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Woodspring Suites Tukwila <br />Response to Review Comments <br />CPH No. 0128 -15 -002 <br />December 23, 2015 <br />Page 10 of 14 <br />Response: Measures will be taken to ensure vehicle safety; bollards will be added as needed to ensure <br />gates will not open onto parked vehicles. <br />3. Check with Waste Management to ensure that design, size and location will work for service <br />pick up. <br />Response: Coordination and approval from Waste Management will be made prior to final approval. <br />4. Indicate where utility meters, electrical conduit, and other service utility apparatus will be <br />located, and explain or show on plans how they will be screened with vegetation or <br />architectural features. <br />Response: An area for utility meters is shown on the perspective renderings in the architectural <br />rendering package and shows possible vegetation screening. When final meter locations are identified <br />the screening will be fully coordinated and we will ensure views of the meters are obstructed. Site <br />vegetation will be used to screen the transformer. <br />5. Will the project require rooftop equipment? How will it be screened? <br />Response: Rooftop equipment is limited to 3 small units which will be hidden on a flat roof where the <br />main entry is located. Parapets will be designed to be taller than the equipment is screens. <br />6. Provide information on the location, spacing, materials, and colors or exposed downspouts, <br />gutters, scuppers, and other visible roof drainage components unless they will be concealed <br />within walls. <br />Response: Architectural renderings have been updated to show the downspouts; these are located on <br />the inside corners of building areas where they can be more easily hidden from the eye. <br />3) Lighting <br />1. Provide details on building-mounted lighting and bollard/walkway lighting, including <br />fixture design and locations <br />Response: The updated photometric plan does not show any building mounted lights. At this time no <br />bollard or walkway lighting is being proposed unless specified on the landscape design. <br />4) Walls and Fences <br />1. Provide details on any walls or fences that will be used in the project, and explain how they <br />have been designed to meet the design criteria. Note that providing a low seating/planter <br />wall can have the effect of adding a base to the building at the lower level, while also <br />adding required seating spaces to the project <br />Response: No walls or fences are proposed for this project. <br />5) Open Spaces <br />1. Provide more design detail within open spaces on the project site. Where will seating be <br />located? Explain how the design of the spaces meet the criteria in the Southcenter Design <br />Manual and the Shoreline regulations. <br />Response: Per Section 18.28.250 of the TMC, the required amount of open space is 50 sf per 1,000 sf <br />of building footprint. The proposed building footprint is approximately 12,150 sf which requires <br />approximately 608 sf of open space. The current site plan provides over 7,500 sf of open space. This <br />open space area includes a public access trail for pedestrians to access from West Valley Highway and <br />benches that face the shoreline area. <br />6) Architectural Concept: <br />1. Explain architectural concept in discussion of how the project meets the design criteria in <br />the Southcenter Design Manual. <br />42 <br />