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Residents urge alternatives to neighborhood solar farms, call to repurpose funds for home repairs; drainage project and CDBG recovery funds also criticized
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the council to avoid using eminent domain for neighborhood solar farms, proposed repurposing ARPA dollars for home repairs, and asked for more information about a proposed 30-acre drainage project tied to CDBG disaster recovery funds.
During the meeting’s public comment period, multiple callers urged the council to reconsider plans the speakers described as using eminent domain for neighborhood solar farms and to prioritize home repair funding instead.
A caller using the display name “You Matter” suggested the council study a solar-canopied parking lot at Michigan State University as a model but warned against siting large solar farms in residential neighborhoods and said the city should not use eminent…
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