Planning Commission Minutes 2000 06 13

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None. Applicant Presentation: th Michael Diehl, Principal Agent for Public Service Company of Colorado, 550 15 Street, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado 80202. Mr. Diehl stated that if they were going to maintain the existing height of the line, they would have to add 11 poles. In his letter he had indicated 22 poles, it is actually 11 poles. If they use a single steel pole to replace all of the existing structures they would need 22 single steel poles along the right-of-way. Mr. Diehl submitted two graphics, one showing the 11 new structures if they went with the H-frames and one graphic showing where the 22 new structures would be located if they use a single steel pole. (The two graphics were entered into the record.) Mr. Diehl also submitted a palette of colors that might be applied to the structures. Members of the Public: Carrie DeGraw, 741 Orchard Drive, Louisville, CO 80027. Ms. DeGraw is concerned that this application is being rushed through the process. She asked what the maximum height of the poles will be and what the additional cost of the H-frame steel as opposed to the single pole. Ms. DeGraw recommended Blue Spruce trees that grow to be about 100 feet tall. The recommended H-frame is the noisiest out of all of the options according to Public Services chart. The proposed EMF fields, at maximum, could be pretty close to what they are if they did not replace these lines at all. She would like to know who will be regulating this. Ms. DeGraw summarized part of an article from the Rocky Mountain News, which stated that high tech companies that rely on uninterrupted power sources and computer and computer industry now consume 13% of the nation’s available power. In 1993 that was only 1%. Ms. DeGraw does not want to see the citizens of Louisville pay for the brunt of the increase for the businesses. She feels that those businesses need to participate in the cost of the power lines. James Keener, 788 West Lois Court, Louisville, CO 80027. Mr. Keener stated that it seems to him that the only variations of the proposal that Public Service has proposed and the Staff now seems to accept, is the degradation of the community. 1) They want to increase the EMF’s or raise the pole heights so that the EMF’s won’t hit the ground with the same intensity. 2) They also want to take a residential community and turn it into an industrial zone with steel towers that now may be as high as 89 feet. Mr. Keener proposed that the Planning Commission deny this proposal in spite of the recommendation of Staff, turns it over to City Council and see where this goes. He would rather pay an attorney to fight this in court than just roll over on this issue. Stephanie Rowe, 791 West Tamarisk Street, Louisville, CO 80027. Ms. Rowe is frustrated in that last month they left the meeting thinking that this application would be denied, and as of 24 hours ago, they found the decision had changed significantly. Many people did not know that the decision had changed or there would be more public at the meeting at this time. There has been no mention of funding, nobody looking into any ways of funding this, no discussions with citizens as to if they would like to help pay for it. Ms. Rowe asked if they are just letting the under 3