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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-08-12 Chuck & Judy Dougherty Ltr to Mayor & CouncilAu 12, 2002 To: Ma and Oak Park Hei Cit Council From: Chuck & Jud Dou Re: Xcel Ener Conditional Use Pen-nit, New Business Item F. First, we would like to thank the Cit Staff for their work on this issue. As we told Kris Danielson,, we will not be able to attend the meetin on the 13'hdue to a prior scheduled fundraisin event we will be attendin After readin the staff report, we would a with their findin but we do not necessaril a with their recommendations. The q uestion that we would ask is how man times can a compan disre and g o a the rules established in their Conditional Use Permit before the Cit will take action.? We have had to endure the abuse and hardship of Xcel Ener not followin these rules for this entire summer and the still are not done with this part of the project. And this is not the last construction phase for the ash pit. Even in Xcel Ener own communication with Council Member Mar Mc Comber,, the state that the will contact the Cit when the need to work on weekends. The do not seem to understand that an operation of e on weekends is not allowed. It is bad enou that we have to tolerate their dust and noise all week, at least we should g et a reprieve on the weekends. We would ask that the Cit impose stron lan in their recommendations ie; that their permit to operate will be revoked if an other violations occur, that the should meet with affected nei and cit staff to work out solutions to the problems, and that dust and noise control has to be a priorit We ask that the Cit take action on this matter. If not, Xcel will just apolo for their wron doin then g o back to operatin an wa the please, just like the have done so man times before. Two examples of this happened last week. We net with Xcel"s representatives on Wednesda Au 7h. We were told that the would meet with their contractor and e would not be loaded on and off trailers outside of the allowed work schedule. That followin Saturda at 6:00 in the mornin the were loadin and unloadin e We were also told that the stop si would be installed the week of Au 5h here it is Monda the 12th and the stop si is j ust now bein installed. I'm sure the will come up with a g ood excuse for these things. 4 We are also enclosin a videotape of some of the activit g oin g on in the It this summer. We would. appreciate it if y ou would please watch a few minutes oft so y ou can. see for y ourself some examples of the amount of dust and dirt we have had to tolerate. Not onl are we bein forced to breathe this, it is on and in ever There is dust and dirt in our house that NAte Must keep cleanin up. Our air filters constantl need to be cleaned or replaced. The outside of our house, windows and screens are covered with dirt. Our vehicles look like we live on a dirt road. Probabl the most disturbin is the fact that our oldest dau has been put on a much stron nebulizer to control her asthma due to the increased dust. We have been in contact with the State and the recommend that we tr to handle this matter with the local unit of g overnment. This still comes back to the q uestion, of how man times a compan can violate their Conditional Use Permit before the Cit will take action? Sincerel Chuck & Jud Dou RS. We are enclosin a cop of our letter dated Au 5th to Mark Fritsch and 'Darr ell Knutson. the cop in the packet we received did not have the second pa with it.