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Among desert habitats being destroyed, it will decrease the view of Sugar Bowl. Please find somewhere else to build this solar "farm". Our desert it NOT yours to turn into a wasteland!

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"Property and production taxes paid to the City".

I don't think so on property tax. It's a lease, not a transfer of title. Lease is less than 35 years, which triggers no change to property assessment.

Production taxes... maybe. Sales tax is negligible; only some equipment or partial equipment in certain circumstances can be charged sales tax, but I think there is another tax by a different name that could be captured.

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I have thoroughly enjoyed walking my dog over and around the Sugar Bowl area. That will end if this project is completed. Now there's talk about dogs at the Twentynine Palms Farmer's Market... What's that about, What's going on there, have there been incidences or complaints? Dogs are our children.They are our families, They are ubiquitous wherever human beings dwell. There seems to be an absence of environmental concern for living things, Including plants that inhabit our earth. Seems like we're leaving our children an irreversible stagnant mess. "Come one, come all" Twentynine Palms is open for exploitation for those whom have the deepest pockets. I understand this is a rant -- but we need more rants concerning our splinterng natural resources and local environment.

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Mar 28ยทedited Mar 28

Please check your math on the production payout expectation. One megawatt (MW) is made up of 1,000 kilowatts. SCE is paying $0.03365 per Kilowatt, not per watt. So the revenue would be 50,000 x $0.03365 = $1,682.50.

Edison will NOT be paying anywhere close to $1.6 Million per year!!

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