The commission members Peter Kaufman, LuAnn Zbinden, Mark Fraher, Stephen Cooney and Don Wilkes discussed the merits of the proposal for about one hour twenty minutes and then voted 5-0. They expressed concerns that to build a wind turbine would devalue housing prices and hurt the quality of life in this community of roughly 3,000 people across about 46 square miles.
“Goshen is a town rural in character,” Kaufman said. “People come for aural and visual quiet.”
Martin Connor, enforcement officer of the Goshen Planning and Zoning Commission, took part in the meeting. He said he prepared one motion in case the commission approved the proposal and another motion in case it rejected the proposal.
