HomeMy WebLinkAboutG-503 Glazer 07-10-2023 From: Steve Glazer
To: Planning Mailbox; Davis,Ellen
Subject: LU 23-0002:A request for a RP District(wetland)delineation,Unavoidable RP Crossing,and Serial Lot Line
Adjustments
Date: Monday,July 10,2023 11:32:36 AM
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Hello Planning Commission,
I am commenting to on the proposed development on Inverurie Rd/Kimball St. in Lake
Oswego/unincorporated Clackamas county. LU 23-0002: A request for a RP District
(wetland) delineation, Unavoidable RP Crossing, and Serial Lot Line Adjustments
I live at 15879 Kimball St, directly across the street from the proposed development.
While I am very disappointed this beautiful space will be developed, removing so
many trees and impacting my life experience in a negative way, I appreciate that it is
privately owned property and subject to the owner's discretion.
My primary operational concerns are regarding the:
1. Potential water runoff disaster that destruction of this wetland will cause to my
property
2. Environmental impact of excavating the existing wetlands within the protected
Waluga park
3. Traffic impact on unimproved Baleine St
Water runoff- wetlands destruction: I am very concerned about the impact to my
property by building in or adjacent to the identified wetlands. Regardless of the
delineation that was determined of where precisely the wetlands ends, I know after
living here for 7 years that the entire property floods each year. It is all a "wetland".
When this property is developed with 5 homes, there will be no place for the standing
water to go except for into the surrounding neighborhood. This will negatively impact
my property and I believe will create a liability for the City when it has approved a
building plan that knowingly will impact adjacent homeowners. The development on
Greystoke and Royal Oaks Drive was constructed on a wetlands, and those
homeowners report annual issues with water runoff. Anecdotally, some are having to
regrade their properties to deal with the issue. This regional wetland has already been
"shrunk"; it cannot stand to be shrunk further.
Impact of excavating an existing wetlands: I would like to know if an environmental
impact report has been completed to assess the impact of major construction through
the property. How will this impact water quality in the wetland? How will it impact
wildlife? How will the wetland recover? It seems like a remarkably irresponsible
approach to excavate through the wetland purely to accommodate a developer. Why
should the community suffer the environmental consequences to satisfy the
developer? It seems that the developer's best interests are superseding the interests
of the citizens of the community.
Traffic impact: Has there been a study or plans to mitigate Baleine St? This rutted
gravel road is so bad during the winter that I don't drive on it. This road is not
sufficient for the existing neighborhood, let alone 5 new homes which will all use this
street. The road infrastructure is not appropriate for any further development in the
area.
Thank you for considering my feelings on this project. While I support the developer's
rights to act, I do not support an irresponsible approach to building in a very sensitive
and fragile environment. A 5 home project that devastates the property will impact me
economically as well as experientially. Please consider these remarks and add them
to the public record. Please do not approve the developer's proposed plan, and
please protect our scarce wetlands in Lake Oswego.
Thank you,
Steve Glazer
415.235.7582