as their
colleagues in St. Paul voted NOT to give Excelsior the use of eminent
domain.
Jim Bernstein
Fulton
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chris Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls]
Emilie Quast wrote:
According to the S'Trib, the Crown Hydro project just got a 45 day
extension.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4995488.html
They should have named it "Crown Hydra" I think.
Emilie Quast
SE Como.
A very appropriate nickname, I think.
This is the 4th extension Crown Hydr
On 7/19/04 12:15 AM, "Dave Stack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Skyway News article states: "Crown Hydro's west bank project received a
> $5.1 million grant from Xcel's Renewable Energy Fund and, according to the
> letter, has spent $1.4 million". I am curious if anyone knows if these
> million
Thank you for posting this. I had heard early last week that the Water
Committee of Sierra Club was debating the issue intensely among themselves
as to their position. It is not clear to me that this letter got to us in
time for the Wednesday vote - I don't think I saw it anyway, so I am glad
On 5/20/04 5:15 PM, "Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "It seems like more people every year are appreciating the river in Mpls as a
> wonderful natural amenity." (Dave Stack)
>
> I mean no disrespect but I, too, live near the lock and dam and, with yet
> another condo building going up outside
"It seems like more people every year are appreciating the river in Mpls as a
wonderful natural amenity." (Dave Stack)
I mean no disrespect but I, too, live near the lock and dam and, with yet another
condo building going up outside my window, I have unfortunately come
to the conclusion that it
Mr. Stack - I think you will be waiting longer than a lifetime! Without
the locks, the river becomes unnavigable to both pleasure boats and
commercial shipping. The Mississippi River is indeed a wonderful
natural amenity but it also a vital commercial waterway and a source of
pleasure for many re
List Manager wrote:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4786024.html
Voting to kill the Crown Hydro deal: Young, Erwin, Dziedzic, Berry Graves,
Mason.
Voting to keep it: Hauser, Fine, Kummer, Olson.
Contrary to the impression that Annie Young's message leaves with me
that Walt Dziedzic moved
On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at 09:46 AM, stack wrote:
It seems like more people every year are appreciating the
river in Mpls as a wonderful natural amenity.
Stack, I noted in a recent article that we workers at the Post Office
with the supposed premier view of this "natural amenity" are being
g
I share Mr. Stack's desire for the Mississippi River to run free.
The Crown Hydro project inlet water race is in the basin above the falls. These
water races predate the lock by some ?80 years?. Recently the water races were
daylighted, and water has been successfully run through them. Currentl
On May 19, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Chris Johnson wrote:
/Below is an editorial by Minnesota Historical Society Director and
State Historic Preservation Officer Nina Archabal which the Star
Tribune chose not to print.
Skyway News reported this development in Monday's paper, plus the
concerns of the he
Hello Minneapolis Folks,
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the interest of this
conversation, has there been any study of the
energy generation that could be acheived by placing
wind generators on the skyscrapers downtown?
KB wrote: I spoke with some people involved in wind
development about this
In the interest of this conversation, has there been any study of the
energy generation that could be acheived by placing wind generators on the
skyscrapers downtown? The wind voloumn seven hundred feet up from the street is
considerable and pretty constant. The "masts" have alre
On 5/17/04 12:16 PM, "Jeff Fellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why Crown Hydro? asks Mark in response to Allen's post. I think Allen meant
> what he said when he wrote:
>
> "Crown Hydro is a good opportunity for the city of Minneapolis to demonstrate
> it's commitment to renewable energy."
I'
I worry about getting into this, because the tone of this thread gets
personal pretty quickly.
I do not know the technical specifics of the Crown Hydro proposal, but I do
suspect that -- as with many proposals --the technical facts and
uncertainties are open to considerable interpretation.
The me
Jeff Fellows wrote:
Are you satisfied joining the naysayers, the do no
gooders? We have a Green Park Commissioner voting against hydroelectric power.
Do you wonder how the RiverPlace buildings were built without taking down the
falls, as noted happened once in 1868, as the naysayers claim will hap
Mark Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Crown Hydro
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Allen does raise some good perspective with regards to hydropower vs. other
so
Allen does raise some good perspective with regards to hydropower vs. other
sources of electricity.
But supporting hydropower isn't the same thing as supporting Crown Hydro.
Again, the benefits Allen and others have cited for hydropower could be much
more easily and cheaply realized by simply in
I appreciate the efforts of both Ken and Chris to detail the issues regarding the
proposal. I would like one thing
clarified, please. I thought that hydroelectric power was first produced across the
river on the 'St. Anthony' side and
that the Minneapolis side was only mechanical hydro powe
Chris writes:
> Part 1 of 2 (the list is just restrictive on my prolixity! :-)
Sorry - been meaning to inform list members about this
The server restricts posts to about 10 kb (in Unix measurements - it works
out to about 25-30 kb per message on my PC).
While it has the salutary effect of l
Part 2 of 2
Ken Bradley wrote:
Main opposition points vs Crown's Hydro Project
include
2. Aesthetic flows over the falls/spillway. A minimum
of 2000 cu. ft /sec was established in 1993 as a
minimum. The Crown Hydro folks support this as a
permanent standard.
Only 50% of the time in a given year i
Just for a matter of record the Crown Hydro project is still listed as a
discussion item on the Full Board agenda for Wednesday. It is not clear
yet who is going to make a motion and what that motion will be. Read
today's Skyway News for the latest on counting heads (votes that is).
Good point
MPRB likely had to file as intervener in the FERC docket by a date certain
in order to establish legal standing as the project progresses before FERC.
No sinister plot.
Michael Hohmann
Linden Hills
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Behalf Of Chris
On 4/28/04 4:01 PM, "Emilie Quast" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One thing that really bothered him was that no one seemed to really *know*
> what was going to happen in the fragile limestone bluffs, but if the thing
> goes through, it's going to be happening for 50 years on the lease with a
> rene
My friend who wanted to know is one of the residents in the Winslow House
and probably one of the "constituants on the east side of the river whose
opinions matter".
One thing that really bothered him was that no one seemed to really *know*
what was going to happen in the fragile limestone bluffs,
I haven't heard a really convincing reason to risk damaging some of the city's most
historic and important assets. I haven't heard enough to convince me that all of the
necessary precautions are being taken to prevent damage to the falls and mill ruins.
If they get damaged it will be billions,
Emily and others,
I truly cannot speak for any of the Board Members BUT... When the vote
on Crown Hydro was postponed it was placed on the May 5th agenda because
Commissioner Fine would not be at the April 20th meeting. I would be
willing to hazard a guess however that the two commissioners
On 3/9/04 1:42 AM, "Chris Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Crown Hydro will be borrowing $1.1 million from the state's renewable
> energy fund, all of which is funded by Xcel Energy as part of their
> agreement with the state to store additional spent nuclear fuel casks at
> Prairie Island.
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