Another Bump in the Road

As of about 3pm this afternoon, it appears we may be forced to round number 4 with the City of Seattle.  Nothing that appears to be their fault...just more problems with the design that need to be corrected before we can break ground.

A few weeks ago, on Feb. 17, we submitted the third round of permitting documents, attempting to correct the plans to satisfy two more departments: Drainage, and ECA Slide (ECA stands for Environmentally Critical Area).  Today, I contacted Michelle Macias at the City of Seattle after the status of the Drainage Review on the DPD website changed from "Incomplete" to "Corrections Required."

For those interested, you can always follow the updates on the City's progress here: http://web1.seattle.gov/DPD/permitstatus/Project.aspx?id=6218195.

Apparently, there are still corrections to be made.  We don't yet know how significant these changes are.  They may be very cosmetic and simple.  However, they guarantee a 4th round submittal (the image above is actually inaccurate...despite it saying "Cycle #4", we're actually just completing Cycle #3.

The worst part is, in Cycle #2, we were technically approved...Ms. Macias at the City just recommended that we modify the plans to save some money, because we had too many retention ponds listed.  So, it's very frustrating to go from "Approved" on Cycle #2 to "Denied" on Cycle #3.

So, we're still waiting on the ECA Slide Review.  If that goes well, there's a chance we can resubmit very quickly and still be ready to go April 1, but it's not looking great right now.