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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPermit 74-76-V - PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL - UNDERGROUND UTILITIES74-76-V SOUTHCENTER MALL STRANDER BOULEVARD TO SOUTH 180TH STREET TO SPERRY DRIVE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL UNDERGROUND UTILITIES UNDERGROUND UTILITIES CHARLES 0. BAKER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR July 22, 1974 Dear Gary: TUKWILA INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL P. 0. BOX 88556 TUKWILA,WASHINGTON 96186 CHERRY 6 -2O1O Mr. Gary Kucinski Planning Director City of Tukwila Planning Department 6 Southcenter Boulevard Tukwila, Washington 98067 RE: Undergrounding of overhead telephone cables running from the Southcenter Shopping Center parking lot at Strander Boulevard and Andover Park West to South 180 Street and then eastward along South 180 Street to Sperry. Drive. Members of the Tukwila Industrial Council recently rejected the proposal presented by Mr. J. T. Jarboe, Engineering Manager for the local division of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, . whereby certain property owners were to be requested to partici- pate in a portion of the costs as a possible expedient in getting the above referenced telephone cables underground. As you will recall from our mid -May, 1974, meeting with Mr. Jarboe it was his opinion the Telephone Company would be agreeable to proceed with undergrounding of the referenced cables provided the affected landowners would agree to provide the trenching for'under- grounding telephone conduit on Minkler Boulevard from Andover Park East to Southcenter Parkway and then northward along Southcenter Parkway to the J. C. Penney Company Distribution Center. Mr. Jarboe's proposal would then require the Telephone Company to provide the conduit in place in the trench and property owners to do the back - filling. Early in July, 1974, representatives of the Tukwila Industrial- Council met, at our request, with Mr. Jarboe and Mr. Larry J. Heser, • engineer for Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, to explore the possibility of the Telephone Company doing the proposed trench- ing and back - filling with the costs to be borne by the affected SERVING THE TUKW LA COMMUNITY Mr. Gary Kucinsk:i July 22, 1974 Page Two property owners in the event they were agreeable to proceed. After discussing this proposal with Mr. Jarboe and Mr. Heser, it was their opinion the Telephone Company could provide the trenching and back - filling as required, with the costs to the affected property owners not to exceed $10,000. Mr. Jarboe stated'that if the proposal is acceptable, completion of undergrounding of all existing overhead telephone cables in this area will require approximately one year. It should be pointed out that while the Telephone Company is agree- able to underground all existing telephone cables in this area provided their proposal is accepted, there are only four members of the Tukwila Industrial Council who are owners of land affected by the telephone cables which extend across private property from South 180 Street to the southeast corner of the Southcenter Shopping Center parking lot. One of these four property owners, The Jack A. Benaroya Company, has at considerable cost to the company resolved the problem where the telephone cables go over the Parkway Plaza Building, although the cables still remain as a nuisance factor as well as a detraction from the aesthetic quality of Parkway Plaza. The align- ment of the cables across the three remaining properties will not create an encumbrance to future building plans for these three properties such as occurred in the construction of the Parkway Plaza. Members of the Tukwila Industrial Council acknowledged that land owned by Upland Industries and Seattle City Light, which constitutes the majority of land included in the Telephone Company's proposal, may very possibly be faced with serious impediments to future land development and building programs in the event the telephone cables are not removed from their properties. The Tukwila Industrial Council does not represent these two large property owners; therefore, we are not in a position to represent their interests or to determine what their decision may be in the event the Telephone Company's pro- posal is presented for their consideration. Although members of the Tukwila Industrial Council were appreciative of the efforts extended by Mr. Jarboe and Mr. Heser, they called attention to the precedent established by the Telephone Company in providing a modern underground telephone system to the majority acreages of commercial /industrial land in the area south of Inter- state Freeway 405. Based on the long standing policy of the Telephone Company in providing underground telephone service to many hundred acres of land in this area at no cost to the property owners, the members of the Tukwila Industrial Council were unanimous in their rejection of Mr. Jarboe's proposal as being an inequitable cost imposed on some properties for an underground system that has been provided in the same general area by the Telephone Company at no cost to others. Mr. Gary Kucinski July 22, 1914 Page 3 In as much as the continued existence of the overhead telephone . cables will restrict the full use of many acres of valuable com- mercial property and does also adversely affect the aesthetic quality of our entire commercial /industrial area, members of the Tukwila Industrial Council reiterate their request that no further variances be granted by the Tukwila Planning Commission and that Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company be required to proceed with undergrounding its telephone cables in compliance with the Tukwila undergrounding ordinance. Sincerely, 6(z .9_ c Charles O. Baker Executive Director COB /lmcl cc: Mr. John Nicholls, President Tukwila Industrial Council The Honorable Frank Todd Mayor, City of Tukwila Mr. Steve Hall, Director Public Works City of Tukwila Mr. J. T. Jarboe, Engineering Manager Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. Mr. Larry J. Heser, Engineer Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. CITY ow TUKWILA Dear Mr. Davis: Frank Todd, Mayor 6230 SOUTHCENTER BLVD. TUKWI LA, WASHINGTON 98067 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Pacific Northwest Bell' ATTN: Mr. Paul Davis 416 Occidental Avenue South Seattle, Washington 98104 The Tukwila Planning Commission is in receipt of a letter from the Tukwila Industrial Council in behalf of several major land owners and developers within the industrial area of the City of Tukwila. 29 April 1974 The thrust of the many letters is to request that the overhead telephone cables,. extending from the Southcenter Shopping Center parking lot at Strander Boulevard and Andover Park West to South 180th Street and eastward along South 180th Street to Sperry Drive, be placed underground. As you are aware, the City of Tukwila has, since 1967, required all new, rebuilt and modified overhead electrical transmission facilities to be placed underground in accordance with Chapter 13.08 of the Tukwila Municipal Code. While the City and the developers acknowledge the nearly phenomenal accomplishments of Pacific Northwest • Bell in supplying modern.: communications systems to one of the most active and fast - growing commercial /industrial areas of the Pacific Northwest, we also fail to realize any significant and overriding factor that would preclude the heretofore described overhead facilities from being placed underground. The City and the developers are in the process of implementing a Local Improvement District to improve Andover Park West from Strander Boulevard to South 180th Street. It certainly appears to be logical, and Mr. Paul Davis economical in the long run, to include the undergrounding of that overhead facility in the construction of Andover Park West. Many, many acres•of prime commercial and industrial land will be readily available for development upon the com- pletion of the construction of Andover Park West. It is certainly poor planning to construct a major facility which will be seriously disrupted in the future if the construction of that major facility can include all the foreseen accessories. Beyond the simple and obvious advantages are those of considerably enhancing the aesthetic qualities of a regionally significant trade center. Millions of dollars have been faithfully spent to establish the high standard of aesthetic character which has been realized over the past decade. The undergrounding ordinance is considered a measure to be employed for the benefit of all in main- taining these standards. In behalf of the Planning Commission, we sincerely request that Pacific Northwest Bell join in our concerted effort to provide, in conjunction with the street construction, all the necessary utilities, present as well as future. For, in all respects, progressive planning will bear the fruits of that effort. GC/lt. CC: Mayor Todd Ping Comm Tukwila Industrial Council Sincerely, Gary Kucinski Planning Director Page 2 C Frank Todd, Mayor CITY of TUKWILA 14475 - 59TH AVENUE SOUTH TUKWILA, WASHINGTON 98067 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: 21 December 1972 8:00 P.M. Notice is HEREBY GIVEN that the TUKWILA PLANNING COMMISSION will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on the above date to consider a request for a VARIANCE from Underground Utilities Ordinance #486 for all existing overhead facilities of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company within the City of Tukwila, All interested persons may appear and be heard. Richard G Kirsop, Secretary Tukwila Planning Co mmission Published in the Highline Times 6 & 13 December 1972. • November 30, 1972 Mr. Delbert F. Moss Planning Coordinator City of Tukwila 14475 - 59th Avenue So. Tukwila, Washington 98067 Dear Mr. Moss: Very truly yours, P. E. Davis Right -of -Way Supervisor 416 Occidental Ave. So. Seattle, Washington Phone (206) 345 -6624 Pacific Northwest Bell On May 12, 1972, H. M. Nelson, Engineering Manager for Pacific Northwest Bell, and I presented a detailed map to Mr. Gordon Hall, City Supervisor showing our remaining aerial facilities in those certain areas that Ordinance #486 required to be underground by June 2, 1972. At that time we also related the amount of aerial plant that had been converted since the enactment of the ordinance. As requested in your letter of November 1, 1972, we hereby request a variance from Ordinance #486 regarding our remaining aerial facilities. 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