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Council Meeting Minutes for June 12, 2023 Page 8 of 12 for this project totaling $710,000 that required this to be a City led project. The City would be required to publicly bid the project. The development agreement for this project outlined cost responsibilities indicating the development was responsible for all costs excluding the $710,000 grant received from MNDOT. Weidt made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2023-14 APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TH 61 & 159TH STREET RECONSTRUCTION. All Ayes. Motion carried. Approve Plans and Spec and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for Lift Station No. 12 City Engineer Mark Erichson explained the Council had previously authorized staff to prepare plans and specifications for the Lift Station No. 12. Lift Station No. 12 would be a new sanitary lift station located on the east side of the extension of Oneka Parkway approximately 550 feet south of 165th Street. It would initially serve the Oneka Prairie residential development and eventually other sanitary sewer extensions to the west, north, and east. Since this was a trunk sanitary sewer lift station it would be funded by the City. The lift station included buried precast concrete structures, submersible pumps, flow meter, valves, piping, controls, and site work. Plans and Specifications had been prepared for Lift Station No. 12 and were ready to be advertised for bidding. Staff requested approval of the plans and specifications for the project and authorization to advertise for bids. Plans and Specifications were available for review at City Hall. Consideration of awarding a construction contract would occur at a future City Council meeting. Miron made motion, Klein seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2023-15 APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS LIFT STATION NO. 12. All Ayes. Motion carried. Discussion on Solar Farm Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) and Extension of Solar Farm Moratorium Reviewing the Solar Energy Systems Ordinance was a goal set by the Council and Planning Commission for 2023. At its meeting on February 6, 2023, the City Council approved an ordinance for a six-month moratorium on solar farms and directed staff to hold a workshop with the Planning Commission on whether changes should be made to the ordinance. A workshop was held on March 23, 2023. At its meeting on April 3, 2023, the City Council authorized the Ordinance Review Committee to study and review the solar energy systems ordinance. The ORC consisted of Council Members Klein, Miron, and three Planning Commissioners. The ORC discussed aesthetics, zoning and land use, parcel size, setbacks, and reviewed what other communities had for restrictions on solar farms. Community Development Director Rachel Juba reviewed the current ordinance and additional