1. Public Scoping Meeting May 3, 2010
PLN Sunset Landing Contract Rezone

2. Overview Contract Rezone Process SEPA
Applicant Presentation on Sunset Landing Proposal
Public Scoping Comments

3. Contract Rezone Process
PLN Contract Rezone
Community Business (BC) to General Commercial (CG and CG2)
ECDC Contract Rezone
Type IV-B Process (ECDC )
Planning Board Recommendation (Open Record Public Hearing)
City Council Final Decision (Closed Record Hearing)
See Process Handout
Contract Rezone – Applicant proposes conditions to imposed by a contract on a rezone. Such conditions may limit uses allowed in the zone or alter set backs, heights, or other such uses or zoning conditions that may otherwise be allowed in the requested zone.

4. SEPA State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
Determination of Significance (DS)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Elements of the Environment
(WAC )
Natural (21 elements)
Built (25 elements)
SEPA – Contract rezones require SEPA review DS
If the responsible official determines that a proposal may have a probable significant adverse environmental impact, the responsible official shall prepare and issue a determination of significance.
"Probable" means likely or reasonably likely to occur, as in "a reasonable probability of more than a moderate effect on the quality of the environment" (see WAC ). Probable is used to distinguish likely impacts from those that merely have a possibility of occurring, but are remote or speculative. This is not meant as a strict statistical probability test. (WAC )
EIS – Determination of Significance means an environmental impact state must be prepared.
Elements of the Environment (WAC ) lists what SEPA reviews are to consider
Elements include both Natural and the Built Environment
Natural – examples include water, soils, and scenic resources
Built – Transportation, aesthetics, and stormwater

5. Scoping Scoping is the first step in the EIS process
Narrow the focus of the EIS to significant environmental issues
Identify alternatives to be covered
Identify potential mitigation measures

6. Significant Issues Natural environment Built environment
Earth: Geology and soils
Water: Floods
Energy and Natural Resources: Scenic Resources
Built environment
Environmental health: Potential release of toxic or hazardous materials
Land and shoreline use: Relationship to existing land use plans and aesthetics
Transportation: Transportation systems, vehicular traffic, movement/circulation of people or goods, traffic hazards

7. Phased Review WAC-197-11-060(5)
Focus on issues that are ready for decision and exclude from consideration issues already decided or not yet ready
When phased review is appropriate
Nonproject to project specific
Proposal being developed in clearly defined phases
Nonproject to project specific: broad to narrow focus
The proposal before the City is a nonproject proposal. The application is only for a contract rezone. The structures shown in the application materials are an example of what could be constructed if the rezone is approved.

8. Phased Review (cont.) WAC 197-11-443
A nonproject proposal may be approved based on an EIS assessing its broad impacts.
When a project is proposed that is consistent with the approved nonproject action, the EIS shall focus on the impacts and alternatives not analyzed in the nonproject EIS.
The scope shall be limited accordingly

9. Proposed Phasing Cover in detail in nonproject EIS
Scenic resources, aesthetics, transportation systems, vehicular traffic, movement/circulation of people or goods, traffic hazards, and relationship to existing land use plans
General analysis in nonproject EIS to be covered in detail in Supplemental EIS at project phase
Floods, geology and soils, potential release of toxic or hazardous materials

10. Scoping Comments What should be covered in the EIS?
What alternatives should be considered?
Mitigation measures?
What should be covered? - Other elements of the environment not identified in the EIS, elements ready ripe for consideration now (phasing)
What alternatives should be considered? Proposed action, no action, something in between.
Mitigation measures? View corridors, restricted uses, traffic measures.
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