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Posts from ‘May, 2009’

DeKalb Zoning Board Meeting 5/27/2009

DeKalb Zoning Board Meeting 7 PM 5/27/2009.
Amazing to see so little discussion on issues so important.

Video: 5/27/2009 07:51 PM

Committee approves permit for wind farm

DeKalb County is one step closer to seeing more than 100 wind turbines erected on its landscape after the county board planning and zoning committee voted unanimously Wednesday night to grant a conditional special-use permit to NextEra Energy Resources that would allow the company to build the turbines.

May DeKalb public hearing videos

DeKalb public hearing videos from 9 AM – 10 PM 5/11/2009 and 9 AM – 1PM 5/12/2009.
These videos were taken from the rear side of the Auditorium.
Yes, the meeting actually went for another day and a half.

Video: 5/11/2009 09:53 AM

Wind farm hearing continues

Much of the early session’s testimony was dominated by attorneys and an expert witness in acoustics, who testified that wind turbines generate dangerous levels of low-frequency noise that can have a negative effect on health. Several residents of wind farms in other states also offered testimony, saying the turbines have negatively affected their quality of [...]