Docket No. 535 - The Towers, LLC, Norwich Worcester Turnpike, Woodstock, CT

DOCKET NO. 535 - 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 835 Norwich Worcester Turnpike (Route 169), Woodstock, Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 04.07.25)

Narrative

List of 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 Norwich Bulletin
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 – Woodstock 2 and Surrounding Cell Sites
7. Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
8. Site Search Summary
9. Visual Assessment
10. USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11. Wetland Inspection Report
12. Preliminary Historic Resources Evaluation
13. Farmland Soils Map
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. FEMA Flood Map
16. FAA Compliance Evaluation
17. Public Information Meeting Information
18. Redacted Lease Agreement

Bulk Items:

1. Technical Report
2. Town of Woodstock Zoning Regulations
3. Town of Woodstock Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
4. Town of Woodstock Plan of Conservation and Development

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE

• Council Letter to the Town of Woodstock, 04/07/25
• Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 05/01/25
• Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 06/30/25
• Council Acknowledgement of Nayden Request for Intervenor Status, 07/31/25
• Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 07/31/25
• Council Decision on Nayden Request for Intervenor Status, 07/31/25
• Council Email Correspondence to Applicant Regarding Nayden's September 4, 2025 Motions, 09/04/25
• Council Email Correspondence Granting Nayden's Motion for Administrative Relief rendering Nayden's Alternative Motion for Administrative Relief Moot, 09/05/25
• Council Decision on Nayden Motion to Continue/Reset Hearing Date, 09/10/25
• Close of Record Memorandum, 09/10/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

Connecticut Airport Authority Comments, received 05/08/25

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION

July 31, 2025 Hearing Documents, 05/02/25

1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing for July 31st
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program for July 31st
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan

Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 06/18/25
Council September 9, 2025 Evidentiary Hearing Continuation Memorandum, 07/31/25

1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing for September 9th
2. Hearing Program for September 9th

Zoom Remote Continued Evidentiary Hearing Recording, 09/09/25 (Passcode: XUweqM#0)

 

Schedule

• Schedule, 04/07/25
• Schedule, 05/01/25
• Schedule, 06/30/25
• Schedule, 07/31/25
• Schedule, 08/06/25
• Schedule, 09/09/25
• Schedule, 01/20/26

 

Service List

• Service List, 04/07/25
• Service List, 07/31/25

 

Hearing Program

• Hearing Program, 07/31/25
• Hearing Program, 09/09/25

 

Transcript

• Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 07/31/25
• Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 07/31/25
• Council Transcript Memorandum, 08/12/25
• Continued Evidentiary Hearing Session Transcript, 09/09/25
• Council Continued Evidentiary Hearing Transcript Memorandum, 09/24/25

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANT - The Towers, LLC

Exhibits

• Affidavit of Publication in The Bulletin, 4/15/25
• Sign-Posting Affidavit, 07/14/25
• Responses to Council Interrogatories, 07/14/25
• Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 07/31/25
• Supplemental Response to Council's Interrogatory No. 54, 09/02/25
• Responses to Nayden Interrogatories, 09/02/25

 

Procedural Correspondence

• Pre-Hearing Submission, 07/22/25
• Supplemental Pre-Hearing Submission, 09/02/25
• Response to Council Request for Extension to Render Final Decision, 08/6/25
• Response to Council's Email Correspondence Regarding Nayden's September 4, 2025 Motions, 09/04/25

 

Motions and Objections

• Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 04/21/25
• Objection to Intervenor's Motion to Continue/Reset Hearing Date, 09/08/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

• Letter in Lieu of Post-Hearing Brief, 10/09/25

 

INTERVENOR - Paska Nayden 

Exhibits

• Paska Nayden Request for Intervenor Status, 07/31/25
• Pre-filed Testimony with attachments, 08/26/25

 

Procedural Correspondence

• Interrogatories to Applicant, 08/26/25
• Supplemental Interrogatories to Applicant and Requests for Production, 08/26/25
• E-Mail Correspondence of February 1 and 2, 2026

 

Motions and Objections

• Motion for Administrative Relief, received 09/04/25
• Alternative Motion for Administrative Relief, received 09/04/25
• Motion to Continue/Reset Hearing Date, received 09/04/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

• Findings of Fact, 10/09/25

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

• Council Draft Findings of Fact Memorandum, 01/22/26
• Nayden Comments on Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 02/01/26

 

FINAL DECISION

Council Decision Documents, 02/06/26

 

PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION

• Nayden Petition for Reconsideration, 02/20/26
• Council Memorandum Regarding Petition for Reconsideration, 02/23/26
• Council Decision (Denial) on Nayden Petition for Reconsideration, 03/05/26