Date: May 28, 2009
Community and Government Affairs
City of Lake Forest Park
206-368-5440
News Release
NEC extends anticipated date for EIS
This is an email sent by the NEC Municipal Jail Planning Project dated May 28, 2009:
We wanted to update you on a couple of items related to the EIS for the NEC Municipal Jail Project. As you know, work on the EIS started in late 2008. The public scoping period ran from Dec. 18, 2008, through Jan. 30, 2009. Six EIS scoping meetings were held in January 2009. Based on the feedback received during the EIS Scoping period, the NEC will be adding the following items to the scope of the EIS: air quality; populations and housing; and an analysis of the possible impact of a jail on property values and public safety.
These additions, along with the complexity of some of the analyses, have impacted the EIS schedule. The NEC now plans to release the Draft EIS in early December 2009, and hold Public Meetings in January 2010. The NEC plans to release the final EIS in the second quarter of 2010.
The EIS Scoping Summary and other materials are now available on the NEC Web site: http://www.necmunicipaljail.org/
