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Roosevelt council asks staff and Cougarland to meet after seismic survey concerns
Summary
Staff urged against approving Cougarland seismic test permit as written, citing truck-route, vibration and parks risks; council voted to have staff and the company meet and return with revisions.
Roosevelt City Council on an unidentified November meeting evening declined to approve Cougarland's seismic survey proposal as submitted and instead approved a motion to have staff meet with the company and return with revised terms.
Grant, a city staff member who led the staff review, told the council the primary concerns were truck routing onto city streets not designed for heavy trucks, potential vibration damage to tram-side utility lines beneath some streets and the risk to investments in parks and the municipal golf course. Grant said staff reviewed submitted bond materials and found the proposed bond amount and duration insufficient: "I…
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