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MOORESVILLE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MINUTES AUGUST 11,2005 The Mooresville Board of Zoning Appeals met on Thursday, August II, 2005 at 6:00 P.M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. Members present were Jon Swisher, Chairman, Alan Kramer, Mike Young, Don Barry and Charles McGuire. Town Attorney, Tim Currens was present. Motion to approve the minutes of the July 14, 2005 meeting was made by Don Barry, second by Alan Kramer. Motion carried 5-0. First on the agenda was Randy Haymaker, Hoosier Energy, requesting a Special Exception for a substation at 497 E Bunker Hill Road that was tabled from June 9, 2005. In 1966 they purchased one acre of ground at 497 Bunker Hill Road for the purpose of installing a substation. The Wilbur substation will not be able to handle the additional growth in the area, so they would like to install a new substation on Bunker Hill Road. They had looked at the five acre parcel which was suggested at the June meeting and they have also met with the home owners adjacent to the property. The homes that have been built in the area are nice homes and they have stated they were aware that Hoosier Energy might build a substation on this parcel ofland. The five acre parcel has several challenges with this site. One it is on a dead end of a non-public road, the transformers are very heavy and they would have to build more than a quarter mile of public road to get to the site. Secondly they would have to have an environmental study done on the site, they would have to have right-of-way from the surrounding property to be able to put in the three lines that might be required and they would need to clear the trees fifty feet from center on both sides. It will take up to six months to get the Federal approval they need for this site, so it will be next summer before they can start to build the substation on a new site. They have met with the neighbors to try and reduce the impact on the neighborhood and one thing they have done is sacrifice the area they were planning for future expansion and this would affect the impact to the west and allow them to plant more trees to the west. They have also moved the substation ten feet to the south to reduce the impact. They would put in six to eight foot white spruce on a diagonal in back so it is not a safety factor and the north and south side of the perimeter will have white spruce as well. Mr. Kramer asked if the concern of the density and type of fencing or screening had been discussed with the property owners and Mr. Haymaker said it had and if the board would like additional fencing they would be happy to do that. Mr. Max Stewart, 9450 N. Romine Road, stated that he hoped the board would sympathize with the home owners and the investments they have in their properties. He said there are alternative site available for the substation. He wanted to know why they had not asked for the Special Exception in 1990 when they came under the building standard for Mooresyille.