Orono_Route_Permit_Application - Docket # W002/TL-11-223

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City of Orono Mayor and City Council December 10, 2010 Page 4 Commission and Council to be involved in the application of these very local standards to this Xcel application once it is finally completed. Only the City Staff, Planning Commission and Council will have the expertise and experience with such important local issues, and quite frankly only those at the City will have the desire to make sure that these standards are adequately applied to this matter. It certainly may be that a conditional use permit will be approved by the City once the applicant goes through the process, but we believe that the City will also require those sort of modifications or conditions of approval that you would typically require in any type of project to make sure that the Ordinance tests for a conditional use permit are, in fact, met by the applicant. We do not believe that the City Staff. the Planning Commission or the Council needs any Vecial_expertise or experience -in matters _relating—to the electrical_capacity of the substation or the transmission line itself. Those are not the issues here. The issues are purely and uniquely lgcal IMd use issues. The City has extensive experience and expertise -in those matters. Unfortunately, we will not be able to attend the Council meeting on Monday night, but several members of the neighborhood will be present to ask you not to refer this matter away from the City, and to specifically ask you to fulfill your duty, and the duty of the City, to stay directly involved in this matter and vote on the conditional use permit so, to the extent the neighborhood needs protection, the City can work to provide that protection during the review and approval process. We hope you will have a chance to inspect the neighborhood and talk to the neighbors before the Council meeting on Monday night. Thank you for this opportunity to comment. Very truly yours, euwzk- 0. MZCA�)�� Bruce D. Malkerson I �' I. A . 4�� Howard A. Roston BDM/HAR/ts Attachment c: Jessica Loftus, City Administrator (iloftusQci.orono.mn.us) Mike Gaffron, Assistant City Administrator (mgaffronAci.orono.mn.us} Linda Vee, City Clerk (lveegci.orono.mn.us) Melanie Curtis, Planning & Zoning Coordinator (mcurtis@,ci.orono.mn.us) Soren M. Mattick, City Attorney (smattickgck-law.com) 1138559.DOC- 12/10/2010}