Dunstable Legals

Lease of the Town's Municipal Water System Water Tower for Wireless Communications Facilities

Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30B, § 16, the Town of Dunstable is soliciting sealed proposals to lease an area of a Town-owned water supply tank for the construction of a new telecommunications facility, and operation of this facility to support wireless communications activities.

The water tank is located on Town-owned property at 108 Pleasant Street, Dunstable, Massachusetts, shown as Parcel 53-2 on the Town of Dunstable's Assessor's Map 17, consisting of approximately 5.6 acres of land.

Sealed proposals will be received at the Office of the Town Administrator, Town of Dunstable, Town Hall, 511 Main Street, Dunstable, Massachusetts 01827 until August 6, 2024 at 4 PM, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

All proposals will remain in effect for a period of one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days from the deadline for submission, or until a lease agreement is signed by a selected proposer and the Town, or this Request for Proposals is cancelled, whichever occurs first.

Each original proposal must be delivered together with four (4) additional copies in a sealed package, plainly marked "RFP - Proposal for Lease - Wireless Communications Facilities," and addressed to: Town Administrator, Town Hall, 511 Main Street, Dunstable, MA 01827.

The Town of Dunstable reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, waive any informalities in the proposals, and to accept the proposal deemed to be in the best interest of the Town. A lease agreement will be awarded, if at all, to the responsive and responsible proposer whose proposal is deemed by the Town to be the most advantageous, taking into consideration price and the evaluation criteria included in Section 6 and 7 of the RFP. This Request for Proposal and supporting documentation do not constitute an offer or agreement to lease the property. Such an offer and agreement may result only from a duly adopted vote of the Dunstable Town Meeting and the execution of a lease agreement pursuant to said vote by the Dunstable Board of Water Commissioners, and shall be subject to the Town's Commercial Telecommunication Towers By-Law.

5/31/2024, 6/7/2024 A

At its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 10, 2024 at 6:35pm at the Town Hall lower level, the Dunstable Conservation Commission will consider a Request for Determination of Applicability (RDA) filed by the Town of Groton for the Groton Water System Expansion Project. The subject water system will be installed along portions of Groton and Kemp Streets in Dunstable. The project activities will occur within the Towns right-of-way and the regulated buffer zones of Resource Areas. Request submitted by Environmental Partners Group on behalf of the applicant Thomas Orcutt, 173 Main St. Groton, MA 01450. The Commission will make its determination in accordance with the provisions of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. c.131 § 40, its associated Regulations (310 CMR 10.00) and the Town of Dunstable General Wetland Bylaw. The RDA is on file in the Commission office at the Town Hall. Please call 978-649-4514 x230 or email CRock@Dunstable-MA.GOV to review the full application.

Dunstable Conservation Commission

5/31/2024 F

The Dunstable Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 20th at 6:35pm in the Dunstable Town Hall, 511 Main Street, lower level regarding the application submitted by Joseph Dean for approval of a Site Plan under Section 14 Site Plans and Sections 6.8.1 and 25 Solar Energy Systems of Dunstable Zoning Bylaw. The applicant wishes to install a 16.6 kW DC (40 panel) ground mounted tracker solar array at 165 Pleasant St, Dunstable, MA, parcel 12-43-1, which is located in the R-1 Residential zone. Owner of the property is Joseph & Roberta Dean, 165 Pleasant St, Dunstable, MA 01827.  

If you would like to review the application, please contact either Carol Rock (CRock@Dunstable-MA.GOV) or Town Clerk Brynn Durno (townclerk@dunstable-ma.gov) or call 978-649-4514 to schedule a time to come to Town Hall.

Respectfully,

Carol A. Rock, Administrative Assistant

Dunstable Planning Board

5/3 and 5/10 D

The Dunstable Board of Selectmen will hold a public hearing on the following pole and wire locations petition filed by National Grid on Tuesday May 07, 2024 at 5:05 p.m. for the following:

Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid requests permission to locate poles, wires, and fixtures, including the necessary sustaining and protecting fixtures, along and across the following public way: #30943255

Hardy St - National Grid to install 4 SO Poles on Hardy St beginning at a point approximately 645' feet northwest of the centerline of the intersection of Hardy St and Thorndike St. and continuing approximately 770 feet in a northwest direction. National Grid to install push braces on Poles 4, 7, and 8. Also install 1 new Pole 5-84 with anchor. Remove tree guys.

Also, for permission to lay and maintain underground laterals, cables, and wires in the above or intersecting public ways for the purpose of making connections with such poles and buildings as each of said petitioners may desire for distributing purposes. Your petitioner agrees to reserve space for one cross-arm at a suitable point on each of said poles for the fire, police, telephone, and telegraph signal wires belonging to the municipality and used by it exclusively for municipal purposes. 

Persons with an interest in this public hearing are asked to appear at the Town Hall, 511 Main Street, Dunstable, MA on the date and time affixed to this notice.  

BOARD OF SELECTMEN

DUNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS

4/26/2024 B