6.b Public Comments_Hermanmail
From: John Herman <
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2022 9:35 AM
To: mail; c.maefsky; Kenneth Cammilleri
Cc: Mr. Randy and Kathy Ferrin
Subject: Ferrin Solar CUP
We own property adjacent to the Ferrin home. We are very familiar with their current solar installation. The new one
will be equally well sited adjacent to the existing array, and not intrusive to any neighbor. We strongly support their
application.
The City policy for solar should be to approve unless the new facility is a material problem for a neighbor. We need
conversion to clean energy and early adaptors like the Ferrins are a model for others to follow suit. These installations
are, of course, visible, but otherwise have no negative impacts --no on-going activity, no casualty danger, no noise, no
associated traffic or negative attractive nuisance. Normal CUP criteria hardly warrant any review and certainly not
denial here. The only cases where this should be a city concern is where the array is abnormally close to a neighbor,
have shading impacts on a neighbor's land or are visually very intrusive. And, of course solar has manifold overall
benefits to the general public.
Thank you for taking account of our comments. We strongly support the Ferrin CUP application.
John and Diane Herman
Cedar Bend on St. Croix
23355 Quentin Ave. N
Scandia, MN 55073
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