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Centerville 2040 Comprehensive Plan If the future commercial and industrial land develops with a similar jobs per acre, Centerville could have approximately 1,280 jobs upon full build out. P ROTECTING S PECIAL R ESOURCES As required by state statute, a municipality’s comprehensive plan must also include strategies for protection of special resources, including solar access, historic preservation, and aggregate. These strategies are discussed below. Minnesota Statutes require an element for the protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The purpose of this legislation is to prevent solar collectors from being shaded by adjacent structures or vegetation and to ensure that development decisions do not preclude the possible future development and use of solar energy systems. To ensure the availability of solar access, the City of Centerville will, whenever possible, protect access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems on principle structures. The City of Centerville will consider solar access in the review of site plans and planning decisions. See Map 8-1 for Gross Solar Potential in the community. Metropolitan Council requires that metropolitan area communities identify any regionally significant aggregate resources to ensure proper planning for their use. Centerville does not contain any regionally significant aggregate resources and therefore does not require any special planning. When an EAW was completed for Centerville’s Downtown Redevelopment project, the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) was contacted to determine if there were any historic sites or resources. The 106 Group also completed a survey of cultural resources for the County Road 14 reconstruction project. While both inquiries returned the same 39 properties that were in SHPO’s inventory, it was concluded that none of these properties are eligible for listing on the National Historic Register. Page 47