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Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory/Long Island Sound Blue Plan Survey

DOCKET NO. 534 - The Towers, LLC 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 90 Woodstock Avenue West (Route 171), Woodstock, Connecticut.

APPLICATION (recd. 04/01/25)
Narrative, 03/31/25
List of Attachments
1 Verizon’s Coverage Plots
2 Summary of Site Search and List and Map of Existing Tower/Cell Sites
3. General Facility Description, Site Evaluation Report, Site Impact Statement, Facility and Equipment Specifications, Tree Inventory, List of Residential Buildings within 1000’
4. Aerial Map, Topographical Map, Drawings, FAA 1-A Survey Certification, FAA Summary Report
5. Visual Assessment
6. Preliminary Historic Resources Evaluation; Avian Resources Evaluation; and USFWS & NDDB Compliance Report
7. Power Density Analysis
8. Wetland Inspection Report, Wetland, Vernal Pool & Floodplain Analysis
9. Materials related to municipal consultation
10. Text of legal notice published in the Woodstock Village; Notice to Abutting Landowners; List of Abutting Landowners; Certification of Service of Notice
11. Certification of Service of Application on Federal, State and Municipal Agencies
12. Connecticut Siting Council Application Guide
Bulk Filing - Woodstock Plan of Conservation and Development, Woodstock Zoning Regulations, Woodstock Zoning Map, Woodstock Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations, and Technical Report

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to the Town of Woodstock, 04/01/25
Council Letter to the Town of Thompson, 04/01/25
Council Letter to the Town of Putnam, 04/01/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 05/01/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 06/26/25
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 07/18/25
Council Close of Evidentiary Record Memorandum, 07/18/25
Council Request for an Extension of Time to Render the Final Decision, 07/21/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Connecticut Airport Authority Comments, received 05/08/25

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
July 17, 2025 Hearing Documents, 05/02/25
1. Instructions 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
Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 06/04/25 
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode:      WBbxg8t=           )

 

Schedule
Schedule, 04/01/25
Schedule, 05/01/25
Schedule, 06/26/25
Schedule, 07/17/25

 

Service List
Service List, 04/01/25

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 07/17/25

 

Transcript

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANT - The Towers, LLC

Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in the Woodstock Villager, 04/09/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 07/09/25
Witness Resumes for Robert Burns, Kip DiVito, Matthew Gustafson, and Richard Landino, 07/09/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 07/15/25
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 07/17/25

 

Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission - List of Exhibits and Witnesses, 07/09/25

 

Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 05/12/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION