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Champaign County Board Environment and Land Use Committee met April 10

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

Committee Members: Jennifer Locke

Eric Thorsland – Chair Emily Rodriguez

Aaron Esry – Vice-Chair Jilmala Rogers

John Farney Chris Stohr

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Agenda/Addendum

IV. Approval of Minutes

A. March 6, 2025 – Regular Meeting

V. Public Input

VI. Communications

VII. New Business: Items to be recommended to the County Board

A. Zoning Case 144-S-24. A request by Little Prairie Solar LLC, c/o BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC, 18575 Jamboree Road, Suite 850, Irvine CA 92612, via agent David Holly, Development Manager for BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC, and the participating landowners to authorize a Utility-Scale PV Solar Farm with a total nameplate capacity of 135 megawatts (MW), including access roads and wiring, and an accessory 135 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), on approximately 1,047 acres with a fenced solar farm area of approximately 768 acres in the AG-1 Agriculture Zoning District in Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 23 and 24 of Sidney Township, Township 18 North, Range 10 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian and including the following waivers of standard conditions:

Part A: A waiver for not entering into a Roadway Upgrade and Maintenance Agreement or waiver therefrom with the relevant local highway authority prior to consideration of the Special Use Permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals, per Section 6.1.5 G.(1).

Part B: A waiver for locating the PV Solar Farm less than one and one-half miles from  an incorporated municipality per Section 6.1.5 B.(2)a.

Part C: A waiver for a separation distance of 225 feet between the solar inverters and the perimeter fence in lieu of the minimum required 275 feet, per Section 6.1.5 D.(6)

B. Decommissioning and Site Reclamation Plan for Zoning Case 144-S-24. A request by Little Prairie Solar LLC, c/o BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC, 18575 Jamboree Road, Suite 850, Irvine CA 92612, via agent David Holly, Development Manager for BayWa r.e. Solar Projects LLC, and the participating landowners included in the legal advertisement to approve a Decommissioning and Site Reclamation Plan for the UtilityScale PV Solar Farm in Zoning Case 144-S-24 with a total nameplate capacity of 135 megawatts (MW), including access roads and wiring, and an accessory 135 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 23 and 24 of Sidney Township, Township 18 North, Range 10 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian.

VIII. Other Business

A. Monthly Reports -None

IX. Chair’s Report

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

XI. Adjournment

https://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/ELUC/2025/250410_Meeting/250410_Agenda.pdf