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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPSE ARTility Wraps Proposal for the City of Renton_FINAL Page 1 of 11 February 3, 2021 Vanessa Dolbee, Planning Director Jill Ding, Project Manager City of Renton 1055 South Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 RE: Puget Sound Energy Energize Eastside Conditional Use Permit (CUP) LUA19‐000055, Condition 10 Dear Vanessa and Jill: With enthusiasm, we present the final art concepts for 11 transmission poles within the Renton city limits as part of our Energize Eastside project, requesting approval to move forward with wrapping our pole assets with these beautiful designs by three local Renton artists. Thank you for reviewing the draft concepts throughout our process in 2020. BACKGROUND In 2018, PSE created an “ARTility” program, which works with local artists to design local-centric art that can be installed on PSE’s assets. This program was used to help meet City of Renton’s Energize Eastside Project Conditional Use Permit condition1 that requires individual art wraps to be installed on a select number of poles. The condition also requires that the designs be submitted to the City of Renton’s Planning Department for final approval before installation. To identify candidate art pole locations, a number of factors were assessed. Principally, the poles and their locations were chosen based on their locations within publically-accessible spaces and the property owner’s willingness to participate. Three key locations have been chosen that meet the factors — properties owned by PSE, City of Renton, and Renton Technical College (RTC) (see map on page 3). 1 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT “Condition No. 10 is replaced with the following: Individual art wraps for the transmission line poles shall be submitted to the Current Planning Project Manager for review and approval prior to the issuance of a Construction Permit. PSE will install art wraps at up to 15 transmission line pole locations. Artwork shall be installed prior to the energizing of the transmission line, or as otherwise approved by the Current Planning Project Ma nager, but at no point will art installation delay the transmission lines from being energized. The Current Planning Manager may require a security bond in a form specified by the Manager for completion of the artwork if it is not installed prior to energizing. The security amount shall include the estimated costs of enforcement.” Page 2 of 11 ARTISTS In fulfilling the permit condition, PSE commissioned three local artists to create art wraps for transmission poles on the PSE, Renton, and RTC properties. PSE carefully selected three local artists to design the pole wraps for the project based on their current and/or previous work on art projects around the City of Renton. Each artist developed the set of designs, determined by pole groupings and based on property ownership: Artist Comment Website Marsha Rollinger City of Renton pole art designs. Serves on the Renton Arts Commission. https://www.marsharollinger.com/ Yvonne Chan PSE pole art designs. Lots of her art is located throughout Renton. https://www.yvonnechan.org/portfolio Mari Shibuya RTC pole art designs. Long- time Renton resident. https://www.marishibuya.com/meetmari Original art concepts for the PSE property focused on the theme of “pollinators.” When this theme was shared with Renton and RTC, interest was expressed to follow the same concept for all of the poles. The selected artists’ work is shown below, followed by a description of the pole locations. Page 3 of 11 POLE LOCATIONS Page 4 of 11 PSE PROPERTY POLES DESIGNS The design below encapsulates how each pole touches on one aspect of the ecosystem that is affected by bees and intertwines the scenes with the natural plants and landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Pole wrap designs by Yvonne Chan. © Page 5 of 11 Pole wrap designs by Yvonne Chan. © Page 6 of 11 Pole wrap designs by Yvonne Chan. © Page 7 of 11 Pole wrap designs by Yvonne Chan. © Page 8 of 11 CITY OF RENTON POLE DESIGNS Pole wrap designs by Marsha Rollinger. © Page 9 of 11 RTC POLE DESIGNS Pole wrap designs by Mari Shibuya. © Page 10 of 11 POLE INFORMATION The selected artist and the specific property information is provided in the table below. Parcel Number Address Artist Property Owner Notes 2023059066 No Address Yovnne Chan PSE Next to road and Talbot Hill substation 2023059002 No Address Yovnne Chan PSE Next to road, just north of Talbot Hill substation 2023059001 No Address Yovnne Chan PSE Transmission corridor, visible from walking trail and road 2023059001 No Address Yovnne Chan PSE Transmission corridor, visible from walking trail and road 2123059003 No Address Marsha Rollinger City of Renton Transmission corridor, visible from walking trail and road 2123059003 No Address Marsha Rollinger City of Renton Transmission corridor, visible from walking trail and road 2123059003 No Address Marsha Rollinger City of Renton Transmission corridor, visible from walking trail and road 7227800500 3000 NE 4TH ST Mari Shibuya RTC RTC parking lot 7227800500 3000 NE 4TH ST Mari Shibuya RTC RTC parking lot 7227800425 3000 NE 4TH ST Mari Shibuya RTC RTC parking lot 7227800425 3000 NE 4TH ST Mari Shibuya RTC RTC parking lot ENGAGEMENT PSE worked closely with the City of Renton and Renton Technical College during the design phase of the art wraps and we will continue to work closely with the City and Renton Technical College during the construction/installation phase of the project. Throughout this process, PSE provided updates to the Renton Planning Department prior to this submittal of the final designs for approval. PSE envisions the following schedule: Q3-Q4 2020 - COMPLETE 1. Held initial meeting with artists and property owners (i.e., City of Renton and Renton Technical College). 2. Shared project information as it progressed. 3. Shared art wrap concepts with property owners. Page 11 of 11 4. Initial approval from City of Renton on draft art concepts. 5. Artist finalized art designs for the poles on the three properties. Q1/Q2 2021 1. Submited report and final art designs to the Planning Department for approval as required by the CUP. 2. Informational presentation of approved art designs to the Renton City Council (if desired). Q3/Q4 2021 1. Communicate construction information to key stakeholders. 2. Energize Eastside construction begins (estimate Summer 2021). 3. Art designs are wrapped around the 11 poles. We appreciate your partnership on this project and look forward to answering any further questions you may have prior to your approval of these designs for our ARTility pole wraps. Best regards Renee Zimmerman Nick Hartrich Local Government & Community Outreach Manager Engagement Manager