HomeMy WebLinkAboutC_Public Comment and Staff Response_MartinFrom: Jill Ding
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 12:16 PM
To: 'Brian Martin'
Subject: RE: PR20-000059 Mitchel Short Plat/ LUA20-000044
Brian,
Thank you for your comments, your comments have been included in the official file for consideration
by the decision maker and you have been added as a party of record for this project. As a party of
record, you will receive copies of correspondence and a copy of the decision on this project.
Based on your email below, your comments are with regards to traffic impacts on N 37th Street, which is
a private access easement. Private access easements are not owned or maintained by the City of
Renton; therefore it would be up to the property owners abutting the easement to enforce and/or
maintain the access easement.
Thanks,
Jill Ding
Senior Planner
City of Renton
Community and Economic Development
6th floor
1055 S Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
425-430-6598
jding@rentonwa.gov
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From: Brian Martin <brianmartin.trento@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2020 9:32 AM
To: Jill Ding <JDing@Rentonwa.gov>
Subject: PR20-000059 Mitchel Short Plat/ LUA20-000044
Hi Jill,
What kind of comments of the short plat review are possible? How must they be delivered? Is an
email sufficient or is a hard copy required?
I am representing my mother's interests regarding her home at 3728 Park Ave N, Renton, WA
98056. I have PoA.
My main concern regarding all short platting in this neighborhood is the increase of traffic using
the easement between Meadow Ave N and Park Avenue N. Google Maps refers to the easement
as N.37th Street, however, this designation is not correct. This is a privately owned roadway, an
easement created when Kennydale was semi-rural, to allow access to homes that were built along
it, not to allow a growing neighborhood to drive through it.
In recent years, traffic has increased significantly on this easement, private automobiles,
delivery vans, home services (gardening, maintenance, construction, and so forth). Furthermore,
Republic Services now runs very large trucks along the easement.
The easement is gravel, not paved. Additional traffic will cause more potholes and additional
degradation of the road surface in general. It also significantly increases dust during dry months
which is a significant air quality concern.
In consideration of the above, how do Mitchel and the city propose to mitigate the probable
further increase in traffic on the easement if the proposed subdivision is permitted?
Said subdivided properties should have a covenant that restricts access to the easement. Further,
the city of Renton must allow this roadway to be closed to through traffic and should post signs
to that effect.
I appreciate your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Brian Martin, resident (for Luanna Martin, property owner)
Brian Martin
mobile: +1(425) 524-6100