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Energize Eastside
Public Hearing
Date
Names/Titles
January 8, 2020
Jill Ding, Senior Planner
•4 miles of two existing
115 kV transmission
lines would be
replaced with two 230
kV transmission lines
beginning at the City’s
northern boundary
with Newcastle and
ending at the existing
Talbot Hill substation.
Brief Description
•Proposed upgrade located
within existing
transmission line corridor.
•Corridor located within
multiple zoning
designations: CA, COR,
CV, IL, R-1, R-10, R-14, R-
4, R-6, R-8, RC, and RM-
F.
•144 existing poles would
be replaced with 41 steel
poles.
•Pole height anticipated
between 85 and 95
feet.
Brief Description
•Multiple critical areas are mapped along the project
corridor including wetlands, streams, steep slopes,
landslide hazards, coal mine hazards, and wellhead
protection areas.
•The project would include the replacement of aerial
wire across the Cedar River, which is classified as a
Shoreline of the State.
•The project proposes the replacement of poles
outside of the 200-foot shoreline jurisdiction and
aerial wire crossing would not require any
disturbances within the shoreline jurisdiction.
Brief Description Cont.
Three environmental review
documents under the State
Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA) have been
prepared :
•Energize Eastside Phase
I Draft Environmental
Impact Statement
(January 2016);
•Energize Eastside Phase
II Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (May
2017);
•Energize Eastside Final
Environmental Impact
Statement (March 2018).
Brief Description
•In order to ensure that the submitted Conditional Use Permit
application materials are consistent with the existing
environmental documents prepared for the Energize Eastside
project, the City contracted with EA Engineering, Science, and
Technology, Inc., PBC to prepare an Environmental
Consistency Analysis.
•The Environmental Consistency Analysis determined that the
impacts of development under the proposed Conditional Use
Permit application materials are within the impacts analyzed
under the EIS alternatives in the past SEPA review.
•Staff recommends as a condition of approval that the mitigation
measures referenced in the EIS Consistency Analysis be
adopted as conditions of approval.
EIS Consistency Analysis
•A 14-day public comment period commenced on
March 14, 2018 and ended on March 28, 2018.
Based on public comments received, the public
comment period was extended to April 30, 2018.
•Staff received 36 public comment letters and 2
agency letters. Staff responses to public comments
were included as Exhibit 7 of the Staff Report.
•The project was placed on hold June 11, 2018 and
was taken off hold on November 27, 2019.
Brief Description Cont.
The proposal is consistent with relevant
Comprehensive Plan Utility Element
policies.
The proposal is compliant with all relevant
zoning regulations if all conditions of
approval are complied with.
The proposal qualifies as an exemption from
the Washington State Shoreline
Management Act and is consistent with the
City’s Shoreline Master Program.
The proposal complies with the
Conditional Use Permit criteria.
Conditional Use Permit and Shoreline
Exemption Analysis
•Staff recommends approval of the Energize Eastside
Conditional Use Permit and Shoreline Exemption, File No.
LUA18-000055, CUP, SME as depicted in Exhibit 12, subject to
8 conditions of approval.
Recommendation