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Home My WebLink About05-12-2021 - HEX email to KousoumCAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. From:Phil Olbrechts To:Sonya Kousoum Cc:Cynthia Moya; Kevin Louder; Donna Locher Subject:Re: Fw: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Date:Wednesday, May 12, 2021 8:59:28 PM Ms. Kousoum, Let's try to resolve as many of these factual issues as we can by email. Without putting the necessary documentation together ahead of time, this case just has too many moving parts to resolve in one sitting in a hearing. Once we all have a better idea of what happened in the permit review process, we can figure out what witnesses, if any, are necessary to complete this evidentiary hearing. It appears that Ms. Locher has done a pretty good job of assembling all the email correspondence to identify the timing of document requests and responses from your permit team. At this point, as I mentioned before, I need to assess the reasons for the delays in response to see if they were reasonably justified. From what I've been able to gather from the emails provided by Donna, the first reason for delay was COVID and your consultant not being able to work from home. The second delay according to Rich (don't have his last name) was he made calls to Renton and they weren't returned. Do you have records of when those calls were made and when they were finally returned? A third delay I saw was Rich stating that a correction notice changed the review process and for the first time required a sewer permit to be reviewed in conjunction with the building permit application. I could not find a correction notice requiring the sewer permit. Could you send that to me or identify which of the correction notices that Donna has provided includes this sewer requirement? Finally, Rich said the City has changed the rules again and required structural engineering changes. Could you identify what those changes are, preferrably with documentation from the city requesting the changes? Any other documentation you have that helps explains the extraordinary time this permit review has taken would be very helpful. On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 1:05 PM Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com> wrote: Good afternoon, This is completely inaccurate to say that we took "unreasonably amount of time to respond to the City's request for additional information and revisions" as shown multiple emails we received and responded to Donna. Below is Donna's email from 9-25-2020 dropping the notice of violation due to the City want the sewer plan from the engineer and I sent you the engineer sewer plan costing me about $10,000 so far in the previous email : Finding of Violation Donna Locher <DLocher@Rentonwa.gov> Fri 9/25/2020 10:48 AM To: 'Sonya Kousoum' <skousoum@hotmail.com> Cc: Cynthia Moya <CMoya@Rentonwa.gov> Good Morning, As long as you keep moving forward at a good pace I will waive the fines. (no hearing required) If at any time the progress stops, we will re-assess all fines. Respectfully, Donna Locher Lead Code Compliance Inspector 425-430-7438 dlocher@rentonwa.gov The architect had multiple correspondences with the City as recent as last week. As you may recalled Donna said "It's not my job" to know what the City requesting. It's been my impression that City permit department and Donna are not on the same page. It's very frustrating to get multiple Violation notices from Donna since the City is in charge of issuing the permit. Is it possible to get someone from the City to get their statement as you mentioned in the hearing to resolve this? Sonya From: Phil Olbrechts <olbrechtslaw@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 10:11 AM To: Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com> Cc: Cynthia Moya <CMoya@rentonwa.gov>; Kevin Louder <KLouder@rentonwa.gov>; Donna Locher <DLocher@rentonwa.gov> Subject: Re: Fw: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Thank you Ms. Kousoum. As you may recall, I need to determine if you took an unreasonably amount of time to respond to the City's requests for additional information and revisions on your building permit applications. The email that Ms. Locher sent shows that the City asked for plan revisions on March 17, 2020. The emails you have provided in response shows that the first response from your consultant was on April 30, 2021, more than a year later after the City's March 17, 2020 request. Was April 30, 2021 your first response to the City's March 17, 2020 request for permit revisions/information? On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 8:03 PM Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com> wrote: Sonya From: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com> Sent: Friday, May 7, 2021 8:49 AM To: Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com> Cc: Dene Kuzaro <dkuzaro@barghausen.com>; Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com>; Ian Johnson <richdesign1ij@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Sonya, See attached response from the city. Looks like the sewer permit has already been submitted and permit ready to issue after the pump and easement gets reviewed. Hal P. Grubb P.E. | Director of Engineering Services Office: 425-251-6222 | Direct: 425-656-7425 | Mobile: 206-255-4370 Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. 18215 72nd Avenue South, Kent WA 98032 www.barghausen.com From: Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2021 6:20 PM To: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com>; Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com> Cc: Dene Kuzaro <dkuzaro@barghausen.com> Subject: Re: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Dear Hal, I want to check in if you have an estimate on the cost of the sewer permit? Are you able to submit anything to the City of Renton? Could you please send me the latest sewer plan? Thanks! Sonya From: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 8:46 AM To: Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com> Cc: Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com>; Dene Kuzaro <dkuzaro@barghausen.com> Subject: RE: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Thank you Colleen. Please check in again tomorrow sometime if you do not hear today. Hal P. Grubb P.E. | Director of Engineering Services Office: 425-251-6222 | Direct: 425-656-7425 | Mobile: 206-255-4370 Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. 18215 72nd Avenue South, Kent WA 98032 www.barghausen.com From: Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 8:23 AM To: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com> Cc: Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com>; Dene Kuzaro <dkuzaro@barghausen.com> Subject: RE: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 As you know, I emailed the Permit Tech yesterday morning letting her know that Lisa Walker has not contacted me about the sewer plans submittal. I asked for Lisa’s phone number and email address, but I have not received a reply so far. Colleen Allen | Project Coordinator Office: 425-251-6222 | Direct: 425-656-7488 Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. 18215 72nd Avenue South, Kent WA 98032 www.barghausen.com From: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com> Sent: Monday, May 3, 2021 9:48 AM To: Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com> Cc: Sonya Kousoum <skousoum@hotmail.com>; Dene Kuzaro <dkuzaro@barghausen.com> Subject: RE: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Colleen, if you do not get an answer back from either the project manager or the permit tech by the end of today, please check in tomorrow morning. Thank you. Sonya, see the message below from the city. We are working on how to get the sewer submitted and will let you know as soon as we hear something. Hal P. Grubb P.E. | Director of Engineering Services Office: 425-251-6222 | Direct: 425-656-7425 | Mobile: 206-255-4370 Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. 18215 72nd Avenue South, Kent WA 98032 www.barghausen.com From: PermitTech <PermitTech@Rentonwa.gov> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 4:03 PM To: Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com>; PermitTech <PermitTech@Rentonwa.gov> Cc: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com> Subject: RE: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 CAUTION: This email originated from outside the City of Renton. Do not click links, reply or open attachments unless you know the content is safe. The Project Manager for B20000454 is Lisa Walker. That permit is currently in corrections/resubmit status. I have forwarded the email to her. Thank you and have a nice afternoon. Permit Counter City of Renton kjp From: Colleen Allen <callen@barghausen.com> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 2:23 PM To: PermitTech <PermitTech@Rentonwa.gov> Cc: Hal Grubb <hgrubb@barghausen.com> Subject: Private Sewer Connection - Plan Review / Kousoum ADU / 8031 S. 130th Street / BCE #21414 Hello, We have a sewer plan that needs to be reviewed for an Accessory Dwelling Unit (Permit Tracking #B20000454). We are not sure what permit to apply for to get this private sewer connection reviewed. We are assuming a straightforward side sewer permit, but there is a small pump station that will also be installed with this sewer connection. Please let me know if we should apply for a side sewer permit or other permit. Thanks for your help. Colleen Allen | Project Coordinator Office: 425-251-6222 | Direct: 425-656-7488 Barghausen Consulting Engineers, Inc. 18215 72nd Avenue South, Kent WA 98032 www.barghausen.com