Brainfart today while working on Data Requests.

NextEra’s Grant County Solar Energy Center Citizen Concerns and Their Justifications

If you’re wanting to site solar on land, rather than on rooftops, wouldn’t transmission easements be a logical place to site solar?

Some lines have distribution underbuilds for convenient interconnection, and many have distributions crossing at various points, for convenient interconnection.

Trees have been cleared, and clearances should be sufficient to allow for low arrays.

Why not? Do tell…

From wind siting, I know that siting decisions are often backwards, and with solar, that is certainly the case. They get the land first, and then figure out how to connect. Distributed solar isn’t even considered, siting near load isn’t even considered. There are better ways to do this.

Here are the City of Red Wing documents for the “Truth in Taxation” public hearing scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m., with City Council meeting immediately following.

4A. 2021 Levy and Budget Materials. 
Council is asked to review the proposed budget resolutions and fee ordinance and consider motions to adopt.

1. Consider Motion to Adopt * Resolution No. 7577 Approving the City of Red Wing’s 2021 Collectible Tax Levy. 4A.1 – Attachment

2. Consider Motion to Adopt * Resolution No. 7578 Approving the City of Red Wing’s Fiscal 2021 Budget and Capital Improvement Program. 4A.2 – Attachment Part 1 4A.2 – Attachment Part 2

3. Consider Motion to Adopt * Resolution No. 7579 Approving the Red Wing Port Authority’s 2021 Collective Tax Levy. 4A.3 – Attachment

4. Consider Motion to Adopt * Resolution No. 7580 Approving the Red Wing Port Authority’s Fiscal 2021 Budget. 4A.4 – Attachment

Let the City Council and Mayor know we need the primary documents to be able to make meaningful comments.

Contact all City Council Members and the Mayor via email. 
Contact Administrative Business Director Marshall Hallock

Notice is out, next Monday there’s the Truth in Taxation Public Hearing:

Truth in Taxation

Public Hearing

Virtual Meeting

Monday, December 7, 2020 beginning @ 6 p.m.

Meeting Link

But wait… there’s an agenda, but THERE ARE NO DOCUMENTS, NO MEETING PACKET, NO UPDATED BUDGET PROPOSAL.

Here’s the City of Red Wing’s budget page.

The most recent version is from October:

Budget Workshop – October 28, 2020

Meeting Video
Agenda and Materials