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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/21/2009 - RESOLUTION 2009-070 AUTHORIZING A TWELVE-MONTH EXT ITEM NUMBER: 16 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July 21, 2009 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Steve Comstock SUBJECT Resolution 2009-070 Authorizing a Twelve-Month Extension of the Revocable Permit Issued to Platte River Power Authority for Installation of Two Meteorological Towers on Meadow Springs Ranch Property. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of this Resolution. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On February 19,2008,Council adopted Resolution 2008-022,authorizing the City Manager to issue a temporary revocable permit to Platte River Power Authority for the purpose of installing meteorological (MET) towers at Meadow Springs Ranch. Due to an unanticipated interruption in data collection,Platte River is requesting a 12-month extension to improve its data set.The proposed Resolution will authorize the City Manager to issue a 12-month extension to the revocable permit , for the purpose of extending the data collection period. The extension for the temporary towers will allow Platte River to collect detailed wind speed and other data to investigate the site for potential wind generation. BACKGROUND Platte River Power Authority (Platte River) is continuing to evaluate potential wind generation resources to meet the needs of Fort Collins and its other member/owner communities. As part of this effort, Platte River is evaluating wind generation potential on the Meadow Springs Ranch property owned by the City of Fort Collins. This property is located adjacent to the Rawhide Energy Station property, which is owned by Platte River. Resolution 2008-022, adopted by Council on February 19, 2008, authorized Platte River to install two 60-meter temporary meteorological towers near the north edge of the Meadow Spring Ranch property. ATTACHMENTS 1. Location map 2. Resolution 2008-022 A A MENT 1 � > ��^•.� 'tom r% '�•p,�.. a~ S �� f X , / I Met A \ J t^a w Springs inw..,.. _ Pu X AP. 4 "i A,C11�-. -� ti� „ -25 I S `� 0�0. J \ I y \ r i / 0 a :Platte River Power e Authority" - Jv A I SCALE 1:80000 !"00 1 2 3 MILES 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 YARDS r 0 1 2 3 4 5 KILOMETERS Name: EATON Location: 040°54' 14.82"N 104'58'48.11"W NAD27 Date: 1/30/2008 Caption: City of Ft Collins site and Met Tower Locations Scale: 1 inch equals 1.263 miles r--inhl wi iaw hfim.,hin, ATTACHMENT 2 RESOLUTION 2008-022 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A REVOCABLE PERMIT TO PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY FOR INSTALLATION OF TWO METEOROLOGICAL TOWERS ON MEADOW SPRINGS RANCH PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING WIND GENERATION POTENTIAL WHEREAS, Platte River Power Authority ("PRPA") provides electric generation and transmission service to the City, as well as three other municipal members and owners of PRPA; and WHEREAS, PRPA is evaluating potential wind generation resources to meet the needs of its four member cities; and _ WHEREAS, PRPA has determined that it would be beneficial to study wind generation in areas near its existing generation and transmission facilities, including Rawhide Energy Station, for the purpose of collecting detailed wind speed and other data that can be correlated to long-term data available from the Rawhide Energy Station and other sites; and WHEREAS, the City is the owner of a certain parcel of real property located in Larimer County,Colorado,known as Meadow Springs Ranch(the"Ranch"); and WHEREAS,the Ranch is located near the Rawhide Energy Station; and WHEREAS, PRPA has requested that the City cooperate with its effort to evaluate wind generation on the Ranch by allowing the installation of two temporary meteorological towers that are 60 meters tall near the north edge of the Ranch;and WHEREAS, City Utilities staff have worked with PRPA staff to identify mutually acceptable locations for the installation and operation of the two meteorological towers; and WHEREAS, PRPA will bear all costs of installation, operation, maintenance and removal of the towers; and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the request by PRPA and believes that the towers will not interfere with or adversely affect the Ranch, based on current expectations; and WHEREAS, PRPA anticipates that the towers will be removed from the Property within eighteen(18)months of installation; and WHEREAS, based on these agreed upon conditions, PRPA has requested that the City grant to it a permit or license for the installation of the two meteorological towers on the Ranch, at or in the vicinity of the specific locations described on Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, in light of the public purpose to be served and the benefit to the City of potential wind generation resources to meet the electric service needs of the City, the potential benefit to the City of obtaining wind generation data for this portion of the Ranch and the fact that the towers will have little or no impact on City operations, City staff recommends that no compensation be required for the rights granted hereunder; and WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 10 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins authorizes the Council to permit the use or occupation of any street, alley, or public place, provided that such permit shall be revocable by the Council at its pleasure, whether or not such right to revoke is expressly reserved in such permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute such documents as are necessary to grant a revocable permit to PRPA as described herein, together with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, deems necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the City or to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution, including any necessary corrections to the legal description thereof that do not result in a material increase or change in character of the intended license. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the ncil of the City of Fort Collins this 19th day of February A.D. 2008. i May ATTEST: City Clerk 'EXHIBIT "A" Met Tower Site Plan City of Fort Collins Property A. All �t f 7(I �• +ti.�w�!-''. . 1� �'„ ♦`•I` j ;T: }� ^ �: f1J fit` OL0. r t�� t _ Met Tower A(Met A on map): j Latitude / Longitude--40deg 58min 48.4sec N;104deg 58min 45.1sec W (NAD27) Parcel--82260-00-918 Section 26,Township 1.2 N, Range 68 W,6th Prime Meridian, Larimer County,State of Colorado Setback from adjacent property approximately 2,000 feet(north) and 5,500 feet (west) Met Tower B (Met B on map): Latitude/Longitude—40deg 57min 8.5sec N; 104deg 59min 6.5sec W (NAD27) Parcet—81030-00-930 Section 3,Township 11 N, Range 68 W,6th Prime Meridian,Larimer County,State of Colorado Setback from adjacent property approximately 4,000 feet(west) and 4,000 feet(south) RESOLUTION 2009-070 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING A TWELVE-MONTH EXTENSION OF THE REVOCABLE PERMIT ISSUED TO PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY FOR INSTALLATION OF TWO METEOROLOGICAL TOWERS ON MEADOW SPRINGS RANCH PROPERTY WHEREAS, Platte River Power Authority ("PRPA") provides electric generation and transmission service to the City,as well as three other municipal members and owners of PRPA;and WHEREAS, PRPA is evaluating potential wind generation resources to meet the needs of its four member cities; and WHEREAS, PRPA has determined that it would be beneficial to study wind generation in areas near its existing generation and transmission facilities,including Rawhide Energy Station,for the purpose of collecting detailed wind speed and other data that can be correlated to long-term data available from the Rawhide Energy Station and other sites; and WHEREAS, the City is the owner of a certain parcel of real property located in Latimer County, Colorado, known as Meadow Springs Ranch (the "Ranch") near the Rawhide Energy Station; and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the efforts of PRPA to evaluate wind generation on the Ranch, the City Council on February 19, 2008, approved Resolution 2008-022, authorizing a revocable permit for two temporary meteorological towers approximately 60 meters in height near the north edge of the Ranch for a period of up to 18 months; and WHEREAS,due to an unanticipated interruption in data collection,PRPA has requested an extension of its revocable permit for the two temporary towers for a period of twelve months; and WHEREAS,City staff has reviewed the request by PRPA and believes that extension of the period of operation of the towers will not interfere with or adversely affect the Ranch, based on current expectations; and WHEREAS, in light of the public purpose to be served and the benefit to the City of potential wind generation resources to meet the electric service needs of the City, the potential benefit to the City of obtaining wind generation data for this portion of the Ranch and the fact that the towers will have little or no impact on City operations,City staff recommends that the extension of the revocable permit be approved without requiring compensation to the City; and WHEREAS,Article XI,Section 10 of the City Charter authorizes the City Council to permit the use or occupation of any street, alley, or public place, provided that such permit shall be revocable by the City Council at its pleasure, whether or not such right to revoke is expressly reserved in such permit. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute such documents as are necessary to extend for an additional twelve months the previously authorized revocable permit to PRPA as described herein, together with such additional terms and conditions as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, deems necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the City or to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 21 st day of July A.D. 2009. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk