Resolution 2004-095
RESOLUTION NO. 2004 -9..5....-
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING FLORIDA POWER AND
LIGHT'S PREFERRED CORRIDOR SITING CERTIFICATION FOR A
NEW TRANSMISSION LINE FROM THE ORANGE RIVER
SUBST A TION IN LEE COUNTY TO THE NEW SUBSTATION IN
EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY
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WHEREAS, Florida Power and Light (FPL) has filed an application with the
Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida, sitting as the Siting Board, for corridor
certification under the Transmission Line Siting Act ("ACT"), pursuant to Sections
403.52 and 403.5365, Florida Statutes, for a new 230-kV transmission line that would
extend from the Orange River substation east of Fort Myers in Lee County to the Collier
substation east of Naples in Collier County; and
WHEREAS, the corridor route chosen by FPL for the new 230-kV transmission
line is the result of a year of extensive community outreach efforts and protracted
administrative hearings regarding the several alternative routes; and
WHEREAS, the FPL preferred route enhances redundancy, reliability, and
integrity by a transmission line route geographically separated from other transmission
lines in the common right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, Collier County's growth rate is one of the highest in the nation and
it is reasonable to anticipate the need for even further additions to FPL' s transmission
system in the next 10 to 20 years; and
WHEREAS, it is prudent for FPL to establish a new, geographically separate
transmission line right-of-way in eastern Collier County before substantial development
occurs in eastern Collier County; and
WHEREAS, there is little justification for placing the new Collier-Orange River
transmission line in close proximity to existing development and substantial numbers of
Collier County residents, which close proximity is necessitated by the suggested Primary
Alternate Corridor, because the most reasonable alternative exists in the form of the FPL
Preferred Corridor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA that:
The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, urges the
Governor and Cabinet of the State of Florida, sitting as the Siting Board under the
Transmission Line Siting Act, to grant certification of the Collier-Orange River #3 230-
kV transmission line on FPL's Preferred Corridor.
This Resolution adopted this _ day of March, 2004, after motion, second
and majority vote in favor of adoption.
ATTEST
DWIGHT E. BROCK, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
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