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Friday
May132011

Breaking News - Crown Hydro LLC Out, Park Board to Seek New Joint Venture Partner - Any Future Project to Follow Standard Approval Process - Mill City Times Exclusive

 

Just released by the Minneapolis Park Board.   Seems Crown Hydro is going to be out of the picture, and all normal approval processes, including the Citizens Advisory Committee will be followed.
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At the May 4th 2011 Board meeting the Park Commissioners decided to move consideration of the Letter of Intent to the Board’s May 18th meeting to allow for more thorough review of the terms. Since then, ongoing discussions have led to modifying the approach to the Letter of Intent. The Letter of Intent now contemplates a joint venture agreement with an entity other than Crown. As a joint venture partner, the Park Board would hold a minority interest in the hydro electric facility and retain more control over its operations.
The Letter of Intent with Crown is to provide any entity considering purchasing Crown’s interests confidence that a joint venture arrangement is workable with the Park Board. Consequently, the considerations that existed previously with the Letter of Intent have now evolved into new considerations based on the new character of a potential joint venture agreement.
 
If the Board approves the Letter of Intent for a joint venture, and if an entity decides to purchase Crown’s interest including its FERC license, the Park Board may then negotiate ownership arrangements with that potential joint venture partner that secures valuable credits and funding for the joint venture that were available to Crown if it were the owner. These arrangements will require the Park Board to hold interests in at least two corporate entities to meet the criteria necessary to maintain funding for the project.
As a partner, the project becomes a Park Board development, and as such, would be part of a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) process, and the Park Board would also be closely involved with all other agency approvals. The Letter of Intent for a joint venture follows the same structure and form as the prior Letter of Intent that was before the 
Board. 
Thursday
May122011

Breaking News - National Trust for Historic Preservation Comes Out Against Crown Hydro, Issues Statement in Opposition to S.F. 1191 - Mill City Times Exclusive

Just in, The National Trust for Historic Preservation has taken a formal position opposing the Crown Hydro project and asked key members of the Minnesota State Legislature to drop their support of the bills moving through both houses of State government.

In a statement issued within the last hour, Christina Morris, Minnesota Program Officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation cites several fundemental flaws with the proposed project, and more importantly, the manner in which the developers of the project have tried to circumvent safegaurds for the protection of our cultural heritage.

The statement comes as the Park Board is negotiating under duress the very legislation being opposed.

The Park Board meets to vote on this matter on Wednesday, May 18 at 5:00 PM at Minneapolis Park Board headquarters located at 2117 W. Broadway.  The public is encouraged to attend this pivotal meeting.

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Thursday
May122011

35W Bridge Memorial Construction Update [Video]

The 35W Bridge Memorial is under construction across West River Parkway from Gold Medal Park in the Mill District of Minneapolis.  Shot this morning.

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