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Correspondence to the Planning Commission must be sent by <u>10:00am</u>
on Monday. <br>
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Excellent points, Jeanette. A couple more to add to your list;<br>
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<li>Evergy has been planning this substation for 10 years (I was
told by an Evergy person), yet they didn't go public until a
year ago, <u>after</u> they had bought the land and done all
their site design.</li>
<li>The substation access road built on a 15 foot tall earthen
berm will effectively block the Atchison Creek Trail, part of
Lawrence's priority bicycle network in the Lawrence Bikes Plan,
and also in the K.U. Campus Master Plan.<br>
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Michael Almon<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/24/22 20:51, Jeanette Walther via
Electronic-LAN wrote:<br>
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<div>I apologize for this short notice, but the Heatherwood
Heights Neighborhood Association would appreciate your
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<div>Please contact the Planning Commission Members by Monday,
July 25 and urge them to deny Evergy applications for
rezoning, creating a preliminary plat, and a special use
permit which will allow Evergy to build an industrial sized
electrical substation very close to family homes.</div>
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<div>The Heatherwood Heights Neighborhood Association opposes
the Free State Substation for the following reasons:</div>
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<li>It is too big to be placed so close to existing homes.
This is an industrial sized substation being proposed
very close to residential homes. There is no precedence
for a substation this large near existing homes.</li>
<li>The substation will negatively affect the quality of
life for residences of our neighborhood. The substation
will emit a constant noise. It will also have cooling
units which will generate even more noise during high
electricity use times.</li>
<li>Electrical and Magnetic Fields emitted by the power
lines may have harmful health effects.</li>
<li>The substation will decrease property values and
negatively affect the stability of our neighborhood.
There is a great deal of evidence that houses near power
lines sell for less. Many homes near substations become
rental properties which will change the character of our
stable neighborhood.</li>
<li>Evergy has not demonstrated a need for a substation so
large.</li>
<li>Evergy does not seem to have throughly considered
other available space for this substation.</li>
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<div>Thank you for contacting members to oppose the Free State
Substation. Here is the email address:</div>
<div><a href="mailto:planning@lawrenceks.org" target="_blank"
tabindex="-1" rel="external" class="external
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<div>Thank you,</div>
<div>Jeanette and Charles Walther</div>
<div>Heatherwood Heights Neighborhood Association</div>
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