Olympic View CompletenessCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 33325 8th Avenue South Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
253-835-7000
www.cityoffederalway.com
Jim Ferrell, Mayor
May 12, 2021
Mr. Kris Stamon
McGranahan Architects
2111 Pacific Avenue, Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98402
kris.stamon@mcgranahan.com
Re: File #21-101296-00-UP; COMPLETENESS LETTER
Olympic View K-8 School, 2626 SW 327th Street, Federal Way
Dear Mr. Stamon:
The Community Development Department received your April 14, 2021, Process III Master Land Use
(MLU) application and May 12, 2021, resubmittal. The proposal is for the existing Olympic View Elementary
School is to be demolished and replaced with a new two-story K-8 school with associated site improvements.
The subject property is zoned Single Family Residential (RS7.2). According 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 have been submitted.
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION
Please consider this correspondence a formal Letter of Complete Application. According to FWRC 19.15.045
and 14.10.020, the application is deemed complete as of May 12, 2021. This determination of completeness is
based on a review of your submittal relative to applicable requirements referenced within FWRC 19.15.040.
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 timeline 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 timeline will be stopped any time the city requests corrections and/or
additional information. You will be informed of the status of the 120-day timeline when you are notified in
writing that corrections and/or additional information are needed.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
Formal processing and review of your applications will now begin. A Notice of Application (NOA), enclosed,
will be posted on the city’s website, posted on-site by the applicant, published in the Federal Way Mirror, and
mailed to the persons within 300 feet of each boundary of the subject property within 14 days of this letter,
Mr. Kris Stamon
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May 12, 2021
21-101296-00-UP Doc. I.D. 81328
according to FWRC 19.65.070(2). The city will prepare two Public Notice Boards that the applicant will
be responsible for posting on site by May 21, 2021. Further posting instructions and the notice boards will
be available for pick-up at City Hall on May 17, 2021. When arriving at City Hall, please call 253-835-7001
and a city staff member will bring the notice boards to the main entrance for pick-up; M-F, 8 am-5 pm.
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 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 (NOA)
c: Greg Kirk, Plans Examiner
Kevin Peterson, Senior Engineering Plans Reviewer
Jason Kennedy, Senior Traffic Engineer
Sean Nichols, South King Fire & Rescue
Brian Asbury, Lakehaven Water & Sewer District
Mike Kwaske, FWPS, mkwaske@fwps.org