Public Information Office 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE:            July 10, 2006

CONTACT:     Judy Yu, (206) 546-4434 

SCC Board of Trustees approves Master Plan/FEIS & forwards documents
to the  City of Shoreline

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was approved by the Board of Trustees at their monthly meeting, Wednesday, June 28th at the Lake Forest Park campus. The College completed this process to assess the potential development impacts caused by future physical growth of the campus (to meet the needs of the College and its students) to surrounding neighborhoods. The FEIS considers the worst case scenario for campus development and evaluated the impacts on traffic, environment, etc. and provided options to the College.

Resolution 93 states the adoption of the CMP to guide future development of the main campus of the College. The resolution authorizes the College President to issue a Notice of Action pursuant to RCW 42.21C.080 which will require that any action to challenge the adoption of the CMP based on SEPA must be brought within 21 days; and authorizes the College President to submit the approved CMP to the City of Shoreline for its review. If the City recommends any changes to the plan, the College will consult with the City to resolve any differences, and if necessary, will take back to the BOT for consideration of the changes.

Both the FEIS and the Concept Master Plan (CMP) will be delivered to the City of Shoreline (COS) Friday, June 30th. The COS will review them and forward to the planning commission for public comment, (http://www.shoreline.edu/masterplan/SCC_FEIS/SectionV.pdf), and then the City Council will share the response with the College. The final stage of the six month process is acceptance of the plan by the City Council. This should occur sometime around the end of the year.

The eight month process for the CMP was conducted in several phases, physical analysis, exploration of planning alternatives, concept plan development and document preparation. College administrators worked with the design team and the community throughout the entire planning phase to assure that all needs were met. The College conducted an administrative planning process in support of the CMP, resulting in the Shared Vision Strategic Plan.

CMP will guide future campus development and serve as the basis for subsequent approval by the COS. of an overlay -zoning district for the College. It includes both the goals and objectives for future campus development, a development program that identifies the approximate location and size of all future planned development (including buildings, landscaped open spaces, parking, infrastructure, building renovation and replacement, and proposed campus-wide architecture, landscape and engineering design guidelines.

The College worked with Blumen Consulting Group, Inc., Huckell/Weinman Associates, Transportation Solutions, Inc. with Rob Bernsetin, Reid Middleton, Inc., LMN Architects, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, and Transportation Engineering NorthWest, LLC.

The FEIS has been posted to the Master Plan web site located at http://www.shoreline.edu/masterplan/. Visit the site for more information.

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