BP Wind Energy
700 Louisiana Street, Floor 33
Houston, Texas 77002
December 21, 2012
Urban Hirschey
Town Supervisor
Town of Cape Vincent
1964 NYS Route 12E
Cape Vincent, NY 1361!
Re: Cape Vincent Wind Farm
Dear Supervisor Hirschey:
I am following up to confirm a meeting with the Town of Cape
Vincent for Tuesday, January 23rd. I would appreciate it if you could
provide written confirmation of the time, location, and format of the
meeting, including whether the Town prefers a working session or a public
forum.
We are interested in eliciting specific local interests for
consideration in the development of the Cape Vincent Wind Farm, including,
but not limited to, location and design, as well as suggestions for our
approach to local public involvement activities. There are a number of
items we would specifically like to discuss with the Town some of which
are discussed below. We would ask that the Town identify or appoint a
contact person with whom we should be engaging in discussions regarding
issues such as property taxes, a potential payment in lieu of taxes
agreement and highway work / road crossing agreements.
We would also like to consult with a representative or
representatives of the Town to determine whether we have correctly identified
all potentially applicable local laws and regulations. We have attached a
copy of our Public Involvement Program plan (PIP) which contains all
those potentially material adverse environmental and health impacts that
we have identified as resulting from the construction and operation of the
proposed facility, especially as they relate to the particular aspects of
the environmental setting of the Town. If you have any other
additional material impacts or effects of the project on the Town please
let us know.
If you or the Town's chief financial officer would be available
to discuss die potential for incremental municipal operating and
infrastructure costs incurred for police, fire, emergency, water, sewer,
solid waste disposal, highway maintenance and other municipal services during
the construction and operation phases of the project we may be better able
to estimate these actual costs.
Beyond direct contact with the Town, we are also interested in
the contact information for interest groups or community leaders outside
Town government that you would suggest we engage with.
Additionally, on October 29, 2012, we submitted a request (copy
enclosed) to the Town Planning Board notifying the Planning Board of the
continued operation of 7 meteorological towers in the Town and requesting
confirmation regarding receipt of the notice. To date we have not
received any confirmation regarding receipt of this notice and we would
appreciate confirmation that this notice was received.
We look forward to continuing the dialogue on the Cape Vincent
Wind Farm project.
Sincerely,
Richard F. Chandler
Director, Business Development
BP Wind Energy
Cc: Richard Macsherry
Brooks Bragdon
Mickey Orvis
Clif Schneider
John L. Byrne, III
Bob Brown
Cyril Cullen
Bob Cardarelli
Karen Bourcy
Rockne Burns
Paul Docteur
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