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Development Management Engineers, LLC
The Developer’s Engineering Advocate
July 1, 2019
Angelea Weihs
Associate Planner
City of Renton
Development Services
1055 S Grady Way
Renton, WA 98057
RE: Letter of Request for Elimination of ROW Street Trees
24th Street Short Plan LUA19-000062, SHPL-A
Dear Angelea:
Per your requirement, we hereby request approval for elimination of ROW street trees for
the 24th Street Short Plat project. Please refer to the attached landscape plan. You will
note that the plan does not include street trees within the ROW. That was because of the
existing gas main running down the middle of the proposed planter strip. To
accommodate this conflict and still provide the required trees, the street trees instead are
shown in the 10’ landscape buffer strip behind the sidewalk of the proposed 2 lots.
Subsequent to the initial submittal, a notice was received placing the application “On
Hold” pending resolution of the location of a stormwater vault. Fortunately, this issue
has been resolved with the City accepting placement of the vault within the proposed
dedicated ROW area, see attached revised grading and utilities plan.
In order to locate the vault between the proposed new curb and property line, the gas
main will have to be relocated. When the proposed vault location is approved, the gas
company will be contacted regarding the new gas main alignment. Upon receipt of the
new alignment, we will be able to determine if street trees can be planted in the new
planter strip to the east of the vault. Otherwise, we suggest keeping the street trees within
the 10’ landscape buffer, as shown on the landscape plan.
Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to a speeding resolution of the street
tree and the vault location issues and release of the “On Hold” status so we can move
forward on this project.
Yours respectfully,
Cliff Williams
Cliff Williams, PE