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| AMLI paper notice box empty. No defined "comment period." City will post QR codes on all yellow boards in the future. (click to enlarge) |
Below, is my formal comment to the city planner managing the AMLI Project which is still under review / no decision.
"I'm concerned about a 6.0 or 7.0 earthquake disrupting or destroying all or some of the projects resting over the city's shallow aquifer. AMLI is one such project. I recommend the following:
1) Delay the AMLI Decision until the City develops a solid plan to mitigate earthquake destruction. In fact, for all projects under review resting over the shallow aquifer please delay the decision until the city updates their mitigation plan.
2) Impose above standard earthquake mitigation at AMLI and other projects under review resting on the shallow aquifer. By "above standard" I mean mitigate to standards similar to San Francisco and other highly seismically prone cities.
3) Require earthquake insurance or bonding.
4) Update the safety evacuation plan.
5) Mitigate damage to infrastructure so undamaged buildings and wellheads nearby can still operate. A city wellhead in Anderson Park is across the street from AMLI.
Again, these comments apply to AMLI and all other projects "under review" resting over the shallow aquifer.
Unfortunately, my comment for AMLI is exceptionally late owing to the comment period not being posted on the yellow notice board. But, you can still make comment by emailing dlee@redmond.gov.
AMLI is one of my favorite projects proposed for the downtown. I hope the project isn't delayed by the City.
-- Bob Yoder, 9/6/2022
Well put Bob! We discussed this at length during one of the planning meetings for the Redmond 2050 planning process. Most of us felt that due to the aquifer and the risk of earthquakes we need to push more of the development into the Overlake and surrounding areas. However some of the surrounding areas are at risk for landslides. There’s no perfectly safe space, but losing her aquifer because the building collapses into it would be catastrophic for Redmond. Thank you for responding, I am also being more aware of the various buildings going up near downtown. I feel like we don’t get enough of a notice. I think the city should be required to send notices to a wider area for each project. There are projects that are Amir two blocks from me that I have not received information for. Be alert citizenry and reach out
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