July 31, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

30 (Pages 114 to 117) Page 114 1 we have an idea -- is that demarcated anywhere, the 2 proposed tract compactors, like do we know the 3 size -- 4 MR. APPEL: Oh, sure. 5 MR. CARDOZA: -- the noise, how they 6 operate, smells emanating? 7 MR. APPEL: So what I will show you is 8 -- why don't I go down just to -- could we zoom in 9 over, let's say -- a little bit more. Over to this 10 area (indicating)? 11 MR. FAGAN: That's as far as I can go. 12 MR. APPEL: Oh, okay. So here's 13 elevator, stair, that's the trash room right there. 14 So you're going to go in here, there's going to be a 15 door, a bin door to a chute, you're going to drop 16 the trash down there and there will probably be a 17 row of some shelving and toter cans for putting 18 recycling in there. So, basically, a resident goes 19 out of their apartment, walks down toward the 20 elevator, drops the trash and -- it's a simple 21 process. 22 MR. CARDOZA: So the size of the trash 23 compactor is? 24 MR. APPEL: The trash compactor is not 25 there, that's only a chute. Page 115 1 MR. CARDOZA: Ah, okay. 2 MR. APPEL: In the garage level -- 3 MR. CARDOZA: The garage level, okay 4 -- 5 MR. APPEL: -- that room is going to 6 be like four times the size -- 7 MR. CARDOZA: Okay. 8 MR. APPEL: -- and is going to have a 9 compactor unit, which is remarkably small and the 10 container is remarkably small; it's amazing, these 11 things just crush the garbage into like a third of 12 the volume. 13 MR. CARDOZA: So what I'm getting at 14 is that you're anticipating that the proposed trash 15 compactor will be able to handle the volume of, you 16 know, waste produced by, say, full occupancy or 80 17 percent and that maintenance will regularly, you 18 know, remove these -- 19 MR. APPEL: Correct. 20 MR. CARDOZA: Okay. 21 MR. APPEL: -- the strategy is those 22 containers, they will typically engage a hauler and 23 they will figure out do they need two or three of 24 those to handle, let's say biweekly or whatever, you 25 know, the collection, so... Page 116 1 MR. CARDOZA: Okay. 2 MR. PLOCKER: I just wanted to state 3 for the record -- sorry to interrupt you. 4 MR. CARDOZA: No, please. 5 MR. PLOCKER: I just want to -- 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Mr. Plocker, go 7 right ahead. 8 MR. PLOCKER: Thank you very much, Mr. 9 Chairman, my apologies. Just the level of detail, 10 obviously, some of this is a little premature, the 11 more

HAIRMAN BAGOFF: Mr. Plocker, go 7 right ahead. 8 MR. PLOCKER: Thank you very much, Mr. 9 Chairman, my apologies. Just the level of detail, 10 obviously, some of this is a little premature, the 11 more detailed we get, and I appreciate Mr. Appel to 12 the extent he can address some of the more specific 13 items, but he did allude a couple of times some of 14 these will be ownership decisions after the 15 buildings are built, but we do intend to fully 16 comply with the design terms and conditions of the 17 settlement agreement. 18 MR. CARDOZA: Terrific, terrific. 19 Yeah, I understand and I appreciate that, I'm just, 20 as much as I can, you know -- thank you. 21 So you mentioned handicapped 22 accessibility and you mentioned FHA. I just want to 23 -- I just want to understand, are we talking ADA 24 compliance as well? 25 MR. APPEL: So FHA is the equivalent Page 117 1 of ADA for residential buildings. 2 MR. CARDOZA: Okay. 3 MR. APPEL: So it's just a simple, 4 that's the term -- if I said ADA, everyone would 5 know what I'd meant but I'd be wrong, so -- 6 MR. CARDOZA: All right. 7 MR. APPEL: -- I'm saying "FHA". 8 MR. CARDOZA: I just wanted to clarify 9 that. 10 MR. APPEL: And there's also a 11 barrier-free subcode, so we will be conforming with 12 that as well. 13 MR. CARDOZA: Okay. Can we look at 14 the dog park and maintenance building? 15 MR. APPEL: This is -- this is 16 obviously the maintenance building. 17 MR. CARDOZA: Okay. And -- I guess I 18 don't need too much. More so just looking at them 19 on the -- on the map, actually. 20 MR. APPEL: So -- 21 MR. CARDOZA: Or we can -- actually, 22 you're close to it. We can go to the dog park. Or 23 the kennel, the kennel. Go to the kennel. 24 MR. APPEL: Do you want the overall, 25 like --