HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 198 - Regarding Power and Utility Construction Where Project Receive Financial Assistance under the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965 - 04/09/1968 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 198
A RESOLUTION BY THE VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE REGARDING POWER
AND UTILITY CONSTRUCTION WHERE PROJECTS RECEIVE FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE UNDER THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION ACT OF 1965.
WHEREAS, the Village of Eden Prairie desires to comply with the State
of Minnesota, Department of Conservation, Bureau of Planning, for any Outdoor
Recreation project receiving financial assistance under the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of
Eden Prairie that it agrees to the following policy statement:
" It is recognized that electrical power and communication services are an
essential requirement for the economical and efficient operation and maintenance
of public service facilities in state, county, and municipal Outdoor Recreation
• Areas. Communication lines are necessary in the interest of public safety.
It is our policy in planning for these services to arrange and provide them
with a minimum of intrusion on the natural features of the area. In order to
accomplish this, the following factors must be given every consideration:
( 1 ) Only those utilities necessary for the public accommodations,
maintenance and operation of an Outdoor Recreation Area shall be permitted
within the Area's limits. Utility lines extending through Area properties
to private properties beyond shall be avoided and eliminated wherever possible.
(2) Every effort shall be made to provide underground-type services
for all utilities where practical .
(3) Where underground construction of electric power lines is impossible
and pole structures are necessary, they shall be located so as to be thoroughly
screened from Recreation Area roads and/or foot trails.
"Wherever possible, overhead communication lines shall be combined with
overhead structures to minimize the amount of clearing necessary to provide
these overhead utilities. In those instances where such overhead ► ines
cannot be screened from the roadway right of way, they shall be so placed
that they will blend with the background--that is, they will run along the
tree-line where their intrusion would not be readily observable. In open
prairie areas where overhead construction cannot be avoided, there will be
every attempt made to utilize topographical features to minimize the intrusion
of transmission line and pole structures.
"In all concentrated use areas, that is, picnic grounds, campgrounds,
children's camps, beach and boating areas, all electric power service under
2300 volts and all communication cables shall be underground between points
of service and no overhead lines will be constructed."
ADOPTED this 9th day of April , 1968, by the Village Council of
the Village of Eden Prairie at a regular meeting thereof.
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David W. Osterholt, Mayor of the
Village of Eden Prairie
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