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Open Space trustees recommend Xcel subsurface line easement to council
Summary
The Open Space Board of Trustees voted 4–0 Jan. 14 to recommend that City Council approve a conveyance of a utility easement for the Public Service Company of Colorado (DBA Xcel Energy) to install subsurface electric feeders across OSMP-managed land. Staff cited failing feeders, increased outages, and an 8–12 week construction window.
The Open Space Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 unanimously recommended that City Council approve conveyance of a utility easement to the Public Service Company of Colorado, known as Xcel Energy, to install and maintain subsurface electric lines beneath city open space land.
Bethany, the city's real estate services senior manager, told trustees the request responds to failing infrastructure in a corridor between Sunshine Canyon Drive and Boulder Canyon Drive. "These lines are critical to the city's electric framework," she said, describing two feeders installed in the early…
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