HomeMy WebLinkAboutC_Public_Comment_41_180328.email.msg1of3From:Karen Walter
To:Jill Ding
Subject:FW: Project Acceptance Notification: Puget Sound Energy - Energize Eastside Project, LUA18-000055
Date:Wednesday, March 28, 2018 1:52:11 PM
Attachments:MAP_Neighborhood_Detail_Maps_171206_v1.pdf
NOA_Notice_of_Application_180314.pdf
Jill,
We reviewed the available information for PSE’s Energize Eastside Project Conditional Use Permit and
Shoreline Exemption for the 4 mile portion within Renton’s jurisdiction. We offer the following initial
comments based on a quick review of the materials:
1. With a project of this magnitude involving Cedar River and other streams and wetlands with
substantial documents to review, the City should have required a 30 day minimum comment
period.
2. Per the Critical Areas Report for this project, “Two existing poles will be removed from and
replaced outside of wetland and stream buffer resulting in a net increase of only 68 square feet of
permanent impact. Vegetation
community conversion impacts in wetland and stream buffers total 18,786 square feet and 20,064
square feet of temporary disturbance will occur.” The impacted areas are the Cedar River and Honey
Creek (a May Creek tributary). The project proposes to mitigate for these impacts at Riverview Park
near the Cedar River (see Appendix F of the CAR) and near Honey Dew Creek.
More information is needed regarding the proposed mitigation, including how the project is sufficiently
providing mitigation for a full suite of riparian functions, including future wood recruitment. The only
proposed mitigation is planting new trees that are within the PSE corridor which means they are likely
to be managed and not allowed to grow to their full heights. Further, there is no proposal to add
removed trees back into the affected streams. Both the Cedar River and Honey Dew Creek (and
May Creek) lack wood. The removed trees should be added back into these affected streams to
partial mitigate for the tree removal (both temporary and permanently removed).
It is also not clear how the proposed mitigation covers the same amount of buffer areas, in part
because the mitigation area for the lower Cedar River area is not quantified on the sheets.
For the Honey Dew Creek mitigation site, if trees are removed from the buffer, then native trees, not
shrubs as proposed, should be restored. If trees cannot be planted in the any of the mitigation areas,
then the applicant should find other mitigation sites to plant trees or contribute to King County’s ILF
program. The amount of mitigation should equal as least 1:1 in square foot area to avoid a net loss
of functions. Currently, the mitigation area for Honey Dew Creek is less than 1:1 to impact area.
We appreciate the opportunity to review this proposal and look forward to Renton’s responses. Please let
me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Karen Walter
Watersheds and Land Use Team Leader
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Fisheries Division
Habitat Program
39015-A 172nd Ave SE
Auburn, WA 98092
253-876-3116
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Subject: Project Acceptance Notification: Puget Sound Energy - Energize Eastside Project, LUA18-
000055
Hello,
We have accepted the following project: Project Name, Project Number.
Attached is the Notice of Application and Neighborhood Details Map. Due to the size of the
documents, the Planning Division has decided to make the Site Plans available through our online
document access portal. This information will be made available through our Land Use Public Notice
map by next week. You may access the documents from there by searching “LUA18-000055”.
Thank you,
Kyle Wunderlin, Planning Technician
City of Renton | CED | Planning Division
1055 South Grady Way | 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057
Phone: (425) 430-6583 | Fax: (425) 430-7300 | kwunderlin@rentonwa.gov