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Champaign County Environment and Land Use Committee met Feb. 9.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Agenda/Addendum

IV. Approval of Minutes A. January 5, 2023 – Regular Meeting

V. Public Participation

VI. Communications

VII. New Business: Items for Information Only

A. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Application for Renewal of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit IL 0072052 for the Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. Terminal located at 500 West Anthony Drive, Urbana, IL

VIII. New Business: Items to be Recommended to the County Board

A. Zoning Case 067-AM-22. A request by Anthony Donato, d.b.a. Donato Solar – Urbana LLC, to amend the Zoning Map to change the zoning district designation from the CR Conservation Recreation Zoning District to the AG-2 Agriculture Zoning District in order to allow a data center as a Special Use in related Zoning Case 068-S-22 and a PV solar array as a second principal use as a proposed County Board Special Use Permit in related Case 070-S-22, on a 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana.

B. Zoning Case 070-S-22. A request by Anthony Donato, d.b.a. Donato Solar – Urbana LLC, subject to the rezoning in related Case 067-AM-22 and in addition to the Special Use Permit requested in related Case 068-S-22, to authorize a Special Use Permit for a photovoltaic solar array with a total nameplate capacity of 4 megawatts (MW), including access roads and wiring, as a County Board Special Use Permit and as a second principal use, on a 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana, and including the following waivers of standard conditions:

Part A: A waiver for not providing a Decommissioning and Site Reclamation Plan that includes cost estimates prepared by an Illinois Licensed Professional Engineer prior to consideration of the Special Use Permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals, per Section 6.1.1 A.3.

Part B: A waiver for locating the PV Solar Array less than one-half mile from an incorporated municipality and within the contiguous urban growth area of a municipality per Section 6.1.5 B.(2)a.

Part C: A waiver for a separation distance of 97 feet between the solar inverters and the perimeter fence in lieu of the minimum required 275 feet, per Section 6.1.5 D.(6).

C. Decommissioning and Site Reclamation Plan for Zoning Case 070-S-22. A request by Anthony Donato, via IAG Investments LLC, d.b.a Donato Solar- Urbana LLC, to approve the Decommissioning and Site Reclamation Plan for the PV SOLAR ARRAY in Zoning Case 070V-22 with a total nameplate capacity of 4 megawatts (MW), including access roads and wiring, subject to the rezoning in Case 067-AM-22, on a 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana.

D. Adjustment of Financial Assurance for the California Ridge Wind Farm (Champaign County Special Use Permit 696-S-11)

E. Resolution Authorizing Agreement to Use State Farm Center Parking Lot for IEPA One-Day Household Hazardous Waste Collection on April 15, 2023

F. Zoning Case 058-AT-22. An Omnibus Text Amendment to Amend the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance to Update Material Management/Solid Waste-Related Uses as described generally in the legal advertisement.

IX. Other Business

A. Monthly Reports

1. November 2022

2. December 2022

X. Chair’s Report

XI. Designation of Items to be Placed on the Consent Agenda

XII. Adjournment

https://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/ELUC/2023/230209/230209_Agenda.pdf