And not the site of a 180-foot cellular telephone tower.
The Otis Select Board voted during a Zoom conference Tuesday night to reject a proposed 180-foot tower off Churchill Road. Though the boardâs chairman kept open the possibility of further talks with Verizon Wireless, the proposed towerâs operator, member Larry Southard made clear his opposition to any tower rising on town land at Big Pond.
âI think the site needs to go away,â Southard said.
The decision ends more than four months of debate that routinely drew more than 100 residents to Zoom sessions, including as many as 120 on Tuesday.
OTIS â Now, theyâre ready for a real crowd.
After having a Select Board session max out on Zoom capacity in late January, spurring an Open Meeting Law complaint, officials in Otis upgraded their account.
When another large group of Otis residents joined a virtual board meeting Tuesday â most of them were opposed to a cell tower under consideration â they didnât face the same barrier. But, many left frustrated anyway, because the issue of a proposed tower on town property at Big Pond was not on the agenda.
âThey didnât allow anyone to talk,â said Frank Rizzo, a resident who listened to the proceeding.