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Minutes · Jun 4, 2025

June 4, 2025, Planning Board Regular Meeting Transcript - WEHI

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24:13, 42:13, 42:22, 61:19, 61:22, 61:23, 68:12, 70:15, 76:10, 98:13, 99:8 state's [1] - 55:9 statement [1] - 15:11 Statement [1] - 15:23 statute [3] - 14:22, 15:1, 15:2 stay [1] - 81:7 steeper [1] - 21:22 stenographically [1] - 101:5 step [2] - 63:14 stick [1] - 11:22 stifle [1] - 87:8 still [7] - 58:3, 58:5, 58:8, 58:15, 62:22, 70:4, 96:6 stippled [6] - 32:7, 32:8, 32:12, 33:1, 33:6, 34:21 stop [1] - 68:10 storm [2] - 74:23, 80:13 storms [2] - 72:20, 78:9 stormwater [40] - 7:20, 9:4, 9:9, 25:13, 25:15, 28:12, 32:23, 35:3, 39:18, 39:24, 40:17, 40:21, 41:1, 41:8, 41:11, 41:15, 42:7, 42:21, 43:1, 46:11, 46:24, 47:8, 47:18, 48:20, 49:12, 62:20, 63:11, 63:13, 70:3, 70:8, 74:4, 74:5, 74:20, 78:21, 80:10, 89:21, 89:23, 96:20 stream [23] - 23:19, 23:21, 23:25, 24:18, 24:21, 26:14, 26:16, 27:24, 31:21, 42:12, 50:10, 54:10, 72:9, 75:5, 75:6, 75:7, 75:9, 75:12, 75:22, 75:24, 76:24, 87:20 streams [12] - 23:13, 23:23, 23:25, 24:2, 24:13, 24:23, 25:10, 34:10, 43:2, 51:21, 63:10, 82:21 street [2] - 85:7, 86:19 strict [1] - 70:24 strike [1] - 30:16 structure [5] - 33:20, 34:1, 57:25, 73:14, 74:17 subdivision [1] - 14:24 subject [4] - 14:19, 20:24, 79:11, 81:9 subjects [1] - 8:5 submission [3] - 15:15, 21:9, 55:25 submissions [1] - 66:24 submit [13] - 7:24, 15:16, 16:18, 17:19, 18:9, 57:14, 57:19, 57:21, 58:2, 58:17, 60:20, 66:22, 67:4 submitted [7] - 17:15, 56:2, 58:9, 64:15, 85:6, 85:14, 95:20 submitting [2] - 17:8, 17:9 subsequent [1] - 46:21 substantial [2] - 8:12, 33:10 subsume [1] - 48:13 sudden [1] - 59:10 suggesting [1] - 12:2 SUITE [2] - 1:23, 2:7 summer [1] - 91:23 supercede [1] - 54:9 superceded [1] - 48:2 Superior [1] - 64:6 supplemental [2] - 4:24, 92:15 support [2] - 19:10, 79:10 supposed [2] - 41:17, 55:17 surface [27] - 19:9, 19:25, 20:11, 20:17, 22:2, 22:20, 22:25, 23:2, 23:16, 24:22, 25:5, 25:19, 25:25, 26:9, 26:15, 32:22, 33:13, 33:19, 34:14, 48:15, 50:9, 51:7, 63:8, 72:22, 74:15, 74:19, 81:23 surprised [1] - 46:10 surrounding [4] - 38:4, 38:23, 80:20, 87:5 Survey [3] - 21:8, 37:2, 37:8 survey [3] - 21:24, 29:13, 62:18 SUSAN [1] - 1:9 Susan [2] - 85:12, 98:14 13 suspend [1] - 66:2 suspended [1] - 44:17 suspending [1] - 61:20 suspension [1] - 66:6 swear [1] - 5:21 sworn [2] - 6:2, 6:9 system [15] - 25:9, 32:23, 41:4, 42:14, 43:1, 43:2, 43:12, 47:1, 74:20, 77:21, 78:16, 79:12, 80:11, 89:23, 96:2 systems [2] - 72:21, 78:19 T table [36] - 20:22, 21:1, 21:4,

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- 5:21 sworn [2] - 6:2, 6:9 system [15] - 25:9, 32:23, 41:4, 42:14, 43:1, 43:2, 43:12, 47:1, 74:20, 77:21, 78:16, 79:12, 80:11, 89:23, 96:2 systems [2] - 72:21, 78:19 T table [36] - 20:22, 21:1, 21:4, 22:17, 22:24, 23:1, 27:16, 27:19, 27:22, 28:3, 28:16, 28:22, 29:3, 29:10, 29:24, 44:19, 48:25, 50:4, 52:11, 62:19, 69:7, 69:10, 70:6, 70:19, 71:2, 71:3, 72:1, 72:4, 72:11, 73:19, 79:9, 81:4, 95:13, 95:25, 96:4, 96:12 tables [3] - 29:13, 29:17, 49:19 talks [1] - 15:14 taught [1] - 7:5 teach [1] - 6:25 Temple [2] - 7:1, 7:2 ten [4] - 9:8, 27:17, 63:17, 92:21 tend [8] - 22:7, 23:23, 25:24, 35:12, 35:13, 49:19, 73:14, 74:21 tends [5] - 22:2, 22:14, 23:11, 23:19, 51:1 term [1] - 22:22 terminate [1] - 97:23 terms [15] - 5:11, 34:9, 35:5, 44:10, 46:25, 47:21, 59:3, 68:20, 69:6, 80:9, 80:13, 81:15, 97:1, 97:2, 97:13 territory [1] - 38:5 test [5] - 5:8, 28:21, 50:17, 51:4, 51:9 testified [12] - 7:19,

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3, 27:1, 27:14, 27:25, 28:14, 28:25, 33:21, 42:19, 48:9, 48:10, 50:10, 51:7, 53:5, 53:6, 70:12, 72:8, 73:8, 75:1, 93:2, 93:7, 98:3, 98:11 town [10] - 14:24, 16:7, 55:8, 60:8, 67:11, 82:7, 82:9, 82:10, 91:24 towns [3] - 55:8, 60:21, 83:3 TOWNSHIP [1] - 1:1 Township [9] - 4:6, 59:20, 61:2, 82:8, 82:19, 83:15, 83:19, 83:23, 96:21 Township's [1] - 17:20 Townships [2] - 15:17, 54:9 tract [1] - 55:10 training [1] - 11:2 transcript [2] - 99:3, 101:5 transcripts [3] - 99:12, 99:19, 99:21 transformation [1] - 20:14 transformed [2] - 20:16, 36:16 transforming [1] - 51:21 transition [1] - 54:4 transpiration [1] - 20:25 treatment [2] - 25:15, 42:2 trees [7] - 15:19, 16:1, 20:24, 20:25, 72:21, 86:9, 88:23 tributary [2] - 77:3 tributary's [2] - 77:9, 77:10 tried [1] - 71:25 true [1] - 101:4 truth [3] - 5:22, 5:23 try [2] - 69:13, 91:7 trying [9] - 14:16, 39:10, 39:14, 87:2, 87:8, 91:22, 92:12, 92:24, 98:3 turn [1] - 30:2 twice [1] - 96:16 two [13] - 24:23, 27:2, 27:20, 27:23, 41:22, 47:16, 47:20, 47:22, 52:12, 55:6, 71:1, 91:25, 100:4 type [1] - 11:1 types [5] - 12:6, 21:12, 36:19, 36:20, 59:3 typical [3] - 25:8, 63:15, 75:7 typically [8] - 16:2, 19:17, 20:23, 21:15, 35:24, 36:8, 56:18, 82:17 U U-shaped [2] - 35:10, 35:16 U.S [4] - 18:14, 21:7, 37:2, 37:3 ultimately [7] - 6:13, 11:18, 12:18, 23:18, 25:16, 25:17, 77:14 unable [1] - 98:15 under [12] - 6:2, 15:13, 15:24, 16:15, 17:22, 19:10, 45:16, 49:23, 55:3, 55:9, 65:25, 96:18 undergo [1] - 8:11 underneath [1] - 87:20 understandably [1] - 98:9 understood [3] - 30:5, 53:13, 93:25 understory [1] - 8:8 unique [4] - 38:3, 38:6, 38:9, 38:21 unit [1] - 4:4 University [2] - 6:24, 7:2 unless [7] - 37:24, 55:13, 59:14, 72:7, 91:6, 92:17, 99:8 unusual [1] - 56:9 up [35] - 6:6, 18:21, 19:5, 22:3, 24:20, 28:13, 29:7, 36:4, 36:18, 37:16, 37:17, 39:21, 40:1, 47:7, 48:18, 50:1, 56:22, 61:19, 62:2, 68:5, 68:11, 72:17, 74:8, 74:23, 76:10, 80:3, 80:12, 82:5, 84:14, 85:17, 86:22, 87:21, 90:8, 99:6, 99:7 upgraded [1] - 35:12 upgradient [2] - 73:15, 73:19 uphill [2] - 27:19, 72:3 upland [5] - 20:3, 21:3, 36:4, 36:7, 51:3 upper [3] - 30:21, 31:9, 35:17 upsetting [1] - 72:21 upstairs [1] - 100:11 upstream [1] - 48:21 urging [1] - 60:13 14 useful [1] - 12:5 uses [1] - 46:22 V vacant [1] - 4:5 vain [1] - 99:2 valid [1] - 82:10 value [1] - 51:24 variable [1] - 36:13 vegetation [7] - 19:11, 19:16, 19:17, 19:19, 19:20, 65:11, 71:21 verify [1] -

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