August 14, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

23 (Pages 86 to 89)23 (Pages 86 to 89) Page 86 1 the Board -- 2 MR. SHARRET: I'm asking if he's the 3 one who decided or if he was told -- 4 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Well, he -- 5 MR. SHARRET: -- to put this. 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: He was told to do 7 it, as evidenced by the application, he's the 8 architect, so -- 9 MR. SHARRET: But he didn't testify to 10 that. You're saying that, but I want to know if 11 that's the testimony. 12 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Well, it's -- it 13 stands in the public view that there is a building, 14 it's D, it has a roof deck on it and he's the 15 architect, so -- I mean, here it is, A, B, C. You 16 want him to say that, that he put the roof deck 17 there? I'm -- the Board -- the Board is here so we 18 get information to make a decision. If you're 19 asking did he physically draw that, he can answer 20 that question. That -- that would make sense. Did 21 he have a decision in the process? The applicant's 22 attorney said "We're not discussing that." This is 23 stuff that's here. 24 MR. SHARRET: Well, somebody submitted 25 this plan -- all right? -- with the fact that Page 88 1 question on this, and I -- 2 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 3 MR. SHARRET: -- understand your 4 point. Thank you. 5 Were you the one who made these 6 decisions, yes or no? 7 MR. APPEL: No. 8 MR. SHARRET: Okay. At the last 9 meeting, you put up a slide showing Building D 10 relative to steep slope. Do you recall that? 11 MR. APPEL: You said Building D 12 relative -- there were -- there were two site 13 sections that were shown at the last hearing. 14 MR. SHARRET: Right, there was a 15 cross-sectional view showing Building D and how it 16 was positioned relative to the steep slope. Do you 17 recall that? 18 MR. APPEL: Yes. 19 MR. SHARRET: All right. Do you have 20 that slide? I think it would make the question 21 easier. 22 MR. FAGAN: I don't have Mr. ... 23 (inaudible) 24 MR. SHARRET: Okay. Well, let me ask 25 the question if we don't need the slide, that slide. Page 87 1 Building D is closest to the ridgeline, closest to 2 existing homes, has the highest ceilings, has the 3 roof deck. All right? Somebody made that decision, 4 somebody submitted the plan -- all right? -- with 5 that decision. If it wasn't the architect who made 6 that decision, that's fine, but I still would like 7 to know who made that decision and whether the 8 Planning Board, you know, and this may be perhaps

decision. If it wasn't the architect who made 6 that decision, that's fine, but I still would like 7 to know who made that decision and whether the 8 Planning Board, you know, and this may be perhaps a 9 separate issue not for, you know, this particular 10 witness, but whether the Planning Board is even 11 considering, you know, asking for a change of plans 12 to move things back off of that ridgeline, to move 13 things away from the... (audio distortion) 14 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: The applicant has 15 the right under the law to present a plan. The 16 Planning Board listens to the public, listens to the 17 questions, listens to our experts, listens to their 18 experts, then decides based on all the testimony. 19 So, again, if your question is did he draw it, he 20 can answer that question because he did testify. If 21 you're asking did he decide that, he can answer 22 that, if he did or did not. It's a yes-no question. 23 Those are the issues and I want to keep this so we 24 have a clear record. 25 MR. SHARRET: I'll ask one final Page 89 1 Do you recall, from that cross- 2 sectional view, how far away Building D was in the 3 ridgeline in that cross-section? 4 (Slide is put up on the screen.) 5 MR. SHARRET: Yes, I believe this was 6 the slide. 7 (Inaudible discussion) 8 MR. APPEL: So on that, and I'm just 9 looking at the site plan right now and that area, 10 it's hard to discern exactly where -- where that is, 11 but it would be ranging somewhere between 20 and 40 12 feet. 13 MR. SHARRET: All right. Would it be 14 possible for you to provide a slide showing the 15 cross-section at that pinch point? 16 MR. APPEL: You're talking about where 17 -- where that corner is? It's going to be quite 18 similar to -- to what's -- to what's already shown 19 here on section -- on section PB-4.4C. 20 MR. SHARRET: Right, but the way that 21 you're presenting this here, and there were a lot of 22 questions, you know, concerning access to the rear 23 of the building, some safety questions in that 24 regard, you're showing this here as between 20 and 25 40 feet. I think it would be helpful to be able to