August 14, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

54 (Pages 210 to 213)54 (Pages 210 to 213) Page 210 1 people who pay for the running of this town is just 2 as valuable as anybody who's getting paid for their 3 time. We're not getting paid, and if you don't get 4 paid -- if you have no price in our system, you have 5 no worth. 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: You have a lot of 7 worth. 8 MS. SMALL: That's what you get for 9 nothing, it's worthless, it's priceless, and if it's 10 priceless, it's not paid. 11 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 12 MS. SMALL: So I want to know whether 13 you will give me a discount off my taxes, or the Tax 14 Office will, for the time -- 15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 16 MS. SMALL: -- valuable time, because 17 my time is running out -- 18 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 19 MS. SMALL: -- I'm getting old -- 20 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 21 MS. SMALL: -- and time is everything. 22 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 23 MS. SMALL: Time is money. 24 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, you're 25 taking the time from the people who are sitting next Page 212 1 I appreciate that. The gentleman -- 2 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 3 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Yes, you do. The 4 gentleman -- 5 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 7 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 8 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 9 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 10 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 11 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 12 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 13 MS. SMALL: You're helping them more 14 than you're helping the people you're serving for 15 free as a volunteer. I'm questioning that. 16 Meanwhile -- meanwhile, you said that I could come 17 up and submit this. 18 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, there's a 19 gentleman behind you. 20 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 21 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, the 22 gentleman behind you has got questions. Why don't 23 you let him speak, please. 24 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 25 MR. LATERZA: Patrick Laterza, Page 211 1 to you who also want to hear the information -- 2 MS. SMALL: Is there anybody here who 3 feels that they don't want to hear -- that they want 4 something I'm asking for now? 5 MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC: Yes. 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 7 MS. SMALL: Why don't you (inaudible 8 word) then? 9 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay. There's a 10 gentleman behind you who's got a couple of 11 questions. Thank you, have a wond -- 12 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) these four 13 gentlemen, my feeling, as I'm sitting here, seem to 14 be -- 15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 16 MS. SMALL: --

t a couple of 11 questions. Thank you, have a wond -- 12 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) these four 13 gentlemen, my feeling, as I'm sitting here, seem to 14 be -- 15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 16 MS. SMALL: -- impatient. 17 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: They're not -- 18 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 19 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 20 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 21 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 22 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 23 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you very -- 24 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 25 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you very much, Page 213 1 L-A-T-E-R-Z-A. Can Ms. Small -- 2 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: No, put it down. 3 MR. LATERZA: Okay. I'm sorry, I'll 4 hold on -- I'll give it back. Not right now, all 5 right? 6 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Put it down. 7 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible). 8 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. 9 MR. LATERZA: I'm sorry, I forgot my 10 question. 11 I have two quick questions and 12 hopefully I'm the last. First, going back to, you 13 know, not to belabor the very important point of 14 affordable housing, by my count, there's 97 units, 15 is that correct, or I'm incorrect on that? 16 MR. APPEL: You're talking about -- 17 you're talking about -- 18 MR. LATERZA: On the plan -- the 19 affordable housing, yes. 20 MR. APPEL: A hundred units. 21 MR. LATERZA: There are a hundred, 22 okay, because the map keeps on glitching on me. 23 The second question has to do with 24 access for construction, the location attached to 25 Howell Drive that's supposed to be used for