DOCKET NO. 537 – 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 327 North Anguilla Road, Stonington, Connecticut.
APPLICATION (recd. 04/25/25)
Narrative, 04/25/25
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 Day
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 – Stonington 2 and Surrounding Cell Sites
7.Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
8.Site Search Summary and Map
9.Visual Assessment
10.USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11.Wetland and Vernal Pool Impact Analysis
12.Preliminary Historic Resources Determination
13.Farmland Soils Map
14.Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15.FEMA Flood Map
16.FAA Determination
17.Redacted Land Lease Agreement
Replacement of Attachment 17 - Redacted Land Lease Agreement, 05/05/25
Bulk
1.Technical Report
2.Town of Stonington Zoning Regulations
3.Town of Stonington Inland Wetland and Watercourses Regulations
4.Town of Stonington Plan of Conservation and Development
PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Stonington, 04/25/25
Council Letter to North Stonington, 04/25/25
Completeness Review and Schedule, 05/15/25
Council Interrogatories, Set One, 07/18/25
Council Acknowledgement of Town of Stonington Request for Party/CEPA Intervenor Status, 08/21/25
Council Decision on Town of Stonington Request for Party/CEPA Intervenor Status, 08/29/25
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 08/29/25
Council Close of Record Memorandum, 08/29/25
STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE
HEARING INFORMATION
August 28, 2025 Hearing Documents, 05/16/25
1.Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.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, 07/17/25
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode: .Mok^64U )
Schedule
Schedule, 04/25/25
Schedule, 05/15/25
Schedule, 07/18/25
Schedule, 08/28/25
Schedule, 09/03/25
Service List Service List, 04/25/25 Service List, 08/28/25
Hearing Program Hearing Program, 08/28/25
Transcript
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 08/28/25
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 08/28/25
Council Transcript Memorandum, 09/12/25
PARTIES AND INTERVENORS
APPLICANT - The Towers, LLC
Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in The Day, 04/30/25
Replacement of Attachment 17 - Redacted Land Lease Agreement, 05/05/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 08/07/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 08/18/25
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 08/28/25
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 08/20/25
Response to Council's Request for an Extension of Time to Render the Final Decision, 09/03/25
Motions and Objections Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 05/14/25
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
PARTY/CEPA INTERVENOR - Town of Stonington
Exhibits Request for Party/CEPA Intervenor Status, submitted 08/20/25 Pre-Filed Testimony of First Selectperson Danielle Chesebrough, submitted 08/20/25
Procedural Correspondence Notice of Appearance Request, 08/18/25
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Post-Hearing Brief, 09/26/25
COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
FINAL DECISION