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® 14601 Ramsey Boulevard <br /> CONNEXUS Ramsey,Minnesota 55303 <br /> 763.323.2600 <br /> ENE.R( ;Y Fax:763.323.2603 <br /> 1.800.642.1672 <br /> '0000) www.connexusenergy.com <br /> Your Community Energy Partner info@connexusenergy.com <br /> Stephanie Hanson <br /> Community Development Director <br /> City of Ramsey <br /> 7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br /> Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> Re: Zoning Amendment request Parcel ID 27-32-25-14-0003 from 11— Light Industrial <br /> to CL Closed Landfill <br /> Dear Mrs. Hanson: <br /> Connexus Energy (Connexus) is requesting that Parcel ID 27-32-25-14-0003 be zoned CL <br /> Closed Landfill as this designation best reflects the property and permissible uses. This <br /> property is subject to the Landfill Cleanup Agreement, effective October 15, 1997, and <br /> filed with the Office of the Anoka County Recorder on March 11, 1998, as Document No. <br /> 1326786, to provide environmental response for the qualified facility known as the <br /> Anoka-Ramsey Closed Landfill. The current zoning classification is inaccurate as the <br /> property is not conducive for uses as defined in 11 — Light Industrial. <br /> Connexus has an Option to Lease Agreement with the State of Minnesota, acting by and <br /> through its Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). This agreement <br /> allows Connexus to construct and operate a renewable energy system on the property. <br /> The MPCA has determined that a renewable energy system is compatible with their <br /> environmental response action implementation, as specified in Minn. Stat §115B.17, <br /> subd. 16(c), under the Landfill Cleanup Program, Minn Stat. § 115B.39-115B.445, and <br /> assists the MPCA with carrying out the Landfill Cleanup Program responsibilities and <br /> obligations regarding the operation and maintenance of the property including mowing, <br /> snowplowing, litter removal and site monitoring. <br /> This Zoning Amendment request is being made under the plans for Connexus to develop <br /> a solar energy generation system on the property. The MPCA was granted authority <br /> under Laws of Minnesota 2021, 1st Spec. Sess. Chapter 4, article 1, section 2, subd. 10, to <br /> take actions and execute agreements to facilitate the beneficial reuse of the Anoka- <br /> Ramsey Landfill and, specifically, to install a solar energy generating system. <br /> As part of this submission, we have included a site plan. This site plan works around the <br /> existing force main, the berm just north of Sunwood Drive and the tree line just west of <br /> Ramsey Blvd. As part of the agreement, the solar generating system will be designed in <br /> a manner that will allow for future monitoring wells to be installed in between the rows <br /> of solar as deemed necessary by the MPCA. <br />