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Enbridge Annexation and Zoning Approved
» Mary Bernhard - Manhattan American - November 27, 2008


Annexation and rezoning of 66 acres located at 15637 Bruns Road was approved by the Manhattan Village board Tuesday, November 18.

The property, which was originally zoned ER (Estate Residential), is now I3 (Heavy Industrial on the north half and back to A1 (Agriculture) on the south half. The north 34 acres also has a special use permit for petroleum storage.

Enbridge is constructing two storage tanks to hold light liquid petroleum (diluents) which is transported to and from Alberta, Canada. There may be the possibility of an additional third tank in the future.

The tanks, to be located on the north 31 acres, will be set back approximately 800 feet from Bruns Road. A pumping facility also will be located north of the tanks. It will be equipped with noise buffers to reduce any off site noise pollution.

According to the staff's report, the site will be landscaped and bermed along the front of the property and a security fence will surround the entire site.

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The site will be electronically monitored 24 hours a day, have internal fire protection, and a dike surrounding the tanks to contain any petroleum in the unlikely event of a leak.

Although there will be some pipeline work on the property itself, the facility will be tapping into existing pipelines running to Alberta, Canada.

Building permits are not necessary from the village, as construction of the facility is federally regulated.

One resident questioned the noise pollution from the pumping station. Doug Aller from Enbridge told the board if a person was standing at their fence line, the pumps would be in a building and sound like a house air conditioner you might hear if you were standing 200 feet away from it.

There were plenty of kudos' going around for landing the $7.5 million windfall for the village which Enbridge has agreed to pay with "no strings attached." In addition, they are giving $500,000 to the Manhattan Fire District to replace a 25-year-old fire engine.

"This $7.5 million agreement is unprecedented," said trustee Pat Forsythe. "This is money in the bank."

Forsythe (who is also the trustee for economic development) added, "We are happy to have Enbridge as our corporate neighbor. I have been impressed with the leadership of our mayor. Our administration assistance has been invaluable."

"There are probably a lot of people out there wondering what we are going to do with the money," Forsythe said of the windfall. "There are a lot of good ideas; it's a good problem to have."

Forsythe went on and asked the public, when they see Mayor Borgo or Village Administrator Gibson, to be sure and thank them for their hard work.

Borgo read a letter from Trustee Tom Biscan who could not make the meeting. The letter congratulated Borgo, Forsythe, and Gibson on a job well done.

Borgo welcomed Enbridge officials.

"Welcome to Enbridge; we are glad to have you as our neighbors," Borgo added. "We certainly are looking forward to that check."

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