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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Planning Division
1055 South Grady Way, 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057 | 425-430-7200
www.rentonwa.gov
If you would like to be made a party of record to receive further information on this proposed project, complete this
form and return to: City of Renton, CED, Planning Division, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057.
File Name / No.: Puget Sound Energy - Energize Eastside Project / LUA18-000055, CU-H, SME
NAME:
MAILING ADDRESS: CITY/STATE/ZIP:
TELEPHONE NO.:
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
A Master Application has been filed and accepted with the Department of Community & Economic Development
(CED) – Planning Division of the City of Renton. The following briefly describes the application and the necessary
Public Approvals.
DATE OF NOTICE OF APPLICATION: March 14, 2018
PROJECT NAME/NUMBER: Puget Sound Energy - Energize Eastside Project / LUA18-000055, CU-H, SME
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is requesting Hearing Examiner Conditional Use Permit
approval and a Shoreline Exemption for the upgrade of 4 miles of two existing 115 kV transmission lines with two 230 kV
transmission lines beginning at the City’s northern boundary with Newcastle and ending at the existing Talbot Hill
substation. The upgrade is located entirely within PSE’s existing 100-ft electrical transmission utility corridor. The project
site is located within multiple zoning designations, including: Commercial Arterial (CA), Commercial Office Residential
(COR), Center Village (CV), Light Industrial (IL), Residential-1 (R-1), Residential-10 (R-10), Residential-14 (R-14), Residential-
4 (R-4), Residential-6 (R-6), Residential-8 (R-8), Resource Conservation (RC), and Residential Multi-Family (RM-F). The
proposed upgrade would require the replacement of approximately 144 existing wood and steel poles (H-frame designs)
with approximately 41 steel monopoles of either single-circuit or double-circuit design. The height of the proposed poles
would vary by location, but are estimated at an average height of between 85 and 95 feet. Within the Talbot Hill
substation, additional breakers and associated controls will be added to accommodate the new lines. The Project’s
southern extent is PSE’s Talbot Hill substation located at 2400 S. Puget Drive. From the substation, the Project continues
north along the existing PSE transmission line corridor to the northern city limits, between I-405 and the eastern city
limits. 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 the aerial wire crossing would not require any disturbances within the
shoreline jurisdiction.
PROJECT LOCATION: The Project’s southern extent is PSE’s Talbot Hill substation located at 2400
S. Puget Drive. From the substation, the Project continues north along the existing PSE transmission line corridor to the
northern city limits, between I-405 and the eastern city limits.
PERMITS/REVIEW REQUESTED: Conditional Use - Hearing Examiner
Shoreline Exemption
APPLICANT/PROJECT CONTACT PERSON: Marissa Gifford, HDR, Inc./marissa.gifford@hdrinc.com/929 108th Ave NE,
Bellevue WA, 98004-4361
Brad Strauch, PSE/(425)456-2556/PO Box 97034, EST-3, Bellevue, WA
98009-9734
PUBLIC HEARING: A public hearing will be scheduled at a later date. Notice of the public
hearing will be mailed out 10 days prior to the date of the public hearing, in accordance with RMC 4-8-090F. To receive
notice of the public hearing, please contact the City and request to become a party of record for this project. The public
hearing will be held in Renton Council Chambers on the 7th floor of Renton City Hall.
Comments on the above application must be submitted in writing to Jill Ding, Senior Planner, Department of
Community & Economic Development, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057, by 5:00 p.m. on March 28, 2018.
A public hearing will be scheduled at a later date. Notice of the public hearing will be mailed out 10 days prior to the
date of the public hearing, in accordance with RMC 4-8-090F. To receive notice of the public hearing, please contact the
City and request to become a party of record for this project. The public hearing will be held in the Council Chambers,
Seventh Floor, Renton City Hall, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton. If you are interested in attending the hearing, please
contact the Planning Division to ensure that the hearing has not been rescheduled at (425) 430-6578. If comments cannot
be submitted in writing by the date indicated above, you may still appear at the hearing and present your comments on
the proposal before the Hearing Examiner. If you have questions about this proposal, or wish to be made a party of record
and receive additional information by mail, please contact the Project Manager. Anyone who submits written comments
will automatically become a party of record and will be notified of any decision on this project.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Planning Division
1055 South Grady Way, 6th Floor | Renton, WA 98057 | 425-430-7200
www.rentonwa.gov
If you would like to be made a party of record to receive further information on this proposed project, complete this
form and return to: City of Renton, CED, Planning Division, 1055 South Grady Way, Renton, WA 98057.
File Name / No.: Puget Sound Energy - Energize Eastside Project / LUA18-000055, CU-H, SME
NAME:
MAILING ADDRESS: CITY/STATE/ZIP:
TELEPHONE NO.:
PLEASE INCLUDE THE PROJECT NUMBER WHEN CALLING FOR PROPER FILE IDENTIFICATION
DATE OF APPLICATION: JANUARY 25, 2018
NOTICE OF COMPLETE APPLICATION: MARCH 14, 2018