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20100129 MDNS (2)SEPA NO: 20100129 MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE Proponent: America's Credit Union Description of Proposal: Construct a 4,380 square foot credit union with drive through, future coffee house, and associated parking. Location of the Proposal: The project site is located at 415 Yelm Avenue East, and identified by Tax Parcel Number 22719342800. Section/Township/Range: Section 19, Township 17 North Range 2 East, W.M. Threshold Determination: The City of Yelm as lead agency for this action has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. Therefore, an environmental impact statement (EIS) will not be required under RCW 43.21 C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request. Lead agency: City of Yelm Responsible Official: Grant Beck, Community Development Director Date of Issue: August 27, 2010 Comment Deadline: September 13, 2010 Appeal Deadline: September 20, 2010 Grant B ommunity Development Director This Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) is issued pursuant to Section 197-11-340 (2) WAC. Comments must be submitted to Tami Merriman, Community Development Department, at City of Yelm, 105 Yelm Avenue West, Yelm, WA 98597, by September 13, 2010, at 5:00 P.M. The City of Yelm will not act on this proposal prior to September 20, 2010, at 5:00 P.M. You may appeal this determination to the Yelm Hearing Examiner, at above address, by submitting a written appeal no later than September 20, 2010 at 5:00 P.M. You should be prepared to make specific factual objections. Contact Grant Beck, Community Development Director, to learn more about the procedures for SEPA appeals. This MDNS is not a permit and does not by itself constitute project approval. The applicant must comply with all applicable requirements of the City of Yelm prior to receiving construction permits which may include but are not limited to the City of Yelm Comprehensive Plan, Zoning Code (Title 17 YMC), Critical Areas Code (Chapter 14.08 YMC), Stormwater Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual, International Building Code, Critical Areas Regulations (Title 14 YMC), Road Design Standards, Platting and Subdivision Code (Title 16 YMC), and the Shoreline Master Program. DO NOT PUBLISH BELOW THIS LINE Initally Published: Nisqually Valley News August 27, 2010 Posted in public areas: August 25, 2010 Copies to: All agencies/citizens on SEPA mailing list and adjacent property owners Dept. of Ecology w/checklist Attachment A Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance SPR-20100129 Findings of Fact 1. This Mitigated Determination of Non Significance is based on the project as proposed and the impacts and potential mitigation measures reflected in the following environmental documents: / Environmental Checklist (June 2010, Zenczak & Partners) / Preliminary stormwater Site Plan (May 2010, Sound Engineering) 2. The City of Yelm is identified as a Critical Aquifer Recharge Area, a designated environmentally sensitive area. Potential impacts to groundwater quality and quantity will be mitigated through measures that exceed the standards in the 1992 DOE stormwater manual as adopted by the City of Yelm. The City has adopted the 1992 Department of Ecology Drainage Design Manual, which requires that stormwater generated from a parking facility be treated for sediments before infiltration. To protect the Critical Aquifer recharge area, any existing wells and on-site sewage disposal system must be abandoned pursuant to applicable Washington State and Thurston County health regulations at the time of development of the property. 3. The City of Yelm has adopted a concurrency management system as required by the Growth Management Act. Chapter 15.40 YMC (concurrency Management) is designed to ensure that the improvements required to support development are available at the time of development. A concurrency determination may be issued for a proposal as it relates to transportation issues when: the development provides on-site frontage improvements; the project makes off-site improvements as necessary to provide for the safe movement of traffic; and the project makes a contribution to projects identified the six-year transportation improvement program in the form of a Transportation Facilities Charge. 4. The Growth Management Act at Section 36.70.070 (6)(b) RCW states that a finding of concurrency can be issued when required improvements are in place at the time of development or that a financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within six years. The City of Yelm and the Washington State Department of Transportation ("WSDOT") have established a minimum intersection level of service ("LOS") standard of "D" for all intersections in the City's commercial zones, with the exception of the intersection of Yelm Avenue and First Street NW where the standard is LOS "F". 5. Review of transportation impacts by Shea Carr Jewell shows significant impacts to Yelm Avenue at the driveway locations to the site. These impacts include: / High potential for vehicles overlapping their turning paths as patrons try to enter and exit the bank. / Trips leaving the site in a left turn movement enter into the left-turn deceleration lane for the eastbound left turn at the signal at Clark Road. This left-turn maneuver has the potential to increase vehicle conflicts, accidents and impacts to already heavy traffic on Yelm Avenue. / The site frontage is narrow and not conducive to full access maneuvers, especially given the close proximity to the signal. / A driveway limited to a right out only will help to prevent the potential for increased conflicts on this segment of the arterial and prevent exiting vehicles from entering the wrong direction in the eastbound left-turn lane. 6. The South Thurston County Urban Growth Areas Abbreviated Coordinated Water System Plan establishes policies related to public water systems within the Yelm Water Service Area and Urban Growth Area. Section 4.5 states: Yelm Minimizing the number of separate water systems is a long-term objective of the Public Water System Coordination Act. Incorporating existing small systems into municipal systems is consistent with this objective. The City of Yelm Comprehensive Water Plan discusses source water protection. The goal of the wellhead protection program is to prevent contaminates entering into ground water sources. Residential contaminates include nitrate, pesticides, and household chemicals. Individual septic systems pose a concern for bacteria, and other contaminants entering the ground water system. Older wells drilled prior to 1971 can pose a contamination threat as requirements were different. Connection to City water and sewer, and decommissioning of residential wells and septic systems protects the ground water source, and removes additional water draw from the water source. Mitigation Measures 1. The eastern driveway exiting the site shall be configured to a right turn only. 2. Any existing wells and on-site sewage disposal systems shall be abandoned pursuant to applicable Washington State and Thurston County health regulations. Evidence that all wells and sewage disposal systems have been abandoned in an approved manner shall be provided prior to approval of civil engineering plans.