Completeness Letter33325 8th Avenue South
Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
253-835-7000
www.cityoffederalway.com
Jim Ferrell, Mayor
December 21, 2021
Ms. Mancong Lin
Bumgardner Architects
2111 3rd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
mancongl@bumgardner.biz
Re: File #21-104847-00-UP & 21-104848-SE; COMPLETENESS LETTER
Redondo Heights TOD ‘Site C’, Parcels 720480-0188 and 720480-0190, Federal Way
Dear Ms. Lin:
The Community Development Department is in receipt of your November 24, 2021, Process III Master
Land Use (MLU) application. The proposal is for a new mixed-use development on vacant 1.4-acre site; 72
units in two buildings, one mixed-use building along the right-of-way that includes a 6,570 sq. ft. food bank
and 3-story residential floors, one connected 5-story residential building with below grade parking, and 2,336
sq. ft. stand-alone office building. Site improvements such as paved parking, landscaping, surface water, are
included. The subject property is zoned Community Business (BC). Pursuant to Federal Way Revised Code
(FWRC) 19.15.045 and 14.10.020, within 28 days of receiving an application, the city shall determine whether
all information and documentation required for a complete application has been submitted.
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION
Please consider this correspondence a formal Letter of Complete Application. Pursuant to FWRC 19.15.045
and 14.10.020, the application is deemed complete as of December 21, 2021. This determination of
completeness is based on a review of your submittal relative to applicable requirements referenced within
FWRC 19.15.040 and 14.10.020. The submittal requirements are not intended to determine if an application
conforms to city codes; they are used only to determine if all required materials have been submitted.
A 120-day time line for reviewing the Process III application has started as of this date. The city’s development
regulations allow the department 120 days from the date that an application is deemed complete to act on the
application. However, the 120-day time line will be stopped any time the city requests corrections and/or
additional information. You will be informed of the status of the 120-day time line when you are notified in
writing that corrections and/or additional information are needed.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION/OPTIONAL DNS
Formal processing and review of your applications will now begin. A Notice of Application and Optional DNS
(NOA/DNS), enclosed, will be posted on the city’s website, posted on-site by the applicant, published in the
Ms. Mancong Lin
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Federal Way Mirror, and mailed to the persons within 300 feet of each boundary of the subject property within
14 days of this letter, pursuant to FWRC 19.65.070(2) and 14.10.040. The department also has the responsibility
to notify other agencies that may have jurisdiction over your development project or an interest in it. The
department is issuing the notice under the optional DNS process and will use a single integrated comment
period to obtain comments on the notice of application and the likely threshold determination for the proposal.
The city will prepare one Public Notice Board that the applicant will be responsible for posting on site
by December 31, 2021. Further posting instructions and the notice board will be available for pick-up at City
Hall on December 27, 2021. Please note, City Hall will be closed starting at 12:00pm (noon) December 30,
2021, and December 31, 2021.
CLOSING
The Development Review Committee (DRC) staff will continue to review the proposal and will prepare
initial technical review comments that will be forwarded to you in a separate correspondence at a later date.
Technical review comments may result in a request for additional information and revisions in order to
comply with applicable code requirements. If you have any questions regarding this letter or your
development project, please contact me at 253-835-2641, or becky.chapin@cityoffederalway.com.
Sincerely,
Becky Chapin
Senior Planner
enc: Notice of Application and Optional DNS (NOA/DNS)
c: Greg Kirk, Plans Examiner
Kevin Peterson, Senior Engineering Plans Reviewer
Soma Chattopadhyay, Traffic Operations Engineer
Sean Nichols, South King Fire & Rescue
Brian Asbury, Lakehaven Water & Sewer District