Public Notice – Notice of Application and Optional SEPA Environmental Threshold Determination Re: Allan Yorke Park Bulkhead Maintenance (PLN-2014-01773)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND OPTIONAL SEPA ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD DETERMINATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the City of Bonney Lake received an application for a

shoreline substantial development permit (SSDP) exemption and a State Environmental Policy

Act (SEPA) Environmental Review for a bulkhead maintenance project within the City of

Bonney Lake. The application was submitted on December 3, 2014 and determined complete

for the purpose of review on December 8, 2014.

Project: Allan Yorke Park Bulkhead Maintenance File Number: PLN-2014-01773

Description of Proposal: The applicant proposes to push the existing soil back under the base of

the bulkhead within the swim area and to a lesser extent, the swim platform bases. The working

area is approximately 100’ wide by 50’ long.

Applicant: City of Bonney Lake Public Works Department, c/o Charles Simpson, Assistant

Public Works Director, P.O. Box 7380, Bonney Lake, WA 98391.

Location: The project site is within the swimming area at Allan Yorke Park. The address is 7203

West Tapps HWY – Nearest cross street is Bonney Lake Boulevard located in Section 28 NE,

Township 20N Range 05E.

Documents Submitted with Application: SEPA Checklist, JARPA, vicinity map, and site plan.

Environmental Determination: The City of Bonney Lake reviewed the proposal for probable

adverse environmental impacts and is likely issuing a determination of nonsignificance (DNS)

for this project under the optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355. This may be your only

opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposed project.

Staff Contact: Ryan Harriman, AICP, Associate Planner, City of Bonney Lake Community

Development Department, 9002 Main Street East, Suite 300, Bonney Lake, WA 98391, Phone:

(253) 447-4350, Email: harrimanr@ci.bonney-lake.wa.us.

Written comments shall be submitted to the staff contact prior to the close of business on January

2, 2015. The environmental threshold determination may be appealed within fifteen (15) days

after the completion of the comment period.