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Urbana council approves landfill solar special-use permit, forwards budget and TIF actions to council
Summary
The Committee of the Whole approved a special-use permit for a TotalEnergies community solar array at the closed landfill and forwarded budget amendment #3 (with the firefighter-grant portion divided) and a TIF-4 porting budget amendment to full council for final action.
City of Urbana planning staff presented a special-use permit for a proposed community solar farm at a closed landfill and the Committee of the Whole voted to approve the permit and forward several budget and TIF items to full City Council.
Solar farm: Planning staff said the application from TotalEnergies Renewable USA (an investor-owned asset) seeks to install a second-phase community solar array on the closed city landfill. The plan commission had unanimously recommended approval with the same condition previously adopted in 2023 — a minimum 80-foot buffer to the Saline Branch Drainage Ditch. A planning representative said the array will be a market-rate community solar project and that any Ameren…
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