Response to Greenbelt Development April 2020April 15, 2020
Attention: Becky Chapin / becky.chapin@cityoffederalway.com
RE: Land Development Application - parcel's 042104-9012 & -9221
Hello Becky
I hope you and your family are well and not negatively impacted by the COVID outbreak.
I’m not clear if a public hearing will occur for the above referenced development application so please
accept this as my response in opposition to the development of parcels 042104-9012 & -9221 as it is
currently drafted.
I am opposed to the development plan as it was communicated via US mail and is now posted at the site.
I believe the current plan overdevelops a critical watershed area and appears to remove a large portion, if
not all, of pollutant filtering vegetation and evergreen trees for a critical Federal Way body of water. In
addition, the structure and layout of the adjacent roadway and lack of sidewalks along 304th street can in
no way support the addition of cars and foot traffic associated with 70+ homes. Finally, homeowners in
the area have previously reported seeing eagles and owls in the forested area and those animals would
have no nesting sites with such an extensive development.
The current proposal as crafted is a gross over-development of a watershed that supports the health of
Steel Lake. The current parcel owner must have been well aware that past attempts to develop this land
were denied for much the same reasons as I have stated above. Not even a pandemic crisis should
prevent us from supporting the health of local waterways and forests. The owners should also be required
to monitor and maintain the health of the stream, wetlands, and supporting forest without local residents
having to resort to complaints to the city as we recently had to do.
Thank you for logging my opposition and please confirm that you have received and recorded my
opposition to the proposed development.
Regards,
Anne Etter
Federal Way Resident