Docket No. 530 - Homeland Towers, LLC, and Verizon, East Haddam-Colchester Turnpike, East Haddam, CT

DOCKET NO. 530 - Homeland Towers, LLC and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility and associated equipment located at 196 East Haddam-Colchester Turnpike, East Haddam, Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 01/24/25)

Narrative, 01/24/25

Attachments

1. Site Evaluation Report and Project Plans
2. Certificate of Service of Application on Government Officials and List of Officials Served
3. Legal Notice in the Hartford Courant
4. Notice to and List of Abutting Landowners; Certificate of Service
5. Federal Communications Commission Licenses – Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
6. Coverage Maps – Surrounding Cell Sites
7. Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
8. Site Search Summary
9. Visual Resources Assessment
10. USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11. Wetlands Inspection Report
12. Custom Soils Resource Map
13. State Historic Preservation Office Determination
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. National Flood Hazard Layer FIRMette
16. Public Information Meeting Information
17. FAA Compliance Evaluation
18. Redacted Option and Ground Lease Agreement

Bulk Filings:

1. Technical Report, 08/20/24
2. Town of East Haddam Zoning Regulations
3. Town of East Haddam Inland Wetland and Watercourses Regulations
4. Town of East Haddam Plan of Conservation and Development

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE

• Council Letter to Town of East Haddam, 01/27/25
• Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 02/20/25
• Council Acknowledgement of Stephen and Cindyann Longobardi Request for Party Status, 03/10/25
• Council Interrogatories to Joint Applicants, 03/12/25
• Council Decision on Longobardi Request for Party Status, 03/21/25
• Council Acknowledgement of Town of East Haddam Request for Party and CEPA Intervenor Status, 04/08/25
• Council Decision on Town of East Haddam Request for Party and CEPA Intervenor Status, 04/17/25
• Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 04/25/25
• Council Request for Extension of Time to Render a Final Decision, 04/25/25
• Council Close of Record Memorandum, 05/21/25
• Council Decision on Applicants Objection to Longobardis' Comments of Council's September 18, 2025 Draft Findings of Fact, 10/03/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

• Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 02/27/25
• Connecticut Airport Authority Comments, 03/04/25

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION

April 24, 2025 Hearing Documents, 02/21/25

1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program for April 24th
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan

• Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 03/19/25
• Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 04/24/25  (Passcode:    X74%YxAC   )
• Council May 20, 2025 Continuation of the Evidentiary Hearing Memorandum, 04/25/25

1. Instructions for Access to the May 20, 2025 Evidentiary Hearing Session
2. Hearing Program for May 20th

Zoom Remote Continued Evidentiary Hearing Recording, 05/20/25 (Passcode    %fwF63W.  )

 

Schedule

• Schedule, 01/27/25
• Schedule, 02/20/25
• Schedule, 03/12/25
• Schedule, 04/24/25
• Schedule, 05/21/25
• Schedule, 10/02/25

 

Service List

• Service List, 01/27/25
• Service List, 02/25/25
• Service List, 03/20/25
• Service List, 04/17/25

 

Hearing Program

• Hearing Program, 04/24/25
• Hearing Program, 05/20/25

 

Transcripts

• Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 04/24/25
• Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m, 04/24/25
• Council Transcript Memorandum, 05/13/25
• Continued Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 05/20/25
• Council Transcript Memorandum, 05/27/25

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

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

Exhibits

• Affidavit of Publication in the Hartford Courant, 01/27/25
• Responses to Council Interrogatories, 04/02/25
• Supplemental Filing - Certificate of Service, 04/02/25
• Sign-Posting Affidavit, 04/17/25
• Supplemental Exhibits - FAA Determination Letter and 440 Town Street Coverage Plot , 04/22/25
• Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 04/24/25
• Late-Filed Exhibits, 05/12/25
• Second Supplemental Submission, 05/14/25

Procedural Correspondence

• Service List Request Change, 02/25/25
• Pre-Hearing Submission, 04/17/25
• Response to Council's Request for an Extension of Time to Render a Final Decision, 05/21/25

Motions and Objections

• Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 01/30/25

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

• Post-Hearing Brief, Docket No. 530 06/18/25

 

PARTY - Stephen and Cindyann Longobardi

Exhibits

• Request for Party Status, 03/07/2025
• Pre-filed Testimony, 03/17/25
• Visual Assessment, 05/19/25

Procedural Correspondence

Motions and Objections

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

• Post-Hearing Brief Docket No 530  06/18/25

 

PARTY and CEPA INTERVENOR - Town of East Haddam

Exhibits

• Town of East Haddam Request for Party Status, 04/07/25

Procedural Correspondence

Motions and Objections

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

• Council's Draft Findings of Fact Memorandum, 09/18/25
• Longobardi Comments on the Draft Findings of Fact, received 09/25/25
• Applicants' Objection to Submission of Stephen and Cindyann Longobardi Comments, 09/25/25

 

FINAL DECISION

• Council's Final Decision Documents, 10/03/25

 

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN (D&M Plan)

• D&M Plan, 11/14/25
• D&M Plan Schedule, 11/17/25
• Council D&M Plan Decision and Staff Report, 01/08/26
• Notice of Construction Start, 01/12/26
• Compliance with D&M Plan Conditions 1 and 2 and Council Acknowledgement, 03/17/26
• D&M Change Request and Council Decision, 05/01/26
• Construction Update, 05/14/26