Email from Applicant 7-17-14.pdf
From:Brian Martens
To:Machuga, Jen
Subject:RE: Woodvale permit submittals for lots 1 & 20
Date:Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:28:27 AM
Hi Jen,
See responses below.
I will give you a call this morning.
Thanks for all your help,
-Brian-
From: Machuga, Jen \[mailto:Jen.Machuga@edmondswa.gov\]
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:01 PM
To: Brian Martens
Cc: Joe Herr; Zulauf, JoAnne; Lien, Kernen
Subject: RE: Woodvale permit submittals for lots 1 & 20
Hi Brian,
I’m going through your resubmittal for Lot 1 on behalf of the Planning Division and need clarification
on a few items:
-Could you please provide the elevation of the site benchmark (brass disk stamped LSA
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#9891 in 237 Pl. SW)?
Good question- I have called our surveyor to get an answer. We now have a new benchmark
grade that the surveyor created onsite. I would like to discuss this with you to see if the City
wants us to use this for future submittals.
-The average grade, maximum allowed height, and proposed height were not labeled on the
building elevation views as requested. I can redline it for you this time, but please be sure
to include this information on all future permit applications.
Our bad. Thanks for redlining and we will make sure it is on future permit apps.
-The minimum 25-foot street setback is measured from the northern property line to the
outermost material on the columns of the covered front porch. Based on the distances you
indicated from the northern property line to the internal 6” by 6” support posts within the
columns (I am assuming the 26” dimension indicated at the northwestern side of the site is
a typo and should be 26’), it appears that the house will need to be shifted to the south a
few inches in order for the outermost material of the columns to comply with the 25-foot
street setback. I can redline this on the plans, but I wanted to make you aware that the
house will need to be shifted to the south slightly in order to comply with the street setback
requirement.
I think I understand. We have shown the front setback from the 6 x 6 post and not the
supporting concrete base. It is 7” from the street facing side of the post to the street facing
side of the concrete base. Looks like we need to show the front setback to the bases and
not the posts, and essentially move the house south 1”. Again, if you want to red-line this
on this one, that would be great.
If you could please get back to me at your earliest convenience, I will complete my review of Lot 1
on behalf of the Planning Division.
Sincerely,
Jen
Jennifer Machuga, Associate Planner
City of Edmonds, Planning Division
121 - 5th Avenue North
Edmonds, WA 98020
(425) 771-0220 ext. 1224
Jen.Machuga@edmondswa.gov
From: Brian Martens \[mailto:Brian@burnstead.com\]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 10:12 AM
To: Machuga, Jen; Zulauf, JoAnne
Cc: Joe Herr
Subject: RE: Woodvale permit submittals for lots 1 & 20
Jen & Joanne,
Just checked the Edmonds website today to see the status. Looks like Chuck has signed off on both
lots 1 & 20. Engineering is signed off on lot 1 but not lot 20. Planning is signed off on lot 20 but not
lot 1.
I thought we were going to review these two permits together? It would appear that our re-
submittals should have addressed any concerns per the review comments that we have received. I
do not see that we have ever received any engineering comments for lot 20, so it should be good to
go.
If you see something that needs clarifying, please let us know right away. I am sure it will be
something minor that we can fixed quickly. We are hoping to avoid another round of reviews.
Thanks,
-Brian-
From: Machuga, Jen \[mailto:Jen.Machuga@edmondswa.gov\]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:20 PM
To: Brian Martens
Cc: Miller, Chuck; Zulauf, JoAnne
Subject: RE: Woodvale permit submittals for lots 1 & 20
Hi Brian,
I wanted to let you know that I am going to unable to meet tomorrow’s target date for reviewing
your resubmittal for Lot 1. We are completely swamped right now and are running slightly behind
on our target dates. I plan to complete my review of your resubmittal for Lot 1 at the beginning of
next week. Hopefully everything has been addressed, but I will let you know if any additional
information is needed in order for me to be able to complete the Planning Division’s review.
Sincerely,
Jen
Jennifer Machuga, Associate Planner
City of Edmonds, Planning Division
121 - 5th Avenue North
Edmonds, WA 98020
(425) 771-0220 ext. 1224
Jen.Machuga@edmondswa.gov
From: Brian Martens \[mailto:Brian@burnstead.com\]
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 12:48 PM
To: Zulauf, JoAnne; Machuga, Jen
Cc: Miller, Chuck
Subject: Woodvale permit submittals for lots 1 & 20
Joanne & Jen,
I checked in with Chuck recently regarding our re-submittals for these permits. He helped explain a
little of how the process works. If I understand correctly, each department tries to complete their
review of the original applications within 20 working days. If there are comments that need to be
addressed by the applicant, re-submittals are generally dealt with within 10 more working days. If
there is a second series of comments and re-submittals, the goal is 5 days to complete review.
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Chuck explained that for lots 1 & 20, the target date would be this Friday the 11 for our re-
submittals. We feel that the comments were minor in nature and our re-submittals should have
addressed everything. Just checking in to see if it is reasonable to expect permits to be ready to pick
up soon. Anyway, please contact us if something is not clear with our new plans, or if we can help in
this process in anyway.
Thanks for your help,
Brian Martens
Burnstead Construction LLC
Highland Construction LLC
11980 NE 24th Street - Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98005
Tel:(425) 818-7474 Fax:(425) 818-7374
brian@ burnstead.com
www.burnstead.com