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.TABLED - 3/25/03
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
RESOLUTION #070-2003
RESOLUTION OF OPPOSITION - MUSKEGO ENERGY CENTER
WHEREAS, The construction of the EI Paso merchant power plant would exempt land
development from all local property taxes in perpetuity while the future of State revenue sharing
funds for local government to offset this loss is uncertain; and
WHEREAS, The City of Muskego has an approved Conservation Plan which identifies the
northern power plant site as a "View Shed" and candidate for maintaining green space and the
southern power plant site is located at a gateway creating a first impression of Muskego; and
WHEREAS, The Village of Big Bend on September 5, 2002 and the Town of Vernon on March
6, 2003 have already passed their own resolutions opposing the construction of EI Paso's power
plant in Muskego; and
WHEREAS, According to current available EPA air quality data, the EI Paso power plant would
become the single largest industrial source of air pollution in Waukesha County, producing
nearly 1 million pounds of toxic air pollutants annually; and
WHEREAS, EI Paso Corporation's financial stability and future is in question; and
WHEREAS, Siting a power plant at a place where 3 natural gas mains, a major electrical
transmission line and a superfund site containing a 24 hour methane gas "torch" intersect,
creates a serious danger to the close proximity of residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, EI Paso Corporation has a questionable safety records, including a major on-site
power plant construction accident in 2000 in Milford, Connecticut killing 2 workers, a pipeline
explosion killing 12 people in Carlsbad, New Mexico in August, 2000, and a massive pipeline
explosion on EI Paso's ANR pipeline in Viola, Illinois in February, 2003
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED That the City of Muskego Common Council stands in
opposition to the construction of the Muskego Energy Center by EI Paso Corporation on the
Payne and Dolan prQperty west of Crowbar and north of Janesville Road; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That a copy of this resolution registering opposition to this power
plant be immediately conveyed to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Governor
James Doyle, State Senator Mary Lazich and State Representative Scott Gunderson.
DATED THIS DAY OF ,2003
SPONSORED BY:
Ald. Charles H. Damaske
This is to certify that thisïs a true and accurate copy of Resolution #070-2003 which was
adopted by the Common Council of the City of Muskego.
Clerk-Treasurer