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June 27, 2022
City of Pasco
Community Development Department
P. O. Box 293
Pasco, WA 99301
Attention: Jacob Gonzalez, Planning Manager
Subject: Determination of Significance and Scoping Notice for the Proposed
Broetje Orchards CPA/New Heritage; CPA2002-003, SEPA20220038
We have reviewed the Determination of Significance and Scoping Notice by the City of
Pasco for the proposed comprehensive plan amendment for the New Heritage
development. We have the following comments.
The Determination of Significance and Scoping Notice identifies three alternatives and
we conclude that all alternatives will have potential negative impacts to the state
transportation system which includes Interstates 182, and US Highways 12 and 395 in the
vicinity.
In the application materials, specifically SEPA2022-038 Supplemental Report by JUB,
several Land Use and Transportation Goals only list the local system but not state
highways, which should be included in further technical reports and analyses. The
analysis also excludes discussion of the US 12/East A Street intersection.
The Environmental Impact Statement will need to complete a land capacity and traffic
analysis for both the current and future conditions for each alternative. The analysis needs
to include the state transportation system as part of the study. The current and future
traffic analysis must not include any improvements to the state system without agreement
from WSDOT.
City of Pasco
SEPA Determination and Scoping Notice – New Heritage
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We support your efforts and look forward to continued discussions. Thank you again for
the opportunity to participate and provide comments. If you have any questions
regarding these comments, please contact Debi Freudenthal at FreudeD@wsdot.wa.gov
or (509) 577-1633.
Sincerely,
Paul Gonseth, P.E.
Planning Engineer
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