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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, May 17, 2021 <br />Page 11 <br />ANY OTHER MATTERS <br />Council President Schutt asked, are there any other matters to come before Council at this time? <br />Mrs. Mills stated, yes Council President Schutt. John, tell me about the solar panels at Progressive. <br />People are wondering what's going on there. <br />Mr. Marrelli replied, they're building a solar farm near 271. What do they want to know? Why <br />they look the way they look or what's going to happen? <br />Mrs. Mills replied, yes. <br />Mr. Marrelli replied, the plan was taken to the Architectural Review Board and was laid out <br />because we don't really have one. The Law Department is working on solar panel regulations. So, <br />prior to having any laws really to enforce, we took the panels to the Architectural Review Board <br />for the appearance out in the field. They were approved for installation. <br />Mrs. Mills stated, it's a shame that we lost all that green space, but I guess there's nothing you can <br />do about it. <br />Mr. Marrelli stated, well, yes, the greenspace if you recall was I think par three hole and maybe <br />part of another tee box at one time, but Progressive I think felt that they wanted to show that they <br />could be more energy efficient and do an energy production along 271, so it's pretty much — it's <br />going to produce quite a bit of power. You can see how many solar panels are out there and it <br />might be one of the biggest ones in Cuyahoga County if I'm not mistaken. So they are pretty proud <br />of the fact that they are going to generate electricity versus use it and reduce their carbon footprint. <br />Mrs. Mills asked, are they still going to be using that chiller plant too? <br />Mr. Marrelli asked, you mean the bunker? The bunker you are talking about? Yes. Everything <br />will be used but the solar panels will produce some of the power necessary to go back into the grid. <br />I'm not sure how many homes it would power. I don't want to dare to guess how many houses <br />you could light up with those panels but they will be doing energy production versus energy usage <br />with those. <br />Mrs. Mills stated. Okay. Thank you very much. <br />Mr. Marrelli stated, sure. <br />Mr. Meyers asked, I have a question. Is that the front yard or the backyard of Progressive? <br />Mr. Marrelli replied, that's the backyard. <br />Mr. Meyers stated, okay. I thought it was the front yard being the freeway. <br />