Hugo City Council Letter (POST-EDIT).pdf

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Dear Mayor Weidt and City Council Members Re: Everton Avenue Proposed Solar Farm Date: May 2nd 2024 From Levi Shepherd& Lydia Pleau Dear Mr Mayor and City Council members, I am writing this letter to you as part of the community that surrounds the proposed parcel of land that is located on the east of Everton Avenue. I am a member of the community that lives in the townhomes of the Waters Edge home association, located between Oneka Parkway and Everton Ave N. I am writing this on behalf of myself, and my fellow residents and owners located in Waters Edge. We are unanimously against the proposed solar farm. We feel it would detract from the character and essence of the neighborhood. I have outlined this in my letter below and also provide other testimonies to the fact, and included drone video footage. The main letter is four pages long, the remaining pages are described below. Thank you for taking the time to read this in its entirety. Also of note, Lydia and I both have real estate backgrounds and Lydia currently holds a realtor license. Our History and Homes in Hugo: When Lydia and I first moved to Hugo in 2012, we bought a townhome in Pineview Meadows, off of Flay Avenue behind the Hugo Equipment Company. At the time we were considering two homes: one in Hugo and another townhome in the city of Champlin. From the first moment we came into Hugo driving down Frenchman, seeing the businesses and cornfields, we fell in love. Hugo's character and charm are readily evident at first sight. Hugo is a modern day town, all the essential commodities you need, with simplistic rural charm, and located only minutes away from the bustling St. Paul/White Bear Lake communities. We chose Hugo over Champlin for this alone, as the townhome was more expensive and not as nice as the Champlin one. Lydia is from Ham Lake and I am from Kansas