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Resolution of South St. Paul City of South St. Paul Dakota County, Minnesota Page 1 of 5 RESOLUTION NO.2001 -152 RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE APPLICATION BY NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY d/b/a XCEL ENERGY FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE UPGRADE OF A 11 5k TRANSMISSION LINE. BE IT RESOLVED. by the City Council of the City of South St. Paul, Minnesota, as follows: SECTION ONE Recitals 1.01 Northern States Power Company, doing business as Xcel Energy ("NSP") filed an application for a conditional use permit to upgrade its existing 115kV transmission line within the City of South St. Paul by adding a second I l5kV circuit and rebuilding the transmission line on monopole structures (the "Application") 1.02 A public hawing on the Application was held before the Planning Commission on June 6, 2001, following published and mailed notice as required by law. On June 13, 2001, the Planning Commission adopted its findings of fact, conclusions and recommendation with respect to the Application ("Planning Commission Recommendation"), which was forwarded to the City Council. 1.03 By resolution adopted June 18, 2001, the City Council extended the time to complete processing the Application to August 7, 2001, for the reasons stated in the resolution. A certified copy of the resolution was sent by certified mail to NSP on June 20, 2001, and a receipt therefore was signed by a representative of NSP. 1.04 The following documents and materials were provided to the Mayor and each Council member and constitute part of the record on the Application: • Application; • Supplement to Application, including aerial photo of transmission line route, southeast Metro transmission system diagram, structure drawing, H -frame photograph, computer generated monopole in South St. Paul residential area, Van Hoven reroute, • EQB FIS negative declaration; • Commonwealth Associates Inc. ('EAI") executive summary report for the Transmission Line Steering Committee; • City Planner's report and recommendation to the Planning Commission; • Power Line Task Force May 30,2001, communication to the Planning Commission; • NSP slides presented to the Planning Commission On June 6, 2001; • Power Line Task Force slides presented to the Planning Commission on June 6, 2001; • Minutes of June 6,2001, Planning Commission meeting; • Power Line Task Force June 13,2001 communication; • Minutes of June 13, 2001, Planning Commission meeting; and • Planning Commission resolution 2001-01 adopted June 13, 2001. 1.05 At its regular meeting on July 23, 2001, the City Council considered and discussed the Application and the record and heard Pat Cline, Dave Callahan, and Harold Bagley, Applicant representatives, who presented facts http://www.powertinefacts.com/South%20St%20Paul%20Resolution.htm 4/19/2011