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tight, because the Board of Selectmen would have to meet after the hearing date (and any comment period) and before the end of June. We plan to ask our cable attorney (Peter Epstein, newly under contract again) to draft a formal “Preliminary Denial of Renewal” in case the schedule slips past what’s achievable. We also want to have a vote of the CAC recommending that the Board approve the renewal. Mr. Pogran will contact Mr. Steel as soon as possible. 9. Verizon FiOS license renewal process The Town received notification dated March 18, 2019 that they want to renew their cable TV license that expires on October 31, 2021. The earliest date on which they could have notified us was three years prior to expiration, or October 31, 2018. so they appear to not be in a rush. To preserve our rights should either party choose to use a formal negotiation process (that we believe is NOT preferable), we have to show some activity seen as preparing for negotiation within six months of their letter, or by September 18, 2019. We can easily do that, but can’t forget the obligation. We’ve heard that Verizon has so much renewal activity that they plan to use local attorneys instead of in-house staff because of the extra work load. A motion to request authorization from Board of Selectmen to initiate the license renewal process with Verizon was made and seconded, and unanimously approved. 10. Discussion of 5G wireless technology and concerns about potential health impacts Cecelia (Cece) Doucette gave a talk at the April 25, 2019 Hanscom Area Towns (HATS) Committee at Lincoln Town Hall on (her perceived) dangers of Radio Frequency (RF) Radiation to humans. She was formerly associated with the Ashland, MA schools, and was instrumental in getting the town to upgrade schools’ communications using more wireless technology. She has now been convinced that wireless communications is dangerous to humans, and is on a campaign to bring people to her point of view. Messrs. Avallone and Becker attended that meeting and reported their thoughts. Cece is a true believer that the sky is falling. She has compiled a large number of references on RFR, but may not understand their significance at any depth. In her talk she refers to certain documents for support, but Mr, Becker believes that support to be weak in some cases. She also claims a series of human ailments are caused by RFR (child and adult cancers, autism, Alzheimer’s, infertility…irregular heartbeats, anxiety, depression, behavior issues…and more) without any solid evidence. Reminds one of old-time medicine men selling elixir off the back of a covered wagon, but in this case as the cure for a list of diseases (flu, syphilis, cancer) instead of the cause. 3