02/13/2019 ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Minutes

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MASHPEE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 13,2019 Mr. Jesse Moreno, with ProTerra Design Group was retained by Blue Sky Towers to help design the site plans for this site for the 150 ft. monopole tower. He presented the site plans as given to the Board depicting the location of the tower and how it will be accessed. It's located at 101 Red Brook Road at the Mashpee Fire Station #2. The parcel is triangular shaped and is located on the right hand side of Great Neck Road South, Red Brook Road, and along the north of Blue Castle Drive. The tower will be placed in the center of the lot and 175 ft. away from the Mashpee Fire Station building. The existing paved driveway will be utilized and will extend 150 ft. to the corner of the parking lot with a gravel driveway toward the woods. There will be a 70' x 70' compound with a six foot chain link fenced within the 100' x 100' leased area with 3/4"stone at the base. There are no buildings within 300 ft. of the site except for the fire station itself. Inside the compound will be 150 ft.tower inside the leased space. There are two carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile. Mr. Moreno pointed out the compound plan and elevation of what the tower will look like. It's a tapered steel structure, 150 ft. in height with a lightning rod on the top. Approximately every 10 ft. down the tower is a potential location for a wireless carrier. In this case, it's Verizon and T-Mobile at the top. The trees are approximately 50 to 60 ft. tall, as measured on site, and is necessary for the tower to be above the tree line for RF propagation. Inside the compound area is about 200 sq. ft. where each individual carrier will have their equipment. A typical wireless site consists of antennas and radio equipment with a series of cables that go down through the structure to the bottom. There is refrigerator sized equipment that house some of the power and communication equipment. These particular carriers are proposing backup powered by generators that run on propane. As he stated earlier, the site location was identified in the RFP by using the existing infrastructure of the fire station, and will reduce the amount of clearing, and the effort to reduce impact to the area expressed by the Cape Cod Commission. The total disturbance area is a little over 18,000 sq. ft. There were no wetlands identified for the project within 200 ft. of the site. The site is not located in a habitat, and is not in any type of flood plain. There will be no additional landscaping required. This is an unmanned facility, and will not generate any trash, and there are no water or sewer requirements. There is a proposal for utilities that will be from the street pole and will run along the fire station to the facility, there will be both telecommunication, and power. At the Plan Review hearing, it was suggested that the preference would be to have underground power lines. The applicant has agreed to place the utilities underground rather than using the utility poles. Attorney Thompson said that a study was performed on April 14, 2018,that consisted of a balloon test at the site, and was publicly noticed. Both the Cape Cod Commission and the Town of Mashpee gave the applicant a number of locations with specific addresses and historical features around the site that they were interested in seeing photographs taken. Every photograph taken was provided to the Attorney and a photo simulation was rendered. During the Cape Cod Commission process, certain requests were made on the design. 3