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MALKERSON GUNN MARTIN LLP <br />1900 U.S. BANK PLAZA SOUTH TOWER <br />220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 <br />TELEPHONE 612-344-1 1 1 1 <br />FACSIMILE 612-344-1414 <br />Bruce D. Malkerson <br />Direct Dial No. 612.344.1699 <br />Bruce.Malkerson@mgmllp.com <br />December 10, 2010 <br />Mayor and City Council <br />City of Orono <br />Mayor Jim White (iwhiteC&ci.orono.mn.us) <br />3516 Ivy Place <br />Wayzata, MN 55391 <br />City Council: <br />Cynthia Bremer (cbremer(d-),ci.orono.mn.us) <br />1030 Tonkawa Road <br />Long Lake, MN 55356 <br />Lili McMillan (lmcmillan@ci.orono.mn.us) <br />1275 Lyman Avenue <br />Wayzata, MN 55391 <br />Jim Murphy Omurphy@ olden ate.net) <br />30 Orono Orchard Road North <br />Wayzata, MN 55391 <br />Doug Franchot (dfranchot�7cr,ci.orono.mn.us) <br />2010 Colin Drive <br />Long Lake, MN 55356 <br />Re: Land Use Application No. 10-3486 <br />Xcel Energy — 3960 Sixth Avenue North <br />Substation Expansion CUP and Routing Permit Local Review <br />Dear Mayor and City Council: <br />We represent several of the neighbors who live on Hunt Farm Road in the City of Orono. <br />We have just been retained to review the proposal by Xcel Energy ("Xcel") to expand the <br />substation next to the eastern side of the neighborhood and to route a transmission line along the <br />easterly edge of the neighborhood over a large, high quality wetland to Old Highway 12 and <br />