August 14, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

37 (Pages 142 to 145)37 (Pages 142 to 145) Page 142 1 regulatory proceeding? 2 MR. APPEL: Not -- not one that has 3 gone through this, you know, amount of, you know, of 4 design and interaction with the DEP. 5 MR. REDWINE: Has the DEP made a final 6 ruling on any of your client's applications? 7 MR. APPEL: I'm not aware of the final 8 status. 9 MR. REDWINE: Okay, is that -- once 10 the DEP makes a final ruling, is that something you 11 will need to re-review? 12 MR. PLOCKER: Mr. Appel did not 13 testify as to any environment -- 14 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: All he has to do is 15 say he didn't testify to it, that's the answer. 16 MR. APPEL: It's not part of my 17 testimony, the DEP's work. 18 MR. REDWINE: Okay. If your 19 architectural plans need to change as a result of 20 any sort of regulatory -- any sort of review of our 21 town's ordinance, any sort of regulatory proceeding 22 before the DEP or anything else, are you prepared to 23 come back and testify and spend several days with 24 all the good people in this room again? 25 MR. PLOCKER: Once again, I'm going to Page 144 1 Chairman, or the attorney. 2 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: The question is 3 actually now for the applicant's expert. 4 MS. BENNETT: Just point of -- I'm 5 just trying to find -- it'll streamline my questions 6 if the environmental impact statement was 7 accomplished or not. 8 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Did you do -- I 9 don't know. We have to look. It's a good question; 10 we have to look. Why don't you go on with your 11 questions while we look. 12 MS. BENNETT: All right. It would 13 abbreviate my questions and I'd like to be brief for 14 you all. 15 All right, so Mr. Appel, again, I 16 apologize, I walked in late, I don't want to assume, 17 but you were qualified as an expert in -- in 18 architecture, yes? 19 MR. APPEL: Architecture. 20 MS. BENNETT: And design, right. 21 Okay, and so your website is ADGarchitects.com. 22 MR. APPEL: That is correct. 23 MS. BENNETT: Okay, and you're a 24 principal of that -- of that company. 25 MR. APPEL: Yes. Page 143 1 address that. If any requirements change that 2 legally and lawfully apply to this application and 3 this site, obviously, he would have to come back, 4 but it all depends what that would be and the 5 circumstances under which that would advise. 6 MR. REDWINE: Thanks. 7 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 8 Come right up, state your name and 9 spell your last name for the

pends what that would be and the 5 circumstances under which that would advise. 6 MR. REDWINE: Thanks. 7 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 8 Come right up, state your name and 9 spell your last name for the record, please. 10 MS. BENNETT: Micaela Bennett, 11 B-E-N-N-E-T-T. 12 Chairman, just -- and I apologize, I 13 walked in a little late, so... This is a major or 14 minor application before you? 15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Major site plan. 16 MS. BENNETT: Major. 17 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Yes. 18 MS. BENNETT: So did it have the 19 environmental impact statement, the environmental 20 impact piece accomplished yet? 21 MR. PLOCKER: It's not part of his 22 testimony. 23 MR. APPEL: That was not part of my 24 testimony. 25 MS. BENNETT: My question is of the Page 145 1 MS. BENNETT: Okay. So on your 2 website, you state that many of your projects have 3 also incorporated green sustainable design and 4 planning technologies, and it goes on, but that 5 paragraph ends with describing how you worked very 6 hard to receive the CGP designation, certified green 7 professional. Yes? 8 MR. APPEL: Yes. 9 MS. BENNETT: Okay. So a lot of my 10 questions are going to be about your environmental 11 considerations, and if it wasn't one of your 12 considerations, that's fine, if you would just say 13 whether it was or not. 14 Okay, so -- but the reason I'm going to 15 ask you questions about the environment is because, 16 as I understand -- I could be wrong, I'm not an 17 architect, but as I understand, the architect for 18 any design project should be considering, amongst 19 other things, the environmental impact, correct? 20 MR. APPEL: Environmental -- you're 21 talking about certain portions of environmental 22 impact are site related, there are certain pieces 23 that are architecturally related. My expertise and 24 responsibility is on the building design. 25 MS. BENNETT: Under -- I understand,