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AGENDA STAFF REPORT
AGENDA DATE: January 2, 2019
ACTION REQUESTED: Board of County Commissioners signature of the Resolution approving the Vantage to
Pomona Transmission Line Conditional Use Permit (CU-18-00001).
BACKGROUND: David Dean, agent for Pacific Power, is proposing the development and continued
maintenance of a 27.6 mile 230 kV transmission line to be built in the south east corner of
Kittitas County. The transmission line will be used to service a connection between Pacific
Power’s Pomona Substation in Yakima County and the Bonneville Power Administration’s
Vantage Substation in Grant County.
The transmission line route will cross into Kittitas County along the southern county line
between Highway 821 and Interstate 82, and then continues north-northeast for
approximately 6 miles. The transmission line turns northeast a mile before crossing
interstate 82 south of Exit 11 and continues that direction to Badger Pocket where it turns
east. The transmission line continues east for approximately 14 miles then turns northeast
just before crossing the Columbia River. The new transmission line parallels existing
transmission line corridors for most of the length through Kittitas County.
The Kittitas County Hearing Examiner conducted an open record hearing on November 1,
2018 at 6pm. There were no members of the public in attendance at the hearing. The
Kittitas County Hearing Examiner recommended approval of the Vantage to Pomona
Conditional Use Permit on November 6, 2018. In the recommended decision, the Hearing
Examiner adopted CDS staff recommended conditions and included the recommended
conditions contained in the Kittitas County Public Works memo submitted at the hearing.
The Board of County Commissioners conducted a closed record hearing on December 18,
2018 at 10am for the purpose of considering the Vantage to Pomona Conditional Use
Permit, (CU-18-00001). A motion was made and seconded that the zoning conditional use
permit be approved per the Hearing Examiner’s recommendation. The motion carried with
a vote of 2-0. Commissioner Obie O’Brien was absent.
INTERACTION: CDS Staff and BOCC
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners sign the resolution
for the Vantage to Pomona Transmission Line Conditional Use Permit (CU-18-00001).
HANDLING: Return signed resolution to CDS Staff for issuance of the Notice of Decision.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution for signatures.
LEAD STAFF: Jeremy Johnston, Planner