August 14, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

41 (Pages 158 to 161)41 (Pages 158 to 161) Page 158 1 MR. APPEL: This is -- this is really 2 a site question, you know, of overall, you know, how 3 the buildings are connected and the site engineer 4 gave testimony of where -- where all the sidewalks 5 and pedestrian circulation is. 6 MS. STOLOFF: Okay, so you're not 7 familiar with -- 8 MR. APPEL: I was not responsible for 9 this -- 10 MS. STOLOFF: Okay. 11 MR. APPEL: -- drawing so I'd be 12 testifying with somebody else's work product. 13 MS. STOLOFF: That's fair. I don't 14 know if he'll be brought up another time, but I just 15 wanted to understand how, especially kids, get from 16 Buildings A, B, C and D around the community. Thank 17 you. 18 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 19 Will you state your name, sir, and 20 spell your last name for the record, please. 21 MR. DUBOVY: Todd Dubovy, D-U-B-O-V-Y, 22 10 Burnett Terrace. 23 I wanted to follow up on a question 24 that I wanted to ask earlier but I was told I could 25 not, with reference to the trees. Since you gave Page 160 1 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: -- that's what the 2 applicant -- the applicant has the right to answer 3 the question -- 4 MR. DUBOVY: Yes. 5 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: -- if -- if there is 6 testimony to that specific answer. If he doesn't 7 know how much of the tree canopy -- 8 MR. DUBOVY: Then let him say that. 9 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: -- then he can say 10 it. 11 MR. DUBOVY: Well -- 12 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: If he does, he can. 13 So the answer is? 14 MR. DUBOVY: Let him answer that. 15 MR. APPEL: This is a site question. 16 MR. DUBOVY: Okay. 17 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 18 MR. DUBOVY: Thank you. 19 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay. 20 MS. WHITE: Good evening. I hope my 21 voice -- 22 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Good evening. 23 MS. WHITE: -- is clearer than it was 24 the last time, working on my throat. My name is 25 Barbara White, I live on Howell Drive, directly Page 159 1 testimony speaking to deciding where certain trees 2 would be kept and others would not be, has there 3 been any -- 4 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: I don't -- I'm 5 sorry. I don't think he provided testimony about 6 keeping trees and that -- I don't -- 7 MR. DUBOVY: He did. He specifically 8 said where location of trees were located on the 9 property relative to buildings. 10 MR. APPEL: I -- I think my testimony 11 was that there were areas that were fenced off and 12 preserved in order to -- 13 MR. DUBOVY: No, no, that --

ocated on the 9 property relative to buildings. 10 MR. APPEL: I -- I think my testimony 11 was that there were areas that were fenced off and 12 preserved in order to -- 13 MR. DUBOVY: No, no, that -- different 14 issue. 15 MR. APPEL: Okay. 16 MR. DUBOVY: My question specifically 17 is whether or not any consideration has been given 18 to how much of the town's tree canopy is going to be 19 reduced by 6,000 trees you're removing. 20 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: If he didn't 21 testify, the answer is no, he doesn't know. 22 MR. DUBOVY: You're going to give him 23 the answer? 24 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Well, no -- 25 MR. DUBOVY: That's good. Page 161 1 across from the subject property. 2 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. Will you 3 spell your last name, please? 4 MS. WHITE: W-H-I-T-E. 5 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 6 MS. WHITE: All right. And I'd 7 appreciate it if you could put back up, it was 8 PB-4.4C. My questions are relative to Building D. 9 MR. APPEL: So that's the -- from the 10 first round of sets. 11 (Site plan is put up on the screen.) 12 MS. WHITE: That's it, and I need the 13 blow-up of the corner piece. 14 UNIDENTIFIED VOICE: (Inaudible) 15 MS. WHITE: That's it. So if you go 16 to the top of the Building D, I'm assuming that's 17 basically across from Howell Drive; is that correct? 18 MR. APPEL: Over here (indicating). 19 MS. WHITE: Yes, up there. Make sure 20 I'm reading it correctly. 21 So a couple of questions with respect 22 to that. First is something I'd like to know 23 relative to the settlement agreement itself. I 24 already know that you're talking about this building 25 being roughly four feet higher than the others with