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<br />fill"""" <br />!...p~..j <br />....~." <br />i!!,.. ,,!oJ <br /><:;BEAIRIYER <br />ENE R G Y' <br /> <br />O:::T 1 5 20G% <br /> <br />17845 EJst Highway 10 . P.O. Box 800 . Elk River, Minnesota 55330-0800 . 763-441-3121 . F,lX 763-241-2366 <br /> <br />October 14, 2004 <br /> <br />W.O. 5461 <br /> <br />Ms. Michele McPherson <br />Director of Planning <br />City of Elk River <br />13065 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Wal'Mart Expansion - Conditional Use Permit - Case No, CU 04-31 <br />Public Hearings - October 26,2004 and November 15, 2004 <br />Great River Energy Easement CO-ELX-01.01 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. McPherson: <br /> <br />Great River Energy (GRE) owns and operates a 69 kilovolt transmission line over and <br />across a portion of the applicant's property in Elk River. In accordance with the legal notice <br />in the October 13, 2004 Star News regarding the proposed expansion of the Wal'Mart <br />shopping center, GRE offers the following comments:' <br /> <br />1. GRE encumbers the westerly 10 feet of Section 35 (part of the applicant's proposed <br />parking lot expansion area) with an easement for the purpose of operating and <br />maintaining an electric transmission line. <br />2. In addition to operating the transmission line, the easement provides GRE the right <br />to remove certain trees located within the defined 10-foot wide easement area. <br />3. GRE requests that the applicant be required to plant only shrubs or low-growing <br />ornamental trees within the defined 10-foot wide easement area; i.e. species that do <br />not exceed 18 feet at full maturity. <br />4. GRE requests that the applicant be prohibited from placing any parking lot light <br />standards within the defined 10-foot wide easement area unless reviewed and <br />approved by GRE engineering staff. <br />5. The applicant currently has several boulevard trees along Zane Street that are <br />located within the defined 10-foot wide easement area. The trees are of a species <br />that will reach a mature height of 50 feet or more. GRE requests that the applicant <br />be required to relocate or remove the existinq boulevard trees that are located within <br />the defined easement area. Failure to remove those trees in a timely manner will <br />likely result in their complete removal within five years by GRE in accordance with <br />specific rights contained in the transmission line easement. <br /> <br />GRE does not plan to be in attendance at the public hearing. We request that the items <br />contained above be considered GRE's official comments and thereby should be made a <br />part of the official public hearing record. <br /> <br />Direct Dial (763) 241-2337 <br /> <br />E-Mail rheuring@grenergy.com <br />www.GreCltRiverEnergy.colll <br />A Touchstone Energy'~ Cl)operarive ~TJtc: <br />- <br /> <br />FAX (763)241-6011 <br />