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November 10, 1981 <br />Ms. Lois Runyan <br />Little Canada Park Commission <br />3046 Labore Road <br />Little Canada, MN 55109 <br />NSP TRANSMISSION LINE EASEMENT <br />Proposed Park Purposes <br />Northern States Power Company <br />514 Nicollet Mail <br />Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 <br />Telephone (612) 330 -5500 <br />Dear Ms. Runyan: <br />This letter is in response to your verbal inquiry regarding possible use <br />of NSP's transmission line easements for park purposes. <br />Northern States Power Company's right of way are primarily easements with <br />very little right of way owned in fee. Any use made of the easement rights <br />of way, other than for electric transmission line purposes, must have the <br />consent of the owner of the underlying fee title. Nearly all of our ease- <br />ments prohibit the construction of buildings within the easement limits <br />and when-specific questions of conflict arise, they are dealt with individ- <br />ually. <br />The Company has no formal policy pertaining to recreational uses of its <br />rights of way, however, NSP generally considers gardens, parks, hiking <br />trails, riding trails, and other public and private uses compatible with <br />its transmission lines. It is the Company's desire to work with state and <br />local governments so these units can factor our rights of way into their <br />trail and linear park planning. The basic restrictions imposed on recrea- <br />tional uses on rights of way is limiting the height or species of trees, <br />height of recreational equipment, and the marking of transmission structures, <br />guy wires or other obstructions which may interfere with recreational uses. <br />Vehicle access along the right of way for transmission line maintenance <br />is also required by the Company. <br />In conclusion, the Company generally supports the concept of public recrea- <br />45 <br />