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A Resolution Authorizing the Use of a Possession and Use Agreement and Eminent Domain to Acquire a Permanent Easement on Real Property Owned by the Lockwood Limited Liability Company Needed for the Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project
Presenter:
Travas Deal, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Jessica K. Davis, Land Resource Manager, Colorado Springs Utilities
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Summary:
Colorado Springs Utilities ("Utilities") and the City of Colorado Springs' Real Estate Services Office ("RES") request that City Council approve a resolution that will allow Utilities to use a possession and use agreement and/or eminent domain to obtain permanent easements on the real property owned by Lockwood Limited Liability Company ("Owner") located at 3690 Astrozon Boulevard, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and identified by El Paso County Tax Schedule Number 6434112004 ("Property") for the Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project.
Background:
On June 26, 2020, the Utilities Board approved the new Electric and Gas Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). The IRPs commit Utilities to a new energy future that is cost-effective, resilient and environmentally sustainable. The IRPs call for grid modernization, integration of more cost-effective renewable energy and incorporation of new technologies like energy storage.
The Kelker to South Plant Transmission Project ("Project") will provide a new overhead single circuit 115kV transmission line from Kelker Substation to South Plant Substation. This added transmission infrastructure is needed to support the decommissioning of South Plant Aeroderivative Gas Generators. The Project is approximately 5 miles long and staff has been working with 19 private property owners, including Colorado Department of Transportation, Union Pacific and BNSF Railroads, and City departments to acquire the property rights needed for the Project.
Utilities and their acquisition consultant have been in good faith negotiations wit...
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