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Planning Department • [PHONE REDACTED] City Hall 15670 NE 85th Street • PO Box 97010 • Redmond, WA 98073-9710 March 3rd, 2017 Hamid Korasani Sazei Design Group, LLC 6608 110th Ave Ne Kirkland, WA 98033 Via Email: [EMAIL REDACTED] Subject: Response to undergrounding overhead utilities Deviation Request (DEVREQ- 2017-00148) for the for the Tom Short Duplex on Parcel No. [PHONE REDACTED] Dear Mr. Korasani: The City of Redmond received your letter dated February 15, 2017 requesting a deviation on undergrounding overhead utilities as required for your duplex project. The City of Redmond Technical Committee considered the deviation request and has decided to deny your request. Per Redmond Zoning Code 21.17.020, undergrounding overhead utilities is required except for single-family house or minor residential development. The project is not a single-family house, nor a minor residential development, which is defined as remodeling or addition development. In addition, almost all the overhead utilities on 134th Ave NE have or scheduled to be underground except for your lot and the one to the North. Based on the above city code requirement and justification, the Technical Committee is requiring you to underground the overhead utilities along NE 100th Street and along 134th Avenue NE. Please work with Puget Sound Energy to have this work done. The PSE plans will need to be submitted to the City as a part of your frontage improvements plans for civil review. The Technical Committee’s decision may be appealed to the Hearing Examiner by filing an appeal with the Planning and Community Development Department within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of the reconsideration decision. Appeal forms are available on-line at www.redmond.gov. A completed appeal form must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the appeal period. EXHIBIT 6 ---PAGE BREAK--- Planning Department • [PHONE REDACTED] City Hall 15670 NE 85th Street • PO Box 97010 • Redmond, WA 98073-9710 Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Paulette Norman, P.E. Development Engineering Manager Cc: Rob Crittenden, P.E., Traffic Operations Manager, Public Works Don Cairns, P.E., Transportation Planning Manager, Planning Min Luo, P.E., PTOE, PTP, Senior Transportation Engineer Andy Chow, P.E., Senior Transportation Engineer Colin Sherrill, Associate Engineer Brittany Wise, Administrative Specialist EXHIBIT 6