12/04/2019 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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Case 1:19-cv-12333 Document 1 Filed 11/13/19 Page 10 of 21 79, On May 04,2018,Blue Sky filed an application for a special permit for a Personal Wireless Service Facility with the Mashpee Planning Board. 80. The project qualifies as a mandatory Development of Regional Impact ("DRI") under Section 3(i)(1)of the Cape Cod Commission's Enabling Regulations. 81. After a detailed technical review process with the Commission, the Commission approved the Proposed Site on October 18,2018. 82. The DRI hearing period for the project was opened by a Commission hearing officer on August 20,2018. 83, A Commission subcommittee held public hearings on the project on'September 5,2018 at the Mashpee Public Library and on September 17,2018 at Commission offices. 84. Commission staff prepared a staff report,dated August 29,2018,for the September 5,2018 hearing. 85. The subcommittee met on October.9,2018 at Commission offices to review the draft DRI decision and after review,voted to recommend that the Commission approve the project subject to the conditions in said decision. 86. The Rill Commission held a hearing on the project October 18,2018 where it considered the subcommittee's recommendations,including the draft written DRI decision for the Project and approved the Proposed Site. 87, The Town Manager,Fire Chief,and other Town public safety and other officials provided oral testimony to the Commission about the long-standing identified need for better wireless coverage for 911 calls in the southern portion of Mashpee,and the Proposed Site's ability to provide for.wireless coverage more generally in south Mashpee;,how this identified need led to the Town's issuance of an RFP for wireless facilities at the Proposed Site, and how reliable coverage is critical to the provision of emergency services in south Mashpee. 10