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Residents press council for clearer notice and meetings on large Cascade/Amazon development
Summary
Multiple residents urged Arlington City to reset the public-comment period and hold community meetings for an expanded Cascade/Amazon project they say grew from ~1.2M sq ft to ~2.3M sq ft on about 156 acres; commenters raised notice, environmental, seismic, and fish-habitat concerns and asked for more public outreach.
During public comment multiple residents urged the council to improve public notice and hold outreach sessions concerning a large Cascade/Amazon permitting application.
Michelle Stout (as identified by the clerk) told the council posted notices were inadequate or incorrectly sited and said the project footprint had expanded. "This thing is now expanded from 1,200,000 square feet to 2,300,000 square feet, and its acreage is now a 156 acres as opposed to a 114," she said, urging the council to reset the comment period and engage the community.
Mary O'Farrell, who gave her postal contact information, said the site plans are voluminous and hard for members of the public to review and emphasized that the small roadside sandwich-board notices were often not visible. "When you do the math, 156 acres... It is equal to 46 Walmarts," she said, asking the city to dedicate more time and experts to review the project rather than rely on developer self-regulation.
Dwan Kearney, a longtime resident on the 172nd Corridor, echoed calls for better outreach and offered to help organize neighborhood meetings at local venues so residents can learn details about the project's scope and impacts; Kearney said the project's target opening is 2028. Commenters raised environmental concerns including liquefaction/seismic risk, wastewater holding pools, coho salmon habitat, and aquifer recharge. Council did not take action on the permitting matter at the meeting; the docket and permitting process will continue in the planning channels.
