walmart Wal-Mart Application
??????????? Wal-Mart Site Plan Review Application
The Yelm City Council, by a 4-0 vote, upheld the Hearing Examiner's decision approving a site plan review for the construction of a Wal-Mart supercenter in Yelm. The City Council
adopted Resolution 460 containing finds and conclusions in support of it's decision.
Resolution 460
Community Development Department Staff Report to Council
Wal-Mart's response to appeal
Appeal to City Council
On November 1, 2005, the Yelm Hearing Hearing Examiner issued a decision in the matter of Wal-Mart’s application to construct a supercenter in Yelm and the Yelm Commerce Group’s appeal
of the City’s issuance of a Mitigated Determination of Non-significance.
Click here to view the Examiners decision.
Decision on requests for reconsideration.
Requests for reconsideration.
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Exhibit No.
Document Description
Date Recieved
Pages
1
Site Plan Review Application
March 9, 2005
5
2
Site Plan
March 9, 2005
1
3
Design Guidelines Project Review Checklist
March 9, 2005
6
4
Title Reports
March 22, 2005
31
5
Perspective View
March 24, 2005
1
6
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment – Zipper, Zeman Associates, Inc.
March 9, 2005
210
7
Environmental Checklist
March 9,2005
15
8
Revised Environmental Checklist
May 11, 2005
2
9
Site Reconnaissance Report – TALASAEA Consultants, Inc.
March 9, 2005
6
10
Preliminary Drainage and Erosion Control Report – PACLAND – Bill Dunning
March 9, 2005
62
11
Traffic Impact Analysis - TRANSPO
March 28, 2005
34
11a
Traffic Impact Analysis - Appendix A – Traffic Counts
March 28, 2005
32
11b
Traffic Impact Analysis – Appendix B – LOS Criteria and Definitions
March 28, 2005
2
11c
Traffic Impact Analysis – Appendix C – LOS Worksheets
March 28, 2005
77
11d
Traffic Impact Analysis – Appendix D – Trip Generation Worksheets
March 28, 2005
2
12
Water Supply Report – PACLAND – Bill Dunning
March 9, 2005
26
13
Geotechnical Engineering Evaluation – Zipper Zeman Associates, Inc.
March 9, 2005
140
14
Letter (Grant Beck to PACLAND) – Application Complete
March 24, 2005
1
15
Notice of Application
March 29, 2005
2
16
Letter (Grant Beck to PACLAND) – Requesting Additional Environmental Information
April 19, 2005
2
17
Letter (PACLAND to Grant Beck – Response to Request for Additional Environmental Information
May 12, 2005
6
18
Letter (PACLAND to Grant Beck) - Truck Loading Noise Reduction Measures
May 18, 2005
1
19
Letter (TRANSPO to Grant Beck) – Impacts of Extending Y3 Roadway to 103rd Avenue SE
June 24, 2005
2
20
Washington Department of Ecology – Erosion control measures during construction
April 15, 2005
1
21
InterCity Transit – Transit routes, connections, pedestrian access
May 23, 2005
2
22
Olympic Region Clean Air Agency – Demolition Permit/Asbestos
June 10, 2005
1
23
Olympic Region Clean Air Agency – Notice of Construction
June 27, 2005
1
24
Letter (Knoll Lowney to Grant Beck) – SEPA Issues
May 13, 2005
20
25
Letter (Grant Beck to Knoll Lowney) – Response to SEPA Issues
May 20, 2005
2
26
Attachment – Letter (Brent Dille to City Council) – City Council receiving testimony regarding big box development
May 29, 2005
2
27
Public Comment Letters – After application submitted
27a
Paulette Slaeng
May 6, 2005
1
27b
Frances Easley
May 6, 2005
1
27c
Jann Shia
May 6, 2005
1
27d
Dianne Bunnell
May 6, 2005
1
27e
John Bowman
May 6, 2005
1
27f
Rory B. Segner
May 6, 2005
1
27g
Char Hayes
May 6, 2005
1
27h
Char Hayes
May 6, 2005
1
27i
Helge Sandberg
May 6, 2005
1
27j
Lisa M. Beverly
May 6, 2005
1
27k
Catherine Alexander
May 9, 2005
1
27l
Serlay
May 9, 2005
1
27m
Valerie Blauski
May 12, 2005
1
27n
Ruth A. Jacobson
May 12, 2005
1
27o
Eleonora Biernacka
May 12, 2005
1
27p
Frances Oliver
May 12, 2005
1
27q
N. Oliverio
May 20, 2005
1
27r
Joanne Tarascio
May 6, 2005
1
27s
Kitty McKim
May 6, 2005
1
27t
J. Mason
May 9, 2005
2
27u
Donald Pidock
May 3, 2005
2
27v
Debra Mauer
May 2, 2005
2
27w
Herb Hepburn
May 2, 2005
2
27x
Robert E. Beowe
May 10, 2005
1
27y
Ellen Calleja
May 6, 2005
1
27z
Patricia Donnelly
May 6, 2005
1
27aa
Emily Stackhouse
May 6, 2005
1
27ab
Judy Allison
May 6, 2005
1
27ac
Valentin Fyrst
May 6, 2005
1
27ad
Kim Jones
May 6, 2005
1
27ae
Rosalie Saecker
May 6, 2005
1
27af
Linda Powell
May 6, 2005
1
27ag
M Lancaster
May 2, 2005
1
27ah
Raymond Bell
May 5, 2005
2
27ai
Alison Baker
May 5, 2005
1
27aj
Evom LeFarge
May 6, 2005
1
27al
Marian Lancaster
May 6, 2005
1
27am
Mary Thompson
May 10, 2005
1
27an
Marcia McHattie
May 6, 2005
1
27ao
James Edwards
May 9, 2005
1
27ap
Barbara Wade
May 10, 2005
1
27aq
Clare Wade
May 10, 2005
1
27ar
Carrie Bellinger
May 10, 2005
1
27as
Marjorie Leggett
May 11, 2005
1
27at
Dale Rutherford
May 17, 2005
1
27au
Brian & Carol Cavanaugh
May 13, 2005
1
27av
Carolyn GiaMarco
May 9, 2005
1
27aw
Carolyn GiaMarco
May 9, 2005
1
27ax
Carolyn GiaMarco
May 13, 2005
1
27ay
Gordon's Garden Center
May 23, 2005
2
27az
William Hashim
April 28, 2005
2
27ba
Edward Wiltsie
March 23, 2005
1
27bb
Edward Wiltsie
April 18, 2005
9
27bc
Edward Wiltsie
April 20, 2005
1
27bd
Yelm Commerce Group
April 19, 2005
16
27be
Yelm Commerce Group
May 10, 2005
1
27af
Yelm Commerce Group
May 13, 2005
3
28
Public Comment Letters & Responses – Before application submitted
28a
Bettye Johnson
October 14, 2004
1
28b
Grant Beck reply to Bettye Johnson 10/14/04 letter
October 15, 2004
2
28c
Tom Foley
October 21, 2004
2
28d
Geneme' Adendorff
October 21, 2004
1
28e
Edward A. Wiltsie
November 10, 2004
6
28f
Grant Beck reply to Edward Wiltsie 11/10/04 letter
November 17, 2004
1
28g
Edward A. Wiltsie
December 2, 2004
1
28h
Sara Foster
December 8, 2004
1
28i
Grant Beck reply to Sara Foster 12/8/04 letter
December 9, 2004
1
28j
Cathy Elledge (cc also sent to Thurston County Planning)
December 17, 2004
2
28k
Grant Beck reply to Cathy Elledge 12/17/04 letter
December 17, 2004
1
28l
Jan Ferrari (to Nisqually Valley News, cc to City of Yelm)
January 18, 2005
1
28m
Amy Stark
January 19, 2005
2
28n
Nancy Breidenthal
January 21, 2005
1
28o
Edward A. Wiltsie (to Nisqually Valley News)
March, 2005
2
28p
Edward A. Wiltsie
March 3, 2005
2
28q
Edward A. Wiltsie
March 8, 2005
4
28r
Louise Oliverio
March 9, 2005
1
29
Mitigated Determination of NonSignificance (MDNS) Cover Memo
June 7, 2005
1
30
Mitigated Determination of NonSignificance (MDNS)
June 7, 2005
8
31
Appeal of MDNS by Yelm Commerce Group
June 30, 2005
2
32
Notice of Public Hearing
July 29, 2005
2
33
Letter (Claudia M. Newman to John C. McCullough & Grant Beck) MDNS Appeal expert witness list and specific issues to be raised
July 27, 2005
3
34
Staff Report To Hearing Examiner– Site Plan Review
August 2, 2005
22
35
Staff Report to the Hearing Examiner – SEPA Appeal
August 19, 2005
5
36 - 67
Exhibits 36 to 67
36
Letter (Nancy Bridenthal)
January 14, 2005
1
37
Postcard (Sara Foster)
February 18, 2005
1
38
Form Letter (Francesco Chiechi)
May 6, 2005
1
39
Form Letter (Illegible Name)
May 9, 2005
1
40
Letter (Ruth E. Lucas)
August 25, 2005
2
41
Letter (Robin L. Friend)
August 26, 2005
3
42
Letter (John and Cheryl McCracken)
August 26, 2005
1
43
Email (Adriene Brownfield)
October 16, 2004
1
44
Letter (Heidi Smith)
February 4, 2005
27
45
Postcard (Garry and Pam Nichols)
August 29, 2005
1
46
Letter (Trujillo-Martin Family)
August 29, 2005
1
47
Letter (Jack and Marybelle Rice)
August 29, 2005
1
48
Letter (Vickie Rolland)
August 29, 2005
1
49
Letter (Edith J. Olson)
50
Letter (B.J. Figgins)
August 29, 2005
1
51
Letter (Karen L. Dougherty)
August 29, 2005
1
52
Letter (Garry and Pam Nichols)
August 29, 2005
1
53
Letter (Ernie and Sharol Grant)
August 29, 2005
2
54
Letter (Marion and Thomas True)
August 29, 2005
1
55
Letter (Dewey and Shirley Clauson)
August 29, 2005
1
56
Letter (House Farm)
August 29, 2005
1
57
Postcard (Harry and Shila Dinelbriss)
August 29, 2005
1
58
Letter (Norma C. Chick)
August 29, 2005
1
59
Letter (Jack and Evelyn Fall)
August 29, 2005
1
60
Letter (Michael Rolland)
August 29, 2005
1
61
Postcard (Brenda Wells)
August 29, 2005
1
62
Letter (Fred and Cloe Poeschel)
August 29, 2005
1
63
Fact Sheet (U.S. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.)
August 29, 2005
5
64
Court Case – Batavia NY
August 29, 2005
2
65
Letter (Dollar Up, LLC)
August 29, 2005
1
66
Powerpoint Printout – Bill Nichols
August 29, 2005
5
67
Email (Miriam Berto)
August 29, 2005
1
68
Packet of Information (V.L. Harper-Parsonson)
August 30, 2005
114
69
Traffic Data (Bill Nichols)
August 30, 2005
2
70
Letter (Representative Tom Campbell to Jean Handley)
August 30, 2005
2
71
Letter (Nancy Breidenthal)
August 30, 2005
2
72
Email (Jay Alexander to Valentin Fryst)
August 30, 2005
1
73
Email ("Clare" to "jeweleress@ywave.com")
August 30, 2005
1
74
Letter (no name given)
August 30, 2005
1
75
Email (Walter Cedar Korte to "jewelress@ywave.com")
August 30, 2005
1
76
Letter (Reni Storm)
August 30, 2005
1
77
Letter (Susan Marie Bodle)
August 30, 2005
1
78
Letter (Susan Freitag)
August 30, 2005
1
79
Email (Pat Gaytan to "jewelress@ywave.com")
August 30, 2005
1
80
Letter (Evonne Laforge)
August 30, 2005
1
81
Letter (Bev Granger)
August 30, 2005
1
82
Letter to the Editor in Nisqually Valley News
August 30, 2005
1
83
Letter (Ron and Cheryl Abraham)
August 30, 2005
2
84
Letter (Teri Simpson)
August 30, 2005
1
85
Letter (Brian and Carol Cavanaugh)
August 30, 2005
1
86
Email ("Clare" to "jeweleress@ywave.com")
August 30, 2005
1
87
Letter, 3 photos of traffic, and Stryker Brigade News (Barbara Kates)
August 30, 2005
7
88
Letter (Connie Anderson)
August 30, 2005
3
89
Rosalie D. Saecker
August 30, 2005
1
90
Report - Wal-Mart and County-Wide Poverty
August 30, 2005
16
91
Report - Everyday Low Wages
August 30, 2005
18
92
Letter (Mary Ann Stuart)
August 30, 2005
2
93
Resume of Dr. Marlon Bournet
August 30, 2005
38
94
Excerpt from Yelm Community Assessment
August 30, 2005
17
95
Excerpt from Yelm Comprehensive Plan
August 30, 2005
2
96
Report - Impact of Big Box Grocers on Southern California
August 30, 2005
127
97
Report - Supercenters and the Transformation of the Bay Area Grocery Industry
August 30, 2005
107
98
Report - Research for Big Box Retail/Superstore Ordinance
August 30, 2005
74
99
Report - Impact of Wal-Mart Stores on Iowa Communitys: 1983-93
August 30, 2005
10
100
Report - Retail Mix in Wisconsin's "Tiny Towns"
August 30, 2005
12
101
Report - The Economic Impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Existing Businesses in Missippippi
August 30, 2005
12
102
Resume of William E. Reid
August 30, 2005
1
103
Memorandum (Gardner Johnson, LLC to PacLand)
August 30, 2005
7
104
Statement of Qualifications of Heidi Haslinger
August 30, 2005
2
105
Review and Commentary of TALASAEA Site Reconnaissance Report
August 30, 2005
2
106
Critical Areas Maps
August 30, 2005
3
107
Salmon Creek Drainage Basin
August 30, 2005
3
108
Revision of the National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands
August 30, 2005
13
109
Data Form
August 30, 2005
3
110
Wetlands Research Program
August 30, 2005
11
111
Resume of William E. Shiels
August 30, 2005
5
112
Photos of Existing Vegetation
August 30, 2005
2
113
Resume of Kathryn A. Jerkovich
August 30, 2005
1
114
Architectural Summary of Design
August 30, 2005
1
115
Renderings of Proposed Building
August 30, 2005
2
116
Design Guidelines Project Review Checklist
August 30, 2005
7
117
Resume of Robert Bernstein, P.E.
August 30, 2005
15
118
Comments on Intersection Capacity Analysis
August 30, 2005
3
119
Intersection Analysis
August 30, 2005
2
120
Urban Street LOS
August 30, 2005
1
121
Excerpts from 2004 WSDOT Annual Traffic Report
August 30, 2005
3
122
Resume of Erich Armbruster
September 1, 2005
2
123
Transpo's Updated LOS Calculations with 103rd Street Connection
September 1, 2005
12
124
Transpo's Traffic Mitigation Measures Exhibit
September 1, 2005
1
125
December 1994 letters referencing big box stores and Yelm's Comprehensive Plan's EIS
September 1, 2005
4
126
Resume of Edward A. Wiltsie
September 1, 2005
5
127
Wiltsie Letter November 2004 regarding PACLAND's pre-application meeting
September 1, 2005
6
128
Chart - Salmon Creek Basin Groundwater Monitoring - LRS-08
September 1, 2005
1
129
Chart - Olympia Airport 2001/2005 Precipitation
September 1, 2005
1
130
Chart - Salmon Creek Basin Groundwater Monitoring - LRS-01
September 1, 2005
1
131
Report - Interim Site Development Standards For New Development in Salmon Creek Basin
September 1, 2005
17
132
Wiltsie Letter to Editor of Nisqually Valley News
September 1, 2005
2
133
Wiltsie Letter March 2005 regarding Mr. Beck's comments in Nisqually Valley News
September 1, 2005
2
134
Wiltsie Letter April 2005 regarding Walmart Site Development Application
September 1, 2005
8
135
Wiltsie Letter April 27, 2005 to Editor of Nisqually Valley News
September 1, 2005
1
136
Resume of William E. Dunning
September 1, 2005
1
137
Resume of Charles T. Ellingson
September 1, 2005
4
138
PACLAND's Stormwater and Groundwater Exhibit
September 1, 2005
1
139
Groundwater elevation map
September 1, 2005
1
140
PACLAND's Groundwater Model Layout and Hydrograph
September 1, 2005
1
141
Letter (Cindy Anderson)
September 1, 2005
2
142
Letter (April L. DeNio)
September 1, 2005
1
143
Letter (Connie M. Parker)
September 1, 2005
1
144
Letter (Barbara Oudeon)
August 31, 2005
1
145
Letter (Dawn & Sven Akerman)
August 31, 2005
1
146
Letter (Frank W. Reynolds)
August 31, 2005
1
147
Letter (Robert L. Hastings)
August 31, 2005
1
148
Letter (Marcia McHattie)
August 30, 2005
1
149
Letter (John Paul Jones)
August 31, 2005
2
150
Letter (Desmond and Debbie Iverson - Yelm Child Care Center)
August 30, 2005
2
151
Letter (Robert Ernst)
August 30, 2005
1
152
Card (Ron simmons)
August 29, 2005
1
153
Letter (Jess and Millie Peters)
August 30, 2005
1
154
Card (Unknown author)
August 30, 2005
1
155
Letter (Yvonne Starks)
August 30, 2005
1
156
Letter (Virginia Wood)
August 30, 2005
1
157
Letter (William Elledge)
September 1, 2005
3
158
Letter (Jerry Jenkins)
September 1, 2005
1
159
Letter (Thomas Dewell)
September 1, 2005
5
160
Letter (Chris Nubbe)
September 1, 2005
52
161
Letter (Kelan Moynagh)
September 1, 2005
1
162
Letter (Cass Lovejoy)
September 1, 2005
1
163
Letter (Thea Lovejoy)
September 1, 2005
1
164
Letter (Aimee Ross and Pascal Dedard)
September 1, 2005
1
165
Letter (Kim McCrea)
September 1, 2005
1
166
Letter (Mark Stanley)
September 1, 2005
1
167
Letter (Linda Pflugmacher)
September 2, 2005
1
168
Letter (Amy Stark)
September 2, 2005
1
169
Letter (Mayra Pena)
September 2, 2005
1
170
Letter (Guustaaf Damave)
September 2, 2005
1
171 Letters Submitted Friday 9/2/2005 at 4:55 PM September 2, 2005
183
172 Letter (Linda Thompson) September 2, 2005
1
173 Lettter (Susan Howe) August 31, 2005
2
174 Letter (Carolyn GiaMarco) September 2, 2005
5
175 Aerial Photo with Site Plan August 30, 2005
1
176 Aerial Photo of Flooding August 30, 2005
2
177 Large Aerial Photo of Flooding August 30, 2005
3
178 Aerial Photo showing streets 179 Letter to John McCullough and Grant Beck from Claudia Newman dated July 27, 2005
180 Final Environmental Impact Statement dated January 3, 1995 181 Comments on FEIS 182 Wal-Marts
Post-Hearing Brief submitted by John McCullough and Courtney Flora dated September 16, 2005 183 Post-Hearing Opening Brief of Yelm Commerce Group submitted
by David Bricklin dated September 16, 2005 184 Staff Report re: Wal-Mart Closing Statements prepared by Grant Beck dated September 16, 2005
185 Yelm Commerce Group's Post Hearing Reply Brief prepared by David Bricklin dated September 23, 2005 186 Wal-Marts Reply Brief
submitted by John McCullough and Courtney Flora dated September 23, 2005 187 Staff Report re: Response to Yelm Commerce Groups post hearing brief submitted
by Grant Beck dated September 23, 2005
Audio Files of Public Hearing
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Day 1, Tape 1
Day 1, Tape 2a
Day 1, Tape 2b
Day 1, Tape 3
Day 1, Tape 4
Day 2, Tape 1a
Day 2, Tape 1b
Day 2, Tape 2a
Day 2, Tape 2b
Day 2, Tape 3a
Day 2, Tape 3b
Day 2, Tape 4
Day 3, Tape 1a
Day 3, Tape 1b
Day 3, Tape 2a
Day 3, Tape 2b
Day 3, Tape 3a
Day 3, Tape 3b
Day 3, Tape 4a
Day 3, Tape 4b
Day 3, Tape 5
Audio File of City Council closed record hearing
Last Updated 1/13/2006