21.70.120 Environmental Impact Statements and Other Environmental Documents.
The City of Redmond adopts WAC 197-11-400 through 197-11-460 and 197-11-600 through 197-11-640, as now existing or hereinafter amended, by reference, subject to the following:
A. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-408(2)(a), all comments on a DS and scoping notices shall be in writing, except where a public meeting on EIS scoping occurs pursuant to WAC 197-11-410(1)(b).
B. Pursuant to WAC 197-11-420, 197-11-620, and 197-11-625, the Responsible Official shall be responsible for preparation and content of an EIS and other environmental documents. The Responsible Official shall contract with consultants, as necessary, for the preparation of environmental documents and EISs. The Responsible Official may consider the opinion of the applicant regarding the qualifications of the consultant, but the Responsible Official shall retain sole authority for selecting persons or firms to author, co-author, provide special services, or otherwise participate in the preparation of required environmental documents.
C. Consultants or subconsultants contracted by the City to prepare environmental documents for a private development proposal:
1. Shall not act as agents for the applicant in preparation or acquisition of associated underlying permits or actions;
2. Shall not have a financial interest in the proposal for which the environmental documents are being prepared; and
3. Shall not perform any work nor provide any services for the applicant in connection with or related to the proposal.
D. The City may use Addenda and Supplemental EISs to fulfill its environmental responsibilities as provided in WAC 197-11-600, 197-11-620, and 197-11-625. An addendum adds analyses or information about a proposal to an existing environmental document, but does not substantially change the analysis of significant impacts and alternatives in the existing environmental document. An SEIS is prepared if there are: (a) substantial changes to a proposal so that the proposal is likely to have significant adverse impacts not adequately disclosed or discussed in the existing EIS, or (b) new information which indicates that a proposal will have probable significant adverse environmental impacts not adequately disclosed or discussed in the existing EIS.