11219 19TH AVE SE WHOLE SITE DEVELOPMENT 2018-08-13

�., ' PL�4NN/NG ANO AIJan Giffen CO/l�l/I�IL/N/TY OEL/ELOP/l�'ENT Drrecfor Apri17, 2015 Mr.Nick Abdelnour Polygon Northwest nick.abdelnourr?PolygonHomes.com RE: Revised landscape plan with retauling wall for Silver Lake townhouse development Dear Nick: As we have discussed,Polygon proposes to revise the landscape plan for the portion of the site located along the southeast frontage of the�roperty along 19T�'Avenue SE. The retaining walls are proposed between buildings l, 3 and 5 to create a terraced transition between the grade of the public sidewalk and the private walkways at the first floor level of each buildinb. From the drawings you have provided, it appears that this grade differential ran�es from approximately 5 feet at tlie fi•ontage of building 5 up to 8 feet at the frontage of building 1. Your drawuigs indicate that this grade differential will be terraced with t�vo retainii�.g walls, each not inore than foiu feet above grade. There will be street h•ees and landscaping between the public sidewalk and first retaining wall, landscaping between the lower and upper retaining wall, a low fence atop the upper retaining wall, landscapulg and walkway between the fence and Uuildings. The graphics you have provided show a"Cornerstone 200"masonry block material for the retaining wall structures. Based on all the materials you have subinitted in support of the requested revision to the landscape plan, I approve this revision and find it to be consistent with the quality represented to the Planning Conimission and City Council during the planning and permitting processes, even though it changes the initial graphic which showed individual walkways leading firom the public sidewalk to each dwelling unit. The remaining buildings that fiont on public streets will keep the original direct walkway design represented during the public review process. My one concein is about the viability of the street trees along the frontage between the public sidewalk and the lower retaining wall. If utilities or other ini-i•astructure improvements are located in the planting area, any fiirther modification of the landscaping plan must keep the street trees as an important eleinent of the streetscape design required by tlle City's landscaping standards. CITY OF EVERETT • 2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 8-A• Everett, WA 98201 • (425) 257-8731 • Fax(425) 257-8742