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TODAY, TODAY IS AUGUST 4TH, 2025.
THIS IS THE ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD CONVENING AT A PUBLIC LOCATION,
[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH ANTENNA REVIEW BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 CATHERINE LEDERER-PLASKETT Chair ]
WHICH IS THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TOWN HALL.UM, I'M GONNA TAKE ATTENDANCE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
UH, AND FRANCIS SHEEN IS ON ZOOM.
UM, AND WE HAVE WITH US PAUL COSTA FROM CROWN CASTLE.
NOW I'M GONNA WRITE, READ INTO THE RECORD WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SO THAT WE ALL HAVE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT OF IT, WHICH IS THAT, UM, JUST AS I GO BACK TO THREE NINE, NOT, UM, WE FIRST GOT THE SUBMISSION FOR 1 55 HIGHLAND ROAD ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER, 2024.
AND THEN PROMPTLY REVIEWED THE MATERIALS SUBMITTED ON THE 16TH OF DECEMBER, 2024, WHICH WAS SIX DAYS LATER.
WE RECEIVED A SUBMISSION FOUR MONTHS LATER ON APRIL 7TH, 2025, AND PROMPTLY REVIEWED IT THREE DAYS LATER.
ON APRIL 10TH, 2025, A MONTH LATER, WE RECEIVED A SUBMISSION OF MAY 6TH, 2025 AND REVIEWED IT ON THE 16TH, WHICH WAS SIX DAYS LATER, UM, ON, SO THAT WAS MAY 12TH, 2025, THEN SUBMIT IT WAS RESUBMITTED TWO MONTHS LATER ON JULY 7TH, AND WE REVIEWED IT ON 7 14, 20 25.
AT THAT TIME, WE GRANTED A CONDITIONAL COMPLETENESS FOR WHAT WE CONSIDERED WORK THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED AT THAT TIME.
UM, AND WE ASKED PAUL POTO WHAT WINDOW OF TIME HE NEEDED TO SUBMIT THE MATERIAL THAT WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND HE FELT CONFIDENT THAT HE, HE CHOSE THE 21ST OF, OF JULY, UM, 5:00 PM BY THAT DATE, WHICH WAS A MONDAY.
HE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS ON JULY 18TH, WHICH WE REVIEWED ON THE, ACTUALLY ON THE 20TH AND, AND WROTE ON THE 21ST THAT IT WAS INCOMPLETE.
UM, AND LAUREN BERG INFORMED US THAT WE, WE, I WROTE AT THAT TIME, AND I'M JUST LOOKING FOR, WE WROTE AT THAT TIME HERE ON, ON FRIDAY, JULY 18TH, 2025, PAUL COSTA SUBMITTED MATERIALS BUT FAILED TO SUBMIT, WOULD'VE BEEN REQUESTED IN WRITING.
WE PROVIDED A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF WHAT WAS STILL OUTSTANDING AND COULD STILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JUNE JULY 21ST, 2025.
LAUREN BERG FROM CROWN CASTLE EXPLAINED PAUL COSTA WAS AWAY ON VACATION AND REQUESTED AN EXTENSION UNTIL THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JULY 20, 22, 20 25.
WE AGREED, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAD NEVER EXTENDED THE DEADLINE FOR A CONDITIONAL COMPLETENESS COMPLETE APPLICATION BEFORE LOBERG MADE A SUBMISSION BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JULY 22ND, 2025, WHICH WAS STILL MISSING REQUIRED INFORMATIONS INFORMATION, RE RECOGNIZING THAT DETAILING IN WRITING WHAT WAS STILL MISSING, WAS NOT ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF THE SUBMISSION OF A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
WE HAVE ARRANGED, WE ARRANGED TO HAVE THIS MEETING TODAY ON AUGUST 4TH, 2025 TO GO OVER AGAIN THE MATERIALS NEEDED.
WE TOO WOULD LIKE TO, THE ANTENNA BOARD WOULD TOO, ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION AND MOVE AHEAD.
WHAT WAS DETAILED THAT WAS MISSING FROM, AND I'M GOING BACK AGAIN FROM PAUL COSTA'S SUBMISSION WAS, SO I'LL START.
THIS IS ALL ON A GMAIL ACCOUNT, UM, WRITTEN ON MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 2025.
MR. COSTA, YOUR SUBMISSION IS INCOMPLETE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CONTAIN THE INFORMATION REQUIRED.
IF YOU SUBMIT THE REQUIRED MISSING INFORMATION DETAILS BEFORE BELOW BY 5:00 PM ON MONDAY 2021, WE WILL, UM, WE WILL DEEM THE APPLICATION COMPLETE.
IF YOU DON'T, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL BE DEEMED INCOMPLETE AND YOU WILL BE REQUIRED
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TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED PRACTICE.PLEASE REVIEW THE CHECKLIST FOR COMPLETENESS FOR LAW SECTION, UM, 2 85 DASH 37 A 27 COMPLETED BY THE A RB MEETING HELD ON SET ON JULY 14TH, 2025 AND STAMPED BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HELD, UM, TO RE MY GLASSES BY THE BUILDING TO REVIEW YOUR SUBMISSION ON 7 7 20 25 IN YEAR 7 7 25, YOU SUBMITTED A 2022 OMNIBUS AMENDMENT AND AGREEMENT FOR A SITE IDENTIFIED AS 2 34 EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
IT WAS INCLUDED IN REFERENCE AS EXHIBIT NINE.
THAT WAS NOT THE SITE FOR WHICH YOU WERE.
YOU HAVE SUBMITTED DOCUMENT, UM, DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW.
WE MARKED F INCOMPLETE BECAUSE WE REQUIRED A SUBMISSION SPECIFIC TO 1 55 HARTSDALE, UH, HIGHLAND ROAD.
YOU HAVE STILL NOT PROVIDED THAT.
SIMPLY A SIMPLY EDITING THE SHEET TO REMOVE THE SPECIFIC REFERENCE, TWO 30 FOR DALE AVENUE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WE REQUIRED A SITE SPECIFIC AGREEMENT.
UM, THE SECOND THING WAS S YOUR SUBMISSION RE REFERENCE REFERS TO EXHIBIT ONE SHEET FOUR OF EIGHT, WHICH ARE DRAWINGS YOU HAVE NOT PROVIDED, UM, NOT PROVIDED THOSE DRAWINGS.
EX UM, EXHIBIT ONE SHEET FOUR OF EIGHT AS REQUIRED IS REQUIRED T INCLUDING YOUR RESPONSE.
THE PROPOSED FACILITY HAS SIGNAGE MOUNTED ON THE SH SHROUD AT EIGHT FEET 10 INCHES, AND AT THE ALTERNATE LOCATION OF 35 FEET NINE INCHES.
THE SIGNS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SHEET FOR OF EIGHT OF THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
AND WHERE THE SIGNS ARE LOCATED ARE LABELED IN THE DRAWINGS.
THESE SIGNS ARE OSHA AND FCC COMPLIANCE SIGNS THAT CONTAIN ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND WORKERS.
UM, THE SIGNAGE INCLUDED INCLUDES THE NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS OF THE NETWORK OPERATORS.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, CROWN WILL PLACE AN ADDITIONAL SIGN WITH A PERMIT NUMBER RECEIVED FROM THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, DATE OF ISSUANCE AND THE CONTACT NUMBER.
SO WE HAVE PROVIDE SHEET FOUR OF EIGHT OF THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS IN YOUR RESPONSE INDICATE TO WHOM WHAT THE CONTACT NUMBER BELONGS CON CONNECT.
THE SPELLING IS THE SPELLING ERROR HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
AN IMAGE OF THE SIGN IS REQUIRED.
IT MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, THE RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT NUMBER, THE DATE IT WAS ISSUED.
SITE OWNERSHIP IN ADDITION TO SIZE, MATERIALS AND INFORMATION DETAILING WHERE THE SIGN WAS WILL BE MOUNTED ARE REQUIRED.
THIS V THE CERTIFICATE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE SUBMITTED IS INCOMPLETE.
THE CERTIFICATE NOW CORRECTLY STATES THE ADDRESS AND SITE NUMBER OF THE PROPOSED INSTALLATION.
HOWEVER, THE WORDING THAT FOLLOWS IS TOO LIMITED.
THE TOWN TOWN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED, UM, REQUIRED WORDING.
TOWN OF GREENBURG IS INCLUDED AS AN ADDITIONAL INSURED AS REQUIRED BY TOWN CODE 2 85 DASH 37.
SO WE SENT THAT TO PAUL COSTA ON THE 21ST.
IN RESPONSE, WE RECEIVED THE EMAIL ASKING FOR THE EXTENSION FROM LAUREN BERG, UM, STATING, UH, THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION TILL THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS.
IF THERE'S AN EXTENSION, UM, WE COULD GET THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THESE ITEMS EXTENDED TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS TOMORROW.
UM, WE EXTENDED IT, ALTHOUGH WE NEVER HAVE EXTENDED ONE BEFORE, AND WHEN SHE SUBMITTED IT, IT WAS STILL INCOMPLETE.
SO WHAT IS INCOMPLETE? UM, I, THE CONTRACT AND IDENTIFICATION IDEN, AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING TO BRING UP AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE IT RIGHT THERE.
MAY I HAVE IT PLEASE? EVERYTHING IS REDACTED.
INCLUDING, BUT IT ASKS US TO ACCEPT THIS AS AN OMNIBUS FOR THE NUMBER OF SITES, NO INDIVIDUAL SITE.
THIS SAYS AN OMNIBUS, LET ME EXPLAIN THE CONTRACT.
IT'S A NATIONAL WIDE CONTRACT.
WE DON'T GO OUT AND CONTRACT FOR ONE SITE OR FIVE SITES.
CROWN CASTLE SIGNS AN AGREEMENT.
YOU HAVE TO LET ME EXPLAIN BEFORE YOU START.
COMCAST SIGNS A NATIONAL WIDE AGREEMENT WITH T-MOBILE AND THEN THEY WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL REGIONS TO DECIDE WHICH SITES THEY'RE GONNA UPGRADE.
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THIS GREENBERG? IT'S THE TOWN OF GREENBERG.SO THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT.
I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD FROM READING THAT.
SO THESE ARE THE SITES IN GREENBERG, THEY HAVE NO NAMES, THEY HAVE NO IDENTIFICATION AND I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE THE SITES THAT YOU'RE COMING IN FOR ALL OF THEM.
WE HAVE NOTHING BUT AS PIECE OF PAPER, NOT EVEN ATTACHED.
NOT EVEN NUMBERED THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING THAT THIS IS 1 55 HIGHLAND ROAD, FILL IN THE NAMES OF ALL THE SITES.
YOU'RE GONNA BE COMING IN FOR ALL OF THEM.
YOU JUST SAID THESE ARE THE GREENBURG SITES.
SO PROVIDE NEXT TO EACH ONE WHAT SITE IT IS.
THEN YOU CAN USE IT REPEATEDLY IN EVERY SUBSEQUENT SURE.
THIS IS NOT AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE SITE.
GIVE, GIVE US BACK AND WHAT, WHAT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED.
SO I KNOW WE DON'T CONCLUDE ANYTHING I WANT EXACTLY TO KNOW.
DO WE WANT EVERY ONE OF THESE IDENTIFIED AND WE WANT JUST MAKE A COLUMN, BUT, OKAY, SO HERE'S THE ISSUE.
I HAVE TO MAKE A NEW DOCUMENT THEN, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THIS.
THIS IS THE T-MOBILE INFORMATION THAT WE USE THAT THIS ISN'T, THIS IS FOR THE CONTRACT.
THIS ISN'T, I I DON'T HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS TOWN OF GREENBURG.
NO ID ANY ADDRESS THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT BUT IT BUT YOU NEED SOMETHING FROM THE WELL BUS GREEN.
WELL IT GET SOMEBODY TO SIGN IT AND GIVE IT AUTHORIZATION THAT THOSE ARE THE SITES IN GREENBERG THAT GIVES IT AUTHORIZATION AND PUT EACH OF THE SITES DOWN SO IT DOESN'T BECOME A BUNCH OF BLACK LINES.
AND WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE THERE? NOTE ID ADDRESS LA LONGS AS MUCH INFORMATION SURE.
INCLUDING ADDRESS AND, UM, THE LATITUDE AND THE LAUNDRY.
THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE HERE ANYWAY.
IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU HAVE THE CONTRACTS FOR THE OTHER SITES, THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE HERE.
SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN MM-HMM
MR. SHEEN, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK SHOULD BE PROVIDED? I GUESS LEFT A SECOND.
SO GOING BACK CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.
THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS DO NOT SHOW US WHERE THE TOWN SIGN IS.
SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOKED AT THAT AND COULD NOT FIND A LOCATION FOR THE TOWN, THE PARTICULAR TOWN SIGN ON THE PLUGS.
THE OTHER TWO SIGNS ARE THERE, BUT THOSE AREN'T THE ONES WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST ONE.
CAN I DIRECT YOU AGAIN TO WHAT IS REQUIRED ON THE SIGN? WE'RE GOING WITH A SMALLER SIGN BECAUSE OF BEING ON A POLE AND BEING HARDER, BUT WE CAN'T, BUT WE NEED ALL THE INFORMATION ON IT.
THAT IS THE TOWN, WHICH IS THE OPEN STREET PERMIT NUMBER, CONTACT NUMBER, ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
THEN WE YES, LET BEFORE I SAY YES, THERE'S NO PHONE NUMBER IN HERE.
SORRY THAT MR. SHEHAN HAD TO JUMP OFF.
BUT THERE IS STILL A GREENBERG MISSPELLING IF, I MEAN I DON'T, THAT'S THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH THE INSURANCE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AND HE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIRECT YOU
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CHECK THAT AND I WILL ASK HIM.I CAN EMAIL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THAT? NO, THOSE ARE THE SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE NOW NEED A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO, GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE DOING OF SUBMITTING THEM.
WE HAVE TO SUBMIT ALL NEW, WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE, EVER EXTENDED AND CONDIT UH, CONDITIONAL COMPLETENESS EVER.
I MEAN, WE'VE DONE, DONE CONDITIONAL COMPLETENESS IS MAYBE THREE TO EIGHT TIMES AND WE HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO IT A SECOND TIME.
WE NEED, WE NEED NOT TO HUNT AND PECK THROUGH ON EMAIL ABOUT WHAT IS ON A PLAN.
I WE NEED THE FULL SIZE PLANS.
WE NEED AN APPLICATION COMPLETE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S THERE.
YOU'LL BE SET TO GO THERE BE OTHER ONES YOU WANNA SUBMIT, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING IN COMPLETENESS AND THAT'S IT.
WE, WE EXTENDED AS MUCH AS WE CAN LEGALLY EXTEND WITHOUT TOTALLY CHANGING THE FRAMEWORK OF THE WAY THIS FUNCTIONS.
SO I HAVE TO SUBMIT COMPLETELY NEW APPLICATIONS FOR THREE DOCUMENTS.
I DON'T HAVE THE MATERIAL I HAVE TO REPRINT, BUT YOU'RE ASKING US TO ACCEPT SOMETHING EMAILED IN WITHOUT ANY PAPERWORK TO BACK IT UP.
WE GET, WE BENT OVER PAUL TO EXTEND TO YOU ON THE 14TH OF JULY.
AND YOU PICKED THE DATE BY WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE IT ALL BECAUSE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S WHAT I SUBMITTED WHAT WAS NEEDED.
AND CLEARLY THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THAT CLEARLY.
AND WE, AND, AND WE WENT BACK AND THEN LET LAUREN BERG DO IT AGAIN.
BUT NOW WE NEED AN APPLICATION TO GO THROUGH.
I'M GONNA FILL OUT THE REPORT.
WHAT CAN SIGN THIS COMPLETE THEN I'M NOT SUBMITTING ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLICATIONS.
IT'S ANOTHER $3,000 IN BINDERS.
WHY CAN'T I SUBMIT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING? BECAUSE I HAVE NO PROOF ANYMORE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ACCURATE DOCUMENTS IN ORDER IN THIS.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN THE WAY SOMETHING IS PROFESSIONALLY CONDUCTED IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.
AND IT, AND I'M IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, I'VE DONE THIS WITH HUNDREDS OF JURISDICTIONS.
YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RESUBMIT THE THINGS THAT ARE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
GRANTED, WE DON'T AND WE GAVE YOU THAT OPTION TWICE ON EMAIL AND CLEARLY THERE'S A MISCOMMUNICATION.
SINCE THEY'RE INCOMPLETE AND NOT NECESSARY.
I CAN GIVE YOU BUDGET, I CAN GIVE YOU TWO OF THEM.
'CAUSE THAT'S I, WHEN I'M KEEPING ALL MY PAPERS IN AND I WILL NEED RUBBER BANDS TO CLOSE.
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HEY, NO, I'LL GIVE IN A SEC.I'M SORRY, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM I HAVE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR AS I WROTE WHAT I'M INTERPRETING AS THAT'S NEEDED.
IN ADDITION, YOU'RE SAYING FOR THAT ONE YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO NOW I'M GOING UPSTAIRS TO GET IT STAMPED.
SO I, I PUT TWO MORE THINGS IN THERE OR ANYTHING THAT WAS INCOMPLETE, JUST CONFIRMING NO ADDITIONAL, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL NO, UNLESS IT'S, UNLESS IT'S EXPIRED.
THERE'S, WHAT HE SAID WAS IT WAS MISSPELLED, THAT'S ALL.
AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OTHER PROBLEMS, HE WOULD'VE LET THAT GO.
SHE ADDED, LAUREN ADDED THE LANGUAGE THAT THE TOWN WANTED.
THAT WASN'T ASKED FOR LAST TIME.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WAS ASKED FOR WAS, AND THEY TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE L LANGUAGE YOU COULD CUT AND PASTE IN RATHER THAN, AGAIN, MISSING WHERE AND WHO AND HOW.
SO THE TOWN TRIED TO DO A SERVICE.
THEY CAN'T READ WHAT YOUR WRITING SAYS.
YOU JUST NEED A SHEET FOUR SHOWING WHERE IT'S PLACED.
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SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE THIS AND RUN UPSTAIRS.UH, COULD YOU INITIAL DOWN HERE PLEASE? THANK STAMP.
HERE IS YOUR COPY FOUND HONOR.
WE'RE SO LUCKY YOU EVER ALLOWED.