".A r Dllr ~ ~ ~-~l"'a' ~ .~ -.,b .-/t<J-1f£{iJl, ~. I • () e .w ,vv-'1 '\JJlLCX:. fj J --.. ~ 1;)' A(l -:. /, a..-£~ ./~ Subject: NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY -FEIS AND MITIGATION DOCUMHJT Quendall Terminals/LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM ~. '/ J l~. 17J~C' ('"~ /-, - Inez Petersen. J.D. 9-1l/-f> Starlish Law PLLC Dear Mr. Mathewson: This letter is to advise you that the Environmental Review Committee 3306 Lake Wash Blvd l\orth #1 review of the subject project, and notice is hereby given under WAC l!Renton. WA 980<;6-1078 070 that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and MitigatL .. ___ _ on Monday, August 31, 2015, and is available for public review. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch library, located at 2902 NE 12'h Street, at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: www.rentonwa.gov. Please refer to the enclosed Notice of Issuance and Availability for complete details. Upon issuance ofthe FEIS and Mitigation Document, a twenty (20) day appeal period commences. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-680 and RMC 4-8-110.E., the adequacy of the Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: 1) state specific objections of fact and/or law; 2) be submitted in writing by 5:00p.m. September 24,2015; and 3) be accompanied by a filing fee of $250.00. Appeals must be addressed to Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, Renton City Hall, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055. Furthermore, as the applicant, you are required to submit revised drawings to address the mitigation measures identified in the Mitigation Document and to enable the City to continue processing the land use application for the proposed Preferred Alternative. At this time, the Quendall Terminals Mixed-use Development land use application has been placed "on hold". Once the City is in receipt of the revised application materials reflecting the Preferred Alternative and the mitigation measures found in the Mitigation Document, the project would be taken off hold and scheduled for a public hearing with the Hearing Examiner. -'., ,~ , .. . ": Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov • If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-7314 or vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. Sincerely, ~-DJbea- Vanessa Dolbee Current Planning Manager Enclosure cc: Altino Properties, Inc. and JH Baxter & Co. / Owners Parties of Record STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF KING } AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION PUBLIC NOTICE Linda M Mills, being first duly sworn on oath that she is the Legal Advertising Representative of the Renton Reporter a weekly newspaper, which newspaper is a legal newspaper of ~eneral circulation and is now and has been for more than six months prior to the date of publication hereinafter refeITed to, published in the English language continuously as a weekly newspaper in King County, Washington, The Renton Reporter has been approved as a Legal Newspaper by order of the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County, The notice in the exact form annexed was published in regular issues of the Renton Reporter (and not in supplement form) which was regularly distributed to its subscribers during the below stated period, The annexed notice, a: Public Notice was published on September 4,2015, The full amount of the fee charged for said foregoing publication is ,he sum of $234,88, /< .. / .. / .j ~'ttc/ /it t'-\ ,,/ Linda Mills Legal Advertising Representative, Renton Reporter Sub~d and s'Yl,lrn to me this 4th day of September, 2015, \\111\11/",/ "'\\.\11 SH~pll" ...... ~ •••••.•. IY., ....... ...\., •• ~~\ON ~.tA· •• «'...c'\~ ~ '-I /~ ~\ -~-:. .... " .~ ~. \,J _ ~ 0:0 "O"'~R'{ \ :: -o..-U\,I',", '-= \ I'US\..lC j 6 = erp, Notary Public for the State of Washingto~ <P:\ //;; ~ I W W h ' .. ~'. ,".' -"v .. ay, as mgton ~, 'l';",~~;~;,;"~,, ~ "1, OF Wp..':i "" """1,,11 1\\ CITY OF RENTON NonCE OF ISSUANCE & AVAILABILITY FINAL ENVIRONMENIAL I:\IPACT STATEMENT (FEIS) AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT Notice is given under SEPA, RCW 43.21C080, that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) tor the proposal described below was issued by the Cit)· of Renton Environmental Review- Committee on Monday, August 31. 2015, and is available for public review. In addition, No- tice is hereby given that the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee has issued a Mitiga- tion Document for the proposal describe below on Monday, Au- gust 31. 2015 pursuant to WAC 197-11-660 and RMC 4-9-070, and IS avmlable for public review. The FEIS and Mitigation Documentare available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Ave- nue South, and the Renton High- lands Branch Library. located at 2902 NE 12th Street. at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057. and on the City of Renton web site: ('.vv.w.rentonwa.gov) PROPOSAL: The Quendall Terminals proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commerciali Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The ElS evaluates po- tential impacts resulting from a mIxed-usc development project, mcluding four Alternatives. ota no action alternative The Pre- ferred Alternative would contam 21.600 square feet of retail space, 9.000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units LA"'D liSE NlH\1HER: UJA09-151, E1S, EeF, HSP, SA-M,SM PROJECT NAME: Quendall Terminals PROPONENT: Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L. P 1201 Third Ave,. Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 LOCATION: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd LEAD AGE'iCY: City of Renton Environmental Review Committee Department of Communrty & Economic Development Planning Division RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton. WA 98057 DOCUMENT PURCHASE 1"'- FORMATION: The Final Envi- ronmental I mpact Statement and Mitigation Document is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall, The FEiS is $35 and thc Mitigation Docu- ment ]S $7.50 per hard copy or $10,00 per CD of the FElS, plus tax and postage (ifmailed) PUBLIC REVIEW:The impacts described in the Quendall Termi- nals DEIS and EIS Addendum are the basis for the mitigation measures established in the Miti- gation Document. The Mitigation Document is designated by the City of Renton as the first deci- sion document for the proposal. APPEAL PROCESS: Upon is- suam;e of the FE[S and Mitiga- tion Document. a twenty (20) day appeal period commences Pursuant to WAC 197-[[-680 and RMC 4-8-11O,c .. the ade- quacy of the Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: I) state specIfic objections of tact and/or law; 2) be submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. September 24, 2015; and 3) be accompanied by a filing fce of $250.00. Appeals must be addressed to Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner, City of Renton. Renton City Hall. 1055 S Grady Way, Ren- ton, WA 98055. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you would I ike additional information, please contact Vanessa Dolbee. City of Renton at (425)430-7314 or vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. Published in the Renton Reporter on September 4, 2015. #1403045 -----Renton €) NOTICE NOTICE OF ISSUANCE &. AVAILABILITY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPAcr STATEMENT (FE151 AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT Netice iSllillen under SEPA, RCW 43.t1C.OSC, that tile Final Environment311~paCl: Statement (FEISl forth .. proposal de,cribf!d belOVll was is~ued try the aty of Renton En~lronmenUlI Re~iew Committee on Monday, August 31, ZOlS, and is ~vailable for public review, In add,t'on Notice I~ hereby given thatth" City of Renton Environmental Review Committee has Issu~. 'Mitigation Documentforthe prallosal descnbe below on Monday, Augurt 31, 2015 pursuant to WAC 197-11-660 and RMC 4-9-070, and 15 available for publiC review. The HIS and Mitigation Document are available for revie", atthe Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and Ihe Renton Highland, Branch Ubrary, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, at Renton CIt'{ Hall, Cu~tomer5elVice Ccunter, 6th floor, 105S Soulh Grady Way, Renten WA 98057, and an Ihe (it'{ af Renton web site: lwww.rentonWa.BOV). PROPOSAL:. The Quendall Terminal, prepasallslm:ated adjacomlta Lake Washinsllln on 21.46 "cres of Commercial/Office/Residential [CORI zoned property. The EIS e~aluates potential imp.eu resulting frem • rni.~d-use d ..... elapment project, Intludlng four Aiternatilles, Induding a no attlan .Itematl~. Th .. Preferred Alternatille would contain 21,600 square fuet 01 retail space, 9,000 ,quare feetof!l!st~urant and 692 reSidential uniU. PROJECT NUM8ER~ LUA09-151. EIS, ECf, SSP, SA-M, 5M PROJECT NAME~ Q.uendilll Terminals PROPONENT: CampbelL Mathlwsan, Century Pildflc. L P., 1Z01 Third Ave., Suite 1680; Seattle, WI>. 98101 LOCAT10N: 4350 Lake Washln""n Blvd LEAD AGENC'I'; Cltot of Renton, Envlronment.II Revl.w Commtrta.. Dellartment of Community 10 E"momlc Oevelopmllftt, Plilnnlnl Division RESPONSIBLE OfFlCAl.:. Environmental Revlmw Committee, Department of Community & EconQITIIC Development. Plilnnin& Division, 1055 5 Grady Way, Rlo1on, WA 98057 DOCUMENT PURCHASE INfORMAT10N: The final Enllironrnentallmpatt StatJ>ment and MitlUtion Document I. av~ilable for purchase lrom the finance Department on th~ 1st Floor of R.enton City Hall. The FEISI. $35 and the Mltillation DOClJment'5 $7.50 per hard copy or $10.00 per CO ofltle FEIS, plus lax and postage Ilf mail~d). ------Renton ¢ED P\)8UC REVIEW: The impacts demibed in the Duendall Terminal, DEIS and EIS Addendum .are the baSis for the mitigation measures e~titbli,hed in the Mitigation Document. The M,[1~at,an Dmument IS designated by the City of RentOn as the f1rrt deriSion dacum@ntlortheproposal. APPEAl PROCfS5: Upon issuance of the fEIS and MitigatIon Document, it twenty (20) day appeal period .ommen,e •. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-680 and RMe 4·9-110.E .. the adeqUaCY of the Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: 11 state spec,flC objettiorlS of fatt and/or law; 2) be SUbmitted Ln 'N"t1n8 by 5,00 p.m. September 24, 2015. and 3) be accompanied by a filing fee 01 $250.00. Appeals must be addre~sed to phil Olbr~cht" HearinB Examiner, City of !lenton, Renton aty Hall, 105S S Gradv Way, Rentan, WA 98055_ CERTIFICATION I, {hVl O&'r}u<i)a ik , hereby certify that -:s copies of the above document were posted in ~ conspicuous places or nearby th:-7ribed property on, Date: Cf/g /;5 Signed~AM,-£)q};L-L STATE OF WASHINGTON SS COUNTY OF KING I certify that I know or have satisfactory evidence that V 0..'<\ e"5 '" J> 0 \\<.e signed this instrument and acknowledged it to be his/her/their free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes mentioned in the instrument. blic in and for the State of Washington Notary (Print) :--A-'~'"'-'[o"-'\"""4~ 4---'-T.J.O~:"":"-'.Je""~"--~/: ____ _ My appOintment eXPires:' __ {"'_.ll.\~"i.~,..I!;~..-L_....lI:g!-::,,'!'41r---""'-'V=:L_:t:! _____ _ On the 2nd day of September, 2015, I deposited in the mails of the United States, a sealed envelope containing Notice of Issuance & Availability FEIS & Mitigation Document, FEIS issuance and FEIS/Mitigation related documents. This information was sent to: l_~~~ Agencies See Attached Campbell Mathewson Applicant Parties of Record See Attached (Signature of Sender): . , I· STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) SS COUNTY OF KING ) '~.' , 'i' ry Public in and for the State of Washington Notary (print): ___ .h'-'-''''u ..... l.I''''.!.fI-.... V..:;<urw''' .... "<.;.,' ..... ' _____________ _ My appointment expires: .:\ j, '1" ,]£; i:r . wJ L ,4 V'-f Quendall Terminals LUA09-1S1, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM template -affidavit of service by mailing Dept. of Ecology U Environmental Review Section PO Box 47703 Olympia, WA 98504-7703 WSDOT Northwest Region ,. Attn: Ramin Pazooki King Area Dev. Serv" MS-240 PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133-9710 us Army Corp. of Engineers '" Seattle District Office Attn: SEPA Reviewer PO Box C-3755 Seattle, WA 98124 Boyd Powers'" '" '" Depart. of Natural Resources PO Box 47015 Olympia, WA 98504-7015 KC Dev. & Environmental Servo Attn: SEPA Section 35030 SE Douglas St. #210 Snoqualmie, WA 98065 Metro Transit Senior Environmental Planner Gary Kriedt 201 South Jackson Street KSC-TR-0431 Seattle, WA 98104-3856 Seattle Public Utilities Timothy C. Croll, Attn: SEPA Responsible Official 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4900 PO Box 34018 Seattle, WA 98124-4018 AGENCY (DOE) LETTER MAILING (ERe DETERMINATIONS) Dept. of Ecology ** Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Dept. ** Attn: Misty Blair Attn: Karen Walter or SEPA Reviewer PO Box 47703 39015 _172nd Avenue SE Olympia, WA 98504-7703 Auburn, WA 98092 Duwamish Tribal Office '" Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program ** 4717 W Marginal Way SW Attn: laura Murphy 5eattle, WA 98106-1514 390151720d Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092-9763 KC Wastewater Treatment Division '" Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program ** Environmental Planning Supervisor Attn: Erin Slaten Ms. Shirley Marroquin 39015172nd Avenue SE 201 S. Jackson ST, MS KSC-NR-050 Auburn, WA 98092-9763 Seattle, WA 98104-3855 WDFW -larry Fisher· Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation* 1775 12th Ave. NW Suite 201 Attn: Gretchen Kaehler Issaquah, WA 98027 PO Box 48343 Olympia, WA 98504-8343 City of Newcastle City of Kent Attn: Tim McHarg Attn: Charlene Anderson, AICP, ECD Director of Community Development 220 Fourth Avenue South 12835 Newcastle Way, Ste 200 Kent, WA 98032-5895 Newcastle, WA 98056 Puget Sound Energy City of Tukwila Wendy Weiker, Community Svcs. Mgr. Jack Pace, Responsible Official 355 110'" Ave NE 6200 Southcenter Blvd. Mailstop EST 11W Tukwila, WA 98188 Bellevue, WA 98004 Puget Sound Energy Doug Corbin, Municipal liaison Mgr. 6905 South 228'" St Kent, WA 98032 *Note: If the Notice of Application states that it is an "Optional DNS", the marked agencies and cities will need to be sent a copy of the Environmental Checklist, Site Plan PMT, and the Notice of Application. *·Department of Ecology is emailed a copy of the Environmental Checklist, Site Plan PMT, & Notice to the following email address: sepaunit@ecy.wa.gov •• Karen Walter, laura Murphy and Erin Slaten with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Dept. are emailed a copy of the Environmental Checklist, Site Plan PMT, & Notice to the following email addresses: KWalter@muckleshoot.nsn.us / laura.murphy@muckleshoot.nsn.us/ erin.slaten@muckleshoot.nsn.us ***Department of Natural Resources is emailed a copy of the Environmental Checklist, Site Plan PMT, & Notice the following email address: sepacenter@dnr.wa.gov template -affidavit of service by mailing DISTRIBUTION LIST Quendall Terminals -Final EIS Federal Agencies • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District Office, Attn: SEPA Reviewer • Environmental Protection Agency, Attn: Region X Environmental Impact Evaluation , Branch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries , U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Attn: Roger Tabor Tribes • Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Fisheries Department, Attn: Karen Walter or SEPA Reviewer ,Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program, Attn: Laura Murphy Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program, Attn: Erin Slaten • Duwamish Tribal Office State Agencies • Department of Ecology, Environmental Review Section , Department of Ecology, Attn: Misty Blair ,Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Attn: Larry Fisher • Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Northwest Region, Attn: Ramin Pazooki # Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Attn: Gretchen Kaehler • Department of Natural Resources, Attn: Boyd Powers Regional Agencies ~ Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Attn: SEPA Coordinator • Puget Sound Regional Council, Attn: Rick Olson, Director, Government Relations and Comm. Local Agencies • King County Wastewater Treatment Division, Shirley Marroquin, Environmental Planning Supervisor , King County Department of Transportation, Attn: Harold S. Taniguchi, Director • King County Development and Environmental Services, Attn: SEPA Section • Metro Transit, Attn: Gary Kriedt, Senior Environmental Planner • City of Newcastle, Attn: Tim McHarg, Director of Community Development • City of Kent, Attn: Acting Community Development Director • City of Tukwila, Attn: Jack Pace, Responsible Official , City of Bellevue, Planning and Community Development, Attn: Janna Steedman City of Mercer Island, Attn: Tim Stewart, Development Services Director • Puget Sound Energy, Attn: Doug Corbin, Municipal Liaison Manager' • Puget Sound Energy, Attn: Wendy Weiker, Community Services Manager' • Seattle Public Utilities, Attn: Timorthy Croll, SEPA Coordinator Newspapers • Seattle Times -notice of application only , Puget Sound Business Journal -notice of application only Renton Reporter -publication paper -". IMPORT IMPORT Partyaf Record. CHARLIE CONNER CHG SF LLC db. CONNER HOMES AT PIPER'S BLUFF LLC 846 lOSth Ave NE, #200 Bellevue, WA 98004 party of Record Robert & Sonya Tobeck 1003 N 41st PI Renton, WA 98056 Party of Rec:ord Anne Woodley 7920 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 a,woodley@comcast.net PartY of beard Sally Scott 1405 N 28th St Renton, WA 98056 (425) 255-1005 Party Of Re(Onf Paul & Susan Siegmund 1006 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 502-5195 paulrsiegmund@gmail.com P;arty, of Reclorcl Dima. 1815 NE 27th Ct Renton, WA 98056 dyma20@yahoo.com Party of Record Ricardo & Maria Antezana 1025 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 ricardoadlc@msn.com J Quendall Terminals LUA09-151 PARTIES OF RECORD party of Record Ronald & Vanessa Brazg 1019 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 254-2796 PI~~'~rJ!:;:! ' Sherry and Robert Cline 4267 Williams Ave N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 226-6888 Party 'ofA,iKonl:; , Tim Stewart 9611 SE 36th St Mercer Island, WA 98040 (206) 275-7600 Party' Of.~, leslye Bergan 3306 Lake Washi ngton Blvd N, Suite #2 Renton, WA 98056 (206) 940-7461Iesbergan@comcast.net PartyOf~1'd: Len & Pat Reid 1217 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 572-0474Ipreid@comcast.net .. ny"' ...... ;; Winnie & Yuri Sihon 1211 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 wsihon@comcast.net Party of Rec:ore4 Kelly Smith 6811 Ripley Ln N Renton, WA 98056 Party of Recorct Carol O'Connell 1241 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 254-2796 _ .. - Keith Preszler 3818 Lake Washington Blvd Renton, WA 98056 (425) 226-7987 kpreszler@hotmail.com hnyofRecOrd: Rajendra Agrawaal 1113 N 29th St Renton, WA 98056 agrawaalr@yahoo.com PilrtyofRKOtd Jessica Winter 7600 Samd Point Way Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 623-1745 Party of Recatd Jim Hanken 1111 Third Ave, Sutie 1800 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 682-3840 _ .. - Bud Worley 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 235-0825 bud@nwccc.net _ .. -.I;; William Popp Associates 14400 Bel Red Rd, #206 Bellevue, WA 98007 hrty'of Atn:otij Amy & Kevin Dedrickson 1012 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 980S6 (425) 970-3799 aimerdoll@yahoo.com Party of Record Gwendolyn High 155 Yakima Ave NE Renton, WA 98059 (206) 279-0349 J Party of Recant Patty Witt 1204 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425)890-1880 pwitt55@aol.com Party of Recant John Hansen 4005 Park Ave N Renton. WA 98056 (425) 43()..1498 johsamm@comcast,net Party of Recant Sheng Wu 1222 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (832) 971-9396 swu@bechtel,com Party of Rec:ord Tom Baker 1202 N 35th 5t Renton, WA 98056 (425) 221-0631 tommbaker@hotmaiLcom Party of Rlicord Yvonne & Gary C. Pipkin 1120 N 38th St Renton, WA 98056 (425)271-2009 Pmy of Record Kevin Iden 5121 Ripley In Renton, WA 98056 (425) 444-4336 idenkr@comcast.net Party of Record Barbara Nightingale 3190 160th Aile, SE Bellevue, WA 98008 Party of Record Richard Ferry 7414 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 (206)232-1872 Quendall Terminals LUA09-151 PARTIES OF RECORD Party of Record Glen St. Amant Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division 39015 172nd Ave SE Auburn, WA PIItty of Record SALLY ROCHELLE 3626 Lk Wa Blvd N Renton, WA 98056-1508 (206) 915-1841 rochsjr@comcast.net P.riY Of RKo~ Michael Mullinaux 1415 N 24th St Renton, WA 98056 mullinaux@c:omcast.net party of Record Rich Wagner 2411 Garden Ct Renton, WA 98056 _010 ..... Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 bgmc2@cox.net Part¥' ~,Rll<Ord THEO & KIM BROWNE 1409 N 37th 5t Renton, WA 98056 (425)226-7791 Party of Record Marcos Santos 1209 N 31st St Renton, WA 98056 (425)221-0752 Party of RRont SUSAN MILLER (425)228-1868 susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com Party of Record Connie Taylor 2425 NE 25th 5t Renton, WA 98056 (42S) 228-5436 conniemtaylor@comcast.net Party of Record Ramin Pazooki PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133 Party of~rcl Jenny Manning 1205 N 10th PI Renton, WA 98057 (42S) 283-2880 jenny.manning@patch,com Plllrty of Record Mimi MacCaul 1246 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 430-5409 mimiafsc@mac,com _ .. - John Murphy 4314148th 5t SE Mill Creek, WA 98012 (425) 953-4719 Party of Record Susan Stow 1309 N 36th 5t Renton, WA 98056 (425) 793-5062 stows@comcast,net Party of Record Roy & Joann Francis 1000 N 42nd pi Renton, WA 98056 (425) 227-7108 royfrancis@msn.com Party of Record Ross & Ava Ohashi 1018 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 890-3045 taryntani@gmail.com Page 3 '_ PattyofRftard: TIm Riley (206) 779-2021 auto@washsys.com Party of hI:orct Ronald & Sachi Nicol 1030 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 891-6169 rfnucik@comcast.net _ of_ LAWRENCE DIXON DIXON & ASSOCIATES INC PO BOX 2350 Renton, WA 98056-0350 Party of Record Diane Espey Jackson 2419 Talbot Crest Dr 5 Renton, WA 98055 dianej2419@msn.com Party oUecord--" Cyrus McNeely 3810 Park Ave N Renton, WA 98056 cmikeathom@msn.com Party of RePmi Lawrence Hard 4316 NE 33rd St Seattle, WA 98105 (206)669-8686 _of_ Fred Warnock 1246 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 Party of Rftartl Elisabeth Durr 1206 N 27th PI Renton, WA 98056 elisabethdurr@gmail.com J Quendall Terminals LUA09-151 PARTIES OF RECORD Party of RtcOtd Spencer Albert 2442 NW Market St, Suite #722 Seattle, WA 98107 (206)915-7200 Party of b«ird: J Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 bgmc2@cox.net Pat;tYof~ William Skilling 3814 E lee St Seattle, WA 98112 (206) 622-2626 bskilling@msn.com Party of Record- Victor Chiu 1128 N 41st PI Renton, WA 98056 PIIIrty of Racard Century PaCific, loP. 1201 Third Ave, Suite #1600 Seattle, WA 98101 (206)757-8893 PartYofA~~k INEZ PETERSEN, J.D. STARFISH LAW PllC 3306 lake Washington Blvd N, 1 Renton, WA 98056-1909 Party of Record V Charles & Rebecca Taylor 1252 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425)430-4473 Party of Record Mike Satin 3410 Park Ave N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 235-8818 mbattin@yahoo.com Party of Record Steve Van Til 505 5th Ave 5, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98104 (206)342-2119 party of Record KEVIN POOLE 627 High Ave S Renton, WA 98057-3918 (425)277-4797 _of _ KATHLEEN DOW 1210 N 42NO Pl Renton, WA 98056 (425)417-3613 PartY of Retord Mike Batin 3410 Park Ave N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 235-8818 mbattin@yahoo.com "tty of 1II.cotd: Richard & Kathleen Bergquist 7244 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 dickb@seanet.com PIIrty of Record- DARIUS & VICKI RICHARDS 3605 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056-1509 (425)430-4469 Party of Record TONY BOYDSTON 3920 NE 11th PI Renton, WA 98056-3537 (206) 999-9763 bonethedawgs@yahoo.com _of ....... Ryan Durkin 1221 Second Ave, 500 Galland Building Seattle, WA 98101 (206)623-1745 Page20fS Party of Racord ANNE SIMPSON 3001 Mountain View Ave N Renton, WA 98056·2516 (425) 572·6344 annsimpson@comcast.net Party of Ratord Sue & Mac jahnke 1717 Aberdeen Ave N E Renton, WA 98056 (425) 271·6489 forsue2go@comcast.net Party of Record Trudy Neumann 922 N 28th PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 227-4205 _ ........ Roger Pearce 1111 3rd Ave, #3400 Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 447·4676 pearr@foster.com _ .. - LOUIS TIBBS 807 N 33rd St Renton, WA 98056·1901 (425) 457·6508 louis077@mindless.com Party of Record- Suzanne & Donald Orehek 4103 Wells Ave N Renton, WA 98056 Party of Record Bob & Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 970-3385 mbfamily6@gmail.com Party of Record FAYE lANDERS 2717 Aberdeen Ave N£ Renton, WA 98056 (425) 255·4227 fayeandlorna@comcast.net v' Quendall Terminals LUA09-151 PARTIES OF RECORD Party of Record V Ch ristine Chen 1128 N 41st PI Renton, WA 98056 (206) 229-5880 christineschen@yahoo.com Party of Record larry Reymann 1313 N 38th St Renton, WA 98056 (425) 228·8511 fulmen8@hotmaiLcom Party of Record V Brad Nicholson 2302 NE 28th St Renton, WA 98056 Party of RlICOrd larry & linda Boregson 1013 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 borg41943@comcast.net Party of Record AARON BElENKY 1800 NE 40th St, H4 Renton, WA 98056 (206) 235-2651 Party of Rftordl len & Pat Reid 1217 N 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 572-0474Ipreid@comcast.net Party of Record kim Douthitt 5901143 PI SE Bellevue, WA 98006 Party of Record- Mark Hancock PO Box 88811 Seattle, WA 98138 Party of Record Gretchen Kaehler PO Bo, 48343 Olympia, WA 98504 (360) 586-3088 P.l1YofRecord PavyThao 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 591-7077 pavyt@hotmail.com P.ny of Record Jon & Marilyn Danielson 1308 34th St Renton, WA 98056 (425) 228-7933 jonjdan@aolocom .. ... 01 ...... JH Baxter & Co. 800 S Third St Renton, WA 98057 (425) 226-3900 _01 ...... Lynda Priddy 1200 6th Ave, Suite 900 Seattle, WA 98101 priddy.lynda@epa.com Party' of RI!cOtd,- Charles Witmann 907 N 42nd pi Renton, WA 98056 P.rtv of Record Janet l. & Gary R. Sanford 1102 S 42nd PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 276·5848 garys@laziergoup.com Party of Record Chuck & Sylvia Holden 3609 Meadow Ave N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 226-9956 sbholden@nwlink.com Page40fS Party of RIIc:ont Mike & Sharon Glenn 8825 114th Ave SE Newcastle, WA 980S6 (42S) 255-8351 altglennmal@comcast.net ................ Laura & James Counsell 1122 N 41st PI Renton, WA 98056 (425) 203-1281 yyluan@yahoo.com party of Itacord Dan Mitzel 111 Cleveland Ave Mt. Vernon, WA 98040 (360) 404-20S0 Party of Recanf Farrel & Janeli Wilson 4063 Williams Ave N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 226-1748 jobitney@comcast.net Partyof~, Linda Baker 1202 N 3Sth St Renton, WA 98056 (425) 271-1251Iindabak@hotmail.com Quendall Terminals LUA09-151 PARTIES OF RECORD Party of Record AMY LIETZ ROBERTS AlR DESIGN INC 1006 NE 34th Renton, WA 98056-1938 Pmygf: R.,:ont;',~ MICHAEL CHRIST IMMERSION SERVICES llC 1083 Lake Washington Blvd N, SUITE SO Renton, WA 98056 Po"YoI...,.,a Mike Cera 8300 Avalon Dr Mercer Island, WA 98056 (206) 419-0657 mscero@comcast,net _ ........ John & Diane Haines 1014 N 27th PI Renton, WA 98056 headac1@comcast.net PartyDfReconl DOUG ORWllER FOOTBAll NORTHWEST LLC dba SEATTLE SEAHAWKS 12 Seahawks Way Renton, WA 98056-1572 Party Df Racont Jim Hanken 15543 62nd Ave Kenmore, WA 98028 P.rry of RKord Ronald Corbell 4113 Williams Ave Renton, WA 98056 (425) 572-6844 rrcorbell@comcast.net PartyafJ'ecord' ' Nancy Denney 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 (425) 226-7987 najJcvdenney@comcast,net Party gf Reconi, Laurie Baker 3107 Mountain View Ave N (206) 172-6284laurieb@mvseac.com Page 5 QI , Puget Sound Business Journal 801 Second Ave, Ste 210 Seattle, WA 98104 "Public Notice Seattle Times 1000 Denny Way Seattle, WA 98109 "Public Notice Janna Steeman, Planning City of Bellevue, &Development PO Box 90012 Bellevue, WA 98009 Rick Olson, Director Government Relations Puget Sound Regional Council 1011 Western Ave, #500 Seattle, WA 98104 Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Attn: Sepa Coordinator 1904 3'd Ave, #105 Seattle, WA 98101 Shirley Marroquin, Environmental Planning Supervisor KC Wastewater Treatment Division 201 S Jackson St., #500 Seattle, WA 98104 Harold S Taniguchi, Director KC Department of Transportation King Street Center 201 S Jackson St., Rm 815 Seattle, WA 98104 DEPARTMENT OF COMML _ Y AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ---------ltenton ® NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (FEIS) AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT Notice is hearby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Mitigation Document for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, August 31, 2015, and is available for public review. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). APPLICATION NUMBER(S): PROJECT PROPONENT: PROJECT NAME: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L. P. 1201 Third Ave, Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Quendall Terminals DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS evaluates potential impacts resulting from a mixed-use development project, including four Alternatives, of which considers no action. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. LOCATION OF PROPOSAL: LEAD AGENCY: RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd City of Renton Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton,WA 98057 DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Final Environmental Impact Statement is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall for $35 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD, plus tax and postage (if mailed). PUBLIC REVIEW: The impacts described in the Quendall Terminals DEIS and EIS Addendum are the basis for the mitigation measures established in the Mitigation Document. The Mitigation Document is designated by the City of Renton as the first decision document for the proposal. ERC ISSUANCE & AVALABILITY/ FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEM PAGE 2 of 2 IND MITIGATION DOCUMENT APPEAL INFORMATION: Upon issuance of the FEIS and Mitigation Document, a twenty (20) day appeal period commences. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-680 and RMC 4-8-110.E., the adequacy ofthe Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: 1) state specific objections offact and/or law; 2) be submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. September 24, 2015; and 3) be accompanied by a filing fee of $250.00. Appeals must be addressed to Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, Renton City Hall, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you would like additional information, please contact Vanessa Dolbee, City of Renton at (425)430-7314 or vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. PUBLICATION DATE: DATE OF DECISION: SIGNATURES: n, Administrator epartment erry Higashiyama, Administrator Community Services Department September 4, 2015 August 31, 2015 ~h/115G~-""'-- Datet r Mark Peterson, Administrator Fire & Emergency Services 8 0/-IS -....LC~£~J~ ......... ~=:::::i5L Date C.E. "Chip" Vincent, Administrator Department of Community & Economic Development Date 'l / ~( I,r- I I Date ---~ -...".,..",--..--"Ren to n 0 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE & AVAILABILITY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (FEIS) AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT Notice is given under SEPA, RCW 43.21C.080, that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, August 31, 2015, and is available for public review. In addition, Notice is hereby given that the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee has issued a Mitigation Document for the proposal describe below on Monday, August 31,2015 pursuant to WAC 197-11-660 and RMC 4-9-070, and is available for public review. The FEIS and Mitigation Document are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). PROPOSAL: The Quendall Terminals proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS evaluates potential impacts reSUlting from a mixed-use development project, including four Alternatives, including a no action alternative. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. PROJECT NUMBER: PROJECT NAME: PROPONENT: LOCATION: LEAD AGENCY: RESPONSIBLE OFFICAL: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM Quendall Terminals Campbell Mathewson, Century Pacific, L. P., 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680; Seattle, WA 98101 4350 Lake Washington Blvd City of Renton, Environmental Review Committee, Department of Community & Economic Development, Planning Division EnVironmental Review Committee, Department of Community & Economic Development, Planning Division, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Final Environmental Impact Statement and Mitigation Document is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall. The FEIS is $35 and the Mitigation Document is $7.50 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD of the FEIS, plus tax and postage (if mailed). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE PROJECT MANAGER VANESSA DOLBEE AT (425) 430-7314. DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALLING FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION. PUBLIC REVIEW: The impacts described in the Quendall Terminals DE IS and EIS Addendum are the basis for the mitigation measures established in the Mitigation Document. The Mitigation Document is designated by the City of Renton as the first decision document for the proposal. APPEAL PROCESS: Upon issuance of the FE IS and Mitigation Document, a twenty (20) day appeal period commences. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-680 and RMC 4-8-110.E., the adequacy of the Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: 1) state specific objections of fact and/or law; 2) be submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. September 24, 2015; and 3) be accompanied by a filing fee of $250.00. Appeals must be addressed to Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, Renton City Hall, 1055 5 Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE PROJECT MANAGER VANESSA DOLBEE AT (425) 430-7314. DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALLING FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION. ",,~~.---~-Denis Law ........a C· f _~M:aYm ..... __ --~·--K!/2r;{lft( Cello I September 2,2015 _ e_~. " .~~ mI. , Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, loP. 1201 Third Avenue #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Community & Economic Development Department C.Ee "Ch ip"Vi ncent, Administrator Subject: NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY -FEIS AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT Quendail Terminals/LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM Dear Mr. Mathewson: This letter is to advise you that the Environmental Review Committee has completed their review of the subject project, and notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9- 070 that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and Mitigation Document was issued on Monday, August 31, 2015, and is available for public review. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: www.rentonwaegov. Please refer to the enclosed Notice of Issuance and Availability for complete details. Upon issuance of the FEIS and Mitigation Document, a twenty (20) day appeal period commences. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-680 and RMC 4-8-110.E., the adequacy of the Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: 1) state specific objections of fact and/or law; 2) be submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. September 24,2015; and 3) be accompanied by a filing fee of $250.00. Appeals must be addressed to Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, Renton City Hall, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055. Furthermore, as the applicant, you are required to submit revised drawings to address the mitigation measures identified in the Mitigation Document and to enable the City to continue processing the land use application for the proposed Preferred Alternative. At this time, the Quendall Terminals Mixed-use Development land use application has been placed "on hold". Once the City is in receipt of the revised application materials reflecting the Preferred Alternative and the mitigation measures found in the Mitigation Document, the project would be taken off hold and scheduled for a public hearing with the Hearing Examiner. Renton City Hall. 1055 South GradyWay • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwaegov • If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-7314 or vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. Sincerely, ~-DJ~ Vanessa Dolbee Current Planning Manager Enclosure cc: Altino Properties, Inc. and JH Baxter & Co. / Owners Parties of Record If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-7314 or vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. Sincerely, Vanessa Dolbee Current Planning Manager Enclosure cc: Altino Properties, Inc. and JH Baxter & Co./ Owners Parties of Record Denis Law 9 -ooI.---C~i~tY~,~O'''''------ _"':May:..or ---""""'~l ~~' r rID r l. Public Works Department -Gregg Zimmerman, P. E" Administrator August 31, 2015 Dear Reader: Attached is a copy of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Quendall Terminals mixed-use developmenL In November 2009, Campbell Mathewson of Century Pacific, L.P. submitted a Land Use Master Application (LUA09-1S1) for Environmental Review, Master Site Plan Review, Binding Site Plan and Shoreline Substantial Development Permit for a mixed-use development located adjacent to Lake Washington, The City of Renton Environmental Review Committee issued a Determination of Significance (DS) on February 15, 2010. On April 27, 2010, a public scoping meeting was held to receive written and oral comments on the proposed scope of study for the EIS. On December 10, 2010 the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was issued and a 30-day public comment period was held. This comment period was extended twice for 15 days each time and eventually ended on February 9,2011. Following the comment period the project was placed on hold, until the submittal of the Preferred Alternative to the City, after which the project was taken off hold on June 27, 2012. The Preferred Alternative was voluntarily developed by the applicant based on the additional agency and community input [(particularly from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA)], and continued input and coordination with the City. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development; containing 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. Following the applicant's submittal of the Preferred Alternative proposal, the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee issued an EIS Addendum on October 15, 2012, followed by a 30-day comment period which ended on November 19, 2012. The Final EIS augments the DEIS and the EIS Addendum by providing additional research, publishing and answering comment letters received on both the DEIS and EIS Addendum and updating background information as necessary to be current. The DEIS and EIS Addendum should be referred to for analysis and data unless revised in this FEIS. Pursuant to SEPA rules (WAC 197-11), following the issuance ofthe FEIS, a 7-day waiting period will be established (September 4 through September 10) during which no actions on the proposed mixed use development will be made. Renton City Hall. 1055 South Grady Way. Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Reader Page2of2 August 31, 2015 Upon issuance of the FEIS there will be a 20-day appeal period. Any appeal must be based on the adequacy of the Draft and Final EIS. Under the City of Renton Municipal Code (RMC 4-8-110E.l.b), an appeal of the FEIS must be made to the Hearing Examiner. The appeal period will end on September 24, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Actions taken based upon the FEIS, (i.e. a Mitigation Document, Master Site Plan, Shoreline Substantial Development Permit and Binding Site Plan) may also be appealed pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Renton code and state law. If you have any questions or require clarification of the above, please contact Vanessa Dolbee, Current Planning Manager, at (425) 430-7314. The City of Renton appreciates your interest and thanks you for your participation. For the Environment~ Review Committee, aJ '/' J . I 9";?' .... ;.,.: if/! 1': //r,---... ..1':.1 c <.A~ "II", I', J,-J' .,. r Gregg Zimmerman, P.E. Public Works Administrator CITY OF RENTON NOTICE OF ISSUANCE & AVAILABILITY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (FEIS) AND MITIGATION DOCUMENT Notice is given under SEPA, RCW 43.21C.080, that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FE IS) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, August 31, 2015, and is available for public review. In addition, Notice is hereby given that the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee has issued a Mitigation Document for the proposal describe below on Monday, August 31,2015 pursuant to WAC 197- 11-660 and RMC 4-9-070, and is available for public review. The FE IS and Mitigation Document are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). PROPOSAL: The Quendall Terminals proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS evaluates potential impacts resulting from a mixed-use development project, including four Alternatives, ofa no action alternative. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. LAND USE NUMBER: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM PROJECT NAME: Quendall Terminals PROPONENT: Century Pacific, l. P. 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 LOCATION: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd. LEAD AGENCY: City of Renton Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton,WA 98057 DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Final Environmental Impact Statement and Mitigation Document is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall. The FEIS is $35 and the Mitigation Document is $7.50 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD of the FEIS, plus tax and postage (if mailed). PUBLIC REVIEW: The impacts described in the Quendall Terminals DEIS and EIS Addendum are the basis for the mitigation measures established in the Mitigation Document. The Mitigation Document is deSignated by the City of Renton as the first decision document for the proposal. H:ICEDIPlanninglCurrent PlanninglPROJECTSI09·151VanessalQuendall Terminals EISIFEISIERC Publication FEIS and Mitigation DocumenI09-151.doc APPEAL PROCESS: Upon issuance of the FEIS and Mitigation Document, a twenty (20) day appeal period commences. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-680 and RMC 4-8-110.E., the adequacy of the Final EIS and the Mitigation Document may be appealed. Appeals must: 1) state specific objections of fact and/or law; 2) be submitted in writing by S:OO p.m. September 24, 2015; and 3) be accompanied by a filing fee of $250.00. Appeals must be addressed to Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner, City of Renton, Renton City Hall, 1055 S Grady Way, Renton, WA 98055. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you would like additional information, please contact Vanessa Dolbee, City of Renton at (425)430-7314 or vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. Publication Date: September 4, 2015 Account No. 51067 Gregg Zimmerman, P .E. Public Works Administrator City of Renton March 30, 2011 Department of Community and Economic Development Renton City Hall 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 Re: Quendall Terminals, LUA09-15I, CF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Mr. Zimmerman: APR 04 2011 We have received your letter dated March 14,2011 notifying us that the City is placing the Final EIS for our project "on hold." Since you were not at our meeting with the City held on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, we want to set the record straight on several points addressed in your letter, and update you on the information discussed at a meeting with EPA and the City held on March 24, 20 II. First and foremost, let me make our position clear -we do not believe any circumstances warrant putting the entire EIS "on hold." We would like to work with the City to go forward. Some of the specific concerns we had with your written letter are identified below. I. The Baseline Conditions Were Developed with the City and EPA. The Draft EIS baseline conditions were developed in conjunction with EPA, the City and the applicant. Meetings between EPA and the City were held on March 1,2010, April 22, 2010, and May 12, 2010 to discuss the baseline assumptions. Prior to the May 12 meeting, a draft of the baseline assumptions was circulated, revisions were made based on the City's and EPA's comments, and the assumptions were finalized and accepted by the City for the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS was published on December 10, 20 I 0, and the comment period commenced. EPA submitted a comment letter dated January 13, 2011. Citizen comments were also received, many objecting to rentals or the density, despite the fact that the proposal is well below the density allowed under the COR zoning on the site. The SEPA process was delayed and the comment period was extended twice for the public to have additional time to comment. 2. The City Misconstrued the EPA Comment Letter. As you say in your letter, a meeting was held with representatives of our team and the City on March 14, 2011. Ironically, we thought the meeting was to review the schedule sent to us showing a June Final EIS issuance, to review the applicant's response to comments and to begin work on a mitigation document. We were surprised in the meeting to be told that the City was now saying the EPA's January comment letter was causing the City to place the project EIS on hold. In (he meeting, the City focused on one sentence in the comment letter that said until the EPA makes a final cleanup decision, it is difficult for the proponent or the City to accurately identify a baseline. This sentence is simply stating the obvious fact that the EPA process is not final. The EPA letter never suggested a "hold" and in fact specifically states that the Final EIS process should go on. Note the following excerpts: Therefore, the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) should clearly describe up front that the EIS's baseline assumptions that are tied to the EPA's final cleanup decisions may change. Also EPA recommends that the assumptions listed below also be included up front so that the readers of the final EIS clearly understand which components of the baseline may change due to clean up actions. Again, the EPA appreciates the opportunity to submit comments and wants to acknowledge the significant work done by the Applicant and the City of Renton to try and reflect post-clean up conditions at Quendall Terminals. Please call me at 206-553- 1987 if you have any questions or concerns regarding EPA's comments. Despite being invited to call EPA directly for questions or concerns, the City did not make a call in January. We did not learn of your "hold" decision until March. Still, in an effort to demonstrate our good will, we worked quickly after receiving your March 14 letter to set up a meeting with EPA to address your concerns. The EPA met with representatives of the City and the applicant on March 24,2011. At that meeting, EPA explained that it was not intending to shoot down the EIS process, and was simply restating what it has said all along ---that the precise method of remediation cannot be prejudged. EPA suggested the EIS include additional information on the EPA Superfund process, to provide constituents with assurance that the site will be cleaned up. EPA also clarified that it is beneficial to have the redevelopment process on-going. It was agreed that EPA would review the DEIS again and draft a supplemental letter that clarifies EPA's comments and provides suggested language concerning the Superfund process. 3. Community Sentiment. We do want to raise an issue of concern to us. In our March 9 meeting, we were troubled to hear one City representative state that even if the EPA concerns are addressed, the City may still not want to proceed. I was at least heartened to see that was not stated in your letter, but we still have ample reason to be concerned. On two occasions, I was upset to be told by City staff that our project is "on the ropes" because of the community opposition and pressure on staff due to heightened interest from the Electeds. The City staff briefed the full Council at the Committee of the Whole meeting on March 14, 2011 (a move that was described by the city as "unusual" and "not normal" for this stage, but taken due to "community input"). I hope you will agree community sentiment is not a legitimate basis for permit decision making, and it is an improper motive for delay. We understand that there are community concerns, but that is normal at this stage of the Draft EIS process. The very purpose Page 2 of the Final EIS is to respond to those comments. We came to the March 9 meeting fully prepared to discuss our response to comments and possible additional mitigation measures and we remain ready to have that discussion. We fully sympathize with the difficulty of the job city staff and elected officials have; your job is not easy. But. it is incumbent upon the City to stand behind its zoning and policy decisions that long planned for high density development at this site. In fact, we were initially told that the City was upset that the project was not big enough, because the project is well below the allowable height and density authorized by the COR zoning. We actually added additional retail and office square footage to our original proposal because the city requested this additional density. Now, we are told that there are concerns that the project is too big. I am sure you can appreciate our frustration. 4. The EPA Meeting Should Not Hold Up Other FEIS Sections. Your letter states that we mutually agreed that a meeting with the EPA would be desirable to better understand their position relative to the identified Environmental Baseline Conditions. It is true we agreed that a meeting with EPA would be appropriate; however, we did not agree that this was needed "prior to the continuation of the EIS process." In fact, the city's EIS consultant acknowledged that other portions of the EIS could proceed, including the response to comments on all other topics, including those such as transportation, aesthetics, height, bulk and scale, view protection, and light and glare. The meeting has now been held, and a path forward was outlined in that meeting. We think the EIS consultant can and should continue the EIS work. 5. Concerns are not Impacts. Your letter states that many additional "environmental impacts" were identified through the draft EIS comment period. A number of concerns were expressed, but a concern or statement of opposition does not equate to an impact. It is now up to the City'S consultant team to respond to those comments. In fact, your consultant had already identified the comments that warranted additional study or responses, and the response work was well underway. We were very close to finishing that process; the draft schedule we were given showed a June date for issuance of the Final EIS. 6. No Authority to Hold EIS. Your letter cites a WAC as the authority for the "hold." Our reading of the WAC is that it provides flexibility in certain circumstances, so that a final EIS need not be issued within 60 days after the end of a comment period. As far as we can tell, it is not authority to place a project "on hold" or to stop the entire EIS process. We believe the rest of the Final EIS work should go on, and we are willing to discuss a reasonable schedule for the EIS. As we stated in the meeting, if anything in the EPA process should change, it would likely mean a smaller development andfewer impacts; therefore, the studies to date and the assumptions for the Final EIS are conservative in their impact analysis. There is no reason to order your EIS team to stop work. 7. The Cost of Delay is Significant. We have spent nearly $1,000,000 on the permit and SEPA process to date. At the outset, it was understood the SEPA process would proceed in advance of the ROD; the redevelopment information can help inform the clean up actions. Stopping the consultants at this time will mean that they shut down, and will incur more cost to restart. Time is money. We are at risk oflosing the favorable interest rate climate; we Page 3 are at risk for losing investors; we are at risk for lost equity and profits for the consequential delay of project opening. The longer the City delays our project, the more costs we incur. We ask you to finish the work identified by the consultant so we can stay on track. In summary, we want to work with the City to go forward. We are willing to do our part, and stand ready to do what is necessary. To demonstrate our readiness, attached are our responses assigned to us by your EIS consultant, EA Blumen. cc: Gretchen Brunner Jay Covington Vanessa Dolbee Mayor Denis Law Chip Vincent Larry Warren ND 19958.002 4814-3303-6297v1 Very truly yours, ~ ( frtiJ~ -;,,- Campbell Mathewson Page 4 APPLICANT'S RESPONSE TO COMMENTS FEDERAL AGENCIES US Environmental Protection Agency Comments 4, 5, 7,9: See Anchor Letter Attached. TRIBES Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Comments 1, 4, 10,11: See Anchor Letter Attached. Comment 5: Exterior building lighting, parking lot lighting and pedestrian level lighting will be directed downward away from surrounding buildings and properties and Lake Washington, the lakeshore, and wetland buffers. STATE AGENCIES Washington DOE Email Comments 1-7: See Anchor Letter Attached. Washington State DOE Letter Comments 1-7: See Anchor Letter Attached. Additional responses from City Staff Communications LOCAL AGENCIES City of Mercer Island Comment 2: Exterior building lighting, parking lot lighting and pedestrian level lighting will be directed downward away from surrounding buildings and properties and Lake Washington. Reflective glazing materials will be minimized to reduce the potential glare impacts. Building design will comply with the Design District C overlay requirements, which contain policies on building massing and character. Significant modulation, variation of materials andlor other design measures will be incorporated to ensure an aesthetic quality in the development when viewed from Lake Washington and Mercer Island. Quendall TermiMls Applicant's Response to Comments ND: 19958.002 4829-1865-II44v I page I ORGANIZATIONS South End Gives Back Comment 1: The potentially responsible parties (PRPs), not the public, will be funding the cleanup. INDIVIDUALS Antezana, Ricardo & Maria Comment 3, 5, 6, 10: See attached letter from Lance Mueller & Associatesfor response to I b, e, d, fii. Comment 13: The purpose of the EIS is to study environmental impacts, not market viability; however, the applicant believes that the alternatives proposed are viable. The owner has expended significant time and money on the proposal, demonstrating its commitment to the project. The applicant has a proven track record of successful developments in the City of Renton. Furthermore, the project can be built in phases to respond to market demand. While individuals may have subjective opinions about the need for more housing or commercial uses, the proposed alternatives implement the City of Renton's Comprehensive Plan and Zoning regulations. With regard to additional multifamily uses, the Comprehensive Plan Housing Element seeks to ensure sufficient land capacity to accommodate the existing and future housing needs of the community, including Renton's share of forecasted regional growth. The goals further seek to ensure that housing exists for all economic segments of Renton's population. Similarly, the Economic Development goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan seek to encourage a mix of industrial, retail, service and office uses that will result in a diversified employment base. To implement the Comprehensive Plan, the Commercial Residential Office (COR) zone was established as an area where a mix of intensive office and residential activity is desired; the code even established a minimum net residential density of 30 dwelling units per acre, to ensure that the site was not under-built. Comment 21: The proposal includes two site access drives (see Figures 2-4 and 2-9 of the DEIS). Primary access to the Quendall Terminals site would be via a new access drive connecting to Ripley Lane located approximately 200 feet north of Lake Washington Blvd. A secondary access would use NE 43rd Street to access /egress via Lake Washington Blvd. As shown on Figures 9 and 11 of the Transportation Impact Study (Appendix H), the majority of site traffic would be expected to enter/exit the site via Ripley Lane even without the 1-405 improvements. With the 1-405 improvements, it is estimated that less traffic would be expected use NE 43rd Street for access. The EIS identifies a range of roadway and intersection improvements needed to mitigate the project's traffic impacts at the intersection of Lake Washington Blvd at Ripley Lane which will provide a signalized access and tum lanes to accommodate the added traffic. The EIS also notes that improvements will be needed along Lake Washington Blvd, induding at NE 43,d Street. Quendall Terminals Applicant's Response 10 Comments ND: 19958.002 4829-1865-1J44vl page 2 As noted in the EIS, the identified transportation improvements would be expected to mitigate project traffic impacts. Comments 39-45: See Anchor Letter Attached. Becker, Robert and Mary Comments 20-23: See Anchor Letter Attached. Bergquist Comment 2: The site is currently a superfund site. The clean up and remediation activity will have an ecological benefit. The site will be returned to an economically productive use under Alternatives I and 2. The EIS identifies a range of mitigation measures for both alternatives, and no significant adverse land use impacts are anticipated. See Anchor Letter Attached for additional information on the cleanup. Comments 1, 6-9, 12, 19: See Anchor Letter Attached. Borgenson, Larry Email Comment 2: See Anchor Letter Attached. Letter Comment 1, 11: See Anchor Letter Attached. Comment 3: The site is zoned COR, which zone establishes a minimum net density of 30 dwelling units per acre and a maximum of 50 (75 with density bonuses); heights are allowed up to 10 stories or 125 feet. The proposed alternatives represent substantially less density and height than that allowed by the COR zone. Alternative I is approximately 46 dwelling units per acre and 75 to 80 feet. Alternative 2 is 40 dwelling units per acre, and 65 to 67 feet. Please see page 3.6-20 through 22 of the Draft EIS. See also, the figure by Blumen for the Final EIS which shows a new rendering of the zoning envelope. Chen, Christine Comment 5: With regard to project need, please see the response to the Ricardo and Maria Antezana letter, comment 13 above. Danielson, Jon & Marilyn Comment 4: See Anchor Letter Attached. Denny, Nancy Comment 2: See Anchor Letter Attached. Quendall Terminals Applicant's Re!Jponse to Comments NO: 19958.002 4829-1865·1144vl page 3 Holden, Sylvia Comment 3: With regard to project need, please see the response to the Ricardo and Maria Antezana letter, comment 13 above. Miller. Susan Comment 3: With regard to project need, please see the response to the Ricardo and Maria Antezana letter, comment 13 above. MacCaul, Marylouise Comment 8: See Anchor Letter Attached. Mitzel. Dan R. Comment 5: The City had discussions with EPA and the applicant about project schedule. The City chose a baseline year to analyze impacts based on the timeframe that project construction could be complete. This is in keeping with SEPA's philosophy of early environmental review. The assumptions in the EIS are also conservative. As explained in the Transportation section, background growth is assumed; moreover, the EIS considers impacts both with and without the 405 interchange improvements. The EIS analysis is also conservative, because it assumes that full build-out would occur all at once;however, the applicant will likely build the project in phases, so that it can respond to market or site conditions. An EIS does not have an expiration date, so if the timeframe of build-out is extended, the EIS can remain valid or alternatively, supplemental environmental review can be required under the State Environmental Policy Act if (i) substantial changes to the proposal are made such that the changes are likely to have significant adverse environmental impacts, or (ii) if new information arises indicating significant adverse impacts. WAC 197-11-600(4)(d). If the Hawk's Landing project goes forward, it will have to conduct its own SEP A review. Fosler, Pepper·Roger Pearce Comment 2, 6: See response to Dan R. Mitzel, comment 3, above. Comments 3,4: See Anchor Letter Attached. Kevin Poole Comment 1,4: See Anchor Letter Attached. Comment 6. The design balances the desire to provide passive shoreline recreational opportunities, with the desire to protect the resources of the shoreline. The proposal calls for a number of amenities including: a shoreline walking path, and a prominent viewing point. Approximately 11.8 acres of open space and related areas would be provided onsite, including paved plazas, natural areas, landscaped areas, unpaved trails and sidewalks. QuendaLl Terminals Applicant's Response to Comments ND: 19958.002 4829-1865-1144vJ page 4 Reyman, Lawrence Comment 2: See Anchor Letter Attached. Ryberg, Chelsea Comment 5: See previous response on market issues under Antezana, Comment 13. Reymann, Larry Comment 2: See Anchor Letter Attached. Siegmund, Paul Comment 5: Alternative 2 is significantly different from Alternative 1, with almost 100 fewer dwelling units, and without the 245,000 sf of commercial use. The primary objection of the author appears to be to the overall density allowed by the COR zone. The density is substantially less than what the zoning allows. For further information on that topic, see the response to comment 3 by Larry Borgenson, above. It should also be noted that the low density or no action alternative desired by the author is not consistent with the COR a minimum net residential density requirement; therefore it is not a reasonable alternative nor does it achieve the applicant's objectives. Comments 17-19: See Anchor Letter Attached. Taylor, Charles and Rebecca Comment 9-14: See Anchor Letter Attached. Bob Becker, public hearing testimony Comment 3: The FEIS can identify a mitigation measure that would provide for the removal of parking from the semicircular tum around. Len Reid, public hearing testimony Comment 4: With regard to recreational amenities, please see response to comment 6 by Kevin Poole above. Becker, Bob See previous replies Siegmund, Paul (2) See previous replies Quendall Terminals Applicant's ReJponse to Comments ND: 19958.002 4829-1865-1144vl page 5 Reyman, Larry Comment 2: See Anchor Letter Attached. Comment 6: Comment Acknowledged. Proposed Alternatives I and 2 are consistent with the COR zoning, and therefore are in furtherance of adopted codes that were put in place to enhance the community. Quendall Terminals Applicant's Response to Commems ND: 19958.002 4829-1865-Il44vl page 6 MEMORANDUM To: Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen From: Clay Patmont, Anchor QEA Cc: Campbell Mathewson, Century Pacific Ryan Durkan, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson Re: Quendall Terminals DEIS Comment Responses Date: 720 Olive Way, Suite 1900 Seattle, Washington 98101 Phone 206.287.9130 Fax 206.287.9131 www.anchorqea.com March 15, 2011 Project: 060059-01 Provided below are Anchor QEA's suggested responses to those Quendall Terminals draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) comment letters assigned to us. We have organized our responses to correspond with the organization and numbering scheme provided by EAIBlumen. U.S. EPA Comments: • #4. The DEIS assumed that Site remediation will result in placement of a soil cap over the entire Main Properry as part of the cleanup. WillIe the final specification and areal extent of the cap will not be determined until EPA issues its Record of Decision (ROD), the applicant's assumption represents a worst case scenario from the EIS perspective, since the ROD may not require a cap and associated development restrictions in portions of the site. • #5. Similarly, the DEIS assumed that Site remediation will result in placement of a shoreline cap over 3.2 acres of the site. Again, while the final specification and areal extent of the shoreline cap will not be determined until EPA issues its ROD, the applicant's assumption represents a worst case scenario from the EIS perspective, since the ROD may not require a shoreline cap and associated development restrictions in portions of the shoreline area where a cap is part of the baseline assumptions. • #7. While EPA is correct that setback distances for various elements of site redevelopment will be finalized after the cleanup remedy has been implemented, the DEIS used reasonable assumptions of setbacks from the shoreline for buildings, roads, Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March 15,2011 Page 2 parking and wetlands based on current regulatory requirements (see responses to Washington Department of Ecology [letter] comments), that represent a worst case scenario from the EIS perspective. In the unlikely event that the final setback distances are less than these assumptions, the City will determine whether this change wonld warrant submittal of a supplemental EIS. • #9. While EPA is correct that final specifications for shoreline mitigation may not be determined until the ROD and could possibly be modified based on in-field implementation issues, the DEIS nevertheless used reasonable worst-case assumptions for mitigation, based on the Quendall!Baxter mitigation analysis memorandum that formed the basis for earlier mitigation decisions made by Ecology for similar cleanup actions in the immediate site area. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #4. Again, in the event that the mitigation ratios are significantly different than these assumptions, the City will determine whether this change would warrant submittal of a supplemental EIS. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Comments: • #1. See responses to U.S. EPA comments #1 to #13. • #4. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. • #6. The DEIS assessed the development of wetland functions on the project site assuming that surface runoff no longer infiltrates into the ground, and based on the conceptual stormwater conveyance design described in the DEIS. Based on observations at other similar mitigation projects constructed in the region, productive wetland communities are anticipated to reestablish relatively rapidly at the mitigation locations. The ROD will likely include a requirement of monitoring and contingency responses to ensure that EPA's cleanup mitigation performance standards are achieved. • #7. The ROD and subsequent EPA review requirements to be developed as part of the cleanup Operations, Maintenance, and Monitoring Plan (OMMP) will ensure that storm water discharge designs and other site development activities do not adversely affect the effectiveness of the final cleanup remedy for the Site. No fIll in Lake Washington is anticipated to be needed for the stormwater outfalls, based on the conceptual stormwater designs presented in the DEIS. Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March 15, 2011 Page 3 o # 1 O. The FEIS will include the requested tables. o #11. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #4. WA State Dept. of Ecology (email) Comments: 0 #1. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #1 0 #2. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #2. 0 #3. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #3. 0 #4. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #4. 0 #5. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #5. 0 #6. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #6. 0 #7. See response to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comment #7. W A State Dept. of Ecology (letter) Comments: o # 1. Although the project is not being reviewed under the 2010 Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) Update, it should be noted that the applicant is proposing use of the buffer averaging provisions of the applicable Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO). In its DEIS comment, Ecology states that a full 100 foot buffer is required for Reach C. However, even the 2010 Update allows for buffer averaging or reductions in Reach C if the full context of the Table and the code provisions are considered together, as discussed below. Ecology points to the language of the Table 4-3-090.F.l.1, which says: "If areas redevelop, the full IOO-foot buffer of native vegetation shall be provided, except where water-dependent uses are located." Notwithstanding the use of the word "shall", the Table is limited by the introductory code language that provides: "The following table identifies the performance standards for maintenance and restoration of the vegetation conservation buffer and shall be applied if reqwred by the use regulations development standards of the Shoreline Master Program." Turning to the use regulations, there are provisions for both commercial and residential uses. With regard to commercial uses, the 201 Update provides setbacks Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March 15,2011 Page 4 for non-water oriented commercial buildings shall be 100 feet from the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) "provided this requirement may be modified in accordance with RMC 4-3-090.F.l Vegetation Conservation." RMC 4-3-090. E(4)c. With regard to residential uses, residential setbacks are to be provided as required, "or as modified under RMC 4-3-090.F.l Vegetation Conservation." Thus, the Use provisions of the 2010 Update allow commercial and residential uses to utilize the buffer modification provisions of Section F.I d, Shoreline Modification, Vegetation Conservation, Reduction of Vegetated Buffer or Setback Width. Turning to the Shoreline Modification provisions of RMC 4-3-090.F.l, the 2010 Update sets fonh a variety of shoreline buffer modification options: o Section F.l.(d)(i) provides that based on an applicant's request, the Reviewing Official may approve a reduction in buffer width if criteria are met. o Section F.l.(d) (iii) states that "Specific vegetated buffers specified for areas enumerated in Table RMC 4-3-090.F.1I, Vegetation Conservation Standards by Reach, may be applied in accordance with those provisions' o Section F(1)(d)(iv) goes on to state the Reviewing Official may approve a reduction in the standard buffer widths under cenain terms and conditions. o Section F(l)(f) states that the Reviewing Official may approve buffer width averaging. All of these secti?ns provide the Reviewing Official the authority to modify the 100 foot buffer set fonh for Reach C if criteria are met. In summary, the 100 foot buffer in Reach C is subject to provisions that allow the Reviewing Official the discretion to allow for buffer reductions or buffer averaging under the enumerated criteria of the code update. Specific responses to Ecology's comments are also provided below. • #2. Wetland restoration adjacent to Wetland J is intended to mitigate for wetlands that are not directly connected or adjacent to Lake Washington. While some impacts to wetlands within the shoreline zone are mitigated at Wetland J, this component of the mitigation is not intended to compensate for impacts to shoreline wetlands, but for wetlands that are removed from the shoreline and surrounded by uplands. Also, mitigation at Wetland J is on the same tax parcel as the wetland impacts. Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen !V!arch IS, 201l Page 5 • #3. The wetland buffers are consistent with the City of Renton's 2010 CAO. The . City's buffer requirements in the CAO were developed using Best Available Science (BAS) at the time of the last CAO update. It is unclear which BAS Ecology is referring to. The buffers were designed to support and be protective of hydrology. water quality. and habitat functions. The buffers are generally designed to provide maximum habitat function. as the wetlands are not expected to provide significant hydrology functions (Lake Washington is a direct discharge waterbody) and development will be low impact with minimal stormwater flow into the wetlands. Similarly. water quality functions are not expected to be significant due to low impact development that provides appropriate stormwater treatment. • #4. The conceptual shoreline restoration plan is based on the Mitigation Analysis Memorandum completed for the Quendall and Baxter properties in 2000 (AESI 2000). That memorandum was prepared to address site-specific cleanup-related impacts to wetlands and the lake shoreline when remediation of these sites was being evaluated under Washington's Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA). That document was prepared for the City of Renton and Vulcan Northwest with considerable input from WDFW. Ecology. WDNR. the Corps. and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. among others. The conceptual shoreline restoration plan includes mitigation at a 1.5: 1 replacement ratio to offset site-specific functional losses (adjusted for contaminant impacts) resulting from Site remediation. as set forth in the Mitigation Analysis Memorandum. Note that under Ecology's direction under their MTCA authorities. mitigation for cleanup actions was successfully completed in 2007 at the Baxter site (located immediately north of the Quendall site) using the same mitigation ratios described in the memorandum. That is. the Mitigation Analysis Memorandum is likely an Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirement (ARAR) for the Quendall Site. As discussed in the Draft EIS. EPA will be making the final determination of the remediation plan/mitigation plan under their CERCLA authorities after a separate public comment period in late 2011. AESl 2000. Mitigation Analysis Memorandum, Quendall and Baxter Properties, Renton, Washington. Prepared for Vulcan Northwest and City of Renton. FebruaIY 17. • #5. The City is evaluating the proposal under SMP in effect on the date that the application was deemed complete. and not under the SMP update. The SMP Update has only been approved by Resolution. and will not be final until adopted by Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March 15,2011 Page 6 Ordinance after the process is complete. This is explained in the first line of the Resolution: "Whereas, upon department of Ecologyapproval, the City will adopt the Shoreline Master Program by Ordinance." The Resolution further states in Recital F: "Projects vested to the regulations and development standards prior to the adoption of the ordinance are not subject to these standards unless substantial modification of the project is proposed which result in new application for development of me project." The subject shoreline permit was applied for in 2009; the city issued a Notice of Complete Application on February 5, 2010. As stated on page 3.6-13 of the DE1S, since the updated SMP was not in effect on the date the complete application was filed, the Quendall Terminals proposal is therefore vested and subject to the provisions of the code existing at the time ofthe complete application. Under the relevant SMP code in effect at the time of complete application, buffer widths (e.g., setbacks) are required to be as follows: 50 feet from the OHWM for commercial buildings, and 25 feet for residential buildings. 4-3-090L(5), (14). The conceptual shoreline restoration plan includes a 68-foot average width riparian buffer from the lake OHWM. All buildings are at a minimum 50 feet from the OHWM. Therefore, the proposal is consistent with the City of Renton's SMP prior to the update. Appendix 8-C, Wetlands in Washington State -Volume 2 is a guidance document that is intended to be used to assist local governments in complying with requirements in the Growth Management Act (GMA) to include the best available science when adopting development regnlations to designate and protect critical areas, including wetlands. Additional discussion of buffers under the CAO can be found under the Critical Areas section of the DEIS, including buffer width. • #6. The baseline assumption represents a probable outcome of the remediation and cleanup-related mitigation plan for the Quendall Site, incorporating site-specific information on existing wetland functions that have been affected by contaminant releases at the Site. As discussed above in the response to comment 3, similar mitigation ratios were used in 2007 by Ecology for cleanup actions at the Baxter site located immediately north of the Quendall Site. These factors will be considered by EPA in their determination of ARARs for site cleanup. As discussed in the Draft EIS, EPA will be making the final determination of the remediation plan/mitigation plan under their CERCLA authorities after a separate public comment period in late 2011. Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March 15,2011 Page 7 • #7. Please see comments in #4 above. The proposed restoration is consistent with the City of Renton's SMP in effect at the time the complete application was filed. The conceptual shoreline restoration plan includes a 68-foot average width riparian buffer from the lake OHWM. Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) Comments: • #39. The DEIS is predicated on the assumption that Site cleanup will be performed concurrent with redevelopment. Coordination of cleanup and redevelopment is strongly encouraged by EPA, as "cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties protects the environment, reduces blight, and takes development pressures off greens paces and working lands' (http://www.epa.govlbrownfields/). The cleanup remedy to be selected by EPA and described in their forthcoming ROD will ensure both short-and long-term protection of human health and the environment, consistent with EPA's Superfund cleanup requirements. Reasonable assumptions on the likely scope of cleanup project to accomplish these protection requirements were included in the DEIS, and in the unlikely event that these assumptions are inconsistent with EPA's final cleanup plan, the City will determine whether a supplemental EIS would be required. • #40. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. • #41. The ROD and follow-on detailed remedial design and OMMP documents to be approved by EPA will ensure that appropriate dust control and other construction requirements will be implemented during the combined cleanup and development project to ensure protection of human health and the environment. See responses to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #1 and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe comment #7. • #42. A detailed wetland assessment was performed in 2009 to support the DEIS, and accurately characterizes existing wetlands at the site. • #43. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. • #44. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments # 1 to #7. Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March 15,2011 PageS • #45. A detailed assessment of wildlife use of the site was performed in 2009 to support the DEIS. Becker, Robert & Mary (letter) Comments: • #20. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. • #21. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #42. • #22. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. • #23. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. Bergquist, Richard & Kathleen Comments: • #1. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. • #6. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. • #7. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. • #8, See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39, • #9. The 1993 Agreed Order with the Washington Department of Ecology is now superseded by the 2006 U.S. EPA Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, Docket No.: CERCLA-lO- 2006-0325. • #12. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. The potentially responsible parties (PRPs), not the public, will be funding the cleanup. Borgenson, Larry (email) Comments: • #2. In 2006, U.S. EPA began managing the cleanup of the site, and is progressing through the Superfund cleanup process. Bargenson, Larry (letter) Comments: • #1. The PRPs will be funding the cleanup. Gretchen Brunner, EAIBlumen March IS, 2011 Page 9 • #11. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. Danielson, Jon & Marilyn Comments: • #4. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. Denney, Nancy Comments: • #2. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. MacCanl, Marylouise Comments: • #8. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. Pearce, Roger (Seahawks Letter) Comments: • #3. In 2006, U.S. EPA began managing the cleanup of the site, and is progressing through the Superfund cleanup process. • #4. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. Poole, Kevin Comments: • # 1. A detailed wetland assessment was performed in 2009 to support the DEIS, and accurately characterizes existing wetlands at the site. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. • #4. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. Reymann, Lawrence Comments: • #2. The proposed project is to perform an integrated cleanup, redevelopment, and habitat restoration action. Siegmund, Panl R Comments: • #17. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. • #18. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. • #19. See responses to Washington Department of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. Taylor, Charles and Rebecca Comments: Gretchen Brunner. EAIBlumen March 15.2011 Page 10 • #9. The cleanup plan to be selected by U.S. EPA for the site will address arsenic as well as other chemicals of potential concern. See response to Antezana. Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. • #10. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. • #11. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. • #12. A detailed assessment ofthe lake was performed in 2009 to suppon the DEIS. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. • #13. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #39. • #14. See responses to Washington Depanment of Ecology (letter) comments #1 to #7. Public Meeting Transcript; Siegmund, Paul Comments: • #25. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #45. • #26. See response to Antezana, Ricardo & Maria (form letter) comment #42. Public Meeting Transcript; Reymann, Larry Comments: • #2. The proposed project is to perform an integrated cleanup, redevelopment, and habitat restoration action. LANCE MUELLER & ASSOCIATES ARCHITEiCTS 130 Lakeside, Suite 250 Seattle, Washington 98122 (206)325-2553 (206)328-0554 Fax Job: Quendall Terminals Renton, WA A I A Response to Ricardo and Maria Antezana DEIS Comment letter: 1) Size and Scale Impact Date: 03/16/11 Page 1 Job No. 09-120 b. They are referring to Alternative #1, the taller of the two alternatives, and we agree that the Building Elevation sheet P3.0 does indicate that the roof height is 77' as defined by the Land Use Code. Building height is defined as average roof height in the code. This is well under the max 10 stories andlor 125' height limit listed for this COR zone. We also agree that there are stair penthouses, parapets, mechanical equipment, and cornice elements that extend beyond the building (or roof) height, and this is allowed by code with some limits. We want elements above the roof to make the rooftine architecturally interesting as well as for functional needs. The proposals height and mass is well within guidelines established in the COR zoning design regulations. c. We do not agree with the "industrial park" characterization of the design. The project is designed with Renton's Urban Design Regulations in mind for a rich urban experience. Quendall Terminals is aligned with State and local goals to direct growth to urban infill areas such as this site. Barbee Mills is a low-density development in a high-density zone, so it is not an example of the intent of the zoning. d. This site becomes significantly residential as part of this proposal, just as Barbee Mills recently did. f., ii. It is intended and anticipated that the final design will incorporate modulation design refinement along the Lake Washington shoreline. NIOWGSIQuendaI09-120 ----IW'>B:> -11' ..... ___ "..,_ '" i Plan View l',,2(1.(J' Elevation Notes: 1. Project entry Sign & design element, design TBD. Anticipated to include lighting, masonry or stone, and be of appropriate scale. 2. Vehicle entry paving at Street We" receives special color & texture treatment. 3. Lower ornamental planting surrounds entry sign I design element. 4. Pedestrian walks in street receive speaal color & texture treatment. 5. Planting -typical. 6. Curti. Visually Prominent Gateway at Streets "A" & "8" Intersection L.ANDE MUELLER & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECT&1 A , ... 13D LAKEJilD£ • 8UITl 250 • SEATTL£, WA 981:1.2 • (206) 3J&-2553 Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Centu ry Pacific, LP 09-120 116/11 1 NW 1 t;1.OGt. 1" = 2!J"V Plan View E8 Notes: 1. Raised water Feature, design TBD. 2. Vehide paving at water feature receives special color & texture treatment. 3. Lower ornamental planting around water feature. 4. Decorative lighting poles at 15'± height around water feature. Indude bar for hanging plants or banners. 5. Pedestrian walks in street receive special color & texture treatment. 6. Planting -typical. 7. Curb. 8. Bench seating. Focal Point & Amenities at Streets "8" & "e" Intersection L.ANCE MUEL.L.ER & ASSOCiATES ARCHITECTS A I A 13a t.Atc:£51D£ • SUITE 250 ~ SEA'J'Tl..£., WA 9B12,:z: • 12061 33!i-25053 Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Century Pacific, LP 09-120 116/11 2 EB o 10' 2(1, ___ .,:j"' ... __ .,'" ~ Plan View 1'-20'..0" Notes: 1. Raised water Feature, design TBO. 2. Vehide paving at water feature receives spedal color & texture treatment. 3. Lower ornamental planting around water feature. 4. Decorative lighting poles at 15'± height around water feature. Indude bar for hanging plants or bannel1i. 5. Firelane in Grasscrete and pedestrian path in concrete at shoreline with bollard path lighting. 6. Pedestrian walks in street receive special color & texture treatment. 7. Planting -typical. 8. Parking. 9. Curb. 10. Bench seating. Focal Point & Amenities at Street "8" Water Termination LANDE MUELLER & ASSOCIATES A. R C H T £ C T S 130 LAIt.ESID£ • SUITE 2'.0 • SEATTl£, \iliA 9al::il' • (2061 aa""2~'3 Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Century Pacific, LP O!H20 1/6/11 3 o T 4' ___ ...:'r __ .," I.....r"" Site Section Notes: 1. Pedestrian path is finished in pavers, 2. Fire lane is in Grasscrete type paving system with grass infiH to reduce paving. 3. Paving system will have a structural base to support fire trucks, including pedestrian pavers when merged as part of the fire lane. 4. Fire Lane post markers spaced per Fire Department. 5. Path lighting from ballard lighting fixtures. 6. Planting from native palette at shoreline. 7. Nooks with benches are part of the pedestrian experience (not shown here). Firelane & Pedestrian Path at shoreline Are shown merged here. Where feasible the fire lane & pedestrian path are merged to limit paving and Increase planting L.ANCE MUEL..L..ER & ASSOCIATES Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Century Pacific, LP 09·120 1/6/11 4 a 9" fLR. c , 'i,.. ___ sr· __ ...," I...J""'" Section View Notes on Pedestrian Features: 1. Facades are sidewalk oriented with generous storefronts recessed in architecturally articulated punched openings. • Ground level facades are defined with facade materials from a limited palette of brick. stone. and stained concrete. Vary the base fac;:ade materials for visual interest. 2. Provide glass and steel canopies as a pedestrian feature, final design TBD. 3. Indude a coordinated tenant signing program as a pedestrian feature. final design TBD, 4. Exterior lighting system to indude scale appropriate sconce lighting fixtures at ground level facades. 5. Provide facade modulation and material change to distinguish upper ,"oors from the ground floor. 6, Sidewalks are from articulated concrete and have a pedestrian friendly width with tree wells. • Sidewalk benches and otherfumiture are part afthe pedestrian experience (not shown here). Ground Level Facades at Pedestrian-Oriented Uses Examples of how we apply the Urban Design Guidelines to our street fronts for a Landmark Pedestrian and Vehicle experience: LANCE MUELLER & ASSOCIATES ARCH TECTS A A 130 L.AI(£SIDE • SUITE 250 ~ SEATTLE, WA 981 i2 • (ZD6) 3a~2~~3 Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Century Pacific, LP 09-120 116111 5 • ~fll.. o 2' 4' S' 12' I..-.r""~_:ri ---; Section View 1'=4'.(1' Notes on Pedestrian Features: 1. Facade$ lire sidewalk oriented in architedurally artiCIJated punched openings. B. Ground level facades are defined with facade materials from a limited palette of brick, stone, and stained concrete. Vary the base fa~de materials for visual interest. 2. Screen openings to parking with both architectural grillwork and hedge landscaping strips. Reduce size of opening with raised sill behind landscaping. 3. Provide steel treHis with landscaping as a pedestrian feature, final design TBD. 4. Indude a coordinated tenant signing program as a pedesbian feature, final design TBD. 5. Exterior lighting system to indude scale appropriate sconce lighting fixtures at ground level facades. 6. Provide facade modulation and material change to distlnguish upper floors from the ground floor. 7. Sidewalks are from articulated concrete and have a pedestrian friendly width with tree wells. a. Sidewalk benches and other furniture are part of the pedestrian experience (not shown here). Ground Level Facades in areas with Parking under Building: Examples of how we apply the Urban Design Guidelines to our street fronts for a Landmark Pedestrian and Vehicle experience: L.ANDE MUEL.L.ER & ASSOClATES ARCH TECTS A'A 130 LAI(ESJot • ~urrE 250 • 9EATn.E, WA 981 i:l • {ZOO} aaS-Z!t!li3 Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Century Pacific, LP 09-120 116111 6 Lk. Washington --7 o l 4' B' 12' 1......r"'11.._..J-.......,·i Site Section 1·~4'.{l· Berm & enhanced planting - Screens parking from shoreline Required at alternate #2. LANDE MUELLER & ASSOCIATES Quendall Terminals Renton, WA Century Pacific, LP 09-120 1/6/11 7 '1-15-(» H,IUWC<i'''''i"",,"'ALl/f'l-O £) c m z c » r-r- (")::u -I mm m zz -1-1 :;a c:o ::uz s: -<~ ~~ -Z (")CIl » -:I: "TI_ -z $1C) r- ,-I "0 en z I » r- -I m :;a z » -I m =It ~ ! I /~ /!P !~ C) o Ci?, l ~ U., 1.OICaI00< • s ... nlt, ... " nUl ' aoe ... s i I i , QUENOA~!.. i , i ~ENTON, w,./I,S!-!INGTON C.ENrul'O!:'T" PACrfl:rC, j"FI • r » A Cl "" » Ul I Z G) ".., o z . . ~ '" QC<C \",Y mRi"SiiENli .... u .. rs (= CNOS. ',1~ RtOUlR£D)\,\\Y i~~:; .?£~~ ~'~T~J:kM"" 10'''' ".q'''G '>'Q'IO'< • "(I SE QL'AO ~~Al """S ()I'll CARS • U~)IJ"" ""W.'U) '_"'"'" ""lOlL .. p_, (,. C ..... ) !O .. LP....,""'.,."""._ QUENDALL TERMINALS SITE PLAN LANCe: MUEL.LER & ASSOCIATES CENTURY PACIFIC LP 6-7-10 LAKE WASHINGTON *AL_ STATISTICS ARE 8ASED ON CONCEPTUAL PLAN -~'"::::..~ WAS:----------/' (------- WHICH ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE ----·-----J:!.~ty __ Ero--~--..,. ""rc",,~ ,,/ " IV. BLVD \ 'SC'cE,'"*W '\ \~. TOTAL PARKING SHOWN ON GRADE = 375 CARS TOTAL PARKING SHOWN @ P-I = 989 CARS TOTAL SHOPPING REQUIRED PARKING = 122 CARS TOTAL PARKING REQUIRED FOR 708 RESIDENTIAL UNITS 1,242 TOTAL PARKING REQUIRED & SHOWN 1,364 CARS 8UILDING COVER TOTAL AREA ~ 178,7JOsf --.. -----J CQURTY,\,RO TOTAL AREA", 176,39.351 10' 8U.LDING SETBACK FROM NATURAL L.S. '" 10,3845f PARKING ON OECK = 116.3.84s1 SmEET 'A' (60' ROW) ~ 52,{IJ2d STREETS'S' &: 'C' = 104,663s1 SIDEWALK TOTAL AREA _ 25,517sf OTI-IER LANDSCAPE AREAS", 12.615sf STREETS'S' &: ·c· .. 66.531 sf STREETS '0', 'E' &: 'F' AREAS ~ 14,78251 OTHER PAVING AREAS ~ 5,170351 TRAIL = 12,016~1 SIDEWALk" TOTAL AREA." 8,95051 SOUTH 50' SETBACK ~ 13, I 03251 OTHER LANDSCAPE AREAS B 53,S45 NATuRAL LANDSCAPE AREAS ~ 1036,5)551 (DOES NOT INCLUCE 50,05251 SATElliTE PROPERTY) TOTAL SITE AREA TO HIGH WAlER UNE ~ 1184,822 NW QUAD ~ .... ,~ 116' CUI'S. ''' ........ 1 ""OUII'I£D) I~=: ~ .~~t.;TW:t.fiF ""WIRfI)) "''',L p"""".c __ 1"" , r----,.,-"(TAl-• I~ ~UI'S ~ u", .. _I1&<...,.. .... I!D ."' ...... ~,-, .... !'1'O"["""L"[ 50,052st (NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL SITE "REA BREAKDOWN) QUENDALL TERMINALS -ALTERNATE #2 RENTON, WASHINGTON CENTURY PACIFIC, LP ('ifl. ~ \; ~L Jl!i ~IL -1 -~ -1 ('i ~ -<t ~ iri oiu z w :::l (3 Site History QUENDALL TERMINALS SITE AND ZONING HISTORY Historically, the Quendall Terminals site was part of the larger "Port Quendall" area, consisting of 68 acres of waterfront property on the southeastern shore of Lake Washington in the City of Renton. The Port Quendall area is comprised of three separate properties that were once home to a sawmill, coal tar refinery, and creosote plant. The three properties now have separate ownership, and have developed separately, as follows: • The property directly north of the Quendall Terminals site is owned by Port Quendall Company (PQC), a Vulcan entity. The PQC site has been developed as the 200,000 square foot, three-story Seattle Seahawks Headquarters and Training Facility. • The property directly south of the Quendall Terminals site was purchased by Conner Homes and developed as the Barbee Mills residential community. • The Quendall Terminals site that is the subject of the proposed redevelopment being analyzed in the Draft EIS is an approximately 25-acre property that lies between these other two developments. It is the last parcel to redevelop. Following is a brief summary of the zoning and development history at the Port Quendall area, demonstrating the City's continued planning for and encouragement of urban scale, mixed- use development at the site, in the form of its land use policies and zoning code. Zoning History for the Port Quendall Area The three properties within the Port Quendall area are all zoned Commercial Office Residential (COR). The City's COR zone was originally divided into three separate sub-zones: COR 1, COR 2, and COR 3, with varied development standards. The three COR designations were established for three different large areas of the City, each of which had potential for large and significant development: 1 • COR 1 -Stoneway Concrete area • COR 2 -Port Quendall area • COR 3 -Southport and Fry's area When the COR 2 zone was established for the Port Quendall area, the City envisioned that the three properties would be developed jointly, as a single development. Indeed, the City's 1 12112/07 memo to Planning Commission from Planning Department. QT Zoning H is/ory Page 1 ND: 19958.002 4839·9737·7800v2 land use code at that time even required that all adjacent or abutting properties zoned COR 2 be jointly planned, with all property owners signing the Site Plan 2 By the summer of 2000, it had become apparent that joint development on the three properties was no longer likely. Prompted by submittal of an individual development application for only the Barbee Mills parcel, the southernmost property at Port Quendall, the City Council on August 14,2000 imposed a temporary moratorium on the permitting of development and acceptance of development applications in the COR 2 zone.3 The stated goal of the moratorium was to provide adequate time for City staff to examine additional issues posed by individual development of the parcels, including allocation of transportation capacity, funding of improvements, remediation of contaminated parcels, coordination of public crossings for the railroad, and shoreline setbacks and other shoreline regulations.4 Public hearings on the moratorium were held in September and October of 2000, after which the City Council established the termination date for the moratorium as December 2000.5 In December 2000, the City Council approved an additional six-month extension of the moratorium, to expire on June 11,2001.6 During the moratorium, the City Council adopted an ordinance in March of 200 I removing the requirement for properties that are adjacent or contiguous, zoned COR 2, to plan together for site plan approval. 7 Although there had been some talks between PQC and the owners of the Barbee Mills property, the parties were unable to reach an agreement on a joint development, and talks ended in December of 200 1.8 After removal of the requirement for joint planning, the individual parcels in the Port Quendall area proceeded separately. • PQC proceeded with cleanup of its property. The City granted approvals for the Seahawks facility, and construction was completed in the summer of 2008. • The southernmost property at Port Quendall was sold to a Conner Homes affiliate in 2006, and was developed as the Barbee Mills residential community, featuring 114 multi- story luxury residences ranging in size from 2,600 to 4,000 square feet. Infrastructure improvements at this site began in 2006, with the first homes completed in 2008. A significant portion ofthe environmental cleanup on the Barbee Mills property has been done, and remaining work will be completed under formal oversight by the Department of Ecology. 2 7124100 minutes; 1214100 minutes; 3112101 minutes. 3 8114100 minutes; City Resolution No. 3466. (2000) 4 7124100 minutes; 1019100 minutes. 5 1019100 minutes; City Resolution No. 3469 (2000). 6 12 14100 minutes; City Resolution No. 3478 (2000). 7 City Ordinance No. 4900 (2001). 8 Seattle P-I (8129102). QT Zoning His/ory ND: 19958.002 4839-9737-7800v2 Page 2 Consolidation of COR Zone Accompanied by Increased Density Standards In 2007, the City began evaluating whether the three COR sub-zones should be consolidated into one COR zone. At that time, the parcels that were in the original COR 3 zone had already been rezoned as Urban Center North I. In addition, two of the three properties in the COR 2 zone at the Port Quendall site were under development. The City found that it was no longer useful or necessary to have the three different COR sub-zones, and recommended that the sub-zones be consolidated.9 The City also examined the appropriate development standards for the consolidated COR zone. At that time, the COR 2 zone had a minimum density of 16 dwelling units (du) per acre for mixed-use development, and 5 du per acre for any other development. The maximum density in the COR 2 zone was then 25 du per acre. 10 In determining the appropriate densities for the consolidated COR zone, the City looked at the underlying purpose of the COR zone, as well as applicable comprehensive plan policies. The purpose statement for the COR land use designation in the City'S Comprehensive Plan stated: The Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) designation provides opportunities for large-scale office, commercial, retail, and multi-family projects developed through a master plan and site plan process incorporating significant site amenities and/or features. COR sites are typically transitions from an industrial use to a more intensive land use. The sites offer redevelopment opportunities on Lake Washington and/or the Cedar River. I I Furthermore, the City's Comprehensive Plan included the following stated objective for the COR zone: Development at Commercial/Office/Residential designations should be cohesive, high quality, landmark developments that are integrated with natural amenities. The intention is to create a compact, urban development with high amenity values that creates a prominent identity. 12 The City noted that the minimum density of 5 du per acre for residential projects did not meet the purpose or intent of the COR land use designation, where the Ci7 clearly intended for development in the COR zone "to be urban in its features and densities." I A minimum density of 5 du per acre is "not typically development that is compact or of a type that results in 9 12112/07 memo to Planning Commission from Planning Department. !Old. 11 Id(emphasis added). 12 Comprehensive Plan Objective LU-VVV, quoted in 12112/07 memo to Planning Commission from Planning Department (emphasis added). 13 12112/07 memo to Planning Commission from Planning Department. QT Zoning History Page 3 NO: 19958.002 4839-9737-7800v2 significant concentration." Accordingly, staff recommended that the minimum density for the consolidated COR zone be increased to 30 du per acre.14 Regarding maximum density, in order to be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan policies specifying a maximum in the range of 30 to 50 du per acre, and in order to "ensure development in COR is compact, urban, and of significant concentration," staff recommended that the maximum density for the consolidated COR zone be increased from 25 du per acre, up to 50 du per acre. Finally, staff recommended that the consolidated COR zone be placed in the City's "Urban Center Design District C." This was based upon a determination by staff that the development standards applicable in Design District C were consistent with the underlying objectives for the COR zone. At the April 7, 2008 City Council meeting, the City Council's Planning and Development Committee recommended concurrence in the staff recommendations. 15 Ordinance 5369, approved by the City Council and the Mayor on April 14,2008, amended the Renton Municipal Code to consolidate the COR sub-zones into one zone, to increase the minimum densities to 30 and 50 du per acre, respectively, and to place the COR zone in the Urban Design District C. 2009 Comprehensive Plan Amendments Reaffirmed Densitv Goals for the COR Zone The City's intent for the COR zone to serve as a high density, high intensity mixed-use area was again reaffirmed in 2009, when the City amended its Comprehensive Plan policies for the COR land use designation. The text amendment to Policy LU-279 eliminated the density ranges specified in the Comprehensive Plan, and instead addressed density by describing the City's intent for the density. The revised LU-279, as adopted by the Council in Ordinance 5499 on November 16, 2009, states the following: Residential densities at COR designated sites should provide the flexibility to allow for high density residential development that could support the potential onsite commercial uses and, at the same time, provide for the opportunity for mixed-use development that can support the City's employment goals. The same area used for commercial and office development may also be used to calculate residential density. 16 The staff report prepared for this Comprehensive Plan amendment again confirmed the purpose of the COR land use designation as one " ... intended to provide opportunities for large- scale office, commercial, retail, and multi-family projects," that "has been applied to very few 14 12/12/07 memo to Planning Commission from Planning Department. 15 417108 minutes. 16 City Ordinance No. 5499 (2009) (emphasis added). QT Zoning History ND: 19958.002 4839·9737·7800v2 Page 4 sites throughout the City," and further described the COR designated areas as supporting "high intensity" and "high density" development. 17 This amendment to the Comprehensive Plan was the precursor to Ordinance 5503, also adopted on November 16, 2009 , which amended the code to allow even greater densities -up to 75 du per acre -in the COR zone if certain "density bonus" conditions are met. Summary The Quendall Terminals site is zoned COR, which cans for high density development. In fact, the zoning history reveals that the City actually increased the allowed density in the COR zone since its original adoption, The subject applications were submitted in November of2009. The applications were deemed complete and the applicant was notified the applications were accepted for review on February 5, 2010. The applications will therefore be reviewed against the zoning and development regulations in effect at that time. The Draft EIS analyzed two action alternatives: the proposal as submitted, and a lower density alternative. Both alternatives are well below the height, bulk, scale and density allowed by the COR zone. 17 Staff Report for CPA #2009-T-05 Density in the COR zone (April 1,2009). QT Zoning His/ory PageS ND: 19958.002 4839·9737·7800v2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Marleen Mandt <mkmandt@comcasl.net> Wednesday, November 28,201212:54 PM Vanessa Dolbee Subject: FW: Quendall Termainal -EIS Bob I appreciate your background and depth on this matter but you only listed the impact to exit 7 and 6 and not exit 5. I live on 26'h which is the first street coming from the south that Lake Washington traffic go through the Kennydale neighborhood. We've seen more freeway traffic coming thru are neighborhood. My concern is with Southport and Quendall Terminal development impact to the neighborhood would be enormous. The city has done nothing to mitigate impact to the adjoining neighborhood or impact to preserving Lake Washington Blvd. Lake Washington Blvd is the only place where we can walk our dogs, bicycle with family and take a run. As you recall a women was run over 6 months ago while walking on lake Washington Blvd. M",e~~" M""dt llt08 N 26" St no"te", W" 98056 1t25 211-1161 Contentment is not possessing everything, but giving thanks for everything you possess. From: Marleen Mandt [mailto:mkmandt@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 9:01 AM To: 'Bob Becker'; 'Vanessa Dolbee'; 'wsihon@comcast.net'; 'bgmc2@cox.net'; 'borg41943@comcast.net'; 'Ipreid@comcast.net'; 'aimerdoll@yahoo.com'; 'fulmen8@hotmail.com'; 'garys@loziergroup.com'; 'mscero@comcast.net'; 'taryntani@gmail.com'; 'bmaccaul@gmail.com'; 'a.woodley@comcast.net'; 'swu@bechtel.com'; 'suzywo@verison.net'; 'christineschen@yahoo.com'; 'vchiu74@hotmail.com'; 'glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us'; 'rrcorbell@comcast.net'; 'stows@comcast.net'; 'agrawaalr@yahoo.com'; 'bonethedawgs@yahoo.com'; 'sbholden@nwlink.com'; 'altglennmal@comcast.net'; 'pavyt@hotmail.com'; 'amyrobert.s@seanet.com'; 'jobitney@comcast.net'; 'forsue2go@comcast.net'; 'fayeandlorna@comcast.net'; 'conniemtaylor@comcast.net'; 'Iesbergan@comcast.net'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail.com'; 'dyma20@yahoo.com'; 'jonjdan@aol.com'; 'mbattin@yahoo.com'; 'rochsjr@comcast.net'; 'susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com'; 'bud@nwccc.net'; 'mimiafsc@mac.com'; 'kpreszler@hotmail.com'; 'johsamm@comcast.net'; 'Iancel@seahawssoundersfc.com'; 'Iaurieb@mvseac.com'; 'Spencer Alpert (spencer@alpertcapital.com),; 'idenkr@comcast.net'; 'annsimpson@comcast.net'; 'paulrsiegmund@gmail.com'; 'rfnucik@comcast.net'; 'msnicol@gmail.com'; 'pwitt55@aol.com'; 'mbfamily6@gmail.com'; 'royfrancis@msn.com'; 'yyluan@yahoo.com'; 'j.diddly@gmail.com'; 'ricardoadlc@msn.com'; 'nancydenney@comcast.net'; 'tommbaker@hotmail.com'; 'lindabak@hotmail.com'; 'elisabethdurr@gmail.com'; 'abelenky@alum.mit.edu'; 'gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov'; 'gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com'; 'headac1@comcast.net'; 'kevinpoole@mac.com'; 'dickb@seanet.com'; 'dianej2419@msn.com'; 'bskilling@msn.com'; 'Jenny Manning'; 'mullinaux@comcast.net' Cc: 'Pete Becker' Subject: RE: Quendall Termainal -EIS Bob I appreCiate your background and depth on this matter but you only listed the impact to exit 7 and 6 and not exit 5. I live on 26'h which is the first street coming from the south that Lake Washington traffic go through the Kennydale neighborhood. We've seen more freeway traffic coming thru are neighborhood. My concern is with Southport and Quendall Terminal development impact to the neighborhood would be enormous. The city has done nothing to mitigate impact to the adjoining neighborhood or impact to preserving Lake Washington Blvd. Lake Washington Blvd is the only place where we can walk our dogs, bicycle with family and take a run. As you recall a women was run over 6 months ago while walking on lake Washington Blvd. 1 Contentment is not possessing every ,ning, but giving thanks for everything you possess. From: Bob Becker [mailto:Bob@beckerarch.com] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 8: 11 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee; 'wsihon@comcast.net'; 'bgmc2@cox.net'; 'borg41943@comcast.net'; 'Ipreid@comcast.net'; 'aimerdoll@yahoo.com'; 'fulmen8@hotmail.com'; 'garys@loziergroup.com'; 'mscero@comcast.net'; 'taryntani@gmail.com'; 'bmaccaul@gmail.com'; 'a. woodley@comcast.net'; 'swu@bechtel.com'; 'suzywo@verison.net'; 'christineschen@yahoo.com'; 'vchiu74@hotmail.com'; 'glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us'; 'rrcorbell@comcast.net'; 'stows@comcast.net'; 'agrawaalr@yahoo.com'; 'bonethedawgs@yahoo.com'; 'sbholden@nwlink.com'; 'altglennmal@comcast.net'; 'pavyt@hotmail.com'; 'amyroberts@seanet.com'; 'jobitney@comcast.net'; 'forsue2go@comcast.net'; 'fayeandlorna@comcast.net'; 'conniemtaylor@comcast.net'; 'Iesbergan@comcast.net'; 'mkmandt@comcast.net'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail.com'; 'dyma20@yahoo.com'; 'jonjdan@aol.com'; 'mbattin@yahoo.com'; 'rochsjr@comcast.net'; 'susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com'; 'bud@nwccc.net'; 'mimiafsc@mac.com'; 'kpreszler@hotmail.com'; 'johsamm@comcast.net'; 'Iancel@seahawssoundersfc.com'; 'Iaurieb@mvseac.com'; Spencer Alpert (spencer@alpertcapital.com); 'idenkr@comcast.net'; 'annsimpson@comcast.net'; 'paulrsiegmund@gmail.com'; 'rfnucik@comcast.net'; 'msnicol@gmail.com'; 'pwittSS@aol.com'; 'mbfamily6@gmail.com'; Bob Becker; 'royfrancis@msn.com'; 'yyluan@yahoo.com'; 'j.diddly@gmail.com'; 'ricardoadlc@msn.com'; 'nancydenney@comcast.net'; 'tommbaker@hotmail.com'; 'lindabak@hotmail.com'; 'elisabethdurr@gmail.com'; 'abelenky@alum.mit.edu'; 'g retchen. kaeh ler@dahp.wa.gov'; 'gwendolyn hig h@hotmail.com'; 'headac1@comcast.net'; 'kevin poole@mac.com'; 'dickb@seanet.com'; 'dianej2419@msn.com'; 'bskilling@msn.com'; Jenny Manning; 'mullinaux@comcast.net' Cc; 'Pete Becker' Subject: Quendall Termainal -EIS Dear Ms. Dolbee, Attached are our comments on the Quendall Terminal Amended EIS. Bob Robert George Becker, AlA BECKER ARCHITECTS 320120'" Ave. NE, Suite 107 Bellevue, WA 98005 Tel: 425.827.9246 Email: rgb@beckerarch.com 2 Denis Law Mayor #_ r-, --=~"""---~.!.~ ............ ,~ November 20, 2012 Cyrus M. McNeely 3810 Park Ave. N Renton, WA 980S6 Department of Community and Economic Development CE."Chip"Vincent, Administrator SUBJECT: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum, Comment Received Dear Mr. McNeely: Thank you for your comments on the Quendall Terminals Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum). Your comments will be placed in the official project file, and will be addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FE IS). You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project, and will continue to receive copies of correspondence throughout the land use review process. If you have any questions about the project please feel free to contact me at 425-430- 7314. Sincerely, 1£flP»Ja-IJJkc Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: File Renton City Hall. 1055 South GradyWay • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa,gov Denis Law Mayor November 20, 2012 Anne Woodley 7920 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 Department of Community and Economic Development C.E."Chip"Vincent, Administrator SUBJECT: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum, Comment Received Dear Ms. Woodley: Thank you for your comments on the Quendall Terminals Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum). Your comments will be placed in the official. project file, and will be addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project, and will continue to receive copies of correspondence throughout the land use review process. If you have any questions about the project please feel free to contact me at 425-430- 7314. Sincerely, ~~~~ Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc File Renton City Hall • 1055 South Gra.dy Way • Renfon, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, November 20,201212:48 PM 'mullinaux@comcasl.net' Subject: RE: Port Quendal Development Michael, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You will also be added to the party of record list for the subject project and will receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. 'Vanessa (])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: mullinaux@comcast.net [mailto:mullinaux@comcast.netj Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:47 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Re: Port Quendal Development Michael Mullinaux 1415 N. 24th St. Renton, WA. 98056 All, esp Renton City Dev Group, Since 1987 I have owned Kennydale property in the firm belief the log yard, terminals and beyond, being the last Lk Wash. waterfront available would be responsibly converted with some thought toward the people of the city of Renton and their recreation needs. Beyond Coulon there is virtually nothing for the city as a whole to enjoy about the waterfront. Then to see the Seahawks Millionaires Playground established with great fanfare(?). What kind of architecture is a big green box. OK,OK money rules. Then a gated community again with no waterfront access! Go away you 99%'ers. Now look at the comments-most if not all wanting to seal it off completely, once and for all. Go eat cake! Sorry some shorthand here ... > A lot of excavating going on in the cleanup. Why not leave the hole and arrange a small craft marina. We are desperate for destination boating location-something besides deep fried fish and chips(whats your colesterol?) and a dubious burger(do you eat it or does it eat you). Think down 1 scaled Kirkland waterfront. Reslauraunts/Light commercial. Stepped ,~rraces down to waterfront. What about a small clamshell for local performing arts. Kibuki Theatre with your ice cream cone on a warm summer night? > EIS shown heights not out of line if apartments and commercial structures clustered around exit 44 are considered. Start with Seahawks green whatever. Go across to apartments over east of the highway. Commercial and high density residential there equal to sizes shown. And maybe heighth of the north side of the development will hide some of the Paul Allen green endowment. > Now is exactly the time to plan high use of exit 44. State will begin midsection replanning of 405 and replan 44th intersection with new volumes in mind. When I talked to the state engineer for 405 she said the problem is this section of 405 is the third most expensive project on the books after tunnel and 520 bridge. Voter fright! So just drop it out of the books-solved. Once it is completed though I am sure all jump arounds traffic on Lk Wa. Blvd will drop off dramatically as has happened in S curves and I 90 interchange area. > Think a great use of the Cedar Homes yard would be a nice Marriott with Conference center. Yes, built to heights of highest apartments east of freeway-perhaps the Kiewit office. Back it up to the greenbelt and lightly cleanup the green space for the fish, muskrats, deer, foxes, coyotes, etc. Continue that under 405. Nice conference center would bring down some Bellevue money and leave it behind in Renton for once. Rather than finishing practice and hopping in the Mercedes and going back to Bellevue. Thank you .. Michael Mullinaux 1415 N. 24th St. Renton, WA. 98056 From: "Vanessa Dolbee" <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov> To: "mullinaux@comcast.net" <mullinaux@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 4:19:55 PM Subject: RE: Port Quendal Development Michael, Thank you very much for your comments on the Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum. We appreciate the time you have spent putting these together. In order for the City to meet their public notice requirements we need to have your full name and mailing address in the signature line of the e-mailed comments. Without this information your comments are not considered "official". Please re-send your e-mail to me (Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner) with your full name and mailing address in the signature line. I will use that e-mail to enter your comments into the official record. Once entered, your comments will be responded to in the Final EIS document. Again, thank you for taking the time to comment on the Addendum. (Vanessa l])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 2 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: mullinaux@comcast.net [mailto:mullinaux@comcast.netJ Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:28 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Port Quendal Development All, esp Renton City Dev Group, Since 1987 I have owned Kennydale property in the firm belief the log yard, terminals and beyond, being the last Lk Wash. waterfront available would be responsibly converted with some thought toward the people of the city of Renton and their recreation needs. Beyond Coulon there is virtually nothing for the city as a whole to enjoy about the waterfront. Then to see the Seahawks Millionaires Playground established with great fanfare(?). What kind of architecture is a big green box. OK,OK money rules. Then a gated community again with no waterfront access! Go away you 99%'ers. Now look at the comments-most if not all wanting to seal it off completely, once and for all. Go eat cake! Sorry some shorthand here ... > A lot of excavating going on in the cleanup. Why not leave the hole and arrange a small craft marina. We are desperate for destination boating location-something besides deep fried fish and chips(whats your colesterol?) and a dubious burger(do you eat it or does it eat you). Think down scaled Kirkland waterfront. Restauraunts/Light commercial. Stepped terraces down to waterfront. What about a small clamshell for local performing arts. Kibuki Theatre with your ice cream cone on a warm summer night? > EIS shown heights not out of line if apartments and commercial structures clustered around exit 44 are considered. Start with Seahawks green whatever. Go across to apartments over east of the highway. Commercial and high density residential there equal to sizes shown. And maybe heighth of the north side of the development will hide some of the Paul Allen green endowment. > Now is exactly the time to plan high use of exit 44. State will begin midsection replanning of 405 and replan 44th intersection with new volumes in mind. When I talked to the state engineer for 405 she said the problem is this section of 405 is the third most expensive project on the books after tunnel and 520 bridge. Voter fright! So just drop it out of the books-solved. Once it is completed though I am sure all jump arounds traffic on Lk Wa. Blvd will drop off dramatically as has happened in S curves and I 90 interchange area. > Think a great use of the Cedar Homes yard would be a nice Marriott with Conference center. Yes, built to heights of highest apartments east of freeway-perhaps the Kiewit office. Back it up to the greenbelt and lightly cleanup the green space for the fish, muskrats, deer, foxes, coyotes, etc. Continue that under 405. Nice conference center would bring down some Bellevue money and leave it behind in Renton for once. Rather than finishing practice and hopping in the Mercedes and going back to Bellevue. Thank you .. Michael Mullinaux 3 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Michael Mullinaux 1415 N. 24th St. Renton, WA. 98056 mullinaux@comcast.net Tuesday, November 20, 2012 3:47 AM Vanessa Dolbee Re: Port Quendal Development Follow up Flagged All, esp Renton City Dev Group, Since 1987 I have owned Kennydale property in the firm belief the log yard, terminals and beyond, being the last Lk Wash. waterfront available would be responsibly converted with some thought toward the people of the city of Renton and their recreation needs. Beyond Coulon there is virtually nothing for the city as a whole to enjoy about the waterfront. Then to see the Sea hawks Millionaires Playground established with great fanfare(?). What kind of architecture is a big green box. OK,OK money rules. Then a gated community again with no waterfront access! Go away you 99%'ers. Now look at the comments-most if not all wanting to seal it off completely, once and for all. Go eat cake! Sorry some shorthand here ... > A lot of excavating going on in the cleanup, Why not leave the hole and arrange a small craft marina. We are desperate for destination boating location-something besides deep fried fish and chips(whats your colesterol?) and a dubious burger(do you eat it or does it eat you). Think down scaled Kirkland waterfront. Restauraunts/Light commercial. Stepped terraces down to waterfront. What about a small clamshell for local performing arts. Kibuki Theatre with your ice cream cone on a warm summer night? > EIS shown heights not out of line if apartments and commercial structures clustered around exit 44 are considered. Start with Seahawks green whatever. Go across to apartments over east of the highway. Commercial and high density residential there equal to sizes shown. And maybe heighth of the north side of the development will hide some of the Paul Allen green endowment. > Now is exactly the time to plan high use of exit 44. State will begin midsection replanning of 405 and replan 44th intersection with new volumes in mind. When I talked to the state engineer for 405 she said the problem is this section of 405 is the third most expensive project on the books after tunnel and 520 bridge. Voter fright! So just drop it out of the books-solved. Once it is completed though I am sure all jump arounds traffic on Lk Wa. Blvd will drop off dramatically as has happened in S curves and I 90 interchange area. > Think a great use of the Cedar Homes yard would be a nice Marriott with Conference center. Yes, built to heights of highest apartments east of freeway-perhaps the Kiewit office. Back it up to the greenbelt and lightly cleanup the green space for the fish, muskrats, deer, foxes, coyotes, etc. Continue that under 405. Nice conference center would bring down some Bellevue money and leave it behind in Renton for once. Rather than finishing practice and hopping in the Mercedes and going back to Bellevue. Thank you .. Michael Mullinaux 1 1415 N. 24th St. Renton, WA. 98056 From: "Vanessa Dolbee" <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov> To: "mullinaux@comcast.net" <mullinaux@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, November 19, 20124:19:55 PM Subject: RE: Port Quendal Development Michael, Thank you very much for your comments on the Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum. We appreciate the time you have spent putting these together. In order for the City to meet their public notice requirements we need to have your full name and mailing address in the signature line of the e-mailed comments. Without this information your comments are not considered "official". Please re-send your e-mail to me (Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner) with your full name and mailing address in the signature line. I will use that e-mail to enter your comments into the official record. Once entered, your comments will be responded to in the Final EIS document. Again, thank you for taking the time to comment on the Addendum. 'Vanessa (])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Re nto n Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: mullinaux@comcast.net [mailto:mullinaux@comcast.netj Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 1:28 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Port Quendal Development All, esp Renton City Dev Group, Since 1987 I have owned Kennydale property in the firm belief the log yard, terminals and beyond, being the last Lk Wash. waterfront available would be responsibly converted with some thought toward the people of the city of Renton and their recreation needs. Beyond Coulon there is virtually nothing for the city as a whole to enjoy about the waterfront. Then to see the Sea hawks Millionaires Playground established with great fanfare(?). What kind of architecture is a big green box. OK,OK money rules. Then a gated community again with no waterfront access! Go away you 99%'ers. Now look at the comments-most if not all wanting to seal it off completely, once and for all. Go eat cake! Sorry some shorthand here ... > A lot of excavating going on in the cleanup. Why not leave the hole and arrange a small craft marina. We are desperate for destination boating location-something besides deep fried fish and 2 chips(whats your colesterol?) a"u a dubious burger(do you eat it or u .... es it eat you). Think down scaled Kirkland waterfront. Restauraunts/Light commercial. Stepped terraces down to waterfront. What about a small clamshell for local performing arts. Kibuki Theatre with your ice cream cone on a warm summer night? > EIS shown heights not out of line if apartments and commercial structures clustered around exit 44 are considered. Start with Seahawks green whatever. Go across to apartments over east of the highway. Commercial and high density residential there equal to sizes shown. And maybe heighth of the north side of the development will hide some of the Paul Allen green endowment. > Now is exactly the time to plan high use of exit 44. State will begin midsection replanning of 405 and replan 44th intersection with new volumes in mind. When I talked to the state engineer for 405 she said the problem is this section of 405 is the third most expensive project on the books after tunnel and 520 bridge. Voter fright! So just drop it out of the books-solved. Once it is completed though I am sure all jump arounds traffic on Lk Wa. Blvd will drop off dramatically as has happened in S curves and I 90 interchange area. > Think a great use of the Cedar Homes yard would be a nice Marriott with Conference center. Yes, built to heights of highest apartments east of freeway-perhaps the Kiewit office. Back it up to the greenbelt and lightly cleanup the green space for the fish, muskrats, deer, foxes, coyotes, etc. Continue that under 405. Nice conference center would bring down some Bellevue money and leave it behind in Renton for once. Rather than finishing practice and hopping in the Mercedes and going back to Bellevue. Thank you .. Michael Mullinaux 3 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: John, Vanessa Dolbee Tuesday, November 20,201212:39 PM 'johsamm@comcast.net' RE: Public comment re: Quendall Terminal Amended EIS Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. 'Vanessa (Do{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: johsamm@comcast.net [mailto:johsamm@comcast.netl Sent: Monday, November 19, 20124:56 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Chip Vincent Subject: Public comment re: Quendall Terminal Amended EIS Ms. Dolbee- Please see my comments on the attached. Thanks, John Hansen 1 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Ms. Dolbee- johsamm@comcast.net Monday, November 19, 2012 4:56 PM Vanessa Dolbee Chip Vincent Public comment re: Quendall Terminal Amended EIS Letter to City 11-19-12.doc Follow up Flagged Please see my comments on the attached. Thanks, John Hansen 1 4005 Park Ave. North Renton, W A 98056 425-430-1498 19 November 2012 Department of Community and Economic Development, Planning Division J055 S. Grady Way Renton, W A, 98057 Attention: Vanessa Dolbee, PM Subject; Quendall Terminal Amended EIS. [' m hereby expressing my strong opposition to the Quendall Terminal project as currently planned. I agree wholeheartedly with all of the concerns raised by Robert Becker in his letter of Nov. 17,2012, and since he went into a good deal of detail in his letter, I will just highlight the main points here. o The Amended EIS's assessment of traffic impacts needs to be completely redone in order to appropriately address the added impact of the Hawk's Landing development, the potential likelihood of Quendall traffic using not only southbound Lk. Washington Boulevard and the streets through Barbee Mill, but all of the other 25 mph residential streets such as Park Ave. N, N. 40m, N. 30m, and all of the small streets in between, to reach Exit 6 off 30m, and of course the likelihood (or lack thereof) of WDOT improving Exit 7, to have any helping impact. o The scale, density, massing, and most particularly the building heights of the proposed project, are totally out of character with this lakefront location and its residential surroundings. It will significantly obstruct views from the east and south, as well as present a distasteful view from Lake Washington and across the water in Mercer Island. o Superfund site remediation and cleanup need to be resolved and completed before any binding agreements are reached with the City, whether for the proposed, but poorly conceived, development, or for any modified and more appropriately scaled version of it. o The wetlands on site do appear to be at least twice the size of those shown, and the City should realize that using a drainage ditch across the road is not proper or adequate mitigation. o The habitat for the varied and prolific wildlife on the property must be addressed in the Amended EIS. o The open space and public water access need to me maximized, not minimized, as appears to be the case. I fully support Robert Becker's recommendation that this current proposal be rejected by the City, and require the developer either begin anew, or very significantly modify his current plans to address all of the traffic issues, as well as wetlands, wildlife, and open space, and most importantly, to develop a plan that appropriately responds to the scale and density of lakeside residential developments in the surrounding areas. Sincerely, John Hansen, AlA Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, November 20,201212:30 PM 'Richard Bergquist' Subject: RE: Quendall project EIS Richard, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. 'Vanessa (})o{(jee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Richard Bergquist [mailto:dickb@seanet.com] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 4:40 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall project EIS November 19,2012 7244 East Mercer Way Mercer Island Washington 98040 City of Renton Planning Department Attn: Vanessa Dolbee Senior Plarmer 1055 South Grady Sixth Floor Renton Washington 98055 Vanessa Dolbee, I am writing to you regarding the Quendall Tenninals project number LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSO, SA-M, Sm. I am very much against the current proposed Quendall Tenninals EIS project redevelopment as written. 1 The City of Renton is closing their public input regarding the Quendall proJ~~t without the required EPA review to ask the neighboring areas for input as to what the public want that Superfund site to be used for after the cleanup. The EPA is required to make that inquiry according to their rules so that the cleanup effort will be appropriate for its intended use after the cleanup. The EPA has acknowledged that the rule exists but emailed that they thought there was some kind of loophole. There is no loophole as the EPA has in fact not notified the public nor have they asked the public the proper required questions. The EPA Superfund rules stipulate that the public has the right to inform the EPA what they want the cleaned up site to be used for after the site is cleaned up. Because the EPA has failed to obtain that data from the public the whole current City of Renton Quendall EIS is therefore seriously flawed and should be rejected. The EPA cannot make an appropriate plan for cleanup without the public input because they can only guess about what the public wants but not specifically know what the public wants. Neither the EPA nor the City of Renton is supposed to make the decision as to how the site should be used after cleanup. That decision is supposed to be left to the public. The EPA is supposed to obtain that information in order to devise a proper cleanup plan. It is no wonder that there are so many people writing their concerns about the EIS because the public were not specifically asked what they want. According to the EPA publication OSWER 9355.7-06P Reuse Assessment Guide on page 6, the "Community" is supposed to be asked things like, "What are the community's expectations for reuse of the site". In a similar vein the community is supposed to be asked, "What would community members like to see"? They are also supposed to be asked, "What would the community members oppose"? I do not know of any such questions being requested from the public in Renton nor from the public in the surrounding communities such as Mercer Island. According to the 1993 State of Washington Department of Ecology Agreed Order number DE 92TC-N335 The Department of Ecology has the right to mOdity or withdraw any provisions of this order should public comment disclose facts and considerations which indicate to Ecology that the Order is inadequate or improper in any respect. I hope that the Department of Ecology can and will now exercise that right. I do not know of any public comment that was ever requested or obtained at the time the Agreed Order was created in 1993. Whatever public input that may have been obtained was certainly insufficient and is dated now. On page six, item number 21 ofthe Agreed Order it says that there was, "a large spill ... of creosote ... in the 1930' s ... water contaminates coated the lake bottom". "The EPA study revealed high levels of P AH contamination in the offshore sediments". According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources publication on Creosote, "High PAHs ... can cause cancer, mutation or malformation of embryo/fetus in fish, birds, amphibians and mammals. In face of this obvious danger, I do not see where the scope of actual cleaning of "the lake bottom as described in the Agreed Order" has been adequately assessed or addressed in the DEIS. The proposed project is not in keeping with neither the Federal Environmental Protection Act for the use of Superfunds for the cleanup of toxic waste sites, nor the Shoreline Management Act etc. Required citizen input from affected nearby communities was never requested. The public never had the required chance to publicly discuss alternative uses of the land after the site was cleaned up. The current EIS is totally silent on what alternative uses the public wants to include. The public's desire to use the land as a waterfront park was not and is not addressed in the alternative uses of the land even though it is my understanding that the present land owners offered to donate the land to the City of Renton. The park idea is extremely important because if the Quendalliand was really cleaned up it could easily be attached to the existing May Creek Parkway and provide for a park that would extend from the shore of Lake Washington all the way up to the top of Cougar Mountain. It would be a shame ifthis potential addition to the park was not even considered. May Creek itself could easily be returned to its original channel (it was diverted in about 1910) to flow again right through the Quendall property. The people and the wildlife could greatly benefit from such a wonderful resource. 2 It is again my understanding that the City of Renton turned down the offer of the land gift from the landowners because the city did not want the liability associated with such a contaminated site. The City of Renton does not seem to have a problem with potentially receiving the expected tax revenue that may be generated from huge six story apartment buildings allowed to be built within 50-100 feet of the shoreline. I think such a proposal makes a mockery ofthe intent of the Shoreline Management Act. If the City of Renton allows the current plan to be completed they will not be able to escape the potential liability anyway. The City of Renton cannot have it both ways to get additional tax revenues from the Quendall site and then pretend that they will not have liability for what happens there. The property under discussion has for many years been a small woodland oasis area located in a quiet neighborhood. The adjacent properties in that general area are two and three story homes along the shore. The City of Renton has lots of land available within its current boundaries that can be used for office space, commercial buildings etc. Such other areas would be far more suitable and appropriate sites for redevelopment. The City of Renton does not need to spoil the ambiance of the shores of Lake Washington. The proposed project is totally an inappropriate use oflake shore land. There is no critical need to use lake shore land to build office buildings. The citizens ofthe City of Renton however do have a critical need for additional waterfront parks. Citing a passage in the DEIS that states, "Residents of the proposed development would use nearby parks .. .including Gene Coulon .. and ... Kennydaie Beach, .. which are already at or exceeding capacity in the summer". The people and the wildlife obviously need a new park. The Quendaliland has the potential of becoming a State of Washington "Love Canal", because the contamination is severe as reported in a number of Seattle Times published articles. The contaminated material was originally transported by barge from the Gas Works in Seattle. The cleanup site in Seattle has become a park but the City of Seattle will allow no structures of any kind to be built upon it because of danger to people from the known cancer causing materials to anyone who may live there. It follows that if Seattle will not allow construction of apartments on their Gas Works park land because of the cancer danger, then neither should Renton. Published articles report that both parcels ofland are contaminated from the same cancer causing material. The current plan has no provision to dig down deep to removing the contaminated earth from the site that has trickled down from rain and other surface water into the earth. There is also nothing in the EIS plan to remove the pollution from the giant creosote spill that remains underwater either. As shown on the proposal the surface wetlands that exist on the Quendall property would be reduced to a tiny percentage of what exists now. There will be no meaningful wetlands left. As written in the current EIS there are no meaningful plans on reducing the potential light pollution from the huge buildings so the remaining "wetlands" will be subject to light pollution at night. There is no need for the City of Renton to forgo tax revenues from the apartments because the City of Renton already has abundant unused or underdeveloped land in the core area of Renton itself. The proposed buildings could be built there. There is no need to place those outsized buildings on the shore of the lake. Without cleaning up the contaminated lake bottom, access to the lake would have to be prohibited anyway just like it is today at Gas Works Park in Seattle. In essence the current EIS plan very flawed. I do not see where there is any meaningful cleanup planned. Protection for humans from the cancer causing material for the proposed apartments is supposed to be provided by ground level garages constructed under the apartment buildings. That proposal is simply unproven speculation. I can see no data in the EIS of any proven support for that idea. Ground water would remain contaminated and not useable for any purpose. The two aquifer layers under the Quendaliland are being polluted as from the contamination and it will continue to enter the water of Lake Washington. 3 I do not understand why the City of Renton tenns this a "cleanup" as the current DEIS proposal essentially just calls for burying the hazardous land under a few feet of dirt. Seattle tried using this same idea many years ago on a similar 20 acre site known as Gas Works Park. Because the contaminated earth was not removed the City of Seattle will not will not pennit anyone to build on that land for any reason. The Quendall proposal however would pennit building apartments and offices for 800 plus people, using the same failed cleanup methods Seattle used for Gas Works Park. Trying to cover up polluted land with a few feet of dirt is a bad idea. There is a continuous large expense involved. The City of Seattle has had to repeatedly spend a large amount of money for many years to perfonn more tests because they did not require a real cleanup by removing the contaminated dirt. According to published articles the City of Seattle continues to find toxic pollution because the toxic soil was not removed. Visitors at Gas Works Park cannot wade into the water or go fishing there etc. People are going to get cancer whether or not it comes from the cancer causing material at the Quendall site. With all the many flaws in the current EIS plan to build apartments for hundreds of people on highly contaminated land, it is my feeling that attorneys will soon be attempting to make a connection between cancer and that polluted property. If that connection actually happened, property values in Renton and Mercer Island could take a huge drop. No one will want to live anywhere near there if newspaper headlines start reporting a cancer connection. The only real solution to these concerns is to request the City of Renton reconsider the whole plan and this time consider making the Quendall Land into a park that everyone could be proud to safely use. If you conclude with me, I hope that the Renton City Council members will request more time for public input and this time to take action to see that the affected citizens are suitably infonned of the EPA rules, the cancer dangers and provide the public a method to protect their rights to have a say in what the land will be used for after the cleanup is properly performed. The Quendall property is a small strip of land that is unique because it is one of the very few parcels of land along Lake Washington that is still undeveloped. However the area is big enough to warrant your protection because it is in constant use by wildlife. It is the home to many eagles, birds, otters, some endangered Western Pond and other kinds of turtles and other small animals. This home for the wildlife right on the shores of the lake cannot be replaced. To spend Federal tax funds and State Tax funds to "cleanup" the site for the benefit of developers and anticipated tax revenues and then to turn around and allow the destruction of the wildlife habitat and pollute the same land with greatly increased noise and light on a grand scale is simply an ecological disaster. The DEIS states on page 2-6, that the EPA is the responsible entity for all cleanup/remediation plans and actions. The City of Renton refers to the Quendall site as having state wide impact yet does not require statewide public input. The measure of the adequacy of the cleanup of the Quendall site will actually remain the responsibility of the City of Renton. The general public in the State of Washington will hold the City of Renton responsible ifthe City of Renton accepts the current proposals. The city will be held liable for insuring that the public health and welfare is not jeopardized in the future. The facts are that the City of Renton is the responsible party for considering proposals for the cleanup efforts. It will be the City of Renton's Hearing Examiner that finally accepts or rejects the proposal. It is the City of Renton that has the large financial interest in the project because of the possibility of increasing their tax base and stands to gain additional annual taxes. The City or Renton, despite the DEIS statement to the contrary, will be responsible for their actions not just the EPA or State of Washington. Ifthe EPA and or the State of Washington State Department of Ecology also fail in this regard the taxpayers will become liable. The huge risks to all parties involved in this proposal are simply not worth taking. 4 The City of Renton should also reVise the old outdated zoning of the Quenuuu area because the uses for the area have substantially changed since the area was last rezoned many years ago. I would propose that studies of the current amount of light and noise emitting from the property as it is today be publicly disclosed. New and fairly taken tests should be used as the maximum amount of light and noise that would be permitted. These tests results should be made and accepted only after first acting to reduce the current amount of light pollution emitting from the Seahawks facility and the unnecessary parking lighting and City of Renton utilities. It is unfair to include in the tests and test results the current amount of light pollution caused by the Seahawks and the City of Renton. Using test results taken from an already light polluted environment would give false readings of what should be allowable. I certainly would require that the City of Renton pledge that they will never allow any increase in the current amount of light and noise that exists there today. I would also propose that the City of Renton suspend any further review of the Quendall proposal until the general public has a chance to provide input for the use of the site as a public park and wildlife habitat. Hopefully this may result in the creation of a wildlife friendly park where the citizens of the area can have a place they can quietly commune with nature in a meaningful wetland area that will provide protection for the birds, otters and turtles. I believe that studies should be required on the impact the proposed development will have on the rare turtles that inhabit the area. The public who will be paying for the huge expense of cleanup and the cost of maintaining it should be the ones who enjoy it. The public should not be locked out. Richard and Kathleen Bergquist Mercer Island Washington 5 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Richard Bergquist <dickb@seanetcom> Monday, November 19, 2012 4:40 PM Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: November 19, 2012 7244 East Mercer Way Quendall project EIS Follow up Flagged Mercer Island Washington 98040 City of Renton Planning Department Attn: Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner lOSS South Grady Sixth Floor Renton Washington 98055 Vanessa Dolbee, I am writing to you regarding the Quendall Terminals project number LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSQ, SA-M, Sm. I am very much against the current proposed Quendall Terminals EIS project redevelopment as written. The City of Renton is closing their public input regarding the Quendall project without the required EPA review to ask the neighboring areas for input as to what the public want that Superfund site to be used for after the cleanup. The EPA is required to make that inquiry according to their rules so that the cleanup effort will be appropriate for its intended use after the cleanup. The EPA has acknowledged that the rule exists but emailed that they thought there was some kind of loophole. There is no loophole as the EPA has in fact not notified the public nor have they asked the public the proper required questions. The EPA Superfund rules stipulate that the public has the right to inform the EPA what they want the cleaned up site to be used for after the site is cleaned up. Because the EPA has failed to obtain that data from the public the whole current City of Renton Quendall EIS is therefore seriously flawed and should be rejected. The EPA cannot make an appropriate plan for cleanup without the public input because they can only guess about what the public wants but not specifically know what the public wants. Neither the EPA nor the City of Renton is supposed to make the decision as to how the site should be used after cleanup. That decision is supposed to be left to the public. The EPA is supposed to obtain that information in order to devise a proper cleanup plan. It is no wonder that there are so many people writing their concerns about the EIS because the public were not specifically asked what they want. According to the EPA publication QSWER 9355.7-06P Reuse Assessment Guide on page 6, the "Community" is supposed to be asked things like, "What are the community'S expectations for reuse of the site". In a similar vein the community is supposed to be asked, "What would community members like to see"? They are also supposed to be asked, "What would the community members oppose"? I do not know of any such questions being requested from the public in Renton nor from the public in the surrounding communities such as Mercer Island. 1 According to the 1993 State ofWasnington Department of Ecology Agreed vrder number DE 92TC-N335 The Department of Ecology has the right to modifY or withdraw any provisions of this order should public comment disclose facts and considerations which indicate to Ecology that the Order is inadequate or improper in any respect. I hope that the Department of Ecology can and will now exercise that right. I do not know of any public comment that was ever requested or obtained at the time the Agreed Order was created in 1993. Whatever public input that may have been obtained was certainly insufficient and is dated now. On page six, item number 21 of the Agreed Order it says that there was, "a large spill ... of creosote ... in the 1930's ... water contaminates coated the lake bottom". "The EPA study revealed high levels of PAH contamination in the offshore sediments". According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources publication on Creosote, "High PAHs ... can cause cancer, mutation or malformation of embryo/fetus in fish, birds, amphibians and mammals. In face of this obvious danger, I do not see where the scope of actual cleaning of "the lake bottom as described in the Agreed Order" has been adequately assessed or addressed in the DEIS. The proposed project is not in keeping with neither the Federal Environmental Protection Act for the use of Superfunds for the cleanup of toxic waste sites, nor the Shoreline Management Act etc. Required citizen input from affected nearby communities was never requested. The public never had the required chance to publicly discuss alternative uses of the land after the site was cleaned up. The current EIS is totally silent on what alternative uses the public wants to include. The public's desire to use the land as a waterfront park was not and is not addressed in the alternative uses of the land even though it is my understanding that the present land owners offered to donate the land to the City of Renton. The park idea is extremely important because if the Quendalliand was really cleaned up it could easily be attached to the existing May Creek Parkway and provide for a park that would extend from the shore of Lake Washington all the way up to the top of Cougar Mountain. It would be a shame if this potential addition to the park was not even considered. May Creek itself could easily be returned to its original channel (it was diverted in about 1910) to flow again right through the Quendall property. The people and the wildlife could greatly benefit from such a wonderful resource. It is again my understanding that the City of Renton turned down the offer of the land gift from the landowners because the city did not want the liability associated with such a contaminated site. The City of Renton does not seem to have a problem with potentially receiving the expected tax revenue that may be generated from huge six story apartment buildings allowed to be built within 50-100 feet of the shoreline. I think such a proposal makes a mockery of the intent of the Shoreline Management Act. If the City of Renton allows the current plan to be completed they will not be able to escape the potential liability anyway. The City of Renton cannot have it both ways to get additional tax revenues from the Quendall site and then pretend that they will not have liability for what happens there. The property under discussion has for many years been a small woodland oasis area located in a quiet neighborhood. The adjacent properties in that general area are two and three story homes along the shore. The City of Renton has lots of land available within its current boundaries that can be used for office space, commercial buildings etc. Such other areas would be far more suitable and appropriate sites for redevelopment. The City of Renton does not need to spoil the ambiance of the shores of Lake Washington. The proposed project is totally an inappropriate use oflake shore land. There is no critical need to use lake shore land to build office buildings. The citizens of the City of Renton however do have a critical need for additional waterfront parks. Citing a passage in the DEIS that states, "Residents of the proposed development would use nearby parks .. .including Gene Coulon .. and ... Kennydale Beach, .. which are already at or exceeding capacity in the summer". The people and the wildlife obviously need a new park. The Quendalliand has the potential of becoming a State of Washington "Love Canal", because the contamination is severe as reported in a number of Seattle Times published articles. The contaminated material was originally transported by barge from the Gas Works in Seattle. The cleanup site in Seattle has become a 2 park but the City of Seattle will allv w no structures of any kind to be built uy~n it because of danger to people from the known cancer causing materials to anyone who may live there. It follows that if Seattle will not allow construction of apartments on their Gas Works park land because of the cancer danger, then neither should Renton. Published articles report that both parcels ofland are contaminated from the same cancer causing material. The current plan has no provision to dig down deep to removing the contaminated earth from the site that has trickled down from rain and other surface water into the earth. There is also nothing in the EIS plan to remove the pollution from the giant creosote spill that remains underwater either. As shown on the proposal the surface wetlands that exist on the Quendall property would be reduced to a tiny percentage of what exists now. There will be no meaningful wetlands left. As written in the current EIS there are no meaningful plans on reducing the potential light pollution from the huge buildings so the remaining "wetlands" will be subject to light pollution at night. There is no need for the City of Renton to forgo tax revenues from the apartments because the City of Renton already has abundant unused or underdeveloped land in the core area of Renton itself. The proposed buildings could be built there. There is no need to place those outsized buildings on the shore of the lake. Without cleaning up the contaminated lake bottom, access to the lake would have to be prohibited anyway just like it is today at Gas Works Park in Seattle. In essence the current EIS plan very flawed. I do not see where there is any meaningful cleanup planned. Protection for humans from the cancer causing material for the proposed apartments is supposed to be provided by ground level garages constructed under the apartment buildings. That proposal is simply unproven speculation. I can see no data in the EIS of any proven support for that idea. Ground water would remain contaminated and not useable for any purpose. The two aquifer layers under the Quendalliand are being polluted as from the contamination and it will continue to enter the water of Lake Washington. I do not understand why the City of Renton terms this a "cleanup" as the current OElS proposal essentially just calls for burying the hazardous land under a few feet of dirt. Seattle tried using this same idea many years ago on a similar 20 acre site known as Gas Works Park. Because the contaminated earth was not removed the City of Seattle will not will not permit anyone to build on that land for any reason. The Quendall proposal however would permit building apartments and offices for 800 plus people, using the same failed cleanup methods Seattle used for Gas Works Park. Trying to cover up polluted land with a few feet of dirt is a bad idea. There is a continuous large expense involved. The City of Seattle has had to repeatedly spend a large amount of money for many years to perform more tests because they did not require a real cleanup by removing the contaminated dirt. According to published articles the City of Seattle continues to find toxic pollution because the toxic soil was not removed. Visitors at Gas Works Park cannot wade into the water or go fishing there etc. People are going to get cancer whether or not it comes from the cancer causing material at the Quendall site. With all the many flaws in the current EIS plan to build apartments for hundreds of people on highly contaminated land, it is my feeling that attorneys will soon be attempting to make a connection between cancer and that polluted property. If that connection actually happened, property values in Renton and Mercer Island could take a huge drop. No one will want to live anywhere near there if newspaper headlines start reporting a cancer connection. The only real solution to these concerns is to request the City of Renton reconsider the whole plan and this time consider making the Quendall Land into a park that everyone could be proud to safely use. If you conclude with me, I hope that the Renton City Council members will request more time for public input and this time to take action to see that the affected citizens are suitably informed of the EPA rules, the cancer 3 dangers and provide the public a mt,hod to protect their rights to have a say U' what the land will be used for after the cleanup is properly performed. The Quendall property is a small strip of land that is unique because it is one of the very few parcels of land along Lake Washington that is still undeveloped. However the area is big enough to warrant your protection because it is in constant use by wildlife. It is the home to many eagles, birds, otters, some endangered Western Pond and other kinds of turtles and other small animals. This home for the wildlife right on the shores of the lake cannot be replaced. To spend Federal tax funds and State Tax funds to "cleanup" the site for the benefit of developers and anticipated tax revenues and then to tum around and allow the destruction of the wildlife habitat and pollute the same land with greatly increased noise and light on a grand scale is simply an ecological disaster. The DEIS states on page 2-6, that the EPA is the responsible entity for all cleanup/remediation plans and actions. The City of Renton refers to the Quendall site as having state wide impact yet does not require statewide public input. The measure of the adequacy of the cleanup of the Quendall site will actually remain the responsibility of the City of Renton. The general public in the State of Washington will hold the City of Renton responsible ifthe City of Renton accepts the current proposals. The city will be held liable for insuring that the public health and welfare is not jeopardized in the future. The facts are that the City of Renton is the responsible party for considering proposals for the cleanup efforts. It will be the City of Renton's Hearing Examiner that finally accepts or rejects the proposal. It is the City of Renton that has the large financial interest in the project because of the possibility of increasing their tax base and stands to gain additional annual taxes. The City or Renton, despite the DEIS statement to the contrary, will be responsible for their actions not just the EPA or State of Washington. If the EPA and or the State of Washington State Department of Ecology also fail in this regard the taxpayers will become liable. The huge risks to all parties involved in this proposal are simply not worth taking. The City of Renton should also revise the old outdated zoning ofthe Quendall area because the uses for the area have substantially changed since the area was last rezoned many years ago. I would propose that studies of the current amount of light and noise emitting from the property as it is today be publicly disclosed. New and fairly taken tests should be used as the maximum amount oflight and noise that would be permitted. These tests results should be made and accepted only after first acting to reduce the current amount oflight pollution emitting from the Seahawks facility and the unnecessary parking lighting and City of Renton utilities. It is unfair to include in the tests and test results the current amount of light pollution caused by the Seahawks and the City of Renton. Using test results taken from an already light polluted environment would give false readings of what should be allowable. I certainly would require that the City of Renton pledge that they will never allow any increase in the current amount oflight and noise that exists there today. I would also propose that the City of Renton suspend any further review of the Quendall proposal until the general public has a chance to provide input for the use of the site as a public park and wildlife habitat. Hopefully this may result in the creation of a wildlife friendly park where the citizens of the area can have a place they can quietly commune with nature in a meaningful wetland area that will provide protection for the birds, otters and turtles. I believe that studies should be required on the impact the proposed development will have on the rare turtles that inhabit the area. The public who will be paying for the huge expense of cleanup and the cost of maintaining it should be the ones who enjoy it. The public should not be locked out. Richard and Kathleen Bergquist Mercer Island Washington 4 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, November 20,201210:56 AM 'Bob Becker' Subject: RE: Quendall Termainal -EIS Bob, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. 'Vanessa CDo{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Bob Becker [mailto:Bob@beckerarch.comJ Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 8: 11 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee; 'wsihon@comcast.net'; 'bgmc2@cox,net'; 'borg41943@comcast.net'; 'Ipreid@comcast.net'; 'aimerdoll@yahoo,com'; 'fulmen8@hotmail.com'; 'garys@loziergroup,com'; 'mscero@comcast.net'; 'taryntani@gmail.com'; 'bmaccaul@gmail.com'; 'a, woodley@comcast.net'; 'swu@bechtel,com'; 'suzywo@verison,net'; 'christineschen@yahoo,com'; 'vchiu74@hotmail.com'; 'glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us'; 'rrcorbell@comcast.net'; 'stows@comcast.net'; 'agrawaalr@yahoo.com'; 'bonethedawgs@yahoo,com'; 'sbholden@nwlink.com'; 'altglennmal@comcast.net'; 'pavyt@hotmail,com'; 'amyroberts@seanet.com'; 'jobitney@comcast.net'; 'forsue2go@comcast.net'; 'fayeandlorna@comcast,net'; 'conniemtaylor@comcast.net'; 'Iesbergan@comcast.net'; 'mkmandt@comcast.net'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail,com'; 'dyma20@yahoo.com'; 'jonjdan@aol,com'; 'mbattin@yahoo.com'; 'rochsjr@comcast.net'; 'susanagrenmiller@hotmail,com'; 'bud@nwccc.net'; 'm im iafsc@mac,com'; 'kpreszler@hotmail,com'; 'johsamm@comcast.net'; 'Iancel@seahawssoundersfc.com'; 'Iaurieb@mvseac.com'; Spencer Alpert (sDencer@alpertcapital,com); 'idenkr@comcast,net'; 'annsimpson@comcast,net'; 'paulrsiegmund@gmail.com'; 'rfnucik@comcast.net'; 'msnicol@gmail.com'; 'pwitt55@aol.com'; 'mbfamily6@gmail.com'; Bob Becker; 'royfrancis@msn.com'; 'yyluan@yahoo,com'; 'j.diddly@gmail.com'; 'ricardoadlc@msn,com'; 'nancydenney@comcast.net'; 'tommbaker@hotmail,com'; 'lindabak@hotmail.com'; 'elisabethdurr@gmail,com'; 'abelenky@alum,mit.edu'; 'gretchen.kaehler@dahp,wa,gov'; 'gwendolynhigh@hotmail,com'; 'headac1@comcast.net'; 'kevinpoole@mac,com'; 'dickb@seanet.com'; 'dianej2419@msn.com'; 'bskilling@msn,com'; Jenny Manning; 'mullinaux@comcast.net' Cc: 'Pete Becker' Subject: Quendall Termainal -EIS Dear Ms. Dolbee, Attached are our comments on the Quendall Terminal Amended EIS. 1 Bob Robert George Becker, AlA BECKER ARCHITECTS 320 120th Ave. NE, Suite 107 Bellevue, WA 98005 Tel: 425.827 .9246 Email: rgb@beckerarch.com 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Dear Ms, Dolbee, Bob Becker <Bob@beckerarch.com> Monday, November 19, 2012 8:11 AM Vanessa Dolbee; 'wsihon@comcast.net'; 'bgmc2@cox.net'; 'borg41943@comcast.net'; 'Ipreid@comcast.net'; 'aimerdoll@yahoo.com'; 'fulmen8@hotmaiLcom'; 'garys@loziergroup.com'; 'mscero@comcast.net'; 'taryntani@gmaiLcom'; 'bmaccaul@gmaiLcom'; 'a.woodley@comcast.net'; 'swu@bechteLcom'; 'suzywo@verison.net'; 'christineschen@yahoo.com'; 'vchiu74@hotmail.com'; 'glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us'; 'rrcorbell@comcast.net'; 'stows@comcast.net'; 'agrawaalr@yahoo,com'; 'bonethedawgs@yahoo.com'; 'sbholden@nwlink.com'; 'altglennmal@comcast.net'; 'pavyt@hotmail,com'; 'amyroberts@seanet.com'; 'jobitney@comcast.net'; 'forsue2go@comcasl.net'; 'fayeandlorna@comcast.net'; 'conniemtaylor@comcast.net'; 'Iesbergan@comcasl.net'; 'mkmandt@comcaSl.net'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail.com'; 'dyma20 @yahoo,com'; 'jonjdan@aoLcom'; 'mbattin@yahoo,com'; 'rochsjr@comcasl.net'; 'susanagrenmiller@hotmaiLcom'; 'bud@nwccc,net'; 'mimiafsc@mac,com'; 'kpreszler@hotmail,com'; 'johsamm@comcast.net'; 'Iancel@seahawssoundersfc,com'; 'Iaurieb@mvseac,com'; Spencer Alpert (spencer@alpertcapitaLcom); 'idenkr@comcasl.net'; 'annsimpson@comcast.net'; 'paulrsiegmund@gmaiLcom'; 'rfnucik@comcast.net'; 'msnicol@gmaiLcom'; 'pwitt55@aoLcom'; 'mbfamily6@gmaiLcom'; Bob Becker; 'royfrancis@msn,com'; 'yyluan@yahoo,com'; 'j,diddly@gmail,com'; 'ricardoadlc@msn,com'; 'nancydenney@comcasl.net'; 'tommbaker@hotmail,com'; 'Iindabak@hotmail,com'; 'elisabethdurr@gmaiLcom'; 'abelenky@alum,mil.edu'; 'gretchen,kaehler@dahp,wa.gov'; 'gwendolyn h ig h@hotmail,com'; 'headac1 @comcast.net'; 'kevi npoole@mac,com'; 'dickb@seanet.com'; 'dianej2419@msn,com'; 'bskilling@msn.com'; Jenny Manning; 'mullinaux@comcast.net' 'Pete Becker' Quendall Termainal -EIS 20121119080556679,pdf Follow up Flagged Attached are our comments on the Quendall Terminal Amended EIS. Bob Robert George Becker, AlA BECKER ARCHITECTS 320 120th Ave, NE, Suite 107 Bellevue, WA 98005 Tel: 425.827.9246 Email: rgb@beckerarch.com 1 Date: November 17, 2012 To: City of Renton Attn: Mayor Denis Law 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425-430-7314 dlaw@rentonwa.gov Copy: Chip Vincent, Planning Director cVincent@rentonwa.gov Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner vdolbee@rentonwa.gov From: Robert George Becker, AlA Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 425 970-3385 rgb@beckerarch.com Subject: Public Comments Regarding Quendall Terminal Amended EIS We wish to express our strong opposition to the Quendall Terminal Project. This project belongs in downtown Renton, not in a residential neighborhood on the shores of Lake Washington for the following reasons: 1. As an Architect and Urban Planner, I am disappointed that this project is being supported and advocated in public meetings by the Renton Department of Community and Economic Development. I believe it is the role of the city to state the facts and not be a cheerleader and advocate for projects that are in the EIS/SEPA phases. This type of planning could be in downtown Kansas or Renton, not on the shores of Lake Washington. 2. The traffic impact assessment in the amended EIS is completely unrealistic. To begin with, the analysis in the amended EIS does not properly take into account the traffic study and analysis for the adjacent Hawk's Landing (Pan Abode) development, which estimated an add~ionaI1400+ automotive trips a day flowing onto Lake Washington Blvd and adding to traffic congestion on the surrounding streets and 1-405 exit 7 on-ramps and off-ramps. This traffic impact assessment needs to be redone by another transportation engineering firm that takes into account all the combined traffic impacts on the roads around this site and include all the proposed and existing traffic. N 43rd St, which the engineers show as the primary south entrance to the Quendall Terminal property, will not handle the add~ional traffic impact from Quendall Terminal. This narrow, residential street is already the primary entrance for the residential neighborhood of Barbee Mill. This un-striped, 2-lane 135-ft long street, which has two stop signs and a railroad crossing, can in no way accommodate the proposed additional cars per day, plus the cars of Barbee Comments Regarding Quendall Terminal DE IS Page 1 Mill residents. According to the traffic report, 2000 additional cars/day will translate into 700 to 800 ft of traffic jams along Lake Washington Blvd, 43'd and Ripley Lane. The current infrastructure can in no way handle this increased volume, regardless of what the DEIS states. Lake Washington Blvd. is a narrow, 2-lane, scenic, curving, hilly, 25 mph road, with bike lanes in both margins and many residential driveways and no sidewalks. It is already extremely difficult to navigate Lake Washington Blvd, given the present volume of traffic. Furthermore, it is already difficult, with the present volume of traffic to enter or exit the Barbee Mill development at 43'" or 41 st during the peak traffic hours and/or on sunny summer days from Lake Washington Blvd. 3. We are concerned that frustrated motorists leaving the Quendall Terminals site, who are eager to avoid the traffic congestion on Lake Washington Blvd., will choose to use Barbee Mill as a major arterial north/south bypass route for Lake Washington Blvd. The streets within Barbee Mill can in no way accommodate this increased traffic volume. This has not been addressed in the amended EIS. 4. Traffic on 1-405 at 44th and 30th is already one of the most frequently congested parts of the freeway in both the North and South lanes. WSDOT went on record during the DEIS Scoping Summary, stating that "Ihe potenlial 1-405/NE 44 SI interchange improvements projecl is not funded, and is not likely to be funded in the foreseeable future; the transportation analysis should not assume that this project is complete or will occur." (Pg 5-EIS Scoping Summary) We believe that approving a major Ouendall Terminals development plan without WSDOT commitment, funding, schedule and a plan in place to improve this interchange would have irreversible consequences and would cause a tremendous number of adverse impacts. How can the Citv of Renlon ignore this WDOT reguirement? These improvements need to be in place first. 5. There are scenarios in the proposal that suggest using the 1-405 30 tn street onramp/off-ramp (exit 6) and then routing cars through the hilly, residential neighborhoods in Kennydale along 30 tn , 40th , Burnett and Park is an option. This is not a realistic alternative and we can't image the COR Public Works Department buying into this option. We would like a letter from the COR Public Works Department approving this option. 6. The amended EIS states that this project is in keeping with the scale, density and massing of the Carillon Point project in Kirkland. As a past planning commissioner for 8 years in Kirkland, and a member of the commission when Carillon Point was reviewed and approved, I know this is far from the facts. I would strongly encourage you to visit Carillon Point in Kirkland and see the difference in proposals for yourselves. There is absolutely NO comparison. Carillon Point is sensitive to the lakeshore and surrounding neighborhood. Ouendall Terminals is a compact, high-density housing project that belongs inland by a shopping center. A two-story garage wall, that cuts off 1,000 ft. of the lake shore, is unacceptable. Comments Regarding QuendaU Tenminal DEIS Page 2 7. The revised scale, density, height and tight massing of this project is out of character with Lake Washington residential development. This project is unsuited for this location on the shores of Lake Washington. The buildings are shown to be more than DOUBLE the height of the adjacent residential developments along the shores of Lake Washington in Renton, Bellevue, and Mercer Island. The proposed buildings are almost the height of the SeahawksNMAC facility. This extreme massing and height do not belong on this site. 8. The amended EIS claims that the proposal is consistent with the existing urban character of the immediate and nearby residential neighborhoods. This section of the amended EIS needs to be removed and the section needs to be rewritten to reflect the true character of this development in relation to the adjacent existing residential homes that are north and south of the project. There is nothing about this proposal that reflects the character of adjacent neighborhoods. If those writing this section truly believe that this is the case then they are not subjective and they should be removed from passing judgment on this project. 9. This proposed design is more like the Landing residential units that are next to Lowes and across from the Boeing factory. Why is the city supporting a project that belongs in a high-density part of the city, like the downtown area? 10. This unique, large, waterfront site, which is the largest remaining piece of undeveloped land on Lake Washington, needs a development that is sensitive to the area, the views, the waterfront, scale and density of existing residential developments along the shores of Lake Washington. The idea that the density is pre-etermined by the existing zoning is false. If this is the case why bother with the amended EIS/SEPA? 11. The parking garage, which runs almost the entire length of the site, runs along the Lake Washington frontage of the Quendall development with almost no undulation. There is nothing in the architectural design to break up the negative, visual impact of this parking garage wall facing the Lake. The scale of this lake-faCing 2-story garage wall, with openings facing the lake, is unheard of in residential zoning and lakefront zoning. In absolutely no way does it fit the character of the adjacent neighborhoods or the view that the east faCing residents of Mercer Island have to look at. There is no municipality that I can recall, that would allow such an unbroken parking garage wall to run uninterrupted for such a long distance. I assume, for the safety of those using the parking garage, that it will be illuminated during the dark hours. This open, lake facing, parking garage facade will be illuminated at night and will give off light and glare to those living on Mercer Island, across from this project. This will have the nighttime appearance of a large lit warehouse development for the entire width of the site. Comments Regarding Quendall Terminal DE IS Page 3 12. Barbee Mill to the south has a planned density of 5 residential units per acre and contains no commercial space. The Quendall proposal shows 32 plus residential units per acre. This is over 6 times the density of the local residential areas and is in no way "consistent with the existing urban character of the area." In fact, the existing character of the local area can only accurately be described as residential. This amended alternative, presents tremendous compatibility impacts to the surrounding neighborhoods. There needs to be a transitional zone between the Quendall Terminal site and Baribee Mill, rather than having a massive apartment complex up against the south property line of the proposed development. The massing contrast is extreme. 13. Parking-In the Proposal Alternative 2, there are surface level parking lots for 200 plus cars placed right up against the entire north property line for Barbee Mill. This is in no way consistent with land use compatibility in the neighborhood and will adversely impact property values and quality of life. These lots have the sensitivity of a parking lot at a big box store. Nor is Proposal Alternative 1, which calls for a multi-story building to be placed right up against the north fence of Baribee Mill with two stories of parking garages at the first two levels. These open sided parking garages, with 24 hour security lighting, spilling out of the openings unto the adjacent residential homes is unacceptable. We believe that it is not an acceptable plan to place parking lots, tall buildings and/or delivery entrances right up against the north Barbee Mill fence. Alternate #2 had setbacks of 40-380 feet and now the new preferred alternate (figure 2-3) south buildings are moved 180 fee! closer to the Barbee Mill property line. We previously requested that the setback between Barbee Mill and the Quendall Terminal property be increased. This new plan reduces the distance by almost half and is unacceptable. 14. We are concerned with the amount of light and glare that would be emitted from the proposed high-density apartment buildings that will be up against the Barbee Mill residential homes to the south. 15. This project should be shelved until the full impact of the EPA remedial action is understood, specified and completed. It is impossible to approve a site plan without determining the full impact of the EPA RifFS requirements. Until the applicant responds to the EPA RifFS in a public document, this project should be stopped. 16. Superfund Site Carcinogens & The Impact on The Environment-The EPA has tremendous concerns about the tars and creosote products on the Quendall Terminal site, cleanup and the adverse impact the cleanup would have on the Lake, including fishing and swimming and on several species. We share this concern. (EPA 10# WA0980639215). We understand that the EPA has jurisdiction over the remediation and cleanup of the Superfund Site at Quendall Terminals. We are extremely concerned about what carcinogenic contaminants will be released into the air and water (through either surface or Comments Regarding Quendall Terminal DEIS Page 4 aquifer transfer. Pursuing binding development agreements before Superfund cleanup, would be an extremely poor city decision with a tremendously risky outcome. 17. Wetlands---The overall existing wetlands in the Quendall Terminals property are at least twice the size they are portrayed as in the EIS. 18. Substituting an offsite drainage ditch, which is separated by Ripley Lane & the railroad tracks and has absolutely no continuity with the Quendall Terminals site is inconsistent with sound environmental planning concepts. 19. Wildlife-The EIS makes no mention of existing wildlife or mitigation for their loss of habitat from the proposed construction. There are ospreys, eagles, herons, deer, hummingbirds, wolfs and other species living in the wetlands and natural habitat of the Quendall Terminals property. 20. Open Space -The office use has been eliminated (245,000 SF), residential units reduced, parking spaces reduced and shoreline restoration areas increased and yet the open space has been reduced by 10%. We would have assumed with this amount of program reduction, that the open space would have been increased, not decreased. How is this possible? 21. We recommend that the City reject the current binding proposal as outlined in the amended EIS and instruct the developer to start over with plans that properly address accumulative traffic issues, are more in keeping with scale and density of existing Lake Washington residential development and respect the lake and on site environmental systems. Comments Regarding Quendall Terminal DE IS Page 5 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, November 20,201210:47 AM 'Paul R Siegmund' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Paul, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. (Vanessa (Do{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Paul R Siegmund [mailto:paulrsiegmund@gmail.coml Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 5:59 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee; Sue Siegmund Subject: Re: Quendall Terminals Ers Addendum Availability Dear Ms. Dolbee, Please add my attached PDF response letter to the Quendall Draft EIS Addendum to the comment file for this project. It is not much different from the original Alternative #2, so all of my 2011 comments except those related to office uses still apply, and I have offered some new thoughts. All of my cormnents are within this letter. Thank you for your efforts and your outreach to the community, Paul Siegmund Paul R Siegmund On Wed, Oct 24,2012 at 2:48 PM, Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@rentonwa.gov> wrote: This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number 1 LUA09-J5J. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19, 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City'S website for free and is available for download at the following linle http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/Business/EDNSP IDEVSERV IOuendallTerminals EISAddendum 10 1912.p df?n=5057 The EIS Addendum is also available at the Main Library, Highlands Library and Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City'S Finance Department located on the 1 st floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa (j)o(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 425.430.7314 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Dear Ms. Dolbee, Paul R Siegmund <paulrsiegmund@gmail.com> Sunday, November 18,20125:59 PM Vanessa Dolbee; Sue Siegmund Re: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability QuendaIl2012-DEISA-comments-PSiegmund. pdf Follow up Flagged Please add my attached PDF response letter to the Quendall Draft EIS Addendum to the comment file for this project. It is not much different from the original Alternative #2, so all of my 2011 comments except those related to office uses still apply, and I have offered some new thoughts. All of my comments are within this letter. Thank you for your efforts and your outreach to the community, Paul Siegmund Paul R Siegmund On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@rentonwa.gov> wrote: This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number LUA09-151. Pleasefeelfree toforward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19, 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City's website for free and is available for download at the following linle http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/Business/EDNSP IDEVSERV 10uendailTerminais EISAddendum 10 1912.p df?n=5057 1 The EIS Addendwn is also availab,~ at the Main Library, Highlands Library uIld Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City's Finance Department located on the 1 s, floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa (j)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 425.430.7314 2 Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. -=-- 1006 North 42"d Place. Renton, Washington 98056.425.502.5195. paulrsiegmund@gmail.com November 18, 2012 City of Renton Department of Economic & Community Development, Planning Division Renton City Hall 1055 S Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 Attn: Ms. Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner, vdolbee@rentonwa.gov Subject: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS 2012 Addendum (LUA09-151) The 20102 proposed "preferred alternative" is very slightly improved from the original pair of 2010 project proposals but still does not show a design or land use concept that is compatible with adjacent uses or with local traffic capacities. The preferred alternative in the addendum to the DEIS still imposes far too heavy an environmental burden in terms of: • Transportation • Aesthetics and views • Land and shoreline use • Environmental health Traffic and Transportation The existing road and bridge infrastructure cannot handle the load imposed by construction of a new residential complex. It is inadequate even for current volumes. As evidence, I submit a thousand words in a photomosaic of a normal morning on Lake Washington Boulevard. This shc)ws 7:45am on at the North 42nd Place entrance to Barbee Mill. , 'r~'l ,"~ The solid backup extended 450 yards, more than 1/4 mile, from the Exit 7 ramp beyond the N 41 st Street intersection, beyond the foliage at the right edge of the field of view. During the 40- 60 second period that I sat to shoot, assemble and process these images in my phone I estimate that the northbound line advanced just 4 cars while one car (visible in the photo) drove southbound at the speed limit. Further I am only aware of three Barbee Mill residents whose morning commute begins southbound rather than north. In my direct experience, this is the routine state of morning traffic, at that approximate time, two to three days per week. Other commenters about this project have observed and noted that the traffic load continues to grow later in the morning. The local commute traffic flow is biased overwhelmingly one way already, northbound in the morning, and new residents can only be expected to match this pattern. The local infrastructure demonstrably cannot conSistently handle its load now. It cannot be permitted to grow worse, and there are no state or city plans or funds to make significant changes, therefore the project will have to wait for years before mitigations can be put in place. Old data, ineffective modeling and outdated assumptions are no substitute for direct observations. Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [2] In models, the developer concedes that the Preferred Alternative would generate only about 5% fewer daily vehicular trips than the 2010 development alternative. WSDOT went on record during the EIS scoping process in 2009-2010 to say there were no funds available for freeway and ramp improvements, that there would not be funds in the foreseeable future, and that traffic assessments should not assume any state improvements have been made. Nothing has changed since that time. The proponent's offer to pay the city a mitigation fee against future traffic improvements has no effect-it does not commission any planning, scheduling or work on city roads, and it does nothing for the state's bridge, ramps and freeway. The offer accomplishes nothing. The traffic study data were collected in 2008 and 2009, according to the DEIS. Population along Lake Washington Blvd and around The Landing has grown substantially since then. The traffic data, and resulting studies, are no longer valid. Section 3-21 of the DEIS Addendum claims that traffic cueing is not a problem now and would not grow worse if 700 apartments were built near one intersection of two-lane roads. The claim of present status is false. And the claim against future impacts is absurd, impossible to justify, and has no support. Height, Bulk & Densitv The new preferred alternative has added a 3-story building (called SW4) closest to Barbee Mill where there was at-grade parking before. In the project summary the proponent claimed to have increased the setback relative to their 2010 alternatives. They have in fact reduced the proposed setback from adjacent residences, in a highly visible location, by nearly 100 feet. There is no vacant land remaining in the Barbee Mill development. The visual analysis points 8 and 9 that were created before the northern Barbee Mill homes were built are now incorrect and not representative, and therefore unpersuasive. The proposed population density of the preferred alternative is seven times greater than the adjacent Barbee Mill residential development, and even higher in comparison to the Kennydale neighborhood that surrounds the site. The applicant continues to claim that their proposal is compatible with adjacent uses such as the Seahawks training center and the proposed Hawks Landing hotel. However no sane person has ever argued that the Seahawks' giant green Butler building is a welcome neighbor, and the immediately adjacent portion of the Seahawks' property comprises 6 acres of grass, and there is no Hawks Landing hotel. The proposal does not fit the local area and the proponent has said nothing useful to support an argument that it does. The preferred alternative contains essentially all of the residential and commercial capacity of DEIS Alternative #2 but with more sprawl, even nearer encroachment toward neighbors, significantly reduced open space and even less adequate provision of wetlands (see my 2011 comment letter, attached below) for specific critique of the inaccuracy of wetland assessments on the site. While I appreCiate the proponent's effort to reduce the height of buildings along the southern edge of the property I am surprised to learn that he intended to maintain fioor area by increasing Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [3) the number of buildings . That was not the point of community objections to proposed height and bulk . Reference: The proponent's plot plan and building shapes drawn to scale among existing nearby uses (courtesy Google Earth.) Note the size of the development in relation to nearby hornes and to Aesthetics in General The cosmelically revised building designs look even more like The Reserve and The Sanctuary apartment buildings in the urban /s hopp ing area of Renton (adjacent to th e airplane factory ) than the 2010 proposals did . The redes ign work is not helpful . and does not improve upon the incompatibility wilh existing adjacent uses . Environmental Health Proponenl has requested an exception to allow their construction process to drag on for an unacceptable period potentially exceeding five years . That is not acceptable and must be rejected by the city . If any construction is contemplated by the city. the proponent's desire for phased construction must be rejected as incompatible . Construction would have to be all at once or nothing . get it over with or skip it. Vibration , noise , dust . potential exposure to airborne toxins that are now stable beneath foliage , access by trucks and construction equipment of a volum e adequate for a large development are themselves incompatible uses , even if temporary, when considered adjacent to an existing residential neighborhood that is frequently downwind from the project site . If any such use is granted to the p ropo nent. then it needs to move at all possible speed . If they begin they have to get it over with . The idea that construction of large buildings could be done slowly in a residential neighborhood is offensive and obviously not compatible with local land uses . Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [4] When Barbee Mi" and the VMAC fields were remediated and built upon, they did not have adjacent neighbors. Now after the passage of time, the Quenda" Terminal is surrounded. As it is last in line, it loses. Any constructors there wi" have to deal with different conditions than its predecessors did. And although Barbee Mill's construction process has stretched through several years while residents live in the neighborhood, the construction noise workload has consisted of just a handful of single-family residences at a time. It pales in comparison the local impacts proposed for Quenda". Emergency Access The new emergency access road along the western waterfront edge of the development cannot be counted on for usability in periods of wet or snowy weather. Solidity of the soft roadbed while wet, and visibility thereof when it is obscured by occasional snow, would each place fire and police vehicles at risk of stranding or accidental loss during responses in fa", winter and spring. The Renton police and fire departments have few vehicles capable of operating off road. They need hard roadways. Conclusion The central claim in the DEIS, that "[tJhe proposed height and bulk and setbacks of development ... would be consistent with the existing urban character of the area and the applicable provisions of the City of Renton regulations; therefore, no significant height and bulk or land use compatibility impacts would be anticipated," is still demonstrably and objectively false. Recommendations • Deny the absurd claims of compatibility with and minimal impact to the surrounding area. • Reject the EIS's and Addendum's claims of compatibility and minimal impact, even in reduced form. • Again encourage the developer, or other developers, to return with proposals that are much sma"er-a (sma", not large) fraction of the currently-proposed size--and that are actually compatible with the local area. • Approve nothing, not even a significantly reduced revision, until or unless credible traffic assessments are completed and appropriate improvements are made. • Approve nothing until the EPA completes public processes and approvals of a viable environmental remediation plan that accounts for present hazards and hazard to persons during remediation and construction. I have attached my January 20, 2011 comments/objects letter here as a" points that I raised (except those regarding office uses and associated traffic) about the 2010 DEIS still apply, and have not been addressed by the changes in the Addendum. Respectfully, Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [5] Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. 1006 North 42'· Place. Renton, Washington 98056 .425.502.5195. paulrsiegmund@gmail.com City of Renton Department of Economic & Community Development, Planning Division Renton City Hall 1055 S Grady Way Renton. WA 98057 Attn: Ms. Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner, vdolbee@rentonwa.gov Subject: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) January 20, 2011 I submit the following to amplify and to amend the oral comments I provided at the January 4, 2011, public meeting. I object to the content of the draft EIS and to the overall nature of the project it describes. 1. The DEIS describes impacts to surrounding areas which it claims are insignificant but which in fact are enormous as anyone can see. I will show meaningful visual comparisons in this letter, since the application and DEIS failed to do so. 2. The DEIS describes a project which it claims is consistent with existing adjacent uses and will have no significant height and bulk or land use compatibility impacts when in fact the existing surrounds have nothing in common with the project, the rest of Lake Washington has nothing in common with it nor do any other freshwater frontages in King County, and its compatibility impacts would be hugely detrimental to quality of life along Lake Washington. The proposal is, by the way, even taller and denser than anything on the shoreline of Seattle's decidedly urban (and industrial) Lake Union. The DEIS includes no less than six repetitions of the phrase "consistent with the existing urban character of the area," and numerous repetitions of "No significant height and bulk impacts would be anticipated" and "No Significant land use compatibility impacts would be anticipated." All of these statements are preposterous and completely without basis in fact. 3. The Draft EIS document is incomplete and inaccurate in its presentation of important required data. 4. The applicant's claim to have crafted a meaningful alternative for the purpose of meeting procedural requirements for an EIS is a sham. Alternative 2 is not significantly different from Alternative 1, at about 85% of the size of the original. The purported alternative is equally inappropriate for the character of the local area, and equally aesthetically offensive, as the original proposal. It would have been appropriate for the purpose to consider an alternative proposal in the range of HALF the size of the original in order for the comparisons to have any meaning. Therefore the only acceptable alternative among the three in the Quendall Draft EIS is the third, the no-action alternative. leave the property alone until a sane, rational, locally appropriate development proposal is crafted. Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [6] The central foundational claim in the impact statement, on which all conclusions have to rest, is FALSE. With similar assertions throughout DEIS: "The proposed height and bulk and setbacks of development ... would be consistent with the existing urban character of the area and the applicable provisions of the City of Renton regulations; therefore, no significant height and bulk or land use compatibility impacts would be anticipated." • Applicant is evidently asserting compatibility with the Sea hawks and The Landing. These are not relevant or appropriate, as the Seahawks are unique, and The Landing is too far away to be meaningful. • The proposed design, height, size and density would be more appropriate in a truly urban setting such as near The Landing. • Sandwiched between a shopping mall and the country's second-largest airplane factory, it would look beautiful. • But not in a residential area, which is the majority of usage of the land along the water in north Renton. • Placing this dense urban conglomerate in the middle of existing otherwise residential area would damage local property value and ruin neighborhood character. • To claim compatibility and consistency with existing uses is an insult to readers' and taxpayers' intelligence. This is a residential neighborhood. The project is at least twice the size and density that could be acceptable. Slim the plan down. Lower the roofs. There is no existing character, use, height and bulk that is consistent and compatible with, and therefore would be minimally impacted by, the tallest and most water-proximate new development proposed for Lakes Washington and Union, and all of King County. The language in the DEIS is false, following flawed or absent logic used to construct a desired conclusion. A clear look at the information gathered when examining traffic impact, architecture, density, usage of land in a residential neighborhood, usage of land near a beautiful lake, usage of land that is presently wet and wild and home to wildlife, and when considering light, glare, noise, aesthetics and transportation, in absence of a foregone conclusion reached due to attempt to promote the project, would render the conclusion of minimal impact completely absurd. The city has the authority and the duty to conclude that the proposal is not viable, and therefore to reject it. Do th is. The following meaningful visual presentations of the project are significantly different from any presented in the DEIS. These will accurately depict its size, bulk and density: • in comparison to nearby existing structures and uses that are in no way similar to the proposal • and to distant waterside structures and uses that are more so, but still smaller and less dense Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [7] Height, Bulk & Density Elevation View of just two Quendall Buildings, as viewed from the water of Lake Washington , furnished by the Applicant (DEIS figure 2-5 .) • I buildings labeled as 77 in height are drawn with dimension marks that do not go all the way to their tops . • Elevator machinery rooms , roof peaks . and final grade are not correctly added . • Buildings are actually close to 90 ft above current grade . Barbee Mill is only 32ft -35ft . • Seahawks hangar is 115 ft high , and Boeing 's 737 assembly hall is about 110ft. o This is '!. of Seahawks and more than twice th at of ANY local residences . o The proposal is also three times the length of the Seahawks' indoor field , and is even longer than the Boeing 737 assembly faci li ty . • Look again at simulated photos , especially from wate rside . Proposal dwarfs everything nearby with one exception of completely unique use and character. the Sea hawks camp . Figure 3.7-2 of the DEIS , c laiming to be a visual simulation of the view of the Quenda ll proposal and su rroun ding neighborhood from Clark Park on Mercer Island . The proposed buildings have been manipulated in this view provided on behalf of the applicant to be much lower in height than they actually are . Simu la ted photo of proposal area , also from Clark Park on Mercer Is land. Created using public ly availab le topographic and photographic data , and Goog le Earth 3-D building rendering tools . On the left is VMAC , on the right Barbee Mill. Note that Quendall 's 75 foot buildings are more than twice the height of the 35 ft adjacent residences and everything else on Lake Wash ington , with one exception . Note also that the proposed bui ldi ngs are nearly as tall as the Sea hawks' cente r , but appear taller because they are much close r to the shoreline . Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [8] Google Earth aerial of the Quendall proposal with the Seahawks Center and Barbee Mill adjacent. Th e red-outlined shape pl aced over th e Qu end a ll propert y is a 1: 1 sca le 3-D copy of t he la rge Boein g Re nton final assem bl y plant re-draw n h ere to emph asi ze th e e normous sc ale of the p ro pos ed constru ction . C learl y it has no co mm onality or co mpatib ilit y wi th anything One hal f of th e ass emb ly hall , s how n fo r reference , shot f rom Th e Lan ding , 300 fee t away : I Local Aerial Photos and Renderings from Publicly Available Information Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [9] These renderings of the Quendall proposals are made using Google Earth polygon tool s , with dimensions taken from the applicant's own sub mitta ls in the DE IS . Th e co mpari so n images are made against publicly available aerial photographs of other local developments , and rotated to allow viewing from similar perspe ctive as the aerial photographs . Readers will note th e staggering difference in the size , density and sprawl of the Quendall proposal versus oth er lakefront developments that are , by most standards , already large . Aer ial of Carillon Point , Ki rkland , from thei r website . The image area is approximately 700 feet wide , from left to right (ie north to south .) ii , immediately south of Ca rillon Point , from their website . The image area is again about 700 feet wide , from left to right (north to south .) Google Earth rendering of Quendall Proposal. Same perspective (e levation & azimuth) and width. Note the much greater density, size and height of thes e buildings . Agai n , similar perspective . Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [10] Examples of Comparable Construction in Renton: Apartments in The Landing • Two miles away from Quendall , The Reserve and the Sanctuary stand shorter than the Quendall proposal , by about 8 feet. They are similar in design . though only 74 feet tall. They have approximately the same lateral density and spacing between buildings . • They are set adjacent to a shopping center and one of the world 's largest airplane factories , on 5-lane arterial roads . in a busy commercial district (not a residential neighborhood). • They are 2 .000 feet from the lake shore . Paul R. Siegmund , P.E. [11] A survey tour clockwise around Lake Washington of existing developments, with notes on existing, comparable usages and heights Purpose : to sea rch for compati ble or cons istent uses in the region that might validate the applicant's claims in support of the Quenda ll proposal. Preview of the conclusion a few pages onward: There are none . Begin by traveling southward, from the north tip of the lake, along the Eastside shoreline Juanita (Kenmore & King County) • Single family residential • 6-story co ndo under constru ction , abandone d . Set back from the la ke by a companion 2- story co ndo . Kirkland north • Juanita Bay , north of downtown : Several 3 & 4-story condos • Public beach park • Si ng le -f am ily re side ntial Kirkland Downtown • 2 & 3 story condo & commercial. Generally one level is set into bank . not visible from street, giving nei ghbors the illusion that the buildings are 1-2 stories • Marina Park • Away from the waterfron t separated by urban roadways : 6 s tory max , co nd os . • Nothing on the shore or away from that ri vals the Quendall proposal in size , height o r density . South of Kirkland downtown : • Commercial 3-4 sto ry • Beach park • Co nd os , 3 st o ri es a bov e a pa rking deck , with one le vel genera lly not visible from Lake Washington Blvd . • Single -family residential and 1-2-story apartments & condos • Another beach park Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [12] Carillon Point area: • Immediately north , a condo with 3 stories above one parking deck • Carillon Point has o 4 story hotel and office above parking ; 1.5 levels are not visible from street. o The two office towers are 6 stories above parking , set back from the lake by smaller buildings . o The two offices are comparable in height, while drastically less dense than the Quendall proposals . These are the only large buildings on Lake Washington , north of Renton . • Carillon Po int: 4 stories . One level is below the street. Points Cities : Single family residential Bellevue • Single family residential except, • Meydenbauer Bay , a Mostly single -family residential o Beach parks & a marina o Some 2-3 story condos with one level below street , set into the bank • More single family residential Newcastle • Beach park & single family residential Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [13] Renton • Residential : single-family and one 3-story condo • Seahawks Iraining center. No doubt a completely unique structure and usage , by any standard ; not comparable to anything. 115 feet maximum height • Vaca nt , wild land at Quendall • Barbee Mill : mostly single family residential. 3 stories, 35 feet max Aerial photo • More single family residential • Coulon Beach Park Project Site, ShOVl{nAT SeA 2.5 miles away from Quendall: • Bristol Apartments , 4 stories above 1 parking level , total height 55 feet • Boeing 737 assembly facility . Maximum height about 110 feet • Renton Airport Within The Landing--DISTANT FROM THE SHORE OF THE LAKE • Reserve and Sanctuary Apartments . 5 stories above 2 parking levels . Max height 74 feet. (SHORTER THAN QUENDALL) • Co mme rcial and office space , ma x 2 stories , vacant space , vacant acreage Mercer Island The entire Mercer shoreline is single -family resid e ntial except for beach parks a nd clubs . Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [14] Continuing north along the Seattle shoreline: Bryn Mawr/Seattle • Single family residential • Marina. Water's Edge: 5-6 story condo. Blocked from view in the proposal area. • Rainier Beach Marina Seattle • Single family residential • Seward Park • Single family residential • Approximately 3 miles of greenbelt between Lake Washington Blvd and the lake • Single family residential Leschi • Single family residential, mixed with 3-story max, multi-family • Marina & commercial; 2-3 story • Single family residential for 3 miles until almost reaching SR-520 Madison Park • Mostly Single family residential • Some 3-story max multi-family • Two exceptions: residential towers built decades ago before similar construction was disallowed • Parks • 2 story apartments near SR-520 • Portage Bay • Single family residential There is nothing compatible or consistent with the Quendali proposal anywhere on the lake, near of far, not even in previously developed commercial waterfront areas. Emphasizing again: The central claim in the DEIS, that "[t]he proposed height and bulk and setbacks of development ... would be consistent with the existing urban character of the area and the applicable provisions of the City of Renton regulations; therefore, no significant height and bulk or land use compatibility impacts would be anticipated," is demonstrably and objectively false. Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [15] Lake Union A study in density and urban character notionally similar to, but smaller and less dense than the Quendall proposal. This is what 'i looks like. • Offices up to 8 stories • Shipbuilding & repair • Houseboats • Parks • Seaplane terminal • Wooden Boat Museum • Gas Works Park • Aurora and 1-5 bridges Lake Union conceivably qualifies as what the DEIS calls "urban character " placed along a lakeside waterfront. It is filthy , crowded , and has horrifying traffic on it surrounding roads . And even Lake Union has nothing at the scale of the Quendall proposal. Evidence : • Even the new Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is predominantly 4 & 5 stories , and is across th e arterial road from the lake . • Nothing newly built on the shore exceeds 3 stories. • On the west edge of th e lake , most buildings are 2-3 stories . There are only two taller buildings built on piers before environmental regulations banned that practice . Paul R. Siegm und, P .E. [16] Wetlands & Habitat • The Quendall property is a habitat for numerous individual bald eag les, deer, osprey , hummingbirds, woodpeckers and other unidentified birds . The EIS is deficient in making no mention of their presence o r mitigation of their loss of habitat. Sloppy or intentionally misleading Wetland estimates : • Wetland area "H" on the southwest corner of the Quendall property is persistently about 300 ft x 100 ft in size , irregular, thus presently comprising about % of an acre . • This is six ty times (I) larger than the roughly 50 ft x 10 ft ova l indicated on the applicant's maps (figs 2-6, 2-11 .) • Other wetlands in the subject property similarly appear upon visual inspection to be significantly l arger in reality than the applicant's maps show them. • The applicant's proposals for wetland substitution are grossly insufficient as they are : o Orders of magnitude too small in size . They are based on wetland area estimates that are as many as sixty times to sma ll. o Factors of at least two times original should be required . o Too far from the lake , segregated near the 405 freeway . to be useful. Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [17] Traffic • 43rd St & Ripley Ln are inadequate to handle any more traffic. • Inevitable diversions into Barbee Mill via 42nd & 41" would be intolerable and unsafe. • 44th! exit 7 is inadequate. • WSDOT went on record during the EIS scoping process to say there were no funds available for freeway and ramp improvements, that there would not be funds in the foreseeable future, and that traffic assessments should not assume any state improvements have been made. o The applicant assumed them anyway. o As a hedge, an alternative, they proposed in the DEIS to run traffic through Kennydale to 30 th SI. Proposing that is absurd and irresponsible. o Proponent also mentioned desired improvements to the intersection of Sunset/Park and Lake Washington Blvd, between Coulon Park and The Landing. These would be irrelevant to traffic flow in the Quendall area. • There is not room for thousands more cars per day past or through the entrance to Barbee Mill • New trails to replace rails in the essentially abandoned rail ROW are a desirable residential use with significant benefits to local area residents. Pedestrian, bike and other users' safety would be damaged by the traffic load. • Sloppy work. 43rd St -the intersection with the highest impact to me and to my neighbors-is missing from the traffic data tables. When a new project is considered for the Quendall property, access to it should be driven via a new crossing over the rail right of way. Bringing traffic in and out via 43'd St, the entrance to Barbee Mill and not a convenient route to Quendall, is bad for Quendall and for Barbee. The noise and traffic impact to residents only 100 feet from the centerline of that road is high, not insignificant as the DEIS states. Build a new crossing 300 yards or more to the north, aligning with the Ripley Lane turn and with the center of the property. Make Quendall's traffic Quendall's problem; back them up in their own space. Seahawks • Now only 100-200 employees work there, on a mostly seasonal basis. • Roughly 20 acre plot, similar in size to Quendall • Exhibition days traffic & crowd load: o On 15 days in August, 25,000 people visited (Seattle Times.) o In two weeks, when school was out and daily traffic was correspondingly lower, 1500-2000 people visited on peak days. o The Hawks mitigated that by letting nobody drive in & park; even their own staff and players parked offsite. o They had buses, security, and remote parking. o And traffic around Lake Washington Blvd, 43'd St and 44'h St was a zoo. A normal day at Quendali would be even bigger than a Sea hawks exhibition day! Above all, the location of and roads around the Quendall property do not provide the accessibility that would warrant a high density development such as the one proposed. Creating the necessary access, and using that access as proposed, would have extreme impacts on local usage and residents. Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [18] Misleading, absurd claims about the effects of Light and Glare Excerpt from Pg 1-22, Significant Unavoidable Adverse Impacts: "Development of the Quendall Terminals site under Alternatives 1 and 2 would change the site from its existing open, partially vegetated condition to a new mixed-use development. The proposed development would represent a continuation of urban development along the Lake Washington shoreline. The proposed building height and bulk would be generally similar to surrounding uses (i.e. the Seahawks Headquarters and Training Facility and the planned Hawk's Landing Hotel) and greater than other uses in the area (i.e. the Barbee Mill residential development). Certain views across the site towards Lake Washington and Mercer Island would be obstructed with the proposed development; however, view corridors towards Lake Washington and Mercer Island would be established and new viewing areas along the lake would also be provided. No Significant light. glare, or shadow impacts would be anticipated." The proponent is incorrect and, if intentional, fraudulent in its mis-statements and understatements of plainly observable facts. The applicant's unseemly evident desire to avoid acknowledging the reality of the project's incompatibility with its surroundings is an insult to readers, neighbors and to the city. This adverse-impacts section is false--and not even remotely supportable--for the following reasons: 1. "Surrounding" uses: the site is bounded on four sides. The DEIS cites only two to "surround" it of which one, the Hawks' Landing hotel, would be a small fraction of one side but which does not exist. Next, the immediately adjacent neighbors at Barbee Mill are mentioned in the "other" category while it is clear there is absolutely nothing similar about the proposal to this purely residential neighborhood. The fourth surrounding neighbor is, of course, the un-mentioned lake which also has no similarities. 2. "Certain views across the site towards Lake Washington and Mercer Island would be obstructed ... " is a miraculous understatement designed to obscure the obscene reality of the size of this monster. The project proposal is almost half as high as the hill leading up into Newcastle. The "certain views" are not Simply the views from cars passing along Ripley Lane; this complex is bigger than the airplane factory at the industrial end of the lake. The north end of this city will have the lake and the big hill of Mercer Island erased forever. And further, views from Mercer Island to the Eastside will also be obstructed. 3. Light and glare will come at night from the lighting in and on the buildings, and from exterior lights on the roadways and surface parking areas. The property emits no light at this time, and the Sea hawks use light rather efficiently. Where there is now darkness at night, the proponent will project light into adjacent homes and green spaces from as high as 90 feet above grade, but the DEIS author has the audacity to claim there would be "no impacts" antiCipated. This assessment is impOSSible! Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [19] Regarding a Public Comment about Land Usage One commenter at the January 4 2011 public meeting spoke about the contextual history of the commercial component of the proposed land usage. He felt that north Renton was underserved by retail and commercial development and noted that a 1981 City of Renton action called for 200,000 square foot development of the Port Quendall property. Unfortunately his comment was outdated. long since overtaken by history. North Renton's character has long since changed from industrial to residential usage. His comment contained errors in overlooking superseding local events and development projects since 1981 which, when re-examined today, would support the exact opposite conclusion, ie that the Quendall property is precisely NOT appropriate for development of the character and scale currently proposed. • In 1981 Boeing's factory was several times the size it is today and Boeing had no evident plans to shrink it. The Renton plant was still building the 727, already was building the 737, and the 757 had not even started. Shortly after the resolution the 757 began and progressed its entire life cycle, replacing the 727 in the same spot. The 737 has been redesigned twice also in the same footprint. • That was King County's jet factory. The Barbee and Quendall industrial operations were still active. There was no evidence in 1981 that the jet factory would one day transform into a commercial development. • 15 years later Boeing began to vacate hundreds of acres of former factory space which quickly became The Landing. • The Landing became the large shopping and apartment development that was once envisioned for north Renton, built on space that was not seen as available in 1981. Now even that has surplus available inside space, plus land not yet developed. • North Renton is now over-served. A huge Quendall commercial complex no longer fits as it might have 30 years ago. It is completely inappropriate and not compatible with or similar to its surrounding area. The 30 year old plans for presuming compatibility have been superseded by residential development, and by the creation of The Landing in the former airplane manufacturing space. Paul R. Siegmund, P.E. [20] Conclusion The central claim in the DEIS, that "[t]he proposed height and bulk and setbacks of development ... would be consistent with the existing urban character of the area and the applicable provisions of the City of Renton regulations; therefore, no significant height and bulk or land use compatibility impacts would be anticipated," is demonstrably and objectively false. Recommendations • Deny the absurd claims of compatibility with and minimal impact to the surrounding area. • Reject the EIS's claims of such. • Reject the project. • Encourage the developer, or other developers, to return with proposals that are much smaller-a fraction of the currently-proposed size--and that are actually compatible with the local area. • Approve nothing, not even a significantly reduced revision, until or unless credible traffic assessments are completed and appropriate improvements are made. • Approve nothing until the EPA completes public processes and approvals of a viable environmental remediation plan that accounts for present hazards and hazard to persons during remediation and construction. Thank you. Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, November 20,201210:16 AM 'Chelsea Ryberg' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Chelsea, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. '(Janessa (Do[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Chelsea Ryberg [mailto:chelsearyberg@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 10:46 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: wsihon@comcast.net; bgmc2@cox.net; borg41943@comcast.net; Ipreid@comcast.net; aimerdoll@yahoo.com; fulmen8@hotmail.com; garys@loziergroup.com; cmikeathom@msn.com; mscero@comcast.net; taryntani@gmail.com; bmaccaul@gmail.com; a.woodley@comcast.net; swu@bechtel.com; suzywo@verison.net; christineschen@yahoo.com; vch iu 7 4@hotmail.com; glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us; rrcorbell@comcast.net; stows@comcast.net; agrawaalr@yahoo.com; bonethedawgs@yahoo.com; sbholden@nwlink.com; altglennmal@comcast.net; pavyt@hotmail.com; amyroberts@seanet.com; jobitney@comcast.net; forsue2go@comcast.net; fayeandlorna@comcast.net; conniemtaylor@comcast.net; lesbergan@comcast.net; mkmandt@comcast.net; dyma20@yahoo.com; jonjdan@aol.com; mbattin@yahoo.com; rochsjr@comcast.net; susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com; bud@nwccc.net; mimiafsc@mac.com; kpreszler@hotmail.com; johsamm@comcast.net; lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com; laurieb@mvseac.com; Spencer Alpert (spencer@alpertcapital.com); idenkr@comcast.net; annsimpson@comcast.net; paulrsiegmund@gmail.com; rfnucik@comcast.net; msnicol@gmail.com; pwittSS@aol.com; mbfamily6@gmail.com; rgb@beckerarch.com; royfrancis@msn.com; yyluan@yahoo.com; j.diddly@gmail.com; ricardoadlc@msn.com; nancydenney@comcast.net; tommbaker@hotmail.com; lindabak@hotmail.com; elisabethdurr@gmail.com; abelenky@alum.mit.edu; gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov; gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com; headac1@comcast.net; kevinpoole@mac.com; dickb@seanet.com; dianej2419@msn.com; bskilling@msn.com; Jenny Manning; mullinaux@comcast.net Subject: Re: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Hi Ms. Dolbee, all, Comments in response to EIS Addendum: (Please let me know if this not the correct forum for feedback comments) 1 Regarding Chapter 3.4 Transpo. ,ation: I believe the following evaluation in the EIS to be incorrect or at least insufficient: "However, no queuing conflicts would be expected on Lake Washington Boulevard" on page 3-21. Attached are photos showing the morning traffic backup of (more than) 0.5 miles on Lake Washington Blvd during the morning peak hour (all photos were taken between 8:15-8:30am). The photos (labeled) were taken at the intersection ofSeahawks Way & Lake Washignton Blvd, and even more alarmingly, at the intersection ofN 41st St & Lake Washington Blvd. This backup is a frequent condition of the Exit 7ILakeWaBlvdl44th St infrastructure and was observed on several days over the last 3 weeks (and for the last several years that we have lived near the property in question). These photos are taken at what would be the proposal's entrance to the property. The photos They clearly demonstrate that an additional 1,108 residents (the "Anticipated Site Population") living at and commuting to/from this junction would further overwhelm an already strained infrastructure, that does in fact affect Lake Washington Blvd. While the city has done an excellent job capturing and communicating the concerns regarding the property, the photos demonstrate that the EIS does not sufficiently evaluate the current and potential traffic situation on Lake Washington Blvd in its current state, and what the effect of an additional 1,108 residents could have on these roads. Additional investigation of the traffic situation on Lake Washington Blvd, and revision of this section of the EIS is requested. Regarding Chapter 3.2 AestheticsNiews: Despite the changes made for the "Building Height Modulation" (4-story buildings along south property line; 5- to 6-story buildings elsewhere), the proposed buildings of these heights would still block much of the view from our home and the other units in our complex immediately southeast of the property -much of the value of our home and the neighboring units in the complex depends on the views to the northwest. Specifically regarding the modified heights, 4 stories would block a portion ofthese views, greatly affecting our home's value (and that of the 32 total units in our complex). My evaluation of Figure 2-6 (the Overall West Elevation) concluded that the 5-6 story buildings even with the modified placement would definitely block views and affect the value-as they still would affect the view corridor running North-Northwest. The drawings on pages Efforts to make the exterior of the building more aesthetic are appreciated, but still do not come close to the value of the territorial and water views. Community members -thank you so much for your continued concern and commitment to preserving the quality oflife in the Kennydale and 44th St community. Vanessa -Thank you so much for your continued facilitation and excellence. Chelsea Ryberg 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N, Renton Eastport Shores Townhomes On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@rentonwa.gov> wrote: This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on Ihe City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number LUA09-J51. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know thaI may be interested in the subject project. 2 By now, you should have receiveu " notice in the mail (attached) identifyinb ",e availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19, 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City's website for free and is available for download at the following linle http://rentonwa. gov/uploadedFiles/Business/EDNSP/DEVSERV IQuendaliTerminals EISAddendum 10 1912.p df?n=5057 The EIS Addendum is also available at the Main Library, Highlands Library and Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City'S Finance Department located on the 15t floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa (j)o(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 425.430.7314 3 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Hi Ms. Dolbee, all, Chelsea Ryberg <chelsearyberg@gmail.com> Friday, November 16, 2012 10:46 AM Vanessa Dolbee wsihon@comcast.net; bgmc2@cox.net; borg41943@comcast.net; Ipreid@comcast.net; aimerdoll@yahoo.com; fulmen8@hotmail.com; garys@loziergroup.com; cmikeathom@msn.com; mscero@comcast.net; taryntani@gmail.com; bmaccaul@gmail.com; a.woodley@comcast.net; swu@bechtel.com; suzywo@verison.net; christineschen@yahoo.com; vchiu74@hotmail.com; glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us; rrcorbell@comcast.net; stows@comcast.net; agrawaalr@yahoo.com; bonethedawgs@yahoo.com; sbholden@nwlink.com; altglennmal@comcast.net; pavyt@hotmail.com; amyroberts@seanet.com; jobitney@comcast.net; forsue2go@comcast.net; fayeandlorna@comcast.net; conniemtaylor@comcast.net; lesbergan@comcast.net; mkmandt@comcast.net; dyma20@yahoo.com;jonjdan@aol.com; mbattin@yahoo.com; rochsjr@comcast.net; susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com; bud@nwccc.net; mimiafsc@mac.com; kpreszler@hotmail.com; johsamm@comcast.net; lancel@seahawssoundersfC.com; laurieb@mvseac.com; Spencer Alpert (spencer@alpertcapital.com); idenkr@comcast.net; annsimpson@comcast.net; paulrsiegmund@gmail.com; rfnucik@comcast.net; msnicol@gmail.com; pwitt55@aol.com; mbfamily6@gmail.com; rgb@beckerarch.com; roytrancis@msn.com; yyluan@yahoo.com; j.diddly@gmail.com; ricardoadlc@msn.com; nancydenney@comcast.net; tommbaker@hotmail.com; lindabak@hotmail.com; elisabethdurr@gmail.com; abelenky@alum.mit.edu; gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov; gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com; headac1@comcast.net; kevinpoole@mac.com; dickb@seanet.com; dianej2419@msn.com; bskilling@msn.com; Jenny Manning; mullinaux@comcast.net Re: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability AtN41stSt-lookingSouthOnLakeWaBlvd.JPG; AtSeahawksWay- LookingSouthwestOnLakeWaBlvd.JPG; AtSeahawksWay- LookingNortheastTowards405Ramps.JPG Follow up Flagged Comments in response to EIS Addendum: (Please let me know if this not the correct forum for feedback comments) Regarding Chapter 3.4 Transportation: I believe the following evaluation in the EIS to be incorrect or at least insufficient: "However, no queuing conflicts would be expected on Lake Washington Boulevard" on page 3-21. Attached are photos showing the morning traffic backup of (more than) 0.5 miles on Lake Washington Blvd during the morning peak hour (all photos were taken between S:IS-S:30am). The photos (labeled) were taken at the intersection of Seahawks Way & Lake Washignton Blvd, and even more alarmingly, at the intersection ofN 41st St & Lake Washington Blvd. This backup is a frequent condition of the Exit 7/LakeWaBlvdl44th St infrastructure and was observed on several days over the last 3 weeks (and for the last several years that we have lived near the property in question). These photos are taken at what would be the proposal's entrance to the property. The photos They clearly demonstrate that an additiona11,IOS residents (the "Anticipated Site Population") living at and commuting to/from this junction would further overwhelm an already strained infrastructure, that does in fact affect Lake Washington Blvd. While the city has done an excellent job capturing and communicating the concerns regarding the property, the 1 photos demonstrate that the EIS do~s not sufficiently evaluate the current a .. ~ potential traffic situation on Lake Washington Blvd in its current state, and what the effect of an additional 1,108 residents could have on these roads. Additional investigation of the traffic situation on Lake Washington Blvd, and revision of this section of tl1e EIS is requested. Regarding Chapter 3,2 AestheticsNiews: Despite the changes made for the "Building Height Modulation" (4-story buildings along south property line; 5- to 6-story buildings elsewhere), ilie proposed buildings of these heights would still block much of the view from our home and the other units in our complex immediately southeast of the property -much ofilie value of our home and the neighboring units in the complex depends on the views to the northwest. Specifically regarding the modified heights, 4 stories would block a portion of these views, greatly affecting our home's value (and that of the 32 total units in our complex). My evaluation of Figure 2-6 (ilie Overall West Elevation) concluded iliat the 5-6 story buildings even with the modified placement would definitely block views and affect the value-as they still would affect the view corridor running North-Northwest. The drawings on pages Efforts to make ilie exterior of the building more aesilietic are appreciated, but still do not come close to the value of the territorial and water views. Community members -thank you so much for your continued concern and commitment to preserving the quality oflife in the Kennydale and 44th St community. Vanessa -Thank you so much for your continued facilitation and excellence. Chelsea Ryberg 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N, Renton Eastport Shores Townhomes On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@rentonwa.gov> wrote: This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number LUA09-151. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19, 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City'S website for free and is available for download at the following link: http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/BusinessfEDNSP/DEVSERV /OuendallTerminals EISAddendum 10 1912.p df?n=5057 2 The EIS Addendum is also availab,e at the Main Library, Highlands Libra!) ...nd Renton City Hall61h Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City's Finance Department located on the 151 floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 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CITY OF R[NTO' "UTleE UF ISSlANCE & A\:~IL\BILITY I<:NVIKQ;,\\l[YIAL IMPACT STATK\lE'-T ADOI<:N()lIM (EIS AIlDE:\lllIMI Notice is hcarby given under WAC 197-11-510 and R:MC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (E!S Addendum) for the proposal described belo\\' was issued by the Citv (\1' Renton I:nvlronmen- tal Review Committee on Mon- day. October 15. 20[2. and is available for public review and comment Copies arc a"illlable 11$ review at the R:enton MalO Lihrary. lOi.;ated at 100 Mill Av- enue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch LIbrary. locat- ed at 2902 NF. 12th Street. and at Renton City I [all. Customer Service Counter. 6th floor. [055 South Grady Way. Remon WA 98057, and on the CiN of Renton weh site: (WWW.RI<:N- TONWA,GOV). PRo,lECT N:\\1E· Quendall Temllnals PROPON[NT Campbell Ma- thewsoR Century Pacific, I. P. SA-M.SM I.OCATION; 4350 Lake Wa~hington Blvd DESCRIPTION: The proposal IS located adjacent to Lake Washinl!lOn on 21 At) ac of COR Loned property The EIS Adden- dum to the DEIS issued Decem- her 10. 2(l]()~ evaluates po$:ntwl impacts rcsulLlIlg frolll a IlC\\ Preferred I\lter~lati\"c Similar to AlternatIves lund :2 III the DUS. the Preferred :\[tcrnative is intended h) be a mi:>..cd-u'iC development The PrelCrred AlternatIve would contain 21.600 SF of retuil space. lJ.[)(}() SI: l,f restaurunt and 69.2 re~idcntial units. ror those assumptillns thai have been modified under the Pre/erred AlternatIve. thc upJat- ed anulvsis IS indutktl III the provided J]S Addendum Tiles\.! dements indudc. Critical An::aS. Aesthetics/View. Parks alld Rc(.;- reatlon. Transportathlll_ r.·lll1ural Resources and RelalidlhhlP to Plans and Pol ides DOq:\1E:\T PI:R('II.\S": INFOR''1ATlON The Draft Emironmental Imp:lct St'ltcmL'nl is available for purc11ilse fn'llI tll(: F inanec Department llil the I Sl Floor of Renton Clt\ l!all It)r $25 per hurd copy or·SIIIII() pc:r CD. plus lax and r$stl~e 11 r mailed) COM!\IENT PERIOD: \\nltell comments on the [)LlS \\11\ he- accepted for d 30-da) C\lTllTllelll penod. cndlllg 5.00 pill. (1[1 MondaY". No\·cmbel 19. 21)1~_ and sh\;uld be addressed III Citv of Renton Planning Depanmelll ATTN ValleSS<l [)lllhl'c Senior Planner 1055 S Grady Way. 6th Fhw Renton, WA 9:-;(155 Published in the Renton Rep,)rter on October 19, 2tl12. #692(117 NOTICE OF ISSUANCE & AVAILABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPAU STATEMENT ADDENDUM (EIS ADDENDUM) Notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main LibraI)', located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch LibraI)', located at 2902 NE 12lh Street, and at Renton City Hall, CU5tomer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). PROJECT NAME: PROPONENT: PROJECT NUMBER: LOCATION: Quendall Terminals Campbell Mathewson, Century Padfic, l. P. LUA09-1Sl. ElS, ECF, SSP, SA-M, SM 4350 Lake Washington Blvd DESCRIPTION: The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commerdal/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS Addendum to the Draft Environmental lmp<lct Statement (DEIS) issued December 10, 2010; evaluates potential imparu resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Similar to Altematives 1 and Z in the OEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative w(luld contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. For those assumptions that h .. lle been modified under the Preferred Altemative, the updated analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements intlude, Critical Areas, Aesthetics/View, p .. rks and Recreation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies. DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1<1 Floor of Renton City Hall for $25 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD, plus tax and postage (if mailed). COMMENT PERIOD: Written comments on the DEIS will be accepted for a 30-d<ly comment period, ending 5:00 p.m. on Mond<lY November 19 2012 and should be addressed to: CITY OF RENTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AnN: VANESSA DOlBEE, SENIOR PLANNER 1055 SOUTH GRADY WAY, 6TH FLOOR RENTON,-WA 98055 If you have further questions, please contact Vanessa Dolbee at (42S)430-7314; vdolbee@rentonwa_gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE PROJECT MANAGER VANESSA DOLBEE AT (42S) 430-7314. DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALUNG FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION. -I r tI---CERTIFICATION I, 13JZ{~ hereby certify that '3 copies of the above document were posted In £ conspicuous places or nearby the described property 0 Date: /011 ill! 2-- STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING ) ) SS ) I .certify t~a: I know or have satisfactory evidence that 'IJ, c, ""'00= \\, co \1, Signed thiS Instrument and acknowledged it to be his/her/their free and voluntary act for the uses and purposes mentioned in the instrument. Notary Public in ahd for the State of Washington Notary (Print): My appointment exp ires.·_ -~A""c""".r'L.L_.,",):..:q4-'.z2.!.C..L.! j.3 _____ _ \ i CITY OF RENTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -PLANNING DIVISION AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE BY MAILING On the 18th day of October, 2012, I deposited in the mails of the United States, a sealed envelope containing Notice of Issuance and Availability of EIS Addendum documents. This information was sent to: " Name Representing Agencies See Attached City of Bellevue City of Mercer Island Puget Sound Clean Air Agency Agency Puget Sound Regional Council Agency EPA Agency NOAA Fisheries Agency US Department of Fish & Wildlife Agency Seattle Times Newspaper Puget Sound Business Journal Parties of Record See attached ", ....... ,,"\\\\"' ... (Signature of Sender): $.... • ""/ ~~~£J~~~Ll~~~~~~~ __________ ~~~~ ~ I ..., : _. --I~.... '/, STATE OF WASHINGTON -,.~ .. -." ~ ; ..... ff " .. It~ t; ? ~ .... : 0 1 .. ~ -; i· !.~ ) SS ~ ~ ~ 12 ~ COUNTY OF KING) ~ \ 1'iI-';.,"''Y ~i ~ ~ I~~ 8-2" ", _~ ::: 'I, ~ "'."'\\\ .. "" ......... ~""-.::..~ I certify that I know or have satisfactory evidence that Stacy M. Tucker "1" ~ OF 'fIt'."....;:" signed this instrument and acknowledged it to be his/her/their free and voluntary act f~'''iII\~~nd purposes mentioned in the instrument. Dated: (.,i.·/,CI i '; ,lev Notary PHc in and for the State of Washington Nota ry (Print): _____ .!..!if-'..A'---'("-'.,"'( ,,,,,'b,,,,,,,,/_' _____________ _ My appointment expires: .4.) I.' i ';,~~!.Qj~iName: Quendall Terminals proje~t:Number: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM template -affidavit of service by mailing Dept. of Ecology "'* Environmental Review Section PO Box 47703 Olympia, WA 98504-7703 WSDOT Northwest Region '" Attn: Ramin Pazooki King Area Dev. Serv., MS-240 PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133-9710 US Army Corp. of Engineers '" Seattle District Office Attn: SEPA Reviewer PO Box C-3755 Seattle, WA 98124 Boyd Powers· Depart. of Natural Resources PO 60x47015 Olympia, WA 98504-7015 KC Dev. & Environmental Servo Attn: SEPA Section 900 Oakesdale Ave. SW Renton, WA 98055-1219 Metro Transit Senior Environmental Planner Gary Kriedt 201 South Jackson Street KSC-TR-0431 Seattle, WA 98104-3856 Seattle Public Utilities Real Estate Services Attn: SEPA Coordinator 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4900 PO Box 34018 Seattle, WA 98124-4018 AGENCY (DOE) LETTER MAILING (ERe DETERMINATIONS) WDFW -Larry Fisher' Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Dept. '" 1775 12th Ave. NW Suite 201 Attn: Karen Walter or SEPA Reviewer Issaquah, WA 98027 39015 _172"' Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092 Duwamish Tribal Office· Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program '" 4717 W Marginal Way SW Attn: Ms Melissa Calvert Seattle, WA 98106-1514 39015172"' Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092-9763 KC Wastewater Treatment Division '" Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation'" Environmental Planning Supervisor Attn: Gretchen Kaehler Ms. Shirley Marroquin PO Box 48343 201 S. Jackson ST, MS KSC-NR-050 Olympia, WA 98504-8343 Seattle, WA 98104-3855 City of Newcastle City of Kent Attn: Steve Roberge Attn: Mr. Fred Satterstrom, AICP Director of Community Development Acting Community Dev. Director 13020 Newcastle Way 220 Fourth Avenue South Newcastle, WA 98059 Kent, WA 98032-5895 Puget Sound Energy City of Tukwila Municipal liaison Manager Steve Lancaster, Responsible Official Joe Jainga 6200 Southcenter Blvd. PO Box 90868, MS: XRD-01 W Tukwila, WA 98188 Bellevue, WA 98009-0868 *Note: If the Notice of Application states that it is an "'Optional DNS", the marked agencies and cities will need to be sent a copy of the Environmental Checklist, Site Plan PMT, and the Notice of Application. **Department of Ecology is emailed a copy of the Environmental Checklist, Site Plan PMT, & Notice to the following email address: sepaunit@ecy.wa.gov template -affidavit of service by mailing Winnie & Yuri Sihon 1211 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: wsihon@comcast.net (party of record) Carol O'Connell 1241 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 254-2796 (party of record) Ronald & Vanessa Brazg 1019 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 746-7768 (party of record) Janet L. & Gary R. Sanford 1102 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 276-5848 eml: garys@loziergroup.com (party of record) Jim Hanken 15543 62nd Avenue NE Kenmore, WA 98028 (party of record) Michael Christ President SECO Development, Inc. PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bgmc2@cox.net (party of record) Yvonne & Gary C. Pipkin 1120 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-2009 (party of record) Amy & Kevin Dedrickson 1012 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3799 eml: aimerdoll@yahoo.com (party of record) Mark Hancock PO Box 88811 Seattle, WA 98138 (party of record) Cyrus M. McNeely 3810 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 eml: cmikeathom@msn.com (party of record) Roger A. Pearce Foster Pepper LLC Larry & Linda Boregson 1013 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: borg41943@comcast.net (party of record) Len & Pat Reid 1217 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-0474 eml: Ipreid@comcast.net (party of record) Larry Reymann 1313 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-8511 eml: fulmen8@hotmail.com (pa rty of reco rd ) Kelly Smith 6811 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 917-3316 (party of record) Mike Cero 8300 Avalon Drive Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 419-0657 eml: mscero@comcast.net (pa rty of reco rd) Robert & Sonya Tobeck 1003 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 1083 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #50 1111 Third Avenue ste: #3400 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 447-4676 (pa rty of reco rd) Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 282-5833 (party of record) Updated: 10/18/12 eml: pearr@foster.com (party of record) (Page 1 of 6) Lawrence E. Hard Attorney at Law 4316 NE 33rd Street Seattle, WA 98105 tel: (206) 669-8686 (party of record) Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bmaccaul@gmail.com (party of record) Anne Woodley 7920 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: a.woodley@comcast.net (party of record) Suzanne & Donald Orehek 4103 Wells Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (516) 944-8739 eml: suzywo@verison.net (party of record) Glen St. Amant Muckelshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division 39015 172nd Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092 tel: (253) 939-3311 PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Charles & Rebecca Taylor 1252 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4473 (party of record) Sally A Scott 1405 N 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-1005 (party of record) Charles P Witmann 907 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Christine Chen 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 229-5880 eml: christineschen@yahoo.com (party of record) Ronald Corbell 4113 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6844 eml: rrcorbell@comcast.net (party of record) Ross & Ava Ohashi 1018 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 890-3045 eml: taryntani@gmail.com (party of record) Richard M Ferry 7414 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 232-1872 (party of record) Sheng Wu 1222 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (832) 971-9396 eml: swu@bechtel.com (party of record) Victor Chiu 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (626) 627-1059 eml: vchiu74@hotmail.com (party of record) Susan Stow 1309 N 36th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 793-5062 eml: stows@comcast.net (party of record) eml: glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us (party of record) Rajendra Agrawaal 1113 N 29th Street Renton, WA 98056 eml: agrawaalr@yahoo.com (party of record) Updated: 10/18/12 Tony Boydston 3920 NE 11th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: bonethedawgs@yahoo.com (party of record) Chuck & Sylvia Holden 3609 Meadow Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-9956 eml: sbholden@nwlink.com (party of record) (Page 2 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Mike & Sharon Glenn Pavy Thao Tim Riley 8825 114th Avenue SE 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N 3607 Lake Washington Blvd N Newcastle, WA 98056 ste: #A101 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-8351 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 779-2021 eml: altglennmal@comcast.net tel: (425) 591-7077 eml: autowashsys.com (party of record) eml: pavyt@hotmail.com (party of record) (party of record) Amy Lietz Roberts Farrell Wilson & Jonell Bitney-Kim Browne 1006 N 34th Street Wilson 1409 N 37th Street Renton, WA 98056 4063 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-1057 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7791 eml: amyroberts@seanet.com tel: (425) 226-1748 (party of record) (party of record) eml: jobitney@comcast.net (party of record) Darius & Vicki Richards Sue & Mac Jahnke Faye Janders 3605 Lake Washington Blvd N 1717 Aberdeen Avenue NE 2717 Aberdeen Avenue NE Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4469 tel: (425) 271-6489 tel: (425) 255-4227 (party of record) eml: forsue2go@comcast.net eml: fayeandlorna@comcast.net (party of record) (party of record) Connie Taylor Leslye Bergan Marleen Mandt 2425 NE 25th Street 3306 Lake Washington Blvd N 1408 N 26th Street Renton, WA 98056 ste: #2 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-5436 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1167 eml: conniemtaylor@comcast.net tel: (206) 940-7461 eml: mkmandt@comcast.net (party of record) eml: lesbergan@comcast.net (party of record) (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg Trudy Neumann Dima 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N 922 N 28th Place 1815 NE 27th Court ste: #C201 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-4205 eml: dyma20@yahoo.com tel: (206) 200-8156 (party of record) (party of record) eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Jon & Marilyn Danielson Mike Batin Sally Rochelle 1308 N 34th Street 3410 Park Avenue N 3626 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-7933 tel: (425) 235-8818 tel: (425) 277-3159 eml: jonjdan@aol.com eml: mbattin@yahoo,com eml: rochsjr@comcast.net (party of record) (party of record) (party of record) Updated: 10/18/12 (Page 3 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Susan Miller 806 N 30th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-1868 eml: susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com (party of record) Mimi MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-5409 eml: mimiafsc@mac.com (party of record) Altino Properties, Inc. & JH Baxter & Co. 800 S Third Street Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 226-3900 (owner) Lance Lopes Vice President General Counsel Seattle Sea hawks I Seattle Sounders FC I First & Global Inc. 12 Seahawks Way Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-8010 eml: lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com (party of record) Spencer Alpert Alpert International, LLP 2442 NW Market Street ste: #722 Seattle, WA 98107 tel: (206) 915-7200 (party of record) Updated: 10/18/12 Bud Worley 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #B203 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 235-0825 eml: bud@nwccc.net (party of record) Keith Preszler 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: kpreszler@hotmail.com (party of record) Ryan Durkin 500 Galland Building 1221 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) Steve Van Til Vulcan 505 5th Avenue S ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98104 tel: (206) 342-2119 (party of record) Laurie Baker 3107 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206)772-6284 eml: laurieb@mvseac.com (pa rty of reco rd) Tim Stewart Director Development Services Group City of Mercer Island 9611 SE 36th Street Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 275-7600 (party of record) Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Avenue ste: #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 757-8893 eml: cmathewson@centurypacificlp.com (contact) John Hansen 4005 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-1498 eml: johsamm@comcast.net (party of record) Dan Mitzel 111 Cleveland Avenue Mt Vernon, WA 98040 tel: (360) 404-2050 (party of record) Kevin Iden 5121 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-4336 eml: idenkr@comcast.net (party of record) (Page 4 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Anne Simpson 3001 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6344 eml: annsimpson@comcast.net (party of record) Rich Wagner 2411 Garden Court N Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Ronald & Sachi Nicol 1030 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 891-6169 eml: rfnucik@comcast.net & msnicol@gmail.com (party of record) Patty Witt 14107 SE 45th Street Bellevue, WA 98006 tel: (425) 890-1880 eml: pwitt55@aol.com (party of record) Laura & James Counsell 1122 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-1281 eml: yyluan@yahoo.com & j.diddly@gmail.com (party of record) Tom Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (421) 221-0631 eml: tommbaker@hotmail.com (party of record) Updated: 10/18/12 Jim Hanken Wolfstone, Panchot & Bloch, P.S., Inc. 1111 Third Avenue ste: 1800 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 682-3840 (party of record) Paul & Susan Siegmund 1006 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 502-5195 eml: paulrsiegmund@gmail.com (party of record) John Murphy Director of Operations New Home Trends, Inc. 4314 148th Street SE Mill Creek, WA 98012 tel: (425) 953-4719 (party of record) Bob & Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3385 eml: mbfamily6@gmail.com & rgb@beckerarch.com (party of record) Ricardo & Maria Antezana 1025 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: ricardoadlc@msn.com (party of record) Linda Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1251 eml: lindabak@hotmail.com (party of record) Charlie Conner 846 108th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 tel: (425) 646-4433 (party of record) Jessica Winter 7600 Sand Point Way Seattle, WA 98115 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) c/o Brad Nicholson SEGB 2302 NE 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Roy & Joann Francis 1000 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-7108 eml: royfrancis@msn.com (party of record) Nancy Denney 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: nancydenney@comcast.net (party of record) Elisabeth Durr 1206 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: elisabethdurr@gmail.com (party of record) (Page 5 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Aaron Belenky 1800 NE 40th Street ste: #H-4 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 235-2651 eml: abelenky@alum.mit.edu (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg, Director Eastport Shores Townhomes Association 3100 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 200-8156 eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Richard & Kathleen Bergquist 7244 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: dickb@seanet.com (party of record) Barbara Nightingale, Regional Shoreline Planner Department of Ecology 3190 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008 (pa rty of reco rd) Jenny Manning 1205 N 10th Place ste: #2440 Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 283-2880 eml: jenny.manning@patch.com (party of record) Updated: 10/18/12 Gretchen Kaehler Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation PO Box 48343 Olympia, WA 98504-8343 tel: (360) 586-3088 eml: gretchen. kaehler@dahp.wa.gov (party of record) John & Diane Haines 1014 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: headac1@comcast.net (party of record) Lynda Priddy Remedial Project Manager Environmental Protection Agency 1200 6th Avenue ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98101-3140 (party of record) Diane Espey Jackson 2419 Talbot Crest Drive S Renton, WA 98055 eml: dianej2419@msn.com (party of record) Michele Mullinaux PO Box 2825 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (253) 569-2134 eml: mullinaux@comcast.net (party of record) Gwendolyn High 155 Yakima Avenue NE Renton, WA 98059 tel: (206) 279-0349 eml: gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com (party of record) Kevin Poole 627 High Avenue S Renton, WA 98057 tel: (206) 245-8956 eml: kevinpoole@mac.com (party of record) Ramin Pazooki Local Agency & Development Services Manager WSDOT 15700 Dayton Avenue N PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133-9710 (party of record) William Skilling 3814 E Lee Street Seattle, WA 98112 tel: (206) 622-2626 eml: bskilling@msn.com (party of record) (Page 6 of 6) ______ !fl!llllllllllll!lllllllllllfJfJCIllll' r ;;:t City of , r i . ~ rl r (' r t ._ -i ___ _0 __ NOTICE OF ISSUANCE & AVAILABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADDENDUM (EIS ADDENDUM) Notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). PROJECT NAME: PROPONENT: PROJECT NUMBER: Quendall Terminals Campbell Mathewson, Century Pacific, L. P. LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM LOCATION: 43S0 Lake Washington Blvd DESCRIPTION: The proposal is located adjacent to lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS Addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued December 10, 2010; evaluates potential impacts resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. For those assumptions that have been modified under the Preferred Alternative, the updated analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements include, Critical Areas, Aesthetics/View, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies. DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall for $25 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD, plus tax and postage (if mailed). COMMENT PERIOD: Written comments on the DEIS will be accepted for a 30-day comment period, ending 5:00 p.m., on Monday, November 19, 2012, and should be addressed to: CITY OF RENTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT ATTN: VANESSA DOLBEE, SENIOR PLANNER 1055 SOUTH GRADY WAY, 6TH flOOR RENTON,WA 98055 If you have further questions, please contact Vanessa Dolbee at (425)430-7314; vdolbee@rentonwa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE PROJECT MANAGER VANESSA DOLBEE AT (425) 430-7314. DO NOT REMOVE THIS NOTICE WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALLING FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION. Denis Law Mayor $: r --=-,..,.....""",...~ t, October 18, 2012 ...... -....; ...... ";...,jl;.",~ ... ..".-....;.;,, Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Avenue #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Department of Community and Economic Development C.E."Chip"Vincent, Administrator Subject: NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY -EIS ADDENDUM Quendall Terminals/lUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM Dear Mr. Mathewson: This letter is written on behalf ofthe Environmental Review Committee (ERC).to advise you that they have completed their review of the subject project, and notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) was issued on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: www.rentonwa.gov. Written comments on the EIS Addendum will be accepted for a 30-day comment period, ending November 19, 2012 and should be addressed to: Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner; City of Renton, CED-Planning Division, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 Please refer to the enclosed Notice of Issuance and Availability for complete details. If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-7314. For the Environmental Review Committee, Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner Enclosure cc: Altino Prope'rties, Inc. and JH Baxter & Co./ Owners Parties of Record Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton,Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov __ D:e:~y=-~:w..--__ "".,."",.... r< 2irY r c· r I _ •. ~ ._.~ ._ ~U.-. ....,f October 18, 2012 Washington State Department of Ecology Environmental Review Section PO Box 47703 Olympia, WA 98504-7703 Department of Community and Economic Development C.E. "Chip" Vincent, Administrator Subject: NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY -EIS ADDENDUM Notice is hereby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY -ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT lEIS) ADDENDUM PROJECT NAME: Quendall Terminals PROJECT NUMBER: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM LOCATION: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd N DESCRIPTION: The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS Addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued December 10, 2010; evaluates potential impacts resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. For those assumptions that have been modified under the Preferred Alternative, the updated analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements include, Critical Areas, Aesthetics/View, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12'h Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: www.rentonwa.gov. Written comments on the EIS Addendum will be accepted for a 30-day comment period, ending November 19, 2012 and should be addressed to: Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way. Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Washington State Department of Ecology Page 2 of 2 October 17, 2012 Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner City of Renton CED-Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 Please refer to the enclosed Notice of Issuance and Availability for complete details. If you have questions, please call me at (425) 430-7314. For the Environmental Review Committee, ~-DoI~ Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner Enclosure cc: King County Wastewater Treatment Division Boyd Powers, Department of Natural Resources Karen Walter, Fisheries, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Melissa calvert, Muckleshoot Cultural Resources Program Gretchen Kaehler, Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation Ramin Pazooki, WSDOT, NW Region Larry Fisher, WDFW Duwamish Tribal Office US Army Corp. of Engineers DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF ISSUANCE AND AVAILABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADDENDUM (EIS ADDENDUM) Notice is hearby given under WAC 197-11-510 and RMC 4-9-070 that the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the proposal described below was issued by the City of Renton Environmental Review Committee on Monday, October 15, 2012, and is available for public review and comment. Copies are available for review at the Renton Main Library, located at 100 Mill Avenue South, and the Renton Highlands Branch Library, located at 2902 NE 12th Street, and at Renton City Hall, Customer Service Counter, 6th floor, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton WA 98057, and on the City of Renton web site: (www.rentonwa.gov). APPLICATION NUMBER(S): PROJECT PROPONENT: PROJECT NAME: LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SA-M, SM Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L. P. 1201 Third Ave, Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Quendall Terminals DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS Addendum to the Draft Enviornmental Impact Satment (DEIS) issued December 10, 2010; evaluates potential impacts resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. For those assumptions that have been modified under the Preferred Alternative, the updated analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements include, Critical Areas, Aesthetics/View, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies. LOCATION OF PROPOSAL: LEAD AGENCY: RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: 4350 Lake Washington Blvd City of Renton Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division Environmental Review Committee Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division 1055 S Grady Way Renton,WA 98057 DOCUMENT PURCHASE INFORMATION: The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for purchase from the Finance Department on the 1st Floor of Renton City Hall for $25 per hard copy or $10.00 per CD, plus tax and postage (if mailed). ERC ISSUANCE & AVALABILITY/ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADDENDUM PAGE 2 of 2 PUBLIC REVIEW: Written public comment on the DEIS will be accepted for a 3D-day review period ending at 5:00 p.m. Monday. November 19, 2012. Written Comments should be addressed to: Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner, Planning Division, 6th floor Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: If you would like additional information, please contact Vanessa Dolbee, City of Renton at (425)430-7314 PUBLICATION DATE: DATE OF DECISION: SIGNATURES: . ? Gregg Zi er ,A ministrator Public Works Department " Terry Higashiyama, Administrato Community Services Departm October 19, 2012 October 15, 2012 JD/I<;/zort~'~~~~,--,=~_ Date Mark Peterson, Ad inistrator Fire & Emergency Services /(J /1:~;/;6 C £. \j ~-'Sj{ Da~ C.E. "Chip" Vincent, Administrator Department of Community & Economic Development If) (['Si2fh2 Datb ' Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Mike, Vanessa Dolbee Thursday, November 15, 201212:16 PM 'Mike Battin' RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Ur/lt51-15/ Thank you very much for this last e-mail, Your comments will be entered into the official record and a response to them will be included in the Final EIS, You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application, 'Vanessa ([)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Mike Battin [mailto:mbattin@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:50 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Vanessa- Not a problem, here is the revised signature line. "And not to mention the mile-long backup on Lake Wash @ Sea hawks drive blvd between 7:50 and 8:15 AM weekdays. Adding another 200 vehicles to that mess is not acceptable. Who is reviewing thiS?" Thanks, Mike Mike Battin Chief Operating Officer PACSHealth, LLC 3410 Park Av. North Renton, WA 98056 From: Vanessa Dolbee [mailto:VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 14:18 To: 'Mike Battin' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability 1 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Mike Battin <mbattin@yahoo,com> Sunday, November 11,20126:50 AM Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Follow Up Flag: Flag Status: Vanessa- Follow up Completed Not a problem, here is the revised signature line, "And not to mention the mile-long backup on Lake Wash @ Seahawks drive blvd between 7:50 and 8:15 AM weekdays, Adding another 200 vehicles to that mess is not acceptable, Who is reviewing this?" Thanks, Mike Mike Battin Chief Operating Officer PACSHealth, llC 3410 Park Av, North Renton, WA 98056 From: Vanessa Dolbee [mailto:VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 14:18 To: 'Mike Battin' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Mike, I am so sorry to make you send these comments again, However, State Law requires that any person who makes a comment on a project, is to be added to a list and that the City is required to keep that individual updated on the project. Our correspondence is required to be sent via snail mail. As such, can you please send your comments again, with your Name and mailing address in the signature line, This is the only way the City can meet the State regulations on this process, Once again, I am sorry for the technicalities but I want to ensure your comments are included in the "official" document. Vanessa (Do{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425,430.7314 1 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, November 06,20122:41 PM 'Larry Reymann' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Larry, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. Vanessa r})o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Larry Reymann [mailto:fulmen8@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 2:08 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Hi Vanessa, Thanks for your help with the correct way to submit this feedback. As a private citizen, I share the concerns expressed about vehicular traffic gridlock though out Kennydale as a result of the proposed scale and density of the Quendall Terminals development. Where are the mass transit improvement/options that might be an antidote? I also have concerns about environmental degradation that would result from it: If, as section Pl-S states, the "majority of the site would be covered with impervious surfaces" with "offshore outfall locations for stormwater discharge", who will monitor the impact of this runoff on the Lake Washington Watershed and Aquifer? Pollution in stormwater runoff is the prime suspect in the prespawning mortality I have seen again this year in the coho salmon run trying to survive in May Creek. Much more provision for and detail of the "water quality treatment...for runoff from pollution generating surfaces" described in section Pl-6 is necessary. 1 Six story structures on the western edge of this property are the tallest proposed, and would seem to wall off Lake Washington. Through out the document, a public trail along the shoreline is repeatedly referenced as a mitigating component of the Environmental Impact from this development; but in section 4.2.4, language defining the trail as "provided" is struck, with the phrase "is proposed" substituted. This would indicate that the trail is an option for the developer, not a fact. The trail, educational signage, and public access to Lake Washington's Shoreline, must be a requirement for this development, as it was in the original EIS. This property will be developed. I appreciate the hard work of city staff in sharing these preliminary plans with the citizens who will be so directly impacted by them. Much work remains to make Quendall Terminals palatable and appropriate for the habitat and neighborhood we are blessed to share. Lawrence Reymann Family 1313 No. 38th St. Renton, WA 98056 From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: wsihon@comcast.net; bgmc2@cox.net; borg41943@comcast.net; lpreid@comcast.net; aimerdoll@yahoo.com; fulmen8@hotmail.com; garys@loziergroup.com; cmikeathom@msn.com; mscero@comcast.net; taryntani@gmail.com; bmaccaul@gmail.com; a. woodley@comcast.net; swu@bechtel.com; suzywo@verison.net; christineschen@yahoo.com; vchiu74@hotmail.com; glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us; rrcorbell@comcast.net; stows@comcast.net; agrawaalr@yahoo.com; bonethedawgs@yahoo.com; sbholden@nwlink.com; altglennmal@comcast.net; pavvt@hotmail.com; amyroberts@seanet.com; jobitney@comcast.net; forsue2go@comcast.net; fayeandloma@comcast.net; conniemtaylor@comcast.net; lesbergan@comcast.net; mkmandt@comcast.net; chelsearyberg@gmail.com; dyma20@yahoo.com; jonjdan@aol.com; mbattin@yahoo.com; rochsjr@comcast.net; susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com; bud@nwccc.net; mimiafsc@mac.com; kpreszler@hotmail.com; johsamm@comcast.net; lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com; laurieb@mvseac.com; spencer@alpertcapital.com; idenkr@comcast.net; annsimpson@comcast.net; paulrsiegmund@gmail.com; rfnucik@comcast.net; msnicol@gmail.com; pwitt55@aol.com; mbfamily6@gmail.com; rgb@beckerarch.com; royfrancis@msn.com; yyluan@yahoo.com; j .diddly@gmail.com; ricardoadlc@msn.com; nancydenney@comcast.net; tommbaker@hotmail.com; lindabak@hotmail.com; elisabethdurr@gmail.com; abelenky@alum.mit.edu; gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov; gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com; chelsearyberg@gmail.com; headac l@comcast.net; kevinpoole@mac.com; dickb@seanet.com; dianej 2419@msn.com; bskilling@msn.com; lenny.Manning@patch.com; mullinaux@comcast.net 2 Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:48:28 -0700 Subject: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number LUA09-151. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19. 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City's website for free and is available for download at the following linle http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/BusinessIEDNSPIDEVSERV IOuendallTerminals EISAddendum 101912. P df?n=5057 The EIS Addendum is also available at the Main Library, Highlands Library and Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City'S Finance Department located on the 1 st floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa (j)0{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way 3 Renton, W A 98057 425.430.7314 4 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Hi Vanessa, Larry Reymann <fulmen8@hotmail.com> Tuesday, November 06,20122:08 PM Vanessa Dolbee RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Thanks for your help with the correct way to submit this feedback. As a private citizen, I share the concerns expressed about vehicular traffic gridlock though out Kennydale as a result of the proposed scale and density of the Quendall Terminals development. Where are the mass transit improvement/options that might be an antidote? I also have concerns about environmental degradation that would result from it: If, as section Pl-5 states, the "majority of the site would be covered with impervious surfaces" with "offshore outfall locations for stormwater discharge", who will monitor the impact of this runoff on the Lake Washington Watershed and Aquifer? Pollution in stormwater runoff is the prime suspect in the prespawning mortality I have seen again this year in the coho salmon run trying to survive in May Creek, Much more provision for and detail of the "water quality treatmenLfor runoff from pollution generating surfaces" described in section Pl-6 is necessary. Six story structures on the western edge of this property are the tallest proposed, and would seem to wall off Lake Washington. Through out the document, a public trail along the shoreline is repeatedly referenced as a mitigating component of the Environmental Impact from this development; but in section 4.2.4, language defining the trail as "provided" is struck, with the phrase "is proposed" substituted. This would indicate that the trail is an option for the developer, not a fact. The trail, educational signage, and public access to Lake Washington's Shoreline, must be a requirement for this development, as it was in the original EIS. This property will be developed. I appreciate the hard work of city staff in sharing these preliminary plans with the citizens who will be so directly impacted by them. Much work remains to make Quendall Terminals palatable and appropriate for the habitat and neighborhood we are blessed to share. Lawrence Reymann Family 1313 No. 38th St. Renton, WA 98056 1 From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: wsihon@comcast.net; bgmc2@cox.net; borg4l943@comcast.net; lpreid@comcast.net; aimerdoll@yahoo.com; fulmen8@hotmail.com; garys@loziergroup.com; cmikeathom@msn.com; mscero@comcast.net; taryntani@gmail.com; bmaccaul@gmail.com; a.woodley@comcast.net; swu@bechtel.com; suzywo@verison.net; christineschen@yahoo.com; vchiu74@hotmail.com; glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us; ITcorbell@comcast.net; stows@comcast.net; agrawaalr@yahoo.com; bonethedawgs@yahoo.com; sbholden@nwlink.com; altglennmal@comcast.net; pavyt@hotmail.com; arnyroberts@seanet.com; jobitney@comcast.net; forsue2go@comcast.net; fayeandlorna@comcast.net; conniemtaylor@comcast.net; lesbergan@comcast.net; mkmandt@comcast.net; chelsearyberg@gmail.com; dyma20@yahoo.com; jonjdan@aol.com; mbattin@yahoo.com; rochsjr@comcast.net; susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com; bud@nwccc.net; mimiafsc@mac.com; kpreszler@hotmail.com; johsarnm@comcast.net; lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com; laurieb@mvseac.com; spencer@alpertcapital.com; idenkr@comcast.net; armsimpson@comcast.net; paulrsiegmund@gmail.com; rfnucik@comcast.net; msnicol@gmail.com; pwitt55@aol.com; mbfarnily6@gmail.com; rgb@beckerarch.com; royfrancis@msn.com; yyluan@yahoo.com; j.diddly@gmail.com; ricardoadlc@msn.com; nancydenney@comcast.net; tommbaker@hotmail.com; lindabak@hotmail.com; elisabethdurr@grnail.com; abelenky@alum.mit.edu; gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov; gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com; chelsearyberg@gmail.com; headacl@comcast.net; kevinpoole@mac.com; dickb@seanet.com; dianej2419@msn.com; bskilling@msn.com; Jenny.Marming@patch.com; mullinaux@comcast.net Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:48:28 -0700 Subject: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number LUA09-J5J. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19, 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City's website for free and is available for download at the following link: http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/BusinessIEDNSPIDEVSERV IOuendallTerminals EISAddendum 10 1912.p df?n=5057 2 The EIS Addendum is also available at the Main Library, Highlands Library and Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City's Finance Department located on the I st floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa (j)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 425.430.7314 3 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Cyrus, Vanessa Dolbee Wednesday, October 31,201211:01 AM 'Cyrus McNeely' RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability WArtr -/51 Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. You are currently on the party of record list for the subject project and will continue to receive information as it relates to the Quendall Terminals development application. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. 'Vanessa !J)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Cyrus McNeely [mailto:cmikeathom@msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:48 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability I'm not confused. Having spent a 30 year career in the environmental group of a planning office of a federal agency, and chief of it for 4 or so years -the infamous ERS of the Corps - I believe I know what's going on. I'm looking for a response to the Park Ave. No. issue, identified during initial scoping as to be assessed and also commented on a couple times, wherever I can find it -in this addendum, in the final, all inclusive EIS or elsewhere. Because it has, so far, been ignored I can only assume that will likely continue. So I'm raising my flag in several different ways, one of which was my Reply All email to your list of those of record. It should be oovered (and I don't mean, as we used to say in ERS, "kissed oW) in the Final EIS. But, more importantly, it is an analysis that should be done, regardless of the official process. It's part of good planning. Cyrus M. ("Mike") McNeely 3810 Park Ave. No. Renton, WA 98056-1520 From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: cmikeathom@msn.com Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:22:08 -0700 Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Cyrus, 1 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Cyrus McNeely <cmikeathom@msn.com> Wednesday, October 31,20129:48 AM Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability I'm not confused. Having spent a 30 year career in the environmental group of a planning office of a federal agency, and chief of it for 4 or so years -the infamous ERS of the Corps - I believe I know what's going on. I'm looking for a response to the Park Ave. No. issue, identified during initial scoping as to be assessed and also commented on a couple times, wherever I can find it -in this addendum, in the final, all inclusive EIS or elsewhere. Because it has, so far, been ignored I can only assume that will likely continue. So I'm raising my flag in several different ways, one of which was my Reply All email to your list of those of record. It should be covered (and I don't mean, as we used to say in ERS, "kissed off') in the Final EIS. But, more importantly, it is an analysis that should be done, regardless of the official process. It's part of good planning. Cyrus M. ("Mike") McNeely 3810 Park Ave, No. Renton, WA 98056-1520 From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: cmikeathom@msn.com Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:22:08 -0700 Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Cyrus, Once again, I appreciate your comments and the time you spend providing valuable review. A actual pen and ink letter will also be considered an official comment. To provide a bit of background as to why you may not see the response you are looking for in the EIS Addendum (also see Chapter 2 of the Addendum Q & A). The way the EIS process works, is the Final EIS is a document designed to respond to comments received on the Draft EIS. The document issued is an Addendum to the DEIS and is not the FEIS, therefore some comments received during the comment period of the DEIS have been addressed in the Addendum; however some comments from the DEIS still remain to be answered. Your comments may be included in the list of comment yet to be responded to. As such, you may not see what you are looking for in this document but all comments received on the DEIS and this Addendum will be addressed in the FEIS, unless they have been addressed already in the Addendum. I encourage you to provide official comments, as this ensures that your current comments will be addressed in the FEIS. The process can be confusing so please do let me know if you have more questions. Thank you again for taking the time to review the document. Vanessa (J)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Cyrus McNeely [mailto:cmikeathom@msn.comj Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:00 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability OK, I understand. Will probably be writing an actual pen and ink letter on real paper. Isn't it possible, however, to do this assessment/evaluation without official comments just because it's the right thing to do -or in response, finally, to promises made and/or comments received earlier? From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: cmikeathom@msn.com Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:38:51 -0700 Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Cyrus, Thank you for your comments, we appreciate you taking the time to consider and comment on the EIS Addendum. However, we cannot accept you e-mail below as official comments unless you provide your full name and address in the signature line. Please re-send the comments below to the City only, and include this information in the signature line. This way we can enter them into the official record. All comments received will be responded to in the Final EIS. Thank you, Vanessa (Do(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Cyrus McNeely [mailto:cmikeathom@msn.coml Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 8:31 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee; 'wsihon@comcast.net'; 'bgmc2@cox.net'; 'borg41943@comcast.net'; 'Ipreid@comcast.net'; 'aimerdoll@yahoo.com'; 'fulmen8@hotmail.com'; 'garys@loziergroup.com'; 'mscero@comcast.net'; 'taryntani@gmail.com'; 'bmaccaul@gmail.com'; 'a. woodley@comcast.net'; 'swu@bechtel.com'; 'suzywo@verison.net'; 'christineschen@yahoo.com'; 'vchiu74@hotmail.com'; 'glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us'; 'rrcorbell@comcast.net'; 'stows@comcast.net'; 'agrawaa Ir@yahoo.com'; 'bonethedawgs@yahoo.com'; 'sbholden@nwlink.com'; 'altglennmal@comcast.net'; 'pavyt@hotmail.com'; 'amyroberts@seanet.com'; 'jobitney@comcast.net'; 'forsue2go@comcast.net'; 'fayeandlorna@comcast.net'; 'conniemtaylor@comcast.net'; 'Iesbergan@comcast.net'; 'mkmandt@comcast.net'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail.com'; 'dyma20@yahoo.com'; 'jonjdan@aol.com'; 'mbattin@yahoo.com'; 2 .rochsjr@comcast.net.; 'susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com'; 'bud@nwccc.net'; 'mimiafsc@mac.com'; 'kpreszler@hotmail.com'; 'johsamm@comcast.net'; 'Iancel@seahawssoundersfc.com'; 'Iaurieb@mvseac.com'; Spencer Alpert (soencer@alpertcaoital.com); 'idenkr@comcast.net'; 'annsimpson@comcast.net'; 'paulrsiegmund@gmail.com'; 'rfnucik@comcast.net'; 'msnicol@gmail.com'; 'pwitt55@aol.com'; 'mbfamily6@gmail.com'; 'rgb@beckerarch.com'; 'royfrancis@msn.com'; 'yyluan@yahoo.com'; 'j.diddly@gmail.com'; 'ricardoadlc@msn.com'; 'nancydenney@comcast.net'; 'tommbaker@hotmail.com'; 'Iindabak@hotmail.com'; 'elisabethdurr@gmail.com'; 'abelenky@alum.mit.edu'; 'gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov'; 'gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com'; 'headac1@comcast.net'; 'kevinpoole@mac.com'; 'dickb@seanet.com'; 'dianej2419@msn.com'; 'bskilling@msn.com'; Jenny Manning; 'mullinaux@comcast.net' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Thank you. I have briefly reviewed the EIS Addendum. It seems to have, again, neglected to to consider impacts to Park Ave. No. between 30th and 40th No. This was an issue identified and documented in initial scoping and raised again by me, and perhaps others, in commenting on earlier Draft EIS(s). To reiterate: Park Ave. No. is at present a "shorter shot" to and from 1-405 Exit 6 to the project area on Lk. WA Blvd. There are no stops on Park between 30th No. and 40th at present and it has recently become a Share the Road route to encourage bikers. It is NOW used by a lot of folks. The Quendall Terminal proponent and the City of Renton need to assess and evaluate this issue in the final EIS From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: wSihon@comcast.net; bgmc2@cox.net; borg41943@comcast.net; Ipreid@comcast.net; aimerdoll@yahoo.com; fulmen8@hotmail.com; garvs@loziergroup.com; cmikeathom@msn.com; mscero@comcast.net; tarvntani@gmail.com; bmaccaul@gmail.com; a. woodley@comcast.net; swu@bechtel.com; suzvwo@verison.net; ch ristineschen@yahoo.com; vchiu74@hotmail.com; glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us; rrcorbell@comcast.net; stows@comcast.net; agrawaalr@yahoo.com; bonethedawgs@yahoo.com; sbholden@nwlink.com; altglennmal@comcast.net; pawt@hotmail.com; amyroberts@seanet.com; jobitney@comcast.net; forsue2go@comcast.net; fayeandlorna@comcast.net; conniemtaylor@comcast.net; lesbergan@comcast.net; mkmandt@comcast.net; chelsearvberg@gmail.com; dyma20@yahoo.com; jonjdan@aol.com; mbattin@yahoo.com; rochsjr@comcast.net; susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com; bud@nwccc.net; mimiafsc@mac.com; kpreszler@hotmail.com; johsamm@comcast.net; lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com; laurieb@mvseac.com; spencer@alpertcapital.com; idenkr@comcast.net; annsimpson@comcast.net; paulrsiegmund@gmail.com; rfnucik@comcast.net; msnicol@gmail.com; pWitt55@aol.com; mbfamily6@gmail.com; rgb@beckerarch.com; royfrancis@msn.com; wluan@yahoo.com; j.diddly@gmail.com; ricardoadlc@msn.com; nancvdenney@comcast.net; tommbaker@hotmail.com; lindabak@hotmail.com; elisabethdurr@gmail.com; abelenky@alum.mit.edu; gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov; gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com; chelsearvberg@gmail.com; headac1@comcast.net; kevinooole@mac.com; dickb@seanet.com; dianej2419@msn.com; bskilling@msn.com; Jenny.Manning@patch.com; mullinaux@comcast.net Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:48:28 -0700 Subject: Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposa~ City file number LUA09-151. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19, 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City's webSite for free and is available for download at the following link: http://rentonwa .gov I uploadedFiles/Business/EDNSP IDEVSERV IOuendalrr erminals EISAddendum 101912. pdf?n -5057 The EIS Addendum is also available at the Main Library, Highlands Library and Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City's Finance Department located on the 1st floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa i])o(6ee Senior Planner 3 Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 4 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Vanessa Dolbee Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:48 PM 'wsihon@comcast.net'; 'bgmc2@cox.net'; 'borg41943@comcast.net'; 'Ipreid@comcast.net'; 'aimerdoll@yahoo.com'; 'fulmen8@hotmail.com'; 'garys@loziergroup.com'; 'cmikeathom@msn.com'; 'mscero@comcast.net'; 'taryntani@gmail.com'; 'bmaccaul@gmail.com'; 'a.woodley@comcast.net'; 'swu@bechtel.com'; 'suzywo@verison.net'; 'christineschen@yahoo.com'; 'vchiu74@hotmail.com'; 'glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us'; 'rrcorbell@comcast.net'; 'stows@comcast.net'; 'agrawaalr@yahoo.com'; 'bonethedawgs@yahoo.com'; 'sbholden@nwlink.com'; 'altglennmal@comcast.net'; 'pavyt@hotmail.com'; 'amyroberts@seanet.com'; 'jobitney@comcast.net'; 'forsue2go@comcast.net'; 'fayeandlorna@comcast.net'; 'conniemtaylor@comcast.net'; 'Iesbergan@comcast.net'; 'mkmandt@comcast.net'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail.com'; 'dyma20 @yahoo.com'; 'jonjdan@aol.com'; 'mbattin@yahoo.com'; 'rochsjr@comcast.net'; 'susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com'; 'bud@nwccc.net'; 'mimiafsc@mac.com'; 'kpreszler@hotmail.com'; 'johsamm@comcast.net'; 'Iancel@seahawssoundersfc.com'; 'Iaurieb@mvseac.com'; Spencer Alpert (spencer@alpertcapital.com); 'idenkr@comcast.net'; 'annsimpson@comcast.net'; 'paulrsiegmund@gmail.com'; 'rfnucik@comcast.net'; 'msnicol@gmail.com'; 'pwitt55@aol.com'; 'mbfamily6@gmail.com'; 'rgb@beckerarch.com'; 'royfrancis@msn.com'; 'yyluan@yahoo.com'; 'j.diddly@gmail.com'; 'ricardoadlc@msn.com'; 'nancydenney@comcast.net'; 'tommbaker@hotmail.com'; 'Iindabak@hotmail.com'; 'elisabethdurr@gmail.com'; 'abelenky@alum.mit.edu'; 'gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov'; 'gwendolyn high@hotmail.com'; 'chelsearyberg@gmail.com'; 'headac1 @comcast.net'; 'kevinpoole@mac.com'; 'dickb@seanet.com'; 'dianej2419@msn.com'; 'bskilling@msn.com'; Jenny Manning; 'mullinaux@comcast.net' Quendall Terminals EIS Addendum Availability Notice of Issuance & Availablity 09-151 Addendum.pdf This is a courtesy e-mail notice to those individuals whom which have provided an e-mail address and are on the City's party of record list for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development proposal, City file number WA09-1S1. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone you know that may be interested in the subject project. By now, you should have received a notice in the mail (attached) identifying the availability of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Addendum for the subject project. The public comment period is open and the City is accepting comments until 5:00 pm on November 19. 2012. Additional information can be found in the attached notice. The EIS Addendum can be accessed at the City's website for free and is available for download at the following link: http://rentonwa.gov/uploadedFiles/Business/EDNSP/DEVSERV/QuendallTerminals EISAddendum 101912.pdf?n-5057 The EIS Addendum is also available at the Main library, Highlands library and Renton City Hall 6th Floor for reference review. Or you may purchase a hard copy for $25.00 or a CD for $10.00 from the City's Finance Department located on the 1" floor of City Hall. Please let me know if you have any questions. 'Vanessa (])0{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 1 425.430.7314 2 Winnie & Yuri Sihon 1211 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: wsihon@comcast.net (party of record) Carol O'Connell 1241 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 254-2796 (party of record) Ronald & Vanessa Brazg 1019 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 746-7768 (party of record) Janet L. & Gary R. Sanford 1102 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 276-5848 eml: garys@loziergroup.com (party of record) Jim Hanken 15543 62nd Avenue NE Kenmore, WA 98028 (party of record) Michael Christ President SECO Development, Inc. 1083 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #50 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 282-5833 (party of record) Updated: 10/24/12 PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Bruce MacCaul Larry & Linda Boregson...J.--().V:Jl/ 1246 N 42nd Place 1013 N 42nd Place ~O \\v::1'i Renton, WA 98056 Renton _A 98056 /' (\e- tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: or 41943@comcast.ner- eml: bgmc2@cox.net (party of recor (party of record) Yvonne & Gary C. Pipkin 1120 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-2009 (party of record) Amy & Kevin Dedrickson 1012 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3799 eml: aimerdoll@yahoo.com (party of record) Mark Hancock PO Box 88811 Seattle, WA 98138 (party of record) Cyrus M. McNeely 3810 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 eml: cmikeathom@msn.com (party of record) Roger A. Pearce Foster Pepper LLC 1111 Third Avenue ste: #3400 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 447-4676 eml: pearr@foster.com (party of record) Len & Pat Reid 1217 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-0474 eml: Ipreid@comcast.net (party of record) Larry Reymann 1313 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-8511 eml: fulmen8@hotmail.com (party of record) Kelly Smith 6811 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 917-3316 (party of record) Mike Cera 8300 Avalon Drive Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 419-0657 eml: mscero@comcast.net (party of record) Robert & Sonya Tobeck 1003 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) (Page 1 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Lawrence E. Hard Attorney at Law 4316 NE 33rd Street Seattle, WA 98105 tel: (206) 669-8686 (party of record) Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bmaccaul@gmail.com (party of record) Anne Woodley 7920 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: a.woodley@comcast.net (party of record) . \fj- J' Suzanne & Donald Orehe~ '\>, 4103 Wells Avenue N ,~ Renton, WA 98056 .;j tel: (516 I eml: uzywo@verison.ne (party 0 recor Glen St. Amant Muckelshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division 39015 172nd Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092 tel: (253) 939-3311 eml: glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us (party of record) Rajendra Agrawaal 1113 N 29th Street Renton, WA 98056 eml: agrawaalr@yahoo.com (party of record) Updated: 10/24/12 Charles & Rebecca Taylor 1252 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425)430-4473 (pa rty of record) Sally A Scott 1405 N 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-1005 (party of record) Charles P Witmann 907 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Christine Chen 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 229-5880 eml: christineschen@yahoo.com (party of record) Ronald Corbell 4113 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6844 eml: rrcorbell@comcast.net (party of record) Tony Boydston 3920 NE 11th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: bonethedawgs@yahoo.com (party of record) Ross & Ava Ohashi 1018 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 890-3045 eml: taryntani@gmail.com (party of record) Richard M Ferry 7414 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 232-1872 (party of record) Sheng Wu 1222 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (832) 971-9396 eml: swu@bechtel.com (party of record) Victor Chiu 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (626) 627-1059 eml: vchiu74@hotmail.com (party of record) Susan Stow 1309 N 36th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 793-5062 eml: stows@comcast.net (party of record) Chuck & Sylvia Holden 3609 Meadow Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-9956 eml: sbholden@nwlink.com (party of record) (Page 2 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Mike & Sharon Glenn 8825 114th Avenue SE Newcastle, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-8351 eml: altglennmal@comcast.net (party of record) Amy Lietz Roberts 1006 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-1057 eml: amyroberts@seanet.com (party of record) Darius & Vicki Richards 3605 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4469 (party of record) Connie Taylor 2425 NE 25th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-5436 eml: conniemtaylor@comcast.net (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #C201 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 200-8156 eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Jon & Marilyn Danielson 1308 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-7933 eml: jonjdan@aol.com (party of record) Updated: 10/24/12 Pavy Thao 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #A101 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 591-7077 eml: pavyt@hotmail.com (party of record) Farrell Wilson & Jonell Bitney- Wilson 4063 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-1748 eml: jobitney@comcast.net (party of record) Sue & Mac Jahnke 1717 Aberdeen Avenue NE Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-6489 eml: forsue2go@comcast.net (party of record) Leslye Be rg a n 3306 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #2 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 940-7461 eml: lesbergan@comcast.net (party of record) Trudy Neumann 922 N 28th Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-4205 (party of record) Mike Batin 3410 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 235-8818 eml: mbattin@yahoo.com (party of record) Tim Riley 3607 Lake Washington Blvd N . \' fl. Renton, WA 98056 ,.;tL 1 ~ J ~ IWtlll.L tel: 20 -021 'T~) \OJc eml: towashsys.com (party of recor Kim Browne 1409 N 37th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7791 (party of record) Faye Janders 2717 Aberdeen Avenue NE Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-4227 eml: fayeandlorna@comcast.net (party of record) Marleen Mandt 1408 N 26th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1167 eml: mkmandt@comcast.net (party of record) Dima 1815 NE 27th Court Renton, WA 98056 eml: dyma20@yahoo.com (party of record) Sally Rochelle 3626 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 277-3159 eml: rochsjr@comcast.net (pa rty of reco rd) (Page 3 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Susan Miller 806 N 30th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-1868 eml: susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com (party of record) Mimi MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-5409 eml: mimiafsc@mac.com (party of record) Altino Properties, Inc. & JH Baxter & Co. 800 S Third Street Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 226-3900 (owner) Lance Lopes Vice President General Counsel Seattle Sea hawks I Seattle Sounders FC I First & Global Inc. 12 Sea hawks Way Renton, WA 98056 Bud Worley 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #B203 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 235-0825 eml: bud@nwccc.net (party of record) Keith Preszler 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: kpreszler@hotmail.com (party of record) Ryan Durkin 500 Galland Building 1221 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) Steve Van Til Vulcan 505 5th Avenue S ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98104 tel: (206) 342-2119 tel: (425) 203-8010 . ,,...\-. \wJ ,~party of record) \V<:/cJB.L Spencer Alpert Alpert International, LLP 2442 NW Market Street ste: #722 Seattle, WA 98107 tel: (206) 915-7200 (party of record) Updated: 10/24/12 Laurie Baker 3107 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206)772-6284 eml: laurieb@mvseac.com (pa rty of reco rd) Tim Stewart Director Development Services Group City of Mercer Island 9611 SE 36th Street Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 275-7600 (party of record) Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Avenue ste: #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 757-8893 eml: cmathewson@centurypacificlp.com (contact) John Hansen 4005 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-1498 eml: johsamm@comcast.net (party of record) Dan Mitzel 111 Cleveland Avenue Mt Vernon, WA 98040 tel: (360) 404-2050 (party of record) Kevin Iden 5121 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-4336 eml: idenkr@comcast.net (party of record) (Page 4 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Anne Simpson 3001 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6344 eml: annsimpson@comcast.net (party of record) Rich Wagner 2411 Garden Court N Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Ronald & Sachi Nicol 1030 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 891-6169 eml: rfnucik@comcast.net & msnicol@gmail.com (party of record) Patty Witt 14107 SE 45th Street _ \. I. \ I . Bellevue, WA 98006 \5' ~iVv'(Y" tel: 425 890-1880 , \,~V' eml witt55@ao .co . Q)'I. (party of record) Laura & James Counsell 1122 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-1281 eml: yyluan@yahoo.com & j.diddly@gmail.com (party of record) Tom Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (421) 221-0631 eml: tommbaker@hotmail.com (party of record) Updated: 10/24/12 Jim Hanken Wolfstone, Panchot & Bloch, P.S., Inc. 1111 Third Avenue ste: 1800 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 682-3840 (party of record) Paul & Susan Siegmund 1006 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 502-5195 eml: paulrsiegmund@gmail.com (party of record) John Murphy Director of Operations New Home Trends, Inc. 4314 148th Street SE Mill Creek, WA 98012 tel: (425) 953-4719 (party of record) Bob & Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3385 eml: mbfamily6@gmail.com & rgb@beckerarch.com (party of record) Ricardo & Maria Antezana 1025 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: ricardoadlc@msn.com (party of record) Linda Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1251 eml: lindabak@hotmail.com (party of record) Charlie Conner 846 108th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 tel: (425) 646-4433 (party of record) Jessica Winter 7600 Sand Point Way Seattle, WA 98115 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) c/o Brad Nicholson SEGB 2302 NE 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Roy & Joann Francis 1000 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-7108 eml: royfrancis@msn.com (party of record) Nancy Denney 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: nancydenney@comcast.net (party of record) Elisabeth Durr 1206 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: elisabethdurr@gmail.com (party of record) (Page 5 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Aaron Belenky 1800 NE 40th Street ste: #H-4 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 235-2651 eml: abelenky@alum.mit.edu (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg, Director Eastport Shores Townhomes Association 3100 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 200-8156 eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Richard & Kathleen Bergquist 7244 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: dickb@seanet.com (party of record) Barbara Nightingale, Regional Shoreline Planner Department of Ecology 3190 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008 (party of record) Jenny Manning 1205 N 10th Place ste: #2440 Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 283-2880 eml: jenny.manning@patch.com (party of record) Updated: 10/24/12 Gretchen Kaehler Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation PO Box 48343 Olympia, WA 98504-8343 tel: (360) 586-3088 eml: gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov (party of record) John & Diane Haines 1014 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: headac1@comcast.net (party of record) Lynda Priddy Remedial Project Manager Environmental Protection Agency 1200 6th Avenue ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98101-3140 (party of record) Diane Espey Jackson 2419 Talbot Crest Drive S Renton, WA 98055 eml: dianej2419@msn.com (party of record) Michele Mullinaux PO Box 2825 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (253) 569-2134 eml: mullinaux@comcast.net (party of record) Gwendolyn High 155 Yakima Avenue NE Renton, WA 98059 tel: (206) 279-0349 eml: gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com (party of record) Kevin Poole 627 High Avenue S Renton, WA 98057 tel: (206) 245-8956 eml: kevinpoole@mac.com (party of record) Ramin Pazooki Local Agency & Development Services Manager WSDOT 15700 Dayton Avenue N PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133-9710 (party of record) William Skilling 3814 E Lee Street Seattle, WA 98112 tel: (206) 622-2626 eml: bskilling@msn.com (party of record) (Page 6 of 6) Denis Law f ____ ~M:aYo:r __ .. ------~¢ r 0 l October 19, 2012 Dear Reader: -l·.....,....,._ ....... WJJ Department of Community and Economic Development CE."Chip"Vincent, Administrator Attached is a copy of the Environmental Impact Statement Addendum (EIS Addendum) for the Quendall Terminals mixed use development. The proposal is located adjacent to Lake Washington on 21.46 acres of Commercial/Office/Residential (COR) zoned property. The EIS Addendum evaluates potential impacts resulting from a new Preferred Alternative. Following the issuance of the Draft EIS (issued December 2010) a Preferred Alternative was voluntarily developed by the applicant based on additional agency and community input (particularly from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA), and continued input and coordination with the City. Similar to Alternatives 1 and 2 in the DEIS, the Preferred Alternative is intended to be a mixed-use development. The Preferred Alternative would contain 21,600 square feet of retail space, 9,000 square feet of restaurant and 692 residential units. In November 2009, Campbell Mathewson of Century Pacific, L.P, submitted a Land Use Master Application (LUA09-151) for Environmental Review, Master Site Plan Review, Binding Site Plan, and Shoreline Substantial Development Permit. The City of Renton Environmental Review Committee issued a Determination of Significance (DS) on February 15, 2010. On April 27, 2010, a public scoping meeting was held to receive written and oral comments on the proposed scope of study for the EIS. On December 10, 2010 the DEIS was issued and a 30 day public comment period was held. This comment period was extended twice for 15 days to eventually end on February 9,2011. Following the comment period the project was placed on hold, until the creation of the Preferred Alternative, after which the project was taken off hold on June 27, 2012. Many ofthe redevelopment assumptions included in the DEIS would remain the same under the Preferred Alternative; such as, Earth, Environmental Health, Land and Shoreline Use, and Energy -Greenhouse Gas Emissions. As a result of these similarities the environmental analysis associated with those assumptions would remain the same. However, for those assumptions that have been modified under the Preferred Alternative, the updated analysis is included in the provided EIS Addendum. These elements include, Critical Areas, AestheticsNiew, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Cultural Resources and Relationship to Plans and Policies. Written public comment on the EIS Addendum will be accepted for a 30-day review period, starting on Friday, October 19, 2012, and ending at 5:00 p.m. November 19, 2012. Written comments should be addressed to: Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner; Planning Division, 6th floor Renton City Hall; 1055 South Grady Way; Renton, WA 98057. Renton City Hall. 1055 South Grady Way. Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Reader Page 2 of 2 October 19, 2012 Following the public comment period, the City will prepare and issue a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) that will include responses to the comments received during the public comment period and any additional analysis necessary to adequately evaluate the proposal. The City will then issue a Mitigation Document which will set forth the necessary conditions to diminish or eliminate environmental impacts as one portion of the approval of the Proposed Action. If you have any question or require clarification of the above, please contact Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner, at (425) 430-7314. The City of Renton appreciates your interest and participation. For the Environmental Review Committee, ~/t~ :7}';P;!perm~ '-kJ Gregg Zi;(merman, P.E. Public Works Administrator Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Michael Read [mikeread@tenw.com] Thursday, August 23,20128:44 AM Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Subject: Vanessa: 'Brunner, Gretchen'; Jim Seitz Re: Kennydale Per direction from EA Blumen, the City requested the following response to comments on the preliminary draft of the DE IS Addendum for the Quendall Terminals project regarding traffic counts. Per City direction approximately one year ago, TENW completed new peak hour traffic counts at the intersection of Ripley Lane and Lake Washington Boulevard to confirm that existing volumes from historical and recent land use development served via Ripley Lane was accurately portrayed in baseline volumes. TENW conducted new counts in June of 2012 when the Seahawks Training camp was at full utilization. This traffic count determined that "through volumes" along the Lake Washington Boulevard corridor in 2012 were the same as those levels used in our previous analysis of existing conditions, but that southbound left turns from Ripley Lane onto Lake Washington Boulevard and then onto 1-405 were higher than previous historical counts. As such, adjustments were only made to existing traffic counts for these discrete movements in preparing the Addendum to the DEIS for Quendall Terminals and no justification in conducting additional counts was found given that peak directional flows along the Lake Washington Boulevard corridor were consistent with previous analyses and historical volumes from 2009/201 O. Please let me know if you have further questions. Michael Read, PE I Pr'ncipal TENW PO Box 65254. Seattle, WA 98155 mikeread@tenw.com I Ol'ice, 2063611333 Ix 10lJ I Cell: 206-999·4145 On 8/13/2012 10:50 AM, Vanessa Dolbee wrote: Mike, Per our phone conversation, please find attached a serious of e-mails (which include the transportations study for Kennydale Apt.). I am providing you the e-mails and the attachments in case you are interested and/or need the additional information that was talked about during the Kennydale Apt. land use project review. If you have any questions please let me know. In response to the traffiC calming question, we do not have a traffic calming program at the City or a guide book. Based on my discussion with Transportation, they believe a "laundry list" of options is a good approach. We can work out the details with fire and transportation services later. Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Michael Read [mailto:mikeread@tenw.com] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:28 AM To: Vanessa Dol bee Subject: Ping from TENW Michael Read, PE I Principal TENW PO Box 65254, Seattle, WA 98155 mikcrcad@tenw.com I Office: 206-361-7333 (x 101)leell; 206-999-4145 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Marleen, Vanessa Dolbee Monday, July 09, 2012 11 :07 AM 'Marleen Mandl' priddy.lynda@epamail.epa.gov RE: QT Letter from EPA [u,AOC(-lSI The City recently adopted a new Shoreline Master Program (SMP), which can be found at the following link: http://rentonwa.gov/business/default.aspx?id=15508 When the applicant submitted their application to the City the new SMP was not completed and/or adopted by City Council as code/law. The City was operating under the 1983 Shoreline Master Program for all projects. As such, due to the Washington State Vested Rights Doctrine the applicant is vested to the old regulations. However, the EPA will be completing their review process which will determine the environmental restoration for the site. As a federal agency EPA is not subject to the State Vested Rights Doctrine and as such, may impose different requirements over what the applicant is vested to in the City. I recommend that you contact the EPA if you would like further information about what standards will be utilized in the environmental restoration and their process for determining what the restoration will look like. The City is not a deciding agency in the EPA's process, however the EPA does have a public process where comments can be submitted. The EPA's project manager is Lynda Priddy, she can be reached at the following: priddy.lynda@epamail.epa.gov 'Vanessa (Do{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Marleen Mandt [mailto:mkmllndt@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 7:40 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: QT Letter from EPA What the difference between the 1983 and current EPA Shoreline. Why did they go with the old one? MtlreeeIC Mtilldt Yesterday is gone; tomorrow is uncertain; Today is here. Usc it wisely. From: Vanessa Dolbee [mailto:VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov] Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:04 PM To: 'Marleen' Subject: QT Letter from EPA 1 Marleen, Per our phone conversation today, please find attached the letter the City received from the EPA on the Quendall Terminals project. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Vanessa CDo(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 2 Denis Law ___ ~M:aYOr ____ ----~¢r r June 27, 2012 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 SUBJECT: "Off Hold" Notice ---,....., Department of Community and Economic Development C.E."Chip"Vincent, Interim Administrator Quendall Terminals, lUA09-1S1, ECF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Mr. Mathewson Thank you for submitting the additional materials requested in the March 27, 2012 letter from the City. Your project has been taken off hold and the City will continue review of the Quendall Terminals Development project. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process has been restarted and an Addendum to the Draft EIS is anticipated to be issued. If you have any questions, please contact me at (425) 430- 7314. Sincerely, Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc; Altino Properties, Inc., and lH. Baxter & Co. /Owner{s) Party(ies) of Record Renton City Hall • 1 OS5 South Grady Way • Renton. Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Denis Law Mayor s-r -..::. ........ """,..,~ r --' -.1_, _.-.. .... June 11, 2012 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Department of Community and Economic Development C.E."Chip"Vincent, Interim Administrator Subject: Request for Funds -Updated EIS Contract Quendall Terminals, LUA09-151, EIS, ECF, BSP, SM, SA-M Dear Mathewson: The City of Renton has received and approved an updated Scope of Work/Schedule/Budget for the next phase on the EIS process for the subject development proposal (Enclosed). In order for the City to proceed with this process the total cost of this phase of funding shall be received from the applicant. Based on the attached Scope of Work, $39,765 shall be provided to the City to fund the EIS process. Please contact me at (425) 430-7314 if you have any questions. Sincerely, ,·<;{?t·L~){L '-()tL{'k Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner Enclosure: EAIBlumen Scope of Work/Schedual/Budget cc: Altino Properties, Inc., and lH._Baxter & Co / Owner{s) Renton City Hall • 1 OS5 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 _ rentonwa.gov CAG-12-086 CONSULTANT AGREEMENT --~ ~ THIS AGREEMENT is made as oftheS day of I>j!av, 2012, between the CITY OF RENTON, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, hereinafter referred to as "CITY" and EAI Blumen Consulting Group, Inc_, hereinafter referred to as "CONSULTANT", for it to continue the wo·rk preparing and issuing an EIS Addendum for the Quendall Terminals project, that was started in 2010 with CAG 10-051 ($1s,000), CAG 10-102 ($157,97S), and into 2011/2012 with CAG 11-197 ($32,933_08 remaining from CAG-I0-102) that expired April 30, 2012. Information shall be made available for use by the City of Renton Staff and City Council. The CITY and CONSULTANT agree as set forth below: 1. Scope of Services. The Consultant will provide all labor necessary to perform all work, which is described in the attached Scope of Services (Exhibit A). This Agreement and Exhibit hereto contain the entire agreement ofthe parties and supersedes all prior oral or written representation or understandings. This Agreement may only be amended by written agreement of the parties. The scope of work may be amended as provided herein: 2. Changes in Scope of Services. The City, without invalidating the Consultant Agreement, may order changes in the services consisting of additions, deletions or modifications, and adjust the fee accordingly. Such changes in the work shall be authorized by written agreement signed by the City and Consultant. If the project scope requires less time, a lower fee will be charged. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect to serve the purposes and objectives of this Agreement. 3. Time of Performance. The Consultant shall complete performance of the Consultant Agreement for the items under Consultant's control. If items not under the Consultant's control impact the time of performance, the Consultant will notify the City. The term of this Agreement shall end at completion of the scope of work identified in Exhibit A, but no later than March 31, 2013. This Agreement may be extended to accomplish change orders, if required, upon mutual written agreement ofthe City and the Consultant. 4. Consultant Agreement Sum. The total amount of this Agreement is not to exceed the sum of thirty nine thousand, seven hundred and sixty five dollars ($39,765) which will be paid to the City of Renton from Quendall Terminals. Washington State Sales Tax is not required. The Cost Estimate provided by the Consultant to the City specifies total cost. The City will not authorize work under this contract until the contract sum has been deposited with the City by Quendall Terminals. 5. Method of Payment. Payment by the City for services rendered will be made after a voucher or inVoice-is submitted in the form specified by the City. Payment will be made within thirty (30) days after receipt of such voucher or invoice. The City shall have the right to Withhold payment to the Consultant for any work not completed in a satisfactory manner until such time as the Consultant modifies such work so that the same is satisfactory. 1 6. Record Maintenance and Work Product. The Consultant shall maintain accounts and records, which properly refiect all direct and indirect costs expended and services provided in the performan~e of this Agreement. The Consultant agrees to provide access to any records required by the City. All originals and copies of work product, exclusive of Consultant's proprietary items protected by co.pyright such as computer programs, methodology, methods, materials, and forms, shall belong to.the City, including records, files, computer disks, magnetic media or material which may be produced by Consultant while performing the services. Records shall be retained for six years after completion of the contract. Consultant will grant the City the right to use and copy Consultant copyright materials as an inseparable part of the work product provided. 7. Assignment Agreement. The Consultant shall not assign any portion of this consultant Agreement without express written co'nsent ofthe City of Renton. 8. Hold Harmless. The Consultant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the City, its officers, . agents, employees and volunteers, from and against any and all claims, losses or liability, or any portion thereof, including attorneys fees and costs, arising from injury or death to persons, including injuries, sickness, disease or death of Consultant's own employees, or damage to property caused by a negligent act or omission of the Consultant, except forthose acts caused by or resulting from a negligent act or omission by the City and its officers, agents, employees and volunteers. Should a court of competent jurisdiction determine that this agreement is subject to RCW 4.24.115, then, in the event of liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damages to property caused by or resulting from the concurrent negligence of the consultant and the city, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers, the consultant's liability hereunder shal! be only to the extent of the conSUltant's negligence. It is further specifically and expressly understood that the indemnification provided herein constitute the consultant's waiver of immunity under the Industrial Insurance Act, Title 51 RCW, solely for the purposes of this indemnification. This waiver has been mutually negotiated by the parties. The provisions of this section shall survive the expiration or termination ofthis agreement. 9. Insurance. The Consultant shall secure and maintain commerCial liability insurance in the amount.of $1,000,000 in full force throughout the duration of this Consultant Agreement. It is agreed that on the CONSULTANT's policy, the City of Renton will be named as Additional Insured(s) on a non-contributory primary basis. A certificate of insurance and the Primary & Non-Contributory Additional Insurance Endorsement page, properly endorsed, shall be delivered to the City before executing the work of this agreement. Please note: The cancellation language should read "Should any of the above described policies be cancelled before .the expiration date thereof, the issuing company will mail 45 days written notice to the certificate holder named to the left." 10. Independent Consultant. Any and all employees ofthe Consultant, while engaged in the performance of any work or services required by the Consultant under this agreement, shal! be considered employees ofthe Consultant only and not of the City. The Consultant's relation to the City shall be at al! times as an independent consultant. Any and all claims that mayor might arise under the Workman's Compensation Act on behalf of said employees, while so engaged, and any and all claims made by a third party as a consequence of any negligent act or omission on the part of the Consultant's employees, while so engaged on any ofthe work or services 2 provided to be rendered herein, shall be the sale obligation and responsibility of the Consultant. 11. Compliance with laws. The Consultant and all of the Consultant's employees shall perform the services in accordance with all applicable federal, state, county and city Jaws, codes and ordinances. Discrimination Prohibited: Consultant, with regard to work performed under this agreement, will not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, sex, the presence of any physical or sensory handicap, or s'ex"al orientation, in the selection and/or retention of employees, or procurement of materials or supplies. This agreement is entered into as ofthe day and year written above. CONSULTANT Nimish Desai, Business Unit Director EAlslumen 720 Sixth St, 5te 100 Kirkland, WA 98033 APPROVED AS TO FORM: Mayor Denis law City of Renton 1055 5 Grady Wy 6'" Fl Renton,WA 98057 ATIEST: Bonnie f. Walton, City Clerk 3 IiIlI BLUMEN~ a unit of EA Englneetlng, Scienc:e, and Technology, Inc. May 9, 2012 Vanessa Dolbee, Seniar Planner City af Rentan Departmentaf Cammunity & Ecanamic Development 1055 So.uth Grady Way Rentan, WA 98057 RE: Quendall Terminals 720 Sheth Streel South, Sui!e 100 Kirkland. WA 96033 Tel: 415-284·5401 Fa:c 425-2134-5402 W\.Ilw.saestcom Pha .. e 3A -Prepare and I .. sue EIS Addendum, Scope of Work/Schedule/Budget Dear Vanessa: EAIBlumen is pleased to. submit this propased Contr"ct Amendment (to. aur 7/26/10 Cantract with the City of Renton) for "dditional services th"t will be perfarmed by EAIBlumen and our technic,,1 leam (TENW, The Portico Group, Raedeke Associates, and Cultural Resaurce Consultants -CRG). FoUawing is aur prapased Scope of Work, Schedule, and Budget to provide services related to. the next phase af the Quendall Terminals EIS: Phase 3A -Prepare and Issue the EIS Addendum. We welcame the oppartunity to. continue to assist you with the SEPA process on this project. The fallowing Scope of Wark Identifies a Ii$.t, a~ t~~s assQcliiilted with preparing and submitting the Preliminary Addendum to the City and applicatit,'revising the Addendum in respanse to. your cammeJits, and issuing the Addendum. The Scope of Wark, Schedule, and Budget assaciated with Phase 3B of the EIS process (Prepare and Issue Final EIS and Mitigation Dacument), will be determined subsequent to receipt af camments on the Addendum a'nd is nat part of this Cantract Amendment; the FEIS will respond to. camments an both the Addendum and DEIS. We propase to. use the services of the fallawing EAIBlumen sUb-cansultants far certain elements of the Addendum (TENW -transportatian, Partica -visual simulatians, Raedeke Associates -wetlands/riparian habitat, and CRG -histaric/cultural resaurces). SCOPE OF WORK Backgraund On December 10, 2010, the Quendall Terminals DEIS was issued. Follawing the camment period(s} an the DEIS, EAIBlumen began wark an the FEIS. On March 4, 2011, the City af Renton placed the Quenda" Terminals E1S pracess "an hold", pending receipt af a leiter fram US EPA clarifying their comments on the enviranmental baseline (past-clean up conditians) assumptions presented In the DEIS, On March 13, 2012, the City received a leIter fram EPA clarifying their camments an the environmental baseline assumptians. In the letter, EPA indicated that they (EPA) can require more stringent enviranmental standards (I.e. mitigatian ratias, and larger shareline and wetland buffers and setbacks) if they are in place at the time the Record of DecisiQn (ROD) is develaped. EPA said that the more stringent requirements do not Quendall Terminals EIS 1 EAIB/umen EISAddendum SoopelScheduleiBudget May 9, 2012 need to be articulated in the Quendall Terminals EIS, because they are not specifically known at present. Based on current regulations and standards (i.e. the City's updated Shoreline Management Program), the wetland and shoreline restoration areas would be larger than "depicted and analyzed in Ihe Quendall Terminals DEIS under Alternatives 1 and 2. EPA suggested that the City Idenlify a 1 DO-fool area from the Lake Washington shoreline, extending along the enUre site shoreline, which would be designated as an area for future wetlands, as well as buffers and setbacks. In respcnse to the letter from EPA as well as a March 27, 2012 letter from the City;the applicant created a new development alternative (the Preferred Alternative) that maintains a loo-foot area from the shoreline onsite. The new alternative also increases the buffer area adjacent to the Barbee Mill" development and modulates the building heights across the site. We understand that the land use breakdowns under the Preferred Alternative will be the same as thOse under Alternative 2 in the DEIS. The City of Renton determined that an Addendum to the Draft EIS would be the appropriate form of SEPA documentation to describe and analyze the new Preferred Alternative, given that the Preferred Alternative is not expected 10 result In substantial changes to the proposal/significant adverse impacts. The City also decided that given the amount of time that has passed since issuance of the DEIS, they will take public and agency comments on the Addendum. Assumptions EAIBlumen will manage preparation of the Addendum, in coordination with the EIS team and under the direction of City of Renton. Following are our key assumptions for the Addendum. Preferred Alternative We assume that main purpcse of the Addendum will be to describe and analyze the new Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative will be compared to Alternative 1 and Alternative 2 from the DEIS, and similarities/differences between the alternatives will be highlighted. Elements ofthe Environment The following elements of the environment were analyzed in the DEIS: Earth, Environmental Health, AeslheticsNiews, Land and Shoreline Use/Relationship to Plans and Policies, Critical Areas, Parks and Recreation, TransportationfTraffic, and Energy/Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions. For the most part, the impacts of the Preferred Alternative wm be similar to those under Alternative 2 in the DEIS, given that the land use breakdowns of these two alternatives will be the same. Therefore. brief evaluations of this alternative will be provided for Earth, Parks and Recreation, TransportationfTraffic, and EnergyfGHG Emissions. More in-depth analysis will be provided for the following elements, where different impacts than those described in the DEIS would be expected under the Preferred Alternative; Critical Areas, Environmental Health, AestheticsNiews, Land and Shoreline UsefRelationship to Plans and Policies. Updated Information and Analysis There were several areas of Updated Information and Analysis that EAIBlumen and the City Identified for inclusion in the FE IS; these relate to: AestheticsMews, Critical Areas (lighting Quenda/l Terminals EIS 2 EAIBlumen E1S Addendum Scope/Schedule/Budget May 9,2012 impacts), Transportation, and Historic and Cultural Resources. We assume that this information and analysis will now be included in the Addendum (see below for further descriptions of the assumed Scopes of Work for these analyses). Site Cleanup/Remediation As described in the DEIS, the site will undergo cleanuplremediation under its status as a Superfund site by EPA. We will provide an update on the status of cleanuplremediation plans that are currently being developed in the Addendum. Consolidated Comments We assume that we will receive one consolidated set of comments from the City and one consolidated set from the applicant on the Preliminary Addendum, and that these comments will not require any major new analysis, but will be more editorial-type changes and clarifications to the information and analyses presented in the Addendum. No more than two versions of the Addendum are assumed prior to EAIBlumenfinalizing the Addendum for issuance. Phase 3A -Prepare and Issue Addendum The following specific tasks will be completed by the EAI8Jumen team in Phase 3A: Task 1: Prepare an Infonnation Needs Memo describing the information that EAI81umen and the EIS team will need to prepare the Addendum. Task 2: Monitor the status and progress of responses 10 our Infonnatlon Needs Memo; review this Information; and, provide comments to finalize the information .. Task 3: Coordinate with the olher team members to· identify graphic needs. It is assumed that the applicant andlor applicant's conSUltants (i.e. lance Mueller) will produce certain graphics required for the Addendum. Other graphics will be produced directly by the EAIBlumen team. For purposes of this scope and budget, we assume that up to 15 graphicS will need to be produced for the Addendum. Task 4: Prepare a Description of the Preferred Alternative chapter of the Addendum, based on plans/graphics and information provided in response to our Information Needs Memo. Task 5: Coordinate the efforts of the EIS technical team, including monitoring of progress, aSSisting in resolving any technical issues that arise, reviewing all draft technical memos, and commenting on and incorporating the final technical memos into the Addendum. Updated information and analysis will be provided for the following elements. TransportalioniTraffic -Traffic counts at Study Intersection #3 (Ripley In.fNE 44\0 St.) will be collected by TENW. As necessary, they will revise the lOS analysis at this intersection to refiect modified bUDd-out growth level assumptions. TENW will prepare an updated level of service analysis at Studv Intersection #8 (lk. Washington Blvd.JBurnett Avenue N) that reflects future potential planned improvements by the City of Renton. They will provide a level of serviceldelay table Quendall Terminals EIS EA]BJumen EIS Addendum ScopelScheduleiBudget May 9, 2012 3 ·1 I "with mitigation improvements." TENW will prepare a "channelization exhibit' of the improvements required on Lk. Washington Blvd. as a result of the project. TENW will prepare a technical memo with their updated information and analysis that will be included as an appendix to the Addendum. AesthetiosNiews -Portico wfli provide visual simulations of the new Preferred Altemative from: View PI. 1 -Clarke Beach Park -City of Mercer Island, View Pt. 4 -Southbound 1-405 Off-Ramp, View PI. 7 -Lk. Washington Blvd., View PI. 8 - Barbee Mill, and, View PI. 9 -Barbee Mill. Portico will also prepare a visual simulation of the Preferred Alternative from a neW viewpoint at Lake Washington Blvd .. along the Street '8" View Corridor. Portico will provide clarifications on their . visual analysis methodology, responding to comments received on the DEIS as well. Critical Areas -Raedeke will qualitatively evaluate the potential impacts of light and glani from the proposal on wildlife habitat In the recreated wetlands and Lake Washington, based on a review of plans for the Preferred Alternative and relevant literature. They will recommend appropriate mitigation, as necessary. Raedeke will prepare a technical memo with their updated information and analysis that will be included as an appendix to the Addendum. Historic and. Cultural Resources -A new historicfcultural resources analysiS will be . prepared by CRC, consistent with discussions with the State Office of ArchaeOlogy and Historic Preservation on their comments on the DEIS. This analysis will summarize previous analyses for the Seahawks Training Facility and Barbee Mill properties, and will require limited field work. CRC will analyze the potential for the project to impact archeologicalfcultural resources, and recommend appropriate mitigation. CRC will prepare a technical memo with their updated information and analysis that will be included as an appendix to the Addendum. . Task 6: Serve as the principal author of the Addendum, directly prepare the Fact Sheet and certain sections of the impacts analysis (Le. AestheticsiVlews, Land and Shoreline UselRelationship to Plans and Policies, Parks and Recrealion and EnergyfGreenhouse Gases), incorporate the updated technical information analyses into the Addendum (see above), and prepare the Summary chapter of the Addendum. Task 7: Coordinate with the City and applicant to receive comments on the Preliminary Addendum (one set of .consolidated comments from each is assumed that are editorial in nature and will require a maximum of 35 EAIBlumen labor hours to prepare responses). EAIBlumen will revise the Addendum based on the agreed- upon relevant comments (no major new analysis is assumed; should such analysis be required, a scope and budget amendment could be required). Task 8: Prepare the for-publication Addendum based on final comments from the City (comments are assumed to be minor, edit-level comments only). Task 9: Printing -Coordinate production and print copies of the Preliminary Addendum for Quenda/l Terminals EIS 4 IEAIB/umsn EIS Addendum Scope/Schedule/Budget May 9, 2012 review by the City and applicant; ten (10) copies of a one volume, approximately 250-page document 0ncluding appendices) at a cost of approximately $50 per document is assumed_ Coordinate production of the Addendum for issuance and agencylpublic comment (this will include coordination of printing of the DEIS, preparation of cd's of the DEIS, and assisting ihe City in placing the document on the City's website); 26 printed copies of the Addendum at a cost of approximately $50 per document (22 copies for the City and the applicant, and four copies. for EAIBlumen), and 60 cd's (56 cd's for the City and 4 cd's for our subconsultants) at a cost of $5 per cd is assumed. Task 10: Meetings -Attend up to three (3) meetings through issuance of the Addendum. This assumes meetings attended by up to two EAIBlumen personnel (up to 2-hour meetings assumed), including meetings with the City and applicant. Task 11: Provide overall EIS management, including: coordination with the City and the EIS team via telephone and e-mail regarding EIS strategy, progress, issu.es and schedule; and, billing and accounting. DeIiverables: EAIBlumen will produce the following deliverables during Phase 3A -Prepare and Issue EIS Addendum: • Preliminary Addendum -for submittal to the Cily and applicant • For-Publication Addendum -for submittal to the City for final approval to publish • Issued Addendum· SCHEDULE The EAIBlumen team is prepared to commence work on Phase 3A Immediately upon authorization of this Contract Amendment by the City. We estimate that we will submit a Preliminary Addendum to the City and applicant approximately two weeks after receipt of all information outlined in our Information Needs Memo and all draft technical memos. We foresee submitting the For-Publication Addendum to the City within approximately three weeks following receipt of comments from the City and applicant on the Draft Addendum. In total we estimate that the Addendum could be completed within approximately three months of authorization to proceed. In the event that the Addendum timeline is substantially extended for reasons beyond our control, our Scope of Work and Budget may need 10 be amended. BUDGET For Phase 3A of the EIS process -Prepare and Issue EIS Addendum, we propose to establish a not-to-exceed budget of $39,765. A breakdown of our estimated costs is provided in Attachment A to this lelter. This budget includes an EAIBlumen labor and reimbursable expenses, as well as those of our SUb-consultants (TENW, Portico, Raedeke, and CRC). It covers our team's services through issuance of the Addendum. OUf costs will be billed on a monthly basis, consistent with our current 2012 Fee Schedule (see Attachment B). At Ihe conclusion of this phase of work and upon receipt of publiclagency comments on the EIS Addendum, we will be able to define a Scope of Work and not-to-exceed Budget for Phase 38 -Prepare and Issue the Final EIS and Mitigation Document. EAl8lumen's Scope of Work and Budget for Phase 38 will depend. upon the specific level of comments that we receive on the Addendum, and that we received on the DEIS. The Phase 3B costs will be Quendal/ Terminals EIS 5 EAIBlumen EIS Addendum Scope/Schedule/Budget May 9,2012 separate from those outlined herein for Phase 3A. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to continue to assist the City on the Quendall Terminals EIS. We look forward to successfully completing the EIS Addendum on this project. All of the terms and conditions specified in our original Agreement with the City still pertain, unless specifically modified herein. If this proposed Scope of Work, Schedule, and Budget for Phase 3A are acceptable to the City, please amend oUr original Agreement accordingly and return a copy to us for our files. Please call either of us if you have any questions, Sincerely, EAIBlumen W5~-i? Rich Schipanski Manager, Planning and Environmental Review Attachments Quendall Terminals E/S EAIB/umsn EIS Addendum Scope/Schedule/Budget May 9, 2012 relchen Brunner Senior Associate 6 ATTACHMENT A EAIBlumen Phase 3A -Prepare and Issue EIS Addendum Quendall Terminals EIS Not-to-Exceed Budget EAIBlumen Professional Labor R. Schipanski, Manager G. Brunner, Senior Planner J. Ding, Planner S. Mueller, Administration Graphics (assumes production of 15 graphics) Reimbursable Expenses Hours 12 75 145 30 (including mileage, parking, delivery, printing', etc.) Subconsultants TENW Portico Raedeke eRe Hourly Rate 155 140 90 65 Subtotal Subtotal Subtotal TOTAL Total ($) 1,860 10,500 13,050 1,950 $27,360 500 3,100 $3,600 3,300" 2,150 2 1,0452 2,3102 $8,8052 $39,765 I Assumes printing of 1 0 copies of the PreITminary Addendum and 26 copies of the For-Publication Addendum, and production of 60 cd's. 2 Assumes a 10% handling fee. Quendall Terminals E/S EAIBlumen EIS Addendum Scope/ScheduleiBudget May 9, 2012 7 Rich Schipanski Terry McCann Gretchen Brunner Karen Swenson Michele Sarlitto Amy Gritton Jeff Ding Kristy Hollinger Susan Mueller Jenny Claflin ATTACHMENT B EA!Blumen 2012 Billing Rates Manager, Planning & Environmental Review Senior Planner Senior Planner Senior Planner Senior Planner Planner Planner Planner Office Manager -Adminislrative Administrative Other Rates Aulo mileage, per mile $0.55 In-house photo copies, per page $0.15 Handling charge on subcontractors and expenses 10% Rates are good through December 2012. Quendall Terminals EIS EAIBlumen E/S Addendum ScopaiSchedulelBudget May 9, 2012 155 165 140 130 125 95 90 80 65 50 8 Denis Law Mayor d r---=-........ """""..~ t March 27, 2012 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 ....... '-o,I~"_",,,~ Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch, Administrator SUBJECT: Receipt of EPA letter "On Hold" Notice Quendall Terminals, LUA09-151, ECF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Mr. Mathewson: The Planning Division of the City of Renton received a letter from the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15, 2012. This letter addressed the City's concerns regarding EPA's original correspondence on the Draft EIS. This letter identified necessary changes to the proposal which the EPA believes will be reasonably consistent with the outcome of the Record of Decision when it is issued in accordance with the EPA's process. Specifically, the following change to the site plan was identified by the EPA in their March 13, 2012 letter: • A 100 foot area extending from the shoreline, iOO feet landward along the entire shoreline, shall be designated as future wetlands, buffers, and setback area. EPA identifies in the letter, that if the environmental baseline is modified to reflect the aforementioned assumptions, then the EPA believes the environmental baseline would be reasonable. In order for the City to re-start the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, either a new alternative reflecting the EPA's proposal shall be provid~d or the existing alternatives shall be amended to reflect the above request. A new site plan and associated documents reflecting this change shall be submitted to the City to proceed with the EIS process. Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Campbell Mathewson Page 2 of 2 March 27, 2012 • At this time, your project will remain "on hold" pending receipt of the requested information. Please contact me at (42S) 430-7314 if you have any questions. Sincerely, 1i~{J~ Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc; Altino Properties, Inc., and J,H, Baxter & Co. / Owner(s) Lynda Priddy, EPA PartY(ies) of Record EA I Blumen Denis Law Mayor ;$ r --=-........ """",.. .. t December 21, 2011 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 -""""""'".....1 ...... ,.,,-, Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch, Administrator SUBJECT: Response to October 24. 2011 letter Quendall Terminals, LUA09-1S1, ECF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Mr. Mathewson: As you are aware, the City of Renton placed the subject Quendall Terminals project "on hold" on March 14, 2011. Included in this "hold" letter was a request for clarification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the assumed baseline conditions for the subject site in order to proceed with the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Furthermore, it was agreed at two meetings held on March 24 and May 6, 2011 that the EPA would review the Draft EIS, with assistance from your consultant, Clay Patmont, and update the baseline assumption to more closely represent the potential outcome of the EPA Superfund review process. In the June 1, 2011 letter from the City's Environmental Review Committee Chair, Gregg Zimmerman, it was noted that once EPA has reviewed and commented on the DEIS, EPA will provide a supplemental letter that clarifies the agency's comments and provides suggested language concerning the Superfund process. Ideally, this supplemental letter will establish a baseline condition that contains enough information for the City to have a reasonable understanding of the development potential of the site. The June 1 letter further identified that once this understanding has been reached, the SEPA process can continue. The City received a letter from the Applicant on October 24, 2011 which included proposed redline changes to the DEIS that were intended to address EPA's comments included in their January 13 letter. However, these changes have not yet been endorsed by EPA, in fact the City received an e-mail from Lynda Priddy on October 30, 2011 that stated that the EPA has "not yet agreed with the new redfine changes to the DElS". The City appreciates the time and effort put into the changes to the DEIS by the applicant and their consultant team, however the documents received with the October 24 letter were not supported by the EPA nor did they address the request included in the March 14 hold letter or the June 1 letter from the ERe. As such, the subject project shall remain "on hold" until such time the EPA can provide the City with a letter clarifying that the Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way _ Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Campbell Mathewson Page 2 of 2 December 21,2011 • baseline conditions assumed in the DEIS (or amended red line changes to the DEIS) are reasonable, including the shoreline restoration assumptions; as requested in the previous letters. . Furthermore, on Page 20f the October 24 letter, you indicate that you do not agree that EPA can impose requirements more stringellt than those in place at the time of your application. Assuming, you are referring to the 1983 Shoreline Master Program and the City's Critical Areas Regulations, the City respectfully disagrees with this statement. This issue should be appropriately directed to the EPA, in which they have the authority to . determine the outcome of the Superfund process, remediation cleanup mitigation and Natural Resource Damage restoration conditions. Based on our concerns with this assertion in the October 24 letter, the City does not concur that language to this effect should be included in the DEIS, as reflected in your proposed red line changes. Furthermore, the City has additional concerns about some textual changes to the DE IS and is open to discussing these concerns with you at your convenience. Moreover, the City appreciates the efforts put forth t6 move this EIS process forward and will continue to work collaboratively withthe EPA and the applicant on the proposed development,Additionally, the City is encouraging the EPA to move towards a Record of Decision, as the cleanup of this site would benefit the community and the environment. Please contact me at (425) 430-7314 if you have anyquestions. Sincerely, Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: Altino Properties"lnc.~ and lH: Baxter & Co. / Owner(s) Lynda Priddy, EPA Party(ies) of Record EA-I Blumen Denis Law Mayor oL l _---'"-01. g.DlJ December 21, 2011 Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch, Administrator Lynda Priddy u.s. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 1200 Sixth Avenue Seattle, WA 98057 SUBJECT: EIS "On Hold" Notice Quendall Terminals, LUA09-1S1, ECF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Ms. Priddy: As you are aware, the City of" Renton placed the subject project "on hold" on March 14, 2011. Included in this "hold" letter was a request for clarification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the assumed baseline conditions for the subject site in order to proceed with the Final EIS. This hold notice stemmed from specific comments received from the EPA during the comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Specifically the following are some examples of comments that raised concerns for the City: "Until EPA makes a cleanup decision, it seems that is would be difficult for the Proponent or the City of Renton to accurately define a baseline"; and " ... assumptions that establish the baseline could be significantly different than post- cleanup site conditions". Based on the October 24, 2011 letter received from the applicant, the City believes we should clarify our position and explicitly explain what type of documentation we will need from the EPA, in order for the applicant to proceed with the EIS process. It is the applicant's responsibility to provide the City with all necessary materials for their development proposal, however due to the unique circumstances presented in this case, the City felt an additional letter to the EPA could facilitate this process. In order for the City to resume processing the EIS we will need a letter explicitly stating under what conditions a reasonable environmental baseline can be assumed consistent with the expected general outcome of the Record of Decision (ROD). This letter shall also include an explanation of conditions and assumptions that determine the environmental baseline, such as the shoreline restoration assumptions. A reasonable Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Ms. Priddy Page 2 of 2 December 21, 2011 • baseline assumption is necessary for the purpose of analyzing the reasonable expected development potential ofthe Quendall Terminals site. Thank you for taking the time to work with the City and the project applicant on this local environmental review process. Please contact me at (425) 430-7314 if you have any questions. Sincerely, 4{~C/~V.fLz Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: Campbell Mathewson, Century Pacific} L.P. Altino Properties, Inc./ and lH. Baxter& Co./ Owner(s) Party(ie,) of Record EA I Blumen Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Priddy.Lynda@epamail.epa.gov Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:29 PM Vanessa Dolbee; Steiner-Riley.Cara@epamail.epa.gov; Chip Vincent Re: Quendalll EPA clarifications image. pdf; Fact Sheet CMP 2 [original to 10-24-11].docx; Fact Sheet [clean]DOCX; Chapter 1 CMP [original to 10-24-11].DOCX; Chapter 1 [clean].DOCX; Chapter 2 CMP [original to 1 0-24-11].DOCX; Chapter 2 [clean].DOCX; Section 3.2 Critical Areas CMP [original to 10-24-11].DOCX; Section 3.2 Critical Areas [clean]. DOCX; Section 3.3 Env Health CMP [original to 10-24--11].DOCX; Section 3.3 Env Health [clean].DOCX; Wetland Report CMP [original to 10-24-11].DOCX; Wetland Report [clean].DOC Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flagged Flag Status: Hello All, I just looked at the below on Sunday. I see the changes and want to make it clear that I have not yet agreed with the new redline changes to the OEIS. I have not had the opportunity to discuss these new redlines changes with the PRPs or with my Quendall team. Will call when I am back from vacation on Monday Lynda Priddy, Environmental Scientist Office of Environmental Cleanup Region 1e, US Environmental Protection Agency 2e6.553.1987 FAX 2e6.553.e124 e-mail: priddy.lynda@epa.gov. From: "Mathewson, Campbell" <cmathewson@CenturyPacificLP.com> To: "Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov> (VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov)" <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov>, Lynda Priddy/R1e/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Cara Steiner-Riley/R1e/USEPA/US@EPA, James Hanken <jhanken@Wpblaw.com>, Cara Steiner-Riley/R1e/USEPA/US@EPA, Debbie Chewning <dlc@hcmp.com>, "Manolopoulos, Lynn" <lynnmanolopoulos@DWT.com>, Ryan Durkan <trd@hcmp.com>, "Chip Vincent <CVincent@Rentonwa.gov> (CVincent@Rentonwa.gov)" <CVincent@Rentonwa.gov>, "Brunner, Gretchen" <gbrunner@eaest.com>, "Wood, Steven" <StevenWood@CenturyPacificLP.com> Date: 1e/25/2e11 12:42 PM Subject: Quendall / EPA clarifications Dear Lynda and Vanessa, In follow-up to our meetings in recent months, attached are a cover letter and copies of both redline and clean copies of clarifications to the Quendall Draft EIS. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Sincerely, Campbell Mathewson CenturyPacific, LLLP 12el Third Avenue, Suite 168e 1 Seattle. WA 98181 +1 286 757 8893 telephone +1 286 918 2448 mobile +1 286 757 7898 facsimile cmathewson@centurypacificlp.com http:((www.centurypacificlp.com Cover Letter: Fact Sheet: Redline: Clean Vs: Chapter 1: Redline: Clean Vs: Chapter 2: Redline: Clean Vs: Section 3.2: Redline: Clean Vs: Section 3.3: Redline: Clean Vs: Wetland Report: Redline: Clean Vs: (See attached file: image.pdf)(See attached file: Fact Sheet CMP 2 [original to 18-24- 11j.docx)(See attached file: Fact Sheet [cleanj.DOCX) (See attached file: Chapter 1 CMP [original to 18-24-11j.DOCX)(See attached file: Chapter 1 [cleanj.DOCX)(See attached file: Chapter 2 CMP [original to 18-24-11j.DOCX)(See attached file: Chapter 2 [cleanj.DOCX) (See attached file: Section 3.2 Critical Areas CMP [original to 18-24-11j.DOCX)(See attached file: 2 Section 3.2 Critical Areas [cleanj.DOCX)(See attached file: Section 3.3 Env Health CMP [original to la-24--11j.DOCX)(See attached file: Section 3.3 Env Health [cleanj.DOCX) (See attached file: Wetland Report CMP [original to le-24-11j.DOCX)(See attached file: Wetland Report [cleanj.DOC) 3 CAMPBELL MATHEWSON EXECtJTlIIE VICE PRESIDENT October 24,2011 CENl'FRyPACIFIC, L.P. VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Vanessa Dolb"" Semor Planner City of Renton Department of Community & Economic Development Renton City Hall, 6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 Lynda Priddy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 1200 Sixth Avenue Seattle, W A 98101 Dear Ms. Dolbeo and Ms. Priddy: "/ Thank you for your continued evaluation of the Quendall development project. During our meeting on May 6, 2011, you determined that it would be helpful to have Anchor QEA clarify the Draft Ers (DElS) in response to EPA's comment letter of January 13, 2011. Enclosed with this letter is a redline of the DEIS that addresses EPA's comments. We have retained the references in the DElS that make it clear EPA will not presuppose a remedy. More specifically, the Draft ErS states: While the post-remediation conditions assumed in this DEIS were developed the results of site investigations to date to assess the reasonable maximum of development-related impacts considering a range of possible site cleanup actions, EPA will not identify the final cleanup plan for the site until it issues its Record of Decision (ROD), estimated to occur in 2014. In the event the final cleanup selected by EPA will result in conditions significantly different from the baseline REAL ES'.rATE IJ't.v""EsnfEl"'"T BAi'.-~ERS, ADVISORS AJ't,"D DEVELOPERS 2.0G.7'J7aa9~. FAX206.7577890. cmath6wson@Ce("LJr'yp~clflclp.co'Tl • SUTE 1680. 120i !.'-,IRDAV':.NUE. SEATT_~. WA9S:0I·3029 Page 2 of3 conditions described in this DEIS, the City will determine whether such changes warrant submittal of a supplemental EIS or other documentation as appropriate. We believe these statements make it clear that both the City and the property owners understand that any assumptions in the DEIS that could impact remedial or mitigation/restoration decision making, including but not limited to assumptions regarding wetland jurisdiction, mitigation ratios, wetland buffers, land use setbacks for environmental protection, and/or mitigation or restoration actions are not binding on EPA or the federal, state or tribal natural resource trustees. In both its 'Mitten comments and during the May meeting, EPA questioned the need for the level of detail included in the remedial assumptions used to develop the DEIS baseline condition, such as assumptions used to develop the conceptual restoration plan. In response to this question, Anchor QEA has clarified the baseline condition so that it focuses on the condition of the property post remediation (e.g., the surface soil will be clean) and avoids any discussion of specific environmental mitigation, or restoration actions thal may be used to reach that final condition. Since the proposal assumes a remediated/restored site, it is sufficient to discuss the range of possible options and not necessary to specify the fmal actions that will be used to achieve the baseline condition. We understand that EPA believes there is uncertainty as to fmal wetland conditions (e.g., size and buffers) that will be present following site remediation/restoration.l For EPA indicated that it may impose wetland setbacks as part of the final remedy and if it does, it is possible the wetland setbacks will be greater than those assumed in the development plan, based on regulations in placc at the time EPA issues its Record of Decision.2 We do not believe EPA, pursuant to CERCLA, has jurisdiction to impose wetland setbacks unless the wetlands are a component of the remedy and the setbacks are necessary to protect the remedial elements of the wetlands and/or are otherwise part of required mitigation. We also do not agree that EPA can impose requirements more stringent than those in place at the time of our application. However, even if EPA was to impose greater setbacks, buffers, mitigation ratios, etc. for wetlands and/or habitat, those parameters would result in a reduction in the development square footage, which would reduce the development impacts and would not trigger additional environmental review. In other words, the DEIS is evaluating a maximum development or "worst case" scenario and, therefore, any changes in the final condition that results in less development and, as result, less impact will not require changes to the EIS. To further address EPA's questions concerning the wetland conditions assumed in the DEIS, Anchor QEA has clarified its Wetland Assessment report to make it clear that it prepared to facilitate the redevelopment process. The Wetland Assessment report discusses the EPA and natural resource damage ("NRD") processes, incorporating some the same language that is ineluded in the DEIS to address EPA's comments, and asswnes post-remediation cleanup mitigation/post-NRD restoration condition that would allow the I The use of the term cleanup is meant to refer to actiOn5 dircctc::d at COtltw::llillaleu media only; whereas the term remedition is meant to also include CERCLA mitigation actions. 2 The OEIS iIDd the Wetland Assessent report have been clarified to reflect EPA's position on these issues. The applicant does not agree with EPA's position as described in the DEIS and the Wetlands Report. CREA 8l2Ovl 043 Page 3 00 greatest areas for redevelopment. As with the OEIS, the report acknowledges that EPA and/or any potential natural resource settlement may require additional mitigation and/or NRD restoration, respectively, that could potentially reduce the site area available for redevelopment, and ifthis results in a baseline condition significantly different than those assumed in the report, the City will determine whether the change would warrant of a supplemental EIS. A redline version of the Anchor QEA report showing the cbnnges is attached. During the May 6111 meeting, EPA noted that it did not intend its January 13111 comment letter to halt the City's work on the Quendall EIS. Nonetheless, since the City has put the SEPA process on hold until it can obtain some clarification from EPA, the attached redline and this letter attempt to provide additional clarification. We ask that EPA confirm that based on the revisions to the OEIS and the Anchor QEA report, it does not object to the City completing the Quendall SEPA process at this time. As stated in the OElS, we understand (and the OEIS states) that EPA has not selected a final remedy and there has not been an evaluation of potential natural resource damage such that any cleanup mitiation or restoration assumptions, including wetland and habitat mitigatiOn/restoration, in the OEIS are not binding on EPA or the NRD trustees. We appreciate EPA's willingness to participate in the SEPA process and firmly believe that running the redevelopment process concurrently with the remediation process provides for the highest likelihood of success in reusing this current Superfund site. We understand that, as a general rule, EPA is supportive of such a coordinated approach. We are hopeful that these clarifications provide a reasonable approach from which to complete the environmental review for the development itself. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to receiving a confirmation letter from EPA and to moving forward with the development process in coordination with the EPA process. Sincerely, }5(!rUvf7~ Campbell Mathewson Cc: Georgia Baxter Alex Cugini Robert Cugini James Hanken Lynn Manolopolous CREA 8120vl ()'{)·3 Denis Law Mayor June 1,2011 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. Public Works Department -Gregg Zimmerman, p, E., Administrator 1201 Third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 SUBJECT: Meeting with EPA -Follow up Dear Mr. Mathewson: As you are aware, City of Renton Staff, Lynda Priddy with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the project's representatives were present at two meetings held on March 24, 2011 and May 6, 2011. The purpose of these meetings was to work with the EPA to·identify a path forward that would allow for an accurate representation of the environmental baseline condition at the Quendall Terminals site following the EPA's Record of Decision and site remediation. As stated in our March 14, 2011 letter, the City has concerns about the adequacy of the environmental baseline which stem from comments received from the EPA and others. The outcome of both the March 24 and May 6 meetings was an agreement that the EPA would review the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), with assistance from your consultant, Clay Patmont, and update the baseline assumptions to more closely represent the potential outcome of the EPA Superfund review process. This may result in a range of standards, most notably including setbacks, buffers, and wetland restoration ratios for the shoreline restoration area. Once EPA has reviewed and commented on the DEIS, EPA will provide a supplemental letter that clarifies the agency's comments and provides suggested language concerning the Superfund process. Ideally, the supplemental letter will establish a baseline condition that contains enough information for the City to have a reasonable understanding of the development potential of the site .. Once this understanding has been reached, the SEPA process can continue. Until, the EPA has produced the supplemental letter as agreed at the May 6, 2011 meeting, the City cannot respond to your March 30, 2011 letter. However, the City wants to work with the applicant to move forward on the land use review process for the proposed Quendall Terminals development. Please contact Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner, at (425) 430-7314 if you have any questions. Sincerely, (, !:,:~2.,W;!KCfHTr Public Works Administrator & ERC Committee Chair cc: Altino Properties, Inc., and J.H. Baxter & Co. / Owner{s) ERe Members -Alex Pietsch, Terry Higashiyama, and Mark Peterson Lynda Priddy, EPA Party(-jes) of Record EA I Blumen Renton City Hall· 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057. rentonwa.gov Date: March ~6, 2011 To: Terri Briere, Council President Renton City Council Re: Ouendall Terminal Presentation, March ~4th -City Council Chambers City of Renton Pi:Jr-:!l'nq [}i\ ... ;:~:;iQr This past Monday, my husband and I attended the informational presentation about the Ouendall Terminal site. Although we were relieved to finally hear a City staff member publicly acknowledge that the cart may have been put a little before the horse relative to plans for the site; and therefore, things are being put on hold for the moment, we continue to have concerns about a number of different areas in relation to the site itself and any future plans. As mentioned Monday evening, the Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment have not been finalized by the EPA. Further, nothing has been released to the public, near homeowners or neighbors. We feel strongly that all concerned citizens, near neighbors, and homeowners in the area (particularly Barbee Mill homeowners) should be provided with a briefing immediately upon release ofthe EPA's determinations to the City of Renton. We would like to have this briefing prior to the City formulating its responses to the EPA's recommendations and to those ofthe public. I may be wrong, but I thought the other night we were told that the City would present the EPA's findings along with its responses to the findings and to the public's concerns at the same meeting. I respectfully ask that the public be allowed to comment on the EPA's report before the City has written its responses. At present, the EPA has stated on a number of occasions to various stakeholders that there will be no development until they have concluded their investigation and assessment and the clean-up recommendations have been satisfied. Their primary focus is from an environmental and ecological standpoint ... ensuring the public's safety and lessening any negative impacts to Lake Washington and protected species and wildlife in that area. Staff from the EPA has stated that the clean-up will be extensive and costly. This might lead a developer to the conclusion that the site would have to be very densely developed in order to realize a substantial return on the investment. We implore the Renton City Council not to allow anyone's financial interests to be the driving force behind a decision having to do with what happens to the site. Assuming that the environmental clean-up eventually will be completed to an acceptable level, and it is determined that the arsenic and other carcinogens at the site no longer pose a public health risk, there are still a number of issues that have yet to be adequately addressed or really even discussed: traffic congestion; noise pollution; problems with light pollution and glare; and the size and scope ofthe proposed development being totally out of scale with the rest of the Lake Washington shoreline to name just a few. There are no buildings along the Lake Washington shoreline from Renton to Kirkland anywhere near the size and density of the proposed plan for this site. That begs the questions, "Why is Renton trying to make this development so big and so dense? What is the primary driving force behind such a move? Is it about money .. .for the owners of the property, for the developer, for the City of Renton?" Again, we implore you not to let financial gain be the driving factor in your decisions. To the best of our knowledge, there are no future plans to widen Lake Washington Blvd. or 1-405 in this area. In fact, it is our understanding that the Department of Transportation has been pretty emphatic about there being no plans to alter the roadways in this area. It is absolutely incomprehensible that you could entertain allowing up to 2,200 additional cars to spill out onto Lake Washington Blvd. or 1-405 from the Ouendallsite. Even one quarter ofthat amount would be far too many. I am also totally exhausted with the notion that zoning that took place over30 years ago is still applicable today. It's just not reality. The zoning for this area needs to be seriously re-examined and totally re- vamped because what has occurred along the shoreline in the past 30 years are residential homes. If this site was situated where the Boeing factories are still located, I could maybe understand a little better although I still think it would be a bad idea for the lakefront. However, that area has now been built-up to have a denser urban feel. There are a number of high-rise apartment buildings in place (which I was not in favor of, but they are there now), the new Landing multi-use complex has been built there, and the Gene Coulon Park and Cedar River park and walking trails were already in place. Residents wanting to live in the nearby apartment buildings know what they are getting into and want that lifestyle. Residents around the Ouendall site don't want that kind of lifestyle. The site is sandwiched in between quiet, residential lakefront homes to the south and north (discounting the Sea hawks training facility). A plan has already been approved to put a hotel on the Hawk's Landing site where the old Pan Abode buildings currently sit. That is already going to add substantially to traffic congestion, noise, and diminished quality of life and land/home values for the near neighbors in that area. Please don't try to recreate another Landing or something even larger on the Ouendall site. Although we realize that some of our requests below were addressed the other evening, we would like to emphasize our feelings that no uses for the site should be considered before the following has occurred: 1. The Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment from the EPA have been completed by the EPA and the extent of the contamination and recommendations for mitigation are clearly spelled out. 2. The EPA has met with interested citizens and property owners regarding its findings (I believe they already plan forthis to happen), and the City has provided the public with its own briefing regarding the EPA's findings (for those citizens who may not have the opportunity to attend a gathering hosted by the EPA). 3. A reasonable time period to raise questions and provide comments back to the EPA and/or the City of Renton has been provided to the public. 4. Discussion about all other areas of concern other than those addressed by the EPA has taken place with the City prior to the City preparing responses to the EPA's findings or the community's written correspondence. I think we are all in agreement that cleaning-up the Ouendall site is a good thing for too many reasons to enumerate here, and once clean-up has occurred that something should be done with the property. The issue is whether the City will be far-reaching in its decisions about what to build on the site for future generations to come. (As an aside, one of the reasons we moved to Renton from Seattle is because we were tired of the actions of the City in terms of acting first and thinking about the consequences to the citizens, land and home values, and the environment later. We are hopeful the City of Renton does not subscribe to that type of governance.) Again, we thank you for your continued stewardship, vigilance and willingness to listen to all sides of this issue before making any hasty decisions that we will all have to live with in the years to come. Respectfully, Charles E. and Rebecca A. Taylor 1252 N. 420d PI. Renton, WA 98056 , .~ -, Environmental Review (SEPA) Overview Committee of the Whole March 14, 2011 ~ r ...... ; Cityof ------J \ tIJ t OIJ Cumllluolt)'and E..ooumu: ~ Proposed Project Overview · The 21.46-acre site would he divided into seven lots; four would contain sill[ 7-story mlll[ed-use buildings. · Overall as proposed, the development would consist of 800 residential units, 24S,ooo sq.ft. of office, 21,600 sq.ft. of retail, and 9,000 sq.ft. of restaurant. 'Surface and structured parking would be prol/lded for 2,171 vehicles. · The site has received II Superfund designation from the U.S. Enl/ironmental Protection Agency and tile property owners are currently-working on a remediation plan. ,At this time the project has not been financed, and a 201S project completion year has been Identified In the Draft EI5. ~ RENTO:-': Proposed 03/15/2011 Project History Application Submitted (11-18..(191: Master Site Plan Binding Site Plan Shorellne Substantial Development Permit SEPA -Environmental ReI/lew Application determined to be complete -"Accepted" February S, 2<110 Determination of Significance Proposed _T_ ... - The Environmental Review Committee IERq made 3 determination of Significance IDS) for the Quendall Terminals Project on February 15,2010. Public IICOpinr period began public Notice Incfuded: 6 Posters Renton Reporter PUblkatlon NotketoArenciesand 300-ft. of surroundlnK property owners Initial Public comment period betan February 19, 2010 81'1d concluded on M~rch 12,2010. Scoping period was enendedlo April 30, 2010and a public meeting was held on April 27 , 2:01031 Renton City HilllecounCIl . ~~~~ 0'~ --~ ;-:l;t;-')' i:ZEZ'.JTON -;'/',,-\" ",,:" ",," -'" 1 Consultant Contract Once the ERe issued a OS, the City commenced the RFP process to find a consultant to assist in the preparation of the oEIS A RFPwas published in the Daily Journal of Commerteon Marth 5, 2010 with a deadline of March 12, 2010 Blumen Consulting Group was selected (Now known as EA I Blumen) Alternative 1-Applicant Original Proposal 800 mullJ!oomlly , ... ldenti.1 links, 245,000 'q, ft. 01 omce 'PI"". 21.600 sq. fl. of ",tollspac •. and ~,OOO sq. ft. 01 ....mu .. nt.Plte on tho! Mol .. ProPOI't\'. Poortinci'u,2.ln ... hlcle< No new deffiopment I. propo<lOd on tho! loollt.d .... openy ~-:::==::::.=.: .:;,--_._-- No Action Alternative - No new milled-use development would occur on the Quendall Terminals site at this time. Cleanup/remediation activities associated with the site's status as a Superfund site by EPA will still occur. A Shoreline Restoration Plan will be implemented in conjunction with sjte cleanup/remediation. _ .. ----.......... H.ENTO~ 03/15/2011 EIS Seoping Public, Agency, and Internal comments formed the scope of the EIS. The areas of study Identlfled were: farth Aesthe1;IC$/\Ilews Critical Areas L~nd & Shoreline Use/Relationship to Plans, Polites and Regul~tions RecreatlonjPubltShorellne Access Public Services Vegetation TraA$portatlon{Traff\(; DOE requires thatGreenhouseGaseslGHG) ire indulledln all EIS·s. -----------REN'lON . Alternative 2 -lower Density 708 multlflmlly .-eoklentill units, 21,600 sq. fl. of ",toll spate, 9,000 sq. ft. of ",stounnt.pace onthe Mlln Propel'ty. (No offI ... us.es I,.., ptO'o'Ided) A Pllbliully .. < .... lbI. tnil .. o~ld """vldo pedostriln access tothe !.He Wlshincton ..... "'11 ...... No ....... development II pl"OpoI.d on_ ~ollted Pl"Operty Draft EIS After Scoplng and AlternatIve SelectIon EA I Blumen commenced work on the Draft EIS, ERe revIewed the DEIS at two meetIngs, November 15, 2010 and December 6, 2010. December 6, 2010 the ERC Issued the DEIS for Public Review and Comment. Orlginiill comment period began on Detember 10, 2010 iilnd concluded on January 10, 2011 Comment period was eKtended two times based on public requests, once to Jilnuary 25, 2011 then a R~"O'dtlm. to F.b",,,,>, 2011. ED 2 Draft EIS -Public Notice Notice was provide in the followingways: Published in the Renton Reporter -12-10-2010 Site was posted -12-10-2010 Elcpanded listof public agencies received mall notices All parties of Record were noticed Media Advisory The Draft EIS was available at both public libraries, Renton City Hall, and the City Web site for free or for purchase from the City's Finance Oepartment. Public Comment Meeting was held January 4, 2011 DEIS Comments Comments were received from both PubllcAgenCles and the General Public Overall 72 comment letten wererecelved WIthin Ihe 72 letters more th~n 500 sep3r11le commentswiU be addtE!5sed In the FEIS Public Agencies that Commented include: u.s. [nonronmental Protection A,gency (EPA) washington State Department of EcolOKY [OOE) wa5hlngton St~te Depmment of An:heology and Historic Preservation [OAHP) wailhingtOll State Department of Transportation [WDOT) MuckleShOOllndlan Tribe _.~MerCerl$land RE N'fU~' SEPA Next Steps Meeting with the EPA, date to be determined (Project "on hold" pending EPA meeting) Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Respond to all 500+ comments Additional analysis as necessary to respond to all (omments -----. RENTO;:'; 03/15/2011 Draft EIS -Public Notice Additional Notice was prOvide In the following ways: E-mail reminder was sent to Barbee Mill Parties of Record for the Public meeting Staff attendance at the Kennydale Neighborhood AsSOciation Meeting on January 25, 2011 Additional (known)Media Publications: Seattle Dally Journal of Commerce-December 13, 2<l10 KOMOnews.C'Om NewcosrJe -January 4, 2<l11 PNWLocalNews.com-January 11, 2011 and January 31, 2011 Renton Par.dI-January 26, 2011 DEIS Comments Generallvcommentsfell into three categories: Environment: Environmental baseline ShorelIne and wetland regulations Habitat protGttlon Bulk and sc:ale Neighborhood compatibJ11ty Hel""t and ¥lew protection Light & glare General aesthetIcs Transportation: Increa5ed traffic congestion ImlNlctsto nellhborhood residential streets Non-rnotoriIed safety and accessibIlity AcCE!5S to shoreline land Use Review -Project Next Steps Public Hearing before the City's Hearing ham[nerto consider the proposed Master Site Plan, Binding Site Plan and Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Send DOE Shoreline Substantial Development Permit for review 3 Denis Law Mayor March 14, 2011 Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L.P. 1201 third Ave., Suite 1680 Seattle, WA 98101 Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch, Administrator SUBJECT: EIS "On Hold" Notice Quendall Terminals, LUA09-151, ECF, SA-M, SM, BSP Dear Mr. Mathewson: The Planning Division of the City of Renton began the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process for the subject application on February 15, 2010. During our review, a significant number of comments were received from individuals as well as agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which raised concerns about the adequacy of the environmental baseline. Within the Comment letter receivec;l from the EPA the following statement was made: "Until EPA makes a cleanup decision, it seems that is would be difficult for the Proponent or the City of Renton to accurately define a baseline". Furthermore, the EPA comment letter includes a clarification section for site cleanup assumptions (baseline) and states that many of the Applicant's assumptions are either "unknown" or cannot be determined at this time. The above assertions from EPA about the assumed baseline conditions for the subject site need to be clarified prior to competition of the Final EIS. Following the comment period on the Draft EIS, City staff and the applicant held a meeting on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. At this meeting it was mutually agreed that a meeting with the EPA, to better understand their position relative to the identified Environmental Baseline Condition, was warranted prior to the continuation of the EIS process. In addition to the comments received from the EPA, many additional environmental impacts were identified throughout the comment period. These generally included transportation impacts (including increased traffic congestion, non-motorized safety, and impacts to residential streets), bulk and scale (including neighborhood compatibility, height and view protection, light and glare, and general aesthetics), and access to the shoreline. Renton expects to work with you to identify effective mitigation once the EIS process resumes. Pursuant to WAC197-11-460, the Final EIS, shall be issued within 60-days of the end of the comment period on the Draft EIS. Based on this requirement, the City is placing the Renton City Hall _ 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa.gov Mr. Mathewson Page 2 of 2 March 14, 2011 EIS "on hold" until additional information can be received from the EPA. Please contact Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner, at (42S) 430-7314 if you have any questions. Sincerely, Y't.<''11 ?;;/I1iJ1!f7/fl! t'V" Gregg Zimmerman, P.E. Public Works Administrator cc: Altino Properties l Inc'l and J.H. Baxter & Co'./ Owner{s} Party(ies) of Record EA I Blumen Winnie & Yuri Sihon 1211 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: wSihon@comcast.net (party of record) Carol O'Connell 1241 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 254-2796 (party of record) Ronald & Vanessa Brazg 1019 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 746-7768 (party of record) Janet L. & Gary R. Sanford 1102 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 276-5848 eml: garys@loziergroup.com (party of record) Jim Hanken 15543 62nd Avenue NE Kenmore, WA 98028 (pa rty of reco rd) Michael Christ President SECO Development, Inc. PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bgmc2@cox.net (party of record) Yvonne & Gary C. Pipkin 1120 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-2009 (party of record) Amy & Kevin Dedrickson 1012 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3799 eml: aimerdoll@yahoo.com (party of record) Mark Hancock PO Box 88811 Seattle, WA 98138 (party of record) Cyrus M. McNeely 3810 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 eml: cmikeathom@msn.com (party of record) Roger A. Pearce Foster Pepper LLC Larry & Linda Boregson 1013 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: borg41943@comcast.net (pa rty of reco rd) Len & Pat Reid 1217 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-0474 eml: Ipreid@comcast.net (pa rty of reco rd) Larry Reymann 1313 N 38th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-8511 eml: fulmen8@hotmail.com (party of record) Kelly Smith 6811 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 917-3316 (party of record) Mike Cera 8300 Avalon Drive Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 419-0657 eml: mscero@comcast.net (party of record) 1083 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #50 1111 Third Avenue ste: #3400 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 447-4676 Robert & Sonya Tobeck 1003 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 282-5833 (party of record) Updated: 03/15/11 eml: pearr@foster.com (party of record) (Page 1 of 6) Lawrence E. Hard Attorney at Law 4316 NE 33rd Street Seattle, WA 98105 tel: (206) 669-8686 (party of record) Bruce MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (949) 489-8261 eml: bmaccaul@gmail.com (party of record) Anne Woodley 7920 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: a.woodley@comcast.net (party of record) Suzanne & Donald Orehek 4103 Wells Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (516) 944-8739 eml: suzywo@verison.net (party of record) Glen St. Amant Muckelshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division 39015 172nd Avenue SE Auburn, WA 98092 tel: (253) 939-3311 PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Charles & Rebecca Taylor 1252 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4473 (party of record) Sally A Scott 1405 N 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-1005 (party of record) Charles P Witmann 907 N 34th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Christine Chen 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 229-5880 eml: christineschen@yahoo.com (party of record) Ronald Corbell 4113 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6844 eml: rrcorbell@comcast.net (party of record) Ross & Ava Ohashi 1018 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 890-3045 eml: taryntani@gmail.com (party of record) Richard M Ferry 7414 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 232-1872 (party of record) Sheng WU 1222 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (832) 971-9396 eml: swu@bechtel.com (party of record) Victor Chiu 1128 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (626) 627-1059 eml: vchiu74@hotmail.com (party of record) Susan Stow 1309 N 36th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 793-5062 eml: stows@comcast.net (party of record) eml: glen@muckleshoot.nsn.us (party of record) Rajendra Agrawaal 1113 N 29th Street Renton, WA 98056 eml: agrawaalr@yahoo.com (party of record) Updated: 03/15/11 Tony Boydston 3920 NE 11th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: bonethedawgs@yahoo.com (party of record) Chuck & Sylvia Holden 3609 Meadow Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-9956 eml: sbholden@nwlink.com (party of record) (Page 2 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Mike & Sharon Glenn Pavy Thao Tim Riley 8825 114th Avenue SE 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N 3607 Lake Washington Blvd N Newcastle, WA 98056 ste: #A101 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 255-8351 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 779-2021 eml: altglennmal@comcast.net tel: (425) 591-7077 eml: autowashsys.com (party of record) eml: pavyt@hotmail.com (party of record) (party of record) Amy Lietz Roberts Farrell Wilson & Jonell Bitney-Kim Browne 1006 N 34th Street Wilson 1409 N 37th Street Renton, WA 98056 4063 Williams Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-1057 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7791 eml: amyroberts@seanet.com tel: (425) 226-1748 (party of record) (party of record) eml: jobitney@comcast.net (party of record) Darius & Vicki Richards Sue & Mac Jahnke Faye Janders 3605 Lake Washington Blvd N 1717 Aberdeen Avenue NE 2717 Aberdeen Avenue NE Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-4469 tel: (425) 271-6489 tel: (425) 255-4227 (party of record) eml: forsue2go@comcast.net eml: fayeandlorna@comcast.net (party of record) (party of record) Connie Taylor Leslye Bergan Marleen Mandt 2425 NE 25th Street 3306 Lake Washington Blvd N 1408 N 26th Street Renton, WA 98056 ste: #2 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-5436 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1167 eml: conniemtaylor@comcast.net tel: (206) 940-7461 eml: mkmandt@comcast.net (party of record) eml: lesbergan@comcast.net (party of record) (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg Trudy Neumann Dima 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N 922 N 28th Place 1815 NE 27th Court ste: #C201 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-4205 eml: dyma20@yahoo.com tel: (206) 200-8156 (party of record) (party of record) eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Jon & Marilyn Danielson Mike Batin Sally Rochelle 1308 N 34th Street 3410 Park Avenue N 3626 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-7933 tel: (425) 235-8818 tel: (425) 277-3159 eml: jonjdan@aol.com eml: mbattin@yahoo.com eml: rochsjr@comcast.net (party of record) (party of record) (party of record) Updated: 03/15/11 (Page 3 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Susan Miller 806 N 30th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 228-1868 eml: susanagrenmiller@hotmail.com (party of record) Mimi MacCaul 1246 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-5409 eml: mimiafsc@mac.com (party of record) Altino Properties, Inc. & JH Baxter & Co. 800 S Third Street Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 226-3900 (owner) Lance Lopes Vice President General Counsel Seattle Sea hawks I Seattle Sounders FC I First & Global Inc. 12 Sea hawks Way Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-8010 eml: lancel@seahawssoundersfc.com (party of record) Spencer Alpert Alpert International, LLP 2442 NW Market Street ste: #722 Seattle, WA 98107 tel: (206) 915-7200 (party of record) Updated: 03/15/11 Bud Worley 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N ste: #B203 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 235-0825 eml: bud@nwccc.net (party of record) Keith Preszler 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: kpreszler@hotmail.com (party of record) Ryan Durkin 500 Galland Building 1221 Second Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) Steve Van Til Vulcan 505 5th Avenue S ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98104 tel: (206) 342-2119 (party of record) Laurie Baker 3107 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206)772-6284 eml: laurieb@mvseac.com (party of record) Tim Stewart Director Development Services Group City of Mercer Island 9611 SE 36th Street Mercer Island, WA 98040 tel: (206) 275-7600 (party of record) Campbell Mathewson Century Pacific, L. P. 1201 Third Avenue ste: #1680 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 757-8893 eml: cmathewson@centurypacificlp.com (contact) John Hansen 4005 Park Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 430-1498 eml: johsamm@comcast.net (party of record) Dan Mitzel 111 Cleveland Avenue Mt Vernon, WA 98040 tel: (360) 404-2050 (party of record) Kevin Iden 5121 Ripley Lane N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 444-4336 eml: idenkr@comcast.net (party of record) (Page 4 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Anne Simpson 3001 Mountain View Avenue N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 572-6344 eml: annsimpson@comcast,net (party of record) Rich Wagner 2411 Garden Court N Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Ronald & Sachi Nicol 1030 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 891-6169 eml: rfnucik@comcast,net & msnicol@gmail,com (party of record) Patty Witt 14107 SE 45th Street Bellevue, WA 98006 tel: (425) 890-1880 eml: pwitt55@aol.com (party of record) Laura & James Counsell 1122 N 41st Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 203-1281 eml: yyluan@yahoo,com & j,diddly@gmail,com (party of record) Tom Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (421) 221-0631 eml: tommbaker@hotmail,com (party of record) Updated: 03/15/11 Jim Hanken Wolfstone, Panchot & Bloch, P,S" Inc, 1111 Third Avenue ste: 1800 Seattle, WA 98101 tel: (206) 682-3840 (party of record) Paul & Susan Siegmund 1006 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 502-5195 eml: paulrsiegmund@gmail.com (party of record) John Murphy Director of Operations New Home Trends, Inc, 4314 148th Street SE Mill Creek, WA 98012 tel: (425) 953-4719 (party of record) Bob & Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 970-3385 eml: mbfamily6@gmail,com & rgb@beckerarch,com (party of record) Ricardo & Maria Antezana 1025 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: ricardoadlc@msn,com (party of record) Linda Baker 1202 N 35th Street Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 271-1251 eml: lindabak@hotmail,com (party of record) Charlie Conner 846 108th Avenue NE Bellevue, WA 98004 tel: (425) 646-4433 (party of record) Jessica Winter 7600 Sand Point Way Seattle, WA 98115 tel: (206) 623-1745 (party of record) c/o Brad Nicholson SEGB 2302 NE 28th Street Renton, WA 98056 (party of record) Roy & Joann Francis 1000 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 227-7108 eml: royfrancis@msn,com (party of record) Nancy Denney 3818 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (425) 226-7987 eml: nancydenney@comcast,net (party of record) Elisabeth Durr 1206 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: elisabethdurr@gmail.com (party of record) (Page 5 of 6) PARTIES OF RECORD Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, SM, ECF, SA-M, BSP, EIS Aaron Belenky 1800 NE 40th Street ste: #H-4 Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 235-2651 eml: abelenky@alum.mit.edu (party of record) Chelsea Ryberg, Director Eastport Shores Townhomes Association 3100 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 tel: (206) 200-8156 eml: chelsearyberg@gmail.com (party of record) Richard & Kathleen Bergquist 7244 E Mercer Way Mercer Island, WA 98040 eml: dickb@seanet.com (party of record) Barbara Nightingale, Regional Shoreline Planner Department of Ecology 3190 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008 (party of record) Jenny Manning 1205 N 10th Place ste: #2440 Renton, WA 98057 tel: (425) 283-2880 eml: jenny.manning@patch.com (party of record) Updated: 03/15/11 Gretchen Kaehler Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation PO Box 48343 Olympia, WA 98504-8343 tel: (360) 586-3088 eml: gretchen.kaehler@dahp.wa.gov (party of record) John & Diane Haines 1014 N 27th Place Renton, WA 98056 eml: headac1@comcast.net (party of record) Lynda Priddy Remedial Project Manager Environmental Protection Agency 1200 6th Avenue ste: #900 Seattle, WA 98101-3140 (party of record) Diane Espey Jackson 2419 Talbot Crest Drive S Renton, WA 98055 eml: dianej2419@msn.com (party of record) Gwendolyn High 155 Yakima Avenue NE Renton, WA 98059 tel: (206) 279-0349 eml: gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com (party of record) Kevin Poole 627 High Avenue S Renton, WA 98057 tel: (206) 245-8956 eml: kevinpoole@mac.com (party of record) Ramin Pazooki Local Agency & Development Services Manager WSDOT 15700 Dayton Avenue N PO Box 330310 Seattle, WA 98133-9710 (party of record) William Skilling 3814 E Lee Street Seattle, WA 98112 tel: (206) 622-2626 eml: bskilling@msn.com (party of record) (Page 6 of 6) , DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT M E M 0 RAN DUM DATE: March 10, 2011 TO: FROM: Environmental Review committ~ Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner SUBJECT: LUA09-151, Quendall Terminals Discussion The Quendall Terminals Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) comment period has ended and 72 comment letters, resulting in over 500 separate individual comments were received. Please find attached a copy of all the comment letters received on the subject DEIS. Comments were received from six public agencies including: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE), The Washington State Department of Archeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP), Washington State Department of Transportation (WDOT), The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, and The City of Mercer Island. The remainder of the comments were received from interested parties. Overall the comments can be categorized into the following areas: 1. Environment: a. Environmental baseline b. Shoreline and wetland regulations c. Habitat protection 2. Bulk and Scale a. Neighborhood compatibility b. Height and view protection c. Light & glare d. General aesthetics 3. Transportation: a. Increased traffic congestion b. Impacts to neighborhood residential streets c. Non-motorized safety and accessibility 4. Access to shoreline document2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:37 AM 'Diane Jackson' Subject: RE: COMMENTS -QUENDALL PROJECT Dear Ms. Jackson, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (Do{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Diane Jackson [mailto:dianej2419@msn.comJ Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 5:00 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: COMMENTS -QUENDALL PROJECT I want to be on the record to object to the scale of the above-referenced project. The impact on the environment and the area alone sound like reasons alone to change the size, However, given the 2 projects next door, expecially the Sea hawks' headquarters, are already too much. I need to send this so can't give more details for now. Thank you, Diane Espey Jackson 2419 Talbot Crest Dr. So. Renton, WA 98055 1 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:48 AM 'johsamm@comcast.net' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals Dear Mr. Hansen, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Telminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EfS. In addi;ion, you ",ill be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feci free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (])o(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: johsamm@comcast.net [mailto:johsamm@comcast.netl Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 9:34 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Quendali Terminals Ms. Dolbee- Thank you for contacting me about this. The letter I thought I attached on Feb. 9 is attached hereto - if it's not, please let me know right away and I will bring a copy to City Hall on Monday. John Hansen 4005 Park Ave. N Renton 98056 425-430-1498 or 425-894-9188 cell -----Original Message ----- From: Vanessa Dolbee <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov> To: 'johsamm@comcast.net' <johsamm@comcast.net> Sent: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:27:58 -0000 (UTC) Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals 1 John Hansen There was nothing attached to this e-mail, please re-send with the attachment. In addition, could you please include your full name and mailing address in the signature line of the e-mail. We need this information to keep you informed as the process moves forward. If you have any questions please feel free to call. Thank you, 1)anessa !])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: johsamm@comcast.net [mailto:johsamm@comcast.netl Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:10 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals Ms. Dolbee- Please open attached letter containing my comments on the Draft EIS for the Quendall Terminals project. Thanks, 2 John Hansen 3 4005 Park Ave. North Renton, W A 98056 425-430-1498 8 February, 2011 Department of Community and Economic Development, Planning Division 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, W A, 98057 Attention: Vanessa Dolbee, PM I'm writing regarding the Quendall Terminals Draft EIS. My wife and I live in NW Kennydale, where we can see the subject property from less than Y, mile away. I'm very interested in the Quendall Terminals property finally being developed, and looking forward to that happening. At the same time, I'm very concerned about a number of issues that I don't believe the DEIS deals with adequately or appropriately. First, on a positive note, 1 think the proposed shoreline trail development, with public access, is a big improvement over the earlier plans, which had only a small viewing area. Density of development and building height: With the exception of the Seahawk's football warehouse to the north, the entire eastside of Lake Washington is relatively low density and low rise residential, from Boeing on the South, to Meydenbauer Bay to the north. With nothing over 3 stories in that stretch, these 7 story tall, and fairly massive buildings proposed, are too much for this site, particularly at the waters edge. The proposed Alternative 2 reduces the site density by eliminating the Office and 1/8'h of the residential-that should allow the development to use shorter 3 to 4 story buildings closer to the lake, and then step up to as much as 7 stories, as they move away from the lake, towards Ripley Lane. This could greatly improve the overall appearance of the project from both near and far, and also open up better views for the upper floor residents in the more easterly buildings. Site access and traffic concerns: Traffic concerns are the second reason that I strongly recommend that Alternative 2 be the maximum development allowed on the site. With Alternative I, ifI-405 improvements are not forthcoming at the 44th Interchange, the DEIS states that the LOE goes down to Elf at 4 intersections. Alternative 2's elimination of Office use and reduced residential units will provide some relief to that. I'm also concerned about additional traffic that this proposed development will generate to the south, along Lake. Washington Boulevard, and up to Park Avenue North. This is already used by many as a shortcut between Exit 6 (30'h Street) and Exit 7 (44th), to avoid the heavier traffic on 1-405 between those two exits. 1 urge the City to take measures to minimize the negative impacts of the Quendall Terminal development on traffic flows on NE 40'h and Park Ave. North. Sincerely, John Hansen Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:36 AM 'jonjdan@aol.com' Subject: RE: Ouendall Terminals Proposal-LUA09-151 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Danielson, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall TClminals DEIS. Your comments will be entcred into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feci free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (])o(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: jonjdan@aol.com [mailto:jonjdan@aol.comJ Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:55 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals Proposal-LUA09-151 February 9, 2011 Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development Planning Division City of Renton 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 Re: Ouendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) Dear Ms. Dolbee: We have had the opportunity to review the submitted documents. Specifically we take note of Section 3.6 Relationship to Plans, Policies and Regulations. In the Community Design Element, it speaks to: Goal 1-To raise the aesthetic quality of the City. Goal 2-To strengthen the economy through high quality development. Goal 3 -To ensure that a high quality of life is maintained as Renton evolves. I As an architect my personal opinion is that this project does not meet the above stated elements. This development appears to be of marginal aesthetic qualities, would only strengthen the economy by taxes -not "High Quality Development," and by no means would "ensure that a high quality of life is maintained as Renton evolves." These comments made in the document are a great leap of rhetoric and are certainly exhibited in what is presented. Further, the comments made about: Policy CD-3 -Site Design should maximize public access to and create opportunities for use of shoreline areas in locations contiguous to the lake, river, stream or wetland where such access would not jeopardize habitats and other environmental attributes of the water body. Policy CE-4 -Development review of proposed projects should identify opportunities for increasing public access to Lake Washington, the Cedar River, wetlands, streams and creeks in the City. Clearly the design as presented in the DEIS does not "maximize public access," in fact it is our belief that this design RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS. Again it is noted that just "stating something" does not make it so. This development would be an "eye sore" and "intrusive" blight on the shoes of Lake Washington. The impact of traffic on the local streets would be immense l This project is far too imposing on our Lakefront and would create a WALL shutting off the views of the lake. Our impression is that this proposal is FAR TOO EXTENSIVE AND INTRUSIVE to be part of a development supported by the City of Renton for its citizens. We also believe that the proposed current remediation of the contaminated soil is not going to provide for adequate protection for the citizens exposed to the site. We do not want to create an extensive list, item by item that is wrong, but we want to go on record as saying we oppose the proposed development as identified by Options 1 and 2. At this particular time we would support Option 3. We will certainly be keeping aware of the continued progress of the proposal at future presentations. We need more parks and space available to us. We also do not need more and bigger developments similar to the apartments that have been constructed in The Landing, that is certainly not a "high quality development" and not at capacity in occupancy. Most Sincerely, Jon & Maril~n Danielson 1308 N. 34' SI. Renton, WA 98056 425-228-7933 2 Denis Law Mayor February 10, 2011 Brad Nicholson South End Gives Back 2302 NE 28 th Street Renton, WA 980S6 Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch,Administrator SUBJECT: Quendall Terminals DEIS, Comment Received Dear Mr. Nicholson: Thank you for your comments on the Quendall Terminals Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Your comments will be placed in the official project file, and will be addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). In addition, you have been added to the party of record list for the subject project, and will receive copies of correspondence throughout the land use review process. If you have any questions about the project please feel free to contact me at 425-430- 7314. Sincerely, ,1£~-Llffk Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: File Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentcnwa.gov Denis Law Mayor • [' -~ ........ .""".,,~. t\ " , .. 1 ....'.' rlu,Jtl February 10, 2011 Charles P. Wittmann 907 N 34th St. Renton, WA 98056 .--....;,......" Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch, Administrator SUBJECT: Quendall Terminals DEIS, Comment Received Dear Mr. Wittmann: Thank you for your comments on the Quendall Terminals Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Your comments will be placed in the official project file, and will be addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). In addition, you have been added to the party of record list for the subject project, and will receive copies of correspondence throughout the land use review process. If you have any questions about the project please feel free to contact me at 425-430- 7314. Sincerely, Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: File Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa,gov Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:44 PM 'Spencer'; 'Dan Mitzel' Subject: RE: Message from C351 Dear Dan Mitzel, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Temlinals DElS, Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel (i'ee to ask. Sincerely. 'V'anessa (])o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Spencer [mailto:spencer@aIDertcapital.comJ Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:53 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Fwd: Message from C351 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: "Dan Mitzel" <danmitzel@hansellmitzel.com> Date: February 10,2011 8:31 :00 AM PST To: "Vanessa Dolbee" <VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov> Cc: <spencer@alpertcapital.com>, <dave@dujardindev.com> Subject: FW: Message from C351 Vanessa: Here is the comments for the Quendell Terminals project. Dan 1 January 24, 2011 City of Renton Renton City Hall lOSS South Grady Way, 6th Floor Renton, WA 98057 VIA: email RE: Quendall Terminals DEIS Attn: Chip Vincent Alexander Pietsch " Vanessa Dolby Chip, Alex and Vanessa: Hawks Landing. LLC 1111 Cleveland Ave Suite 201 Mount Vernon WA 98273 City of Renton P!;;mninq Division Please consider this letter as Hawk's landing, LLC's response to the DEIS for the Quendall Terminals project. Attached to this letter is a detail DE IS comment letter prepared by Geralyn Reinart PE. Ms. Reinart is the Traffic Consultant for the Hawks Landing Development and is very familiar with transportation issues in the area of the Quendall Terminals project. After careful review of the Quendall Terminals Project ("the Project") I have the following comments: 1. TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT. The section of the DEIS pertaining to anticipated transportation impacts related to the Project leaves many unanswered questions concerning how the proposed access to the Project will function in regards to meeting City of Renton and WSDOT standards. Please see the attached DEIS review comments prepared by Geralyn Reinart for specific issues that need to be addressed as part of review of the DEIS. The city of Renton will need to make sure that access to the Project site is coordinated with the access to the Hawks landing project. A future signalized intersection with a realigned Barbee Mill access that is positioned directly west of the proposed Hawks Landing development access will help address our concerns about the Ripley Lane / Lake Washington Blvd capacity to handle the Project's traffic impacts even if this intersection is signalized. We have suggested to the Project's developer that this cooperation, in regards to the access to the Project, would solve some of the problems that are apparent within the TENW report contained within the DEIS. Most notable of the study findings, with respect to project impacts that did not appear to be addressed (mitigated) and could potentially impact Hawk's Landing, was the queuing issue on lake Washington Boulevard between the 1-405 SB Ramps and the HaWk's Landing main access. The other major issue regarding transportation is the fact that the TENW report in the DE IS states that the "without interchange improvements" condition routed no project traffic to/from the south on 1-405 at the NE 44th Street Ramps, diverting all of these trips to the south to use the N. • 30 th Street interchange. The assumption that absolutely none of the project trips would use the NE 44th Street interchange to/from the south is probably unlikely. I can imagine that there will be a fire storm of resistance to routing this traffic south on lake Washington Blvd. to N. 30·h 2. ESTHETICS. I am concerned that the existing Project plan places building in a manner that shows little concern for maximizing the location adjacent to Lake Washington. There is no concern shown in this plan in regards to maintaining view corridors for neighboring properties to the east of the Project. Fewer building that are taller and that use structured parking with plazas located over the parking structures would promote the preservation of view corridors that would greatly benefit the Project esthetics and the Hawks Landing development and other property owners in the area. 3. DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE. It is inconceivable to me that the Quendall Terminals Project will have any chance to be built out by 2015. The remaining Project environmental issues surrounding the Project site's Super Fund status and the fact that the 1-405 improvements will not be completed until 2018 to 2020 leads me to conclude that the proposed development timeline it unrealistic. I look forward to continuing to comment on the Quendall Terminals development as the Project :~ Dan R. Mitzel Co-Managing Member Hawks Landing, lLC Geralyn Reillart, P.E. 831 Sprague Street Edmonds, WA. 98020 (206) 285-9035 Traffic & Transportation Engineering Services MEMORANDUM January 6, 2011 TO: Dan Mitzel AHM, LLC FROM: Geri Reinart, P.E. SUBJECT: Quendall Terminals DEIS -Review of Transportation Impacts The following summarizes my review of the December 2010 Quendall Terminals DEIS, as requested by your office; more specifically, my review is concentrated on Appendix H -Transportation Technical Report prepared by Transportation Engineering NorthWest, LLC and the impacts from the Quendall Terminals project on the Hawk's Landing site. This document is the full technical analysis upon which the information presented in the DEIS is based. The traffic study reviewed the development of the proposed application, a lower density altemative and a no-action alternative. The analysis also reviewed the impacts with and without the proposed improvements to the NE 44th Street/I-405 interchange (note: the project build-out is slated for 2015, and the timing for the WSDOT interchange improvements is not noted on the WSDOT project information page, but likely to occur post-201S). The traffic analysis reviewed up to nine off-site intersections; however, my review concentrated on the three off-site intersections that were reviewed for Hawk's Landing, i.e., Lake Washington Boulevard/Seahawks Way (referred to as Ripley Lane in the DEIS) , NE 44th Street/I-405 SB Ramps, and NE 44th Street/I-405 NB Ramps. My comments with respect to the analysis are as follows: General Comments: The analysis was completed by a traffic engineering firm that is well qualified to complete a project of this scope. The level of analysis complied with comments received by WSDOT and the City of Renton. Pipeline trips for adjacent projects (including the approved portion of 1 Drllft 01106111 I Hawk's Landing) were included in the background traffic, along with other miscellaneous traffic growth; a build-out year of 2015 was assumed. The trip generaflon used for the project was conservative (Le., the values used for the residential portion of the project were increased by 10%, as requested by WSDOT). Many of the results and conclusions were similar to the results for the Hawk's Landing analysis and other recent projects in the area, i.e .. interim improvements were needed at the 1-405 ramps and the Lake Washington Boulevard/Ripley Lane intersections if the improvements to the 1-405 interchange are not completed by 2015. Mitigation was proposed under both the "with and without the improvements" to the 1-405 interchange. Most notable of the study findings, with respect to project impacts that did not appear to be addressed (mitigated) and could potentially impact Hawk's Landing, was the queuing issue on Lake Washington Boulevard between the 1-405 SB Ramps and the Hawk's Landing main access. (See subsequent discussion and comments.) Specific Comments: The following comments are specific to the pagers) noted for Appendix H - Transportation Technical Report. (Note: excerpts from this Appendix are the basis for the text included in the transportation element of the main DEIS document.) Transportation Technical Report 1. Pages 1 through 9 -no comments. 2. Page 10 -Table 2 -the levels of service results that were noted for the existing conditions were slightly better at the NE 44th Street/I-405 NB Ramps during both peak hours and during the AM peak hour at the Lake Washington Boulevard/Ripley intersection than the results from the Hawk's Landing analysis. This may be the result of the use of different software for the analyses. 3. Page 11 -no comments. 4. Page 12 -last two paragraphs -the future volume forecasts utilized a more sophisticated process of estimating volumes at the study intersections than was used in the Hawk's Landing analysis; however, in most instances, the volume forecasts were similar to those used for Hawk's Landing. (Note: this process included both a background traffic growth rate and pipeline trips from Barbee Mill and Hawk's Landing.) 5. Pages 13 through 15 -no comments. 6. Page 16 -Table 3 -the trip generation shown for the proposed action is conservative and reflects the 10% increase, as requested by WSDOT, thereby representing a "worst case" scenario. 7. Page 17 -Trip Distribution and Assignment -the trip assignment is 2 Drfljt 0110611 J different from the distribution used in prior analyses for projects in the area. More specifically the distribution to/from the north on 1-405 was about 15% higher than prior studies, 6% to 7% higher on Lake Washington Boulevard (north of NE 44th Street) and Lincoln Avenue respectively, and 28% lower on 1-405 to/from the south. (Note: the distribution used in prior analyses was based on the 1-405/NE 44th Street Interchange Project Access Point Decision Report prepared in 2001.) A technical memorandum prepared by HDR Engineering and CH2M Hill for the City of Renton dated July 7,2006 and titled "Port Quendall Access Options" utilized a distribution similar to the Decision Report for the existing conditions (Le., no interchange improvements) and a distribution somewhere in the middle of the values used ill the current analysis and the Decision Report for the post interchange improvement conditions. Whichever distribution is the most appropriate is debatable, and it is probably best to just note that the majority of site traffic would use 1-405, with lesser volumes using Lake Washington Boulevard or Lincoln Avenue. Having stated that, it should be noted that the project distribution for the "without interchange improvements" condition routed no project traffic to/from the south on 1-405 at the NE 44th Street Ramps, diverting all of these trips to the south to use the N. 30 th Street interchange. The assumption that absolutely none of the project trips would use the NE 44th Street interchange to/from the south is probably unlikely. 8. Page 18 through 22 -no comments. 9. Page 23 -Table 5 -level of service failures during both the AM and PM peak hours are expected at project build-out without the 1-405 improvements (unmitigated). 10. Pages 24 through 25 -no comments. 11. Page 26 -Table 6 -acceptable levels of service are expected once the 1-405 improvements are completed. 12. Pages 27 through 28 -no comments. 13. Page 29 -Tables 7 and 8 -the queue analyses indicate very long southbound queues on Ripley Lane at Lake Washington Boulevard for the "without 1-405 improvements" condition. More importantly, Table 8 indicates that the queues on Lake Washington Boulevard at Ripley Lane could very likely extend beyond the adjacent intersections (Le. the 1-405 SB Ramps, the Barbee Mill access, and possibly the Hawk's Landing access) with the 1-405 interchange improvements. (Note: the post 1-405 interchange improvement condition assumes signalization of the Ripley Lane/Lake Washington Boulevard intersection.) 14. Pages 30 and 31 -the first paragraph under the Intersection #4 discussion on both pages states the opposite for the unsignalized/ signalized condition at the Ripley Lane/Lake Washington Boulevard 3 Draft 0/106111 • intersection. This paragraph also notes that left-turn demand from the project site is balanced between the Barbee Mill Access and Ripley Lane Access, which may not occur (especially for the unsignalized condition), thereby potentially impacting queue lengths at critical locations. Page 30 also noted the following -"Ultimately, the City of Renton will determine the best configuration given ongoing coordination with WSDOT on the adjacent interchange design, the Port of Seattle (the owner at the vicinity rail right-ot-way), and adjacent private development." This statement somewhat implies that further consideration/investigation of the design and traffic control may be forthcoming, which should include further review of the queue lengths. 15. Page 31 -the "Public Transportation Impacts" section notes the need to encourage and accommodate public transportation access as part of the interchange improvements. This would likely decrease \ project impacts and benefit all adjacent property owners. 16. Page 32 -no comments. 17. Page 33 -Mitigation Measures -an extension of the eastbound and westbound lanes on Lake Washington Boulevard beyond the Barbee Mill Access is recommended; frontage improvements along the Hawk's Landing frontage should be coordinated with this potential mitigation measure. 18. Page 34 -the mitigation measure suggested for the "without 1-405 improvements" are similar to those recommended for the Hawk's Landing project. 19. Page 35 -no comments. Overall, there were no unexpected results from the analyses completed for the proposed development of the Quendall Terminals site, and the study analyzed the critical intersections and issues. The main issue that could create operational problems in the future is the close spacing of the Ripley Lane/Lake Washington intersection to the 1-405 SB Ramps. WSDOT had noted in their scoping comments that "channelization at access streets providing access to the Quendal/ Terminals project will need to be carefully designed due to proximity of the project access to the interchange intersections." Furthermore, the technical memorandum prepared by HDR Engineering and CH2M Hill for the City of Renton dated July 7, 2006 and titled "Port Quendall Access Options" notes in its conclusions on Page 26 of the memorandum the following: "The capacity of the near-term roadway network was mostly dictated by the proximity of the existing Hazelwood Lane/Lake Washington Boulevard intersection to the southbound ramps intersection at NE 44th Street. The issue is further agitated 4 Draft 01/06/1] by the proposed driveway for the Barbee Mill Redevelopment project, to be located within close proximity to the Hazelwood Lane/Lake Washington Boulevard intersection at an existing private railroad crossing. Any significant redevelopment of the Port Quendall site would require the elimination or consolidation of one of these intersections. As a result, this study recommends that access to the Port Quendall sile should be consolidated with the Barbee Mill redevelopment access, and that Hazelwood Lane be relocated to the west side ot the railroad tracks. The relocation of Hazelwood Lane would serve as an internal site access roadway and connection to the existing homes north of the Port Quendall site." This same document also noted the fol/owing on page 11: "Access to the Port Quendall site was assumed to be located at a single driveway along Lake Washington Boulevard. Ripley Lane and Hazelwood Lane would require realignment under any access option scenario due to its proximity to 1-405 and limited queue storage availability. The realignment should be consolidated with the new Port Quendall access driveway, thereby eliminating the Lake Washington Boulevard/Ripley Lane intersection. The potential Port Quendall access intersection would be signalized and have legs on both sides of Lake Washington Boulevard, with the west leg serving as the primary access to the existing Barbee Mill development, the proposed Port Quendall development, and connection to existing homes along Hazelwood Lane north of Port Quendall. The east leg would serve the Pan Abode property." The realignment recommendation also noted additional lanes at this new intersection and signalization. Based on the above comments with respect to Appendix H of the DEIS, the findings presented in the DEIS, and information contained in the technical memorandum prepared by HDR Engineering and CH2M Hill for the City of Renton dated July 7, 2006 and titled "Port Quendal/ Access Options, it appears that there is an opportunity for further discussion/investigation of the access options to dissipate the queue lengths at the Lake Washington Boulevard/Ripley Lane intersection (post 1-405 improvements) as part of the final EIS document. Reiterating an earlier citation from Appendix H (i.e" "Ultimately, the City of Renton will determine the best configuration given ongoing coordination with WSDOT on the adjacent interchange design, the Port ot Seattle (the owner of the vicinity rail right-ot-way), and adjacent private development. "), a request for further investigation of access alternatives is reasonable. These are my preliminary comments pending further review and discussion with you. Please give me a call to discuss them when you have a chance. 5 Draft 01/06111 • Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:57 AM 'Susan Miller' Subject: RE: Port Quendall comments Dear Susan Miller, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Telminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party ofrecord list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 1)allessa !J)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Susan Miller [mailto:susanagrenmiller@hotmail,comJ Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 2:05 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Port Quendall comments Ms. Dolbee Attached is my letter in opposition to the Port Quendall project Susan A Miller 806 N 30th Street Kennydale, WA 98056 1 February 7, 2011 Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner City of Renton RE: Port Quendall site plans City of Fienton P!(1f)njt'~~-.! Divisio'l I would like to voice my opposition to the proposed Port Quendall project. The project size of a 7 story building with 800+ apartments, office space and retail does not belong on a waterfront which is mostly residential in nature. If the owners/ developers feel the need to develop it they should look to the Barbee Mill development which is owner- occupied low level structures. Kennydale is a suburban not urban area and needs to remain that way. The traffic on Lake Washington Boulevard is already very heavy at certain times of the day. Anytime traffic slows on 1-405 the boulevard becomes the road of choice for many who do not obey posted speed limits. To add an additional 1000+ car trips a day on the existing roadways is ludicrous. To suggest that traffic should funnel to North 30 th Street into a residential neighborhood makes absolutely no sense. Additional retail space is not needed in this area as the space at The Landing 2 miles away is still not fully occupied. I think the city of Renton needs to deny the application as presented and the only choice is alternative #3 which is to leave the site vacant. Susan A Miller 806 N 30 th Street Renton WA 98056 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:57 AM 'Keith Preszle( Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals Dear Mr. Preszler, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final ErS. In addition, you will be added to fhe party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (Do{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Keith Preszler [mailto:kpreszler@hotrnail.coml Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 201110: 10 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner City of Renton Department of Economic & Community Development, Planning Division I live on Lake Washington Boulevard just south of the proposed Quendall Terminal site. The DEIS describes a project that claims its height and bulk are compatible with the surrounding area, Who exactly do they think they are kidding? "Consistent with the existing urban character of the area"? That is just flat out wrong, The only big bulky thing in the whole area is the Sea hawk's practice facility and it stands out like a sore thumb because it is way bigger and bulkier than anything else. Other than it the area has nothing even close in height and bulk. 1 Why does it seem to me that _, ._se people have thrown out a whor'r-_r of plan and then figure it will give them leeway to back off a bit and still get something still much bigger than people in the neighborhood would like to see. Their second alternative is not significantly different than the first. I vote for option number three which would be to wait for someone else who might have a better plan. They claim they are similar to the Sea hawks facility and The Landing. Well, the seahawks should stand as an exception, and a cautionary one, and The Landing is not nearby and is not situated in the middle of a neighborhood. Even in the new Barbee Mill site the houses are just two stories high, not 6 and 7 stories. Another very big issue for me would be the added traffic. The traffic coming on and off of 405 (exit 7, 44th street) is already heavy. I sometimes walk from my house across the overpass to the businesses on the east side of the freeway and I have nearly been hit by cars. The whole area around the interchange is not at all conducive to pedestrians. Now add 800 housing units, 245,000 square feet of office space, restaurants and retail space and where and how is the resulting traffic going to be accommodated? I've read that the state has no plans, and no money, to make any changes to the interchange. In the draft statement the applicants seem to assume the state will make such changes anyway! Dream on. They also suggest they could run traffic up through Kennydale to the 30th street interchange. That is a ridiculous idea. It shows me that they have no sense of the neighborhood. I also ride my bike along the boulevard bike lanes and down Ripley Lane to connect to the bike path that parallels 405. Our house overlooks Lake Wa Blvd. and on sunny weekends an amazing number of people bike that same route. The Ripley Land section already does not have designated bike lanes in both directions and adding a whole lot more vehicle traffic to that street would make it even more hazardous. All and all I believe the current proposal should be totally rejected. It doesn't seriously consider the problems it raises for the neighborhood and seems to me to be a flagrant attempt to simply build what they want to build without any real concern for the area. Even their slightly scaled down plan is a no go from my point of view. Rejecting their proposal would, I think, send a message to them, and to other developers, that they need to scale down their plans and actually try to build something that fits with the neighborhood. Thank you for your consideration of my opinions. Keith Preszler 3818 Lake Wa. Blvd. N. Renton, Wa. 98056 425-226-7987 kpreszler@hotmail.com 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:58 AM 'nancyden ney@comcast.net' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals Dear Ms. Denney, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Tenninals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final ElS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. ffyou have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (j)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: nancydenney@comcast.net [mailto:nancydenney@comcast.netl Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:32 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendali Terminals Venessa Dolbee Renton Department of Community and Economic Development I saw a brief review of the Quendall project this week in the Renton Reporter and I can't believe anyone would propose putting six or seven story buildings on the lake shore. And 800 housing units, plus 245,000 square feet of office space, and a restaurant and retail space? I live on Lake Washington Boulevard just to the south of this land and this is, and should certainly remain, a residential area, not an office and commercial area. It has also been my impression that the site is heavily contaminated and I really am concerned about someone going in there and stirring all that up. 1 Particularly someone who is _y really interested in building for 1. __ own benefit and not the communities. Also, very high on my list of concerns would be the added traffic. The 44th street interchange of 405 is already getting very busy and crowded and the idea of adding 800 more housing units without any real street changes sounds like a recipe for nothing but an even bigger mess. But again, what I think bothers me most is the size of the project, the number of units and the heights. It just doesn't fit with the neighborhood and it seems a slap in the face of everyone who does live here to pretend that it does. I would hope you will turn down this project and tell developers to come back to the table with a project that shows some real concern for our neighborhood. Thank you Nancy Denney 3818 Lake Washington Blvd. N. Renton, Wa. 98056 425-226-7987 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:59 AM 'Tom Baker' Subject: RE: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) Dear Mr. Baker, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects offieial file and will be addressed in the Final ElS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (J)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Tom Baker Cmailto:tommbaker@hotmail.coml Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:23 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-1S1) February 09, 2011 Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner City of Renton Department of Economic & Community Development, Planning Division Subject: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) I live Kennydale. on N 35th Stjust south of the proposed Quendall Terminal site. The DEIS describes a project that claims its height and bulk are compatible with the surrounding area. The statement is absurd. "Consistent with the existing urban character of the area"? That is just flat out wrong. The only 1 big bulky thing in the whole ar __ .s the Seahawk's practice facility an_._ stands out like a sore thumb because it is way bigger and bulkier than anything else. Other than it the area has nothing even close in height and bulk. And that is even setback from the shoreline. Neither of the development plans are appropriate for the neighborhood. The visual impact and the impact on the local infrastructure are all much more than the neighborhood should have to absorb. They claim they are similar to the Seahawks facility and The Landing. Well, the Seahawks should stand as an exception, and a cautionary one, and The Landing is not nearby and is not situated in the middle of a neighborhood. Even in the new Barbee Mill site the houses are just two to three stories high, not 6 and 7 stories and the density is far, far less. Another very big issue for me would be the added traffic. The traffic coming on and off of 405 (exit 7, 44th street) is already heavy. I sometimes walk from my house across the overpass to the businesses on the east side of the freeway and I have nearly been hit by cars. The whole area around the interchange is not at all conducive to pedestrians. Now add 800 housing units, 245,000 square feet of office space, restaurants and retail space and where and how is the resulting traffic going to be accommodated? I've read that the state has no plans, and no money, to make any changes to the interchange. In the draft statement the applicants seem to assume the state will make such changes anyway! They also suggest they could run traffic up through Kennydale to the 30th street interchange. This is a treet that is a neighborhood street, not an arterial. It is used by school kids on their way to Kennydale Elementary. That is a ridiculous idea. It shows me that they have no sense of the neighborhood. I also ride my bike along the boulevard bike lanes and down Ripley Lane to connect to the bike path that parallels 405. This is a well used route and is part of what makes Renton a livable city for families. The Seahawks Way section already does not have designated bike lanes in both directions and adding a whole lot more vehicle traffic to that street would make it even more hazardous. In addition to the traffic, I am concerned about huge load that would put on the local power, water and sewer infrastructure. All and all I believe the current proposal should be totally rejected. It doesn't seriously consider the problems it raises for the neighborhood and seems to me to be a flagrant attempt to simply build what they want to build without any real concern for the area. Even their slightly scaled down plan is a no go from my point of view. I feel total rejection of the proposal is the appropriate action. Development of the area must accommodate the neighborhood. Thank you for your consideration of my opinions. Tom Baker 1202 N 35ht St Renton, WA 98056 421-221-0631 tommbaker@hotmail.com 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:59 AM 'linda baker' Subject: RE: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) Dear Ms. Baker, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Tcrminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered inl0 the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions p I ease fee I free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: linda baker [mailto:lindabak@hotmail.coml Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:34 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) vdolbee@rentonwa.gov February 09,2011 Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner City of Renton Department of Economic & Community Development, Planning Division Subject: Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) 1 I live Kennydale, on N 35th St jL_ south ofthe proposed Quendall Ter. ... nal site. The DEIS describes a project that claims its height and bulk are compatible with the surrounding area. The statement is absurd. "Consistent with the existing urban character of the area"? That is just flat out wrong. The only big bulky thing in the whole area is the Seahawk's practice facility and it stands out like a sore thumb because it is way bigger and bulkier than anything else. Other than it the area has nothing even close in height and bulk. And that is even setback from the shoreline. N either of the development plans are appropriate for the neighborhood. The visual impact and the impact on the local infrastructure are all much more than the neighborhood should have to absorb. They claim they are similar to the Seahawks facility and The Landing. Well, the Seahawks should stand as an exception, and a cautionary one, and The Landing is not nearby and is not situated in the middle of a neighborhood. Even in the new Barbee Mill site the houses are just two to three stories high, not 6 and 7 stories and the density is far, far less. Another very big issue for me would be the added traffic. The traffic coming on and off of 405 (exit 7, 44th street) is already heavy. I sometimes walk from my house across the overpass to the businesses on the east side of the freeway and I have nearly been hit by cars. The whole area around the interchange is not at all conducive to pedestrians. Now add 800 housing units, 245,000 square feet of office space, restaurants and retail space and where and how is the resulting traffic going to be accommodated? I've read that the state has no plans, and no money, to make any changes to the interchange. In the draft statement the applicants seem to assume the state will make such changes anyway! They also suggest they could run traffic up through Kennydale to the 30th street interchange. This is a treet that is a neighborhood street, not an arterial. It is used by school kids on their way to Kennydale Elementary. That is a ridiculous idea. It shows me that they have no sense of the neighborhood. I also ride my bike along the boulevard bike lanes and down Ripley Lane to connect to the bike path that parallels 405. This is a well used route and is part of what makes Renton a livable city for families. The Seahawks Way section already does not have designated bike lanes in both directions and adding a whole lot more vehicle traffic to that street would make it even more hazardous. In addition to the traffic, I am concerned about huge load that would put on the local power, water and sewer infrastructure. All and all I believe the current proposal should be totally rejected. It doesn't seriously consider the problems it raises for the neighborhood and seems to me to be a flagrant attempt to simply build what they want to build without any real concern for the area. Even their slightly scaled down plan is a no go from my point of view. I feel total rejection of the proposal is the appropriate action. Development ofthe area must accommodate the neighborhood. Thank you for your consideration of my opinions. Linda Baker 1202 N 35ht St Renton, WA 98056 425-271-1251 lindabak@hotmail.com 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:00 AM 'elisabeth durr' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals, t challenge the proposal Dear Ms. Durr, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official tile and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa ([)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: elisabeth durr [mailto:elisabethdurr@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 09,201111:04 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals, I challenge the proposal My husband and 1 are homeowners in the Clover Creek neighborhood in Kennydale. We bought our very first home in Kennydale in 1975 on 36th St. We ended up moving after two years because the house was too small for our growing family. We lived for 25 years in a different neighbourhood and when we felt it was time to move, the first place we looked was Kennydale. We were very happy to find a home on N 27th PI. and moved in in November of2002. We are delighted to be back. Our son and his wife moved from Belltown to Kennydale in 2004 and now live on N 35th St. and love the neighbourhood as much as we do. 1 am not against the development of the Quendall Terminals site but I challenge the proposal because of my fears of what it would do to our neighbourhood in terms of traffic. It's tough as it is at rush hour to get onto 1405 in the morning. 1 would like to see more work done to aceomodate the traffic. Also, 1 am concerned that the buildings proposed will be a bit too much for that particular site to accomodate in a fashion that compliments rather than disrupts the surrounding areas. 1 Sincerely, Elisabeth Durr 1206 N 27th PI Renton, Wa 98056 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Mr. Belenky, Vanessa Dolbee Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:00 AM 'Aaron 8elenky' RE: Quendall Terminals DEIS Public Comment Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa ([)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: abelenky17@gmail.com [mailto:abelenky17@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Belenky Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:34 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals DEIS Public Comment I have reviewed the Quendall Terminals DEIS, and which to issue a Written public comment in response to the submitted plan. I am opposed to the DEIS submitted, and recommend that the No Action Alternative be adopted. I am specifically opposed to adopting Alternative 2 as a "compromise" Alternative 2 is similar in development scope (708 vs. 800 residential units, same sq. ft. of retail and restaurants space), with substantially less parking space (1,364 vs. 2,171 spaces). Alternative 2 is essentially all of the same development with none of the parking resources, making it even worse that Alternative 1. The impact statement make many claims that do not withstand critical evaluation. An assessment of some of the issues follows: Alternative 2 is NOT an alternative. An alternative is required for compliance with SEPA. The Alternative 2, as described in pages 1-3 to 1-14, is 1 describes as "Same as Alternativ ~ ~ , in 23 boxes. It is described as "Similar to Alternative 1" in 17 boxes. When described as different from Alternative 1, the numbers cited, for residential units, building heights, square footages, etc, are more than 80% of the corresponding numbers in Alternative I. In about 40 of 45 boxes, Alternative 2 is the same or similar to Alternative 1. In the remaining 5 boxes, Alternative 2 is not substantially different from Alternative 1, and is roughly 80% similar. The area is not "Urban". The plan is not similar to the surrounding area. The plan states that "the proposed development would represent a continuation of urban development along the Lake Washington Shoreline. The proposed building height and bulk would be generally similar to surrounding uses." It also reads, "Proposed building would generally be similar to the surrounding commercial and planned hotel buildings to the north and east". I do not see urban development along the Lake Washington Shoreline. To south along the shoreline is predominately single family homes, 3 stories and under, followed by Gene Coulon Park. It is only at the Bristol Apartments complex, approximately 2.5 miles away, that anything remotely similar to the planned project is found on a much smaller scale. To the north, the VMAC (known as the Seahawks Facility) is unique and a standout among an otherwise suburban area dominated by single family homes and a few small apartment buildings. As evidence of similarity to surrounding commercial uses, the DEIS cites an project for a hotel that hasn't even started yet. It is an incredible feat of circular reasoning to cite similarities to a non-existent building as the basis for similarity. The plan is significantly different from the VMAC / Sea hawks Facility. The DEIS repeatedly cites the VMAC Seahawks facilities height, bulk and density as a basis for describing the proposed plan as similar to surrounding development. The plan ignores several key factors that make the VMAC completely unique and inappropriate as a basis for companson. • The VMAC use is primarily seasonal. The Quendall Terminals development would be in full use year round. • The VMAC is a private business with a staff of only a few hundred. The Quendall Terminals Development will attract both permanent residents and short term customers/shoppers, estimated at 9,000 vehicle trips daily. • The VMAC is mostly empty. By the nature of its use, and having 3 football fields on site, the VMAC may be physically large, but it has minimal impact on traffic and density. The Quendall Terminals Development sets out to be high-density development. • The VMAC has 275 parking spaces, and much of the transportation for large events is done by charter bus. The Quendall Terminals Development proposes over 2,000 parking spaces, and makes no provision for transit improvements, such as bus stops or a potential light-rail station. The possibility of a 2 Bus Rapid Transit stop is ___ ognized in "Other Possible MitigatiOl .... easures", but not provided for by any other aspect of the proposal. Summary The application, as described in the DEIS is not appropriate for this area. It does not present an appropriate alternative plan for comparison, mis-characterizes the area and the impact this development will have on the area, and uses inappropriate comparisons to imaginary buildings to justifY the scope ofthe project. The DEIS should be rejected and development should not move forward until the plan is revised, re-written, and re- evaluated. Sincerely, Aaron Belenky 1800 NE 40th St. Unit H-4 Renton, W A 98056 abelenky@alum.mit.edu 206-235-2651 3 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:02 AM 'Marleen' Subject: RE: Quendall Tract Imput -Marleen Mandt Dear Ms. Mandt, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, (Vanessa CJ)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Marleen [mailto:mkmandt@comcast.netJ Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:51 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Tract Imput -Marleen Mandt Enclosed is my response to the City of Renton on Quendall Tract Project 1 Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner Planning Division, 6th Floor Renton City Hall 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 vdolbee@rentonwa.gov Dear Vanessa: Recently I sent a letter to the editor as follows: LEDER TO THE EDITOR 6 February 2010 CIty of Renton ~';;.m;li/j~J [);"1J!sion Thanks to the Renton Reporterfor their newsworthy Hearing Notice article about the proposed Quendall Terminals development project next to the Sea Hawks and Barbee Mill. This massive project will significantly change everything in the City of Renton and adjoining neighborhoods forever. The proposal includes Yo million sq ft of office space and 800 residences in 7 story towers, all on 21 acres. In contrast the overall scale ofthe project is much larger than the Sea hawks training camp and closer to the Boeing assembly building. Now is the time for the public to comment on the DEIS. Public comment period ends February 9. Marleen Mandt Kennydale Resident Based on reading the draft EIS and the impact to a residential community; this project is out of line from the standpoint oftraffic flow, NOX / SOX emissions and impact to a quiet family friendly neighborhood. Traffic Flow Since there no money to create the infrastructure to build a new interchange to Exit 7 (N 44) traffic then increases on a Lower Kennydale. • Fact 1-The Traffic Study part ofthis draft did not in account the whole of Lower Kennydale but only to selected streets that does not show a true picture of the impact to a residential street. Streets in Lower Kennydale have steep and narrow. I live on 26 th that connects to Clover Creek development on 27 th . There are signs on both 26th and 27th posted for 15 miles an hour. This street gets traffic when the freeway is back up and boats with boat trailers. Where starting to get Freeway traffic through Kennydale at all times of the day. • Fact 2 -Lake Washington is a heavy used area for bicycling, running, and walking. If you live on the lake it is the only place you can walk a dog, push baby carriage, or ride a bicycle. This is a two lane road with much used by the Kennydale residents or others that come down and want to be by the lake. It's also a commuter and exercise route for bicyclist. Mitigation: • Make all streets in Lower Kennydale 15 miles an hour this will quiet the neighborhood and show to cars coming into Kennydale that we are a residential community made up offamilies and individuals. • Put benches along Lake Washington to show quiet down the blvd. NOX I sox I Noise • No study was down on the NOX I sox emission for the entire Lower Kennydale community. • On record I asked WDOT if they have study for the proposed highway widening project and they done a study. Quality of life is important immunizing impacts due to increase traffic stops and go's is due to the large volume of vehicles coming into Lower Kennydale due to this project. It's important to state this is a residential community and not a commercial. • Increase of noise, not acceptable for my neighborhood Migration: • A study be made of the impact not a computer model both during summer and winter I look forward to providing testimony if asked; I find this project out of character for the neighborhood and wish the city to reconsider. Since I am a taxpayer I would not want any of my tax dollars to support later studies. But would support ifthe developer paid the City of Renton to do the studies I would be behind this effort. Sincerely Yours Marleen Mandt 1408 N 26'h St Renton, Wa., 98056 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:03 AM 'Kaehler, Gretchen (DAHP), Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, EIS, ECF. BSP, SA Dear Gretchen Kaehler, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals OEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely. Vanessa r])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Kaehler, Gretchen (DAHP) [mailto:Gretchen.Kaehler@DAHP.wa.govl Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:55 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Laura Murphy; LeTourneau, Philippe; DTS@qwestoffice.net; Dennis Lewarch Subject: re: Quendall Terminals LUA09-1s1, EIs, ECF. BsP, SA Vanessa, Please see attached comments for this project. Thank you, Gretchen Gretchen Kaehler Assistant State Archaeologist, Local Governments Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation Olympia Ph:360-586-3088 Cell:360-628-2755 1 STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1063 S. Capitol Way, Suite 106 • Olympia, Washington 98501 Mailing address: PO Box 48343 • Olympia, Washington 98504-8343 (360) 586-3065 • Fax Number (360) 586-3067 • Website: www.dahp.wa.gov February 9, 2011 Ms. Vanessa Dolbee Associate Planner CEO City of Renton P!(1nnn'9 Division 1055 South Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 In future correspondence please refer to: Log: 0209ll-IO-KI Property: Quendall Terminals LUA09-151, EIS, ECF. BSP, SA, Draft EIS Quendell Tenninals Re: Archaeology-Draft EIS Comments Dear Ms. Dolbee: Thank you for contacting the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP). The above referenced project has been reviewed on behalf of the State Historic Preservation Officer. . The Renton area has a history of archaeological finds during construction project. The Draft EIS does not address cultural resources. Cultural resources should be addressed as part of the Affected Environments section. There is ethnographic evidence that a precontact Duwamish village was present in the project area and an Indian trail leading to the project area and vicinity is shown on historic maps. In addition, the project area is depicted in the Statewide Archaeological Predictive Model as having the highest probability for containing precontact archaeological resources. A cultural resources survey of the project are and vicinity conducted in 1997 by Larson Anthropological! Archaeological Services, was unable to adequately survey the project area because of the presence of fill and impervious surfaces. Please be aware that archaeological sites are protected from knowing disturbance on both public and private lands in Washington States. Both RCW 27.44 and RCW 27.53.060 require that a person obtain a permit from our Department before excavating, removing, or altering Native American human remains or archaeological resources in Washington. Failure to obtain a permit is punishable by civil fines and other penalties under RCW 27.53.095, and by criminal prosecution under RCW 27.53.090. Chapter 27.53.095 RCW allows the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation to issue civil penalties for the violation of this statute in an amount up to five thousand dollars, in addition to site restoration costs and investigative costs. Also, these remedies do not prevent concerned tribes from undertaking civil action in state or federal court, or law enforcement agencies from undertaking criminal investigation or prosecution. Chapter 27.44.050 RCW allows the affected Indian Tribe to undertake civil action apart from any criminal prosecution if burials are disturbed. We request that cultural resources be addressed, by a professional archaeologist or environmental or cultural resources firm that has professional archaeologists on staff, as part of the final EIS. Mitigation -:;JIPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORIC PRESERVATION ProfecJ The Posr. Shape rhe Fij'ure 1 measure may consist of professional archaeological monitoring under a monitoring and inadvertent discovery plan approved by DAHP and the Tribes, and/or further survey using heavy machinery that can penetrate fill soils and impervious surfaces. If further survey is the chosen mitigation, DAHP will need to see the original survey report in addition to the summarized version of the survey that will become part of the EIS. All survey should be completed prior to construction activities. Archaeological survey in tandem with construction work has not proven to be an effective means of protecting cultural resources and has led to violations ofRCW 27.53 on other projects. Complete cultural resources survey reports must be sent to DAHP and the affected Tribes prior to the final EIS, and prior to any ground disturbing activities commencing, on any part of the project. Archaeological site inventory forms, if applicable, must be submitted to DAHP in advance of the final report, and Smithsonian trinomials (site numbers) must be incorporated into the final report text. Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment. Sincerely, Gretchen Kaehler Assistant State Archaeologist (360) 586-3088 gretchen.kaehler@dabp.wa.gov cc. Laura Murphy, Archaeologist, Muckleshoot Tribe Cecile Hansen, Chairwoman, Duwamish Tribe Phil LeTourneau, King County Historic Preservation Program Dennis Lewarch, Archaeologist, Suquamish Tribe ~iif~EPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORIC PRESERVATION f:ctecl jne Posr. ShOpe rhe Fli'ure 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:04 AM 'Gwendolyn High' Subject: RE: Feedback on Quendall Terminals DEIS Dear Gwendolyn, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (])o(6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Gwendolyn High [mailto:gwendolynhigh@hotmail.comJ Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 3:26 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee; Chip Vincent Subject: FW: Feedback on Quendall Terminals DEIS Dear Vanessa & Chip, Thank you for extending the deadline for submitting feedback on the Draft EIS for the Quendall Terminals Redevelopment Project. My comments apply to both Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. I believe that the comments of Larry Reyman, Kevin Poole and Paul Siegmund are well reasoned and very much representative of my own concerns and the concerns I have heard from other citizens. The argument that this proposal was submitted and vested before the adoption of the new Shoreline Master Program (SMP) and thus is exempt from that Program is not all there is to the story. The SEPA and EIS processes exist specifically to address situations exactly such as this one -to address the impacts not adequately addressed by the existing regulations to which a proposal is vested. The SMP's Inventory and Characterization and the standards developed to preserve and protect these areas constitute not only the best available science but also the most current record of the citizens' and the City'S vision for the character, size and scale of future 1 projects and this site. Therefore t lesign standards and the mitigation m ures defined there should be applied to this site and this project. Sincerely, Gwendolyn High 155 Yakima Ave NE Renton WA 98059 206.279.0349gwendolynhigh@hotmail.com 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:05 AM 'dariusvicki@msn.com' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals Proposal-LUA09-151 Dear Darius Richards, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEiS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official tile and will be addressed in the Final ETS. In addition. you will be added to the parly of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (])o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: dariusvicki@msn,com [mailto:dariusvicki@msn,coml Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:12 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals Proposal -LUA09-151 Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner City of Renton -Planning Division 1055 S. Grady Way, 6th Floor Renton, WA 98057 re: Quendall Terminals Draft EIS (LUA09-151) Dear Vanessa: You know me through my role as the president of the Kennydale Neighborhood Association. Today I am writing you, not as a KNA Officer, but rather as a concerned private citizen who has lived here on the Renton shoreline for the past 39 years. I have read the subject DEIS, and also the letter written to you by Paul R. Siegmund on January 20, 2011, "Comments Against Quendall Terminals Draft EIS ... ". After studying both documents, I am in full agreement with the content, tone, objectivity, and accuracy that is displayed in Mr. Siegmund's letter. 1 Clearly, he has done his "home k" in putting together this documen, nd I will not attempt to restate his comments here. I also am in full agreement with the Recommendations listed at the end of his letter. Realistically, I don't expect that the subject property would ever become a park; Renton already has done an excellent job of setting aSide much of its shoreline for that purpose, I fervently hope that your department and other decision makers within Renton's government will reject the DEIS in its present form, and demand that its writers prepare a version having no omissions, mischaracterizations or outright falsehoods, I further hope that out of this effort, we will see a proposal for a modified, downsized development that is more appropriate for Renton and the Kennydale community, Renton certainly doesn't need the distinction of being the first municipality on Lake Washington to allow a monstrosity in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood. I should add that, with respect to the placement of a hotel on the Pan Abode property directly adjacent to 1-405 Exit 7, I envision less of a negative impact to the neighborhood. This site would seem to be appropriate for siting a well-soundproofed hotel, since it is directly on the Interstate and not in the view of many homeowners. Sincerely, Darius F. Richards 3605 Lake Wash. Blvd. N. Renton, WA 98056 425-430-4469 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Sent: To: Subject: Dear Chelsea Ryberg, Vanessa Dolbee Thursday, February 10, 2011 9: 1 0 AM 'Chelsea Ryberg' RE: Eastport Shores Association: Quendall Terminal Public Comment Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (j)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Chelsea Ryberg [mailto:chelsearvberg@gmaiJ.comJ Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:31 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Igor Parkman Subject: Eastport Shores Association: Quendall Terminal Public Comment Hi Vanessa, As a director of the Eastport Shores Homeowners Association, I have surveyed the association members and am commenting on behalf of the Eastport Shores Association as well as myself. The Eastport Shores Homeowners Association and I, myself, find this proposal (for both alternatives I & 2 as presented in the handouts distributed at the Tuesday Jan 25th KNA meeting) unsuitable for the area for the following reasons. I. View Corridor Impact: The structure would block a substantial part of my home's view corridor to the point that it would affect my home's value. The townhome complex (Eastport Shores) that I live in has 32 units, most if not all of which would have their views obstructed and value impacted by this building. 2. Traffic Impact: There already is a long line to get on 405 both N and S bound during the high traffic times at 1 exit 7. Adding such a high densit, uilding would lead to much higher de. ___ y of people trying to enter and exit the freeway at exit 7. In addition to the freeway impact, Lake Washington Blvd would also see a large increase in traffic that would be inappropriate considering the suburban residential setting and its infrastructure bandwidth. 3. Environmental Impact: The increased pollution from the nearly 2,400 cars the developer is expecting will drive to and park at Quendall Terminal could have a drastic affect on the local wildlife that is currently very plentiful here. In this tiny 3 square miles of Kennydale we have eagles, herons, and incredibly large and diverse aquatic wildlife population in the lake, local ponds and May Creek (extremely close to this development). The creek alone isa critical breeding area for salmon and other wildlife. (Or so I learned in my Renton school district elementary school curriculum.) 4. Market Value Impact: The immediate local market is already so saturated with multifamily residential units (most of which are sitting vacant or unsold in the case of Barbee Mill, Eastport Shores and the Landing) that if the Quendall Terminal residential units were sold as opposed rented, sale prices driven low by high supply and low demand in such a concentrated area could potentially cause the local market to suffer significatly, lowering the values of other local homes such as my own. These are just a few of the major concerns I and the homeowners and residents at Eastport Shores Townhomes have regarding this project. Thank you very much for being so flexible, accommodating and persistent about reaching out to the public on this. Chelsea Ryberg Director, Eastport Shores Townhomes Association Eastport Shores Townhomes 4100 Lake Washington Blvd N Renton, WA 98056 chelsearyberg@gmail.com 1206-200-8156 2 t' . South End Gives Back A WasJlingIm Iwn-JTf!IiJ rot]JolTllion BmdNlClwko~ Presidmt February 9, 2011 Vanessa Do1bee -Project Proponent 1055 South Grady Way Sixth Floor Renton, Washington 98055 RE: Comment DEIS Quendall Terminals LUA-09-15I 2302 NE. 28,h Street Renton, Washington 98056 hrad8270Jho/mail.com (425)445-0658 1bank you for the opportunity for comment on this very important proposal in Renton, These comments are being submitted on behalf of South End Gives Back (SEGB) and Brad Nicholson, As you already know, SEGB is a Washington 501(c)(3) corporation that was established to advance our members interest in the environment, land use action, and governmental fiscal integrity. Recently, our Board of directors adopted a resolution giving the organization a special focus in the Kennydale area of Renton, We have understood that around 20 million dollars of our tax money will be used to assist the developers at Quendall Tenninals.The DEIS under review describes the proposal that takes place on the superfund site as having 3 potential alternatives, covering the site with 20 acres of new impervious surface. The first alternative contains 900 residential units, over 100 feet high, 2176 parking stalls, 21,600 square feet of retail, 9000 square feet of restaurant space, and 245,000 square feet of office space, The second alternative is substantially the same only with slightly fewer residential and no office space, The third is to take no action on the proposal at all. It seems as though the DEIS is saying that if they do not build alternative 1 or 2, then they will take absolutely no action, No consideration is being given to any other development concepts, a situation that SEGB and Brad Nicholson consider to be unreasonable, Realistically, there are any number of ways that the DEIS could mitigate the significance of the proposal, but the development that eventually occurs on the site will be limited to the alternatives as described in the DEIS. SEGB and Brad Nicholson do not consider any of the alternatives to be reasonable, Comment: As you are aware, the potential development is a "major action significantly affecting the quality of the environment", requiring a fmal EIS and identification of reasonable alternatives that place decision makers in the position of making an infonned choice between those alternatives. I have received comments from neighbors that are very similar to my own and SEGB that the proposal is way too ominous for the community and that it does not implement the City's vision that is outlined in our comprehensive plan, Reasonable development proposals would incorporate measures to comply with codes and laws, mitigate impacts, and effectuate that vision, The appropriate way to proceed from here would be to fully disclose adverse impacts, set forth alternatives that consider those impacts and set forth and describe reasonable opposing views. Of course, that would mean the creation of alternatives or measures that rnay not be exactly what the proponent envisions. In any event, it is the position of SEGB and Brad Nicholson that attention to enough detail to achieve compliance is not only needed to mitigate adverse environmental impacts and realize the City's vision, but it is necessary to present sufficient information to facilitate intelligent debate between Citizen's and developer objectives so that decision makers will be capable of an infonned and reasoning choice between thern: ,. , Requirements for water dependant use, conservation of ecological functions and values, water quality and temperature, vegetation conservation, aesthetics and views, remediated site configuration, critical areas and buffers, complete plans including storm water drainage and BAS, wetlands protection, habitat management, public participation, combined with the obvious desire for job creation and community objections to traffic and parks and recreation impacts, be properly incorporated into the final EIS in a systematic, reasonable manner for the benefit of present and future generations. To summarize, at some point there will need to be a decision that decides what is reasonable and what is not reasonable, and it should not be limited to only the alternatives that have been proposed. More disclosure is needed. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration of our comments. Dated February 9, 2011 Brad Nicholson Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 1:47 PM 'Pete Becker' Subject: RE: Public Comment I Quendall Terminal Project Dear Robert and Mary Becker, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Tenminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (/)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Pete Becker [mailto:mbfamily6@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 201110:44 AM To: Denis Law; Chip Vincent; Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Bob Becker; Mary Becker Subject: Public Comment / Quendall Terminal Project Date: February 2, 2011 To: City of Renton Attn: Mayor Denis Law 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425-430-7314 dlaw@rentonwa.gov Copy: Chip Vincent, Planning Director cvincent@rentonwa.gov Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner vdolbee@rentonwa.gov 1 From: Robert George Becke A Mary Becker 1007 N 42nd Place Renton, WA 98056 425 970-3385 rgb@beckerarch.com mbfamily6@gmail.com Subject: Public Comments Regarding Quendall Terminal Draft EIS (LUA09-151j We wish to express our strong opposition to the Quendall Terminal Project. This project belongs in downtown Renton, not in a residential neighborhood on the shores of Lake Washington for the following reasons: 1. As an Architect and Urban Planner, I am disappointed that this project is being supported and advocated in public meetings by the Renton Department of Community and Economic Development. believe it is the role of the city to state the facts and not be a cheerleader and advocate for projects that are in the DEIS/SEPA phases. This type of planning could be in downtown Kansas, not on the shores of Lake Washington. 2. The DEIS states that this project is in keeping with the scale, density and massing of the Carillon Point project in Kirkland. As a past planning commissioner for 8 years in Kirkland, and a member of the commission when Carillon Point was reviewed and approved, I know this is far from the facts. I would strongly encourage you to visit Carillon Point in Kirkland and see the difference in proposals for yourselves. There is absolutely NO comparison. Carillon Point is sensitive to the lake shore and surrounding neighborhood. Quendall Terminals is a compact, high density housing project that belongs inland by a shopping center. A two story garage wall, that cuts off 1,000 ft. of the lake shore, is not a project to be proud of. 3. The proposed scale, density, height and tight massing of this project, for both proposals, are out of character with Lake Washington residential development. This project is unsuited for this location on the shores of Lake Washington. The buildings are shown to be more than DOUBLE the height of the adjacent residential developments along the shores of Lake Washington in Renton, Bellevue, and Mercer Island. The proposed buildings are close to 90 feet .in height and almost the height of the SeahawksNMAC facility. This extreme massing and height do not belong on this site. 4. Figure 3.7-2 in the DEIS is an inaccurate and misleading rendering that attempts to conceal the height and visual impact of both proposal alternatives. Our home, which is just two homes to the south of this rendering is around 35 foot in height. The rendering should be redone to reflect the 90 foot height, which would make the west elevation along the waterfront approximately 2.67 times as high as our residence. This extreme variation in an adjacent neighborhood is completely contrary to sound planning principals. 5. The DEIS claims that the proposal is consistent with the existing urban character of the immediate and nearby residential neighborhoods. This section of the DEIS needs to be removed and the section needs to be rewritten to reflect the true character of this development in relation to the adjacent existing residential homes that are north and south of the project. There is nothing about this proposal that reflects 2 the character of adjacent neil rhoods. If those writing this section believe that this is the case then they are not subjective and they should be removed from passing judgment on this project. 6. This proposed design is more like the Landing residential units that are next to Lowes and across from the Boeing factory. Why is the city supporting a project that belongs in a high density part of the city, like the downtown area? 7. This unique, large, waterfront site, which is the largest remaining piece of undeveloped land on Lake Washington, needs a development that is sensitive to the area, the views, the waterfront, scale and density of existing residential developments along the shores of Lake Washington. The idea that the density is predetermined by the existing zoning is false. If this is the case why bother with the DEIS/SEPA? 8. Why is the prominent outlook feature for the entire site a semicircular parking lot? 9. The 2-story parking garage, which runs almost the entire length of the site, approximately 1,000 ft, runs along the Lake Washington frontage of the Quendall development with absolutely NO undulation. There is nothing in the architectural design to break up the negative, visual impact of this two-story wall facing the Lake. The scale of this lake-facing 2-story garage wall, with openings facing the lake, is unheard of in residential zoning and lakefront zoning. In absolutely no way does it fit the character of the adjacent neighborhoods or the view that the east facing residents of Mercer Island have to look at. There is no municipality that I can recall, that would allow such an unbroken, two story high wall to run uninterrupted for such a long distance. I assume, for the safety of those using the parking garage, that it will be illuminated during the dark hours. This open, lake facing, parking garage facade will be illuminated at night and will give off light and glare to those living on Mercer Island, across from this project. This will have the nighttime appearance of a large lit warehouse development for the entire width of the site. 10. Barbee Mill to the south has a planned density of 5 residential units per acre and contains no commercial space. The Quendall proposal shows 37 residential units per acre plus up to a Y. million square feet of commercial space that would accommodate up to 2000 daily visitors. This is over 7 times the density of the local residential areas and is in no way "consistent with the existing urban character of the area." In fact, the existing character of the local area can only accurately be described as residential. Both proposal alternatives, present tremendous compatibility impacts to the surrounding neighborhoods. There needs to be a transitional zone between the Quendall Terminal site and Barbee Mill, rather than having a 7 story housing complex up against the south property line of the proposed development. The massing contrast is extreme. 11. The traffic impact assessment in the DEIS is completely unrealistic. To begin with, the analysis in the DEIS does not take into account the traffic study and analysis for the adjacent Hawk's Landing (Pan Abode) development, which estimated an additional 1400+ automotive trips a day flowing onto Lake Washington Blvd and adding to traffic congestion on the surrounding streets and 1-405 exit 7 on-ramps and off-ramps. This traffic impact assessment needs to be redone by another transportation engineering firm that takes into account all the combined traffic impacts on the roads around this site and include all the proposed and existing traffic. N 43rd St, which the engineers show as the primary south entrance to the Quendall Terminal property, will not handle the additional traffic impact from Quendall Terminal. This 3 narrow, residential street is ally the primary entrance for the residl.. I neighborhood of Barbee Mill. This un-striped, 2-lane 135-ft long street, which has two stop signs and a railroad crossing, can in no way accommodate the proposed additional cars per day, plus the cars of Barbee Mill residents. According to the traffic report, 2000 additional cars/day will translate into 700 to 800 ft of traffic jams along Lake Washington Blvd, 43'd and Ripley Lane. The current infrastructure can in no way handle this increased volume, regardless of what the DEIS states. Lake Washington Blvd. is a narrow, 2-lane, scenic, curving, hilly, 25 mph road, with bike lanes in both margins and many residential driveways andno sidewalks. It is already extremely difficult to navigate Lake Washington Blvd, given the present volume of traffic. Furthermore, it is already difficult, with the present volume of traffic to enter or exit the Barbee Mill development at 43'd or 41 st during the peak traffic hours and/or on sunny summer days from Lake Washington Blvd. 12. We are concerned that frustrated motorists leaving the Quendall Terminal site, who are eager to avoid the traffic congestion on Lake Washington Blvd., will choose to use Barbee Mill as a major arterial north/south bypass route for Lake Washington Blvd. The streets within Barbee Mill can in no way accommodate this increased traffic volume. 13. Traffic on 1-405 at 44th and 30 th is already one of the most frequently congested parts of the freeway in both the North and South lanes. WSDOT went on record during the DEIS Scoping Summary, stating that "the potentiall-405lNE 44 St interchange improvements project is not funded, and is not likely to be funded in the foreseeable future; the transportation analysis should not assume that this project is complete or will occur." (Pg 5-EIS Scoping Summary) We believe that approving a major Quendall Terminal development plan without WSDOT commitment, funding, schedule and a plan in place to improve this interchange would have irreversible consequences and would cause a tremendous number of adverse impacts. How can the City of Renton ignore this WDOT requirement? These improvements need to be in place first. 14. There are scenarios in the proposal that suggest using the 1-405 30 th street onramp/offramp (exit 6) and then routing cars through the hilly, residential neighborhoods in Kennydale along 30th , 40th , Burnett and Park is an option. This is not a realistic alternative and we can't image the COR Public Works Department buying into this option. 15. Parking-In the Proposal Alternative 2, there are surface level parking lots for 220 cars placed right up against the entire north property line for Barbee Mill. This is in no way consistent with land use compatibility in the neighborhood and will adversely impact property values and quality of life. These lots have the sensitivity of a parking lot at a big box store. Nor is Proposal Alternative 1, which calls for a multi- story building to be placed right up against the north fence of Barbee Mill with two stories of parking garages at the first two levels. These open sided parking garages, with 24 hour security lighting, spilling out of the openings unto the adjacent residential homes is unacceptable. We believe that it is not an acceptable plan to place parking lots, tall buildings and/or delivery entrances right up against the north Barbee Mill fence. 16. We are concerned with the amount of light and glare that would be emitted from the proposed high- density residential buildings (proposed to be as high as 90ft) that will be up against the residential homes to the south. 4 17. This project should be sh d until the full impact of the EPA rem II action is understood, specified andcompleted. It is impossible to approve a site plan without determining the full impact of the EPA RIIFS requirements. Until the applicant responds to the EPA RIIFS in a public document, this project should be stopped. 18. Superfund Site Carcinogens & The Impact on The Environment-The EPA has tremendous concerns about the tars and creosote products on the Quendall Terminal site, cleanup and the adverse impact the cleanup would have on the Lake, including fishing and swimming and on several species. We share this concern. (EPA 10# WAD980639215). We understand that the EPA has jurisdiction over the remediation and cleanup of the Superfund Site at Quendall Terminals. We are extremely concerned about what carcinogenic contaminants will be released into the air and water (through either surface or aquifer transfer. Pursuing binding development agreements before Superfund cleanup, would be an extremely poor city decision with a tremendously risky outcome. 19. Wetlands-The overall wetlands in the Quendall property are at least twice the size they are portrayed as in the EIS. In particular in the Southwest corner (a small blue dot labeled "H") is nearly an acre in total size, which is 50-times the size of what is portrayed in the DEIS. The Wetland buffer area for shoreline wetlands should remain at a minimum of 50 ft and should not be reduced for shoreline trails or buildings as currently proposed and shown on figure 2-7. 20. Substituting Wetland "I" or "J", which is nothing more than a drainage ditch, (per figure 2.6, 2.7 and 2.11) which areseparated by Ripley Lane & the railroad tracks and have absolutely no continuity with the Quendall site is inconsistent with sound environmental planning concepts. 21. Wildlife-The EIS makes no mention of existing wildlife or mitigation for their loss of habitat from the proposed construction. There are ospreys, eagles, herons, deer, hummingbirds, wolfs and other species living in the wetlands and natural habitat of the Quendall Terminal property. 22. We recommend that the City reject the current binding proposal as outlined in the Draft EIS and instruct the developer to start over with plans that properly address accumulative traffic issues, are more in keeping with scale and density of existing Lake Washington residential development and respect the lake and on site environmental systems. ForWard 5 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 1 :50 PM 'headac1 @comcast.net' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals Dear John & Diane Haines, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again. thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel trce to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (])o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: headac1@comcast.net [mailto:headac1@comcast.netl Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:44 PM to: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Re: Quendall Terminals We would like to express my objection to the Quendall Terminals development. The commercial buildings proposed are not in keeping with the residential neighborhoods which surround the site. Their proposal is out of scope and ill conceived. I'm sure they wouldn't want such a development in their own backyard. Please turn down this development. Sincerely, John & Diane Haines 1014 N 27th PI Renton, Wa 98056 1 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 9:39 AM 'Kevin Poole' Cc: Chip Vincent Subject: RE: Feedback on Quendall Terminals DEIS Dear Kevin Poole, Thank you for taking the time to comment on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the project. Once again, thank you for commenting on this proposed project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (j)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Kevin Poole [mailto:kevinpoole@mac.com] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2.011 2.:29 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Chip Vincent Subject: Feedback on Quendall Terminals DEIS Dear Vanessa & Chip, Thank you very much for extending the deadline for submitting feedback on the Draft EIS for the Quendall Terminals Redevelopment Project. Having reviewed both the DEIS itself as well as the comments from the DoE and the EPA, I'd like to offer the following observations on the proposed redevelopment. My comments apply to both Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. Please note that I am submitting these comments as citizen of the City of Renton, not as a Planning Commissioner. 1. I am concerned by the complete removal of all existing wetland, riparian, and lakeshore habitats on the property during the Superfund remediation process, which would precede the redevelopment of the site. While the existing site is heavily contaminated, it nonetheless serves as important habitat for many species along the lakeshore and in its small riparian area. The DEIS indicates that the loss of these habitats will be mitigated by constructing them on section J of the site (on the other side of Ripley Lane) 1 , but unless they are con :ted along the lake itself (so as to pre e the unique character of the habitat), there will be a net loss of shoreline habitat, contaminated or not. The DoE apparently shares this concern. Ideally, a way would be found to reconstruct the habitats within the existing site after the Superfund remediation has occurred. Obviously, with a soil cap in place, such a reconstruction would be technically challenging, but I would like to see a study on the feasibility of such a plan. 2. Throughout the DEIS, the Quendall Terminals site is characterized as "urban," reflecting the designation specified by the City in its Shoreline Master Program. The SMP's "urban" designation, however, applies only to the shoreline area itself, however, not the entire parcel, and does not reflect the actual character of the site in context with the surrounding neighborhood. Broadly characterizing the Quendall site as urban is inappropriate, as the surrounding community has never exhibited elements of a truly urbanized environment. In fact, there are few sidewalks along the streets in Lower Kennydale, which in and of itself suggests a marginal suburban character. Except for a small number of businesses along N. 30th st. in Kennydale, many blocks away from the Quendall site, there are no "urban" services in Lower Kennydale, such as retail establishments and office buildings. No Metro busses run in Lower Kennydale, either, another indication of its marginal suburban status. Note that the 1-405 corridor serves as a barrier between the more development 44th St. shopping area and the Lower Kennydale neighborhood. While the Quendall site is just across 405 from the 44th St. area, it should not be considered part of that neighborhood. Regardless of the Quendall site's COR designation, it still exists in a generally low-density residential environment, with no history of office or retail activity, only historical industrial activity, which has now ceased. 3. The transportation impact of either alternative will be significant, especially for Alternative 1. The DEIS does not adequately address how the potential 9,000 additional daily trips will be accommodated by the existing road infrastructure, including the current 1-405/NE 44 St. interchange. The 1-405 improvements in the area are not currently funded nor expected to take place in the foreseeable future, so the adverse impact on traffic by either alternative will be immediate and prolonged. 4. The developer proposes a setback of 50 ft. from the shoreline, which does not reflect the requirements of the soon-to-be-adopted Shoreline Master Program update, which specifies a 100 ft. setback with vegetative buffer for commercial shoreline development. Regardless of when the project plans were submitted or how they've been vested, a 50 ft. buffer does not reflect modem ecological standards for shoreline development. 5. The overall aesthetics, scope, and scale of either of either alternative are not appropriate to the neighborhood. With the huge Virginia Mason Athletic Center just to the north, it may seem strange to make such a claim, but the VMAC is an extremely unique facility, and should not be considered representative of the type of development the City expects to occur a the Quendall site. The design of the proposed structures at the Quendall site are unimaginative, especially given the precious lakeshore site. They seem to serve one purpose: to maximize the development potential of the site in the easiest possible manner, as cheaply as possible, without considering the aesthetic impact on the neighborhood or the shoreline. The buildings are grossly oversized and too high, and their flat roofs are unattractive. There are little to no setbacks of the building structure, which accentuates their bulk. Compared to a shoreline development like Carillon Point in Kirkland, the Quendall Terminals proposals are truly uninspiring, and some might say, an eyesore. 6. Given the unique position ofthe site along the Lake Washington shoreline, it's alarming that the developers have chosen a design that does not leverage shoreline recreational opportunities, even low- impact uses such as non-motorized boat launch. The only public shoreline access proposed involves the construction of a shoreline trail, which without being connected to other major trails in the area, is unlikely to be heavily used by the public. Perhaps the developer's intentions are to avoid additional permitting and shoreline mitigation measures by limiting access to the water itself, but again, given the special character of the site, it would be unfortunate not to maximize public access in an environmentally-sensitive manner. 2 I should make clear that I am no _ posed to redeveloping the Quendall s nto a major commercial/office/residential project. I do think the site is appropriately zoned. But I believe any proposed development must accurately reflect the area's transportation constraints, the existing character of the neighborhood, the site's unique natural setting and ecology, and the potential to maximize shoreline access. The development alternatives described in the Draft EIS do not adequately address these criteria. Thank you again for the opportunity to comment. Best Regards, Kevin Poole 627 High Ave S Renton W A 98057 206-245-8956 kevinpoole@mac.com 3 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 8:24 AM 'Richard Bergquist' Subject: RE: Quendall Project protest Dear Mr. & Mrs, Bergquist, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS, Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project, If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa (/)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hali-6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430,7314 From: Richard Bergquist [mailto:dickb@seanet.comJ Sent: Monday, February 07, 201111:32 AM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Project protest Vanessa -Please accept my attached letter and include it with the other public input regarding Quendall proposed project, Thank you Richard Bergquist 1 February 1, 2011 7244 East Mercer Way Mercer Island Washington 98040 City of Renton Planning Department Attn: Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner 1055 South Grady Sixth Floor Renton Washington 98055 Vanessa Dolbee, City of Renton Pi;] !-I("i;-!s iJl"JiSior' I am writing to you regarding the Quendall Terminals project number LUAD9-151, EIS, ECF, BSO, SA-M, Sm. I am very much against the current proposed project redevelopment as written. This small strip of land is unique because it is one of the very few parcels of land along Lake Washington that is still undeveloped. However the area is big enough to warrant your protection because it is in constant use by wildlife. It is the home to many eagles, birds, otters, some endangered Western Pond and other kinds of turtles and other small animals. This home for the wildlife as a place live right on the shores of the lake cannot be replaced. To spend Federal tax funds and State Tax funds to "cleanup" the site for the benefit of developers and then to turn around and allow the destruction of the wildlife habitat and pollute the same land with greatly increased noise and light on a grand scale is simply an ecological disaster. Please think about this. A similar sized tract of land just to the south of this project has been very recently developed. It was split into about 100 residential properties according to the City of Renton map. The City of Renton is currently considering a proposal by developers that would permit 800 residential units, allow for 245,000 square feet of office space, 21,600 square feet of retail and 9000 square feet of restaurant space on approximately the same sized parcel of land. How can this be reasonable? This is not to mention additional proposals for a high story "Seahawks Hotel "in that same area. The proposal calls for construction of buildings 90 feet tall and structures that are comparable in size to the huge Sea hawks training facility. The property under discussion has for many years been a small woodland oasis area located in a quiet neighborhood. The adjacent properties in that general area are two and three story homes along the lake, which are subject to very restrictive provisions of the Shoreline Management Act. This land has never been used for large buildings, much less for huge structures. I do not understand how the City of Renton thinks they have the authority to make such a huge change in the low key small neighborhood characteristics ofthe shoreline. Zoning errors do not provide such authority nor make an excuse for making such a big mistake. I do not understand why the City of Renton does not require the developers to live by the same restrictions that are required of the average citizen living in the area. It seem like there is one standard for the average citizen and another one for the City and the Mega Rich. I do not understand why the City of Renton wants to support the building of gigantic structures for private parties rather than to develop this fragile area into public use with beautiful parks. The City of Renton has available land within its current boundaries that can be used for office space, commercial buildings etc. Such other areas would be far more suitable and appropriate sites for redevelopment. The City of Renton does not need to spoil the ambiance of the shores of Lake Washington. The proposed project is totally an inappropriate use of lake shore land. There is no critical need to use lake shore land to build office buildings. The citizens of the City of Renton however do have a critical need for additional waterfront parks. Citing a passage in the DE IS that states, "Residents of the proposed development would use nearby parks ... including Gene Coulon .. and ... Kennydale Beach, .. which are already at or exceeding capacity in the summer". The people and the wildlife obviously need a new park. The scale ofthe proposed project would have a negative impact on 1-405 traffic. It would result in many additional cars being drawn to that area on the Interstate and adversely impact the nearby interchange. The headlights associated with the constant turning vehicles exiting and egressing on that interchange would shine over the lake. It would require huge additional expenses for highway redesign paid for by tax payers and still there would be an extraordinary and constant nightly light show. Traffic flows on 1- 405 on the best of days would be severely impacted both for residents of the area and for the general public just passing through. To use superfunds to clean up a toxic site only to destroy it again, is an affront to the citizens of the State of Washington. To call the Quendall area a Superfund Site and then not follow Superfund public notice rules to the surrounding communities is deceptive. According to the EPA publication OSWER 9355.7-06P Reuse Assessment Guide on page 6, the "Community" is supposed to be asked things like, "What are the community's expectations for reuse of the site". In a similar vein the community is supposed to be asked, "What would community members like to see"? They are also supposed to be asked, "What would the community members oppose"? I do not know of any such questions being requested from the public in Renton or the required surrounding communities such as Mercer Island. The proposed project is not in keeping with the Federal Environmental Protection Act, the enactment of Superfunds for the cleanup of toxic waste sites, nor the Shoreline Management Act etc. Required citizen input from affected nearby communities was never requested. The public never had the required chance to publicly discuss alternative uses of the land after the site was cleaned up. I do not understand why the City of Renton terms this a "cleanup" anyway as the current DE IS proposal essentially just calls for burying the hazardous land under a few feet of dirt. Seattle tried using this same idea many years ago on a similar 20 acre site known as Gas Works Park. That plan has utterly failed and the City of Seattle for public health reasons will not permit anyone to build on that land. The Quendall proposal however would permit building apartments and offices for 800 plus people, using the same failed cleanup methods Seattle used for Gas Works Park. Trying to cover up polluted land with a few feet of dirt is a bad idea. The City of Seattle has had to repeatedly spend a large amount of money to perform more tests because they did not perform a real cleanup. According to published articles the City of Seattle continues to find toxic pollution because the toxic soil was not removed. Visitors at Gas Works Park cannot wade into the water or go fishing there etc. If the dirt at the Quendall project is not removed the existing hazardous contaminates will continue to leach via groundwater from the soil into the lake. The DEIS states that protection for the potential residents from the remaining non-removed hazardous material, is to be provided by a two story garage placed under the buildings. That is neither sufficient nor will provide acceptable protection. The DEIS states on page 2-6, that the EPA is the responsible entity for all cleanup/remediation plans and actions. The City of Renton refers to the Quendall site as having state wide impact yet does not require statewide public input. The measure of the adequacy of the cleanup of the Quendall site will actually remain the responsibility of the City of Renton. The general public in the State of Washington will hold the City of Renton responsible if the City of Renton accepts the current proposals. The city will be held liable for insuring that the public health and welfare is not jeopardized in the future. The facts are that the City of Renton is the responsible party for considering proposals for the cleanup efforts. It will be the City of Renton's Hearing Examiner that finally accepts or rejects the proposal. It is the City of Renton that has the large financial interest in the project because of the possibility of increasing their tax base and stands to gain additional annual taxes. The City or Renton, despite the DEIS statement to the contrary, will be responsible for their actions not just the EPA or State of Washington. If the EPA and or the State of Washington State Department of Ecology also fail in this regard the taxpayers will become liable. The huge risks to all parties involved in this proposal are simply not worth taking. According to the 1993 State of Washington Department of Ecology Agreed Order number DE 92TC-N335 The Department of Ecology has the right to modify or withdraw any provisions of this order should public comment disclose facts and considerations which indicate to Ecology that the Order is inadequate or improper in any respect. I hope that the Department of Ecology can and will now exercise that right. I do not know of any public comment that was ever requested or obtained at the time the Agreed Order was created in 1993. Whatever public input that may have been obtained was certainly insufficient and is dated now. On page six, item number 21 of the Agreed Order it says that there was, "a large spill ... of creosote .. .in the 1930's ... water contaminates coated the lake bottom". "The EPA study revealed high levels of PAH contamination in the offshore sediments". According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources publication on Creosote, "High PAHs ... can cause cancer, mutation or malformation of embryo/fetus in fish, birds, amphibians and mammals. In face of this obvious danger, I do not see where the scope of actual cleaning of "the lake bottom as described in the Agreed Order" has been adequately assessed or addressed in the DE IS. There certainly was inadequate discussion about it. The Agreed Order happened nearly 18 years ago and until recently it has apparently has not been used. This certainly suggests that the Agreed Order is too old, outdated and in need of material revision. It needs new public input. Technology and the methods of perform testing of polluted sites certainly have changed in 18 years. This certainly suggests that new tests using new technology now need to be performed to properly understand the scope of the hazards so it can be properly acted upon. The City of Renton should also revise the old outdated zoning of the Quendall area because the uses for the area have substantially changed since the area was last rezoned many years ago. To propose to build such huge structures right on the shores of Lake Washington makes a mockery of the political parties claims of enforcing environmental concerns. Effective environmental political processes are only those that really protect the environment, the impacted citizens and the wildlife. I would propose that studies of the current amount of light and noise emitting from the property as it is today be publicly disclosed. New and fairly taken tests should be used as the maximum amount of light and noise that would be permitted. These tests results should be made and accepted only after first acting to reduce the current amount of light pollution emitting from the Seahawks stadium and the unnecessary parking lighting and City of Renton utilities. It is unfair to include in the tests and test results the current amount of light pollution caused by the Sea hawks and the City of Renton. Using test results taken from an already polluted environment would give false readings of what should be allowable. I certainly would require that the City of Renton pledge that they will never allow any increase in the current amount of light and noise that exists there today. I would also propose that the City of Renton suspend any further review of the Quendall proposal until the general public has a chance to provide input for the use of the site as a public park and wildlife habitat. Hopefully this may result in the creation of a wildlife friendly park where the citizens of the area can have a place can quietly commune with nature in a meaningful wetland area that will provide protection for the birds, otters and turtles. I believe that studies should be required on the impact the proposed development will have on the rare turtles that inhabit the area. The public who will be paying for the huge expense of cleanup and the cost of maintaining it should be the ones who enjoy it. The public should not be locked out. Erecting the Sea hawks training facility has been an ecological disaster and one that should not be repeated. In past years, thousands of people attended and protested at meetings held at a Renton school. The public protested allowing the building of the Seahawks training facility alleging similar complaints as I have written about today. The public was concerned that once mega buildings were allowed along the shore of the lake that soon there would be attempts to build more of them. Now their fears may be coming true. It is time to stop building such structures on the shores ofthe lake. On a personal note, we made repeated telephone calls to the City of Renton to turn out the lights from the Sea hawks construction project at night because it often flooded the inside of our home with light. It ruins the quiet nighttime enjoyment of our home. The City of Renton made a few attempts to dim the lights but within a few days it was right back up again. The glare of the lights has not stopped. It is still that way today. The Seahawks do not practice in the middle of the night. Yet they still light up the main and other buildings and waste electrical power nearly all year round. Protests about the light pollution to the Seahawks bring no relief. To characterize the light pollution that would occur as stated in the DEIS as "no significant light... would be anticipated "is grossly and erroneously stated. On many nights the glare of the lights extrude from the giant windows from the top of mega story training facility The light reflects on the water in broad beams all the way across the lake and into our yard and our home. Guests to our home often comment about it. We certainly do not want any more of the same light pollution. We have repeatedly complained to the City of Renton to discuss the current unnecessary utility and parking lights beaming across the lake from the Renton shore all to no avail. The City of Renton has not tried to mitigate the light pollution by diverting the offending lights or try to reduce the glare. Allowing this project to proceed as proposed will likely turn night into day and will have a terrible impact on my family. The value of Mercer Island property will certainly go down for my home and many others and so will Mercer Island's tax base and their tax revenues. I believe that the City of Renton will become in violation of their own city policies for shoreline management if they accept the Quendall project proposal. According to their own policies they are supposed to consider commercial, residential and recreational uses for land under development. The City or Renton has recently allowed the two adjacent similar parcels of land right on the shores of Lake Washington to be fully used for commercial and residential purposes. Therefore to be in compliance with their own policies the third and last parcel of land should be used for recreational purposes. This last parcel of forest and wilderness shoreline area should not be buried under tons of concrete. I am concerned about the stated size ofthe project on 21.5 acres. I do think this is misleading. The actual buildable site would be far less after considering the actual shoreline and providing for required waterfront setbacks, parking, sidewalks, driveways, utilities etc. The population density per square foot would be far in excess of that which currently exists in the area. The website view makes the site look bigger than it really is. The area shown in light blue on your website presentation clearly covers an area about one third of which is over the water. There is not that much actual property to build on. In closing I believe this land is part of or near to an ancient land slide area and probably is part of the sensitive historic drowned forest area. I do not see any mention of the impact that the cleanup will have on it. After all, a man was stopped from underwater logging offshore of this same area just a few years ago because it was thought that preservation of the area was so important. 50 why is it not important now? Sincerely yours, Richard and Kathleen Bergquist Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:46 AM 'Rajendra' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminals EIS Development Dear Rajendra Agrawaal, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals OEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 -----Original Message----- From: Rajendra [mailto:agrawaalr@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 8:44 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: Quendall Terminals EIS Development I am in support of the Quendall Terminals as I believe it will have a positive social and financial impact for Renton. However, I am not in support of the proposal as shown and believe a revised development plan will be more attractive on this site. The revisions include: 1.May Creek -Any development in the Quendall area should take into consideration that the natural habitat of the May Creek is protected. 2.Public ally accessible trail-The trail should be adequately lighted in the evening and seats to be provided and the lake frontage beautified with landscape. 3.Restaurants -1. Face West to lake fronts. 2. Restaurants to be mid to high ends. No fast food types. 4.Entertainment facilities -There should be indoor facilities to cater for public functions and to accommodate between 300 to 1000 people. There should be open area facing the lake for public functions such as garden wedding. 1 5.Barbee Mill -The develop t must take into consideration Barbee Mill residential as any unthoughtful development will have detrimental consequences on the values of real estate in the Barbee Mill area. The developers should visit Crillion Point in Kirkland and Restaurants in south Lake Union as development examples. I am pleased to note that the EPA is involved in the development and hope the agency will ensure that this area will be safe for people to live, to work and to use public facilities. Public Comment by Rajendra Agrawaal 1113 N 29th Street, Renton, WA 98056 Sent from my iPad 2 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:46 AM 'Tony Boydston' Subject: RE: quedell project Dcar Tony Boydston, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official tilc and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. [f you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, 'Vanessa (])o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Tony Boydston [mailto:bonethedawgs@yahoo.comJ Sent: Saturday, February OS, 201110:07 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: quedell project My name is tony boydston. I'm the owner of (2) properties this project will impact. I own 3713 & 3901 lake washington blvd, renton wa 98056. My mailing address is 3920 ne 11th pi renton wa 98056. This project is like trying to make a bowling ball fit threw a garden hose. With close to 2000 to 3000 cars trying to fit in the tiny 2 lane road daily would kill kennydale. It would take 4 hrs just to get on 1-405. To put 800 apartments & retail space and all that entails JUST WON''T WORK!!! I hope the city of renton takes this in consideration. It sounds good in theory, but would cause more problems then it's worth. Thank-you!!! 1 · ... Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:45 AM 'Sylvia Holden' Subject: RE: Quendall Terminal Comment Dear Mr. and Mrs. Holden, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Terminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you will be added to the party of record list for the subject project, if you are not already on the list. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If you have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely, (Vanessa (])o{5ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Sylvia Holden [mailto:sbholden@nwlink.comJ Sent: Friday, February 04, 201110:00 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: dariusvicki@msn.com Subject: Quendall Terminal Comment We find this proposal to be unsuitable for the following reasons: 1. The traffic it would generate would completely overwhelm freeway exit #7 and the surface street into Lake Washington Boulevard serving Barbee Mill and the north end of Lower Kennydale. There will be NO HELP from the state to mitigate the situation 2. The scale of the development is offensive. The Seahawks' building, at the north end of their property was and is a tough nut to swallow. This, planted between Barbee Mill and the practice field, is overwhelming. 3. The development proposed is not needed. There is much residential and commercial development (in the Landing, for example) that is unused. In fact, We have heard that the Sanctuary and Reserve are in financial trouble. Also, two smaller properties north along Lake Washington Blvd are a long way from fully occupied. We don't know about Bristol. 4. Planting this very large bulk along the whole north side of Barbee Mill would be a serious-unkind and greedy- impact on that development. It would be far more appropriate to have a much smaller scale development with much less bulk and more open space between and around the buildings as well as the requisite setback from the lakefront after existing development is 1 ,. .... approaching full, and there are fun Ir traffic mitigation so as not to overwhL ,xisting neighborhoods. Contrast Exit #7 with the Sunset exit that goes into multi-Ianed boulevards that move traffic into, around and through the Landing. Chuck and Sylvia Holden 3609 Meadow Avenue North Renton, WA 98056 425-226-9956 2 Denis Law C· M _~M::aYor ____ ~I"l {~rrttJ( 1. February 4, 2011 Mike and Sharon Glenn 8825 114th Ave. SE Newcastle, WA 98056 Department of Community and Economic Development Alex Pietsch, Administrator SUBJECT: Quendall Terminals DEIS, Comment Received Dear Mr. & Mrs. Glenn: Thank you for your comments on the Quendall Terminals Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), Your comments will be placed in the official project file, and will be addressed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). In addition, you have been added to the party of record list for the subject project, and will receive copies of correspondence throughout the land use review process. If you have any questions about the project please feel free to contact me at 425-430- 7314. Sincerely, //' J~~ Vanessa Dolbee Senior Planner cc: File Renton City Hall • 1055 South Grady Way • Renton, Washington 98057 • rentonwa_90v February 1,2011 Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner Planning Division, 6 th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 Dear Ms. Dolbee, City of Henton P:ar:ni(iG L:·!'..fj:·~iol" It was recently brought to our attention that a new project is being explored for the Port Quendall area next to the Seahawks training facility. Having lived in this area for over 35 years, we have seen a great many changes in the neighborhood. We think the proposed plans for the Port Quendall site are not suitable for the area. The whole project would be overbuilt for that little piece ofland and stand out like a sore thumb. The Seahawks training facility is bad enough! The 44th St. exit (exit 7) on 1405 is a mess already during peak traffic. We live just 1 mile east of this exit and use it all the time. Getting off 405 at this exit heading south, it is almost impossible to make a left turn heading east for all the traffic coming from Lake Washington Blvd. Trying to make a left turn onto the on ramp going north is also tricky as the traffic is backed up over the overpass. Adding traffic from this new project would make for an even more unbearable situation. With the current budget lacking funds, there are not the millions of dollars needed to rebuild this exit! There was a plan set up in 1981 to build a huge development at Port Quendall/Barbee Mill. For several reasons that fell through and we are most grateful. So much has changed in the last 30 years with homes having built all around us. We would not want to see the flavor of our neighborhood changed so drastically by having this monster plunked down in the middle of it. Sincerely, ;tL-~ Mike and Sharon Glenn (altglennmal@comcast.net) 8825 114th Ave SE Newcastle, WA 98056 (425) 255-8351 Vanessa Dolbee From: Vanessa Dolbee Sent: To: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:54 AM 'Larry Reymann' Subject: RE: Port Quendali Development Dear Larry Reymann, Thank you for commenting on the Quendall Telminals DEIS. Your comments will be entered into the projects official file and will be addressed in the Final EIS. In addition, you have been added to the party of record list for the subject project. Once again, thank you for taking the time to comment on this project. If YOll have any additional questions please feel free to ask. Sincerely. 'Vanessa CJ)o{6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Larry Reymann [mailto:fulmen8@hotmail.comJ Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 4:51 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Subject: RE: Port Quendall Development Hi Vanessa, Here you go, please let me know if this suffices. Thanks again for your time and consideration. Appreciatively, Larry From: VDolbee@Rentonwa.gov To: fulmen8@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:27:49 -0800 Subject: RE: Port Quendall Development Hi Larry, Could you do me a favor and re-send your comments and include your full address in the signature line. We already have your information and have you on the party of record list, however City Policy requires this information for the comment to be "official". Thank you, 1 .Vanessa (/)o[6ee Senior Planner Department of Community & Economic Development City of Renton Renton City Hall -6th Floor 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 425.430.7314 From: Larry Reymann [mailto:fulmen8@hotmail.comJ Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:56 PM To: Vanessa Dolbee Cc: Rita Moore; Darius Richards; Sue Rooney; Chip Vincent; CHarlotte Spang; tara@paulzimmerman.com; gDwilson123@yahoo.com; merrvann7@comcast.net; mujakina bunny@yahoo.com; gsanchez@naturevision.org; lenticsystem@juno.com; jeanspohn@comcast.net; dorisdandelion@yahoo.com; erikarxj@comcast.net; janisjeh@hotmail.com; mtcdebi@msn.com Subject: Port Quendall Development Hi Vanessa, Wanted to follow up my comments about the three options this proposal for the record in writing, if I may; please let me know if this email is not the appropriate format for that. First off, I want to thank you and the City of Renton's staff for the time and effort they have made to consider the neighborhood's input about this property. It is e5lential to a successful conclusion and a Vibrant, livable community here in Kennydale. Here are my concerns, and I speak for every one of the many neighbors I have spoken with on this. A) A natural shoreline on Lake Washington must be preserved, landscaped with the native species of plants salmon have evolved with in the Pacific Northwest over millennia. These plants host the terrestrial insects critical for the survival of juvenile salmon produced by the runs of sockeye, chinook, and coho that are on the edge of extinction in the waters of May Creek and the Lake Washington/WRIA 8 Watershed. It is essential that we preserve this irreplaceable resource (salmon). Let Kirkland have the concrete, leave us the salmonberry and salal. B) Public access to this shoreline must be preserved. When citizens have the opportunity to see the habitat we are blessed to inherit here, they are quickly motivated to cherish and protect it, for their sake, the sake of their children, and their children's children. It is their heritage as much as ours. C) Anything like the density put forth in Alternatives One or Two will destroy Kennydale. The lesser of the two, Alt. Two, with over 700 housing units and over 30,000 square feet of retail space, is universally seen by my neighbors as an unmitigated disaster for our community. Even the density of a Barbee Mill Development on this parcel would require specific accommodation for mass transit to succeed. Thousands or hundreds or scores of additional single occupancy vehicles on our streets are unacceptable, and create severe problems on many levels. D) Alternative Three, with the Shoreline Protection Plan, Cleanup/remediation of the site, and no new mixed use development is the only rational option at this time. Please continue to keep me informed as plans evolve for Port Quendall. I am convinced that native habitat can be sustained in a way that enhances the property values the owners deserve for their investment and the community in which it is located. Thank you for your time and consideration. With respect, Lawrence Reymann 2 1313 No. 38th st. Renton, WA 98056 3 , 907 N. 34th SI. Renton, W A 98056 Feb. 1",2011 Vanessa Dolbee, Senior Planner Planning Division, 6'" floor Renton City Hall 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, W A 98057 Dear Ms Dolbee; City of R PI-". enton ,(1. 'llnr J f)' . , .,.'. l'IIS;o" I am a Renton Kennydale homeowner and have been so for nine years. [am highly disturbed by recent reports regard the development of Quendell property on Lake Washington. Impact studies totally overlook the quality of life in the adjacent neighborhoods. We in Kennydale were estatic when the Seahawks announced a plan to locate in Renton. We were so excited that we forgot to ask "what are you building?" To our dismay, we woke up to a Boeing type hangar on our lakeshore edge. This time, we are more attuned to what is happening. High density is the issue. We don't want another "The Landing" type development on our north flank. We expect development, but not of the magnitude presented along the "last ofits kind" lake edge. My understanding that the State of Washington has no improvement pian for the N. 44'" SI. offrarnp only amplifies the criticality of the situation. DON'T LET IT HAPPEN. Require a significantly reduced density footprint. I have wituessed a wonderful change in our Kennydale neighborhood over the past nine years that I have heen a homeowner. Young families have moved in. We are experiencing a regeneration. I see mothers, families and singles with children and pets enjoying neighborhood walks, Neighbors talking with neighbors, joggers, bicycle riders all enjoying what Kennydale has to offer. We have no sidewalks and we are keenly aware of traffic issues today. Any influx of additional traffic will create a safety issue. To you, as our Renton representative for reasonable planning, I encourage action on behalf of Renton citizens to "tone down" this out of scale project. Very truly yours, Charles P. Wittmann