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Redevelopment Commission Meeting <br />Friday, February 17, 1978 <br />DISCUSSIONS: <br />Mr. Brownell: A meeting was held the other day in the Mayor's office, <br />although the Mayor was unable to attend. It was conducted by I &M <br />officials and was attended by several members of the City Council, the <br />Ci y Clerk, and a number of the department heads. Included in your <br />packets is a memo from Mayor Nemeth directed to all department heads and <br />Bureau Managers, and a copy of the news release from I &M is enclosed <br />with the memo. The I &M news release includes the precise order of the <br />Public Service Commission which meets every Friday. I &M has issued this <br />order which will be a mandatory enforcement when their coal pile gets <br />down to a 40 -day supply. When their coal supply gets down to 30 -days <br />there will be another set of orders issued, which will also be <br />mandatory. As Lee Flanagan and Bill Miller explained, I &M has no choice, <br />and no discretion. The order is mandatory and when their coal supply <br />reaches its 30 -day supply, they will have to go into half hour brownouts <br />of power. There are about 18 different circuits which will be browned <br />out during the daytime hours, hopefully, around town. These circuits <br />will affect almost everyone, and they don't know who is on the various <br />circuits. They have arranged so that the brownout will not hit the <br />municipal buildings, fire stations, police, and hospitals, etc., but <br />the circuits are not run in definite districts. Some of the brownouts <br />may affect downtown, and some in outlying areas. For example, across <br />the street the gas station will be able to run its pumps, while on the <br />other side of the street, a station would not be able to operate at all. <br />There is absolutely nothing a person can do to change the order, and if <br />you were to call I &M, they couldn't change anything; one reason being <br />that they will not know who is on each circuit. I have presented this <br />information to you just as news, because at the present time, it is <br />primarily news of what will happen when I &M reaches their 40 -day coal <br />supply. The day the meeting was held, they had a 45 or 46 day coal <br />supply. I thought perhaps the Commissioners would like to have a copy <br />of this memo and the attached news release, to relay the information <br />that I received from this meeting. <br />Mr.l Nimtz: This will be received and placed on file. <br />Mr. Brownell: I don't think that we want to make any determination at <br />this time, but I have received a letter from S.M. Dix for review and <br />investigation, and they have come back with a rather lengthy report <br />which is still subject to negotiation. There is approximately <br />$23,000 which is still subject to negotiation. <br />Mr. Nimtz: Has Mr. Butler seen a copy? <br />Mr. Brownell: No. <br />-3- <br />