James G. Lince
9955 Wagner Gully Road
Cohocton, NY 14826
Marion Trieste
Trieste Inc.
324 Lake Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
July 30, 2006
Dear Mrs. Trieste,
You were a panel member at the YESWindCohocton Forum on July 26th, 2006.
You stated in regards to a question about property values that the study completed by student Ben Hoen was evidence that property values did not go down as a result of wind turbine projects.
Mrs. Trieste are you aware of the following issues (among many) regarding this study?
1. No property was analyzed within 4,000 feet (3/4 mile) of a turbine. In addition, the average distance of a property with any view of a turbine was 3.5 miles.
2. Out of the 280 properties analyzed only 43 had any view of a turbine. 38 of these 43 were 2 miles or more (up to 5.99 miles) away from the nearest turbine.
3. The concept of “vista” or value of a view shed was specifically mentioned and excluded as a variable in the study (no value for view from a property).
You may believe it is responsible for you to continue to cite Hoen’s thesis as “fact based” assurance to a community. I suggest that the responsible and ethical position would be to provide disclosure. This would avoid property owners closest to these proposed projects relying on your statements as proof that their property values will not be impacted.
Obviously those closest to these turbines have the most concern. These citizens deserve responsible answers from those who represent themselves as having researched and detailed factual knowledge of the issues with industrial wind power.
Sincerely,
James G. Lince
Cohocton, NY
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