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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPB-11/06/2023 PH 1 1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD f^� COUNTY OF SUFFOLK: STATE OF NEW YORK 2 ------------------------------------------- X 3 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD 4 PLANNING BOARD MEETING 5 CELL TOWER AT ALBERTSON MARINE 6 ------------------------------------------- X 7 8 Southold, New York 9 November 6, 2023 10 6 : 00 'P . M. 11 12 s. 1 13 B E F O R E : 14 Donald Wilcenski, ChairmanP � ` 15 James H . Rich III , Member 16 Martin Sidor, Member 17 Amelia Jealous-Dank, Member 18 19 Heather Lanza, Planning Director 20 Mark Terry, Assistant Planning Director 21 Brian Cummings , Planner 22 Jessica Michaelis , Senior Office Assistant 23 24 James Squicciarini, Deputy Town Attorney 25 i November 6, 2023 Planning Board 2 1 CELL TOWER AT ALBERTSON MARINE 2 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : We have one 3 public hearing . The Public Hearing is 4 for Cell Tower at Albertson Marine . The 5 proposed wireless facility site is for 6 150 foot tall above grade level 7 concealment pole, including antennas, 8 cables and related equipment for two 9 wireless carriers , which are Verizon and 10 DISH and the Southold Fire District ' s 11 emergency communication's , along with a 12 +/- 2 , 450 square foot equipment compound 13 on a . 95 acre parcel, with a +/- 10 , 800 14 square feet of existing boat storage 15 warehouse in the M2 Zoning District . 16 The property is located at 61405 New 17 York State Route 25 in Southold, SCTM 18 #1000-56-3-15 . 19 At this time, what I ' d like to do 20 is have the team, Greg Alvarez and his 21 team present to the Board with the 22 technical information on the cell tower, 23 and at the end of his team' s 24 presentation, we ' ll see if any of the 25 Board members have any questions for the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 3 1 team. And then after that , we will open 2 it up to the floor . And any questions 3 that are brought up by the public will 4 give Greg and his team a chance to 5 answer those at the end . Greg, it ' s all 6 yours . 7 GREG ALVAREZ : Thank you, Mr . 8 Chairman, Members of the Board. My name 9 is Greg Alvarez from Amato Law Group, 10 666 Old Country Road, Garden City, New 11 York, here on behalf of the 12 co-applicants on the marine towers , 13 Verizon, Wireless , DISH Wireless , and 14 Southold . Thank you very much for your 15 time this evening . Before I begin, I ' d 16 just like to submit my original notice 17 package . I know I had e-mailed it to 18 the Planning staff . So I ' m going to 19 submit that . 20 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : You can bring 21 that up . 22 GREG ALVAREZ : Great . So let me 23 first just give you a quick overview, 24 and then yeah, we do have a few folks 25 here this evening to speak on the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 4 _ 1 application . Try to keep ourselves as 2 concise as possible . But as you 3 mentioned, there are some technical 4 considerations as part of the 5 applications . So we just like to make 6 sure that we provide that information 7 for the Board and the public . So first 8 off, the applicants . So just so you 9 have an idea of who the folks are behind 10 me this evening . First', we have Elite 11 Towers . They are a tower company that 12 construct the existing wireless 13 facilities throughout the New York 14 region . We -- they as part of this 15 application, would serve in that role . 16 So they would construct the pole and the 17 equipment compound and then manage it 18 for the company wireless users . For 19 those users , first off, would be Verizon 20 Wireless and DISH Wireless , and two 21 commercial subscriber based providers 22 that have wireless services . They ' re 23 consuming utilities in the State of New 24 York and they hold FCC ,licenses to 25 operate within New York and the U . S . As November 6, 2023 Planning Board 5 1 part of their charge under the FCC, they 2 are required to provide reliable and 3 consistent service across their user 4 geography, and that does include this in 5 the United States . Southold Fire 6 District is the other and user here . 7 And they would be located here, and also 8 an FCC licensee . And they would operate 9 their own wireless communications 10 facility to further their charge as a 11 first responders for the Southold 12 community. And so they, would be 13 positioned on one of the pole as well . 14 So tonight we ' re asking for specifically 15 a Site Plan Special Exception approval . 16 That ' s under 280-71 of the Town ' s 17 Wireless Ordinance . We are subject to 18 various criteria that ' s set forth within 19 the wireless code and within the zoning 20 code as well, in terms of the underlying 21 zoning requirements . So we ' re asking 22 for some waivers here under that 23 wireless ordinance . I ' ll just go 24 through it real quick. The first one is 25 under 287G . That involves the fall zone, November 6, 2023 Planning Board 6 -- 1 where 200% fall zone is required. 2 However, in the event that a applicant 3 provides a structural report that 4 confirms that the structure itself of 5 the pole will be constructed for all 6 required standards and specifications 7 that that can be submitted in support of 8 the fall waiver . We did submit in our 9 submission, a structural report prepared 10 by Carpenter & Cross , the structural 11 engineers who work for the intended 12 fabricator of the particular pole . It 13 was on September 22nd of this year . And 14 they did state that very same thing . 15 That they would be subject to all 16 Federal , State and Local structural 17 requirements , also the NCTIA-222 , which 18 is the site early industry specific 19 standards . Particularly for these sorts 20 of poles . And of course, it would be 21 built all of those as well . The other 22 thing is that they mentioned within the 23 report, is that the tower itself, in 24 that unlikely event of potential error 25 on the part of the pole, although our November 6, 2023 Planning Board 7 1 manufacturers have never experienced 2 such an instance, that has been designed 3 so that to further comply with the fall 4 zone . That it ' s created so that if 5 there is any instance that would created 6 in the pole at any time, it would have 7 an ( inaudible) point in the pole . So 8 that it would prevent a fall failure . 9 Again, it ' s never really happened in 10 connection with these manufacturers . So 11 we ' re confident in the construction of 12 the pole . The other variances that 13 were -- I 'm sorry, the waivers that 14 we ' re seeking this evening, one actually 15 does relate to variances . 280-70 . i . 1 , 16 where you have to abide by the 17 underlying zoning requirements . And 18 that ' s the Marine II . So on October 19 5th, we ' ve already appeared before the 20 Zoning Board of the Appeals and 21 requested area variances as the lot size 22 and rear yard setback. And that 23 decision is pending the proceedings . 24 We ' re also asking for a waivers for 25 280-70 . i . 2 , that relates to maximum November 6, 2023 Planning Board 8 1 height . Typically your permitted 80 2 feet . We are proposing a 250 feet here, 3 and that ' s why we have our folks here 4 tonight to talk more specifically about 5 the technical side of the application to 6 show that not only the carriers , but the 7 fire district is in great need of 8 service in this area . 287 . i . 3 relates 9 to a minimum distance to residential 10 properties . Technically, we do have 11 residential zoned properties just to the 12 north, but the nearest residential 13 structure is over 500 feet , which is the 14 measure within that waiver . So we ' re 15 seeking that here . And then 72 , I ' m 16 sorry, 287-286 and 287 , 289 relates to a 17 height, which is the same waiver as the 18 maximum. And this relates to 300 feet 19 to a scenic road or the adjacent to 20 residential . So they ' re all kind of 21 related in terms of the waivers we ' re 22 asking for here tonight . Also, 287-262 , 23 which allows this Board to grant those 24 waivers . So that ' s what we ' re talking 25 about . We ' ve also appeared before the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 9 1 -- on October 18th before the Town 2 Trustees seeking wetlands application 3 approval , which was granted. We ' re just 4 waiting for that final approval from 5 that Board . And then the one final 6 additional item that would be part of 7 this application is that we hope will be 8 a Negative Declaration of Environmental 9 Quality Review Act . We understand that 10 the Zoning Board had recommended that 11 ( inaudible) action, so we can support 12 that designation as well . So history of 13 the property of the property or I 'm 14 sorry, history of the application . We 15 first filed back in January. So we ' ve 16 been working since then with the 17 Planning Department and the Town ' s 18 wireless consultant City, State on the 19 review of the application . There ' s been 20 a lot of back and forth to make sure 21 that we provided all the information 22 that ' s required under the code . So 23 finally, on August 9th, we did file with 24 this Board specifically for the 25 materials that were a result of that November 6, 2023 Planning Board 10 1 discussion . There was some further i 2 discussion and then finally on 3 October 24th, we were being able to have 4 this Board, here before you tonight . So 5 just to talk briefly about why we ' re 6 here . So it really, boils down to one 7 word. And that ' s as you can sense from 8 the wireless carriers who are here this 9 evening, and the fire district, they ' re 10 both -- they ' re all in need of better 11 equipment . That ' s really what they ' re 12 trying to -- trying to ,spark it . Now 13 for the wireless carriers -- as for the 14 wireless carriers , they ' re certainly 15 seeking to provide day to day service 16 for their subscribers, like their daily 17 needs in terms of phone and data, but 18 also related to the fire districts 19 charge, that they would also be able to 20 serve better than 911 needs of 21 subscribers of the area . So it all goes 22 hand in hand and that ' s supposed to be 23 achieved by this project . Just to give 24 you a sense of what the -- what we call 25 a gap there is within the area . The November 6, 2023 Planning Board 11 1 nearest , for instance, in terms of the 2 Verizon Wireless system, the nearest 3 neighboring sites are approximately 4 three miles away . It doesn ' t sound like 5 a lot , but when you understand that the 6 capacity of a particular site, even a 7 site that we ' re proposing here can 8 propagate maybe a mile . That gives you 9 an idea of how far this gap really is . 10 We ' re gonna have some masks to show you 11 a little bit more on each panel on that . 12 The property itself, as, mentioned, 61405 13 Main Road, it ' s about -- it ' s almost an 14 acre and it ' s located on the north side 15 of Main Road, approximately 1600 feet 16 west of Old Main Road. It ' s zoned 17 Marine II . And it is currently occupied 18 by one building and the associated 19 storage that takes place on the property 20 as part of the sales storage and repair 21 business . That ' s known as Albertson ' s 22 Marine . So on the property itself, it ' s 23 only a portion of it . The adjoining 24 lots are also part of that process , or a 25 part of that business . In the area, I November 6, 2023 Planning Board 12 1 it ' s a mix of commercial and marina type 2 uses , residential, agricultural and 3 preservation . Just to the north, we 4 have the preserve . But the nearest 5 residence, as I mentioned, is over 500 6 feet away. So let ' s talk a little bit 7 about the build. I see we have the 8 drawings up on the screen . If you can 9 go to the second page . Yes . So that is 10 it the overall site plan . And if you 11 can direct your attention to the 12 northerly part of the property, sort of 13 the rectangle with the circle around it, 14 and you see sort of the little circles 15 that go around the rectangle itself, 16 that ' s the location of the facility . 17 Within it, will be the pole itself, 18 along with the equipment area . That the 19 equipment area is that will serve the 20 ground equipment for each of the 21 carriers and the fire district . If we 22 can jump just quickly to Page 11 . Okay, 23 that ' s it . That ' s the elevation page, 24 Page 11 . Okay . So here is the r 25 elevation, which shows the equipment November 6, 2023 Planning Board 13 1 compound at its -- at its base . And 2 here is the whole design, which would be 3 a concealment pole that has the antennas 4 within the canisters at the top of the 5 concealment portion . That ' s where the 6 carriers will go . So Verizon Wireless 7 will go at the very top . DISH right 8 there . And then the intention would be 9 to allow for the other carriers , which 10 generally considered would be T-Mobile 11 and AT&T, would be located below there 12 as well . So up here are the antennas 13 that are proposed for being Fire 14 District, and those would serve the 15 needs of the community, and allow for 16 the communication system to be more 17 reliable . And we ' ll just talk about 18 that in just a minute . Now, if you can 19 jump back to Page 8 . Sorry to jump 20 around a little bit . Want to show you a 21 detail of the compound area . That ' s it . 22 So here you can see it 'a little bit more 23 in detail and right here you can see the 24 pole right in the middle, the Fire 25 District . Ground equipment would be November 6, 2023 Planning Board 14 1 right there . And then these four areas 2 are designed to be occupied by each of 3 the four carriers . The' site right here, 4 we ' re showing Verizon Wireless on this 5 particular plan . We also sent in 6 another set of plan where a DISH will be 7 located in this spot . On the edge here, 8 you ' ll see two lines of proposed 9 landscape buffering . They ' re proposed 10 to be Arborvitaes . Consistent with your 11 code . The necessary landscaping that 12 will be located. So taking together, we 13 believe that this design, which we ' ll 14 receive a few more details on with our 15 team here, that we meet the legislative 16 intent of this department . So that the 17 Town has adopted . It ' s meant to balance 18 the need that ' s within the community for 19 wireless services . Balance against the 20 aesthetic considerations that certainly 21 we want to consider as well . So we ' ve 22 located this particular compound in the 23 rear, behind the existing building, 24 which is approximately 35 to 40 feet . 25 And set against from the road, where the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 15 1 concealment design as well . So all of 2 those factors going into it for those 3 considerations . One more point I ' d just 4 like to point out, as well , in 5 connection with these sorts of 6 applications . We do have a 7 representative here who talked further 8 about it for the question, but we have 9 submitted a report that shows that we 10 meet the FCC emission standards that are 11 required as part of the licensing that 12 goes with all of the carriers . And 13 based on the predictive calculations, 14 we ' re very low in terms of that emission 15 standard that we cannot exceed. So the 16 level is 100% . We ' re actually at 1 . 5% 17 for the air valves , which is on the 18 order of almost 100 times less than what 19 we ' ve been permitted to . But we come 20 nowhere close . So I just wanted to 21 point that out . So without further ado, 22 I ' d like to get this -- our other folks 23 here to talk a little bit more detail 24 about our height , our need, and just 25 further considerations that go into this November 6, 2023 Planning Board 16 1 application . First , I have Andrew 2 Hintz , an RF engineer from Integrated 3 Wireless Technologies who has submitted 4 materials . And what I ' d say is, if we 5 can go to Number Two on the list , those 6 are the maps that he ' ll be using . So 7 Mr . Hintz to come forward, introduce 8 himself with us , with his credentials , 9 and present his findings of the report 10 that he submitted to the record . 11 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Thank you, 12 Greg, can you just also just write your 13 name . Anybody else that speaks? State 14 your name and write your name for the 15 record. Thank you . 16 ANDREW HINTZ : Good evening, folks . 17 Andrew Hintz . I am with Integrated 18 Wireless Technologies . While I would 19 love to be an electrical engineer, I do 20 not want to misrepresent myself . As 21 such though I am employed by Douglas 22 Knopper, who is partner and co-owner of 23 Integrated Wireless , who is an 24 electrical engineer . And that ' s all 25 material that comes out of our office . November 6, 2023 Planning Board 17 1 So, we did want to speak to this evening 2 for the folks is the need for the 150 3 foot height . Well, (inaudible) would be 4 happy with whatever they were able to 5 obtain . The height is like when we talk 6 about our ethic, is an opportunity to 7 cover more area, more subscribers . The 8 150 foot height for this particular 9 project is driven by the Fire District . 10 We ' ve ran several maps 'and I want to 11 speak to why that 150 foot is required 12 for this project . What you ' re looking 13 at right now is representation of their 14 coverage out of the tower, which is 15 behind police headquarters . We refer to 16 that as the current DPW tower because 17 it ' s facing to the DPW properties . We 18 differentiate them from the Kings Tower 19 because we ' ve had that 'monopole right 20 next to the PD headquarters for three 21 months . So this particular tower, which 22 was the best available 'real estate at 23 the time of the original build up is to 24 the west end of the Fire District ' s 25 coverage district . So we ' re at November 6, 2023 Planning Board 18 1 approximately 100 foot on the tower . 2 And it does probably reasonably well, 3 but as you look to the Fire District ' s 4 coverage areas in east, you see that it 5 fades quite quickly . So I 'm talking 6 about this area over here on Sound 7 Avenue and this area down here with 8 Paradise Point . So and these are known 9 coverage deficiencies from the Fire 10 District ' s original coverage area and 11 communication system. We ' ve considered 12 a lot of options . We ' ve considered 13 deploying with PDI at Fire Headquarters . 14 That ' s been cycled by the current owner 15 that exists there . And the failed 16 attempts to coordinate with them to 17 increase the level . That ' s the T-Mobile 18 at Fire Headquarters . This particular 19 project that Albertson Marine had been a 20 long sought out site for the Fire 21 District . We ' ll talk about it outside . 22 We ' ve been getting after this for about 23 seven years . So about three or four 24 years into that, the Fire District 25 decided they had to take action . That November 6, 2023 Planning Board 19 1 action consisted of a second site out at 2 the Greenport of the old Cablevision 3 tower . So about two years ago, we 4 deployed communications equipment at 5 Greenport that we work in conjunction 6 with the equipment behind Southold Town 7 PD headquarters . That has increased 8 their coverage area significantly . They 9 have much greater coverage in the 10 Greenport area, which is mutual aid, and 11 also increased coverage for when they ' re 12 at the hospital . What it didn ' t do, is 13 it didn ' t completely close the gap on 14 Sound Avenue . So as the Chief will 15 attest to, there ' s still a dead area on 16 Sound Avenue, where they frequently have 17 motor vehicle crashes . So there ' s about 18 a mile stretch where these two sites 19 just didn ' t close the gap . On 25, I 20 believe the coverage is pretty good . We 21 experienced good coverage on our Route 22 25 end to end. The other thing which 23 probably did not sound when the 24 Greenport site is this Paradise Point . 25 Right here . You could see that there ' s November 6, 2023 Planning Board 20 1 a lot of green, but there is still that 2 white shading, which means we have a 3 lack of coverage . Part of the biggest 4 concern is the fire department 5 membership that resides in that area . 6 There ' s a significant amount of response 7 coverage on day to day EMS runs and fire 8 emergencies that come out of that 9 peninsula . And those members can ' t 10 identify themselves as responding until 11 they ' re much further into their 12 response . I don ' t know if you ' re 13 familiar, but Suffolk County requires 14 that we coordinate being on a crew 15 within the first two minutes or else we 16 miss out . So if these people aren ' t 17 able to identify that they ' re responding 18 quickly, that call is being reactivated, 19 even though we have personal response . 20 I do want to mention that the natural is 21 skewed a little bit because they have 22 centered on the tower site . So where 23 Paradise Point was to the right on the 24 map . Now we find that Paradise Point is 25 centered here . So we do see that this November 6, 2023 Planning Board 21 1 new site is not going to completely 2 cover Paradise Point by itself, but 3 we ' re not seeking to have a single site 4 cover any area in totality . We operate 5 under what ' s called Simulcast . 6 Simulcast is a method of mixing RF 7 sites . So that they give you up to 95 8 percent power coverage in that area, by 9 mixing the signal and overlap . So by 10 utilizing the two sites that we ' re going 11 to use, the Southold Town PD 12 headquarters site and the new model at 13 Albertson ' s Marine, we ' re confident that 14 we ' re going to cover at that 95 15 percentile, the entirety of the Fire 16 District ' s district . We ' re planning on 17 relocating equipment from Greenport into 18 this new site, but we expected the site 19 will continue to that shows cover 20 Greenport as the immediately new terrain 21 district to the east , as well as , 22 Eastern Long Island Hospital . So the 23 other intended public safety use for 24 this structure is in long term to have a 25 PD receiver on that tower . The PD has November 6, 2023 Planning Board 22 1 long worked to increase its coverage, 2 including inside this building as a 3 receiver on this building just to ensure 4 law enforcement safety . And they do 5 also have a coverage efficiency still in 6 that truck. So that would serve as a 7 set for them. And Southold Fire 8 actually has two channels that they 9 operate . A primary and a backup . With 10 that backup was their old paging system. 11 Now they rely just on the town-wide 12 paging system, and that other channels 13 of backup and still serve their fire 14 police group, to give them a clear 15 challenge . So, unless there ' s any 16 questions now, I ' ll stay till the end of 17 the presentation, so I can answer any 18 questions as they come up . 19 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Thank you . 20 GREG ALVAREZ : Thank you . So next 21 we ' ll hear from the Verizon Wireless 22 perspective . We ' re going to talk a 23 little bit about their needs as well . 24 And the need at this site . So yes , you 25 can go to Number Three, and I ' ll November 6, 2023 Planning Board 23 1 introduce Martin Lavin . He ' ll be here 2 from C-Square representing Verizon 3 Wireless and he prepared the report that 4 was submitted as part of the record . So 5 we ' ll be looking at that . So Mr . Lavin, 6 if you could step forward and introduce 7 yourself . 8 MARTIN LAVIN : Martin Lavin, 9 C-Square Systems on behalf of Verizon 10 Wireless . I am here today to discuss 11 the radio frequency . 32 years in this 12 very specific . As we see here, we have 13 the layout of the sites in the area . 14 And as you can see -- i 15 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Excuse me, do 16 you have the pointer still there? The 17 laser pointer . Thank you . 18 MARTIN LAVIN : We, can see three 19 miles , four from, two miles . Three 20 miles from joining sites here . For them 21 to provide coverage in the middle of 22 this area . The next slide will show the 23 coverage as it sits right now . You can 24 see the green areas are in building 25 colons in the area . Areas are reliable _ I November 6, 2023 Planning Board 24 1 in-vehicle coverage and the white areas . 2 That ' s about five mile wide . As you can 3 see, there ' s only two reliable coverages 4 in that area . On to the next slide . 5 We ' ll see how this fills in . It fills 6 in with a very substantial portion of 7 the area . Three square miles of storage 8 area . 100 , 000 population . And almost 9 20 miles ( inaudible ) . If we drive to 10 100 feet of the highest , it ' s also 11 pretty much given by our wireless 12 coverage . If we drop from 150 to 130 13 feet in power, we would lose generally 14 about 350 of the coverage that ' s the 15 site provides . It ' s about one square 16 mile of 400 population . And that would 17 be, you know, quite a ( inaudible) . 18 GREG ALVAREZ : Thank you very much, 19 Mr . Lavin. Oh, I ' m sorry. If there ' s a 20 question -- 21 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : No, we ' re 22 going to hold the questions to the end. 23 We ' re going to write it down and we ' d . 24 like to ask it . 25 GREG ALVAREZ : ( Inaudible) I wanted November 6, 2023 Planning Board 25 - 1 him to speak as well about the sort of 2 day to day issues that 'they ' re 3 experiencing . 4 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Excuse me, do 5 you have any other of the team' s source 6 of technical information? 7 GREG ALVAREZ : Yes, we have one 8 more -- we have one more expert . 9 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Can you do 10 that first? 11 GREG ALVAREZ : We can . All right . 12 At this time, I ' d like to introduce -- 13 and this will be Slides 4 through 7 . So 14 there ' s a set of other maps that are 15 separated that are all parts of his 16 presentation . So if we can open those 17 in order . I have (inaudible) Mamon from 18 DISH Wireless , who is a senior planning 19 and organizational engineer . He 20 prepared the RS study associated with 21 DISH Wireless . I ask him to come 22 forward and speak, introduce himself, 23 presents credentials , and then provide 24 the results . 25 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : State your November 6, 2023 Planning Board 26 1 name . You can sign when you finish . 2 MR. MOMAN : ( Inaudible ) My name is 3 ( inaudible ) Mammon, engineer with 4 ( inaudible ) . I 'm a full-time team 5 member, having worked in the RF 6 engineers since I do my research . 7 ( Inaudible ) . And before, which I have 8 also designed the network for regional 9 department . ( Inaudible) So FCC when it 10 advocated limited amount of frequencies 11 to DISH and gave it a mandate to build a 12 network by year 2023 . So needed target 13 notes about 200 of your population by 14 June 14 , 2023 . And then the next target 15 was 700 of your population . And with a 16 minimum number of speeds of 35 17 ( inaudible) per second .' So in order to 18 achieve these milestones and targets , we 19 designed the network vertically using 20 the computer simulations by making the 21 grid and putting the slides vertically 22 and looking at the coverage . And then 23 we turn on the (inaudible ) engineers to 24 identify existing towers , water tanks , 25 buildings , roof tops , where we can to November 6, 2023 Planning Board 27 1 the ( inaudible ) today. But you can look 2 at the top very clear the green ones are 3 the towers , which are already on air . 4 And the blue one is the side which we 5 are proposing . So the -- but you look 6 at this one, 2100 feet ., So it ' s a 7 self-support tower in Peconic . And the 8 other side was 2141 . It ' s a 160 feet 9 guide tower in Greenport . So the 10 distance between the site below and 11 above is around 3 . 5 miles . So this 12 location fits perfectly equal distance 13 on both sides , then cover hopefully the 14 residential area, highway, inside the 15 buildings . And since the other sites 16 are already on there, so we have done a 17 drive test and we actually feel that it 18 does do match with what we had 19 assimilated before . And why we chose 20 ( inaudible ) ? Well, some are height and 21 average height for the ,network, besides 22 the level of drone, the same range, 120 , 23 130 , 140 feet . If you go too high, like 24 200 feet, the site will be over 25 shooting . You have limited amounts of November 6, 2023 Planning Board 28 1 frequencies, and they have to be reused. 2 We don ' t want that to be called 3 interference . We have ,lower and smaller 4 antennas at lower height, and we will 5 have limited coverage, ',and we will end 6 up with a low coverage gap . So it seems 7 to be an ideal height with the work on 8 the internet . And Michael is already 9 covered, most of -- 10 JESSICA MICHAELIS : I ' m sorry . The 11 two of you can ' t speak at the same time 12 just because it gets transcribed. So -- 13 MR. MOMAN : So there are a couple 14 of more slides . So we ',can put the -- 15 look at the simulated coverage . So this 16 shows the coverage level being the 17 strongest and level weaker and orange 18 essentially on the street or highway in 19 vehicle coverage . So this is the area 20 we are planning to cover with our 21 proposed Tower . I ' m going to let you 22 move to the next slide,) please . The 23 coverage, how it looks 'like this on the 24 communication, and theinext one, you 25 will see the component coverage from the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 2.9 1 policy plan . And so this will perfectly 2 turn all the gaps . 3 GREG ALVAREZ : Hence, if I may ask 4 a question? 5 JESSICA MICHAELIS: You just have 6 to state your name every time you speak, 7 so -- 8 GREG ALVAREZ : Greg Alvarez . If 9 you could just describe how the site 10 will provide a -- in terms of distances , 11 in terms of populations . I know you had 12 studied in your report the covered 13 objectives here . Could you describe 14 what -- what you -- how this particular 15 site, at this particular height will 16 meet the coverage needs of, you know -- 17 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : You have to 18 state your name again before -- 19 MR. MOMAN : ( Inaudible ) So, we did 20 one simulation at different heights , 160 21 feet , 130 feet, 110 feet and 90 feet . 22 So, taking 130 feet as our standard, if 23 we increase the height to 160 feet, we 24 got additional coverage of like 150 , but 25 if we use the height on 110 , we lost November 6, 2023 Planning Board 30 I 1 around 320 of our coverage . With 170 , 2 we are expected to provide service to 3 2 , 400 potential subscribers of people in 4 that vicinity . But if we move to 170 5 feet , we won ' t be able to provide 6 service to 2 , 400 and so on . 90% will be 7 able to provide . So the company also 8 looks at the number of subscribers that 9 a site can potentially cover, and also 10 we have 60-900 of the population . We 11 have to consider all these numbers . 12 GREG ALVAREZ : Thank you . 13 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Mr . Alvarez , 14 do you have somebody else in your team 15 that wants to speak? 16 GREG ALVAREZ : Yes . All right . 17 So, actually, one second. So as I 18 mentioned -- Greg Alvarez from Amato 19 Law . We do have a few comments here, 20 who I just wanted to bring up in terms 21 of the day to day issues that they face . 22 Not just on the technical side, but just 23 on the day to day situations that 24 necessitated this need to go into the 25 second pole . So if he could step November 6, 2023 Planning Board 31 1 forward for a minute and describe his 2 experience that would be most important . 3 Thank you . 4 THE CHIEF: Hi , Chief ( inaudible) . 5 Lot coverage is ( inaudible) firehouse, 6 in terms of vehicles , but you know, when 7 you ' re riding around back, you ' re riding 8 around front, that ' s what you need. But 9 anyway, the other thing is , we have a 10 public safety issue in ,this ( inaudible ) . 11 This Summer, a big tree fell on the 12 road, it ' s brought down the electric, 13 which also kills everybody ' s booster 14 that they have to have at home for their 15 cell phones . So, during that period of 16 time, if I myself were to have a heart 17 attack, I would die . We don ' t have the 18 proper coverage in the Town. And it ' s 19 not just on the north -- north of you, 20 but it ' s also part of what I do as a 21 family. I rode around with radio, 22 trying to see where we 'had covered, and 23 we had didn ' t have coverage and there 24 was a big gap . ( Inaudible ) . 25 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Just to give it November 6, 2023 Planning Board 32 1 everybody a heads up . Once the 2 technical and Greg ' s speak, then we will 3 call you up . 4 THE CHIEF : Thank you . 5 GREG ALVAREZ : Again, Greg Alvarez 6 from the Amato Law Group . I ' d like to 7 mention two more folks that we do have 8 in attendance, but we ' ll rely on their 9 submission . So we have David Collins 10 from Pinnacle Group, who has submitted 11 an FCC compliance report . Presenting 12 the findings that I had mentioned 13 earlier in terms of making sure that we 14 are far below the FCC admissions , as 15 part of their licensing . If there are 16 any questions . You ' ll certainly hear 17 from them. Also, we have Tommy Negra 18 from Elite Tower who was charged at the 19 beginning of this process to do the lay 20 board. The investigation, to see where 21 the best location for this particular 22 facility would be . And it dates back to 23 2010 , where they ' ve gone out and their 24 team have gone out and spoken with 25 property owners and the community, who November 6, 2023 Planning Board 33 1 might be interested . And based on that r 2 process , and as it ' s captured in their 3 altering those sites , they ' ve also 4 submitted a part, of this application . 5 We ' ve arrived at this site in terms of 6 ideal, not only from the perspective of, 7 it ' s certainly fortuitous that when the 8 owner is also affiliated with the fire 9 district , which has been an great 10 synergy, but also in terms of technical 11 perspective . So I have two more folks 12 that I ' d like to just to talk about . 13 Things that we spoke about earlier in 14 terms of the wireless codes of deptims 15 (phonetic) that has to do with the 16 established considerations and 17 considerations of community. So first, 18 I have Michael Lynch, from Lynch and 19 Appraisal, who has prepared a report, 20 which he did submit to the ZBA that I ' d 21 also like to submit copies to this 22 Board . And he ' ll talklbriefly about his 23 study that he had undertaken as a line 24 appraiser and from the ,perspective of, 25 like I said, the established November 6, 2023 Planning Board 34 1 considerations . I ' ll bring this up . 2 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Thank you . 3 MIKE LYNCH : Good evening, Chairman 4 and Members of the Board. Michael 5 Lynch, my business address is 15 Dewey 6 Street, Huntington . I am here as the 7 real estate expect . The standards , a 8 Special Exception with ,the Wireless Code 9 and the Marine II Zoning District code . 10 I was before the Zoning Board back in 11 September on this matter, the 12 presentation meeting also was there to 13 report . And with Mr . Alvarez submitted 14 my report for this Planning Board 15 meeting . So I ' ll try to be brief, with 16 my findings . As you know, it ' s over 17 close to 150 foot concealment tower is 18 located in the outskirts of the north 19 side of the Main Road. Approximately, a 20 third of a mile of Laurel Avenue in the 21 Hamlet of the Southold ., The property, 22 as you know, is just to the south side 23 of the Long Island Railroad . Right 24 away, the railroad itself is somewhat r 25 elevated . And the site itself and the i November 6, 2023 Planning Board 35 I' 1 pole would be sandwiched between the 2 railroad right-of-way and the large boat 3 shed, immediately to the south of the 4 site . So between the elevation of the 5 railroad and the boat shed . Immediately 6 south of the large storage of the boat 7 shed. The ground equipment would be 8 largely shielded from any passer-by on 9 Main Road, as well as, ithe nearest 10 residences to the east , to the west, 11 rather, as Mr . Alvarez pointing out . 12 Approximately, the nearest residential 13 structure is approximately 155 feet 14 away . The nearest residences are the 15 west , southwest on Budds Pond Road, and 16 north of that on Pond Avenue, the 17 residents actually be closest to that . 18 That abuts the railroad on the south 19 side . So the site again is a 150 foot 20 concealment pole . It ' s flanked on both 21 sides by Albertson Marine parcels . To 22 the west is the office building, retail 23 center . More boat supplies and outboard 24 and more boat sales . And to the east is 25 another parcel for boat storage . Other November 6, 2023 Planning Board 36 -- 1 uses related to Albertson, include the 2 marina, which was just ',to the south . 3 East of each side, thelsouth side of 4 Main Road includes slips, boat ramps , 5 etcetera . Other nearby uses include Mr . 6 Alvarez said, to the north side of the 7 railroad is a Town preserve . And to the 8 southwest of this , just outside of Main 9 Road is Town owned a land and preserve . 10 Other nearby use include a restaurant 11 that shuttered, a motel . And further 12 east is the Egypt Marine . As part of 13 the Special Exceptions ,'I what I looked at 14 was, of course, that this site will , in 15 the conservation of the property values, 16 I looked to see any impact that this may 17 have on the nearest residents in the 18 area . I ' ve been working on these sites 19 for fire districts and �Carrier ' s for the 20 past 20 years or so on ,the North Fork, 21 which include the East ,Marion, 22 Mattituck, Orient , and ''Orient Point Fire 23 Districts . I ' ve also worked on several 24 private poles over thelyears . Again, on 25 the North Fork . In my �report, I ' ve November 6, 2023 Planning Board 37 - 1 outlined one study. On the third page 2 of the slide, so this is on the Cherry 3 Creek Golf Links , which is in the center 4 of just at the beginning of the North 5 Fork, heading east . And on this golf 6 course is a concealment pole, which is 7 130 feet tall . Just to the west of 8 that, I ' m sorry, to the east of that, 9 was a development that took place a few 10 years after the construction of the 11 concealing pole . That development is 12 known as the Highlands at Neve ' s , and 13 that was the immense construction around 14 2006 . What I did was, I looked at home 15 sales in that immediate development 16 adjacent against the 130 foot 17 concealment pole, which is largely 18 visible to the development of the 19 Highland at Neves . I looked at sales 20 running from 2006 to 2014 . 36 sales in 21 total . And I noted the price per square 22 foot of each, and I wrote again about 23 new construction primarily . And noted 24 that the median sale price per square 25 foot and average sale price was $197 or November 6, 2023 Planning Board 38 1 $ 191 per square foot . If we go 2 approximately a mile and a half east of 3 that , there ' s another very, very similar 4 development by the same builder, called 5 the Highlands at Aquebogue . That also 6 is immediately adjacent to the golf 7 course, which is a around National Golf 8 Links . I looked at sales in that 9 development during the same time period. 10 Compared price per square foot on a 11 median average level . And what I found 12 is that the price per square foot, those 13 homes , again, also new construction, 14 adjacent to a golf course, very similar 15 in all respects ; however, there ' s no 16 concealment pole on the adjacent golf 17 course . So what I found was that during 18 the same time period, the price per 19 square foot was negligible between the 20 price per square foot . So in that 21 instance, in that example, I didn ' t find 22 a presence of a concealment pole within 23 relatively close proximity to a new 24 housing development, that would impact 25 to a sale price to the square foot . I November 6, 2023 Planning Board 39 1 looked at another study, this time in 2 the Village of Southampton . If we go to 3 Page 7 . Page 7 and 8 . 1 This is a 165 4 conventional model, with exposed 5 antennas . It was constructed 2016 . In 6 the south of that , in the Village of 7 Southampton is an older development . 8 However, given the shortage of land in 9 the Village of Southampton, the huge 10 demand for homes in that Village . Many 11 of these homes have either been raised 12 and newly constructed homes have been 13 put up or homes have been substantially 14 rebuilt and sold. So what I did is , I 15 looked at sales that were one block 16 south of the commercial area . However 17 we ' re still in visibility of the 165 18 foot monopole . Primarily on the Pulaski 19 Street . Again, they ' re not facing 20 commercial ; however, the pole itself of 21 165 foot tower is visible in part from 22 their backyards of sales that I studied. 23 From approximately 5 years prior to the 24 -- I ' m sorry, 5 years subsequent to the 25 installation of that facility. I then November 6, 2023 Planning Board 40 1 compared sale prices of homes just 2 further to the south in that same 3 development . Again, either new 4 construction or substantially rebuild 5 homes that were sold. What I found was , 6 whether the homes were ',within site of -- 7 partially in site of the 165 foot tower 8 versus those that were not, there was no 9 difference in price per square foot . So 10 the presence of that particular 11 facility, which again, it ' s exposing, 12 because on this instance, the DISH with 13 Verizon, there would be no difference . 14 So, in sum, again, in the studies that 15 I ' ve looked at over the years , I haven ' t 16 found that with a facility that ' s 17 designed such as this , given the 18 proximity to the nearest residences and 19 other conditions in the immediate area, 20 I haven ' t found that there is any 21 adverse impact in property values . So 22 with respect to the Special Exception, 23 again, these are outlined in our report, 24 there will be a conservation of property 25 values . And with respect to the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 41 _ 1 appropriateness and compatibility of the 2 neighborhood again, givlen the design of 3 the structure, its visibility, its 4 location with respect t',o adjacent uses 5 and based on Zoning, there will be, 6 again, no impact . 7 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Thank you . 8 GREG ALVAREZ : Greg Alvarez, from 9 Amato Law Group . And m,y final presented 10 this evening is David 'Wortman, who is a 11 planner with the VHB and he will present 12 the findings of the additional report, 13 and the planning digitall considerations 14 at this time . You can ibringout Number 15 9 of the list . 16 DAVID WORTMAN : Good evening, 17 Chairman, Members of the board. My name 18 is David Wortman, I ' m the senior 19 environmental manager for VHB with 20 offices at 100 Motor Parkway in 21 Hauppauge . VHB was retained by the 22 applicant to prepare Part One of a long 23 Environmental Assessment Form, which has 24 been submitted to thisBoard since June 25 7 , 2023 . And additionally, VHB was November 6, 2023 Planning Board 42 1 retained to review the proposed wireless 2 communications facility from a Planning, 3 Zoning and land use perspective . The 4 results of our work were presented with 5 a written report entitled the Planning, 6 Zoning, and Visual Impact Analysis for 7 the State of 2023 . That had also been 8 sent to the Board for its consideration . 9 The major developments of that report 10 included a detailed description of the 11 proposed facility and its environment 12 setting . A review of the consistency of 13 the proposed facility with various 14 applicable requirements and code , 15 including those application standards , 16 the permanent requirements , and so on, 17 found in Chapter 28 of the code . And 18 additionally, our report includes an 19 assessment of the potential visual 20 impact . We ' ve performed three separate, 21 but complementary studies . First , a 22 view shed model was developed based on 23 the specific design parameters of the 24 facility and its location, as well as , 25 available data on topography, the November 6, 2023 Planning Board 43 1 presence of the structure and tree P , 2 cover in the surrounded community. And 3 that model predicts where the facility 4 would be expected to be built . Next, . a 5 one mile visibility study was performed. 6 Also sometimes referred to as a crane 7 test, wherein a crane was positioned at 8 the proposed facility location and 9 raised to the height of the pole . And 10 all publicly accessible', areas within a 11 one mile radius for traivel to confirm 12 whether that reference, the crane, was 13 in fact visible or not . That work also 14 serves to ground trees ,) the view shed 15 while which is not lim "ted . Last, a 16 series of photographic simulations were 17 developed from 19 viewpoints throughout 18 the surrounding community, which were 19 identified in consultation with your 20 Planning Department . And I will just 21 note that the crane test and the 22 photographs for the simulations , 23 etcetera, were performed in early April 24 of this year . I raised that because 25 it ' s noteworthy that the vegetation November 6, 2023 Planning Board 44 1 would not get on the trees . So, 2 conservative analysis during what we 3 call the park. And oficourse, 4 visibility during the rest of the year 5 was just present . The ', results of these 6 analyses are, as I mentioned, presented 7 within the written report that I 8 submitted to the Board ., I think you ' re 9 on the screen here . Well, I won ' t 10 summarize all those points tonight , but 11 I do want to just draw your attention to 12 a few key points , and then of course, 13 I ' ll be putting it in for you . So as 14 you ' ve already heard from others and as 15 documented in the record before you, 16 there ' s a need for the proposed height 17 of facility . The effectiveness of the 18 facility, meeting the communication with 19 the area . The visual impacts of the 20 proposed facility at that proposed 21 height are directly relevant to the 22 relief and the approvals that we ' re here 23 to seek from you all- And what the 24 visual impact analysis that I ' ve 25 described demonstrate that proposed I November 6, 2023 Planning Board 45 1 facility will be skewered from you from 2 large portions of the surrounding area . 3 Primarily that ' s due presence of mature 4 and dense vegetative cover throughout 5 the area . And the areas that have or 6 will have the greatest visibility of the 7 proposed facility will be limited to the 8 handful of areas where there are large 9 open spaces that afford unobstructed 10 views towards the top of the structure . 11 They ' re visible here on the Figure 6, 12 what ' s shown on the screen here in those 13 sort of fuchsia purple ,paint color . And 14 as I said, they ' re really from areas 15 where you have large open areas and 16 views are not obstructed by the presence 17 of mature vegetation . To characterize 18 those, you ' ll see they ' re certainly 19 concentrated about both in the harbor 20 and as well on the opposite shore or the 21 east side of the pond . We ' ve got this 22 piece of property that ' s a mile away. 23 So just to put that in perspective, more 24 views from there would consist of would 25 be, you know, rather slender structure November 6, 2023 Planning Board 46 1 given the concealment design at a great 2 distance of 1 , 000 feet or less . So from 3 these areas where visibility is 4 expected, the benefits of that 5 concealment design and the other 6 attributes of the facility are very 7 important . The wireless communication 8 antennas of Verizon Wireless , DISH 9 network, as you ' ve heard, will bye 10 concealed within the pole, and will not 11 be protruding from the pole on the port 12 arms , as you would expect from a 13 traditional monitor . Also, the proposed 14 pole is intended to be painted in a pale 15 blue/grey color that would be intended 16 to blend with its surroundings , meaning 17 really the sky. So then further 18 minimized visibility of the structure 19 for many of these areas where views are 20 on the structure, where at least some 21 visibility . So these design measures 22 are intended to minimize the visual 23 impact of the facility . The benefits of 24 this design are demonstrated by the 25 various photographic simulations that i November 6, 2023 Planning Board 47 1 were prepared, that are actually in an 2 appending space . The viewpoints studied 3 for that purpose, there are nine of 4 them. And again, they ''were identified 5 -- 6 GREG ALVAREZ : Sorry, Greg Alvarez 7 from Amato . Just to point out where the 8 open seas are, if you pull up 4 , which 9 goes appendices . And then open up the 10 photographing scene . Thank you . 11 DAVID WORTMAN : Thank you . David 12 Wortman with VHB . So the total of nine 13 viewpoints were identified as part of 14 the simulations package . It ' s 15 noteworthy that, among ''ithose, the 16 proposed facility was not expected to be 17 visible . We present the structure, i 18 development, education,', and other 19 structures to the project . Ultimately, 20 no simulation prepared �for there . It 21 couldn ' t be . But, like, for example, 22 here, you ' re showing -I So viewpoint 23 number two, which is taken from along 24 Main Road, we ' re facing northeast 25 towards the proposed location . Here in November 6, 2023 Planning Board 48 1 the presence of dense vegetation, some 2 of which is Evergreen . It was expected 3 to obscure as the pole . The old arrow 4 has been added. For context to see from 5 this perspective, where would the top of 6 that is . And so what we can see from 7 here is , Number One, certainly views are 8 obstructed in the direction of the pole . 9 And Number Two, that at this height from 10 along Main Road, the pole would be 11 rather low on the front . If I can ask 12 you to scroll to Viewpoint 7 ? So here, 13 yeah, freeze there for just a moment . I 14 So here we can have with the existing 15 conditions view facing southeast toward 16 the pole location, across the pond. And 17 if you scroll to the next page, we 18 identify that the proposed facility will 19 be visible . Clearly, it ' s not prominent 20 on the horizon . Well, I ' ll use the 21 pointer is , you ' ll see is a very narrow 22 structure that peaks just above the 23 existing tree line, which is again 24 painted in a pale blue color to blend 25 with its background and surroundings . November 6, 2023 Planning Board 49 =- 1 And again, the benefits of the 2 concealment pole are concealed here . 3 Whereas the antennas are not protruding 4 from the structure, but I concealed it a 5 little bit . And given this sort of 6 system, it means that limited lighting 7 which the facility would have been above 8 the tree line . The model called the 9 proposed facility would not have a 10 significant visual impact in the 11 existence of this location given the 12 most important design capabilities . And 13 something else to mention is that at the 14 ground level, we ' ve heard a little bit 15 about this already today, but the 16 proposed facility has the benefit of 17 being located at the rear of this 18 property . Setback substantially, 19 approximately 174 feet 'on the roadside 20 along Main Road . And we ' ve heard a 21 little bit about this already today, the 22 storage building, 35 plus feet in 23 height . And that ' s actually the lower 24 portion and the ground based equipment 25 would be pulling the screen from you, November 6 2023 Planning Board B r 50 1 not visible again . From other 2 directions , the design includes the use 3 of fencing and evergreen screening 4 through the proposed that equipment 5 compound. Obscure views from other 6 directions . It means it ' s noteworthy 7 that there are no prior residents that 8 are within the immediate use of that 9 facility . Nonetheless , in accordance 10 with the Board, the extent that the 11 facility could accommodate that 12 additional screening . With that , again, 13 I ' m happy to answer any further 14 questions you may have regarding the 15 planning analysis and what it will 16 impact on . Thank you . 17 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Thank you . 18 Greg, do you have anybody else to bring 19 up? 20 GREG ALVAREZ : At this time, I ' d 21 like to ask the Board if they have any 22 questions for any of the testimony given 23 by the technical team? 24 MEMBER JEALOUS-DANK: I have more 25 of a comment, but it is a question . On November 6, 2023 Planning Board 51 1 the slides by the engineer and by Mr . 2 Levin . It seems that the is still 3 uncovered; is that correct? It ' s 4 largely, the area is largely still not 5 covered by the cell tower? 6 GREG ALVAREZ : As to the fire 7 district or the -- 8 MEMBER JEALOUS-DANK: It seemed 9 like either of the sides presented full 10 coverage on those, that area, which 11 seems to be part of your original 12 argument that was so important . 13 GREG ALVAREZ : So first if I could 14 have Mr . Levin come to the floor . 15 MEMBER JEALOUS-DANK: That was the 16 slide . Seems it ' s still lacking 17 coverage . 18 ANDREW HINTZ : Andrew Hintz , 19 Integrated Wireless Technologies . Well, 20 we have to be able to have a look at the 21 both maps to show the simulcast of the 22 coverage . And so right now we ' re 23 looking at the existing trend site, 24 which shows significant depreciation of 25 coverage, specifically over the east end November 6, 2023 Planning Board 52 1 of that peninsula . And some towards the 2 south . If we go to the next map . So 3 that Paradise Point peninsular is now 4 right here . When you show this site, 5 increases greatly the coverage along 6 this northeast edge, as well as , gains 7 us coverage to the south . We do still 8 show some coverage lacking in this area, 9 but that ' s gonna be the area that we ' re 10 covering by the structure today, if we 11 go back up . So we see that area, that 12 little strut of land to the south at 13 that point, plus over this right here is 14 coming off of this site . So we can ' t 15 talk through there . So, there seems to 16 be a high site of dirt right here, 17 shadowing, where we ' re talking about the 18 surrounding . But by utilizing the two 19 sites together in conjunction to each 20 other, we ' re getting coverage from this 21 vantage point into this area . And then 22 from the Albertson ' s Marine site, we ' re 23 going to significantly penetrate this 24 area and then capture this ridge right 25 here . If you scroll back down . You ' ll November 6, 2023 Planning Board 53 1 see how that was done . But we expect to 2 see significant increase improving 3 coverage . Like I said, that same range 4 is right here . We expect to see that a 5 significant improvement coverage when we 6 use these two sites together . We never 7 expect a hundred percent coverage . 8 While we ' re talking about public safety 9 radio, we ' d be naive to represent people 10 to our customers , and fire district, 11 that we can give them in home coverage 12 to the 950 . All of our maps are i 13 portable radio coverage, back to street 14 site . Meaning outside of the 15 structures . So when we talk about the 16 Chief has a back up full back 17 communications plan, every mobile radio . 18 They will have mobile communications 19 from this out there . And we expect to 20 see a vast improvement of portable radio 21 coverage outdoors to in the fire 22 department . 23 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Anybody else? 24 Any Board members have any other 25 questions? November 6, 2023 Planning Board 54 1 (No Response . ) 2 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Anybody from 3 staff? 4 (No Response ) . 5 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Okay . Thank 6 you . So what we ' ll do now is we ' ll open 7 up the floor to the public to make any 8 comments and questions . You can direct 9 them towards the Board. And then we ' ll 10 have the team come back and answer those 11 questions , if we have any . So if 12 anybody would like to step up to the 13 podium. State your name, write your 14 name and address the Board? 15 (No Response) . 16 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Going once? 17 Nobody would like to speak? 18 (No Response) . 19 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Okay. 20 MEMBER JAMES RICH : Make a motion 21 to close the hearing . 22 MEMBER JEALOUS-DANK: Second . 23 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Seconded by 24 Mia . 25 All in favor? November 6, 2023 Planning Board 55 1 MEMBER JAMES RICH : Aye . 2 MEMBER MARTIN SIDOR: Aye . 3 MEMBER JEALOUS-DANK: Aye . 4 CHAIRMAN WILCENSKI : Aye . 5 Motion carries . 6 7 (Whereupon, the meeting concluded. ) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 November 6, 2023 Planning Board 56 1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N _ 2 3 I , Jessica DiLallb, a Notary Public 4 for and within the State of New York, do 5 hereby certify: 6 THAT, the within transcript is a 7 true record of said Board Meeting . 8 I further certify, that I am not 9 related either by blood or marriage to 10 any of the parties to this action; and 11 that I am in no way interested in the 12 outcome of this matter . 13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto 14 set my hand this day, February 16, 2024 . 15 16 17 ( J js ica Lallo) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25