Resolution 69.05
RE: Supporting Barton Mines
wind power project
Dated: May 10, 2005
Councilman Frey offered the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
WHEREAS, Barton Mines has proposed a wind
power project of erecting ten (10) wind turbines on the north side of Gore
Mountain, with each turbine capable of producing enough electricity to power
more than eight hundred (800) households, without smog, acid rain and mercury
pollution associated with coal and oil-fired plants, and
WHEREAS, the turbines would provide ample
energy for consumers and would not be out of context with the existing the
State operated and maintained Gondola, Chair Lift and extensive trail cutting
and grooming activities at Gore Mountain Ski Center, and
WHEREAS, Current electric transmission
lines and State owned radio towers currently exist next door, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town of Inlet Town
Board herby supports Barton Mine's proposal to erect the wind turbines on the
north side of Gore Mountain.
Councilman Levi seconded and duly adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Levi, Faro, Frey, Schmid, Risley NAYS: None
State of New York
County of Hamilton
Town of Inlet
I, Loretta M. Gaffney, do hereby verify that the foregoing is a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Inlet, Hamilton County, State of New York, on the 10th day of May, 2005.
Loretta M. Gaffney
Town Clerk