August 14, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

16 (Pages 58 to 61)16 (Pages 58 to 61) Page 58 1 residents. 2 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC: (Inaudible) 3 it's not available. 4 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am, please. 5 Thank you. Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, I'm asking you to 6 -- thank you. 7 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC: Okay. 8 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Go right ahead, sir. 9 MR. PETER GUARINO: Do you know how 10 big the kennel is where you propose it? 11 (Pause) 12 MR. APPEL: The current footprint of 13 the building is 50 feet by 24, so that's 1200 square 14 feet times two stories. 15 MR. PETER GUARINO: Two stories. 16 Okay. And if I remember correctly, did you say that 17 that was also part of the maintenance building? 18 MR. APPEL: No, it's next to the 19 maintenance building. 20 MR. PETER GUARINO: It's next to the 21 maintenance building. And what's the proximity of 22 that building to the setback along Avon Drive? 23 (Pause) 24 MR. APPEL: I would not know the 25 setback without looking at the site plan. Page 60 1 about the common amenity deck on the roof of 2 Building D, so that is -- there's exposure toward -- 3 I guess facing easterly, which I guess could be a 4 little bit impacted, you know, where you could see 5 some angled view from Howell, it doesn't directly 6 face Howell, but the exposure toward Howell is maybe 7 around 70 feet in width. So -- now, in addition to 8 this, what was discussed at the prior meeting was 9 that there was desire to put some greenery up on the 10 roof and we thought that was a great idea, 11 suggestion by the Board and we think what that will 12 also do is it will push activity away from the 13 perimeter of that deck, so by having either potted 14 trees or planters there, it will push activity away 15 from the edge of the building, which I think will be 16 helpful with -- with regard to that. 17 MS. MEYEROWTIZ: Will the trees 18 between the building and the cul-de-sac on Howell be 19 torn down and can those be replanted to prevent the 20 noise? 21 MR. APPEL: I -- 22 MS. MEYEROWTIZ: Or can anything else 23 be done to mitigate the noise coming from that 24 rooftop to Howell Drive? 25 MR. APPEL: Well, you gotta remember, Page 59 1 MR. PETER GUARINO: Okay. And I don't 2 know if you can answer this, but having a kennel 3 that may or may not be available to the public, 4 would that not increase traffic flow? 5 MR. APPEL: I couldn't comment on the 6 traffic that's generated from that. 7 MR. PETER GUARINO: All

a kennel 3 that may or may not be available to the public, 4 would that not increase traffic flow? 5 MR. APPEL: I couldn't comment on the 6 traffic that's generated from that. 7 MR. PETER GUARINO: All right. Thank 8 you. 9 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you, sir. 10 Ma'am, come up. State your name and 11 spell your last name, please. 12 MS. MEYEROWITZ: Nancy Meyerowitz, 13 M-E-Y-E-R-O-W-I-T-Z. I have a couple questions 14 about the roof deck on Building D. 15 First of all, why would you put the 16 roof deck on Building D, which is only a hundred 17 feet from Howell Drive and many of the houses on 18 Howell Drive and much closer than any of the other 19 buildings to other houses, and what will we see from 20 Howell Drive? Will the windows face -- will there 21 be a patio on both buildings; will the windows face 22 Howell Drive? Can you talk a little bit about the 23 roof deck and the impact on Howell Drive? 24 MR. APPEL: So the roof deck is at 25 center of the building so it's -- if you're talking Page 61 1 the closest house to the edge of the closest portion 2 of the building is almost 270 feet. 3 MS. MEYEROWITZ: I thought it was 106. 4 MR. APPEL: So that's -- 5 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC: Woods? 6 (Many members of the public shout out - 7 indiscernible) 8 MS. MEYEROWTIZ: We're right on the 9 cul-de-sac, I mean, our property touches on the 10 cul-de-sac. 11 (Many members of the public shout out - 12 indiscernible) 13 MR. APPEL: So I don't have the street 14 addresses of the houses, but from the -- the 15 northern edge of Building D, we took measurements to 16 several of the houses that exist, which would be on 17 the northern side of Howell Drive, I guess around 18 where that cul-de-sac is, and those dimensions to 19 the edge of the building are in excess of 300 feet 20 from the -- 21 MS. MEYEROWITZ: Okay, because the 22 documents that are on the website seem to say it was 23 106 feet. 24 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC: 106 feet. 25 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC: Yeah.