Planning Notices & Permits:
Notice of Decision
The application for Preliminary Short Plat, Permit #202237, subdivision of one parcel into five, at 1620 North 185th Street has been approved with conditions.
Effective Date of Notice: May 10, 2017
Administrative Appeal: Written appeals of the decision may be filed with the City Hearing Examiner pursuant to SMC 20.30.200-20.30.230 – within 14 days of Notice of Decision.
The permit file and more specific information on submitting an administrative appeal are available for review at City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.
Affected property owners may request a change in valuation for property tax purposes notwithstanding any program of revaluation by contacting the King County Assessor’s Office at (206) 296-7300.
NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE The City of Shoreline will enter all comments received into the public record and may make these comments, and any attachments or other supporting materials, available unchanged, including any business or personal information (name, email address, phone, etc.) that you provide available for public review. This information may be released on the City’s website. Comments received are part of the public record and subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. Do not include any information in your comment or supporting materials that you do not wish to be made public, including name and contact information.
145th Street Multimodal Corridor Study
Last updated: April 20, 2017
Final Corridor Report and Next Steps
The 145th Street Multimodal Corridor Study Final Report has been completed. In addition to a discussion of the study process, it includes the preferred design concept adopted by Shoreline Council, establishing the vision for improvements along this corridor. Other significant action for this corridor is the Shoreline Council adoption of the 145th Street Station Subarea Plan Package on September 26, 2016 which revised zoning in the vicinity of the future light rail station, at 145th Street and I-5, targeting growth in this area.
City staff will continue to work to secure funding for improvements along the 145th corridor. There is federal funding obligated to begin design for the section from Aurora Ave to I-5 as well as design funding pending for interchange improvements. Staff are busy conducting the process to hire a design consultant and expect to have a consultant under contract in May 2017.
Sound Transit
The Sound Transit Lynnwood Link Extension (LLE) Light Rail Project will give riders a fast, frequent and reliable connection through some of the worst traffic congestion in Washington State. This extension builds four new light rail stations from Northgate to Lynnwood along the Interstate-5 corridor, two of which will be right here in Shoreline at 145th Street and 185th Street. The City of Shoreline is reviewing designs and issuing permits for the Sound Transit LLE project through Shoreline. The City will be reviewing and issuing permits for all facilities related to light rail in Shoreline including tracks, stations and related amenities, parking garages, and operations structures. Sound Transit anticipates the LLE project starting early construction in late 2018 and opening for service in 2023.
Recent Public Meeting
Ronald Bog Public Meeting on wetland mitigation proposal
On April 13, Sound Transit and the City of Shoreline hosted a neighborhood conversation on the proposed compensatory mitigation site for Lynnwood Link light rail impacts to wetlands located within the Twin Ponds sub-basin of the Thornton Creek watershed. The City and Sound Transit are proposing that a portion of Ronald Bog Park be the mitigation site. Elements of the mitigation site include creating new wetlands and buffer, rebuilding the shelter in a new location, relocating the “Kiss” sculpture and trail improvements in the eastern part of the park.
Meeting Materials
Wetland Mitigation Proposal Presentation
Informational Flyer
Parks Board Meeting follow-up
The Shoreline Parks Board will review the public comment and City staff will make a recommendation on this project proposal at the next Parks Board meeting on April 27.
Meeting Information
Location: Shoreline City Hall, Room 303
Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2017
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Upcoming Opportunities for Public Input
Two Lynnwood Link light rail public meetings are coming up soon. The first is on specific project impacts in and around Ridgecrest Park. The second meeting is the 60% Station design open house. Mark your calendars and join us in May to help shape design of the Lynnwood Link Project within Shoreline.
Ridgecrest Park presentation at neighborhood association meeting
Please join us at the Ridgecrest Neighborhood Association meeting on Tuesday, May 9 for a discussion of Lynnwood Link impacts and proposed mitigation to Ridgecrest Park. Sound Transit will present current draft plans for anticipated impacts to Ridgecrest Park and proposed mitigation for these impacts. City of Shoreline Staff will also be on hand to provide information on design direction that the City has given to Sound Transit regarding improvements within the City’s Rights-of-Way for vehicular and non-motorized use and access near and to the park. For more information on the Ridgecrest Neighborhood Association, please visit www.ridgecrestneighborhood.info.
Meeting Information
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
6:30 – 8:45 p.m.
Light rail presentation starts at 7:15 p.m.
Ridgecrest Elementary School Cafeteria
16516 10th Avenue N, Shoreline, WA 98155
60% Design Open House
On May 24, Sound Transit will host the 60% Station Design Open House for LLE light rail in Shoreline, including the two Shoreline stations at NE 185th and approximately NE 145th Streets. The open house will be an excellent opportunity to speak directly with Sound Transit project staff, hear the latest project information, and provide your feedback on the designs. Can’t make it to the meeting? An online open house will be available (dates to follow).
Meeting Information
Location: Shorewood High School
17300 Fremont Ave North
Shoreline, WA 98133
Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Public Design Review
Soon Sound Transit will start submitting development permits for City review and approval in order to complete the project in 2023. Since 2010, the City of Shoreline has been actively engaged in Sound Transit’s planning, environmental review, public outreach, and now the design of the LLE project in Shoreline. Council adopted an “Open House-based” public design review process for light rail facilities in Shoreline on August 31, 2015. This process includes:
- Shoreline Design Process Kick-off Open House (held January 27, 2016)
- 30% Design Open House (ST held November 16, 2016)
- 60% Design Open House (May 24, 2017)
- 90% Design Open House (ST plans for late 2017)
Point Wells
Point Wells developer told to make major revisions to application
By Evan Smith via RBCA Special Alert
Developers of the proposed Point Wells condominium project just north of Richmond Beach in southwest Snohomish County have been told they will need to submit a revised proposal.
County Planner Ryan Countryman said in a letter dated November 15 that a revised proposal would have to address several major issues, including building a second road to the site, meeting environmental and landslide protection rules and providing complete floor plans, parking plans and landscaping plans.
The letter gives the developer six months to make the revisions to plans for the proposal to build 3,081 condominium units along with 125,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. For now, all work toward a draft environmental impact statement for the original proposal has stopped.
Planner Countryman has told the developer that if the six-month deadline is not met, the Snohomish County Planning Department would have to make a recommendation based on the current proposal, a recommendation that probably would be to deny the proposal.
A Richmond Beach resident working with others to monitor what’s happening at Point Wells, Tom McCormick, said Wednesday that he is pleased to see Countryman’s letter.
"The County has expressed its concerns to BSRE before, but now it’s in writing for the public to see,” he said.
He added that while he is pleased, there are many other issues that need to be addressed, like building height. He said he believes that the county’s rules limit building heights at Point Wells to 90 feet and that the 180-foot buildings planned by the developer should not be allowed.
Also, he said he believes that the county is wrongly using its relatively weak 2007 landslide hazard rules in assessing what building setbacks from the steep slopes behind Point Wells are required. Under its more protective 2015 post-Oso rules, required setbacks would be up to four times what the old rules require; at one site location, 340 feet instead of 85 feet.
Planning for the proposed development has been subject to repeated delays since the original target date of late 2014 for the draft EIS. Countryman’s letter to the developer notes that BSRE is operating on its third and last extension for completing its plans.
By Evan Smith via RBCA Special Alert
Developers of the proposed Point Wells condominium project just north of Richmond Beach in southwest Snohomish County have been told they will need to submit a revised proposal.
County Planner Ryan Countryman said in a letter dated November 15 that a revised proposal would have to address several major issues, including building a second road to the site, meeting environmental and landslide protection rules and providing complete floor plans, parking plans and landscaping plans.
The letter gives the developer six months to make the revisions to plans for the proposal to build 3,081 condominium units along with 125,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. For now, all work toward a draft environmental impact statement for the original proposal has stopped.
Planner Countryman has told the developer that if the six-month deadline is not met, the Snohomish County Planning Department would have to make a recommendation based on the current proposal, a recommendation that probably would be to deny the proposal.
A Richmond Beach resident working with others to monitor what’s happening at Point Wells, Tom McCormick, said Wednesday that he is pleased to see Countryman’s letter.
"The County has expressed its concerns to BSRE before, but now it’s in writing for the public to see,” he said.
He added that while he is pleased, there are many other issues that need to be addressed, like building height. He said he believes that the county’s rules limit building heights at Point Wells to 90 feet and that the 180-foot buildings planned by the developer should not be allowed.
Also, he said he believes that the county is wrongly using its relatively weak 2007 landslide hazard rules in assessing what building setbacks from the steep slopes behind Point Wells are required. Under its more protective 2015 post-Oso rules, required setbacks would be up to four times what the old rules require; at one site location, 340 feet instead of 85 feet.
Planning for the proposed development has been subject to repeated delays since the original target date of late 2014 for the draft EIS. Countryman’s letter to the developer notes that BSRE is operating on its third and last extension for completing its plans.
