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PO Box 287
Greenbank, WA 98253
(360) 678-0345 (office)
March 30, 2018
Clark Close
Senior Planner
City of Renton
RE: Project PR14-000082 – Southport - Request for Reconsideration
Dear Mr. Close:
We have the following comments regarding Part Two: Environmental Review Section B
“Mitigation Measures” of the Environmental Review Committee Report.
Measures 1 through 5 are logical and acceptable as standard operating practices. We request
reconsideration of the Environmental Review Committee to either add a measure 6 or a present a
clarifying statement following Section B relating to measures 3 and 4 that provides reasonable
flexibility in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Justification: The sponsor of this helipad will consider measures relating to stated times and
maximum operations per week to be applicable to normal/planned flights but should have
flexibility to operate beyond the measures without penalty if such operations are necessitated by
weather or unplanned events. As an example, a flight could be scheduled to depart on a weekday at
7:30 p.m. but would actually depart at 8:15 p.m. due to a hold for inclement, un-forecast weather
or traffic that caused a passenger to be late.
Regarding the number of flights per week, a major sales or emergency activity during which
potential clients are brought or taken from Southport might be more productive if the maximum
number of flights per week is exceeded by a flight or two.
If the helipad sponsor exceeds Measures 3 or 4, a brief report to the city explaining events or
conditions that necessitated the operations could be required.
Suggested Mitigation Measure Revisions:
We respectfully suggest adding the following mitigation measure “The sponsor of this helipad shall
consider measures relating to stated times and maximum operations per week to be applicable to
normal/planned flights but should have flexibility to operate beyond the measures without penalty
if such operations are necessitated by weather or unplanned events.”
With respect to Measure 4, we suggest changing the wording to “The helipad shall be restricted to
twelve (12) operations per week with each operation consisting of both a landing and a take-off.
Thank you for reconsideration.
Sincerely,
David Ketchum
Airsafe