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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDecision Letter June 20, 2017O Denis Law Mayor Community & Economic Development C. E. "Chip" Vincent, Administrator June 20, 2017 Ken Pontelandolfo Comcast 410 Valley Ave NE Puyallup, WA 98371 Via Email: ken pontelandolfo@cable.comcast.com SUBJECT: Request for Undergrounding Exemption (JT#234374, Systematech, 601 S Carr Road) Dear Mr. Pontelandolfo: The City of Renton has reviewed your request to grant Comcast an exemption from Renton Municipal Code (RMC) 4-6-090(C) which states that all new electrical or communication facilities shall be required to be installed underground, pursuant to the standards of the section of RMC. Comcast proposes to have SEFNCO Communications overlash approximately 800 linear feet of 48 -count fiber to 6 existing Puget Sound Energy (PSE) poles located on Talbot Road South, South 177th Street, and 98th Ave South). ANALYSIS: The City has considered the request for an exemption from RMC 4-6- 090(D)(1)(g) i and ii. Ordinance 5720 grants Comcast, the right to install fiber optic cable and related appurtenances under, along, over, below, through and across the streets, avenues and alleys of City of Renton within the right-of-way of Renton. Section 3.4 of the franchise ordinance states that if all of the distribution lines all the wireline service providers, such as telecommunications service providers, as defined in RCW 35.99.010, a utility service provider or a Cable Operator (collectively "Service Providers") in any portion of the Franchise Area are underground, Grantee shall place its Cable System's distribution cables underground within that area; provided that such underground locations are actually capable of accommodating Grantee's cable and other equipment without technical degradation of the Cable Systems' signal quality. The proposal would utilize existing poles and attach to the existing Comcast aerial path. As minimum vertical height clearance of 15'-6" would need to be provided for, and existing obsolete cable would need to be removed; staff recommends these as 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 • rentonwa.gov Comcast Job JT#234374 Page 2 of 2 June 20, 2017 conditions of approval. Therefore, the City is granting an exemption with conditions, per RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g) i and ii which allows for extensions of existing overhead communication facilities when there are continuing requirements for poles and it is not likely that there will be undergrounding in the foreseeable future; and, when there are existing overhead electrical or communication facilities that will not be removed and the facilities that would have been required to be removed are parallel to the facilities that will not be removed. DECISION: The requested exemption from underground utility installation requirements (RMC4-6-090 (C) as requested by the applicant is approved subject to the conditions below as the request complies with exemption criteria of RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g) i and ii. Conditions of Approval: 1. Any existing height violations would need to be resolved at the time of construction. New aerial fiber must have a minimum vertical clearance of 15'-6" 2. Any abandoned or unused cable would need to be removed at the time that construction is taking place. 3. The traffic control plan requires separate approval. 4. The aerial fiber will be required to be installed underground in the future when other utilities are undergrounded. This decision to grant the exemption with conditions is subject to a fourteen (14) day appeal period from the date of this letter per RMC 4-8-110. Any appeals of the administrative decision must be filed with the City Clerk, along with the required appeal fee, by 5:00 pm, July 5, 2017. Sincerely, '�-v wttor Jennifer T. Henning, AICP Planning Director cc: Chip Vincent, CED Administrator Gregg Zimmerman, PW Administrator Brianne Bannwarth, Development Engineering Manager Justin Johnson, Civil Engineer II Holly Powers, Development Services Representative Pat Miller, Construction Inspection Supervisor Danny Cooley, Danny Cooley@comcast.com Shane Dunaway, Sdunaway@sefnco.com 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057 • rentonwa.gov