HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 243 - Setting Forth a Policy Statement Regarding Power & Utility Construction for Certain Outdoor Recreation Project - 11/12/1968 VIU A04 Q' SMN PRAM _
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A RIi9a.UTI0K J9TT1 FORM A POLICT VAIM& ASOMIMO P =
AND UTIMY CCKSUWTIa FOR CUTAIN (XIm,at AW4t"TIOR PROMT3t
For any 6utdoor Recreation project receiving financial assistatee wader the Land and hater Conservation. Fund Act of 19669 tlts E Ve�eN_,
PRAIRIE agrees to the folloviii "liar statement:
It is recornised that electrical cower and corm aication survives are sat
essential requirwent for the economical and efficient ooers-tiss and nalsr-
tonance of uublic service facilities in state, oonnts, and tunicipwl 011"O !
Recreation Areas. Com.unicatiom lines are nooessery in the interest of
public safety. It is our wolicy in nIwm1M for these services to Gn%Me
and urovide then with a miiinm of intrusion on the natural features of the
area. In order to ncownlish this, the following factors mast be elves
every coasiderationt
(1) Only these "tilittas wueseary for the *vublic accommodations.
maintenance and operation of an Outdoor Recroation Area shall be permitted
within the Area's limits. Utility llass extending through Area ormortios
to private properties beyond shall be avoided and eliminated vb*revar possible.
(2) Mvery effort shall be made to provide undergrOus& ,Tee sorvisos
for all utilities whore practical.
(3) there underground construction of electric power Baps is Im-
possible and pole structures are necessary, they shall be located so as to
be thorourhly screened from Recreation Area roads and/or foot trails. -
"Wherever possible, overhead eomeanieatiou lines shall be combined with
overhead structures to miniaise the asovnt of clearing necessary to provide
these overhead utilities. In those instances ware such overhead liter
cannot be screened from the roadway right of way, they shall be so mlaoed -
that they will blend with the background--that is, they will run aleag the
tree-line where their intrusion vault not be readily observable. L soot
prairie areas where overhead construction, oswaot be avoided, there will be
every attamt made to utilise topogra*hisal feaWss to sin.isise the Wra-
sioa of transmission line and cols structures.
"In all concentrated use areas, that is, picals grounds. eew*growAs. child^ -
ren's r&VA, beach and boating areas, all electric *over service wWWr 29800
volts and all coemnicatica cables shall be undergrounA between points of
service and no overheai •lines will to sotetrwated.s
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