SEPA DS and Request for Comments on SEIS Scoping
SEPA Determination of Significance & Request for Comments on Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Scoping
The City is evaluating amendments to its Town Center Subarea Plan and implementing development regulations to update the Plan to current conditions, improve consistency with the 2024 Comprehensive Plan, address development challenges and constraints, and improve the delivery of diverse and affordable housing.
Key points are highlighted below. However, you may read the Notice of SEPA Determination of Significance (DS) and Request for Comments on Scope of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) published on January 8, 2025, at https://www.sammamish.us/news/2025-legal-notices/.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIRED
The City has determined that this proposal will likely have a significant adverse environmental impact. A SEIS is required and will be prepared.
Please see the SEPA Environmental Checklist.
The SEIS will supplement the Town Center Final Environmental Impact Statement, published in October 2007, and will discuss Aesthetics, Housing, and Transportation.
Two alternatives will be reviewed: No Action (the current Plan, zoning, and code) and the Proposed Action, which would reflect the Town Center Plan and Code Amendment.
SCOPING
Because this project uses a SEIS process, scoping is not required. However, to be transparent and to invite the public to participate in this process, scoping is being used and will include a 21-day scoping period.
Agencies, affected tribes, and members of the public are invited to comment on the scope of the proposed Town Center Plan & Code Amendment project, including the SEIS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR INPUT
The deadline for comments was 5:00 p.m. on January 29, 2025. The City received approximately 200 comments, which will be shared with the City Council and Planning Commission at the February 18 and February 20 meetings.
While comments on the SEIS scoping have closed, there will be additional opportunities to provide comment on the draft SEIS itself later this spring.
Please see Upcoming Meetings to see the schedule of Planning Commission and City Council meetings as well as Community Workshops.