Woodbridge Bld B HEX Report
Appeal of Woodbridge Building “B” 17-104237-00-SE / Doc I.D. 81678
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CITY OF FEDERAL WAY STAFF REPORT
TO THE HEARING EXAMINER
Appeal of Woodbridge Building “B” SEPA Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance
(MDNS) #20-3 (17-104237-SE) & Appeal of Use Process III Decision #21-3 (17-104236-UP)
Staff Report Date: September 9, 2021
Although not part of the Hearing Examiner’s Pre-Hearing Order, this staff report is provided pursuant to
Federal Way Revised Code (FWRC) 19.70.090.
I. APPLICATION INFORMATION
File Numbers: 17-104237-SE: Woodbridge Building “B” MDNS
17-104236-UP: Woodbridge Building “B” Use Process III
Proponent: Federal Way Campus LLC, 11100 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 850
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Project Location: 3120 South 344th Street, Federal Way, WA
Project Description: Woodbridge Building “B,” construction of a 45-foot-tall, 214,050 square-
foot general commodity warehouse with 245 parking spaces and associated site work, including
wetland fill, on a 16.85-acre site (parcel 6142600200), along with improvements to the right-of-way
for Weyerhaeuser Way South.
II. STAFF REPORT CRITERIA
Pursuant to FWRC 19.70.090(1), the director shall prepare a staff report concerning the application
or agency decision appeal containing the following:
(a) All pertinent application materials, including any notice of appeal and any agency decision.
a. Response: Pertinent application materials, the notice of appeal, and the agency decision are
included as attachments to this report. See Section III (Attachments), below.
(b) All written comments regarding the matter received by the department prior to distribution of
the staff report.
a. Response: All written comments regarding the matter received by the department prior to
the distribution of the staff report are included as attachments to this report. See Section III
(Attachments), below.
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(c) An analysis of the application under any relevant provisions of this title and the comprehensive plan.
a. Response: An analysis of the application under any relevant provisions of FWRC
Title 19 and the comprehensive plan is included in the MDNS, the Staff Evaluation
for Environmental Checklist, and the Use Process III Project Approval and Exhibit
“A” (Findings for Project Approval), which are included as attachments to this
report. See Section III (Attachments), below.
(d) A statement of the facts found by the director and the conclusions drawn from those facts, including
an analysis of any alleged errors or disputed findings or conclusions in an agency decision appeal.
a. Response: A statement of the facts found by the director and conclusions drawn from those
facts are included in the MDNS, the Staff Evaluation for Environmental Checklist, and the
Use Process III Project Approval and Exhibit “A” (Findings for Project Approval), which
are included as attachments to this report. See Section III (Attachments), below. Analysis
of alleged errors and disputed findings or conclusions in the agency decision appeal will be
presented during the appeal through prehearing motion practice, the hearing itself, and in
any post-hearing briefing that may be required by the Hearing Examiner.
(e) A recommendation on the matter.
a. Response: Staff recommends the Woodbridge Building “B” MDNS (17-104237-SE) and
Woodbridge Building “B” Use Process III Decision (17-104236-UP) be affirmed, and the
appeals denied.
III. ATTACHMENTS
These documents are available online at the following link:
https://docs.cityoffederalway.com/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=865234&dbid=0&repo=CityofFederalWay
Attachment 1 Pertinent Application Materials
a) Built Environment Survey of the Former Weyerhaeuser Corporate Headquarters Campus
for Compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA – Comments on SEPA Compliance for
Woodbridge Building B, Cardno, July 27, 2020
b) Federal Way Campus, LLC Renaming of Current Land Use Projects, ESM Consulting
Engineers LLC, February 8, 2019
c) Vision Analysis Greenline Building B, ESM Consulting Engineers LLC, October 9, 2018
d) Resubmittal File Nos. 17-104236-UP & 17-204237-SE, Greenline Building B, ESM
Consulting Engineers LLC, August 15, 2018
e) Environmental Checklist, signed by Matt Reider, August 10, 2018
f) Greenline Building B Visual Impact Analysis, ESM Consulting Engineers LLC, August 10, 2018
g) Greenline Building “B” Development, Federal Way, Washington, Air Quality Report,
Ramboll Environ US Corporation, June 2018
h) Greenline Building “B” Development, Federal Way, Washington Environmental Noise
Report, Ramboll Environ US Corporation, July 2018
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i) Technical Review Comments, ESM Consulting Engineers LLC, June 28, 2018
j) Project #TAL-1593, Tetra Tech, received June 28, 2018
k) Greenline Building B Preliminary Technical Information Report, ESM Consulting
Engineers LLC, June 28, 2018
l) Buffer Averaging Plan Wetland Exemption Exhibit Sheet W1.1, Talasaea Consultants, Inc.,
received June 28, 2018
m) Design Narrative and Process III Decisional Criteria, ESM Consulting Engineers, June 27, 2018
n) Managed Forest Buffer Management Plan At the Greenline Building B Site Weyerhaeuser
Way South, Federal Way, WA 98003, Gilles Consulting, revised June 26, 2018
o) Evaluation of Interior Trees at the Greenline Building B Site Weyerhaeuser Way South,
Federal Way, WA 98003, Gilles Consulting, revised June 26, 2018
p) Tree Data for 32 Acre Site, Weyerhaeuser Way South, Federal Way, WA, Gilles Consulting,
June 26, 2018
q) Response to Comments dated 13 December 2017, Talasaea Consultants, Inc., June 26, 2018
r) Critical Areas Report Files #17-104236-UP & File #17-104237-SE, Greenline Building B
Federal Way, Washington, Talasaea Consultants, Inc., revised June 26, 2018
s) Revised Geotechnical Engineering Services Report Proposed Greenline Building B Development,
Federal Way, Washington, GeoEngineers, June 21, 2018
t) Impervious Area Exhibit Sheet EN-02, ESM Consulting Engineers LLC, June 18, 2018
u) Design Brief, Exterior Elevations & Perspectives Sheet A1.0, by Craft Architects, June 18, 2018
v) Building Elevations Sheet A1.1, Craft Architects, June 18, 2018
w) Site Plan Sheet ST-01; Existing Conditions Sheet EX-01; Legend Sheet LG-01; Preliminary
Drainage Grading and ROW Plan Sheet SD-01, Preliminary Landscape Plan Sheets LA-01;
Landscape Details and Notes Sheet LA-02; Frontage Plan Sheet LA-03Clearing and Grading
Plan Sheet GR-01; Site and Road Cross Sections Sheet GR-02; Truck Movement Study
Sheets DT-01 & DT-02, and Tree/Vegetation Retention Plan Sheet TR-01, ESM Consulting
Engineers LLC, June 18, 2018
x) IRG Greenline Buildings A and B Federal Way, WA Transportation Impact Study, TENW
Transportation Engineering NorthWest, March 6, 2018
y) Preapplication Conference Summary, City of Federal Way, September 8, 2017
z) Master Land Use Application, received September 1, 2017
aa) Greenline Warehouse “B” Process III/IV Application With SEPA, ESM Consulting Engineers
LLC, September 1, 2017
bb) Site Photographs, received September 1, 2017
cc) Geotechnical Engineering Services Report Weyerhaeuser Way South, 320th Street to SR 18
Weyerhaeuser Campus Property Federal Way, Washington, GeoEngineers, August 29, 2017
dd) Tree Counts on the Two 16-Acre Parcels…, Gilles Consulting, revised August 24, 2017
ee) My Credentials, Gilles Consulting, August 23, 2017
ff) Title Report Guarantee/Certificate No. 0105928-16, Chicago Title Insurance Company,
August 8, 2017
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gg) Water Certificate of Availability, Lakehaven Utility District, August 4, 2017
hh) Sewer Certificate of Availability, Lakehaven Utility District, August 4, 2017
Attachment 2 Background Documents
a) 1994 Regulations
b) Current Comprehensive Plan
c) Weyerhaeuser Concomitant
a. Ordinance No. 94-219
d) City Addendum to 2016 KCSWDM
Attachment 3 SEPA Written Comments
Attachment 4 UP III Written Comments
Attachment 5 SEPA Decision
a) MDNS, October 9, 2020
b) Staff Evaluation for Environmental Checklist with Exhibits, October 1, 2020
a. Exhibit A: Reduced Scale Site Plan
b. Exhibit B: Vicinity Map
c. Exhibit C: Environmental Checklist
Attachment 6 UP III Decision
a) Use Process III Project Approval Letter, July 6, 2021
b) Exhibit “A” Findings for Project Approval, June 24, 2021
c) Right-of-Way Modification Letter from City of Federal Way to ESM Consulting Engineers,
June 22, 2018
d) Commercial Building Permit Checklist
e) Approved Elevations
f) Approved Site Plan
g) Approved Landscape Plan
Attachment 7 Notice of Appeal (SEPA), November 12, 2020
Attachment 8 Notice of Appeal (UP III), July 23, 2021
Attachment 9 Notice of Agency Decision Appeal Hearing
Staff reserves the right to respond to matters raised subsequent to the writing of this report.