<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Please forward this to anyone in your Home Owners Association, Neighborhood Association, your constituents or anyone that you feel is interested in expressing their comments to the City Council. </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">A week from today, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, there will be a City Council Public Hearing about The Columbia Electric Transmission Line Project. This is a special, second public hearing (the first one was in July 2013) on route selection for The Columbia Electric Transmission Line Project. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Following the public hearing in 2013, the City Council voted to approve the current route, known as Option A. This was after a lengthy process where Council considered multiple routes known as Option A, Option B and Option B-2. The graphic on the back of the attached letter provides a snapshot of the community communication and decision-making that has occurred on this project.<span style="font-size:12.8px">Property owners near any of the route options will be sent a certified letter and all electric customers will receive a letter mailed first class. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Y</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">ou are being sent this e-mail to forward to your</span> interested group(s) about the hearing, attached are three separate documents for your use in announcing the public hearing. If you find it helpful, a sample e-mail and social media post is attached to help with outreach. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></p></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Connie Kacprowicz</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Communications & Marketing Supervisor<br></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Columbia Water & Light<br>PO Box 6015, 701 E Broadway<br>Columbia MO 65205<br>CSK@GoColumbiaMo.com 573-874-7330</font>
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