02/13/2019 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 13, 2019 Chairman Furbush announced to the audience that there will be order during the next hearing. The applicant is seeking a height Variance for a proposed cell tower,not a Special Permit. A Special Permit is needed for the proposed tower to be built at this location, and there is no decision on the location at this hearing. The Planning Board is the Board that decides on the Special Permit. The Zoning Board will listen to this proposal and will determine if the applicant qualifies for a Variance. Public comments will be taken after the presentation and any questions from the Board. He told the audience they can comment on the specifics of a Variance of the tower,not the location of the tower,and will need to limit their comments to three minutes. NEW HEARINGS 101 Red Brook Road: Petitioners, Blue Sky Towers II, LLC request a Variance under all provisions of§174-45.3 (E) (1) and §174-45.3 (E) (2), of the Zoning Bylaws, and M.G.L. 40A §10 to allow for a Personal Wireless Service Facility on property located in an R-3 Zoning District, Map 104 Parcel 2, Mashpee, MA. Attorney, Elizabeth Thompson represented the applicant for the proposed cell tower. The application is for a Variance of the height to allow for a 150 ft. monopole type wireless tower at 101 Red Brook Road,which is located at the Mashpee Fire Station#2.Also present was Jesse Moreno, Project Engineer with ProTerra Design Group, Dan Brown, the Radio Frequency Engineer for Verizon Wireless, and Rick Karinki, the Radio Frequency Engineer for T-Mobile. The Team here tonight is a result of the past four proposals that were issued in May 2017 by the Town of Mashpee for a personal wireless service at this location. Blue Sky Towers was the successful bidder of the RFP. The reason she pointed out the RFP is because it's indicative that the Town presumably recognizes that there was a significant gap in wireless coverage in south Mashpee that necessitated a new tower to remedy that gap. Blue Sky Towers has a letter of intent by two wireless service providers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile who both have evidence of this significant gap, and need this height to remedy the gap. In addition to the gap,there is significant capacity problems of both which radio frequency engineers will discuss. Ms. Thompson said this proceeding began with the Planning Board. The applicant filed for a notice of a Special Permit, and immediately those proceedings were suspended because this is a development of regional impact referred to by the Cape Cod Commission. Those proceedings began in September of 2018, and on October 18. After four hearings of the sub-committee, and the Cape Cod Commission, the facility was approved at this location at 150 ft. above ground level. In that decision, which is in the application packages, the Commission retained a wireless expert David Maxson, with Isotrope, LLC who for over 20 years has been advising municipalities and regional authorities on wireless facilities. He reviewed all of the radio frequency data that was presented in the package, and made additional requests which were met. He reviewed this with the professional staff of the Commission, and presented this to the sub-committee and full Commission, and based upon that data this height was approved at the minimal height necessary to close the gaps and coverage. 2