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Louisville City Council Meeting March 6, 2001 Page 7 Diehl stated that PSCo would like to work with the City staff on the type and location of the trees to avoid future problems. He stated PSCo is willing to pay for the purchase, installation and maintenance of trees. Diehl reiterated that with some minor modifications of Resolution No. 16, Series 2001, Alternate A, PSCo could abide with all the conditions set forth. PUBLIC COMMENT James Keener, 788 W. Lois Court, Louisville, CO strongly urged the Council to deny PSCo's Special Review Use request to upgrade the power lines. He noted that the power lines run through two elementary schools, at least one church and the Louisville Recreation Center. He stated that the PUC has not entered a final ruling on the PSCo petition and that the City is not bound by the PUC decision because it is a land use issue. He noted that this fact was acknowledged by the Chairman of the PUC at the public meeting held in Louisville on January 17, 2001. He stated that it is important for the City of Louisville to enforce the land use code. He noted that the Planning Commission has twice entered a finding that the application did not meet three out of the five criteria for Special Review Use, and that nothing relative to this proposal has changed. He stated that the City of Louisville is in the unique position to be the only entity in the State of Colorado to make a legal case that municipal land use ordinances must be complied with by all commerce. He stated that he personally, and the Louisville Power Line Corridor Association, supports the City's defense of its ordinances in court. Mary Heaney, 1117 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO, stated that her co~nments are based on the protection of the residents affected by the power lines and also from the prospective of an occupational health and safety professional. She stated that she has 20 years experience, part of which is from the Arizona Public Service Company, as a senior environmental scientist that researched the effects of EMF. She noted that, although the Council has probably received testimony, the research results are mixed with respect to the health effects of EMF. She stated her belief that there is enough significant data to indicate there is no cause for concern and because of that, many utilities have chosen to minimize the effects of EMF when they may impact the public. She stated that apparently PSCo has chosen this avenue for this particular power line. She stated that to ensure the EMF levels of the line are as reported by PSCo, Council could make an additional condition that field monitoring be done to make certain that predicted levels are as reported. She reviewed that conditions of the monitoring for magnetic fields should be monitored by state-of-the-art instruments. She stated that the monitoring for noise levels should be done with a Type 2 sound meter. She noted that the monitoring should also be conducted on houses and other structures, during peak-loads, on cloudy days and during 7