Crown Hydro Project and its Impact on St. Anthony Falls #NoCrownHydro
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 10:12AMThe project is a 100-year risk, with little reward. Experts have concluded that Crown Hydro’s energy generation projections are overly optimistic and ignore the financial risks of a potential drought. We can’t afford to risk the Falls on a complex 100-year lease with a private developer, especially since, under existing law, any payments from Crown Hydro to the Park Board would be passed on to the State of MN since public funds were used to procure the land—minimizing any financial benefit to the Park Board.
IMPORTANT ALERT - PLEASE ATTEND THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK BOARD MEETING TO VOICE YOUR OPINION ON THE PROPOSED CROWN HYDRO PROJECT:
Wednesday, May 4
5:00 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING. The meeting will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, just north of Broadway Pizza.
5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME. Speakers need to sign up before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
“It is simply outrageous that the Legislature would even attempt to override the decisions of local government, in this case the Park Board, and compel both the sale of public land and the planning approvals required for a private developer for their private development”
- City Council Member Lisa Goodman (7th Ward)
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