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Home My WebLink AboutMFP18006390DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Franchise Permit: MFP18006390 IVR Number: 18006390 Permit Informaon Permit Name:Comcast Cable Franchise Permit Address/Locaon :11/19/2018Application Date:3223059054Parcel Number:17816 108TH AVE SE Permit Type:01/29/2019Issue Date:Franchise Permit Work Class:01/29/2020Expiration Date:Minor Utility Job Number:JT#303696Franchise Type:Cable Description:Place 24ct fiber in 440' of existing Comcast underground system. Overlash for a total of 441' for 4 spans on existing system. Restoration per City of Renton standards. CONDITIONS OF OVERHEAD APPROVAL: 1. Any existing height violations within the Project Reach must be resolved at the time of construction. New aerial lines within the Project Reach must have a minimum vertical clearance of 15’ 6”. 2. Any abandoned or unused lines within the Project Reach must be removed at the time that construction is taking place. 3. A traffic control plan must be separately submitted to the City, and no construction may take place until the City has approved a traffic control plan. 4. The new aerial fiber lines within the Project Reach must be converted to underground facilities in the future, at Comcast’s cost, when any one of the following events occurs: (1) any other utilities are undergrounded within the Project Reach, (2) a joint use trench is proposed by a franchisee within the Project Reach, in which case Comcast shall participate in the joint use trench installation for the purpose of undergrounding its aerial lines, or (3) a conduit is made available within the Project Reach that will accommodate the aerial lines. The new aerial lines must be undergrounded within one year, or approved otherwise by the City of Renton Community and Economic Development Administrator or designee, from the first event triggering the requirement to underground the aerial lines. Contacts Name Address PhoneTypeBilling Comcast Cable Communication Management & Comcast Cable B: (215) 665-1700Applicant Tom Donnelly Comcast Business Communications 1701 Jfk Blvd, 32nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 B: (215) 286-7347 C: (215) 286-7557 Contact Michael Cannon Cannon Constructors Inc 406 Porter Way Milton, WA 98354 B: (253) 922-2787Contractor Business License Number: 41539Construction Contractor: CANNOCI055CS CITY OF RENTON ROW 1055 S Grady Way Renton, WA 98057-3232 Owner Laurie Dietz Comcast - Billing 1701 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19103 H: (425) 741-5733Specialized Billing X General Condions & Signature Permission is hereby given for the work described on this permit according to the conditions hereon and according to the approved plans and specifications pertaining thereto, subject to compliance with the Ordinance of the City of Renton. This permit and plans must be posted at the job site at all times. I hereby certify that no work is to be done except as described above and in approved plans, and that work is to conform to Renton Trench Restoration and Street Overlay Requirements. Call 425.430.7203 or go to: www.MyBuildingPermit.com one working day in advance to schedule an inspections and for ANY work in the Right of Way. Call 8 1 1 to locate underground utilities at least two full business days prior to any excavation. In accordance with RCW 19.122.033(4) the permit holder is required to contact (Williams Northwest Pipeline at 425.868.1010) (Olympic Pipeline at 206.510.0575) (Puget Sound Energy at 425.375.3397) to request a consultation with the transmission pipeline company prior to performing any construction or excavation activities. This requirement to consult with the transmission pipeline company is in addition to the requirement to Call before You Dig as required in RCW 19.122. Page 1 of 2THIS PERMIT AND PLANS MUST BE POSTED AT THE JOB SITE AT ALL TIMES DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Franchise Permit: MFP18006390 (Date)(Signature) Page 2 of 2THIS PERMIT AND PLANS MUST BE POSTED AT THE JOB SITE AT ALL TIMES MFP18006390Scott Warlick11/20/2018Justin Johnson11-29-2018 MFP18006390Justin Johnson11-29-20188:00 am to 3:00 pmMonday through Friday MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 MFP18006390 CANNON CONSTRUCTION, 406 PORTER WAY MILTON WA, 98354 11/8/2018 City of Renton 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 RE: Aerial Variance Request for JT# 303696 To whom it may concern, Cannon Construction has been contracted to design and engineer this project on behalf of Comcast Cablevision. Comcast is applying for a variance request in order to upgrade their existing facilities. Comcast proposed to over lash approximately 441’ of aerial fiber along the right of way of NE 10th St between NE Sunset Blvd and Kirkland Ave NE. Please see maps and drawings for more details. Comcast is requesting that the City of Renton approve this variance request based on the fact that the requirements for undergrounding this proposed over lash will not cause substantial adverse impacts to other persons or entities in the immediate area and will cause undue hardship. 1. Installation of undergrounding facilities will increase the total cost of construction roughly 15-25 times the amount of an aerial over lash on the existing Comcast strand. 2. Potential damage to underground facilities will be increased. 3. Over lash will not cause substantial adverse impact to other persons or entities in the immediate area. Over lashing the cable will be accomplished in a few days, and the residents will not notice any impact. Comcast will clean up the over lashed spans as necessary and identify and remove and existing dead cables along this route. 4. The variance is necessary to prevent any undue hardship due to the increased construction costs if forced to install the proposed extension underground. 5. The granting of the variance will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare because Comcast does agree to underground the cable system, but they are waiving the obligation into the future when all other utilities are underground to prevent an undue hardship against Comcast currently. Upon the granting of the Variance, Comcast will coordinate construction and traffic control as per your requirements. Comcast and their contractors want to cooperate at the highest level and agree to adhere to all provisions and requirements set forth by the City of Renton to insure safe installation and maintenance of the proposed facilities. If you have any further questions regarding this project, please contact Cody Shackett at (253) 864-4246 Thank you for your consideration in this matter. MFP18006390 Cody Shackett Construction Coordinator Attachments: 1. Application for ROW permit 2. 11” x 17” Site plan 3. 11” x 17” Design plan 4. Traffic Control Plan January 29, 2019 Cody Shackett Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 410 Valley Ave NW Puyallup, WA 98371 Via Email: owen_shackett@comcast.com SUBJECT: Request for Undergrounding Exemption (JT#303696, MFP18006390, 17816 108th Avenue SE) Dear Mr. Shackett: 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 Cannon Construction overlash approximately 441 lineal feet of new 24-count aerial fiber to existing Puget Sound Energy (PSE) poles beginning at the following two locations: 1. South side of NE 10th Street approximately 140 feet east of NE Sunset Boulevard continuing east approximately 430 feet to an existing pole on the south side of NE 10th Street; and 2. Southwest corner of NE 10th Street and Jefferson Avenue NE continuing approximately 330 feet northeast to an existing pole located on the on the east side of Jefferson Avenue NE. ANALYSIS: The City has considered the request for an exemption from RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(h) 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 conditions of approval. Therefore, the City is granting an exemption with conditions, per RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(h) 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 Comcast Job JT#303696 Page 2 of 2 January 29, 2019 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 with conditions subject to the conditions below as the request complies with exemption criteria of RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(h) i and ii. Conditions of Approval: 1. Any existing height violations within the Project Reach must be resolved at the time of construction. New aerial lines within the Project Reach must have a minimum vertical clearance of 15’-6”. 2. Any abandoned or unused lines within the Project Reach must be removed at the time that construction is taking place. 3. A traffic control plan must be separately submitted to the City, and no construction may take place until the City has approved a traffic control plan. 4. The new aerial fiber lines within the Project Reach must be converted to underground facilities in the future, at Comcast’s cost, when any one of the following events occurs: (1) any other utilities are undergrounded within the Project Reach, (2) a joint use trench is proposed by a franchisee within the Project Reach, in which case Comcast shall participate in the joint use trench installation for the purpose of undergrounding its aerial lines, or (3) a conduit is made available within the Project Reach that will accommodate the aerial lines. The new aerial lines must be undergrounded within one year, or approved otherwise by the City of Renton Community and Economic Development Administrator or designee, from the first event triggering the requirement to underground the aerial lines. This decision to approve 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, February 12, 2019. Sincerely, Brianne Bannwarth, PE Development Engineering Manager cc: C.E. “Chip” Vincent, CED Administrator Gregg Zimmerman, PW Administrator Jennifer Henning, Planning Director Justin Johnson, Civil Engineer II Scott Warlick, Engineering Specialist II Holly Powers, Permit Technician Pat Miller, Construction Inspection Supervisor Franchise Permits