<div dir="ltr"><p class=""><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">Monday Night Electric Transmission Line Project Public Hearing</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">PUBLIC COMMENT </span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">OPPORTUNITY</span><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> </span><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow';font-size:18pt">July 15</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">Columbia</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">City</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> Council Meeting</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">meeting starts at </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">7:00 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">701 E. Broadway</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">City Council Chambers</span></p><p class="">
<span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">Columbia Water & Light needs to build new transmission lines in the southern part of our community to meet electric needs and meet federal reliability standards. The transmission lines will connect the new Mill Creek substation on </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">Peach Court</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> with existing substations. Transmission lines move energy from where it is produced to substations, which lower the voltage for distribution lines to carry the power to homes and businesses.</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">After gathering input from those living in the area, three possible routes to run the lines were developed: Options A, B, and B2. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">A survey was available from November through January to gain perspective on the selection criteria and the most favorable route. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">Seventy-six percent of survey respondents selected Option A as the best route for the transmission lines.</span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'">Both the Water and Light Advisory Board and Columbia Water & Light staff are recommending to the City Council that they select Option A. Before deciding on the final route, the Columbia City Council will hear comments from the public. The City Council will also decide if the lines should be built overhead or underground. Once these two items have been decided, Columbia Water & Light will do the transmission line design for the selected route and develop the final costs of the project.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow'"></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"> </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'">For more information about this project:</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'"><a href="http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Electric/ProposedElectricTransmission.php">http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/WaterandLight/Electric/ProposedElectricTransmission.php</a></span></p>
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