HomeMy WebLinkAboutC_Duwamish Tribe_240807DUWAMISH TRIBE
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8/7/2024
City of Renton
LUA24-000213
Dear Andrew Van Gordon,
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Kennydale Lakeline Sewer System Replacement -
Geotechnical Borings to perform geotechnical borings at 5 locations along the shore of Lake Washington
to provide soil information for the design of the future Kennydale Lakeline Sewer.For the Duwamish
Tribe’s purposes only,the closest address is near 2815 Mountain View Ave N in Renton.Based on the
information provided and our understanding of the project and its APE,the Duwamish Tribe would
recommend an inadvertent discovery plan,especially if any groundbreaking activity occurs below fill,
topsoil or other impervious surfaces into native soil.This is an area that the Duwamish Tribe considers
culturally significant and has a High probability to have unknown archaeological deposits.We note that
there are 4 historical and ancestral Duwamish place names within about a mile of the project location.
The DAHP WISAARD predictive model indicates that an archaeological survey is highly advised with a
very high risk for encountering cultural resources.We are most concerned with the location of borehole
B-5.B-5 is within several hundred feet of one of our place names with the potential to find precontact
resources.
We request that if any archaeological work or monitoring is performed,we would like notification.
Cultural and archaeological resources are non-renewable and are best discovered prior to ground
disturbance.The Tribe would also like the opportunity to be present if or when an archaeologist is on
site.
Thank you,
Nancy A Sackman
Cultural Preservation
Duwamish Tribe
preservationdept@duwamishtribe.org
Mobile -206.856.2564
Duwamish Tribe |4705 W.Marginal Way SW,Seattle,WA 98106 |206-431-1582
www.duwamishtribe.org