TAMRMS#: B06
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Solar Farm Business Case
Presented by: Kate Polkovsky, Director, Utilities and Environment Department
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That Community Growth & Infrastructure Standing Committee recommend to Council that:
1. That $200K is funded from the stabilization reserve to support the preliminary and detailed design requirements of the full-scale Solar Farm.
2. That Administration provide an update to Council, upon the completion of the detailed design of the Solar Farm, by Q2 2021.
3. That a borrowing bylaw be brought forward to support the implementation of the presented Solar Farm Business Case in 2021.
4. That Badger Lands be allocated to support the long-term development of solar as a green industry within the City.
5. In 2021, Administration be directed to bring back a report to rescind all previous Council motions pertaining to the Badger Lands that are not consistent with dedication of those lands to development of a solar power industry in St. Albert.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
To provide Council with the opportunity to contemplate a project that could yield to long term revenue opportunities, a program identified within their Strategic Plan.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL STRATEGIC PRIORITY
Strategic Priority #4: Infrastructure Investment: Identify and build needed capital assets.
Identify sustainable (environmental, economic, social) alternative servicing opportunities, considering net environmental effects, to reduce environmental receptors’ impact, reduce servicing costs and generate revenue.
ALIGNMENT TO SERVICE DELIVERY
Strategic Priority #4: Infrastructure Investment: Identify and build needed capital assets.
Identify sustainable (environmental, economic, social) alternative servicing opportunities, considering net environmental effects, to reduce environmental receptors’ impact, reduce servicing costs and generate revenue.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL (OR COMMITTEE) DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
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