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:to . ~ FEBRUARY 27, 1979 TUESDAY below the centerline grade of the street building line on said given side of such be established a minimum of twenty~seven line. on which they front, the street in that block may (27') feet from the street Council acknowledged receipt of the following supplementary report from the Select atizens Committee StUOYlug the R. W. Beck & Associates' Appraisal Report (re: proposed "Ridgeway" hydro-electric project) and the analysis thereof presented to Council on February 13, 1979 by Mr. Walter W. Craigie, Jr., Executive Vice President of Wheat, First Securities: By your request, six of the Select Citizen's Committee met with Messrs. Greene, Noland, Brown and Corekin on February 21, 1979, at City Hall to determine what additional assistance the Committee, as a unit, might provide Council, using information obtained subsequent to our January 9, 1979, report. The following items were discussed: T. B. Noland's memorandum to Council of February 6, 1979. W. W. Craigie, Jr.'s letter and taped comments of February 13, 1979. Facility financing possibilities to avoid or minimize any adverse effect upon electric utility customers. Committee consensus was that we could not effectively further expand upon this information developed since January 9, 1979. We recommend consideration of the following actions: Council Members individually and collectively evaluate all available information concerning the entire City electric utility service relative to forecasted service needs and availability. Council collectively establish, to its own satisfaction, what change(s) in the existing electric supply arrangement is needed and why. Council develop and effectively communicate to the citizens: a) A statement of the need for change(s) in the existing electric supply system; b) The risk(s) involved; and c) The step-by-step plan to minimize them. We feel these actions should define needed electric service proposed changes sufficiently to permit more knowledgeable citizen input and permit orderly implementation of changes. With the concurrence of City Attorney David B. Worthy, who noted that the injunction recently obtained by Henry County, pertaining to water service provided by the City to users outside the City's corporate limits, applies only to the request recently filed by Frith Construction Company for such service to a facility under construction adjacent to the City's Industrial Park, Council unanimously authorized the reactivation