DO548 - Homeland Towers/Verizon, Hidden Brook Drive, Brookfield
DOCKET NO. 548 – 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 38 and 42A Hidden Brook Drive, Brookfield, Connecticut.
APPLICATION (12/23/25)
Narrative, 12/22/25
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 News Times
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 Resource Assessment
10. USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11. Wetlands Delineation Report
12. Farmland Classification 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:
1. Technical Information Submission
2. Town of Brookfield Zoning Regulations
3. Town of Brookfield Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
4. Town of Brookfield Plan of Conservation and Development
5. Trileaf Environmental Review Summary
PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of Brookfield, 12/24/25
Council Letter to Town of Bridgewater, 12/24/25
Council Acknowledgement of Lake Lillinonah Shores #1 Condo Association Request for Intervenor Status, 01/07/26
Council Completeness and Schedule, 01/22/26
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 01/23/26
Council Decision on Lake Lillinonah Shores #1 Condo Association Request for Intervenor Status, 01/23/26
Council Acknowledgement of Town of Brookfield Request for Status, 02/10/26
Council Acknowledgement of Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc. Request for Intervenor Status, 02/13/26
Council Acknowledgement of Lake Lillinonah Shores Condo Association #2 Request for Intervenor Status, 02/17/26
Council Decision on Town of Brookfield Request for Status, 02/19/26
Council Decision on Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc. Request for Intervenor Status, 02/19/26
Council Decision on Lake Lillinonah Shore Condo Association #2 Request for Intervenor Status, 02/19/26
Council Interrogatories to Applicants, 03/13/26
Council Interrogatories to Town of Brookfield, 03/13/26
Council Interrogatories to Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc., 03/13/26
Council Acknowledgement of Paska Nayden Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 03/26/26
Council Acknowledgement of Elaine Simoes Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 04/02/26
Council Decision on Paska Nayden Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 04/02/26
Council Decision on Elaine Simoes Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 04/02/26
Council Decision on Nayden Request for Extension of Time to Submit Interrogatories and Pre-Filed Testimony, 04/29/26
Council and Town of Brookfield Procedural Correspondence, 05/19/26
Council Close of Record Memorandum, 05/20/26
Council Decision on Applicants' Objection to Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc. Post-Hearing Brief, 06/26/26
STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office, 04/14/26
MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
Town of Brookfield Request for Party Status, 02/04/26
Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Department Comments, 04/03/26
Litchfield County Dispatch Comments, 04/03/26
Town of Brookfield First Selectperson Stephen Dunn Comments, 04/08/26
Town of Brookfield First Selectman Stephen Dunn Additional Comments, 04/28/26
Town of Brookfield First Selectman Stephen Dunn Additional Comments, 06/18/26
PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS
Senator Stephen Harding Comment, 08/18/25
HEARING INFORMATION
April 9, 2026 Hearing Documents, 01/23/26
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, 03/04/26
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 04/09/26 (Passcode: 6P$Cmx@e )
Council May 19, 2026 Continuation of Evidentiary Hearing Memorandum, 04/10/26
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Hearing Program
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 05/19/26 (Passcode: =Ob3*gfz )
SCHEDULE
Schedule, 12/24/25
Schedule, 01/22/26
Schedule, 03/13/26
Schedule, 04/10/26
Schedule, 04/23/26
Schedule, 04/29/26
Schedule, 05/19/26
SERVICE LIST
Service List, 12/24/25
Service List, 01/22/26
Service List, 02/19/26
Service List, 04/02/26
HEARING PROGRAM
Hearing Program, 04/09/26
Hearing Program, 05/19/26
TRANSCRIPTS
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 04/09/26
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 04/09/26
Council Transcript Memorandum, 04/27/26
Continued Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 05/19/26
Council Transcript Memorandum, 06/10/26
PARTIES AND INTERVENORS
APPLICANTS - Homeland Towers, LLC and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in The News-Times, 12/29/25
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 01/22/26
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 04/02/26
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 04/02/26
Responses to LLSCA Interrogatories, 05/07/26
Responses to Elaine Simoes Interrogatories, 05/07/26
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 04/02/26
Witness List Change, 04/08/26
Response to Council's Request for an Extension of Time to Render a Final Decision, 04/23/26
Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 01/12/26
Objection to Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc. Post Hearing Comments, 06/12/26
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Letter in Lieu of Post-Hearing Brief, 06/18/26
INTERVENOR - Alex Kunkel on behalf of Lake Lillinonah Shores Condo Association #1 (LLSCA #1)
Exhibits
Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli, 01/06/26
Request for Intervenor Status, 01/07/26
Additional Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli, 01/07/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli, 01/19/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli, 02/17/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli, 02/18/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli on Applicants' Responses to LLSCA #1 and #2 Interrogatory Responses , 05/11/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli Regarding Erosion and Sediment Control, 05/12/26
Procedural Correspondence
Hearing Representative E-Mail Correspondence, 04/06/26
Interrogatories to Applicant, 04/24/26
May 19, 2026 Continued Evidentiary Hearing Representative E-Mail Correspondence, 04/23/26
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Post Hearing Brief and Proposed Findings of Fact, 06/08/26
PARTY - Town of Brookfield
Exhibits
Procedural Correspondence
Council and Town of Brookfield Procedural Correspondence, 05/19/26
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
INTERVENOR - Electromagnetic Technologies Industries, Inc.
Exhibits
Request for Intervenor Status, 02/11/26
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 03/25/26
Pre-filed Testimony of Steve Jalil, 04/08/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Steve Jalil, 04/14/26
Attachment 1 - Short Biography of Steven Jalil
Attachment 2 - Short Biography of John Howard
Attachment 3 - Carmen Hill Road to Proposed Site Diagram
Attachment 4 - Shield Award
Attachment 5 - Mexico Beam Antenna Placement Photograph
Attachment 6 - MX04FRO845-02E Specifications
Procedural Correspondence
Response to Applicants Objection to ETI Post Hearing Comments, 06/12/26
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Post Hearing Brief, 06/11/26
Supplement to Post-Hearing Brief, 06/16/26
Supplement to Post-Hearing Brief, 06/18/26
INTERVENOR - Boris Shekhtman on behalf of Lake Lillinonah Shores Condo Association #2 (LLSCA #2)
Exhibits
Request for Intervenor Status, received 02/14/26
Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli on Applicants' Responses to LLSCA #1 and #2 Interrogatory Responses, 05/11/26
Supplemental Pre-filed Testimony of Richard Baldelli Regarding Erosion and Sediment Control, 05/12/26
Procedural Correspondence
Hearing Representative E-Mail Correspondence, 04/06/26
Interrogatories to Applicant, 04/24/26
May 19, 2026 Continued Evidentiary Hearing Representative E-Mail Correspondence, 04/23/26
Request for Clarification on Homeland Towers May 7, 2026 Interrogatory Responses, 05/11/26
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Post Hearing Brief and Proposed Findings of Fact, 06/08/26
INTERVENOR AND CEPA INTERVENOR - Paska Nayden
Exhibits
Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, received 03/25/26
Pre-filed Testimony, 04/28/26
Procedural Correspondence
Request for Extension to Submit Interrogatories and Pre-Filed Testimony, 04/27/26
Pre-filed Submission Correspondence, 04/28/26
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Post-Hearing Brief and Proposed Finding of Fact, 06/18/26
INTERVENOR AND CEPA INTERVENOR - Elaine Simoes
Exhibits
Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 04/01/26
Pre-filed Testimony on Applicants' Responses to Elaine Simoes Interrogatories, 05/13/26
Procedural Correspondence
Interrogatories to Applicant, 04/28/26
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
COUNCIL'S FINAL DECISION