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6 <br /> tower to stop his$200.00 per month electric bill. He asked rhetorically how our zoning was set up <br /> to deal with this and the ramification on the environment. What about pollution, said the <br /> Chairman. He wanted to bring it up in front of the Conunittee as the members talked about water <br /> quality. <br /> The Vice Chair said renewable energy was a good thing,but that Horseshoe Shoals was <br /> not a good thing. <br /> The Chairman speculated what he would do if one of his neighbors put one up. <br /> The Town Planner said it was not mentioned in zoning, and added that if it was not on a <br /> list, it's not allowed. It was something to be looked at,he added. <br /> Ms. Gumey said that the consequences had to be worked out ahead of time and that she <br /> would be more worried about the noise. <br /> The Vice Chair said he went to a conference regarding it and that the people he talked to <br /> didn't notice it. <br /> Nft. Storrs said Portsmouth,Rhode Island the people said there was noise, (from the <br /> wind tower)but that they got:used to it. <br /> Ills. Gumey said that air quality on Cape Cod was horrendous. She said she had a <br /> problem when people jumped in tea quickly,however. <br /> The Chairman gold the Committee to start ffiinking about it even though at the moment it <br /> was not prevalent. <br /> Ms. Gurney said that safety issues should be considered. The wind towers should not be <br /> allowed until you figure out what it is you do or don't want. <br /> The Chairman said the issue of renewable energy would continue in a subsequent <br /> meeting. <br /> Discussion of Action Items and review of BBRC Recommendations <br /> Ms. Kane spoke about an article she had copied fi`om the"Cape Cod Times." It was a <br /> report of a bus tour that town officials went on. It was a visual tour of a wastewater facility on the <br /> Outer Cape. She passed it out to members of the Committee. <br /> Mr. Miller talked about New Silver Beach in Falmouth and its' escalating cost. <br /> The Town Planter said that there needed a spot to put discharge. <br /> The Vice Chair said that at New Silver Beach 40' under the ground were using slow <br /> pressure systems. The new treatment facility would be.m' the backyard. <br /> Mr. Miller said that it would cost 10-20-30K per household. <br /> Mr. Theis said these were the i tial assessments. <br /> Communications <br /> Publlic Comment <br /> Ed Baker <br /> Mr. Baker said he would like to comment on a few things he had read in the Cape Cod <br /> Tines. He read about the Town of Chathain transfer treatment fee that was going up again in <br /> funding for wastewater treatment. He asked fhetoricaUy if it was good or bad. <br /> Concerning environmental -affairs, Mr. Baker continued, popponessett Bay, during a. <br /> discussion there, over what nutnber of people were using for output to the septic system and that <br /> it wasn't done anymore�—an estimation of the population in that area.. <br /> Mr. Baker als' <br /> said that increasing the number of people would increase nitrogen. <br /> The Town Planner said that the bottom line was that r'trogen comes from people. The <br /> total amount of nitrogen going into the system. <br /> The hah-man stated rhetorically that if people adopted imendlary toilets. <br /> Motion* The Chai <br />