The Planning Board approves a motion (4-0, Binsley absent) to adopt the Town’s previous un-adopted draft wind law as guidelines for wind turbines siting in the projects site plan review process. This was an illegal action on the part of Edsall and the planning board which has no authority to adopt anything. They are an advisory board with no legislative power. We believe this was a backdoor attempt to avoid specific wind zoning, and the Comp Plan issues. We believe it was another in a trend of actions by conflicted town officials to expedite the wind developer’s projects.
September 13, 2006:
Some of this is from the wind history that I have published before with added information.
The Planning Board approves a motion (4-0, Binsley absent) to adopt the Town’s previous un-adopted draft wind law as guidelines for wind turbines siting in the projects site plan review process. This was an illegal action on the part of Edsall and the planning board which has no authority to adopt anything. They are an advisory board with no legislative power. We believe this was a backdoor attempt to avoid specific wind zoning, and the Comp Plan issues. We believe it was another in a trend of actions by conflicted town officials to expedite the wind developer’s projects.
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Here is a quote from WPEG attorney back then Judy Drabicki telling Mark Gebo that Edsall can't adopt the guidelines, it's illegal.
Notice too in the copy of the minutes above , the mention of an escrow account~
Town law prohibits turbines in the River or Lake Districts. A developer will have to set up an escrow account. For what purpose ,no explanation given.
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Later in a Watertown Times article it states that an escrow account is established by Acciona for all costs incurred during the environmental review process.
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