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.

All documents on this page are Adobe Acrobat *.pdf format and can be viewed with the free Acrobat reader.

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

Warning! Audio files are around 45 MB in size.

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