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DO 318 - Verizon/Bristol Schedule

DATE:         August 31, 2006

TO:             Council Members

FROM:       S. Derek Phelps, Executive Director

RE:             DOCKET NO. 318 – 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 at 1191 Terryville Avenue in Bristol, Connecticut.

I. Introduction

The application is from Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility and associated equipment in the City of Bristol, Connecticut.

Cellco proposes to build a 120-foot telecommunications tower disguised as a flagpole within a 55-foot by 49-foot equipment compound on the grounds of the Pequabuck Golf Club.

II. Technical

The application includes relevant maps, descriptions of the proposed prime and alternate site, costs, a description of the environmental effects of the proposed construction, and health and safety information. The application meets statutory technical requirements for processing the application. Council staff believes additional information can be obtained through pre-hearing interrogatories. This project would not require an outside consultant.

III. Administrative Review

The applicant has stated that all service and filing requirements pursuant to General Statutes § 16-50l (b) have been fulfilled. The applicant stated that notice to the general public was published in The Bristol Press.

IV. Procedural

The Council must schedule a hearing for the proceeding between 30 and 150 days after receipt of an application. The Council must also appoint a custodian of the docket and designate a place for the deposition of the transcript. Staff recommends designating Lisa Fontaine as custodian of the docket, holding the public hearing in the City of Bristol on Thursday, October 19, 2006, and depositing the transcript in the City Clerk’s Office at the Bristol City Hall.

V. Proposed Schedule

Application received

07/27/06

Completeness review

08/31/06

Subcommittee meeting

08/31/06

Pre-hearing Questions

  • Set-One Filed
  • Set-One responses due
  • Set-Two Filed
  • Set-Two responses due

09/01/06
09/21/06
09/22/06
10/12/06

Pre-hearing conference (10:00 a.m.)

09/20/06

Pre-filed testimony due

10/10/06

Deadline to request Party/Intervenor status

10/12/06

Field review (2:00 p.m.)

10/19/06

Hearing (3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.)

10/19/06

Close of Record

11/20/06

Draft Findings of Fact

11/22/06

Draft Findings of Fact, Opinion & Decision & Order

12/20/06

Deadline for Decision

01/23/07

180-day extension date

07/22/07

David Martin
Siting Analyst