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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Transmission Line Project: February Update</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial>After holding an interested parties meeting last fall Columbia Water & Light collected feedback for several months on the second route study (Option B) for the proposed southwestern transmission line project. In December the feedback was put into a database and submitted to the engineering firm assisting with the project. An important part of determining the preferred routes for Option B is to make sure the selection matrix reflects the public opinion that was submitted. This phase is almost complete and the results of the Option B analysis should be finished within a month. A report will then be sent to the City Council detailing the results of the selection matrix followed by another interested parties meeting that will be scheduled for this spring. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3>A time line for this project is available on the city’s web site: <U><SPAN style="COLOR: red">www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Electric/ProposedElectricTransmission.php</SPAN></U> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>