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Board approves resolution tied to Seneca Finisher Farm construction permit after public hearing
Summary
After a routine public hearing the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors approved Resolution No. 09232501 concerning a construction permit for Red Owl Farms 2 LLC (Seneca Finisher Farm). County staff said the hearing was required after a DNR inspection and master matrix rescoring that did not change the site score.
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors opened and closed a public hearing on a construction permit for Red Owl Farms 2 LLC, the Seneca Finisher Farm site in Greenwood Township, and subsequently approved Resolution No. 09232501.
A representative of Iowa Select (the applicant) told the board the site is preexisting and that a routine Iowa Department of Natural Resources inspection led staff to remeasure setbacks used in the master matrix scoring. The representative said the rescoring removed previously awarded points tied to a setback measurement: the well setback is 186 feet rather than the 200 feet required by the scoring formula, so the site does not receive points for that factor although no physical changes were proposed.
County staff conducted the required public hearing and the board took a roll-call vote to approve Resolution No. 09232501. The board recorded the motion to approve, received a second and voted unanimously in favor; the resolution was approved and the board entered the outcome into the record.
No further action or conditions were read into the record at the time of approval. The public hearing record shows the discussion centered on the DNR inspection, measurement of setbacks and the master matrix score; no members of the public identified in the transcript offered comment.
