To the Municipal Council of the District of Digby
And the Members of the Planning Advisory Committee (PAC)
July 15,2009
Dear Warden; Councilors, and PAC Members:
As you are aware, we at Bethany Place have a couple of concerns regarding the
placement of the wind turbines so near to our place of residence. One is the disturbance
of our source of water as we are on a gravity fed dug well.
Another concern is the continuous noise from the rotation of the blades on the turbines
2417. Our ministry at the house is one of , sponsoring Quiet Days and Retreat Days tor
individuals and small groups. The incessant whir from the turbines could significantly
interfere with a person's quiet and sense of peace and reflection. If this should happen
then our ministry of hospitality and prayer would virtually have to cease. Should this
happen we would have no other option but to try to sell our property at a reduced price as
real estate prices will drop considerably and relocate somewhere else in the province.
Should we have to move from this area that would mean the outreach and ministry that
eminates from the Bethany Bargain Bin at 125 First Avenue would conceivably cease to
function. This, I believe, would bave a significant impact on the surrounding community
of Digby and area as we exist to meet the needs of people that Society Services and other
agencies don't meet. People in need of furniture, household items, etc., are given these
items to assist them in settling into new residences/apartments. We help people cover
their rents, fuels bills, telephone bills, medications, dental work, glasses and food that
isn't available at the local food bank.
We also assist the food bank:financially; we assist Juniper House Outreach; we assist
people referred to us from Family Resources and Social Services and Mental Health. We
support the Breakfast program at the Digby Elementary School. Should our ministry and
outreach cease to exist these services would have to be picked up by others in the
community.
Last year the Bethany Bargain Bin generated $49,260,.50 into the local economy. Ijust
mention this as I feel it is worth consideration when decisions are being made at your
council meetings regarding the placement of these wind turbines in our area. We feel that
the two that have been allocated near our property are placed toeclose to our home.
Respectfully sumitted,
~~~\~~\f).
Sister Bonnie, S.L.S.M.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
An Open Letter from Tom
Digby Municipality: Kindly distribute a copy of this to all the councilors.
To Maritza Adams, District #2 Councilor, Municipality of Digby
Dear Maritza,
I thank you for your work on our behalf as our
elected municipal councilor. However, here in your District #2 on the
south shore of St. Mary's Bay, I have heard rumours
that you are not supportive of the Wind By-law. I do hope that these rumours
are without foundation.
As a District #2 resident, voter and
businessman, I respectfully ask that you support the Wind Energy By-law.
I make this appeal because of my support for quality of life and quality of the
environment within our larger area around St. Mary’s Bay and my ongoing active
support for the development of sustainable economic development, the type which
enhances rather than diminishes this quality of life within the beautiful but
delicate SW Nova Biosphere Reserve of which we are a part.
More specifically, this wind park on Digby Neck
will directly and negatively impact businesses in your district #2, despite
being far from the proposed Digby Neck site. So I also ask for your
support of the Wind By-law because of the impact that this wind farm blemish on
the Digby Neck environment will certainly have on my Japanese Art
Gallery business and many
other businesses in your district.
A high percentage of my gallery customers
drop in as they drive through Route 1 and 101 on their way to or from
Digby Neck and Islands, drawn here from around
the world to this area because of its natural beauty and accessibility and
because of its inclusion in the UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve.
In past years, I have seen as much as a 50% drop in my
business caused by disruptions on Digby Neck such as resurfacing
the road down the Neck and/or Islands.
Thousands of tourists chose to avoid the St. Mary's Bay area entirely. They
chose the South Shore route when they learned from Nova
Scotia Tourist Bureau personnel of possible disruptions to traffic on Digby
Neck during that period of heavy equipment use on route 217.
The construction and maintenance of this
wind park will certainly impact businesses throughout your voter district here
on this south side of St. Mary's Bay in like manner but in a much more drastic
fashion and for a much more sustained period of time. As our local councillor
accountable
to us as voters, we ask your help in preventing this.
Digby Neck and Islands
is unique and will draw people through our district #2 for years to come IF not
blemished by industrial desecration and greed. This will happen if wise voters
and equally wise and visionary councilors choose by-laws to protect the
sustainability of our lands and coastlines and sea while promoting
environmentally sustainable industry and jobs.
I am not opposed to wind energy. I am opposed to wind energy located
purely for
reasons of maximizing corporate profit within people's dwelling space
when there is so much non-dwelling space where such equipment could be located,
for example, in the upper-Sissiboo
River watershed.
Based on your vote as my
representative on this By-law issue and subsequent decisions you will make on
environmentally sustainable economic growth during the rest of your term as
councilor, as a voter and activist seeking environmentally sustainable jobs for
our municipality I look forward to the possibility of promoting your candidacy
for re-election in my district in the next municipal election.
I do wish to hear your thoughts,
Maritza, on these issues and await your timely response to my views and to
my specific request for your support on this By-law issue on which so many have
worked for so long.
With kind regards,
Tom
Tom Haynes-Paton
Japanese Woodblock Prints & Antiques Gallery
PO Box 11, Barton, B0W1H0, Nova Scotia
902-245-2347 Japanesegallery@gmail.com
website japanesewoodblockprints.ca
To Maritza Adams, District #2 Councilor, Municipality of Digby
Dear Maritza,
I thank you for your work on our behalf as our
elected municipal councilor. However, here in your District #2 on the
south shore of St. Mary's Bay, I have heard rumours
that you are not supportive of the Wind By-law. I do hope that these rumours
are without foundation.
As a District #2 resident, voter and
businessman, I respectfully ask that you support the Wind Energy By-law.
I make this appeal because of my support for quality of life and quality of the
environment within our larger area around St. Mary’s Bay and my ongoing active
support for the development of sustainable economic development, the type which
enhances rather than diminishes this quality of life within the beautiful but
delicate SW Nova Biosphere Reserve of which we are a part.
More specifically, this wind park on Digby Neck
will directly and negatively impact businesses in your district #2, despite
being far from the proposed Digby Neck site. So I also ask for your
support of the Wind By-law because of the impact that this wind farm blemish on
the Digby Neck environment will certainly have on my Japanese Art
Gallery business and many
other businesses in your district.
A high percentage of my gallery customers
drop in as they drive through Route 1 and 101 on their way to or from
Digby Neck and Islands, drawn here from around
the world to this area because of its natural beauty and accessibility and
because of its inclusion in the UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve.
In past years, I have seen as much as a 50% drop in my
business caused by disruptions on Digby Neck such as resurfacing
the road down the Neck and/or Islands.
Thousands of tourists chose to avoid the St. Mary's Bay area entirely. They
chose the South Shore route when they learned from Nova
Scotia Tourist Bureau personnel of possible disruptions to traffic on Digby
Neck during that period of heavy equipment use on route 217.
The construction and maintenance of this
wind park will certainly impact businesses throughout your voter district here
on this south side of St. Mary's Bay in like manner but in a much more drastic
fashion and for a much more sustained period of time. As our local councillor
accountable
to us as voters, we ask your help in preventing this.
Digby Neck and Islands
is unique and will draw people through our district #2 for years to come IF not
blemished by industrial desecration and greed. This will happen if wise voters
and equally wise and visionary councilors choose by-laws to protect the
sustainability of our lands and coastlines and sea while promoting
environmentally sustainable industry and jobs.
I am not opposed to wind energy. I am opposed to wind energy located
purely for
reasons of maximizing corporate profit within people's dwelling space
when there is so much non-dwelling space where such equipment could be located,
for example, in the upper-Sissiboo
River watershed.
Based on your vote as my
representative on this By-law issue and subsequent decisions you will make on
environmentally sustainable economic growth during the rest of your term as
councilor, as a voter and activist seeking environmentally sustainable jobs for
our municipality I look forward to the possibility of promoting your candidacy
for re-election in my district in the next municipal election.
I do wish to hear your thoughts,
Maritza, on these issues and await your timely response to my views and to
my specific request for your support on this By-law issue on which so many have
worked for so long.
With kind regards,
Tom
Tom Haynes-Paton
Japanese Woodblock Prints & Antiques Gallery
PO Box 11, Barton, B0W1H0, Nova Scotia
902-245-2347 Japanesegallery@gmail.com
website japanesewoodblockprints.ca
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