Energy City of Highlands Ranch Research Project
The ThunderRidge high school senior project research (in regards to the Energy City of Highlands Ranch incorporation) has been ratified by the school district for the 2008-09 school year.
2008-09 SENIOR PROJECT RESEARCH MODULES
1. Amend State of Colorado Constitution – Article 32 – Allow communities to incorporate and focus on just one city service, energy. Colorado voters would vote on this ballot issue in November, 2010.
Project Mentor: A local lobbyist has volunteered to assist the students on how to lobby the State Capital and assist seniors on how to present their argument to amend the state constitution
2. Phill Station/Compressed Natural Gas Pilot Program – seniors continue the research performed last school year. Apply for state/federal grant money, liaison with state politicians for grant money, connect with Boone Pickens and solicit pilot volunteers.
Project Mentor: TBD
3. Wind Monitoring Station on Shea Property – seniors continue the wind research project performed last school year. Seniors will liaison with Shea Homes, Douglas County and Invenergy, LLC to procure, erect, gather wind speed data and analyze data to assess the feasibility that Highlands Ranch can support wind turbine towers with a reasonable return-on-investment.
Project Mentor: Invenergy, LLC
4. Energy Speeding Ticket Surcharge – seniors will liaison with the Douglas County Sheriff’s department and the Douglas County Transportation Engineering and Traffic Operations department to assess the feasibility if the future energy city of Highlands Ranch can generate adequate revenue on assessing an “energy speeding ticket surcharge.” The surcharge would be assessed on drivers who speed within Highlands Ranch. Speed Monitoring Stations will be erected around Highlands Ranch.
Seniors would do go out on patrol with officers to monitor auto speeders, set up “speed monitoring stations,” collect auto speed data and analyze data to come up with a bell curve percentile analysis to see how many speeders fall in/out the bell curve. ROI analysis is performed. Findings presented to the County Commissioners.
Project Mentors: Sheriff Weaver’s department and the Douglas County Transportation Engineering and Traffic Operations department (T.B.D. on 2nd mentor) and someone with statistic process control analysis expertise (T.B.D. on 3rd mentor)
