Citizen Group Meeting Held on January 11, 2010

Many of you were in attendance at last night's meeting to receive the updates from Brad and Kaye. They updated us on the following information:

1. The County Planning Commission has been meeting to update their conditional use verbiage as requested by Rocky Mountain Power.

2. RMP has applied to Tooele County for a conditional use permit to run the proposed power lines along the south and east benches just outside of the Tooele City limits. Their initial application was returned to them as it was deemed incomplete. They have since sent in another application that will be considered at a meeting held by the Tooele County Planning Commission on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at 47 South Main in Tooele. PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING THIS MEETING AND BRING YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS. What happens at this meeting will affect all county citizens.

3. RMP's conditional use application DID NOT INCLUDE the future Limber substation and the additional transmission line from Limber to the Terminal substation in Salt Lake County that RMP originally applied for. It only includes the southeast bench route that the Tooele City leaders, Tooele County leaders, and a very large group of citizens have voiced their opposition to.

So, what does that mean?
A. The power is not needed, and will not be available for use in Tooele County. This line is all for the Wasatch Front power users.
B. RMP has "listened to" but not heard the leaders and citizens of Tooele County who have proposed a route that all entities have agreed on. They are used to doing what they want how they want, and seem to be continuing in that vein.

4. RMP presented a booklet to the Tooele County Commission with its conditional use application that perpetuates the inaccurate and misleading data that was included in the original environmental impact study. Much of this information has been refuted to the BLM and we hope is not included in the final environmental impact study that should be released in about 8 weeks. If time allows we can include a list of the inaccuracies found in that study on this blog at a future time.

WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

1. Write letters expressing your objections to the southeast and east bench routes that RMP has proposed to the County Commissioners. List all of the reasons you think this would be detrimental to Tooele. These letters must be received prior to January 20, 2010. The address is as follows:

Kerry Beutler, County Planner
Tooele County Engineer's Office
47 South Main Street Rm. 113
Tooele, UT 84074

2. Plan on attending the Tooele County Planning Commission Meeting being held on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. It will be held at the Tooele County Building, 47 South Main, Tooele, Utah. BRING YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS!

3. Share this blog with all of your family, friends, and neighbors so that they can stay up on what is happening and help us out!

We will keep you posted!