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Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. To: Comprehensive Plan Update Steering Committee From: Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. Subject: July 10'h Comp Plan Steering Committee Meeting Notes -DRAFT Date: July 12, 2008 Attending: HK 3i Dan Roe, Amy Ihlan, Steve Burwell, Mary Bakeman, Karen Schaffer, Jeff Johnson, Gary Grefenberg, Stuart Shwiff, Jim Doherty, John Goedeke, James DeBenedet Absent: AI Sands, Tammy Pust Others: Jamie Radel (City Staff}, Rusty Fifield (HKGi consultant}, Jeff Miller (HKGi consultant}, Jack Forslund (WSB & Assoc consultant), Lonnie Brokke (City Staff), Deb Bloom (City Staff), Duane Schwartz (City Staff}, Dick Lambert, Roger Toogood I. Opening The planning consultants reviewed the agenda that was distributed prior to the meeting. There were no suggested changes by the Steering Committee (SC) to the proposed agenda. Grefenberg had previously submitted written revisions to the June 26~' SC meeting notes. No additional corrections or changes were suggested by other SC members for the June 26~' SC meeting notes. Two ci#izens were present to provide public input during the open forum portion of the meeting. Dick Lambert, 800 Brenner Avenue resident, described his concerns about the high number of electrical power outages that occur in his neighborhood. He has been monitoring the power outages over recent years and stated that there are have been 4.8 outages per year. Xcel Energy is the electricity provider. He requested that the SC consider whether there is anything that the Comprehensive Plan can do to improve this problem and more generally provide guidance that improves the provision of non-municipal utilities within the community. The consultants responded that the Comp Plan should be able to provide some level of guidance relating to provision ofnon-municipal utilities. Radef distributed paper copies of an email message from another citizen, Kris Williams, 1106 Oakcrest Avenue resident, who has similar concerns regarding electrical power outages. She also has concerns about other non-municipal utilities issues, including tree removal nearXcel electrical transmission lines, BP services, and Qwest services. Email from Ms. Williams is attached to SC meeting notes as Attachment A.