The council will have a 7 p.m. public hearing and discussion in council chambers on the proposed Cagnon-Kendall transmission line CPS says needs to be built to maintain electrical infrastructure.

The utility is asking the city to give up Proposition 3 parkland — land over environmentally sensitive recharge features for the Edwards Aquifer. Voters approved a sales tax increase in 2000 to pay for this land to remain undeveloped.

The proposed route is the culmination of two years of planning and public hearings. A TV ad campaign is touting the debate as one of public trust.

Individual residents who would like to address the council during the hearing will receive three minutes and must sign up in advance. Groups will receive nine minutes, but three representatives of the group must be present and sign up in advance.

Hi Brad,
I listened to your show today. I just want to say I if those power lines over the preserved land that were bought with some of my tax money are approved, then I will not be voting for any one of them that votes for it. I also will not vote again in favor of a propostion of that sort.
To me it is the principle that matters here. To say it would be okay to take some of that land away then replace with land elsewhere is ridiculous. What happens when they decide to put Power Lines over the replacement land? Will they be buying land and replacing the replacement land?
This is the kind of crap that goes on and on at City Hall and has absolutely killed my trust in them. Best Regards,
Tom

Although I do support the issue in the anti-powerline ad on TV, a certain amount of disgust is warranted because the type of tower depicted in the ad is absolutely not the kind proposed to cross the Prop 3 land. The ad shows a huge lattice-type tower, whereas the kind that is planned is a huge single-pole tower, and there is a big difference. -Brad

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