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Council Min.utes o£ 1-5-71 Page -5- a11 undexground wiring. We contacted.zhis Cftp. We find, and have a letter to s.:batantiate this (letter read by Mr. West) that Ft. tdsyr-p has reversed its poeition attd is going baclc to overhead wiring because they have fouad that undergrcumd az+re too expansive and tco hard to maintain. 3. Possible PoZlution - Wd have uot been arble to obtain any specified data with regard to poasible pollutfcn ae a result of high tensfrm xizes, othez than the covamts in IeCter frtm ttta Federal Pawez Comissicn which statea that this suggeetian is ao? undar atudq by the Ed3son Electirical Institute. 2t is thseir feeliag, htwever, that 132,040 tension wires are not in the categoary which will reaulC fn gollution. 4. Conclveion - Insofar as I am ccncernmd, we have completed the research and development of data and have cam to the follawing conciueions: 1. There is a definite and significant need far additionsl powar in North OImsted, and we wiZl encoccrage C.E.I. to pravide this addit3onal power. 2. It appears too expenafve and uafeaeible to require underground wiring. We are not ready to gay for the extra cost, nar aze wa willing to put up with Che timraliability and long delaqs in repairs. It appears, hawever, that in a few years the technologs? will davelsap so that undergraund wiring can be ecupetitive with averbestd. Rawever, as pointed aut in one of the Fed+eral Government Publications, "You can' t build today `s power If.nee wifih tomorrows' technologq". 3. No evi.dence of pollutioa. 4. The routi.ng of the ps'"ased potver lines have been chaaged to go along new 252, and this rcute will affect fewer residents. We have explored many routea and this appears to be Che best. We asked C.E.I. to look st seven differesnt rautes; obtained extra help fram Regi.onal Planning Comisaion in order to abtain expert opinian aA possfbl.e zouting. Covncil has gone aver the area, studied aerial aWs, ete. The result is naw in Plmaing Cramtasian, aad theq have askert that informatian I have be forarardetd to them. All of this fntarmatiose, booklets, Ietters, etc. wi12 be forwarded to the Platening tb=miasion. Mr. West commented that one bouklet has many pointers as to installatian of overhead power lines atid maq waut to put saae or all of it in Ordinance as it pertaix?s to briag3ng 3,n added pvwer lines. Mr. West said the Clerk will mske copies of as much of thia information as posaible and will be available in a report sooa. Mr. tdest, Chairman Tranaportatioa Cown3ttee, stated there will be ameeting with Fafrview on poaeible fneresse of rates on bus line on January I2th, and anyone on Council is wel.ccmre to attend. Letters, Comnunicatians: The Clexk stisted she had received two more petitions with 29 signatuxes, making a total of 579 s3.gnatuxes on a33 petitions received, in oggasiticm to propased K Mart. People addressing Council: Mr. J. Haw+crd Cttilds, 5998 Co].unbia Rd., asked if we cannot have underground 1irres dres this mean we hnve to accapt 132 kv. overhead or cau we prevail upan C.E.I. to get the voltage down to 33 kv or lawar? Mr. West stated we can astc them and ask.ed Mr. Childs' what would be