Docket No 507

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DOCKET NO. 507 - –~~Homeland Towers, LLC application for a~~Infra Towers, LLC Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a wireless telecommunications facility located at 222 Clintonville Road, North Branford, Connecticut

APPLICATION (recd. 01/27/22)
Narrative, 01/27/22
Attachment 1 - Site Evaluation Report and Project Plans
Attachment 2 - Certificate of Service of Application on Government Officials and List of Officials Served
Attachment 3 - Legal Notice in the New Haven Register
Attachment 4 - Notice to and List of Abutting Landowners; Certificate of Service
Attachment 5 - Federal Communications Commission Licenses
Attachment 6 - Coverage Maps - North Branford and Surrounding Cell Sites
Attachment 7 - Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
Attachment 8 - Site Search Summary
Attachment 9 - Visual Resources Assessment
Attachment 10 - Natural Resources Review Update
Attachment 11 - Wetlands Inspection Report
Attachment 12 - State Historic Preservation Office Determination
Attachment 13 - General Power Density Calculation
Attachment 14 - Public Information Meeting Notice
Attachment 15 - FEMA - Flood Insurance Rate Map
Attachment 16 - Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Evaluation
Attachment 17 - Redacted Option and Ground Lease Agreement

Applicant's Notification Pursuant to §16-50l(e), 01/27/22
Bulk Filings:
Technical Filing
Town of North Branford Zoning Regulations
Town of North Branford Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
Town of North Branford Plan of Conservation and Development

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to the Town of North Branford, 02/01/22
Council Completeness Review, 02/10/22
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 02/10/22
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 02/18/22
Council Decision on Request for Extension to Submit Interrogatory Responses, 03/07/22
Council Memorandum Regarding Request to Submit Supplemental Information into Evidentiary Record, 03/28/22
Council Decision on Applicants' Request to Admit Supplemental Information into the Evidentiary Record, 04/08/22

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 02/23/22
Department of Transportation, recd. 03/16/22

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
Town of North Branford Public Safety Communications Committee Comments, 04/05/22

PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS
State Representative Vincent J. Candelora Comments, 04/08/22

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

HEARING INFORMATION
March 15, 2022 Hearing Documents, 02/10/22
1. Instruction for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan
Remote Hearing Procedure Memorandum and Pre-Remote Hearing Teleconference, 02/16/22
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 03/15/22 ( Passcode: #X2sqwXU )

Schedules
Schedule, 01/28/22
Schedule, 02/10/22
Schedule, 02/18/22
Schedule, 04/07/22

Service Lists
Service List, 01/31/22
Service List, 08/31/23

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 03/15/22

Transcripts
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 03/15/22
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 03/15/22
Council Transcript Memorandum, 03/25/22

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANTS - Homeland Towers, LLC and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (HT_VER)

Exhibits
Applicants' Affidavit of Publication, 02/03/22
Signed Protective Order, 02/10/22
Applicants' Sign Posting Affidavit, 03/03/22
Applicants' Partial Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One Nos. 1-4, 7-12; 14, 17, 19-24, 26-27, and 29-30, 03/04/22
Applicants' Remaining Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One Nos. 5, 6, 13, 15-16, 18, 25 and 28, 03/08/22
Updated SHPO Determination Letter for the Relocated Tower Site, 03/08/22
Applicants' Witness Resumes, 03/08/22

Correspondence
Applicants' Request for an Extension of Time to Respond to Remaining Interrogatories, 03/04/22
Applicants' List of Exhibits and Witnesses, 03/08/22

Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order, 01/27/22
Protective Order, 01/27/22
Request to Submit Supplemental Information into Evidentiary Record, 03/24/22

Post Hearing Brief and Draft Findings of Fact
Applicants' Post Hearing Brief, 05/05/22

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 05/12/22
Applicants' Comments on Draft Findings of Fact, 05/17/22

FINAL DECISION
Council's Final Decision Documents, 05/27/22

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
D&M Plan, 09/08/22
D&M Plan Schedule, 09/14/22
Council D&M Plan Interrogatories, Set One, 09/21/22
D&M Plan Schedule, 09/21/22
Responses to Council's D&M Plan Interrogatories, Set One, 09/28/22
Council D&M Plan Decision and Staff Report, 10/13/22
Notice of Construction Start, 12/05/22
Request for Construction Hours Revision and Council Decision, 02/07/23
Construction Progress Letter, 05/19/23
Request for Transfer of Certificate to Infra Towers, LLC, 08/18/23
Council Decision on Transfer of Certificate to Infra Towers, LLC, 08/31/23
Notice of Construction Completion and Operation Commencement, 10/23/24