The Village Board listened to numerous proponents of the Keeneyville District 20 Wind Generator last evening. Talking about doing "due diligence", the District is dotting all the "i's" and crossing all the "t's." There will be no surprises when it comes to building the real thing. We heard from three residents Virginia Wachsmuth, Tom Kehoe, and Tim McHugh (Also the Keeneyville District Board Pres). Walt Larkin addressed that their firm is ready to provide insurance.
Charles Anderson, an Architect/designer spoke to the design of the tower and he provided references how a flag pole will fall intact, but a properly designed tower can fall within a much smaller footprint.
Dawn Collazo represented the manufacture of the tower (Johnson Controls). Mike Gilfillan of the University of Illinois provided the safety aspects value of the turbine designed to absorb all types of wind and shock.
Mike Ryan the Superintendent of Schools from Erie, Illinois spoke to the value of the tower in his town.
He pointed out quite nicely that no educator would ever place the children in harm’s way with an unsafe structure. Finally, Dr. Carol Auer, Superintendent of Keeneyville School District 20 provided her perspective and value to the District and residents of Hanover Park.
The Village Board is concerned that fall zone is sufficient, while proponents are stating the design and structural integrity will keep the tower standing. The Test Tower Ordinance was unanimously approved following a change to the text that excluded any reference to the wind generator.
See the article in the Daily Herald for more information.
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