Planning 2011-04-28 Item 4 - Attachment E: Written Comments

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E. (04/ Fox,-, MIC Comments r. n.. r .age 1 19/2011 Rebecca F P From: <comments @ci.tukwila.wa.us> To: <rfox ci.tukwila.wa.us> Date: 04/13/2011 3:57 PM Subject: MIC Comments Email Address: patm@westerncascade.com Comments: April 13,2011 To The Tukwila City Counsel The statement below is quoted from the Tukwila Community Develpoment Report dated April 4th, 2011, Issues and Opportunities Report. %22Tukwila %92s MIC is approximately 966 acres along the Duwamish River, bounded generally by the City of Seattle on the north, South 126th Street on the south, the BNSF Burlington Northern railway right -of -way on the east, and the Tukwila City limits on the west. The MIC is home to over 14,000 jobs, and provides a significant portion of Tukwila %92s economic activity. %22 The business I own, Western Cascade is in the boundries as stated above. We have been doing business in Tukwila for 24 years as of May 7th, of this year.We offer union paid jobs and excellent benifits. Since 2000 my business has resided on 3 acres of property within the boundries as stated in the quoted statement above, (12065 44th place south.) Unfortunatly the City elected to not include my facility in the original MIC zoning. This has been a burden to the business and residential community located within Allentown. The laws are made stricter as stated in the Commujity Development report, making it very difficult to do business. The City continues to make the residential communtiy believe that the Allentown area is single family residential when in fact the use has been manufacturing and industrial since 1956 and will continue with the railraod, airport and highway. This community will always be surrounded by the 1 -5, the Burlington Northern Railroad and Boeing Field. All of them make lots of unregulated noise and don't offer tax dollar contribution to the community. Companies like Western Cascade have been a good neighbor and have always looked for ways to do business with the least impact on the community. It is time for the City to look out for the best interest of the business and residentail communtiy located in Allentown. I would recommend that the City be open and honest in letting the Allentown commuity know that the Burlington Northern Railroad can operate at will as can the airport and freeway system. Recor ;mendation Rezone 46th avenue south on the east side of the street, south to 122nd ave south, then east to 44th place south and all of 44th place south from 46th at the north point to 124th ave to the south as MIC. Install a buffer zone on the boundries that would isolate truck traffic and limiit the noise from the railroad. This would be of great service to the residential and business community in Allentown. The zoning change will give the residences that are within these boundries a greater value for their property. I am very willing to meet with the Planning Commission and Department of Community developemt to discuss my idea. I am traveling this wekk and can not attend the meeting on the 14th April. You can contact me by email, patm @westerncascade.com or at my office 206 767 -2151. Respectfully submitted, Pat Malara, President