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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-07-17 Planning Board Minutes (4)Present: J. Simons, R. Rowen, M. Colantoni, D. Kellogg, L. Rudnicki. L. McSherry Absent: Staff Present: J. Tymon, J. Enright Meeting began at 7:00 pm. BOND RELEASE Forest View Estates: Request for release of $15,000 site opening bond. J. Tymon: All bonds other than this site opening bond have been returned. The streets within the subdivision have been accepted. DPW does not have any outstanding issues. MOTION A motion was made by D. Kellogg to release the remaining bond for Forest View Estates of $15,000 plus accumulated interest. The motion was seconded by R. Rowen. The vote was unanimous. PUBLIC HEARINGS NEW PUBLIC HEARING, 723 Osgood Street: Application for a renewal and modification of a Wireless Special Permit to allow for upgraded antennas, cabling, and equipment and to add six Remote Radio Heads. J. Tymon: This is for Sprint at the Stevens Estate. A noise report and structural report were received today. The failures listed on the structural report were reviewed with the Board. A design to address those failures will have to be completed and submitted. M. Hutchins’ report has been received. The application is complete. The Town owns the parcel and Tower Co. owns the tower. David Archambrault, Representative for Sprint: There are capacity issues that this modification will address. Sprint intends to modify existing sites to meet the capacity as opposed to try to find new locations. Sprint has a lease to be on the tower with their existing equipment. That equipment has to meet the capacity of the tower. If Sprint’s modification plans exceed the capacity of the tower Sprint has to pay for the upgrades. Tower Co will let Sprint do their structural and then they will have their engineers review the plans and approve the modification. J. Simons: Hyperthetically, if Sprint chooses to renew the existing site, as is, there would not be a problem with the structural design. D. Archambrault: The height of the tower is not changing. The antennas are a little bigger and the remote radio heads need to be located right next them. J. Tymon: We could condition a requirement for an approved structural report prior to the issuance of a building permit in the Decision. J. Simons: We will hold the hearing open and prepare a draft Decision for the next meeting. DISCUSSION Autumn Chase Subdivision: Request for construction of sidewalk waiver and establish bond amount for Phase 3. J. Tymon: Autumn Chase subdivision currently has two separate bonds for Phase 1 and Phase 2 totaling $141K. The developer, engineer, and Gene Willis have met to review the current bond amounts and to establish a Phase 3 recommended bond amount. The amounts recommended to be released from the Phase 1 and Phase 2 bonds are more than enough to cover the recommended bond amount to establish the Phase 3 bond. There would be an overage in the combined bond funds of $26,330 after establishing the Phase 3 bond. The developer has also requested a waiver for construction of sidewalks and he has submitted a letter with signatures from the current eight homeowners in the subdivision stating that they are in support of the waiver request. The required amount to be deposited into the sidewalk fund if this waiver is approved is $16,680. Phil Christiansen, Christiansen and Sergi: The developer will write a separate check for the sidewalk fund. The developer is also requesting to leave the money in the bond funds in the accounts until he finishes the work. MOTION A motion was made by R. Rowen to approve the waiver for construction on sidewalks for the entire Autumn Chase subdivision and for the developer to make a contribution to the sidewalk fund of $16, 680 in lieu of construction the sidewalks. The motion was seconded by D. Kellogg. The vote was unanimous. MOTION A motion was made by D. Kellogg to approve the establishment of bond amounts for Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 as outlined in the spreadsheets prepared by the DPW. The motion was seconded by R. Rowen. The vote was unanimous. MEETING MINUTES: Approval of June 19, 2012. MOTION A motion was made by M. Colantoni to approve the June 19, 2012 meeting minutes. The motion was seconded by L. Rudniki. The vote was unanimous. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: A motion was made by L. Rudniki to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by D. Kellogg. The vote was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 7:27 pm. MEETING MATERIALS: Agenda, Sprint Spectrum, 723 Osgood Street: M. Hutchins report dated 7/10/12, Environmental Noise Assessment Report dated 7/16/12, Structural Analysis prepared by Vertical Solutions dated 6/12/12, Special Permit application and supporting documentation received 6/4/12, Revised Autumn Chase bond recommendation Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3 spreadsheets dated 7/3/12. Draft Meeting Minutes June 19, 2012.