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DRAFT , " ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - SEPTEMBER 28, 1998 2 MOTION: Councilmember Keim moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion - to approve the Consent Calendar and authorize execution of all necessary -. documents contained therein. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Probst invited those present to come forward and address the Council on any items not already on the agenda. Mr. Peter Hansen Roess, President of the Minnesota Museum Metropolis, asked the Council if copies are available of the Environmental Impact and Land Use Studies for the TCAAP site. Mayor Probst stated the environmental impact study was conducted by the Army and referred Mr. Roess to Mr. Mike Fix for copies of the documentation. Regarding, the land use study, there has been work performed by the City of Arden Hills to update the City's Comprehensive Plan, The Plan should be completed in a couple of months and a copy will be available at that time. UNFINISHED AND NEW BTTSINESS A. Northern States Power, TCAAP Overhead Update Mr. Kevin Ringwald, Assistant to the City Administrator, noted the City Council had requested NSP to come and speak with the City Council regarding constructing overhead power lines along - the Highway 96, Lexington Avenue and County Road I corridor. Currently, there is an underground facility going up the extension of Hamline Avenue through the Arsenal. NSP would like to replace this underground line with an overhead. He asked Mr. John Wertish, NSP Community Services Manager, to make his presentation. Mr. Wertish presented a visual aide and explained the underground line was damaged a few years ago by lightning and needs to be replaced. The proposal is to tie into the overhead portion, prior to where it goes underground. The line would continue overhead, east to Lexington Avenue and north to County Road 1. Councilmember Malone asked if the overhead line being proposed would be similar to the line along Hamline Avenue. Mr. Wertish stated no, the line along Hamline Avenue is a transmission line, not distribution. Councilmember Malone asked if the distribution line is lower voltage than the transmission line. Mr. Wertish stated the transmission line is 115,000 volts, the proposed main line distribution feeder is 35,000 volts. Councilmember Malone asked when the underground line was put in. Mr. Wertish's assistant, Mr. Spike Jolmson, stated it was constructed twenty years ago. He noted, because it is three and one half miles long, there have been problems finding fault locations. In the time since the line was constructed, NSP has learned that lines ofthis length are not a good option for underground installation. - Councilmember Malone wondered why the decision was made to put the line underground in the first place. Mr. Johnson noted the line was installed in the beginning of the 1970's during the