November 3, 2006 Engineer's Addendum is sent to all parties on Certificate of Service. The Burton Hill Farm silo location is the perfect solution to the long contested proposed Verizon cell tower location near the peak of Barton Mountain. Here is a win-win solution for Verizon, for opponents to the instrusive Barton Mountain site, and for the citizens of Barton and towns around the area. The Burton Hill Farm silo site gives solid telecommunications coverage to I-91 and Route 5, including Barton Village, businesses along Route 5, as well as vast locations north, south, east, and west providing cell service to innumberable residences. See Engineer's Addendum dated October 9, 2006. Photo at right taken from the top of the Burton Hill silo shows Barton Village to the southeast; the photo below taken at from ground level near the silo shows a clear line-of-sight north into Orleans village, east toward Brownington and Evansville, and north along the interstate.
October 11, 2006 Engineer's Addendum Arrives Noting Burton Hill Farm A Superior Location For Verizon's Mobile Customers - Engineer recommends the Burton Hill Farm silo location over the proposed Barton Mountain site. See Page 2, Engineer's Addendum.
September 29, 2006 Certificate of Service Is Sent Out By Opposition Parties - The Inch Thick Packet Includes Petitions and Letters From the Public Opposing the Barton Mountain Site Sent Over a Two Year Period, see The Public Speaks Out, page 3, Letters to the Commission regarding Opposition Concerns, and An Availability Letter From The Owners of the Burton Hill Farm. Citizens do not want Barton Mountain to become another Burke through co-location. See page 2 to understand and compare the alternatives: the Burton Hill Farm silo or Burke's Co-location. Co-location always starts with one tower. Note photos of Burke Mountain on Choices Page. An Engineering Addendum Will Follow
September 11, 2006 - 2nd Hearing Recess Order Troubling to Opposition. No Mention Is Made Of New Site: The Burton Hill Farm Silo, A Permitted Antenna Site Since October of 2004. This location has received no opposition. Unfortunately, in an good will effort to find an alternative solution, Commissioners contemplate enlargement of the Unicel site to the distress of neighbors and the opposition. The Burton Hill Farm Silo will provide superior cell phone coverage to I-91 and Route 5 as well as providing cell phone coverage to Barton and Orleans Villages.
August 31, 2006 - Act 250 Hearing Recess Order Awaited - Governor Douglas And The Public Service Board Of Vermont Speak Out Against Industrial Wind Towers And Ridgeline Development - Barton Mountain's Ridgelines Are Equally Threatened For All The Same Reasons. Will State Government Listen to the People's Wishes, Will Verizon? New Optimal Site Will Provide Better Coverage For Verizon. Engineer writes the Burton Hill Farm Silo, "has more solid -- less spotty -- coverage, particularly along I-91, which makes it preferable for mobile users."