Ms. Katrina Landis
Chief Executive OfficerBP Alternative Energy
501 Westlake Park Blvd.
Houston, TX 77079
Re: Case 12-F-0410 Cape Vincent Wind Power
Dear Ms. Landis;
The Township of Frontenac Islands is immediately north of the proposed area that British Petroleum (BP) is, as I understand, talking about a large scale wind development. Our geography is on the North side of the St. Lawrence River stretching from west of the Town of Cape Vincent and just to the east of the Town of Clayton NY approximately one mile across the water. While we have many Islands in the municipality, the largest Island of Wolfe has an 86 tower wind plant that was commissioned three years ago. Through this process we have learned much about the use of Wind Towers to generate electrical energy and would like to share our experience with you. While there are benefits from such developments, such as tax revenue to the municipality and money to the property owners, there are some issues that can be avoided through good planning, and discussion with the stakeholders.
Some of the concerns we have heard are: the flashing aviation marker lights; the effects on migrating birds and the need to adhere to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918; the effect on the tourist industry in our beautiful Thousand Island Region which crosses the USA Canadian border; the negative risk to property values,and etc.
We had understood that as part of the process BP would be contacting us for input but have not yet heard from you. Our Township Council, and residents on the north side of the border (a number of which are USA citizens) who have beautiful summer homes throughout the Islands, have been asking questions and expressed their desire to find out more about this proposed development. Would you please assist us in engaging the appropriate people in this discussion?
Yours truly,
Denis Doyle
Mayor, Frontenac Islands
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Honorable Jeffrey Cohen:
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Mr. John Graham
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BP Alternative Energy
501 Westlake Park Blvd.
Houston, TX 77079
3 comments:
Voters for Wind were making claims about Wolfe Island that may not have been true.
Voters for wind have been directed and manipulated by Marion Trieste Assoc. for many years.
some research into Trieste Assoc. reveals a long history of dealing with the regulatory and permitting process,both for and against development.
She is a shrewd, calculating witch, driven by her pseudo environmentalism, together with an ambition to make a name for herself as a successful feminist.
Her website boasts that her company is a "certified woman-owned enterprise".
Is this supposed to imply that somehow because she is female, she is to be more trusted??
What a bunch of crap!! woman or man, she is full of shit, and the Voters for wind display their own lack of principles, by falling for her deceit, allowing themselves to be duped and led like unthinking sheep.
If whe really wants to prove herself, she should focus more on being honest and forthright.
8:59
This is part of what the Bp community organizer said in a "Community Acceptance of Wind Webcast" that she conducted:
"And so what we need to do is if you form a local group I mean it's all - it's all about the messenger, right. I mean you can have as a developer, as an expert the perfect - the perfect information but it may fall on deaf ears because you may have - you may be seen as having other goals in mind such as profit and, you know, things like that."
"I mean we have to arm them with the information. That's our responsibility. So they're out there but they don't have the information until we give it to them."
"We have like little Appalachia going on here..."
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