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HomeMy WebLinkAbout020 - 02/17/1981 - RELATING TO TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OF PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY ORDINANCE NO 20 . 1981 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE Cl7 rOF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO TRANSMISSION FACILITIES OF PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Platte River Power Authority is a political subdivision owned in part by the City of Fort Collins and charged with the respons- ibility of supplying the City of Fort Collins with electrical energy, and WHEREAS, in order to perform its duties and obligations to the City of Fart Collins of supplying electrical energy, it is necessary that Platte River Power Authority install and maintain certain wires, cables and other equipment for the transmission of electrical current along certain public ways within the City of Fort Collins and to install said wires, cables and other equipment on poles or masts along certain public ways within the City of Fort Collins. and WHEREAS, Article I, Chapter 48 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins requires the granting of a franchise for such installation or maintenance except as instituted by the City Electric Utility, and WHEREAS, Platte River Power Authority, as the supplier of electrical energy, is essentially an extension and arm of the City Electric Utility, and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council of the City of Fort Collins that Platte River Power Authority be excluded from the requirements of Article I, Chapter 48 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins requiring the granting of a franchise, and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Council of the City of Fort Collins that Platte River Power Authority be subject to the same rules and regula- tions as are applied to the City Electric Utility, and the applicable ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, in connection with the installation and maintenance of such electric transmission facilities NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Section 48-6 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be amended to state as follows "Section 48-6 Excepted facilities The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the Electrical Utility of the City ( including Platte River Power Authority), and that Utility, and Platte River Power Authority, shall be authorized to install and maintain lines and facilities in accordance with the other applicable ordinances of the City of Fort Collins and the rules and regulations of the City Electric Utility " y Introduced, considered favorably on first reading and ordered pub- lished this 3rd day of February , 1981, and to be prese ted for final passage on t e 17th day of February r (�ATTEST p My Clerk Passed and adopted on final read in h 17th day of Febr ar , 1981 ayor ATTEST City Clerk -2-