Letters

I applaud Southampton Village for “going green” by adding solar energy to offset our municipal utility bills. However, the proposed placement of solar arrays in the “park area” adjacent to White Street and Coopers Farm Road is not appropriate.

We need to protect our scenic and environmental resources. This green space was deeded to our village in 1985 by George Semerjian in good faith that it would be used and enjoyed as recreational parkland. This space was designed as a thoroughfare into our village and it is used and enjoyed by many residents including those who frequent the Rogers Memorial Library. It is enjoyed by children, dog walkers and wildlife alike.

Solar energy fields should be placed on land that has already been depleted due to human interference (brown fields, rooftops, parking lots, abandoned agricultural fields). It is nonsensical to destroy a thriving green space with this type of installation.

The village must secure an alternative location for this plan.

Jayne Clare

Southampton Village