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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4.0 Resolution 82-96STATE OF COLORADO County of Garfield At a • regular ss. held at the Court House in Glenwood Springs Rn April A. D. 19 ZS 2 there were present: Eugene Drinkhouse Larry Velasquez meetin of the Board of County Commissioners for Mon day , the Earl Rhodes Leanne Cleland, ]3eputy Commissioner Chairman Commissioner , Commissioner , County Attorney , Clerk of the Board when the following proceedings, among others were had and done, to -wit: RESOLUTION NO. 82-96 arfield Colorado, day of Protem A RESOLUTION CONCERNED WITH THE APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION BY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO. WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Garfield County has received an application from Public Service Company of Colorado for a special use permit for a 230/345 KV utility transmission line including associated substation facilities on the following described tract of land: 230,000/345,000 Volt Transmission Line from Existing 230,000/345,000 Volt Cameo -Rifle Transmission Line to Parachute Substation. Beginning at a point on the existing Cameo -Rifle 230,000/345,000 volt transmission line located in the NZ SE4 Section 5, Township 7 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly to a point on the southeasterly side of the existing Denver and Rio Grande Railroad to a point in the SE4 NW4 of said Section 5; thence southwesterly and parallel to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad to a point near the West boundary line NEZ SE4 Section 6, Township 7 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly across interstate 70 to a point near the center of said Section 6; thence westerly to a point near the southeast corner of the Parachute Substation site. Parachute Substation Site A parcel of land situate in the NE4 of the SW4 of the SE4 of the NW% of Section 6, Township 7 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Garfield, State of Colorado, described as follows: Beginning at a point whence the Southwest corner of said Section 6 bears S.26°42'45"W. a distance of 2901.35 feet said point being the Northwest corner of said NE4 of the SW4 of Section 6; thence N.0°54'06"E. along the West boundary line of said SE4 of the NW% a distance of 180.00 feet to a point; thence S.86°42'54"E. a distance of 805.73 feet to a point whence the Northeast corner of said NE4 of the SW4 of Section 6 bears S.68'12'44"E. a distance of 566.83 feet; thence S.1°06'24"W.a distance of 580.01 feet to a point whence the Northeast corner of said NE4 of the SW4 bears N.55°26'41"E. a distance of 652.22 feet and the Southwest corner of said Section 6 bears S.44°23'16"W. a distance of 3002.43 feet; thence S.67°33'06"W. 412.16 feet to a point; thence N.79°29'04"W. a distance of 430.50 feet to a point on the West boundary line of said NE4 of the SW4; thence N.0°53'27"E. along the West boundary line of said NE4 of the SW4 a distance of 524.97 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Contains 12.9656 acres, and, A parcel of land situate in Lot 6 of Section 6, Township 7 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Garfield, State of Colorado, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the point whence the Southwest corner of said Section 6 hears S.26°42'45"W. a distance of 2901.35 feet, said point being the Northeast corner of said Lot 6; thence S.0°53'27"W. along the East boundary line of said Lot 6 a distance of 524.97 feet to a point; thence N.79°29'04"W. a distance of 210.74 feet to a point on the centerline of the Wilcox Canal; thence along said centerline N.32°45'56"E. a distance of 153.90 feet to a point; thence N.18°42'11"E. a distance of 377.55 feet to a point on the North boundary line of said Lot 6; thence S.87°00'14"E. along the North boundary of said Lot 6 a distance of 11.02 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Containing 1.1528 acres. r • 230,000 Volt Transmission Line from Parachute Substation to Wheeler Substation The 230,000 volt transmission line will exist Parachute Substation along the West side; thence southwesterly to a point in the NZ SE4 Section 1, Township 7 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly to a point near the West boundary line of SW4 NE4 of said Section 1; thence westerly to a point near the center of the NW1 of said Section 1; thence southwesterly to a point near the W4 corner of said Section 1, thence westerly to a point near the W4 corner of Section 2, Township 7 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly to a point in the N1 NE4 near the North - South centerline of Section 3, Township 7 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northerly to the Wheeler Substation Site located near the North - South centerline and the South Section Line of Section 34, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian. Wheeler Substation A parcel of land situated near the North-South centerline and the South Section Line of Section 34, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Garfield, State of Colorado, containing approximately 1.64 acres. 230,000 Volt Transmission Line from Wheeler Substation to Pyramid Switching Station The 230,000 volt transmission line will exit Wheeler Substation along the West side; thence northwesterly to a point in the WZ Section 33, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian near the East-West centerline of said Section 33; thence northwesterly to a point in the W2 NE4 Section 29, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly to a point in the NE4 NW4 Section 20, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northeasterly through Section 17, to a point near the center of Section 8, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northeasterly to a point east of the SE corner of the NW4 NE4 of said Section &, thence -.northeasterly through Sections 5 & 4, Township 6 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northerly to a point in the S2 SE1 Section 25, Township 5 South, IL nge 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northeasterly through Sections 25 & 24 to a point in the N NW4 Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 95 West•of the 6th Principal Meridian into the Pyramid Switching Station. Pyramid Switching Station A parcel of land situated in the Nz NW4 Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Garfield, State of Colorado, containing approximately 2.75 acres. 230,000 Volt Transmission Line from Pyramid Switching Station to Bench Substation The 230,000 volt transmission line will exit the Pyramid Switching Station in a southerly direction to the western base of Long Ridge; thence southeasterly to a point near the center of Section 19, Township 5 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northeasterly to a point in the W1 NW4 Section 20, Township 5 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence southeasterly into Bench Substation located in the N1 NW14 Section 29, Township 5 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian. Bench Substation A parcel of land situated in the N1 NW1 Section 29, Township 5 South, Range 95 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Garfield, State of Colorado, containing approximately 0.08 acres. (This site will be leased from the Union Oil Company of California) 230,000 Volt Transmission Line From Pyramid Switching Station to Davis Switching Station The 230,000 volt transmission line will exit the Pyramid Switching Station in a southwesterly direction to a point in the SZ NE4 Section 24, Township 5 South Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northwesterly to a point near the North-South centerline in the S4 Section 13, Township 5 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence northeasterly to Davis Switching Station located near the center of said Section 13. Davis Switching Station A parcel of land situated near the center of Section 13, Township 5 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Garfield, State of Colorado, containing approximately 6.25 acres. 230,000 Volt Transmission Line from Davis Switching Station to the Colony Plateau Substation The 230,000 volt transmission line will exit the Davis Switching Station in a northerly direction approximately 1400 feet to the Colony Plateau Substation. (The Colony Plateau Substation will be owned by the Colony Oil Shale Development.) 230,000 Volt Line From Davis Switching Station to the Colony Bench Substation The 230,000 volt transmission line will exit the Davis Switching Station in a northeasterly direction to a point in the E1/2 SDI; Section 12, Township 5 South, Range 96 West of the 6th Principal Meridian; thence easterly to the Colony Bench Substation. (The Colony Bench Substation will be owned by the Colony Oil Shale Development.) WHEREAS, pursuant to required public notice, the Board conducted a public hearing on the 1st day of February, 1982, upon the question of whether the above described special use permit should be granted or denied, at which hearing the public and interested persons were given the opportunity to express their opinions regarding the issuance of said special use permit; and WHEREAS, the Board on the basis of the evidence produced at the aforementioned hearing, has made the following determinations of fact: 1. The proposed use is compatible with the uses existing and permitted in the district in which it is to be located, provided that certain hereinafter contained conditions be complied with. 2. That neither the impact on traffic volume and safety or on utilities, or any other impact of the special use will be injurious to the established neighborhood or zone district in which the special use is to be located. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Commissioners of Garfield County, Colorado, that a special use permit be and hereby is authorized permitting the use of the above described tract of land for a 230/345 KV utility transmission line including associated substation facilities, upon the following specific conditions: 1. That the use of the tract of land comply with all present and future regulations of Garfield relating to utility transmission facilities in the zone district in which the property is now or may later be located; 2. That, prior to the issuance of the authorized special use permit, the above des- cribed tract of land shall be severed from any other tract of land upon which there may exist a principal use, unless such other such principal use has been terminated at the time of the issuance of the special use permit. 3. That Public Service Company show available housing in Garfield County for their projected construction work force. 4. That clear cutting of vegetation along the Colorado River and Parachute Creek be avoided and selective cutting or tree topping be used instead. 5. That the route designated as Alternate #2 shown on Exhibit A be used as the alignment across the Knight property and the alignment shown on Exhibit A be used up Parachute Creek to the Union and Colony sites. • • ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COIMISSIONERS GARFIELD COUNTY, COLORADO i 1 ( , ( 4' t Deputy Clerk of the Board Upon motion duly made and seconded the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the following vote: Eugene Drinkhouse Aye Larry Velasquez Aye Aye Commissioners STATE OF COLORADO County of Garfield I, , County Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the annexed and foregoing Order is truly copied from the Records of the Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners for said Garfield County, now in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Glenwood Springs, this day of , A. D. 19 County Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners.