HomeMy WebLinkAboutPN_Solar Lighting Cover Letter_v1
Parks and Recreation Division
Department of Natural Resources and Parks
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June 17, 2025
Ashley Wragge,
Assistant Planner, City of Renton, Planning Division
cell 425-430-7314, office 425-430-7294
Hello Ashley,
This cover letter accompanies a geotechnical memo and a critical areas study memo required for
the Shoreline Exemption and Critical Areas Exemption to install off-grid, solar lighting at six (6)
locations in the City of Renton.
The Solar Lighting CAR – Renton.pdf (ESA, May 29, 2025) addresses the Wetland Assessment,
Standard Stream or Lake Study, and/or Biological Assessment at Eastrail and N 43rd Street, Eastrail
and N 41st Street, Eastrail at Mountain View Avenue North, Boulevard Lane Park, and Lake to
Sound Trail near Monster Road (just east of the Union Pacific RR tracks).
The KC Solar Lighting – Eastrail 5-14-25.pdf (HWA, May 14, 2025) addresses the seismic concerns
at Eastrail and N 43rd Street, Eastrail and N 41st Street, and Eastrail at Mountain View Avenue
North.
The Flood Hazard Data for Boulevard Lane Park and Lake to Sound Trail is addressed through one
additional attachment, KC Solar Lights Flood Hazard Data – Renton.pdf.
The proposal to add a solar light at Eastrail and Ripley Lane is deleted. The site has adequate
existing lighting. The original table conveyed via email on February 14, 2025, minus the Ripley Lane
site, is included below, for reference.
Thank you for taking the time to review the attached documents for permitting these solar lights. I
look forward to any clarifications or questions regarding these submittal items or the overall
application.
Tom Early
Capital Project Manager, King County Parks, CIP Section
tearly@kingcounty.gov, 206-477-7555
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Table 1 - Site table minus Eastrail Trail at Ripley Lane (deleted)
PROJECT LOCATION CRITICAL AREAS CRITICAL AREA STUDIES
Eastrail at N 43rd
Street – on the NW
corner
Seismic
Geotechnical Report
Eastrail at N 43rd
Street – on the SW
corner
Seismic
Geotechnical Report
Eastrail at N 41st
Street – on the NE
corner
Shoreline (May Creek
reaches), Seismic,
Wetlands within 200
feet.
Geotechnical Report,
Wetland Assessment, and
Standard Stream or Lake
Study.
Eastrail at Mountain
View – on NE corner
High landslide
hazards, sensitive
slopes, Shoreline
(Lake Washington
Reaches)
Geotechnical Report and
Standard Stream or Lake
Study.
Boulevard Lane Park
– just inside the
fence from Meeker
Middle School
Flood, Seismic, Type
F, Stream within 200
feet, Wetland
Geotechnical Report, Flood
Hazard Data, Biological
Assessment, Wetland
Assessment, and Standard
Stream or Lake Study.
Lake to Sound Trail at
Railroad tracks near
Monster Road
Flood, Sensitive
Slopes, Shoreline
(Black
River/Springbrook
Creek Reaches)
Geotechnical Report, Flood
Hazard Data, Biological
Assessment, and Standard
Stream or Lake Study