Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Sunset Area Community Planned Action, City of Renton, WA, 78729-78730 [2010-31654]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5443–N–02]
Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Sunset Area Community Planned
Action, City of Renton, WA
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
The Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD) gives
this notice to the public, agencies and
Indian Tribes on the availability for
public review and comment of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
EIS) for the redevelopment of the Sunset
Terrace public housing community in
SUMMARY:
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Renton, WA. HUD gives this notice on
behalf of the City of Renton acting as the
Responsible Entity for compliance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). Pursuant to the authority
granted by section 26 of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x)
in connection with projects assisted
under section 9 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
1437g), the City of Renton has assumed
responsibility for compliance with
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321) in accordance
with 24 CFR 58.1 and 58.4, and is the
lead agency for compliance with the
Washington State Environmental Policy
Act (SEPA, RCW 43.21C). The Draft EIS
is a joint NEPA and SEPA document
intended to satisfy requirements of
Federal and State environmental
statutes. This notice is given in
accordance with the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations at 40
CFR parts 1500–1508.
Notice is also given that the City of
Renton as Responsible Entity has
decided to combine the National
Historic Preservation Act, Section 106
process with the NEPA Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) in accordance
with 36 CFR 800.8(c). Comments are
also being requested on the Section 106
information presented in the Draft EIS
as well as on the Section 106 process
itself.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft
EIS must be received January 31, 2011.
Written comments should be addressed
to the individual named below under
the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Public Hearing: A public hearing will
be held for the public to provide verbal
or written comment on the Draft EIS as
well as on the proposed planned action
ordinance. The public hearing will be
held on January 5, 2011, at 6 p.m. before
the Renton Planning Commission. The
meeting will be held at the Council
Chambers, 1055 S. Grady Way, Renton,
WA 98057.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erika Conkling, AICP, Senior Planner,
City of Renton Department of
Community and Economic
Development, 1055 S. Grady Way,
Renton, WA 98057, 425–430–6578
(voice) 425–430–7300 (fax), or e-mail:
econkling@rentonwa.gov.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
at the above address for reference, and
copies may be purchased for the cost of
reproduction. The Draft EIS is also
available on the Internet and can be
viewed or downloaded at: https://
rentonwa.gov/business/
default.aspx?id=2060.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
proposal includes redevelopment of the
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Renton Housing Authority’s (RHA’s)
Sunset Terrace public housing
community, a 7.3-acre property with
100 existing units contained in 27
buildings that are 50-year-old, two-story
structures, located at the intersection of
NE. Sunset Boulevard and Harrington
Avenue, NE. RHA also owns additional
vacant land (approximately 3 acres with
two dwelling units) along Edmonds
Avenue, NE., Glenwood Avenue, NE.,
and Sunset Lane, NE., and intends to
purchase additional property adjacent to
Sunset Terrace, along Harrington
Avenue, NE. (which contains about 8
dwellings); RHA plans to incorporate
these additional properties into the
Sunset Terrace redevelopment for
housing and associated services. The
Sunset Terrace public housing
community units, facilities, and
infrastructure are antiquated and the
project is dilapidated.
Conceptual plans propose
redevelopment of Sunset Terrace and
adjacent properties with mixed-income,
mixed-use residential and commercial
space and public amenities. The
redevelopment would include a 1-to-1
unit replacement for all 100 existing
public housing units. All existing public
housing units will be replaced either onsite or off-site, at locations within the
existing Sunset Terrace site, and the
Planned Action Study Area within the
City; no net loss of low income housing
units would occur. The project will
require relocation of all existing
residents and RHA is developing a
relocation plan. It is expected that, with
the Sunset Terrace property and
associated properties owned or
purchased by RHA, up to 479 additional
new units could be constructed with a
portion of the total units being public,
affordable, and market rate. Public
amenities would be integrated with the
residential development and could
include the following: A community
gathering space or ‘‘third place;’’ civic
facilities such as a community center,
senior center, and/or public library
space; a new park/open space; retail
shopping and commercial space; and
green infrastructure.
Sunset Terrace’s redevelopment
provides the opportunity to evaluate the
neighborhood as a whole and determine
what future land use redevelopment is
possible and what public service and
infrastructure improvements should be
made in order to make this a more
vibrant and attractive community for
residents, businesses and property
owners. The Draft EIS addresses the
primary proposal of the Sunset Terrace
area redevelopment as well as evaluate
secondary proposals such as
neighborhood redevelopment and
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supporting services and infrastructure
improvements.
The City of Renton is also proposing
to adopt a Planned Action Ordinance
pursuant to SEPA. A Planned Action
Ordinance, if adopted, would not
require future SEPA threshold
determinations or EISs for future
projects that are consistent with EIS
assumptions and mitigation measures.
The proposal is reviewed in terms of
three alternatives.
Alternative 1, No Action. RHA would
develop affordable housing on two
vacant properties, but it would not
redevelop the Sunset Terrace public
housing property. Very limited public
investment would be implemented (e.g.,
some community services but no NE
Sunset Boulevard or drainage
improvements), resulting in lesser
redevelopment across the Planned
Action study area. A Planned Action
would not be designated. The No Action
Alternative is required to be studied
under NEPA and SEPA.
Alternative 2. This alternative
represents a moderate level of growth in
the Planned Action Study Area based on
investment in mixed-income housing
and mixed uses in the Potential Sunset
Terrace Redevelopment Subarea,
targeted infrastructure and public
services throughout the Planned Action
study area, and adoption of a Planned
Action Ordinance.
Alternative 3. This alternative
represents the highest level of growth in
the Planned Action study area, based on
investment in the Potential Sunset
Terrace Redevelopment Subarea with a
greater number dwellings developed in
a mixed-income, mixed-use style, major
public investment in study area
infrastructure and services, and
adoption of a Planned Action
Ordinance.
The lead agency has addressed the
following areas in the Draft EIS:
Aesthetics; air quality, including
greenhouse gas emissions; earth; energy;
environmental health; environmental
justice; historic/cultural resources;
housing; land use; noise; parks and
recreation; plants and animals; public
services, including public education,
safety, health, and social services;
socioeconomics, including
demographic, employment, and
displacement; transportation; utilities,
including wastewater, stormwater,
water supply, telecommunication,
natural gas, power, electrical; and water
resources, including groundwater and
surface water. Mitigation measures are
identified in the Draft EIS.
Questions may be directed to the
individual named above under the
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heading of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Dated: November 23, 2010.
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Mercedes M. Marquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5450–N–02]
Federal Housing Administration (FHA):
Notice of FHA PowerSaver Home
Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot Program:
Extension of Period Soliciting
Expressions of Interest
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On November 10, 2010, HUD
published a notice that announced its
proposal to conduct an FHA Home
Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot Program
(Retrofit Pilot Program or Pilot Program)
known as FHA PowerSaver. The
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
directs HUD to conduct an Energy
Efficient Mortgage Innovation pilot
program targeted to the single family
housing market, and the Retrofit Pilot
Program is designed by HUD to meet
this statutory directive and provides
funding to support that effort. The
November 10, 2010, notice solicited
public comment and invited lenders
interested in participating in the Pilot
Program to submit Expressions of
Interest. The deadline for both the
submission of public comments and
expressions of interest from lenders is
December 27, 2010.
This notice extends the date for
submission of Expressions of Interest to
January 31, 2011. The public comment
deadline, however, remains December
27, 2010.
DATES: Due Date for Expressions of
Interest: January 31, 2011.
ADDRESSES: As provided in the
November 10, 2010, notice, lenders
interested in participating in this Pilot
Program must email their Expressions of
Interest to FHAPowerSaver@hud.gov in
accordance with Appendix A of the
November 10, 2010, notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia McBarron, Office of Single
Family Housing Development, Office of
Housing, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410–8000;
telephone number 202–708–2121 (this
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is not a toll-free number). Persons with
hearing or speech impairments may
access this number through TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD
published a notice in the Federal
Register on November 10, 2010 (75 FR
69112) that announced its proposal to
conduct an FHA Home Energy Retrofit
Loan Pilot Program (Retrofit Pilot
Program or Pilot Program) known as
FHA PowerSaver. The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111–
117, approved December 16, 2009, 123
Stat. 3034) (2010 Appropriations Act),
which appropriated Fiscal Year (FY)
2010 funds for HUD, among other
agencies, appropriated $50 million for
an Energy Innovation Fund to enable
HUD to catalyze innovations in the
residential energy efficiency sector that
have the promise of replicability and
help create a standardized home energy
efficient retrofit market. Of the $50
million appropriated for the Energy
Innovation Fund, the 2010
Appropriations Act stated that
‘‘$25,000,000 shall be for the Energy
Efficient Mortgage Innovation pilot
program directed at the single family
housing market.’’ (See Pub. L. 111–117,
at 123 Stat. 3089.)
Under the Retrofit Pilot Program,
HUD, through FHA-approved lenders,
will insure loans for homeowners who
are seeking to make energy
improvements to their homes. As
provided in the November 10, 2010,
notice, HUD intends to select a limited
number of lenders to participate in the
Retrofit Pilot Program. The Pilot
Program will be for loans originated
during a 2-year period, will be restricted
to lenders approved by HUD to
participate in the Pilot Program, and
will be conducted in geographic areas
identified by HUD as optimum locations
to conduct the Pilot Program. In making
these determinations, HUD will
consider the factors and criteria
proposed in the November 10, 2010,
notice to establish the framework for the
Pilot Program, and the public comments
received in response to HUD’s
solicitation of comment. In addition to
seeking comments on the proposed Pilot
Program, HUD invited lenders
interested in participating in this Pilot
Program to notify HUD of such interest
as provided in Appendix A to the
November 10, 2010, notice.
This notice extends the period in
which lenders may submit expressions
of interest to January 31, 2010. HUD,
however, is not extending the public
comment deadline. In order to be in a
position to make final determinations
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5443-N-02]
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Sunset Area Community Planned Action, City of Renton, WA
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) gives
this notice to the public, agencies and Indian Tribes on the
availability for public review and comment of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the redevelopment of the Sunset
Terrace public housing community in Renton, WA. HUD gives this notice
on behalf of the City of Renton acting as the Responsible Entity for
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Pursuant
to the authority granted by section 26 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437x) in connection with projects assisted under section 9
of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g), the City of Renton has assumed
responsibility for compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321) in accordance
with 24 CFR 58.1 and 58.4, and is the lead agency for compliance with
the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA, RCW 43.21C). The
Draft EIS is a joint NEPA and SEPA document intended to satisfy
requirements of Federal and State environmental statutes. This notice
is given in accordance with the Council on Environmental Quality
regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.
Notice is also given that the City of Renton as Responsible Entity
has decided to combine the National Historic Preservation Act, Section
106 process with the NEPA Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in
accordance with 36 CFR 800.8(c). Comments are also being requested on
the Section 106 information presented in the Draft EIS as well as on
the Section 106 process itself.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft EIS must be received January 31,
2011. Written comments should be addressed to the individual named
below under the heading For Further Information Contact.
Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held for the public to
provide verbal or written comment on the Draft EIS as well as on the
proposed planned action ordinance. The public hearing will be held on
January 5, 2011, at 6 p.m. before the Renton Planning Commission. The
meeting will be held at the Council Chambers, 1055 S. Grady Way,
Renton, WA 98057.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erika Conkling, AICP, Senior Planner,
City of Renton Department of Community and Economic Development, 1055
S. Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057, 425-430-6578 (voice) 425-430-7300
(fax), or e-mail: econkling@rentonwa.gov.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available at the above address for
reference, and copies may be purchased for the cost of reproduction.
The Draft EIS is also available on the Internet and can be viewed or
downloaded at: https://rentonwa.gov/business/default.aspx?id=2060.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposal includes redevelopment of the
Renton Housing Authority's (RHA's) Sunset Terrace public housing
community, a 7.3-acre property with 100 existing units contained in 27
buildings that are 50-year-old, two-story structures, located at the
intersection of NE. Sunset Boulevard and Harrington Avenue, NE. RHA
also owns additional vacant land (approximately 3 acres with two
dwelling units) along Edmonds Avenue, NE., Glenwood Avenue, NE., and
Sunset Lane, NE., and intends to purchase additional property adjacent
to Sunset Terrace, along Harrington Avenue, NE. (which contains about 8
dwellings); RHA plans to incorporate these additional properties into
the Sunset Terrace redevelopment for housing and associated services.
The Sunset Terrace public housing community units, facilities, and
infrastructure are antiquated and the project is dilapidated.
Conceptual plans propose redevelopment of Sunset Terrace and
adjacent properties with mixed-income, mixed-use residential and
commercial space and public amenities. The redevelopment would include
a 1-to-1 unit replacement for all 100 existing public housing units.
All existing public housing units will be replaced either on-site or
off-site, at locations within the existing Sunset Terrace site, and the
Planned Action Study Area within the City; no net loss of low income
housing units would occur. The project will require relocation of all
existing residents and RHA is developing a relocation plan. It is
expected that, with the Sunset Terrace property and associated
properties owned or purchased by RHA, up to 479 additional new units
could be constructed with a portion of the total units being public,
affordable, and market rate. Public amenities would be integrated with
the residential development and could include the following: A
community gathering space or ``third place;'' civic facilities such as
a community center, senior center, and/or public library space; a new
park/open space; retail shopping and commercial space; and green
infrastructure.
Sunset Terrace's redevelopment provides the opportunity to evaluate
the neighborhood as a whole and determine what future land use
redevelopment is possible and what public service and infrastructure
improvements should be made in order to make this a more vibrant and
attractive community for residents, businesses and property owners. The
Draft EIS addresses the primary proposal of the Sunset Terrace area
redevelopment as well as evaluate secondary proposals such as
neighborhood redevelopment and
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supporting services and infrastructure improvements.
The City of Renton is also proposing to adopt a Planned Action
Ordinance pursuant to SEPA. A Planned Action Ordinance, if adopted,
would not require future SEPA threshold determinations or EISs for
future projects that are consistent with EIS assumptions and mitigation
measures.
The proposal is reviewed in terms of three alternatives.
Alternative 1, No Action. RHA would develop affordable housing on
two vacant properties, but it would not redevelop the Sunset Terrace
public housing property. Very limited public investment would be
implemented (e.g., some community services but no NE Sunset Boulevard
or drainage improvements), resulting in lesser redevelopment across the
Planned Action study area. A Planned Action would not be designated.
The No Action Alternative is required to be studied under NEPA and
SEPA.
Alternative 2. This alternative represents a moderate level of
growth in the Planned Action Study Area based on investment in mixed-
income housing and mixed uses in the Potential Sunset Terrace
Redevelopment Subarea, targeted infrastructure and public services
throughout the Planned Action study area, and adoption of a Planned
Action Ordinance.
Alternative 3. This alternative represents the highest level of
growth in the Planned Action study area, based on investment in the
Potential Sunset Terrace Redevelopment Subarea with a greater number
dwellings developed in a mixed-income, mixed-use style, major public
investment in study area infrastructure and services, and adoption of a
Planned Action Ordinance.
The lead agency has addressed the following areas in the Draft EIS:
Aesthetics; air quality, including greenhouse gas emissions; earth;
energy; environmental health; environmental justice; historic/cultural
resources; housing; land use; noise; parks and recreation; plants and
animals; public services, including public education, safety, health,
and social services; socioeconomics, including demographic, employment,
and displacement; transportation; utilities, including wastewater,
stormwater, water supply, telecommunication, natural gas, power,
electrical; and water resources, including groundwater and surface
water. Mitigation measures are identified in the Draft EIS.
Questions may be directed to the individual named above under the
heading of For Further Information Contact.
Dated: November 23, 2010.
Mercedes M. M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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