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Home My WebLink AboutC_Returned Mail_LUA18000055_180424DEPARTMENTOFCOMMUNITY&ECONOMICDEVELOPMENTPlanningDivisionI055SouthGradyWay,6thFloorIRenton,WA98057I425-430-7200www.rentonwa.qovNOTICEOFAPPLICATIONAMasterApplicationhasbeenfiledandacceptedwiththeDepartmentofCommunity&EconomicDevelopment(CED)—PlanningDivisionoftheCityofRenton.ThefollowingbrieflydescribestheapplicationandthenecessaryPublicApprovals.DATEOFNOTICEOFAPPLICATION:March14,2018PROJECTNAME/NUMBER:PugetSoundEnergy-EnergizeEastsideProject/LUA18-000055,CU-H,SMEPROJECTDESCRIPTION:TheapplicantisrequestingHearingExaminerConditionalUsePermitapprovalandaShorelineExemptionfortheupgradeof4milesoftwoexisting115kVtransmissionlineswithtwo230kVtransmissionlinesbeginningattheCity’snorthernboundarywithNewcastleandendingattheexistingTalbotHillsubstation.TheupgradeislocatedentirelywithinPSE’sexisting100-ftelectricaltransmissionutilitycorridor.Theprojectsiteislocatedwithinmultiplezoningdesignations,including:CommercialArterial(CA),CommercialOfficeResidential(COR),CenterVillage(CV),LightIndustrial(IL),Residential-i(R-i),Residential-iO(R-iO),Residential-i4(R-i4),Residential-4(R-4),Residential-6(R-6),Residential-8(R-$),ResourceConservation(RC),andResidentialMulti-Family(RM-F).Theproposedupgradewouldrequirethereplacementofapproximatelyi44existingwoodandsteelpoles(H-framedesigns)withapproximately4isteelmonopolesofeithersingle-circuitordouble-circuitdesign.Theheightoftheproposedpoleswouldvarybylocation,butareestimatedatanaverageheightofbetween85and95feet.WithintheTalbotHillsubstation,additionalbreakersandassociatedcontrolswillbeaddedtoaccommodatethenewlines.TheProject’ssouthernextentisPSE’sTalbotHillsubstationlocatedat24005.PugetDrive.Fromthesubstation,theProjectcontinuesnorthalongtheexistingPSEtransmissionlinecorridortothenortherncitylimits,between1-405andtheeasterncitylimits.Multiplecriticalareasaremappedalongtheprojectcorridorincludingwetlands,streams,steepslopes,landslidehazards,coalminehazards,andweliheadprotectionareas.TheprojectwouldincludethereplacementofaerialwireacrosstheCedarRiver,whichisclassifiedasaShorelineoftheState.Theprojectproposesthereplacementofpolesoutsideofthe200-footshorelinejurisdictionandtheaerialwirecrossingwouldnotrequireanydisturbanceswithintheshorelinejurisdiction.PROJECTLOCATION:TheProject’ssouthernextentisPSE’sTalbotHillsubstationlocatedat2400S.PugetDrive.Fromthesubstation,theProjectcontinuesnorthalongtheexistingPSEtransmissionlinecorridortothenortherncitylimits,between1-405andtheeasterncitylimits.PERMITS/REVIEWREQUESTED:ConditionalUse-HearingExaminerShorelineExemptionAPPLICANT/PROJECTCONTACTPERSON:MarissaGifford,HDR,Inc./marissa.gifford@hdrinc.com/929io8thAveNE,BellevueWA,98004-4361BradStrauch,PSE/(425)456-2556/POBox97034,EST-3,Bellevue,WA98009-9734PUBLICHEARING:Apublichearingwillbescheduledatalaterdate.Noticeofthepublichearingwillbemailedout10dayspriortothedateofthepublichearing,inaccordancewithRMC4-8-090F.Toreceivenoticeofthepublichearing,pleasecontacttheCityandrequesttobecomeapartyofrecordforthisproject.ThepublichearingwillbeheldinRentonCouncilChambersonthe7thfloorofRentonCityHall.CommentsontheaboveapplicationmustbesubmittedinwritingtoJillDing,SeniorPlanner,DepartmentofCommunity&EconomicDevelopment,1055SouthGradyWay,Renton,WA98057,by5:00p.m.onMarch28,2018.