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At the northwest corner of the intersection of 42nd Ave S. and S. 144th St. is the former King <br />County Library which will be used to house the technology and maintenance staff for the <br />District. Immediately north is a small single - family house owned by the City of Tukwila. North of <br />that is a 46 -unit condominium complex called Normandy Court. Just west of the intersection of <br />S. 142nd St. and 42nd Ave S. is the 69 -unit Samara Apartments. <br />The B2K site is zoned Low Density Residential (LDR) with Public Recreation Overlay zoning <br />over the entire parcel. The parcel is bordered by single family homes to the north, St. Thomas <br />church to the west, Showalter Middle School to the south, and heavily forested steep slopes on <br />the eastern panhandle. <br />Environmentally Sensitive Areas <br />There are no environmentally sensitive areas at Foster High School. <br />Class 2 and Class 3 slopes characterize the panhandle, easternmost portion of the B2K site, <br />along with lands immediately adjacent to the panhandle, to the west. According to the City's <br />Sensitive Areas Map, a small portion of the site near Macadam Road is classified as Category <br />IV Watercourse Buffer and Type 4 Watercourse buffer. <br />Topography <br />Slope Classifications <br />2 Landslide potential is moderate; slope is between 15% and 40% <br />and underlain by relatively permeable soils. <br />Landslide potential is high; slope is between 15 °A® and 40% and <br />underlain by relatively impermeable soils or by bedrock; also Includes <br />j all areas sloping more than 40 %. <br />The Foster High site is mostly flat, with a small slope downward along the northern property <br />edge and S. 142nd St. The existing topography will remain largely unchanged after the proposed <br />modifications are completed. The SEPA checklist prepared for this project estimates 8,760 <br />cubic yards of cut and 6,150 cubic yards of fill. <br />The B2K parcel's slopes on the northern perimeter of the development site are slight. Slopes <br />from 10 -50% characterize the topography on the eastern panhandle portion of the parcel and <br />just west of the panhandle. The slope runs down, eastward toward Macadam Road. <br />9 <br />11 <br />