Falmouth Boards Ignored Wind Turbine II PRA Contract

By the end of 2015 the Town of Falmouth through various boards and officials determined to deny appeals relating to the Falmouth Wind Turbine # 2. These boards and officials agreed unanimously that the Doctrine of Laches would bar the appeals from moving forward for all parties involved to move forward.

The Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals at the time of the Doctrine of Laches decision in 2015 may have been unaware of the Project Regulatory Agreement between the Town and MassDEP.

Falmouth boards and officials have ignored the issuance of the "Project Completion Certificate" for Falmouth Wind II. The certificate may have been issued as late as 2018.

The residents living around the Falmouth Wind II turbine have filed an appeal to the Doctrine of Latches decisions.

The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust the week of Nov 26, 2015, notified town manager Julian M. Suso the Town of Falmouth borrowed $4,865,000 from the trust for the construction of Wind 2, the second of the town’s two wind turbines. In addition, the Town of Falmouth had signed a "Project Regulatory Agreement" brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection financed through the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust.

The town had submitted a "project completion certificate" to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in March 2013. However, a letter dated April 2, 2013, from the trust’s executive director, Susan E. Perez, said the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust would not sign off on completion of the Falmouth Wind II project.

The Town of Falmouth has never disclosed if the money to buy Falmouth Wind II was a loan or a grant because under the Project Regulatory Agreement a power production agreement gave control of Falmouth Wind II to the MassDEP in which case MassDEP would produce the project completion certificate for Falmouth Wind II.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the borrower ( Town of Falmouth) entered into a project regulatory agreement in order to borrow ARRA, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

How many Town Meeting Members or citizens of Falmouth were aware the Town of Falmouth entered a power production financial agreement with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection which gave the state agencies the ability to control the Falmouth Wind II project through a "project completion certificate ?"

Town Meeting decides three major things:

It sets the salaries for the elected officials.
It votes to appropriate money to run the town. ( Who Voted For A Project Regulatory Agreement with MassDEP ? )
It votes on the town’s local statutes, which are called by-laws.

Falmouth Special Town Meeting Video Below June 9, 2009 A Vote On Falmouth Wind II - ARRA -Stimulus Funds

What was written on the Blue piece of paper at the Special Town Meeting? --There actually are two sides to the story on the Blue paper.. which side did Falmouth Town Meeting Members vote for?