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Council Meeting Minutes for June 3, 2024 Page 8 of 11 property. Terry Poirier, 10284 122nd Street North, talked about being one of the three properties that would be looking at the parking lot out their back door. He referenced the recently denied solar farm because the neighbors there did not want to look at it. He said his concern was that he backs up to the parking lot. Beth Jerome, 12444 Keller Avenue North, said she did not want the access on Keller Avenue and made suggestions to use the existing access or go further east of the farms on 122nd Street into May Township. Another suggestion was to enter on 122nd Street and exit on Keller Avenue or vice versa. She commented that the Keller Avenue and 122nd Street intersection was treacherous in the winter. She said they were not anti-school, but there were other workable solutions. Chris Hause, 11120 121st Street North, May Township, said he thought the school was doing a great thing for the community, but Hugo does not have the space in the area to accommodate the infrastructure. He guess the septic system would be more of a water treatment facility with the number of gallons of sewage, and the City of Hugo should not pass the CUP and push the problem to another entity. He talked about safety saying there was probably not a place in the county further away from safety services. Elise addressed some of the questions that were asked. She explained they did due diligence with the traffic plan, and the County required the access to be ¼ mile from any intersection, so existing access points would not work. They were currently grandfathered in. If they accessed it across from Keystone Avenue, they would have to tear down houses that people were living in. The only location they could have an access point off 122nd Street would be a quarter mile to the east of the Keystone intersection but could cost between $750,000 to $1 million dollars for the required left turn lane and widening of the road. She noted that she did not live in Hugo but had been an architect for 14 years. They are looking at phase one but are forward thinking so they have thought about a full design that did require the septic to be put in May Township. In Hugo, they would not meet the setbacks from wells, and a mound system would need to be aligned with the natural grade that was found to fit better on the May Township side. The system they were considering would only serve the current school and the addition. The holding pond was on the lowest point of the site which was in May Township and was designed for the full phase because the mass grading would eliminate massive piles of dirt. She addressed the issue of lighting saying the dimmers and timers could be programed appropriately. The parking lot was shown to be set back over 100 feet from the backyards of existing homes, and they would be adding an additional 30 feet. They were not proposing to remove any existing trees, would have low hedges to block headlights, and could add additional landscaping. She addressed the comment regarding the Zahler property, saying May Township would not allow it as mixed use on that site, so when the person was no longer living, they would need to remove the house. Regarding infrastructure, she said they had to meet MPCA requirements, and the septic system was not a water treatment facility but similar to what you would find on a golf course, and there were regulations including weekly checks. She added that the building would be sprinkled to meet the fire code. Petryk commented on the additional cost for the access to be on 122nd Street. Elise responded the cost would be for turn lands and a road through May Township, and it would be a hardship.