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(20020451. 2c DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON OPTION TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FROM LUZENAC - Jerry stated that when the county purchased the Luzenac property there was an option to buy a small strip of land in the southeast corner of the property to make an additional exist for the land. This option will expire at the end of the month and he wanted to bring forward. This would make the property more valuable because of the additional exit. The County would need to negotiate with the City on the access to the road. Arnold stated that even though the plan has changed regarding moving the police and sheriff to this location the purchase of this additional land for the exit would make the land move valuable. Jeffries made a motion and Logan seconded to approve the purchase of the land. Jerry requested that they also approve the claim and authorize the check to be issued. Jeffries amended his motion and Logan seconded to approve the claim and authorize payment. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. Five-minute break 6. GARY HEDMAN UPDATE ON NPPD - Gary Hedman with Southern Public Power District was present to update the board on the property purchased at CMP. Mr. Hedman serves on the power resource advisory committee and over the past two years they have developed the plans for the future power needs. The gas-fired plant in Beatrice is to be completed in 2005 and within that plan was the need for the next base load plant. The base load plants are ran all of the time. This month Northern Public Power District has made a major decision with the Cooper Plant. The plant will be on a performance basis and if it runs satisfactorily they will continue to use it, if not it will be shut down. The long-range plan calls for an another plant and it takes five years to complete a plant. The have evaluated several different sites and the Cornhusker Army Ammunition plant ranks far above the other. They are working with DTE on the rail line issues and when this is completed they will come back to the County Board for them to review. The funding to start the process for a new plant is in the 2002-2003 budget. Mr. Hedman feels that the CMP site will be approved. The environmental assessment will need to be done and the construction will take five years. Jeffries - He questioned why NPPD had partnered with the Omaha Power District for power but Mr. Hedman stated that this was a temporary agreement. Hartman - He expressed concern that the county board should have put a time frame on some of the projects. Mr. Hedman stated that from his experience power plant locations are difficult to find and he fees that CMP is an excellent site. Logan - He requested that the board receive another update from NPPD in September and October. Mr. Hedman stated that they are still working on the negotiations with the Army Corp of Engineers. Logan questioned if the county board could encourage the negotiations. Lancaster stated that a letter had been sent to the Corp concerning this. The board thanked Mr. Hedman for his information. 4 DISCUSS AND TAKE ACTION ON RESOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO A JOINT RECREATIONAL PROJECT RELATING TO AN OPERATING TRAIN AT STUHR MUSEUM - County Attorney Jerry Janulewicz provided the board members with a copy of the revised resolution. The board met late yesterday afternoon ad completed the documents. This resolution and letter of intent will start the process to proceed with the bond issue. The total amount of the bond issue has gone up from $3.9 million to $4.9 million because the additional dollars that would have been in the levy request were 3