Comments on: Opposition Group Requests Parkplace Draft Environmental Impact Study Be Redone http://www.kirklandviews.com/2008/05/20/opposition-group-requests-parkplace-draft-environmental-impact-study-be-redone/ Kirkland's Blog for News and views on life in the City of Kirkland, Washington Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:22:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Carolyn Hayek http://www.kirklandviews.com/2008/05/20/opposition-group-requests-parkplace-draft-environmental-impact-study-be-redone/#comment-146 Carolyn Hayek Sat, 31 May 2008 04:19:19 +0000 http://www.kirklandviews.com/?p=99#comment-146 At its meeting last night the Kirkland Planning Commission voted to consider building heights of up to 11 stories, rather than the 8 stories originally requested, at the Parkplace site. Because of so much demand from the public for shorter buildings on the perimeter of the site, the idea was put forward of having some buildings at the center of the site higher than 8 stories so that other buildings could be shorter, with the same total square feet of office and retail as proposed. The public will have a chance to comment on these ideas at public hearings in June. At its meeting last night the Kirkland Planning Commission voted to consider building heights of up to 11 stories, rather than the 8 stories originally requested, at the Parkplace site. Because of so much demand from the public for shorter buildings on the perimeter of the site, the idea was put forward of having some buildings at the center of the site higher than 8 stories so that other buildings could be shorter, with the same total square feet of office and retail as proposed. The public will have a chance to comment on these ideas at public hearings in June.

]]> By: Want to be kirkland http://www.kirklandviews.com/2008/05/20/opposition-group-requests-parkplace-draft-environmental-impact-study-be-redone/#comment-66 Want to be kirkland Wed, 21 May 2008 08:07:22 +0000 http://www.kirklandviews.com/?p=99#comment-66 Great for cities to control EIS, but usually, they still make the developer pay for it! Not good for you to foot the bill. And in this case, taxpayers should be a mite irritated they did not get what they paid for as the DEIS is flowed such that lawsuits (read more budget money) are inevitable if they don't go back to the drawing board. City seems to have a hard time not chasing their tail these days...especially if the last meeting was an example! Great for cities to control EIS, but usually, they still make the developer pay for it! Not good for you to foot the bill. And in this case, taxpayers should be a mite irritated they did not get what they paid for as the DEIS is flowed such that lawsuits (read more budget money) are inevitable if they don’t go back to the drawing board. City seems to have a hard time not chasing their tail these days…especially if the last meeting was an example!

]]> By: The Ghost of Peter Kirk http://www.kirklandviews.com/2008/05/20/opposition-group-requests-parkplace-draft-environmental-impact-study-be-redone/#comment-65 The Ghost of Peter Kirk Tue, 20 May 2008 21:23:20 +0000 http://www.kirklandviews.com/?p=99#comment-65 I like the idea of he City controlling the EIS. When the developer commisions an analysis, the consulkting foirm doing the work is under thegun to come up with the "right answer" for the developer. I heard that Google actually asked for their developer to build MORE parking thatn the code called for They use less office space per employee than the parking standard assumes, so they expect to have more demand. Note that they are further from downtown, where the land is less pricey, and they surely made this parking amount a condition of their leaseof the buildings. Park Place will be in the poostion of having to get office tenants to buy off on the parking system and space that they are providing. I like the idea of he City controlling the EIS. When the developer commisions an analysis, the consulkting foirm doing the work is under thegun to come up with the “right answer” for the developer.

I heard that Google actually asked for their developer to build MORE parking thatn the code called for They use less office space per employee than the parking standard assumes, so they expect to have more demand. Note that they are further from downtown, where the land is less pricey, and they surely made this parking amount a condition of their leaseof the buildings. Park Place will be in the poostion of having to get office tenants to buy off on the parking system and space that they are providing.

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