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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 28, 2002 RE,SOI, UTION NO. 2002-8-205 - TA737.ING ACTION IN THE PRELIMINARY PL AT PROPOSAL FOR THE PRESERVE PENDING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMLSSION AND CONTINUING THE PU737.IC HEARING ON THIS MATTER The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Montour. Ayes (5) Scalze, Montour, Fahey, Anderson, LaValle. Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. REQUEST FOR Mr. David Crary, Sunset Court, appeared before the Council to request PIPELINE that the City adopt an ordinance imposing a 150-foot setback from ORDINANCE pipelines based on the concern for public safety. Crary reported on the Mounds View disaster in 1987 in which a pipeline blew up. The Mounds View pipeline was a 9-inch line. The pipeline that Crary was concerned about is a 12-inch line. Crary reported that the Of£ce of Pipeline Safety and the State Fire Marshal are recommending a 150-foot setback from pipelines from a public safety standpoint. Fahey indicated that in reviewing the information on pipeline safety, there is the indication that the I50 feet may provide a reasonable safety margin. However, there is no specific distance recommendation. Fahey asked the position of the Office of Pipeline Safety. Charles Kenow, Office of Pipeline Safety, appeared before the Council and reported that State Law allows local communities to pass pipeline ordinances that are more restrictive than State Law. The intent was to allow local communities to consider development and land uses within their communities and enact regulations that would fit the specific community. Since this law was passed, research has been done on pipelines and public safety, and it was determined that the greatest area of damage in the event of a rupture was within 150 feet of the pipeline. Kenow reported that the 150 feet is not a specific recommendation from the Office of Pipeline Safety or the State Fire Marshal, but is research from the report specific to the area of the greatest damage. However, it seems that there are more cases of ruptures occurring recently around the country which Kenow felt suggests the need for greater setbacks than have been imposed in the past. Kenow indicated that the Office of Pipeline Safety is saying that local communities have the authority to enact more stringent standards than provided for by Law. Kenow reported that the Office of Pipeline Safety was created as a result of the Mounds View accident. Kenow stated that his office would encourage Little Canada to look at enacting an ordinance and determine the setback that fits for this community. He also reported that the Federal