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Champaign County Board Environment and Land Use Committee met Oct. 9

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Elly Hanauer-Friedman, Champaign County Board - District 4 | Champaign County Board Website

Elly Hanauer-Friedman, Champaign County Board - District 4 | Champaign County Board Website

Champaign County Board Environment and Land Use Committee met Oct. 9

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 Monique Settles

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Agenda/Addendum

IV. Approval of Minutes

A. September 4, 2025 – Regular Meeting

V. Public Input

VI. Communications

VII. New Business: Items for Information Only

A. Ted Hartke email

VIII. New Business: Items to be Approved by ELUC

A. Recreation & Entertainment License for All American Entertainment dba The Great Benjamins Circus at the Champaign County Fairgrounds, 1302 North Coler Avenue, Urbana, IL to be held October 16 through October 19, 2025.

B. Zoning Case 178-AT-25. Amend the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance to extend for six months a temporary safety moratorium on Carbon Sequestration Activity as described in the legal advertisement.

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

A. Zoning Case 130-AT-24 On Remand. Amend the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance to add “Battery Energy Storage System” as a new principal use under the category “Industrial Uses: Electric Power Generating Facilities” and indicate that a Battery Energy Storage System may be authorized by a Special Use Permit in the AG-1 Agriculture, AG-2 Agriculture, B-1 Rural Trade Center, B-4 General Business, I-1 Light Industry and I-2 Heavy Industry Zoning Districts; add requirements and fees for “Battery Energy Storage  Systems”; add any required definitions, and make certain other revisions to the Ordinance as detailed in the full legal advertisement.

B. Notice of Intent (NOI) for period from November 1, 2025, to October 31, 2030, for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Storm Water Discharge Permit with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).

X. Other Business

A. Monthly Reports -None

XI. Chair’s Report

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

XIII. Adjournment

https://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/ELUC/2025/251009_Meeting/251009Agenda.pdf