HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - April 6, 1988 (47)a C0 ,NC I L co�imUN I CAT .ON
TO: THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
FROM: THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE APRIL 6, 1988
SUBJECT: SET APRIL 20, 1988 FOR PRESENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REVIEW/ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED 230 -KV ELECTRIC
INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE CITY OF LODI AND THE WESTERN AREA POWER
ADMINISTRATION FOR PUBLI:.' REVIEW AND COMMENT
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council set April 20, 1988 for presentation and
distribution of the Draft Environmental Impact Review/Environmental
Assessment of the proposed 230 -KV Electric Interconnection between the
City of Lodi and The Western Are? Power Administration for public
review and comment.
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Henry Rice
Electric Utility Director
Phone (209) 369-4072 3434 West Highway 12
Lodi, CA 95240
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ALICE M. R_IMCHE
CITY CLERK.
CITY OF LOD'
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Deas- Madam Mayor and members of the Lodi City Council;
our family farm is rn the pathway of your "Preferred
Alternative" for your power lines. We are totally against
putting up power poles. We raise Thoroughbred horses and are
constantly spending money to improve the visual asthetics of our
farm. Now, you want an easement to put up power poles, totally
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ruining any view of a pretty Thoroughbred farm.
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I have talked to Mr. Frank Rowland. He stated that the.
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lines could be put undergrocnd. As city residents, you want as
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few visible poles as possible. Why not allow us the same.
courtesy? I know the cost would be greater than the proposed
+ $1.8 million. Mr. Rowlana stated 10 times greater as a guess.
With the soil we have, I believe it would be less. But xhst
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price will you put on a pretty drive in the country and the
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positive aspects of visual attractiveness oc' the main artery to ;
Lodi from 1-5.
It may cost more to go underground, but in the long run y,*u
will save or make mcney. You will avo_1 legal hassels Drem i-rate
farm owners and have a nice looking Yoad from 1-5 to Lodi, `,that i
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will attract people. In short, go underground: `
Sincerely, I
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M. Butterworth
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