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1 <br /> /, <br /> 6 Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities <br /> 13069 Orono Parkway phone: 763.441.2020 <br /> Elk River,MN 55330 Fax 763 441.8099 <br /> IAugust 3, 2005 <br /> To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> Jerry Takle <br /> Jim Tralle <br /> I <br /> John Dietz <br /> From: Bryan Adams <br /> ISubject: Proposed Target Data Center Facility <br /> I <br /> Staff continues to work on the proposed Target Data Center facility. Enclosed is the <br /> following information for your review. <br /> 111) 1) Ryan Companies U.S. Inc. request for will-serve letter. <br /> 2) Elk River Municipal Utilities will-serve letter. <br /> 3) July 19, 2005 correspondence to Great River Energy confirming use of <br /> IStation 14. <br /> 4) Aerial map of area reflecting possible underground cable routes from Station <br /> 14 and west substation to proposed Target facility. <br /> IStaff is currently in discussion with MNDOT and BNSF Railroad concerning crossing or <br /> I paralleling their facilities. We are also seeking engineering proposals for Substation 14 <br /> modifications and mapping of underground cable. Attached is a preliminary sketch of the <br /> proposed Station 14 Substation expansion. Bids will be received on August 30, 2005 for <br /> I 1-15 MVA transformer at Substation West and option to purchase another 15 MVA for <br /> Station 14. Delivery of transformers of this size is in the 20 to 48 week time frame. Staff <br /> is preparing cable bid documents for 120,000 LF of 1000 MCM URD EPR cable. I will <br /> I have a sample of this cable at our board meeting. We continue to meet with Ryan/Target <br /> personnel concerning technical electrical issues for this facility. We anticipate <br /> authorization to proceed with our phase of this project on September 15, 2005. It is staffs <br /> I intent to do as much preliminary work as we can so we are ready to proceed when given <br /> the go ahead. <br />