July 31, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

4 (Pages 10 to 13) Page 10 1 I allowed to ask questions about last night? 2 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Yes. 3 MR. KLEIN: So Mr. Anderson, what is 4 the diameter of the -- I guess the outside radius or 5 the diameter of the roundabout circle inside and the 6 cul-de-sac at the end of, what is it, Building -- 7 the really long building, C or D? 8 UNIDENTIFIED VOID: D. 9 MR. KLEIN: D? 10 MR. ANDERSON: I know what you're 11 asking, Lee, but I don't know that I have that 12 information right now. It's -- it's -- I believe 13 it's a hundred feet -- 14 MR. KLEIN: Diameter? 15 MR. ANDERSON: Yeah. 16 MR. KLEIN: So it's greater than 80 -- 17 MR. ANDERSON: Yeah, it's -- 18 MR. KLEIN: -- RSIS for turning 19 around? 20 MR. ANDERSON: Yeah. I demonstrated 21 last night the turning radius for a fire truck going 22 through, all the way through in either direction, 23 and turning in the cul-de-sac at the end of Road D 24 also. 25 MR. KLEIN: Okay. That was it. Page 11 1 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Mayor McCartney, do 2 you have any questions for Mr. Anderson? 3 MAYOR McCARTNEY: No questions, but 4 thank you for the clarification on the DEP permit. 5 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Vice-Chairman 6 Guarino, do you have any questions? 7 VICE-CHAIRMAN GUARINO: None at this 8 time, Mr. Chairman. 9 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. Mr. 10 Alper, do you have any questions? 11 MR. ALPER: I do have one holdover 12 from yesterday if that's all right. Assuming it 13 is -- 14 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Yes. 15 MR. ALPER: -- on Building D, there's 16 underground parking on Building D? 17 MR. ANDERSON: Yes, there is. 18 MR. ALPER: If it appears necessary to 19 do blasting for Building D specifically for the 20 parking, who decides whether or not that's safe in 21 terms of the stability of the slope? Is that the 22 contractor? Is that the township? Is it DEP? Who 23 would that be? 24 MR. ANDERSON: I think the -- it's 25 more of an architectural and contractor Page 12 1 determination. The town's building department 2 certainly would be looking at it. When the 3 architect provides his testimony this evening, 4 you'll probably see some cross-sections and you'll 5 see that that building is set below grade 6 considerably and it really, in my opinion, is not 7 susceptible to sliding down towards Mayfair or any 8 failure like the other building that was in town, 9 but I think you'll have to see the exhibit to 10 actually appreciate what I'm -- what

is not 7 susceptible to sliding down towards Mayfair or any 8 failure like the other building that was in town, 9 but I think you'll have to see the exhibit to 10 actually appreciate what I'm -- what I'm saying. 11 MR. ALPER: Sure. That makes sense. 12 The concern that's in my head and, you know, as a 13 layman, it could be from nowhere, it's just that 14 blasting -- is it possible that blasting could -- 15 before anything is built, that blasting could 16 disturb the rock and cause a future problem, change 17 the condition of the site in a way that might not be 18 detectible if all the soil studies and everything 19 else have been completed? 20 MR. ANDERSON: Well, the blasters 21 obviously do it all the time and they do pre-blast 22 surveys and other things to identify the existing 23 conditions around the site and identify any 24 potential problems such as that. It's their 25 profession, they know all the real particulars of Page 13 1 how to do it. And I know this applicant has had 2 other projects where they have done blasting so they 3 have a good relationship with the people that do 4 that type of work. 5 MR. ALPER: Thank you. 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you, Mr. 7 Alper. Mr. Wilkes. 8 MR. WILKES: No additional questions. 9 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you, Mr. 10 Wilkes. Mr. Cardoza? 11 MR. CARDOZA: No questions, Mr. Chair. 12 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you, Mr. 13 Cardoza. Ms. Kapferer. 14 MS. KAPFERER: I have a holdover 15 question as well. 16 Regarding the porous pavement -- 17 MR. ANDERSON: Um-hum. 18 MS. KAPFERER: -- can you describe how 19 that will be maintained, like frequency and things 20 like that, and then also, who would be responsible 21 for maintaining it? 22 MR. ANDERSON: It would be the 23 applicant. Whoever is the owner of the property is 24 obligated to clean it periodically, usually we're 25 thinking two to three times a year, to get dust and