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Roseville PWET Commission Meeting Minutes <br />Page 6 -December 22, 2009 <br />Additional discussion included any costs for relocating other underground <br />services, with specific franchise agreements addressing their relocation; <br />easements and right-of--way challenges for transformer equipment at an additional <br />cost; and distribution by staff of bench handouts providing summary information <br />from other studies available on line of benefits fora "Scenic America" by <br />relocating and undergrounding utilities, and conclusions of an organization of <br />electrical utilities as to cost benefits and/or aesthetics from their industry <br />perspective. <br />Further discussion included the reluctance of cable comp ies undergrounding in <br />the immediate proximity of electrical, based on their ', nce with fiver and <br />,~r. <br />electric issues that close together. ,,,};; <br />It was the PWET Commission consensus tl <br />Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning <br />the community and would serve to bene ~ tf <br />lines in major corridors undergroun ~e <br />recognized the public benefit to be~ reap <br />aesthetics from such undergrounding for tl <br />along a major corridor such a rice Street or <br />Mr. Schwartz noted that, in his' <br />to cost-sharing, it would reds <br />approximately $0.45,yto $.50 per <br />Member Va <br />City Cou i <br />move forward, <br />the interest in <br />s <br />~t~~ess, this w <br />entire commun <br />if a cost. <br />ents heard in the <br />be supported by <br />etting power <br />to ~ ` ~ nce pedestri"access and <br />re community, whether living <br />ons, if=Li~tl`~ Canada was agreeable <br />for a residence from $0.76 to <br />ears. <br />1, Memb°~. Stenland seconded, recommending to the <br />sal for und~~rg~rounding along the Rice Street corridor <br />~~ding than>~he City Council direct staff to seek out <br />~ ~;,~ <br />{~d ~p~rtnership of the City of Little Canada as a <br />ect move forward nonetheless. <br />Member Ste ~_ d noted that the City of Taylors Falls requires undergrounding of <br />utility lines, `'`and observed that Xcel Energy has done a great job in protecting <br />resources in that area and that it had proven to be an interesting process with other <br />benefits. <br />7. Agenda for Next Meeting -January 26, 2010 <br />Mr. Schwartz noted that the next step in the garbage collection issue would be he <br />and Recycling Coordinator Tim Pratt to coordinate an outline, with that item <br />scheduled for the January 2010 agenda. <br />