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TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM ENVIRONMENTAL I GEOIECHMM I NATURAL RESOURCES
TO: Jeannine Graf, Building Official
City of Edmonds Development Services Department, Building Division
FROM: Dennis R. Stettler, P.E.
DATE: May 9, 2008
RE: COMPLETENESS REVIEW FOR EARTH SUBSIDENCE AND LANDSLIDE HAZARD AREA
SUBMITTAL PACKAGE -- PLAN REVIEW NO. PRE20080005
RAY SFR --15625 75T" PLACE WEST
EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
This technical memorandum provides our assessment of the completeness of the geotechnical
portions of the permit submittal package submitted to the City of Edmonds (City) for the proposed
referenced development within the Earth Subsidence and Landslide Hazard Area (ESLHA) of North
Edmonds. This completeness review was accomplished in accordance with Task Order No. 08-09 of
Landau Associates' On -Call Geotechnical Engineering Services Agreement with the City.
The completeness review is not intended to be a thorough review of the permit submittal package.
Instead, it is intended to be a cursory review to assess whether the submittal appears to contain the
necessary information in order to complete a geotechnical peer review in accordance with Edmonds
Community Development Code Chapter ECDC 19.10. As a guide in assessing the completeness of the
package, we referred to the ESLHA Permit Submittal Checklist.
On the basis of our cursory review, it appears that the submittal package contains a reasonably
comprehensive geotechnical report and supporting documents appropriate to assess the planned
construction within the ESLHA. One of the requirements identified in the City's Geotechnical Report
Guidelines is for the Geotechnical Consultant to provide at least one cross-section extending across the
site drawn perpendicular to the existing contours and showing soil and groundwater conditions in relation
to the proposed site grading and structures. No cross-section was provided in the geotechnical report and
this will be one of the review comments that will be provided once the geotechnical peer review is
undertaken.
Permit submittals for projects within the ESLHA require that various statements and declarations
be provided by the Applicant/Owner, Lead Design Professional, Structural Engineer, and Geotechnical
Engineer. A statement from the Geotechnical Engineer was included in the permit submittal package.
The materials that we were provided by the City for our completeness review did not contain the required
statements and declarations of the Applicant/Owner, Lead Design Professional, and Structural Engineer.
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If these statements and declarations have not been received by the City, these items should be furnished
by the applicant to complete the submittal package.
Our cursory review did not identify other missing items that are required under ECDC 19.10. Of
course, once the more detailed geotechnical peer review is underway, there may be specific items within
the submitted documents that need to be clarified or addressed in order to complete the geotechnical peer
review and recommend approval.
Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this completeness review and when you are
ready for us to commence our geotechnical peer review.
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