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KITTITAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES <br />411 N. Ruby St., Suite 2, Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />CDS@CO.KITTITAS.WA.US <br />Office (509) 962-7506 <br />Fax (509) 962-7682 <br /> <br />“Building Partnerships – Building Communities” <br /> <br /> <br />Staff Report Vantage to Pomona Heights Conditional Use (CU-18-00001) <br /> <br />TO: Kittitas County Hearing Examiner <br />FROM: Kittitas County Community Development Services Staff <br />RE: Vantage to Pomona Heights Conditional Use Permit (CU-18-00001) <br />DATE: November 1, 2018 (Hearing Date) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I. GENERAL INFORMATION <br /> <br />Requested Action: David Dean, agent for Pacific Power, is proposing the development and continued <br />maintenance of a 27.6 mile 230 kV transmission line to be built in the south east corner of Kittitas County. The <br />transmission line will be used to service a connection between Pacific Power’s Pomona Substation in Yakima County <br />and the Bonneville Power Administration’s Vantage Substation in Grant County. <br /> <br />Location: The transmission line route will cross into Kittitas County along the southern county line between <br />Highway 821 and Interstate 82, and then continues north-northeast for approximately 6 miles. The transmission <br />line turns northeast a mile before crossing interstate 82 south of Exit 11 and continues that direction to Badger <br />Pocket where it turns east. The transmission line continues east for approximately 14 miles then turns northeast <br />just before crossing the Columbia River. The new transmission line parallels existing transmission line corridors <br />for most of the length through Kittitas County. <br /> <br /> <br />II. SITE INFORMATION <br /> <br />Total Property Size: Approximately 560 acres of ROW within the County <br />Number of Lots: Proposal crosses 43 parcels within the county <br />Domestic Water: N/A <br />Sewage Disposal: N/A <br />Power/Electricity: N/A <br />Fire Protection: Fire Districts 4, Fire District 2 (KVFR), and areas outside of Fire <br />Districts <br />Irrigation District: N/A <br /> <br />Site Characteristics: <br />The transmission line as proposed will travel 27.6 miles through two zoning districts; Forest and Range, <br />and Commercial Agriculture and across 43 individual parcels. Site characteristics vary along this route. <br />The transmission line will follow existing transmission line corridors for much of its path through Kittitas <br />County. <br /> <br />Access: The site is accessed from a variety of existing access roads as well as newly proposed roads along the <br />27.6 mile route. <br /> <br /> <br />Index # 33