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County waits for movement from potential wind farms

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[August 09, 2012]  When the Logan County planning and zoning committee met Aug. 1, it had a new business item on the agenda. Discussions for the evening centered on the Relight wind farm, which is expected to locate in the Mount Pulaski area, stretching eastward from the south and north.

Chairman David Hepler informed those present that he had received word that Relight is looking into entering Logan County. There has been little further contact with the company. "They're pretty close-lipped," said Bill Martin. Martin indicated that the company, which is from Italy, is working on projects on both the East and West Coast. They travel back and forth through the area and could be stopping in soon.

The old business brought before the committee began with an update on the enterprise zone. Will D'Andrea reported that the city would also be interested in speaking with school districts about enterprise zone participation. The committee asked D'Andrea to coordinate with Lincoln Mayor Keith Snyder to set up the discussions with the schools.

The next piece of old business concerned progress on planning for possible bike trails. D'Andrea said the planning commission selected the Farnsworth Group as a consultant for the project.

Referring to the progress being made, Hepler commented, "I think this is a good step in the right direction,"

Moving on to discuss the Sugar Creek Wind Farm, D'Andrea reported that the wind farm has signed an agreement with Ameren. This agreement will allow Sugar Creek to proceed with applying for the necessary paperwork to improve the power station that is already in place. The company will also need to build new equipment. This would require additional conditional use approval of agricultural land in the area. All of the appropriate paperwork will be brought to the board this fall.

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That project already won favor from the county board in June. The company continues to work at completing set requirements before applying for building permits.

In D'Andrea's officer report, he said that the new GIS website has been receiving positive feedback from those who have used it. There has been a lot of response from real estate users.

Others committee members present were board chairman Robert Farmer, Jan Schumacher and Chuck Ruben. 

[By DEREK HURLEY]

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