I am a property owner in the Wellington neighborhood. I live within, or about, the 500-foot radius of the proposed Wood Trails plat.

I have never received a single notice from the City of Woodinville regarding this proposed plat. The City is obligated to notify me and arguments incorporating errors and omissions as to why I have not been notified are not a valid defense.

I accidentally discovered the existence of this proposed development from a neighbor approximately one week ago.

The proposed Wood Trails plat is in the DEIS phase. I visited the City of Woodinville Planning office this past week to obtain a full and complete set of documentation, without limitation, regarding the proposed Wood Trails development, and all city codes and ordinances. At this time I was informed of the existence of the DEIS and was directed that the sole means to obtain a copy was from Kinko’s.

Upon this direct instruction from City of Woodinville Planning Office employees, I attempted to obtain a copy of the Draft EIS Statement from Kinko’s, Woodinville.

Initially, Kinko’s was not aware that they had a city document. It took hours to find someone who was even aware that there was a city document available for reprint.

Ultimately, Kinko’s was not able to produce a complete copy for me. As with most citizens, it is an undue economic burden to read a multi-hundred page document at city offices or the library.

As I know you are already aware from internal city communications, the DEIS is materially deficient. Most notably, figures and pages are missing. Arguments incorporating errors and omissions as a defense are invalid. Furthermore, of the pages which are present, the area delineated as the study area of the DEIS is in error, which invalidates the DEIS in its entirety.

The city is obligated by SEPA to present a complete and accurate DEIS to the citizens of Woodinville. This DEIS violates both SEPA and NEPA requirements, and is a material misrepresentation of the facts to the citizens of Woodinville.

State SEPA law specifically states that a minimum 15-day review period for the DEIS must be granted to the citizens. The City of Woodinville has violated this statute.

This is a formal demand to invalidate the DEIS process because of flagrant process errors and City violation of SEPA statutes.

The DEIS process cannot be construed as even having been started because an incomplete and invalid document was provided to the citizens and because the citizens have not had 15 days to review a complete document. The only remedy for the city is to write a new DEIS that is accurate and complete, provide notice to all property owners within 500 feet as required by law, and provide the citizens of Woodinville the minimum 15-day review period as required by SEPA.

Do not deny the citizens of Woodinville the due process that is guaranteed to them by State and Federal law.

You, the city work for us, the citizens. You are here at our bidding to protect our rights, not violate them.