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EDA asks city to research whether landfill can host a solar farm without paying off bonds
Summary
Economic Development Authority member Tony Manzera asked the council to have staff and the city attorney look into legal constraints (including general obligation bonds and MPCA oversight) and feasibility of leasing the closed landfill for a solar farm; council directed staff to gather cost/time estimates and consider a workshop.
The council heard a request from Economic Development Authority member Tony Manzera and staff to investigate the feasibility of developing a solar farm on the city's closed landfill.
Manzera summarized the site's history — use as an unlined gravel pit, later landfill operations that generated groundwater and gas concerns, remediation…
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