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Public Works committee approves single utility pole location for Summit Drive house, rejects alternate site
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Summary
The committee approved Rhode Island Energy's petition to install a utility pole at location P251 to serve a new home on Summit Drive and denied the alternate pole location P250 after DPW flagged P250 as too close to an existing driveway.
The Cranston Public Works Committee moved to approve a petition from Narragansett Electric and Verizon New England to install a new utility pole to serve a new dwelling on Summit Drive, approving the pole labeled P251 and denying an alternate pole site labeled P250.
A member of the public and a property owner representative, Robert Murray, told the committee that P251 “is fine with us, and it'll satisfy our needs.” Committee members and the Department of Public Works reviewed aerial photographs and a recommendation from the DPW director that the P250 location be denied because it would sit very close to an existing driveway.
After clarifying that the petition included two pole locations, the committee split the petition. The solicitor advised that a petition with multiple requests could be approved in part and denied in part with clear motions. The maker then withdrew the earlier blanket motion to approve and reintroduced a motion to approve P251 and deny P250. The committee then voted in favor of approving P251 and denying P250.
Ending: The committee recorded a roll call in which members present voted to approve the petition in part (P251 approved; P250 denied). Staff will notify Narragansett Electric/Verizon of the committee's recommendation and document the denied/approved locations in the file.
