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Community & Economic Development C. E. "Chip" Vincent, Administrator
May 30, 2017
Ken Pontelandolfo
Comcast
410 Valley Ave N E
Puyallup, WA 98371
Via Email: ken Pontelandolfo@cable.comcast.com
SUBJECT: Request for Undergrounding Exemption (JT#234782, Proliance
Surgeons, 4316 Talbot Road S)
Dear Mr. Pontelandolfo:
The City of Renton has reviewed your request to grant Comcast an exemption from
Renton Municipal Code (RMC) 4-6-090(C) which states that all new electrical or
communication facilities shall be required to be installed underground, pursuant to the
standards of the section of RMC.
Comcast proposes to have SEFNCO Communications overlash approximately 4,052
linear feet of 48 -count fiber to 21 existing Puget Sound Energy (PSE) poles located on
Talbot Road South and South 55th Street (S 192"d)
ANALYSIS. The City has considered the request for an exemption from RMC 4-6-
090(D)(1)(g) i and ii. Ordinance 5720 grants Comcast, the right to install fiber optic cable
and related appurtenances under, along, over, below, through and across the streets,
avenues and alleys of City of Renton within the right-of-way of Renton. Section 3.4 of
the franchise ordinance states that if all of the distribution lines all the wireline service
providers, such as telecommunications service providers, as defined in RCW 35.99.010,
a utility service provider or a Cable Operator (collectively "Service Providers") in any
portion of the Franchise Area are underground, Grantee shall place its Cable System's
distribution cables underground within that area; provided that such underground
locations are actually capable of accommodating Grantee's cable and other equipment
without technical degradation of the Cable Systems' signal quality.
The proposal would utilize existing poles and attach to the existing Comcast aerial path.
As minimum vertical height clearance of 15'-6" would need to be provided for, and
existing obsolete cable would need to be removed; staff recommends these as
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conditions of approval. Therefore, the City is granting an exemption with conditions,
per RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g) i and ii which allows for extensions of existing overhead
communication facilities when there are continuing requirements for poles and it is not
likely that there will be undergrounding in the foreseeable future; and, when there are
existing overhead electrical or communication facilities that will not be removed and the
facilities that would have been required to be removed are parallel to the facilities that
will not be removed.
DECISION: The requested exemption from underground utility installation requirements
(RMC4-6-090 (C) as requested by the applicant is approved subject to the conditions
below as the request complies with exemption criteria of RMC 4-6-090(D)(1)(g) i and ii.
Conditions of Approval:
1. Any existing height violations would need to be resolved at the time of
construction. New aerial fiber must have a minimum vertical clearance of 15'-6".
2. Any abandoned or unused cable would need to be removed at the time that
construction is taking place.
3. The traffic control plan requires separate approval.
4. The aerial fiber will be required to be installed underground in the future when
other utilities are undergrounded.
This decision to grant the exemption with conditions is subject to a fourteen (14) day
appeal period from the date of this letter per RMC 4-8-110. Any appeals of the
administrative decision must be filed with the City Clerk, along with the required appeal
fee, by 5:00 pm, June 7, 2017.
Sincerely,
Jennifer T. Henning, AICP
Planning Director
cc: Chip Vincent, CED Administrator
Gregg Zimmerman, PW Administrator
Brianne Bannwarth, Development Engineering Manager
Justin Johnson, Civil Engineer II
Holly Powers, Development Services Representative
Pat Miller, Construction Inspection Supervisor
Danny Cooley, Danny CoolevPcomcast.com
Shane Dunaway, Sdunaway@sefnco.com
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