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Welcome!
Thank you for joining us this evening to learn more about the Northeast Recycling & Transfer Station project.
Interpretation
Spanish and Mandarin interpreters are available for this evening's program.
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Zoom Overview
Facilitator
King County Solid Waste Division Director
Project Manager
Tonight's Speakers
Communications Manager
Technical Consultant, Jacobs
Technical Consultant, Jacobs
Meeting Agenda
Welcome & introductions
01
Project background & overview
02
Meeting Goals
Community Q&A
03
Where we are now
Current
Built in the 1960s, the Houghton Transfer Station is outdated and has outlived its useful life.
The layout prevents many recycling and garbage services offered at most modern stations.
The County is committed to building a new, modern facility to meet the community's needs, as outlined in the 2019 Solid Waste Division Comprehensive Plan.
New Station Benefits
What is a transfer station?
A transfer station is a facility where garbage hauling companies, businesses and King County residents can bring their waste and recycling for handling.
Before modern design advances, transfer stations were often called dumps, and were often just that - a place to dump your trash before it was taken to the landfill.
Older facilities are often open-air structures and lack odor control features.
Modern stations feature walled-in structures to contain air flow and retain odors primarily within the facility.
Misters are also used to suppress dust and odors. Non-toxic odor-eating enzymes
can also be added to the system to further reduce smells.
Transfer stations are home to industrial machinery and heavy-duty vehicles unloading materials throughout the day.
Modern facilities reduce noise pollution from equipment and vehicles by using enclosed-structure designs, landscaping and setbacks. Additional features such as sound barriers reflect sound inward.
Newer stations feature additional space for compacting machines that allow trucks to carry more, reducing the total number of trips required to carry waste to the landfill each day.
Additional inbound and outbound lanes, as well as a larger drop off area, allow vehicles to move quickly to and from the site - reducing traffic congestion at the station.
Today's Stations
Seattle North Transfer Station
Modern stations are designed to fit the feel of their neighborhood and reflect their surroundings.
Buildings can look like business facilities or even community centers and offer neighborhood amenities.
Transfer stations play a central role in reducing a community's environmental impacts by reducing waste and increasing possibilities for product reuse.
Modern facilities focus on redirecting recyclable content from our waste streams and preventing hazardous materials from contaminating the environment.
Bow Lake Transfer Station
Use of solar panels along the roof line, recycled building materials and eco-friendly fixtures at some facilities help create a carbon-neutral facility.
Compacting equipment reduces the number of trucks making trips to the landfill daily, reducing overall carbon emissions and transportation costs.
Dedicated space for recycling services prevents paper, glass, plastic, yard waste, scrap metal, wood, clothes, styrofoam and more from filling landfills and puts them back to use, reducing the need for raw material production.
Additional space provides options for safely handling waste during a major regional emergency, such as an earthquake.
Additional vehicle lanes, as well as a larger drop off area, reduce congestion on neighborhood streets.
Green stormwater infrastructure reduces runoff. Wheel sprays prevent trucks from carrying litter off-site.
Walking trails & sports courts can be incorporated into design
Transfer stations serve as a resource to their communities.
From parks and public art displays to educational space and event venues, these facilities are integrated into the neighborhoods they serve.
Public art is used to emphasize the community elements surrounding it
Wheel wall public art
Children's learning
room & viewing area
Illustrative map of project study area
Kirkland, Redmond, Sammamish
& Woodinville
Developing
King County Solid Waste began meeting with the Core Cities in late 2019
The County worked with the Core Cities to refine criteria used for previous stations and adapt it to the needs of northeast county residents.
Refining the
Established process from previous projects
Working with the project team and regional stakeholders, a six-step process was developed by the group to narrow down sites to the best possible options for locating a transfer station.
Refined for
northeast King County
The County has used a six-step process to evaluate and eliminate sites in order to narrow to the best possible options for a final decision.
Where we are now
Final Decision
Geographic Information System
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology was used to identify parcels within the study area using information from the County Assessor map.
519
The Process
372
70,000+
358
Viable parcels were narrowed down using the criteria
294
288
136
In order to provide adequate space for transfer station operations, the new station should ideally be between 8 and 20 acres.
Using this criterion, the project team sorted the data to remove any parcel smaller than 8 acres, leaving 519 remaining viable parcels.
More than 69,000 parcels were removed from the selection for not meeting size needs.
A map of locations meeting the size needs for the new site was then compared with the next criterion: being located in the developed areas of King County's Urban Growth Area boundaries.
Of the 519 parcels evaluated, only 372 met the criteria.
Urban Growth Areas
Designated areas in which development is permitted.
Once parcels within the Urban Growth Area were identified, parcel locations were further refined by removing those that did fall within one mile of a highway or an arterial.
Maintaining close proximity to highways reduces fuel use for trucks and keeps neighborhood roads clear.
To ensure the long-term sustainability of operations at the new location, a criterion was established that parcels must not fall within the 100-year floodplain. Sites in these areas were removed from consideration.
Hundred Year Floodplain
Any area that has a one percent chance of experiencing a flood in any given year.
The remaining parcels were
then further refined based on the
criterion that a site must be free
of historical markers and not marked for open space preservation.
Parcels with archeological or cultural designations were also removed.
Sites with historical, archeological or cultural designations are areas that illustrate the heritage of our region and have been protected from development.
Zoning for the remaining parcels was then analyzed. Criterion for the project required that parcels with residential or agricultural designations could not be selected.
These sites were removed from the list, as well as tract parcels.
Tract parcels are pieces of property used for purposes such as access roads, ingress/egress, or utility facilities.
To further ensure that no viable locations were overlooked, the project team applied the same criteria to the parcels ranging in size from 2 to 8 acres that had first been eliminated.
Although the parcels would not work on their own, if adjacent to one another, they could be combined into a cluster to meet the acreage criterion.
After meeting all other criteria, 96 clusters of parcels were found to have potential and were added to the list of possible site locations.
The final analysis
After applying all criteria to parcels within the project area, 205 sites remained.
109 single parcels larger than 8 acres and 96 parcel clusters
Under further consideration
Although smaller than 8 acres, the park & ride was considered following a suggestion from the City of Kirkland because it is underused, minimally developed and in a good location near the current transfer station and a freeway.
With the addition of this site, 206 sites were then under consideration.
After narrowing the list down to 206 potential sites, the NERTS team conducted a desktop review of the remaining sites to narrow the list further.
Land Use Restraints
Broad Area Site Screening
These remaining sites were evaluated by the project team against five additional criteria.
Environmental Constraints
Cost
After applying these criteria, the list was narrowed down to 15 sites.
Nearby
Sensitive Receptors
Site Characteristics
Functional
Site shape, size and characteristics
City economic impact/zoning
Location does not impact off-site receptors
The next step in the process was Focused Site Screening (FSS) using a set of functional criteria developed by the project team and regional stakeholders.
Equitable distribution of facilities
Transportation
Few traffic impacts
City master plan alignment
Best travel times
No more than 10 miles from any point
Minimal impacts to underserved communities
Minimal impacts to sensitive areas
In addition to the functional criteria developed for evaluation, other areas of consideration were developed by the Sighting Advisory Group (SAG)
Fewest potential community impacts
Reasonable cost
Least impact on residential or commercial use
Comparative
It was clear that there was no perfect site. All sites included trade-offs and benefits that needed to be considered.
With that in mind, three sites were chosen to move forward to the environmental review process.
The remaining four sites were then considered based on their scoring results from the focused site screening, as well as input from the Core Cities, Siting Advisory Group and the community.
After the selection of the three remaining sites, the locations were presented to the Siting Advisory Group (SAG) on April 28, 2021.
Houghton Transfer Station/Closed Landfill
During the evening's presentation, an additional site in Woodinville was suggested by a member of the SAG.
11724 NE 60th St, Kirkland
7024 116th Ave NE, Kirkland
16111 Woodinville-Redmond Rd NE, Woodinville
Houghton Park & Ride
Site of Winsome Trading and an adjacent property owned by Northwest Utilities
After review, the site recommended by the SAG member was found to be just south of the proposed Woodinville site.
15801 Woodinville Road, known now as
Woodinville 2, had been one of the original 96 parcel cluster sites but had been removed from consideration because it was further from the study area centroid; however, it met the other criteria.
After independent review, the Core Cities requested that the County conduct a second evaluation of the Brickyard Park & Ride location.
15360 Juanita Woodinville Way NE, Bothell
This parcel was previously eliminated from consideration because it overlaps a highly-utilized park and ride.
The location was ruled out by the County due to environmental concerns.
Fall 2020
A community-based group that advises King County on how and where to site the new station and what to consider when making the decision.
24 MEMBERS
Comprised of members representing different interests, organizations and neighborhoods. Meetings are open to anyone in the general public.
11 stakeholder interviews conducted
Informational mailers sent to 115,000+ homes
Press release sent to local and regional news outlets
E-newsletter updates sent to project subscribers
Updates shared on social media channels
Fall 2020 Community Survey
Informational mailers sent to 115,000+ homes
Advertisements in northeast King County
E-newsletter updates sent to 1,000+ project subscribers
Updates shared on social media channels
Updates shared on social media channels
Winter 2021 Community Survey
Postcard mailer to 115,000+ homes to invite survey participation
Community Briefings
2,431 survey responses
South Rose Hill Neighborhood Association
Houghton Community Council
Woodinville Wine Country Board of Directors
Rotary Club of Downtown Kirkland
Continuing e-newsletter updates sent to 1,000+ project subscribers
Two press releases to local and regional news outlets
State Environmental Policy Act
The SEPA process identifies and analyzes environmental impacts associated with governmental decisions.
First steps in the SEPA Process for the project
Develop alternatives
Draft determination of significance notice
SEPA Public Participation
Scoping process
Community & agencies will be able to comment on:
The range of alternatives
Areas of impact or benefit
Possible mitigation measures
King County will:
Formalize the alternatives
Narrow elements of build and natural environment to those that may be significantly impacted
The project team will
Analyze alternatives for impacts
Identify significant adverse impacts for each alternative
Identify possible reasonable mitigation measures
Document the findings in a draft EIS statement
Environmental Review
Finances
King County Solid Waste Division Director
Equity Impact Report
Socio-Economic Impact Assessment
Next Steps
Continue to study narrowed sites to select best option for environmental review
Continue work with neighbors, stakeholders, and community to share information & answer questions or concerns
Question & Answer Session
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