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Council Meeting Minutes for May 6, 2024 <br />Page 7 of 12 <br /> <br />to be included in the County’s assessment. Bear responded that the property owner can pay in full <br />until November without interest. Then it would be certified to the County and that’s when interest <br />starts to accrue. <br /> <br />Klein made motion, Miron seconded, to approve RESOLUTION NO. 2024-16 ADOPTING AN <br />EXPENSE REPORT AND COSTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR COSTS INCURRED IN <br />CARRYING OUT AND ENFORCING THE HAZARDOUS BUILDING PROCEEDINGS <br />AGAINST THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14197 FOREST BOULEVARD NORTH, HUGO, <br />MINNESOTA. <br /> <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br /> <br />Klein made motion, Strub seconded, to approve RESOLUTION NO. 2024-17 DECLARING <br />COST TO BE ASSESSED, AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF PROPOSED <br />ASSESSMENT FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14197 FOREST BOULEVARD NORTH. <br /> <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br /> <br />Approve Site Plan and Interim Use Permit for Solar Farm on Everton Avenue North <br /> <br />EESolar13, LLC for Enterprise Energy, LLC had requested approval of a site plan and an interim <br />use permit for a solar farm located east of Everton Avenue North and north of 149 th Street North. <br />City Administrator Bryan Bear explained that a public hearing was held at the Planning <br />Commission on April 11, 2024, but Council could take public comment if they wished. <br /> <br />Associate Planner Max Gort explained the Planning Commission concerns and discussion on it <br />not fitting in with the character of the area, screening and fencing, and other. The Commission <br />voted to approve the site plan and interim use permit with additional conditions requiring ten- <br />foot-tall trees along the southern side and the fence be changed to a black vinal-coated chain link <br />fence. <br /> <br />Gort provided background on the ordinance and the surrounding area. The ordinance regulating <br />solar energy was adopted in 2016, and the only project in Hugo was built in 2018. The <br />ordinance was recently revised in July 2023. The proposed solar farm on Everton Avenue <br />would be located on a vacant, approximately 12-acre parcel surrounded by other 10-acre parcels <br />with townhomes and single-family developments surrounding them. In 2006, these larger <br />parcels were removed from the MUSA, so they were not eligible for sewer and water. Those <br />parcels were zoned Agricultural and identified in the 2040 Land Use Plan as Large Lot <br />Residential. <br /> <br />He explained the request was for Site Plan approval and an Interim Use Permit. No variances <br />were requested. He presented the site plan that showed solar panels overlayed on it and the <br />landscape plan being proposed by the applicant to provide screening from adjacent properties. <br />Gort reviewed the performance standards required in the ordinance for an IUP for a solar farm <br />and explained how the applicant had met all the performance standards and criteria necessary for <br />approval. He focused on two of the criteria. First, the construction of the solar farm could not <br />impede the City’s ability to implement its own Comprehensive Plan. He explained the parcel <br />was not in the MUSA and could not be subdivided because zoning required a ten-acre minimum <br />lot size; therefore, it would not impede on implementing the Comprehensive Plan. Secondly, the <br />solar farm would need to be compatible with the character of the area. Gort described the