3 HOA's Position on Ruby Drive SEPA Review

February 24, 2014

Lakewood Community Development Department

600 Main Street, S.W.

Lakewood Washington, 98499

Attention: Beth Jorgenson

Re: Ruby Apartments SEPA Review

Dear Ms. Jorgenson,

We write to you to express our strong concerns regarding the Ruby Street SEPA Review. As the elected presidents of the three nearest Homeowners' Associations to the proposed project, we represent over 500 homeowners.

To paraphrase the mission statement of Lakewood's Community Development Department, our constituents are vitally concerned to support our community values, protect the environment, promote the wise use of resources, and protect public health and safety. We further wish to ensure that our neighborhood is a healthy, safe, attractive, and enjoyable place to live, and that property values are maintained and enhanced.

We have conducted an initial assessment of the Ruby Apartment Complex Environmental Checklist submitted for this project and believe that it falls short of adequately describing and addressing the environmental issues attendant to the project, does not support community values our residents expect, and does not provide adequate information demonstrating that it will protect the environment, or the public health and safety of nearby residents and their guests. Although we are not addressing specific details in the SEPA application at this point, we want the city to know we expect and trust that a thorough review will validate our view that the proposed application should be determined by the city to be inadequate, and that it needs to address additional issues as raised by numerous commenters. Our concerns also include those beyond those addressed in the Environmental Checklist, including resident expectations as exemplified in zoning, planning, and recreation/open space actions taken in the past by the City.

Please understand that in place of a mass letter writing campaign, this letter stands for the

thinking and sentiment of the vast majority of our constituents, who vigilantly await your

feedback to this initial "comment" period.

Sincerely yours,

/s/

Kent McCulloch, President, Oakbrook 4^th Addition Homeowner’s Association

/s/

Ken Karch, President, Oakbrook Townhouse Homeowner’s Association

/s/

Dave Platter, President, Oakbrook Country Club Condominium Homeowner’s Association