The committee received three letters of support for the turbine and three letters against it, as well as a community petition in opposition. At the zoning committee hearing on Thursday, one person spoke in favor of the turbine and six against.
The committee received three letters of support for the turbine and three letters against it, as well as a community petition in opposition. At the zoning committee hearing on Thursday, one person spoke in favor of the turbine and six against.
Metropolitan State University's plans to build a wind turbine by its library at 645 E. Seventh St., between Maria Avenue and Mounds Boulevard, suffered a setback this week when the St. Paul Planning Commission's zoning committee voted 4-2 to reject the proposal.
The committee received three letters of support for the turbine and three letters against it, as well as a community petition in opposition. At the zoning committee hearing on Thursday, one person spoke in favor of the turbine and six against.
The three-blade, 20-kilowatt turbine would have sat atop a free-standing pole 104 feet high, for a total height of 120 feet. The District 4 Planning Council and city staff had recommended that the committee approve the project, noting …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Metropolitan State University's plans to build a wind turbine by its library at 645 E. Seventh St., between Maria Avenue and Mounds Boulevard, suffered a setback this week when the St. Paul Planning Commission's zoning committee voted 4-2 to reject the proposal.
The committee received three letters of support for the turbine and three letters against it, as well as a community petition in opposition. At the zoning committee hearing on Thursday, one person spoke in favor of the turbine and six against.
The three-blade, 20-kilowatt turbine would have sat atop a free-standing pole 104 feet high, for a total height of 120 feet. The District 4 Planning Council and city staff had recommended that the committee approve the project, noting that Macalester College has maintained a similar turbine on its St. Paul campus since 2002.
The turbine would have been used for researching alternative energy.
A call to Metro State was not immediately returned Friday.