Dixfield Wind Ordinance Committee Meeting Feb. 26

I attended the Dixfield wind ordinance committee meeting of Feb 26th to see how they were coming along:

Well, we might just as well have Patriots Renewables writing it. Skitbitsky and our code enforcement officer, Calvin Beaumier, are taking all the work done by Norine Clarke and Steve Donahue and re-framing the wording to essentially allow the wind farms on Colonel Holman. Initially, Norine and Steve proposed a one mile setback to adjacent property lines, as the town of Montville, Maine has in their ordinance. Skitbitsky and Beaumier shot that down and replaced it with a one mile setback to occupied structures. Beaumier noted that if they were to use a one mile setback to property lines, than the ordinance committee may as well throw in the towel as Patriots would not have any chance with the project. Skitbitsky said the setback to property lines, even with individuals being able to sign a waiver to allow a lesser setback, would be too encumbersome for the wind company as they would have to approach many more land owners with it.
So, as we have it now, they have it written a one mile setback to occupied structure and will be effective April 1,2010. This is a slap in the face for property owners who may someday have their children desiring to build their homes on such property or for property owners who may want the financial security of being able to sell to others who would put a home there.
Beaumier also noted the Dixfield comprehensive plan designates Colonel Holman Mountain as a scenic resource. The committee decided to eliminate the part of the ordinance referring to setbacks from scenic resources. The plan is to rewrite the comprehensive plan to eliminate Colonel Holman as a scenic resource.
This ordinance is becoming a joke when considering the duties of this committee is to establish regulations that protect the health and welfare of Dixfield citizens.
By the way, Calvin Beaumier is not a citizen of Dixfield and continues to propose programs to further regulate resident's activities within Dixfield.
I'll keep you informed
Freemont and Dan

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Comment by Norman Mitchell on April 23, 2012 at 10:19pm

Calvin Beaumier is not a citizen of Dixfield that's right we need someone from our town in town positions

Comment by Art Brigades on March 1, 2010 at 7:33pm
Freemont and Dan- Good work. Thank you. Keep after them. Make sure that if you are not there, somebody is, every time they meet about it. And call them out. Argue vociferously. In 5 years this will all be a joke. We'll look back and laugh that the Wind Rushers tried to seduce us and we sent them off.
Comment by freemont tibbetts on February 28, 2010 at 9:51am
Dan, You are surmising right about Skitbitsky and Beaumier big time
Comment by Joanne Moore on February 27, 2010 at 2:35pm
No doubt Skitbitsky and Beaumier will be enjoying their new in-ground swimming pools, barbeque pits, landscaping, and other accoutrements of "public" service this next summer.

Enjoy it now, you bas***ds. You're going to need more than a poolful of water to cool you down where you are going.
Comment by Whetstone_Willy on February 27, 2010 at 12:48pm
Their Divide and Conquer tactic abhors the unity of the statewide organization, which took them by total surprise. They prefer when people are focused only on their local projects. They are frightened of the consolidated power we have speaking with one voice and our ability to break through with our message to the public at large via the marshalling of our combined energies. And they know that the statewide organization's success minimizes their chances of diverting local energies into neighbor versus neighbor. They have paid communication people who use this sort of "Corporate Communications 101" not because they are smart, but rather because they are sneaky. From what I've observed, alot of these people aren't terribly bright, which also explains why they do what what they do.
Comment by Lyle on February 27, 2010 at 12:37pm
This is really bad news. We were hoping this ordinance would be a good beta for other towns weren't we? I have this general theory that political elites consolidate power by fermenting conflict between citizens and groups and citizens and citizens. Covers a whole range of situations from local to state to federal to international. I went to carrol plantation wind info meeting and First Wind only getting away with what they do by letting citizens fight it out between themselves..don't like it when they are criticized.
Comment by Lisa Lindsay on February 27, 2010 at 10:51am
Too cumbersome for the wind companies? It is just sickening that we are supposed to make their jobs easy. So will there be a vote regarding this change to the ordinance or is it a done deal?
Comment by Long Islander on February 27, 2010 at 9:53am
Mr. Calvin "I don't live her" Beaumier: And the reason that Patriots must have a chance with the project is?
Who appointed Beaumier as your code enforcement officer?

 

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