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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 24, 2016 Page 3 excavation will begin when the soil is frozen to be completed by March. The final grade will be done in the spring of 2017. Notices will be sent to residents with the updated schedule. 4 Ms. Deb Larson, 4002 Foss Road, asked how much larger the lake will be. She asked if the park 5 benches and private trees will remain. Mr. Hubmer stated the size will be slightly larger than it is 6 today. The Newstar pipeline work has been completed. Mayor Faust stated by lowering the lake 7 two feet that will allow for more water storage than in the past. 8 9 Mr. Bill Sauder, 542 Rose Road, New Brighton thanked the City of St. Anthony for dealing with 10 this issue and looking toward the future. Mayor Faust stated he appreciates Mr. Sauder's 11 comments. 12 13 The Public Hearing was closed at 7:24 p.m. 14 15 Mayor Faust asked what standards were used for the 100 -year flood. Mr. Hubmer stated the 16 Atlas 14 Standard is being used. That is 7.8 inches of rain in 24 hours. The RCWD adopted this 17 standard as their policy in 2014. 18 19 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE 20 21 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL 22 23 A. Resolution 16 -048 a Resolution Approving Solar Garden Subscription Agreements with 24 United States Solar Corporation and SolarStone Community LLC 25 26 City Manager Mark Casey reviewed community solar gardens represent a way for the city of St. 27 Anthony Village to participate in the development of solar energy technology in Minnesota 28 without the direct responsibility of owning and maintaining an on -site solar array. Under this 29 arrangement, the city would "subscribe" to a portion of the energy produced by a solar array 30 that is owned and maintained by a third party. The city would receive credit on its electricity bill 31 from Xcel Energy for the production of solar energy and in turn make subscription payments to 32 the community solar garden developer. The city would not make an upfront payment to fund the 33 construction of a community solar garden. 34 35 Mr. Amir Nadav, Solar Consultant provided a brief overview of the community solar garden 36 subscription. The city received proposals from three developers that participated in the 37 "Community Solar Subscriber Collaborative" coordinated by the Metropolitan Council. 38 Following direction from the City Council at its May 2 workshop and discussions with the 39 community solar garden developers, staff recommends proceeding with subscriptions for a total 40 of 647,940 kilowatt-hours representing 352 kilowatts of solar garden capacity. These 41 subscriptions amount to approximately one - quarter of the annual electricity use from city 42 government facilities. 43 44 Mr. Nadav reviewed due to state law and the location of the proposed community solar gardens, 45 only facilities in Hennepin County could be considered for these subscription agreements. 46 Facilities were matched with developers in order to maximize potential cost savings to the city. 47 The size of the subscriptions is based on the annual average electricity use of the selected 48 facilities.