Des Moines Creek West Laura Harte Ma 2024-10-18 Hearing Lh

Proposed Des Moines Creek Business Park West Development, File #LUA2022-0044, by Laura Hartema, Friends of Des Moines Creek October 18, 2024 • Complex manipulation of the site • Array of stormwater treatment • Huge detention pond • Underground water quality facilities • Complete/partial filling of wetlands/streams/ravines • Redirecting flows through a network of French drains and pipes • Altering wetlands and their buffers • Removing over 500 trees, some of which are considered landmark trees • >30 acres of disturbance • Arsenic in soils • Impacts to neighbors/neighborhood • Decreased property values with removal of greenspace. • All indicates this development needs more environmental review to prove it does not have significant impacts to critical areas and the surrounds. Des Moines Creek Business Park West Development, Master Plan 1936 Aerial
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