SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 10 ARTICLES 1-2-3 EXPLAINED

FALMOUTH SPECIAL TOWN MEETING NOVEMBER 10 2015

Town Meeting Member David Moriarty discusses the upcoming Falmouth Wind Turbine Meeting Articles 1, 2, and 3 and why it is important to get ‘informed’.

The first discussion starts on Wendsday October 21, 2015
Live at 6: 36 PM

Watch it live : http://www.fctv.org/v3/13live

The entire schedule is below: The discussion is 15 minutes.

http://www.fctv.org/v3/content/public-channel-programming-schedule
Show Detail: Special Town Meeting Articles 1, 2, & 3

ShowID 6135

Length: 00:15:14

Category: Political

Producer Erika Hahn

Town Meeting Member David Moriarty discusses the upcoming Falmouth Meeting Articles 1, 2, and 3 and why it is important to get ‘informed’.

Sponsor: Erika Hahn
Schedule Information:

10/21/2015 at 6:36 PM
10/22/2015 at 7:45 PM
10/23/2015 at 1:40 AM
10/23/2015 at 9:13 AM
10/24/2015 at 5:01 AM
10/24/2015 at 7:30 AM
10/25/2015 at 10:09 PM
10/26/2015 at 5:43 AM
10/26/2015 at 5:35 PM
10/27/2015 at 9:30 AM
10/27/2015 at 3:00 PM
10/28/2015 at 8:00 PM
10/29/2015 at 7:30 AM
10/29/2015 at 5:39 PM
10/30/2015 at 12:55 AM
10/30/2015 at 6:31 PM
11/1/2015 at 7:30 AM

List of Your Town Meeting Members Contact Email & Phone
http://www.falmouthmass.us/townmeet/tm18.pdf

The following information is supportive of the video :

The reason for the three town wind turbine articles is a response to the September 2015 presentation to the Zoning Board of Appeals by the attorney for the wind turbine victims :

Please click the links to view the presentations :

Zoning Board of Appeals September 17, 2015 Senie & Associates, P.C. Representing Impacted Neighbors
https://windwisema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/senie-to-zba-ceasedesist-2015-09-17.pdf

Zoning Board Of Appeals September 17, 2015 Part 1
http://www.fctv.org/v3/vod/zoning-board-appeals-september-17-2015-part-1

Zoning Board Of Appeals September 17, 2015 Part 2
http://www.fctv.org/v3/vod/zoning-board-appeals-september-17-2015-part-2

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October 2015 : Select Board Reaction To Wind Turbine Victms

WARRANT FOR THE NOVEMBER SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015 AT 7:00 p.m.

http://www.falmouthmass.us/clerk/111015stm.pdf

For action on articles in the Warrant

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Barnstable, SS To either of the constables of the Town of Falmouth, in said county:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are directed to notify and summon the inhabitants of the Town of Falmouth qualified to vote in Town Affairs to meet at the Memorial Auditorium, Lawrence School, Falmouth, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of acting on the articles contained in the following warrant:

ARTICLE 1: To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to the Energy Receipts Reserved for Appropriation account for further appropriation, and to determine how the same shall be raised, or do or take any other action on the matter. On request of the Board of Selectmen.

ARTICLE 2: To see if the Town will vote to support the Board of Selectmen’s efforts toward maximizing the benefits and thereby minimizing any financial burden to Falmouth’s citizens from
operation of the Town’s municipal turbines at its Wastewater Treatment Facility at 154 Blacksmith Shop Road, West Falmouth, MA. Or do or take any other action on the matter. On petition of Richard Latimer, Ronald Zweig and others.

ARTICLE 3: To see if the town will vote to amend Chapter 240 – Zoning – of the Code of Falmouth by adding the following to Article XXXIV (34) Wind Energy Systems:

240-166.D (2) Any Wind Energy System owned by the Town of Falmouth and used for municipal purposes, in existence as of the date of this bylaw, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Article, pursuant to Section 240-30 .B. and may be allowed to operate as a matter of right in public use districts. Or do or take any other action on this matter. On request of the Board of Selectmen.
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Information note # ARTICLE 2 is a proposal explained as an eminent domain article to take the residential homes around the wind turbines. The presentation is at the 1:30 hour mark and the overwhelming endorsement by the Select Board is at the 2:24 mark in the video.

The only discussion during the endorsement of this article was: “We’ve made a long term commitment to renewable energy.”

The presentation can be viewed on the link below:

Board of Selectmen 10/5/15 part 2---- 1:30 minute mark and 2:24 minute mark 
http://www.fctv.org/v3/vod/board-selectmen-10515-part-2

The proposal asks Town Meeting Members to throw families out on the street. There are approximately 200 residential homes within 3200 feet of Falmouth Wind 1
http://masscases.com/cases/app/87/87massappct127.html