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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-06-13 Board of Selectmen Packeto� _.FNj Town of Reading Meeting Posting with Agenda �s3g :rxCOag °mac Board - Committee - Commission - Council: Board of Selectmen Date: 2017 -06 -13 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Reading Town Hall Address: 16 Lowell Street Purpose: General Business 4. tYL[J Location: Selectmen Meeting Room Agenda: Meeting Called By: Caitlin Saunders on behalf of Chairman John Arena P1247241 Notices and agendas are to be posted 48 hours in advance of the meetings excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Legal Holidays. Please keep in mind the Town Clerk's hours of operation and make necessary arrangements to be sure your posting is made in an adequate amount of time. A listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting must be on the agenda. All Meeting Postings must be submitted in typed format; handwritten notices will not be accepted. Topics of Discussion: 1) Reports and Comments a. Selectmen's Liaison Reports and Comments b. Public Comment C. Town Manager's /Assistant Town Manager's Report 2) Open Session for topics not reasonably anticipated 48 hours in advance of the meeting 3) Proclamations /Certificates of Appreciation 4) Personnel & Appointments 5) Discussion /Action Items a. Square Liquors Parking b. Hearing — Driveway Curb Cut Waiver, 69 Hanscom Ave C. Public Safety Training d. Senior Tax Relief Update e. Council on Aging — Needs Assessment by UMass Boston Gerontology Center for Social and Demographic Research f. Elder Services Update g. Discuss Keno 6) Approval of Minutes 7) Licenses, Permits and Approvals 8) Executive Session a. To Discuss Strategy with Respect to Collective Bargaining 9) Correspondence a. Correspondence from S &P Global Ratings, re: General Obligation 7:20 7:30 7:40 8:00 8:20 9:00 9:30 r' This Agenda has been prepared in advance and represents a listing of topics that the chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting. However the agenda does not necessarily include all matters which may be taken up at this meeting. Page 1 1 0 RAKSHA, INC. d /b /a "Square Liquors" 13 High Street Reading MA 01867 Ph: (781)872 -1277 TOWN HALL Attn.: Town Manager 16 Lowell Street Reading, MA 01867 RE: REQUEST FOR PARKING TIME LIMIT CHANGE TO "15 MINUTES" FROM EXISING "2 HOURS" Dear Town Manager Robert W. LeLacheur, Jr.: My name is Rasha Patel, business owner /manager of "Square liquors" located at 13 High Street in Reading. I myself am a resident in Reading for many years. By writing this letter, I would like to formally propose and ask that the town change its parking time limit to "15 Minutes" on the parking signage posted near at 13 High Street. Attached hereto are photos of the parking signage and a store front at issue. As reasons for this change, I as store manager am getting lots of complaints from the local customers having great deal of difficulty in car parking in front of or near my store, as the two (2) parking spots are almost always occupied by non - shoppers for 2 hours or more. As you are well aware, this area is heavily crowed by the MBTA commuters, and I believe the parking should not be allowed for more than 15 or 30 minutes in the station vicinity. In fact, there are parking signs with 15 or 30 minute time limit on Main Street near Reading Center and Reading Station. I understand that the Town should follow the parking rules and guideline most convenient to general public, and in this case I strongly believe the proposed change will meet the test for ease and convenience for the people of Reading community. With anything to help my proposal accepted, please let me know. Sincerely, Rasha Patel Manager of Square Liquors Parking Modification Request (13 High Street) 2 spots 15minutes Date Complainant — Kelpesh Patel Square Liquors 13 High Street (781) 944 -0688 (781) 248 -6186 June 13th, 2017 Building Owner - Donald Scribner 13 High Street (781) 944 -7115 • Square liquors owner, Kelpesh Patel, reporting parking problem at 13 High Street • Problem created by new business, Treadmill • Treadmill is located in the old Seat Cover Mart, directly behind 13 High Street. They have a shared lot, but the spaces are not striped and there are no designated spaces for each business. • Treadmill business is quite busy and all of the lot spaces are usually taken by clients. Classes overturn every hour. • The two spaces out in front of his store are 2 hour parking. Those spaces are also being taken by Treadmill clients. He is asking that the 2 spaces located directly in front of his business be changed to 15 minute parking. • PTTTF on May 24, 2017 concluded that landlord could designate some spaces in the lot for each business to help alleviate the problem. • Conversation with building owner, Donald Scribner, provided no concrete solution. • He indicated, that "he would consider lining the lot and designating spaces in the future, but currently he likes the lot shared, open, and fluid ". He did not seem interested in designating spaces for each renter. He believes the town should designate the two spaces out front to "15 minute parking ". • There have been no parking complaints for 13 High Street this year. • Also we have written (13) parking tickets on High Street this year. 5o3 • 2 photos attached. • Currently there is no regulation governing 15 minute parking spaces in the Traffic Rules and Regulations. Enforcement would be extremely difficult. • There are 8 spaces within the Downtown Business District that are designated 30 Minute parking spaces in accordance with 5.4.1.2. (Monday- Saturday) All spaces were designated in area's for shared businesses. ❖ 2 Westernmost spaces on the Northside of Haven St. ❖ 4 Southernmost on Lowell St. (Near CVS) ❖ 2 Easterly side of Main St. between 525 Main Street and Green St. m LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF READING To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading: Please take notice that the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Reading will -hold a public hearing on June 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the, Selectmen's Meeting; Room, 16 Lowell 'Street, Reading, Massachusetts on a request from the property owner to expand the driveway curb cut at 69 Hanscom Avenue. A copy of the proposed docu- ment regarding this topic is available in the Town Manager's office, 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA, M -W_ Thurs from 7-30 a.m. 5:30 P.M., Tues from 7 :30 a.m. - 700 p.m. and is attached to the hearing notice on the website at www rea inama aov All interested parties are. invit- ed. to attend the hearing, or may submit their comments in writing or by email prior to 6:00 p.m. on June 13, 2017 to townmanaaer@ci reading ma u$ By order of Robert W. LeLacheur Town Manager 6.6.17 b� Memo To: Board of Selectmen Cc: From: Ryan Percival, P.E., Town Engineer Date: April 4, 2017 Re: Driveway curb cut appeal request — 69 Hanscom Avenue In October, 2016, the homeowner at 69 Hanscom Avenue was approved by the Engineering Division for a new 12' wide curb cut on Tower Road. The property is located on the corner of Hanscom Avenue and Tower Road. The 2016 curb cut request was in correlation with a proposed addition on the Tower Road side of the dwelling. In March, 2017, the homeowner requested a new approval to expand the original approved curb cut from 12' to 24' wide, due to difficulty now in maneuvering vehicles to utilize the newly constructed garage within the new addition. This request was denied by the Engineering Division due to the fact that the edge of the widened driveway location would now be only 40' from the edge of travel way on Hanscom Avenue, which is less than the 50' that is required per the driveway regulations. This driveway appeal request is in reference to this denial. The PTTTF reviewed and discussed this request at their March 22 meeting and recommend to the members of the Board of Selectmen that the proposed driveway widening be allowed, but at a width of only 20'. This compromise would allow the homeowners a wider curb cut, but would also maintain a distance of 44' between the proposed driveway and the edge of travel way on Hanscom Avenue. A copy of the denied curb cut plan is attached to this document. 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ALPHONSE G ,� D. r" v v HALEY -4 I CER77FY THAT THE EXIS7IN No. 31312 W DETAIL LOCATED HOfN DA 7E.- 9/1/ I6 IST � SCALE- 1" = 20' Reglate d an )w LAtW NO 1227C S&P Global Ratings RatingsDirecto Reading, Massachusetts; General Obligation Primary Credit Analyst: Lauren Freire, New York (1) 212-438-7854; lauren.freire@spglobal.com Secondary Contact: Anthony Polanco, Boston 617-530-8234; anthony.polanco@spglobal.com Table Of Contents ................... ......... -- ......... ........ ................ ................ ........ Rationale Outlook WWW.STANDARDANDPOORS.COM/RATINGSDIRECT JUNE 5, 2017 1 1862295 302253518 Reading, General i .ti n US$8.86 mil GO mun purp loan ser 2017 due 06/15/2037 Long Term Rating Reading GO Long Term Rating Reading GO Unenhanced Rating Many issues are enhanced by bond insurance. Rationale AAA /Stable AAA /Stable AAA(SPUR) /Stable New Affirmed Affirmed S &P Global Ratings has assigned its 'AAA' long -term rating to Reading, Mass.' series 2017 general obligation (GO) municipal- purpose loan bonds and affirmed its 'AAA' rating on the town's existing GO debt. The outlook is stable. Readings GO bonds are eligible to be rated above the sovereign because we believe the town can maintain better credit characteristics than the nation in a stress scenario. Under our criteria, titled "Ratings Above The Sovereign: Corporate And Government Ratings — Methodology And Assumptions" (published Nov. 19, 2013, on RatingsDirect), U.S.. local governments are considered to have moderate sensitivity to country risk. Reading's GO pledge is the primary source of security on the debt; this severely limits the possibility of negative sovereign intervention in the payment of the debt or operations of the town. The institutional framework in the nation is predictable for local governments, allowing them significant autonomy, independent treasury management, and no history of government intervention. Reading has considerable financial flexibility, as demonstrated by the very high general fund balance as a percent of expenditures, as well as very strong liquidity. Reading pledges its full faith and credit, within the limitations of Proposition 2 -1/2, to secure the bonds. Officials intend to use series 2017 bond proceeds to fund various municipal purposes. The rating reflects our view of Reading's: • Very strong economy, with access to a broad and diverse metropolitan statistical area (MSA); • Strong management, with "good" financial policies and practices under our Financial Management Assessment (FMA) methodology; • Adequate budgetary performance, with a slight operating surplus in the general fund but an operating deficit at the total governmental fund level in fiscal 2016; • Very strong budgetary flexibility, with an available fund balance in fiscal 2016 of 21% of operating expenditures; • Very strong liquidity, with total government available cash at 40.9% of total governmental fund expenditures and 9.7x governmental debt service, and access to external liquidity we consider strong; • Very strong debt and contingent liability position, with debt service carrying charges at 4.2% of expenditures and WWW. STANDARDANDPOORS .COM /RATINGSDIR£CT JUNE 5, 2017 2 IIIti229;i 1 302253518 q t la Summary: Reading, Massachusetts; General Obligation net direct debt that is 41.1% of total governmental fund revenue, as well as low overall net debt at less than 3% of market value and rapid amortization, with 97.0% of debt scheduled to be retired in 10 years, but a large pension and other postemployment benefit (OPEB) obligation; and Strong institutional framework score. Very strong economy We consider Reading's economy very strong. The town, with an estimated population of 26,497, is in Middlesex County in northeastern Massachusetts, about 10 miles north of Boston. It is in the Boston - Cambridge- Newton MSA, which we consider to be broad and diverse. It has a projected per capita effective buying income of 164% of the national level and per capita market value of $174,489. Overall, market . value grew by 7.3% over the past year to $4.6 billion in 2017. The county unemployment rate was 10% in 2016. Reading retains an established economy with steady growth. With a new economic developer planner, it is seeing growth in its commercial properties. In addition, the town is seeing significant growth in its residential sector. We would expect this growth to continue during and beyond the outlook period. Strong management We view the town's management as strong, with "good" financial policies and practices under our FMA methodology, indicating financial practices exist in most areas, but that governance officials might not formalize or monitor all of them on a regular basis. Key management practices include detailed budgetary assumptions, consistent budget monitoring, and long -term planning. Management analyzes five years of past trends and incorporates current and future forecasts when determining the town's revenue and expenditure assumptions. Budget -to- actual performance is reported monthly to each department and quarterly to the town board. The town maintains a 10 -year capital improvement plan that outlines specific projects and funding sources. It also keeps a long -term financial plan that forecasts 12 years of revenue and expenditures. Sound financial policies for the town include formal investment and reserve policies. Reading has adopted commonwealth guidelines for its investment management policy. Holdings and earnings on investments are monitored and filed monthly; however, there are no official reporting requirements. The town's reserve policy requires that cash reserves be maintained at a level of at least 7% of the current budget. While the town has a formal debt and capital policy, in our opinion, it lacks comprehensive guidelines pertaining to the issuance of debt. Adequate budgetary performance Reading's budgetary performance is adequate, in our opinion. The town had slight surplus operating results in the general fund of 1.4% of expenditures, but a deficit result across all governmental funds of negative 5.6% in fiscal 2016. General fund operating results of the town have been stable over the last three years, with results of 0.0% in 2015 and 1.9% in 2014. The final budget for fiscal 2016 totaled $87.3 million and included $2.6 million of appropriated funds. Fiscal 2016 ended with positive budgetary performances with revenue exceeding the budget by $1.9 million and expenditures coming under budget by $1.6 million. WWW. STANDARDANDPOORS .COM /RATINGSDIRECT JANE 5, 2017 3 1£362295 1 30225351£3 a' //�q Summary: Reading, Massachusetts; General Obligation Management reports a budget of approximately $102.0 million for fiscal 201.7. The budget increased by 4.1% from the previous year, and it includes approximately $2.2 million of appropriated funds. Management reports the town is expecting positive year -end results as revenues in several line items are above budget and expenses are coming in below budget. It should also be noted that the town had a total of a $6 million dollar judgment during fiscal 201.7 and was able to pay it in full with funds on hand, with $3 million of this current issuance to reimburse part of the judgment that was incurred. Despite the judgment, the town still expects to end the year with positive results in the general fund. Management reports a budget of approximately $105.2 million for fiscal 2018. The budget increased 3% from the previous year and includes approximately $1.2 million of appropriated funds. Based on previous and the town's current budgetary performances, we would expect adequate -to- strong budgetary performances during the outlook period. Very strong budgetary flexibility Reading's budgetary flexibility is very strong, in our view, with an available fund balance in fiscal 2016 of 21% of operating expenditures, or $17.8 million. The town has consistently maintained a healthy fund balance: with steady increases over the past three fiscal years. Although the town has relied on the use of fur?.d balance to balance its budget each year, it typically generates enough revenue so the use of appropriated funds is not necessary. Management states that there are no plans to spend down reserves and that it expects to at least maintain, if not grow, fund balance. Therefore, we expect Read -.ng to preserve its very strong budgetary flexibility. Very strong liquidity In our opinion, Reading's liquidity is very strong, with total government available cash at 40.9% of total governmental fund expenditures and 9.7x governmental debt service in 2016. In our view, the town has strong access to external liquidity if necessary. We expect Reading's liquidity profile to remain very strong as there is no expectation of significant deterioration of cash balances. The town also maintains strong access to external liqu.idi.ty by frequently Issuing debt for any capital project needs. In addition, we do not consider its use of investments aggressive. Reading does not Ilave any variable -rate or direct- purchase debt, reducing its exposure to any contingent liquidity risks. Very strong debt and contingent liability profile In our view, Reading's debt and contingent liability profile is very strong. Total governmental fund debt service is 4.2% of total governmental fund expenditures, and net direct debt is 41.1° o of total governmental fund revenue. Overall net debt is low at 0.9% of market value, and approximately 97.0% of ih:e direct debt is scheduled to be repaid •,Nithin. 1.0 years, which are, in our view, positive credit: factors: Following this issuance, Reading will have approximately $50.3 million in total direct debt with about $11.1 million considered self - supporting debt. The town has about $2.5 million in authorized but unissued debt, which it may borrow within or beyond the outlook period. In our opinion, a credit weakness is Reading's large pension and OPEB obligation. Its combined required pension and actual OPEB contributions totaled 8.1% of total governmental fund expenditures in 2016. Of that amount, 4.9% . represented required contributions to pension obligations, and 3.2% .represented OPEB payments. The town made its WWW. STAND ARDANDPOORS.COM/RATINGSDIRECJC JUNE 5, 2017 4 18622951 30225351 £3 Summary: Reading, Massachusetts; General Obligation full annual required pension contribution in 2016. The funded ratio of the largest pension plan.is 72.1 %. The town participates in the Reading Retirement System and expects to have the liability fully funded by fiscal 2029. Its required pension contribution is its actuarially determined contribution, which is calculated at the commonwealth level, based on an actuary study. Using updated reporting standards in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 67, the town's net pension liability was measured, as of Jan. 1, 2015, at $45.5 million. The pension currently has a funded level of 72:17 %, using the plan's fiduciary net position as a percent of the total pension liability. (For additional details on GASB Nos. 67 and 68, please see our report, titled "Incorporating GASB 67 And 68: Evaluating Pension /OPEB Obligations Under Standard & Poor's U.S. Local Government GO Criteria," published Sept. 2, 2015.) Reading also offers OPEBs to retirees, which it funds on a pay -as- you -go basis. Based on the most recent actuarial valuation completed, as of June 30, 2014, the unfunded actuarial accrued liability was $63.0 million. The town is establishing an OPEB trust fund to fund the liability for the long term. Currently, we believe the town's pension and OPEB costs are manageable; but due to the county retirement system's below - average funded ratio, we believe this will likely remain a growing challenge. Strong institutional framework The institutional framework score for Massachusetts municipalities is strong. The stable outlook reflects Reading's overall financial and managerial strengths, supported further by its healthy and diverse economy; therefore, we do not expect the rating to change within our two -year outlook period. However, we could lower the rating if operating performance weakens, if there is a sharp increase in fixed costs, leading to a significant decline in reserves, or if the town fails to adhere to current management practices and financial policies. 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No person is intended as a third party beneficiary of any credit rating engagement or of a credit rating when issued. PF Ratings U.S. (4/28/16) Saunders, Caitlin From: LeLacheur, Bob Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 8:54 AM To: Saunders, Caitlin Subject: FW: [Reading MA] MBTA Antenna installation proposal (Sent by Timothy Marquardt, Timmarquardt @yahoo.com) BOS packet Robert W. LeLacheur, Jr. CFA Town Manager, Town of Reading 16 Lowell Street, Reading, MA 01867 townmanaeer(@ci.readine.ma.us (P) 781 - 942 -9043; (F) 781 - 942 -9037 www.readingma.gov Town Hall Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 7:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m.;Tuesday: 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Friday: CLOSED - - - -- Original Message---- - From: vtsdmailer @vt -s.net [mailto:vtsdmailer @vt- s.net] Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 4:50 PM To: Reading - Selectmen Subject: [Reading MA] MBTA Antenna installation proposal (Sent by Timothy Marquardt, Timmarquardt @vahoo.com) Hello Board of Selectmen, Timothy Marquardt (Timmarquardt @yahoo.com) has sent you a message via your contact form (https: / /www.readingma.gov /user /475 /contact) at Reading MA. If you don't want to receive such e- mails, you can change your settings at https: / /www.readingma.gov /user /475 /edit. Message: I recently learned that the MBTA is planning to install wifi antennas upon their right of way. My understanding is that the towers are approximately 70 feet tall and will be spaced at a regular interval. I hope that the town has been notified of this project and was going to inform the residents of the proposal. I am against the installation of these towers and feel that the town needs to take a public stance on this project. I am unable to attend this weeks meeting but I look forward to watching it online and seeing the discussion on this issue. Thank you Charles D. Baker, Governor Karyn E. Polito, Lieutenant Governor Stephanie Pollack, MassDOT Secretary & CEO Brian Shortsleeve, Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager May 12, 2017 Brona Simon Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 Re: MBTA Positive Train Control - E106 Submittal West Route FIN Ar �F 1 .5 x. Massachusetts Department of Transportation TOWN OF MOM(; The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is undertaking the Positive Train Control (FTC) Project on its commuter rail system in Massachusetts (the Project). PTC is a rail safety program using communication based/processor based train control technology to provide a functional and reliable system that aids in preventing train -to -train collisions, overspeed derailments, incursions into a work zones and train movement through a switch in the wrong direction. The work is being• undertaken to meet federal requirement sunder the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and the Surface Transportation Program Extension of 2015. The Project will install infrastructure along the entire commuter rail track network to improve safety and communications within the system. The equipment installation associated with the Project includes antennas and may include fiber optic cable, which will mostly be placed in either existing underground conduit or hung on existing aboveground poles. Signal housing, similar to equipment already in place will also be required in some locations. The equipment will be located entirely within the existing MBTA right of way in proximity to the rail line. The MBTA is undertaking environmental permitting of the Project on a line -by -line basis to facilitate efficient review. As part of the environmental review, the MBTA will submit Project information with the ' necessary supporting documents for each rail line to the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) and Native American Tribes through the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Electronic Section 106 System (E106) and Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS) with information also sent to any appropriate state or local parties. A hard copy of the materials is also being provided to the MHC and including local historical commissions in cities and towns in which PTC antennas and infrastructure is proposed. The environmental review process is being undertaken in accordance with the "Program Comment to Tailor the Federal Communication Commission's Section 106 Review for Undertakings Involving the Construction of Positive Train Control Wayside Poles and Infrastructure ("FCC Program Comment "). Placed of the PTC antennas and associated infrastructure has been planned to maximize meeting the exclusions outlined in the FCC Program Comment and to avoid impacts to significant historic properties. Enclosed is the E106 submittal for the West Route, on which antennas are proposed. If you have any questions in your review of the project, please do not hesitate to contact me. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Ten Park Plaza, Suite 3910, Boston, MA 02116 www.mbta.com Brona Simon Massachusetts Historical Commission May 12, 2017 Page 2 Sincerely, Holly Palmgr Manager of Environmental Construction Enclosure Cc: Local Historical Commissions FCC Form 62o Notification Date: 7AM EST 05/15/2017 File Number: 0007772885 FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Approved by OMB New Tower ( "NT ") Submission Packet 31)80 -1038 See Instructions for public burden estimates General Information 1) (Select only one) ( NE ) NE — New UA — Update of Application WD — Withdrawal of Application 2) If this application is for an Update or Withdrawal, enter the file number of the pending application File Number: currently on file. (cant mrormaxion 3) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 0003621059 4) Name: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Contact Name 5) First Name: Holly 6) MI: 7) Last Name: Palmgren 8) Suffix: 9) Title: Manager of Environmental Construction 9!nnfa,4 Ininrmafinn 10) P.O. Box: Ord 11) Street Address: Ten Park Plaza 12) City: Boston 13) State: MA 14) Zip Code: 02116 15) Telephone Number: (617)222 -1580 16) Fax Number: 17) E -mail Address: HPalmgren @MBTA.com Consultant Information 18) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 0013649843 19) Name: VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C. Principal Investigator 20) First Name: Maureen 21) MI: 22) Last Name: Cavanaugh 23) Suffix: 24) Title: Director of Cultural Resources Peinnlnal invacfinatnr rnnfaef infnrmntlnn 25) P.O. Box: hard 26) Street Address: 101 Walnut Street 27) City: Watertown 28) State: MA 29) Zip Code: 02472 30) Telephone Number: (617)607 -1590 31) Fax Number: 32) E-mail Address: MCavanaugh@VHB.COM 1 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Professional Qualification 133) Does the Principal Investigator satisfy the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards? I (X ) Yes ( ) No I 34) Areas of Professional Qualification: ( ) Archaeologist ( X ) Architectural Historian ( ) Historian ( ) Architect ( ) Other (Specify) Additional Staff 35) Are there other staff involved who meet the Professional Qualification Standards of the Secretary of the Interior? ( X ) lies ( ) No If "YES," complete the following: 36) First Name: Carolyn 1 37) MI: ( 38) Last Name: parry P9) Suffix: 40) Title: Preservation Planner 41) Areas of Professional Qualification: ( ) Archaeologist ( X) Architectural Historian ( ) Historian ( ) Architect ( ) Other (Specify) 2 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Site Information 'ower Construction Notification System 1) TCNS Notification Number: 156094 Lila rnfnr n inn 2) Positive Train Control Filing Subject to Expedited Treatment Under Program Comment: ( ) Xes ( X ) NO 3) Site Name: Foley Antenna 4) Site Address: 800 ft. south of Noonan Place 5) Detailed Description of Project: This project Includes 16 antennas, 10 equipment hosues, and fiber cable on existing or restored utility poles or conduit (fiber to be submitted In separate TCNS), all fully excluded, on the META West Route - Middlesex County -ROW. e) City: Somerville 7) State: MA 8) zip Code: 02143 9) County /Borough /Parish: MIDDLESEX 10) Nearest Crossroads: Grand Union Boulevard and Union Street 11) NAD 83 Latitude (DD- MM- SS.S): 42.23 -35.2 ( X )Nor( ) Sy 12) NAD 83 Longitude (DD- MM- SS.S): 071 -04-37.3 ( ) E or (X ) W Tower Information 13) Tower height above ground level (include top- mounted attachments such as lightning rods).. 9.1 { ) Feet ( X ) Meters 14) Tower Type (Select One): ( ) Guyed lattice tower ( ) Self - supporting lattice ( X ) Monopole ( ) Other (Describe): -roject *talus 15) Current Project Status (Select One): ( X) Construction has not yet commenced ( ) Construction has commenced, but is not completed ( ) Construction has been completed Construction completed on: Construction commenced on: Construction commenced on: 3 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Determination of Effect 14) Direct Effects (Select One): ( X ) No Historic Properties in Area of Potential Effects (APE) ) No Effect on Historic Properties in APE ) No Adverse Effect on Historic Properties In APE ( ) Adverse Effect on one or more Historic Properties in APE 15) Visual Effects (Select One): ( X) No Historic Properties In Area of Potential Effects (APE) ( ) No Effect on Historic Properties in APE ( ) No Adverse Effect on Historic Properties in APE ) Adverse Effect on one or more Historic Properties in APE 4 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Tribal /NI-1O Involvement 1) Have Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) been Identified that may attach religious and cultural significance to historic properties which may be affected by the undertaking within the APEs for direct and visual ( X )yes ( ) No effects? 2s) Tribes /NHOs contacted through TCNS Notification Number: 156094 Number of Tribes/NHOs: 7 2b) Tribes/NHOs contacted through an alternate system: Number of Tribes /NHOs: 0 r nDeinnu contactea i nrou n i %.na 3) Tribe /NHO FRN: 4) Tribe/NHO Name: Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians Contact Name 5) First Name: Edith 6) MI: 7) Last Name: Leoso 8) Suffix: 9) Title: THPO IJ81e8 & flea onse 10) Date Contacted 05/11/2017 11) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( i Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other Trlbe/NHO Contacted Through TONS 3) Trlbe1NHO FRN: 4) Tribe/NHO Name: Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Contact Name 5) First Name: Gary 6) MI: 7) Last Name: Loonsfoot 8) Suffix: Jr 9) Title: THPO uates a rtes onse 10) Date Contacted 0511112017 11) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other 5 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Tribal/NI-110 Involvement 1) Have Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) been identified that may attach religious and cultural significance to historic properties which may be affected by the undertaking within the APEs for direct and visual ( X ) Yes ( ) NO effects? 2a) Tribes /NHOs contacted through TCNS Notification Number: 156084 Number of Tribes/NHOs: 7 2b) Tribes/NHOs contacted through an alternate system: Number of Tribes /NHOs: 0 YnDsimmy tiontactea i nroU n i uno 3) Tribe /NHO FRN: 4) Tribe/NHO Name: Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians w4 ..s.4 ki . ft 5) First Name: Daisy 6) MI: 7) Last Name: McGeshlck 8) Suffix: Ms 9) Title: THPO and NAGPRA Representative Dates & Kes onse 10) Date Contacted 05110/2017 11) Date Replled 0511012017 ( ) No Reply ( ) RepliedlNo Interest ( ) Replied/Have Interest ( X ) Replied/Other T rltiem"v GOntactea i nrou n i Giva 3) Tribe /NHO FRN: 4) Tdbe/NHO Name: Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe 5) First Name: Ramona 6) MI: 7) Last Name: Peters 8) Suffix: 9) Title: THPO Dates w Kes onse 10) Date Contacted 05/11/2017 11) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other 6 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Tribal /NHO Involvement 1) Have Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) been Identified that may attach religious and cultural significance to historic properties which may be affected by the undertaking within the APEs for direct and visual ( X ) Yes ( ) ho effects? 2a) Tribes /NHOs contacted through TCNS Notification Number: 156094 Number of Tribes/NHOs: 7 2b) Tribes /NHOs contacted through an alternate system: Number of Tribes /NHOs: 0 Trinem"o luontamea i nrou n i %;Na 3) Tribe /NHO FRN: 4) Tdbe/NHO Name: Narragansett Indian Tribe ontact Name 5) First Name: Sequahna 6) ME 7) Last Name: Mare 8) Suffix: 9) Title: Program Manager Dates a< Response 10) Date Contacted 05/11/2017 11) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) RepliedlHave Interest ( ) Replied /Other Trlbemmu contactea t nrou n r uNa 3)Tdbe1NH0 FRN: 4) Tribe /NHO Name: Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma 5) First Name: Carol 6) MI: 7) Last Name: Butler 8) Suffix: 9) Title: TCNS Coordinator Dates a Kes onse 10) Date Contacted 05111/2017 11) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other 7 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Tribal /NHO Involvement 1) Have Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs) been Identified that may attach religious and cultural significance to historic properties which may be affected by the undertaking within the APEs for direct and visual ( X ) Yes ( ) r(o effects? 2a) Tribes /NHOs contacted through TCNS Notification Number: 156094 Number of Tribes /NHos: 7 2b) Tribes /NHOs contacted through an alternate system: Number of Tribes /NHOs: 0 Trfoemmo contacted Through TUNS 3) Trlbe /NHO FRN: 4) Tdbe/NHO Name: Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head - Aquinnah Contact Name 5) First Name: Bettina 8) MI: 7) Last Name: Washington 8) Suffix: 9) Title: Senior Cultural Resource Monitor 10) Date Contacted 05111/2017 11) Date Replied ( X) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other 8 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Other Tribes /NHOs Contacted Triha /MMn Infnrmafinn 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: f!nn#arf Mama 3) First Name: 4) MI: 5) Last Name: 6) Suffix: 7) Title: 8) P.O. Box: And 9) Street Address: 10) City: 11) State: 12) Zip Code: 13) Telephone Number: 14) Fax Number: 15) E-mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E -mail ( ) Letter ( ) Both fates ai rcesponse 17) Date Contacted 18) Date Replied ( ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied/Have Interest ( ) Replied/Other 9 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Historic Properties MA lei-A 1) Have any historic properties been Identified within the APEs for direct and visual effect? ( )Yes ( X ) No 2) Has the identification process located archaeological materials that would be directly affected, or sites that are of ( ) YeS ( X ) No cultural or religious significance to Tribes /NHOs? 3) Are there more than 10 historic properties within the APEs for direct and visual effect? ( ) xes ( X ) Ito If "Yes ", you are required to attach a Cultural Resources Report In lieu of adding the Historic Property below. listoric Property 4) Property Name: 5) SHPO. Site Number. Property Address 6) Street Address: 7) City: 8) State: 9) Zip Code: 10) County /Borough /Parish: 11) Is this property listed on the National Register? Source: ( ) Yes ( ) No 12) Is this property eligible for listing on the National Register? Source: ( ) Yes ( ) No 13) Is this property a National Historic Landmark? ( ) xes ( ) N_o 14) Direct Effects (Select One): ( ) No Effect on this Historic Property In APE ( ) No Adverse Effect on this Historic Property in APE ( ) Adverse Effect on this Historic Property in APE 15) Visual Effects (Select One): ( ) No Effect on this Historic Property In APE ( ) No Adverse Effect on this Historic Property In APE ( ) Adverse Effect on this Historic Property In APE 10 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Local Government Involvement _ocai oovemment Agency 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: Somerville Historic Preservation Commission Contact Name 3) First Name: Brandon 4) MI: 5) Last Name: Wilson 6) Suffix: 7) Title: (`..nim..f IinFnrrn9tinn 8) P.O. Box: ord 9) Street Address: 93 Highland Avenue 10) City: Somerville 11) State: MA 12) Zip Code: 02143 13) Telephone Number: (617)666 -3311 14) Fax Number: 15) E-mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E -mail ( X ) Letter ( ) Both fates a< r- — 17) Date Contacted 05/12/2017 18) Date Replied ( X) No Reply ( ) Replied/No Interest ( i Replied/Have Interest ( ) Replled/Other 19) Information on local governments role or interest (optional): 11 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Local Government Involvement .ocal uovernment Agency 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: Malden Historical Commission CnnFant Mama 3) First Name: Barbara 4) MI: 5) Last Name: Tolstrup 6) Suffix: 7) Title: 8) P.O. Box: IAod 9) Street Address: 36 Salem Street 10) City: Malden 11) State: MA 12) Zip Code: 02142 13) Telephone Number: (781)338.9365 14) Fax Number: 15) E -mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E -mall ( X ) Letter ( ) Both fates as 17) Date Contacted 05/12/2017 18) Date Replled ( X) No Reply ( ) Replied/No Interest ( ) Replied/Have Interest ( ) Replied/Other Adel iti nnal Inform atie n 19) Information on local govemmenYs role or Interest (optional): 12 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Local Government Involvement -ocal wovemment Agency 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: Wakefield Historical Commission :ontact Name 3) First Name: Nancy 4) MI: 5) Last Name: Bertrand 6) Suffix: 7) Title: 8) P.O. Box: And d 9) Street Address: 1 Lafayette Street 10) City: Wakefield 11) State: MA E)_7jp Code: 01880 13) Telephone Number: (781)246 -6300 14) Fax Number. 15) E-mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E -mail ( X ) Letter ( ) Both L)ates a 17) Date Contacted 05/12/2017 18) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other AAAif -1 Infnrmnflnn 1 19) Information on local government's role or interest (optional): 13 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Local Government Involvement �ocai taovemmern Agency 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: Reading Historical Commission Cnn•ar4 Noma 3) First Name: Ann 4) MI: 5) Last Name: Gentile 6) Suffix: 7) Title: 8) P.O. Box: /o d 9) Street Address: 16 Lowell Street 10) City: Reading 11) State: MA 12) Zip Code: 01867 13) Telephone Number: (781)942 -6608 14) Fax Number: 15) E-mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E-mail ( X ) Letter ( ) Both )ales a 17) Date Contacted 05112/2017 18) Date Replied ( X ) No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( ) Replied/Have Interest ( ) Replied/Other %aamonai mtormation 19) Information on local government's role or Interest (optional): 14 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Local Government Involvement -ocal government 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: Wilmington Historical Commmisslon 'ontact Name 3) First Name: Kathleen [4) MI: A 5) Last Name: Delaney 6) Suffix: 7) Title: 8) P.O. Box: Ord 9) Street Address: 480 Salem Street 10) City: Wilmington 11) State: MA 12) Zip Code: 01887 13) Telephone Number: (978)729 -3600 14) Fax Number: 15) E-mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E -mail ( X ) Letter ( ) Both fates ck rtesponse 17) Date Contacted 05112/2017 18) Date Replied { X) No Reply ( ) ReplledlNo Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other Arl d i4inna I InfnrmAf i nn 19) Information on local government's role or Interest (optional): 15 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Local Government Involvement Locai uovernment 1) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 2) Name: Melrose Historical Commission :ontact Name 3) First Name: JIM 4) MI: 5) Last Name: Sennett 6) Suffix: 7) Title: Cnnt9rt infnrmatinn 8) P.O. Box: Ord 9) Street Address: 562 Main Street 10) City: Melrose 11) State: MA 12) Zip Code: 02176 13) Telephone Number: (781)454.9959 14) Fax Number. 15) E -mail Address: 16) Preferred means of communication: { ) E-mail ( X ) Letter ( ) Both jams ak Kesponse 17) Date Contacted 05/12/2017 18) Date Replied ( X) No Reply ( ) Replied/No Interest ( ) Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other Additional Information 19) Information on local governments role or interest (optional): 16 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Other Consulting Parties Cher Consulting Parties Contacted 1) Has any other agency been contacted and invited to become a consulting party? ( ) Yes ( X ) No 2) FCC Registration Number (FRN): 3) Name: 4) First Name: 5) MI: 6) Last Name: 7) Suffix: B) Title: 9) P.O. Box: /Ord 10) Street Address: 11) City. 12) State: 13) Zip Code: 14) Telephone Number: 15) Fax Number: 16) E -mail Address: 17) Preferred means of communication: ( ) E-mail ( ) Letter ( ) Both 18) Date Contacted 19) Date Replied ( } No Reply ( ) Replied /No Interest ( } Replied /Have Interest ( ) Replied /Other 20) information on other consulting parties' role or interest (optional): 17 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Designation of SHPOITHPO 1) Designate the Lead State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) or Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) based on the location of the tower. Name: Massachusetts Historical Commission 2) You may also designate up to three additional SHPOs/THPOs if the APES include multiple states. If the APES Include other countries, enter the name of the National Historic Preservation Agency and any state and provincial Historic Preservation Agency. SHPO/THPO Name: SHPO/THPO Name: SHPO/THPO Name: Certification I certify that all representations on this FCC Form 620 Submission Packet and the accompanying attachments are true, correct, and complete. Party Authorized to Sign First Name: Maureen MI: Last Name: Cavanaugh Suffix: Signature: Maureen Cavanaugh Date: 0511212017 FAILURE TO SIGN THIS APPLICATION MAY RESULT IN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION AND FORFEITURE OF ANY FEES PAID. WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS MADE ON THIS FORM OR ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE PUNISHABLE BY FINE AND /OR IMPRISONMENT (U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1001) AND /OR REVOCATION OF ANY STATION LICENSE OR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 812(a)(1)), AND /OR FORFEITURE (U.S. Code, Title 47, Section 508). 18 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Attachments Type Resumes/Vitae Map Documents Area of Potential Effects Additional Site Information TrIbaUNHO Involvement Historic Properties for Direct Effects Historic Properties for Visual Effects Local Government Involvement Public Involvement Description Date Entered 19 of 19 FCC Form 620 May 2014 Section 106 Attachment: Resumes /Vitae Presented herein are the resumes of the following VHB and PAL personnel: • Maureen Cavanaugh, VHB, Director of Cultural Resources • Carolyn Barry, VHB, Preservation Planner • Deborah C. Cox, PAL, President /Senior Archaeologist • Suzanne Cherau, PAL, Principal Investigator /Senior Archaeologist • Jane Miller, PAL, GIS Manager Maureen Cavanaugh Director of Cultural Resources Education Maureen is a leading authority on best practices for successfully navigating the MA, Urban Affairs, Boston complex historic preservation landscape and well - respected throughout the University, 1988 regulatory and development communities. She has a wealth of professional experience in developing environmental planning documents for an array of BFA, Art History, University of Rochester, 1981 public and private real estate projects. She has special expertise in cultural BS, Nursing, University of resource management, historic preservation planning, state and federal Rochester, 1981 rehabilitation investment tax credits, and preparation of environmental analysis and regulatory compliance documents for review by the National Park Service, Affiliations/ Memberships Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, state historical commissions, and local Boston Presee Alliance planning boards and historical commissions. She serves on several boards, National Trust for Historic including the National Park Service Boston Harbor Islands Partnership, Preservation appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. Maureen meets the Secretary of the Preservation Massachusetts Interior's Qualifications as a Historic Preservation Professional. WTS International 31 years of professional experience MBTA, Positive Train Control Project, Massachusetts Maureen is supporting cultural resources permitting for this statewide effort to upgrade communications equipment on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail system, to provide a federally - mandated Positive Train Control system. The project encompasses 18 commuter rail lines over 250 miles of track, and runs through over 80 municipalities. The environmental review process is being undertaken in accordance with the Federal Communication Commission's Section 106 Program Comment. MassDOT /MBTA, South Station Expansion, Boston, MA Maureen is providing strategic and historic regulatory permitting analysis for the filing of South Station Expansion Project environmental review documents. She is coordinating National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA), Section 106 and Chapter 254 reviews with the Federal Railway Administration, Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), MBTA, Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC), and Boston Landmarks Commission relative to historic resources. MBTA, Green Line Extension Project, Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, MA The proposed light rail project will extend the existing MBTA Green Line an additional five miles, as well as provide a critical junction with a branch to Union Square and a planned maintenance facility. Maureen is coordinating state. and federal review of project impacts to cultural resources. MBTA, Greenbush Line Restoration Project, Massachusetts Prior to joining VHB, Maureen was Project Manager of the Project Conservator Team overseeing the MBTA's restoration of the 17.8 -mile Greenbush Line Commuter Rail serving South Shore communities in Massachusetts. The Project Conservator's principal task was to provide an independent monitoring and advisory role in assessing compliance with a Programmatic Agreement drafted among the MBTA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and MHC outlining stipulations to eliminate, minimize, or mitigate Maureen Cavanaugh adverse effects to numerous historic properties along the project corridor in Braintree, Weymouth, Hingham, Cohasset, and Scituate. Impact areas include noise, vibration, visual, traffic and access, atmospheric, and construction. Tasks included management of landscape architecture, geotechnical, structural, and archaeological subconsultants and extensive consultation with local, state, and federal agencies and other interested parties. The Project Conservator served for nine years throughout design and construction phases of the project as well as three years of rail operations. MBTA, Copley Station Access Improvement Project, Boston, MA Prior to joining VHB, Maureen was Project Manager of the Project Conservator Team overseeing accessibility improvements to Copley Station in Boston's Back Bay Historic District for the MBTA. Project Conservator Team responsibilities included geotechnical and structural oversight of design and construction for impacts to adjacent significant resources, including the Old South Church and Boston Public Library, as well as oversight of design and restoration of the historic Copley Square MBTA head house and Old South Church. Salem Intermodal Station Project, Salem, MA Prior to joining VHB, Maureen was Senior Planner for the proposed parking facility and associated improvements in Salem, designed to satisfy current and future parking needs at the station, as well as to improve access to the site and safety for all patrons. The project included the rehabilitation of the National Register - eligible Salem Railroad Signal Tower and the archaeological data recovery of the National Register - eligible Salem Railroad roundhouse and turntable. Responsibilities included the preparation of sections of environmental permitting documents relative to historic resources, consultation with the MHC and local stakeholders, and preparation of a Memorandum of Agreement outlining measures to minimize or mitigate adverse project impacts. Transit Cooperative Research Program Project H -41 Prior to joining VHB, Maureen was Senior Planner on team for a Federal Transit Administration study addressing the need for new means to measure the environmental benefits of transit investments. The research, which was led by Cambridge Systematics, Inc., was undertaken to offer decision makers optional criteria, metrics, and methods for assessing transit projects with regard to environmental performance when allocating funds through its New and Small Starts programs. Maureen's role was to test various performance metrics on selected pilot projects and to report on the ease of data collection and computation, reliability, and usefulness of each metric. Responsibilities included overseeing the team providing environmental (air, wind, noise, natural, cultural) expertise to study team. Maureen was also contributing author to 2012 report titled, "Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments." Carolyn Barry Preservation Planner Education Carolyn is a Preservation Planner with knowledge of local, state, and federal MA, Urban Affairs & Public environmental regulations and varied experience conducting historic Policy, Historic Preservation, architectural surveys and documentation in the Northeast and California. She University of Delaware, 2011 meets the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualification Standards for BA, Urban & Community Architectural Historian (36 CFR 61). Studies, History, University 6 years of professional experience of Connecticut, 2009 through over 80 municipalities. The environmental review process is being undertaken Affiliations/ Memberships Vernacular Architecture MBTA, Positive Train Control Project, Massachusetts Forum, New England Carolyn is supporting cultural resources permitting for this statewide effort to upgrade National Trust for Historic communications equipment on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Preservation commuter rail system, to provide a federally- mandated Positive Train Control system. The project encompasses 18 commuter rail lines over 250 miles of track, and runs Society of Architectural through over 80 municipalities. The environmental review process is being undertaken Historians in accordance with the Federal Communication Commission's Section 106 Program Comment. Franklin and Main Streets Historic District, National Register nomination, Worcester, MA Carolyn was responsible for the preparation of the State and National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Franklin and Main Streets Historic District in Worcester. The historic district, located directly across from the Worcester Common, is a collection of mostly early 20th century mixed -use buildings designed in the Classical Revival style. The nomination was prepared to assist property owners in pursuing state and federal historic tax credits. Ludlow Manufacturing Company, Buildings 8 and 10, Ludlow, MA Carolyn is assisting in the preparation of State and Federal historic tax credit applications for Ludlow Manufacturing Company, Buildings 8 and 10, prominently located within the Ludlow Village Historic District. Constructed in the early twentieth century, the project calls for careful rehabilitation of the underutilized former industrial buildings and reuse as quality housing. Broadway (Route 28) /Salem Depot Design Project, Salem, NH In association with environmental permitting and Section 106 reviews of the Broadway (Route 28) /Salem Depot Design Project, Carolyn authored a NH Division of Historical Resources (NHDHR) inventory form for Daisy Cleaners, a Mid - Twentieth Century Modern -style commercial building on a busy transportation route in Salem. The project consisted of the widening of Route 28 and associated traffic signal modifications required to improve traffic operations around Salem Depot. The inventory form was prepared in accordance with NHDHR standards and requirements. Tasks included developing local and regional historic contexts, comparative evaluations, National Register eligibility assessment, integrity evaluation, and detailed architectural descriptions. Carolyn Barry Northern Pass HCDC Transmission Project, New Hampshire In association with environmental permitting and Section 106 reviews of the Northern Pass project, Carolyn has authored NH Division of Historical Resources (NHDHR) inventory forms for two properties located in Pittsburg. The forms were prepared in accordance with NHDHR standards and requirements. Tasks included developing local and regional historic contexts, comparative evaluations, National Register eligibility assessments, integrity evaluations, and detailed architectural descriptions, Surveyed properties in Pittsburg include S.W. Swain Farm, a 19ft' century family -run dairy farm; and Thibeault Farm, a 20t' century farm with connections to French Canadian heritage. r DEBOPAH C. COX, RPA rr% 16= PRESIDENT /SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGIST dric l �ihorntoi}. EDUCATION Ms. Cox has over 35 years of experience in the field of cultural resource management, primarily in the eastern United States. Her archaeological AM, Brown University, Anthropology, 1982 experience has involved successful implementation of all stages of research including survey, evaluation, and mitigation of prehistoric sites. These projects BA, Rhode Island College, have ranged from small developments for private entities to major multi - History and Anthropology, disciplinary efforts for state 'and federal agencies. As President of PAL since 1974 its' inception, Ms. Cox has been directly responsible for all aspects of the REGISTRATION company management. Specific administrative duties include overseeing a staff of more than 50 professionals; fiscal policy development, financial Registered Professional administration; project scope and contract negotiations; and integration of Archaeologist cultural resource services with other environmental compliance services. EXPERIENCE Ms. Cox is fully knowledgeable in all aspects of historic preservation, having Years with PAL: 34 completed numerous courses in Section 106 and related federal legislation. Years Experience: 39 Ms. Cox has directly negotiated and been responsible for three 5 -year Indefinite Quantities Contract with the US Army Corps of Engineers, New PROFESSIONAL England District, for their military installations and civilian projects. Other DEVELOPMENT federal on -call services contracts negotiated and in some cases managed by Environmental Review and Ms. Cox include those for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Northern Compliance for Natural Gas Division, the US Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Facilities 2014 & 2015 the National Park Service, and the US Department of Agriculture. Communications Towers and Environmental /Historic Ms. Cox has coordinated Section 106 consultation on numerous projects Preservation Compliance among federal and state agencies, project proponents, Native American Tribes and other interested parties, as well as private clients. She is very versed in Section 106: Advanced the National Environmental Protection Act and its implementing regulations, Seminar having taken part in preparing sections of dozens of Environmental Historic Preservation Assessments and Environmental Impact Reviews /Statements. She has been Compliance for Energy sole or co- author on many state Memoranda of Understanding (MOU),federal Projects Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) and Programmatic Agreements (PA) Section 106: Working with facilitating communication among consulting and interested parties. the Revised Regulations At the state - level, Ms. Cox has successfully negotiated multiple on -call Workshop on the New 36 services contracts with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for CFR Part 800: Highlights of Changes archaeological investigations throughout Massachusetts. She was also responsible for negotiating contracts for on -call services with the Connecticut Section 106 of the National and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation, and the Massachusetts Historic Preservation Act: Department of Environmental Management. Review and Update for Practitioners Ms. Cox has developed and implemented a program for Spectra Energy, to Preparing Agreement effectively deal with historic preservation obligations under FERC regulations Documents Under Section and Section 106 on all northeast projects since 1987. PAL's cultural resources the National Historic Pre Preservation Act investigations for Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC, Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC, Islander East LLC, and Steckman Ridge LP, Spectra Energy Federal Projects and Historic Companies encompass over 2,500 miles of pipeline through Connecticut, New Preservation Law York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and state and federal waters. Ff 1)1)110 ArC11_,'!o;i jy Lnborutory EDUCATION MA, University de Bourgogne, Classical Art History and Archaeology, 1987 BS, Georgetown University, Foreign Service, 1984 REGISTRATION Registered Professional Archaeologist EXPERIENCE Years with PAL: 29 Years Experience: 31 CERTIFICATION NRCS Cultural Resources Technical Service Provider, CT, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT Basic First Aid /BBP - American Heart Association Adult CPR /AED - American Heart Association OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e) 40 -Hour Hazardous Waste/ Emergency Response, with annual refreshers OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120(e) 8 -Hour Hazardous Waste/ Emergency Response Supervisor Asbestos Awareness Certification (2 Hour) Section 106: Working with the Revised Regulations Section 106: Advanced Seminar AFFILIATIONS Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA) Society for Industrial Archaeology (SIA) New England Chapter -SIA Conference for New England Archaeology (CNEA) SUZANNE CHERAU, RPA PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR /SENIOR ARCHAEOLOGIST Ms. Cherau has worked in cultural resource management for over thirty years, As a senior archaeologist at PAL, Ms. Cherau supervises and coordinates research, excavation, analyses, and report preparation at all levels of historic and archaeological investigation in the eastern United States. She specializes in cultural resource sensitivity assessments and management plans as well as historic period urban and industrial archaeological investigations. Ms. Cherau also serves as PAL's safety manager and is responsible for all of PAL's safety training and compliance to meet OSHA federal, state, and private corporate safety requirements. Ms. Cherau has directed over 450 cultural resource management projects in New England, New York, and New Jersey, She has extensive experience in the coordination of projects requiring review under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, Her project responsibilities include the preparation of technical proposals; project administration and communication; and supervision of PAL's archaeological staff in conducting archival research, fieldwork, and report production. She is fully qualified under the Secretary of Interior's Professional Qualification Standards (36 CFR Part 61 Appendix A). Ms. Cherau specializes in complex urban archaeological projects, and as such, has directed large -scale survey projects for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). These projects include the Old Colony Railroad Rehabilitation Project, the Urban Ring, the New Bedford -Fall River Railroad Extension Project, the Greenbush Project, the Green Line Project, the Silver Line Phase III Project, and South Coast Rail. Her work for the MBTA involves archaeological survey, site examination, data recovery as well as extensive Section 106 consultations and environmental compliance documents. Other urban work includes survey through data recovery investigations for the 1 -95 corridor improvements in New Haven, Connecticut and the NJ -NY Expansion Pipeline Project, which encompasses 20 linear miles of new pipeline route In Linden, Bayonne, and Jersey City, New Jersey; and Staten Island and Manhattan, New York. Ms, Cherau has extensive experience in directing complex archaeological projects for federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game, Rhode Island Department of Transportation, and the Connecticut Department of Transportation, New York City Transit/Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Green Mountain Power Corporation. She has been responsible for the successful completion of over thirty dam removal projects since 2005 throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and over seventy projects since 1988 for the Corps of Engineers, New England District at military installations and civilian facilities in all six New England states. These projects have ranged from archaeological assessment surveys to data recovery programs at historic and prehistoric period sites. Her work for the Corps and EPA include historic /archaeological mapping, GIS database, and data recovery excavations for Elizabeth Mine, Ely Mine, and Pike Hill Mines in Orange County, Vermont. Ms. Cherau meets the qualifications to direct archaeological projects as principal investigator in all six New England states and is listed as a qualified archaeological consultant through the State of Maine, State of New Hampshire, and State of Vermont historic preservation offices. JANE MILLER r &M GIS MANAGER Lfic Awhatlolo 3Y t nhomk -)iy EDUCATION Ms. Miller joined the PAL staff in 2008 as its GIS and CAD Specialist and has eight years experience employing GIS technology for land use BA, Rhode Island planning, conservation, and cultural resource management efforts. Prior College, Geography, 2010 to joining PAL, Ms. Miller worked as a municipal Planner /Conservation Agent in Massachusetts, at private land use and environmental science firms serving New England, and at the Geographic and Demographic Data Center at the Rhode Island Division of State Planning while completing EXPERIENCE her BA in geography from Rhode Island College. Years with PAL: 8 Years Experience: 15 Ms. Miller develops data collection strategies for the field utilizing GPS and optical total station scanners, manages PAL's enterprise GIS, and processes all field data and historical maps for geospatial analysis, PROFESSIONAL cartographic production, and delivery to the client. MEMBERSHIPS Ms. Miller is responsible for training all staff in precise and efficient data Association of American Geographers collection procedures using PAL's submeter GPS equipment and optical total station scanners, establishing appropriate accuracy thresholds, American Planning planning for optimal satellite coverage, and differentially correcting all field Association data to achieve maximum accuracy. URISA - The Association for GIS Professionals Ms. Miller ensures that all geospatial data is collected, managed and distributed in accordance with federal, state, and other jurisdictional standards. Each shapefile, geodatabase, and raster file produced by PAL exceeds minimum accuracy requirements, is stored in a well- structured relational database as suitable, and is distributed with FGDC- compliant metadata unless otherwise required. Visual reports are developed with consideration for appropriate scale, data type, coordinate system and projection to accurately and effectively illustrate PAL's textual analysis. PAL project staff are aided in their documentation and interpretation efforts with Ms. Miller's implementation of an enterprise GIS, enabling visualization and analysis of geospatial resources from the desktop by layering and querying PAL's own data against georeferenced historic maps, client CAD and GIS data, and publicly available data and imagery. Ms. Miller's technical skills include: GIS Mapping — ESRI's ArcGIS, ArcPad, ModelBuilder, Spatial/3D Analyst Data Management — ESRI's ArcCatalog, Microsoft Access CADD — Autodesk's AutoCAD Civil and Map 3D, Carlson Survey Languages /Scripts — HTML, SQL, Python GPS Technology —Trimble Terrasync, Pathfinder, submeter handhelds Field Survey Technology — Leica total stations, Carlson SurvCE Consumer Mapping — ArcGIS Explorer, Google Earth Pro Design —Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator Office — Microsoft Office Section 106 Attachment: Maps Presented herein are a locus map on an aerial base showing the complete railroad route with antenna locations and figures on a topographic base showing individual antenna locations and surrounding area: Elf . , 't V L dig kj *S �p�� �6NND' 6 r ' s i z , Ji NJ CO na ore Fo WVd els VS • X1 co f' ' • 33 CD r� cann01 opou }im} r 4 !' s 9 rOIL r T q T y ' �+ "1 m ' o 929 1Jud cQ .,. en ' O r I g� T ro a a ,L CL xT N--- ro ro a a � o a a o=i 2 0 m a� m v m o X n� 0 c 3 D O. 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As part of the PTC project, associated communication equipment is being installed on the existing Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (META) commuter rail system to improve safety and communication within the system. Utility installations associated with this project include antenna placement, as well as fiber optic cable installation, which will mostly either be placed in existing underground conduit or hung on existing aboveground poles. Signal housing, similarto equipment already in place within the right of way, will also be installed in some locations. The equipment will be located entirely within the existing MBTA right of way in proximity to the rail line. Most equipment will be placed to meet the exemptions provided for in the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 2014 Program Comment outlining a process for Federal Communications Commission compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) and its implementing regulations (36 CFR 800). The Project Area encompasses the West Route railroad right -of -way in Middlesex County, an approximately 16.8 -mile section of the West Route line. 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Inc. 0 SG THIS DRAWING IS SOLE PROPERTY OF PTMW AND IS PROTECTED UNDER ALL COPYRIGHT LAWS, THIS DESIGN IS PROPERTY OF PTMW AND 18 PROVIDED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS FOR USE RELATED TO PTMW 8 BUSINESS THIS DRAWING MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED AND THE DESIGN MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF PTMW. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THIS DESIGN. THIS DRAWING IS LOANED SUBJECT TO RETURN ON DEMAND. EXTERIOR VIEW OF A WALL 6 X 8 STEEL ENCLOSURE 90000911 2 SHEET 5 OF 13 EXTERIOR VIEW OF B WALL EXTERIOR VIEW OF C WALL B WALL wic a �a_ D D fi Q T� LA EII Q Q Q U T I O C� q b �V do D WALL __ t)JSM. Tlt l'AL FN(9!Dtit)IZPTMW, SInc. 'llC)N _ THIS DRAWING IS SOLE PROPERTY OF PTMW AND 18 PROTECTED UNDER ALL COPYRIGHT LAWS. THIS DESIGN IS PROPERTY OF PTMW AND IS PROVIDED ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS FOR USE RELATED TO PTMW'S BUSINESS, THIS DRAWING MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED AND THE DESIGN MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF PTMW, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MODIFY THIS DESIGN, THIS DRAWING IS LOANED SUBJECT TO RETURN ON I)EMAND. PLAN VIEW OF ENCLOSURE 6 x 8 STEEL ENCLOSURE 90000911 2 SHEET 8 OF 13 Section 106 Attachment: Area of Potential Effects Presented herein is a description of the Area of Potential Effects (APE) for the proposed action, as well as maps depicting the same for each antenna. Section V.A.1 of the Program Comment to Tailor the Federal Communications Commission's Section 106 Review for Undertakings Involving the Construction of Positive Train Control Wayside Poles and Infrastructure (Program Comment) issued by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) on May 16, 2014, states that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not required to take into account the effects of the following on historic properties: (1) Wayside poles and infrastructure that are installed within existing railroad rights -of -way, provided that: (i) They are located within 500 ft. of the following structures, so long as such structures are 25 ft. tall or taller: (a) Existing railroad signal equipment that includes one or more vertical posts adjacent to the track that displays the signal indication or a platform or bridge extending over the tracks with the signal indication over the track that they control; (b) An existing catenary bridge or catenary mast; or (c) Above ground utility transmission or distribution lines and associated structures and equipment located within 100 ft. of the center line of the railroad right -of -way; and (ii) They will not be located within the boundaries of a historic property that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (National Register), formally determined eligible by the Keeper of the National Register, determined eligible on a SHPO or Indian tribe record, including State archaeological records, or found during any agreed -to monitoring under Section VII. Section VIi.A.1 of the Program Comment states that if the proposed wayside poles and infrastructure are not excluded from review then the map will: include an overlay showing the boundaries of documented historic properties within a Y4-mile area from the location of the wayside poles and infrastructure. Section VII.A.1 of the Program Comment defines "documented historic properties" as Historic properties that are listed in the National Register, formally determined eligible by the Keeper of the National Register, or identified, after a reasonable and good faith effort search through existing SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office] and tribal records, Including State archaeological records as appropriate, as having been determined eligible. For PTC wayside poles and infrastructure that do not meet the exclusions identified in Section V. of the Program Comment or are not fully covered by alternative agreements, Section 106 compliance regarding effects of such poles and infrastructure may be carried out using the FCC's Town Construction Notification System (TCNS) and E106 systems. The Program Comment directs proponents to consider project impacts to historic properties within % mile of non - excluded poles and infrastructure. The 16 West Route - Middlesex County PTC poles and infrastructure all meet the PTC exclusions identified in Section V of the Program Comment. Attached are location maps on an aerial base for each of the 16 individual proposed antennas. The maps depict the antennas with geographic location information, adjacent railroad infrastructure and equipment, any documented historic properties within the APE, and the 100 ft. and 500 ft. buffers. While the 16 antennas meet the exclusion criteria, historic properties in the vicinity of the project site(s) are included on the maps for reference. It was determined that there are no historic properties in the vicinity of any antenna sites. 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Y H LISe wi g: 7 Woburn stri"at /'~l /' - r�,'fT Ce�rFsirnuoi, � • Proposed Antenna -� 130 Antenna Prepared By: Reading, Middlesex County, MA 'h West Route 04/12/2017 0 100 200 Feet PropoeedAntenne 155 Antenna Prepared By Wilmington, Middlesex County, MA vFIb West Route 04/11/2017 0 100 200 Feet ® Proposed Antenna CPW -WJ Antenna Prepared By: S' Wilmington, Middlesex County, MA West Route 04/12/2017 0 0 125 250 Feet Section 106 Attachment: Historic Properties for Direct Effects Historic Properties Identified for Direct Effects Section VII.A.1 of the Program Comment defines "documented historic properties" as: Historic properties that are listed in the National Register, formally determined eligible by the Keeper of the National Register, or identified, after a reasonable and good faith effort search through existing SHPO and tribal records, including State archaeological records as appropriate, as having been determined eligible. A review of the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS) maintained by the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC) and the National Park Service (NPS) National Register of Historic Places National Registration Information System was conducted to identify historic properties within the APE. Aerial mapping was also reviewed with field verification, as needed. No documented historic properties, as defined by the Program Comment, were identified within the West Route- Middlesex County MBTA railroad right -of -way (ROW) in the vicinity of the proposed Positive Train Control (PTC) wayside poles and infrastructure. There are no archaeological sites that have been determined eligible for listing or are listed in the National Register of Historic Places at any antenna location on the West Route- Middlesex County MBTA railroad ROW, therefore the Project will have no effect on any archaeological historic properties. Section 106 Attachment: Historic Properties for Visual Effects Historic Properties Identified for Visual Effects Section V.A.1 of the Program Comment notes that the FCC is not required to take into account the effects of proposed wayside poles and infrastructure on documented historic properties within the ''- mile APE if there is existing tall infrastructure within 100 ft. or 500 ft. from the proposed wayside poles and infrastructure. The 16 proposed West Route- Middlesex County antennas meet the exclusion criteria. Therefore, there will be no visual effects on any documented historic property, per Program Comment guidance. Section 106 Attachment: State and Local Government Involvement State Government MBTA PTC Project information was submitted to the FCC through TCNS on May 4, 2017. The FCC forwarded Project information to State Government bodies with potential interest in the proposed action. The FCC sent West Route - Middlesex County information TCNS to the following State bodies: • Massachusetts Historical Commission • New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources • Rhode Island Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission • Vermont Division for Historic Preservation Local Government For the purposes of the West Route - Middlesex County PTC Project, local historical commissions have been identified as the appropriate local government representative. A copy of this E106 submittal has been provided to the local historical commissions identified in the project area: • Somerville Historic Preservation Commission • Malden Historical Commission • Melrose Historical Commission • Wakefield Historical Commission • Reading Historical Commission • Wilmington Historical Commission Section 106 Attachment: Public Involvement For the purposes of the West Route - Middlesex County PTC Project, local historical commissions have been identified as the appropriate local government representative. A copy of this E106 submittal has been provided to the local historical commission identified in the project area: • Somerville Historic Preservation Commission • Maiden Historical Commission • Melrose Historical Commission • Wakefield Historical Commission • Reading Historical Commission • Wilmington Historical Commission Section 106 Attachment: Tribal /NHO Involvement Presented herein is information regarding Tribes interest in the proposed action as well as a summary of ongoing consultations. The following tribes have been notified through the TCNS: • Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma— Stroud, Oklahoma • Narragansett Indian Tribe —Wyoming, Rhode Island • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community — Baraga, Michigan • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians — Watersmeet, Michigan • Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians — Odanah, Wisconsin • Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head - Aquinnah — Aquinnah, Massachusetts • Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe —South Mashpee, Massachusetts From: Cavanauah. Maureen To: Barn/. Carolyn Subject: Fwd: NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONS) WHICH WERE SENT PROPOSED TOWER CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION INFORMATION REGARDING POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL WAYSIDE FACILITIES (EXCLUDED POLES ONLY) - Emall ID #5185516 Date: Friday, May 12, 2017 6:58:31 AM Begin forwarded message: From: <towe • t . . fo(ttifcc;1ov> Date: May 12, 2017 at 3:02:42 AM EDT To: <MCavanaugllQYHB.& > Cc: <, ssica.Hvnoskvtr C.gov >, iian , �r1?grt tcc. > Subject: NOTICE OF ORGANIZATIONS) WHICH WERE SENT PROPOSED TOWER CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION INFORMATION REGARDING POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL WAYSIDE FACILITIES (EXCLUDED POLES ONLY) - Email ID #5185516 Dear Sir or Madam: Thank you for using the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Tower Construction Notification System (TCNS) for your proposed Positive Train Control (PTC) wayside poles in MIDDLESEX, MASSACHUSETTS. The purpose of this electronic mail message is to inform you that the following authorized persons were sent the information you provided through TCNS, which relates to your submissions consisting solely of proposed wayside facilities that you have identified as excluded from review under the Program Comment to Govern Review of Positive Train Control Facilities Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (PTC Program Comment). The information was forwarded by the FCC to authorized TCNS users by electronic mail and/or regular mail (letter). Persons who have received the information that you provided include leaders or their designees of federally- recognized American Indian Tribes, including Alaska Native Villages (collectively "Tribal Nations "), and State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs). For your convenience in identifying the referenced Tribal Nations and in making further contacts, the City and State of the Seat of Government for each Tribal Nation, as well as the designated contact person, is included in the listing below. We note that Tribal Nations may have Section 106 cultural interests in ancestral homelands or other locations that are far removed from their current Seat of Government. The information you provided was forwarded to the following Tribal Nations. Based upon your representation that all of the proposed poles included in these submissions are covered by an exclusion from the FCC's Section 106 review, these poles are not subject to the review procedures set forth in the PTC Program Comment. To the extent a Tribal Nation believes one or more of these poles do not meet all the conditions of the exclusion, it is encouraged to raise its concerns with you. However, you are not required to follow the procedures set forth in Sections VII.D -F of the PTC Program Comment, or otherwise to seek or await FCC resolution of any issues, unless directed to do so by the FCC. 1. TCNS Coordinator Carol Butler - Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma - 920883 S. Hwy 99, Building A Stroud, OK - Carol .Liutje(t7yt�xnation- nsn.gov; sacandfoxtcns(gmail.com - 918 - 968 -3526 (ext: 1072) Details: Consultation Procedures and Details Initial Interest - The Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma TCNS Program reviews ALL projects within our jurisdiction and historic homelands. Upon notification from the FCC, a "Letter of Interest" accompanied by an invoice detailing our administrative review fee will be emailed to the appropriate Contact Person listed on the TCNS notifications (Please contact our office at sacandfoxtcns l� gmail.com or by phone at (918) 968 - 3526 ext. 1072 if you would like hard - copies sent through the US Postal Service or if there is another individual that will serve as the contact person). This will allow for a quicker reply for initial indication of interest. This letter is the Official Notice that the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma wishes to consult on said project. Information required in order to complete the Review Process are as follows: - Tower Site Information (TCNS number, Site Name, Project number if applicable, legal description, latitude and longitude, county, physical address, and basic tower construction information) - SHPO Response Letter - Cultural Resource Report and /or Archaeological Survey Report - Site Aerial Photographs - Photographs in the Contour Directions - Topographic or Quadrangle Maps - Site Plans /Construction Drawings - The FCC Form 620 or 621 In an effort to go paperless, please email all the required information to and to�1l1(�acan'nxnt�ti�7nnsn gv. Tribal Response to the Request for Review - The TCNS Program staff will review the materials soon after receipt and contact the consulting company by email if any additional information is needed to complete the review. NOTE: Our review period/time (30 calendar days) WILL NOT BEGIN until ALL the information asked for in the letter of interest including the administrative review fee is received by the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma TCNS Program. In addition, the 30 day review period will be renewed, if any additional information is needed, upon receipt of the newly requested information. If no additional information is requested, we will review your information within 30 calendar days upon receipt of that information by our office. Please note that we will make every effort to respond to your request as quick as possible. Review Fee - ATTENTION: As of September 1, 2015, the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma TCNS Program will charge an administrative review fee of $500 per review /project. Please remember that fees in this process cover the research and activities involved in sharing our special expertise with your company. Upon receipt of our invoice, submit your payment of $500 in the form of a check accompanied with a brief letter detailing the TCNS project and contact person with whom all correspondences should be emailed. Checks for the the review fee should be made out to the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma - TCNS Program. Please also put the TCNS number on the memo line as this is how we track projects. You may hand -write the TCNS numberon the memo line. We also will accept a check for multiple towers ($500 /tower) if this is more convenient. However, our office still would like the TCNS numbers that the check will cover listed on the memo line or somewhere on the check stub. If we cannot figure out what TCNS number the check covers, our response to your project will be delayed. Please send all checks via the US Postal Service/FedEx/UPS to: Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma TCNS Program 920883 S. Hwy 99, Building A Stroud, OK 74079 2. Program Manager Sequahna Mars - Narragansett Indian Tribe - (PO Box: 350) Wyoming, RI - ScQuahna (Q- )yahoo.com; Nit1i o cna-(a-,)gnini c:oiii - 401 -419- 2959 Details: NITHPO respectfully requests that additional contacts following initial TCNS notification be made via e-mail to Sequahna Mars, at sr.iluahnaAya i oo,coln. NITHPO respectfully requests a site map (digital if possible) and photographs for all projects that involve ground disturbance. Please note that NITHPO's current review fees are as follows: For projects in which there is to be no ground disturbance the review fee is $500. For ALL projects which include ground disturbance, the review feeis $1000: 3. THPO Gary Loonsfoot Jr - Keweenaw Bay Indian Community - 16429 Beartown Road. Baraga, MI - gloonsfoatt kbic- nsn.aav - 906- 353 -4278 Details: The KBIC THPO reviews all projects within historic homelands for the presence of cultural resources with significance to the Anishinaabe. Your request will go through a preliminary review by our THPO/NAGPRA Technician, the review consists of relevant studies submitted by the applicant regarding cultural resources documentation, in house literature search, database search and GIS search for further information. If any cultural resources are identified during this process, the file will be turned over to the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer in order to make a determination of effects. Information required in order to complete this process are as follows: Project Name Project Location Physical Address Latitude and Longitude State, County,Township, Range, Section quarters Brief Project Description Existing studies for archaeological sites, and cultural resources. As of June 11, 2014 the KBIC THPO will be charging a fee of $500.00 per review /collocation unless the review covers more than one section of land in which case the fee is $500.00 per section. Fees in this process cover the research and other activities required to provide you with a timely response so your project can stay on track. Please submit payment of $500.00 for each project application submitted, checks should be made payable to KBIC THPO, 16429 Beartown Road, Baraga, Michigan 49908. Any questions can be directed to: Gary Loonsfoot Jr via email gloonsfoot .kbic- nsn.gov, or by phone: 906 - 353 -6623 ext. 4108. (Please note thatMinogheezhig Sandman - Shelifoe is no longer a contact within the KBIC -THPO office) 4. THPO and NAGPRA Representative Daisy McGeshick Ms - Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians - E23857 Poplar Circle (PO Box: 249) Watersmeet, MI - tlaisy mcgcshick (aivdtr-ibal corn - 906- 358 -0137 Details: Effective January 2016 ELECTRONIC TRANSER OF MATERIALS - The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Getegitigaaning Ojibwe Nation) will go paperless. To enable us to participate fully, Lac Vieux Desert (Getegitigaaning Ojibwe Nation) fee for such services is $500. The fee must be submitted so that the research can be done. This will be the only item received in our office via regular USPS mail or other appropriate carriers. At that time we will review and make our determinations with the appropriate information that we have on file with our Tribe pertaining to this area and an email response will go to the designated person at that agency. All Collocation Projects will be handled in the same manner as new projects UNLESS the Getegitigaaning Ojibwe Nation commented on the original project. The following information shall be emailed for each project to aisyr nicgesliickUlvdtribal join . The information must contain summary of the proposed ground disturbing activity, legal description of the Area of Potential Effects, (APE), Topo maps identifying the proposed area, and copies of any studies that have already been conducted regarding cultural resources and archaeology in their full format, including reports on archaeological andcultural sites identified to the email address below. All responses and tower project closures will be emailed back to the appropriate contact person for your agency. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 906 - 358 -0137. Miigwetch, Daisy McGeshick,THPO Fee can be sent along with the requested information to: Make Check Payable to: Getegitigaaning Ojibwe Nation THPO P.O. 249 Watersmeet, Michigan 49969 Office: 906 -358 -0137 Fax: 906 - 358- 4850Email: eshickf) lvdtriba) cony 5. THPO Edith Leoso - Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians - (PO Box: 39) Odanah, WI - 1jj1)u(@badriver- nsnn.goyll Tl-l1'()AsstAbadr' 715- 682 -7123 Details: The Bad River Tribe is interested in projects with NEW ground disturbance, only. The Bad River Tribe's fee to process requests is $650.00 per request. The Bad River Tribe's Section 106 Consultation Procedures have been updated as of April 3, 2017. If the applicantitower builder receives no response from the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians within 30 days after notification through TCNS, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians has no interest in participating in pre - construction review for the proposed site. The Applicant/tower builder, however, must immediately notify the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians in the event archaeological properties or human remains are discovered during construction, consistent with Section IX of the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement and applicable law. 6. Senior Cultural Resource Monitor Bettina Washington - Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head - Aquinnah - 20 Black Brook Road Aquinnah, MA - bettinaUwam�anoagtribe.tiet - 508- 645 -9265 7. THPO Ramona Peters - Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe - 483 Great Neck Road South Mashpee, MA - 106ReviewCi)niwt be- nsn.gav - 508- 477 -0208 (ext: 101) Details: Compliance Review Supervisor, Ramona Peters Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Mashpee, MA - electronic mail & regular mail As of March 5, 2012, The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (MWT) is charging an administrative review fee of $500 per tower. Determinations will be given upon payment of the review fee. Checks should be made payable to Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and mailed to: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Tribal Historic Preservation Department 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee, MA 02649. Please include the TCNS number on the memo line of the check in order for us to track your project payment. For requests involving multiple towers, a single check in the sum of $500 per tower is acceptable. Details: The following additional items should be submitted for each review request: A map showing the exact location of the proposed project, with the GPS coordinates. A copy of the review letter from the State Historic Preservation Office for the state in which the tower is located, with attachments associated with cultural resources to include archaeological assessment/report that includes methodology, findings and field survey results, and project area geomorphology and soils. Please limit submittal of architectural surveys (unless embedded with archaeological information), engineering /construction drawings, and excessive photos. All correspondence shall be conducted via email, with email attachments to; 106Reviewta4.mwtribe.com and regular mail. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe considers the Tower Construction Notification System's weekly e-mail to be the first notification that we receive that a tower is proposed to be constructed in an area of our concern. We do not view the TCNS notification as completion of 106 consultation obligations. Ramona Peters Compliance Review Supervisor Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Tribal Historic Preservation Office 483 Great Neck Road South Mashpee, MA 02649 (508) 477 -6186 106 eview Wntwtrib .c ►m The information you provided was also forwarded to the following SHPOs in the State in which you propose to construct and neighboring States. The information was provided to these SHPOs as a courtesy for their information and planning. You need make no effort at this time to follow up with any SHPO that does not respond to this notification. Prior to construction, you must provide the SHPO of the State in which you propose to construct (or the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, if the project will be located on certain Tribal lands) with the information specified in the PTC Program Comment. You must use the E106 System to submit this information to the SHPO; in addition, you must also use any other submission method that the SHPO may require. 8. SHPO Cara Metz - Massachusetts Historical Commission - 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA - cara.metzgsee.state.ma.us - 617- 727 -8470 9. Preservation Planner Emily Paulus - NH Division of Historical Resources - 19 Pillsbury Street Concord, NH - Emily.Paulus(�,)dcr.nh.gov - 603 - 271 -6628 10. Deputy SHPO Jeffrey Emidy - Rhode Island Historic Preservation & Heritage Comm - Old State House 150 Benefit St Providence, RI - .ict is .emidya resecvatio .ro_v - 401 - 222 -4134 11. SHPO Edward F Sanderson - Rhode Island Historic Preservation & Heritage Comm - Old State House 150 Benefit St Providence, RI - rgreenwoo daapi•esei- vation.ri aov - 401 - 222 -4130 12. SHPO Laura V Trieschmann - Vermont Division for Historic Preservation - National Life Building Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT - aura.trie hmann &,yeri- ont.gov - 802 - 828 -3222 "Exclusions" above set forth language provided by the Tribal Nation or SHPO. These exclusions may indicate types of PTC wayside pole notifications that the Tribal Nation or SHPO does not wish to review. TONS automatically forwards all notifications to all Tribal Nations and SHPOs that have an expressed interest in the geographic area of a proposal. However, if a proposal falls within a designated exclusion, you need not expect any response and need not pursue any additional process with that Tribal Nation or SHPO. Exclusions may also set forth policies or procedures of a particular Tribal Nation or SHPO (for example, types of information that a Tribal Nation routinely requests, or a policy that no response within 30 days indicates no interest in participating in pre - construction review). Under the PTC Program Comment, any request by a Tribal Nation for additional information must be case - specific and include the basis for the request. Accordingly, for PTC facilities covered by the Program Comment, you need not respond to any automated request for information, monitoring, or fees set forth in the Exclusions above. However, you should honor other requests set forth in the Exclusions, such as preferred means of communication, to the extent they are not inconsistent with the Program Comment. Please be advised that the FCC cannot guarantee that the contact(s) listed above opened and reviewed an electronic or regular mail notification. If you learn any of the above contact information is no longer valid, please contact the FCC. The following information relating to the proposed PTC wayside facilities was forwarded to the person(s) listed above: Notification Received: 05/04/2017 Notification ID: 156094 PTC Wayside Facilities Owner or Entity Name: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Consultant Name: Maureen Cavanaugh Street Address: VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C. 101 Walnut Street City: Watertown State: MASSACHUSETTS Zip Code: 02472 Phone: 617 - 607 -1590 Email: ML&U, naugh VHB.com Location Description: 800 ft. south of Noonan Place State: MASSACHUSETTS County: MIDDLESEX Number of Poles excluded from review: 16 Detailed Description of Project: This project includes 16 antennas, 10 equipment hosues, and fiber cable on existing or restored utility poles or conduit (fiber to be submitted in separate TCNS), all fully excluded, on the MBTA West Route - Middlesex County-ROW. If you have any questions or comments regarding this notice, please contact the FCC using the electronic mail form located on the FCC's website at: l tp:1 wirglc s r ,govloutmrh/tiotification /cnnta t -i'cc 1111PL You may also call the FCC at (877) 480 -3201 (TTY 717- 338 - 2824). To provide quality service and ensure security, all telephone calls are recorded. Thank you, Federal Communications Commission Parking Modification Request (13 High Street) 2 spots 15minutes Date: June 13th, 2017 Complainant— Kelpesh Patel Square Liquors 13 High Street (781) 944 -0688 (781) 248 -6186 Building Owner - Donald Scribner 13 High Street (781) 944 -7115 • Square liquors owner, Kelpesh Patel, reporting parking problem at 13 High Street • Problem created by new business, Treadmill • Treadmill is located in the old Seat Cover Mart, directly behind 13 High Street. They have a shared lot, but the spaces are not striped and there are no designated spaces for each business. • Treadmill business is quite busy and all of the lot spaces are usually taken by clients. Classes overturn every hour. • The two spaces out in front of his store are 2 hour parking. Those spaces are also being taken by Treadmill clients. He is asking that the 2 spaces located directly in front of his business be changed to 15 minute parking. • PTTTF on May 24, 2017 concluded that landlord could designate some spaces in the lot for each business to help alleviate the problem. • Conversation with building owner, Donald Scribner, provided no concrete solution. • He indicated, that "he would consider lining the lot and designating spaces in the future, but currently he likes the lot shared, open, and fluid ". He did not seem interested in designating spaces for each renter. He believes the town should designate the two spaces out front to "15 minute parking ". • There have been no parking complaints for 13 High Street this year. • Also we have written (13) parking tickets on High Street this year. • 2 photos attached. • Currently there is no regulation governing 15 minute parking spaces in the Traffic Rules and Regulations. Enforcement would be extremely difficult. • There are 8 spaces within the Downtown Business District that are designated 30 Minute parking spaces in accordance with 5.4.1.2. (Monday- Saturday) All spaces were designated in area's for shared businesses. ❖ 2 Westernmost spaces on the Northside of Haven St. 4 Southernmost on Lowell St. (Near CVS) ❖ 2 Easterly side of Main St. between 525 Main Street and Green St. • r 4 ,,y! • c • I r ✓ • ,. nA /i