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Louisville City Council Meeting July 18, 2000 Page 5 other circuits are off-line, which may lead to scheduled Or unscheduled power interruptions. Wood stated that the applicant is requesting to replace the existing wood frame structures within the corridor with an alternative pole system to increase the capacity of the line. Wood reviewed the three overhead rebuild alternatives. Each reflects the type, height, number of poles (to maintain minimum clearances), capacity of normal and maximum loading, EMF (electromagnetic fields) levels associated with each alternative, noise levels, timeline for construction, estimated construction costs, as well as estimated maintenance and operating costs. Wood stated that the PSCo request came before the Planning Commission at its regularly scheduled meetings of April 11, May 9, and June 13, 2000. The Planning Commission record reflects extensive discussion organized into categories of legal issues, legal relationship with the applicant, equipment capacity of the infrastructure, environmental health and visual issues, property values, under-grounding, and rerouting of the capacity to another right-of-way. Correspondence from the applicant responds to questions from each of the three public hearings before the Planning Commission. Wood reported that the Planning Commission's recommendation denied the application by a vote of 6-0. The Planning Commission action was based upon findings that the request failed to meet Special Review Use criteria. The position of the Planning Commission is that the use failed the intent of requirements of numbers 1, 2 and 4. The Planning Commission opposed any expansion within the right-of-way and recommended that Staff work with the applicant to bury the power lines. Wood noted that with respect to the burial of the power lines, the applicant has provided a supplemental report, which includes estimated costs and the technology required. Wood stated that the City has retained Energy & Resource Consulting Group, LLC (ERG) to assist in all remaining phases of this request. A letter received on July 13th, 2000 from Philip Movish, of ERG provides additional information on the capacity of the existing infrastructure. Wood noted that a memo concerning the surrounding jurisdictions' approach to burial of transmission lines, has been included in the Council packet by the City Administrator. Davidson called for Applicant presentation. Michael Diehl, 550 15th St., Suite 700, Denver, CO, representing Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) introduced the informational support team for PSCo.