2007 , Stantec sent letters out to the residents of Cape Vincent announcing their plans to build an 86 turbine wind complex on Wolfe Island Identifying the residents of Cape Vincent as stakeholders in this project .

Although the project has been completed this does not mean we are no longer stakeholders.
Below are documents I received from Stantec notifying me of the Wolfe Island Project and the  stakeholder comment period

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SPITZER GETS BILL LIMITING FARM TAX/ Aubertine Co-Sponsors Bill

Published: May 17, 2007
SPITZER GETS BILL LIMITING FARM TAX
ASSESSMENT RELIEF: LEGISLATION WOULD HOLD INCREASE TO NO MORE THAN 10% OF 2006 VALUE

Watertown Daily Times

By CHRIS GARIFO
TIMES ALBANY CORRESPONDENT

ALBANY -- Property tax assessments on farms will increase by no more than 10 percent above their value from the year before under legislation heading to Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer.
"This makes a lot of sense," said state Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, R-Rome, who introduced the legislation in the state Senate. The measure's co-sponsors include state Sen. James W. Wright, R-Watertown, and Assemblymembers Darrel J. Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, and Dierdre K. Scozzafava, R-Gouverneur.

Farmland in New York is not assessed based on its commercial value, as are most other properties. Instead, a formula is used based on the productive value of the soil.
Under the formula, better soils have a higher assessed value because they produce better crops.
However, the formula also takes into account the overall farm economy to determine the actual value of the land to agriculture. A complex process is used to determine that and is based over several years.

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