040200 Construction Comment Letter2 100406
City of Yelm
Community Development Department
105 Yelm Avenue West
P.O. Box 479
Yelm, WA 98597
October 4, 2006
Bob Bromberg
13224 83rd Ave E
Puyallup, WA 98373
RE: Discovery Counseling – SPR-04-0200-YL
Construction Inspection Letter Follow Up
Mr. Bromberg:
I received you faxed response to my letter dated October 3, 2006. I believe that there is some miscommunication about what I was referring to in the letter. In the letter I stated:
The concrete alley access was constructed 15’ wide instead of 10’ wide.
The contractor/owner had painted the asphalt area to be paved but it did not match the approved plans.
When the alley access was built 15 feet wide instead of 10 feet wide you now are directing the traffic into your stormwater/landscaping area. You held the south edge of the alley and
constructed a 15’ wide alley access. By doing so, cars using the alley will drive directly into the stormwater/landscaping area. This is not acceptable. Yes the parking lot was painted
on the ground as proposed on the plans however by modifying the alley access you have made the design unsafe for vehicles. In the previous letter I suggested that you contact your engineer
to see if the stormwater area can be modified to allow you to use the alley access as you have constructed it or the other option is to remove the alley access and construct it according
to the approved plans, at 10 feet in width.
We will wait to here from your engineer or you with a proposed solution before we schedule another inspection of the site.
When these concerns have been addressed and approved then the City of Yelm will approve the contractor to begin paving the public right of ways. If you have any questions or concerns
please do not hesitate to contact me at jimg@ci.yelm.wa.us or 360-458-8438.
Community Development Department
Respectfully,
Jim Gibson P.E.
Development Review Engineer
Bill Turner, Civil Engineer
Jim Krost, Contractor