July 30, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

09/16/2025 06:29:53 AM Page 29 to 32 of 130 8 of 33 sheets 29 discussed with my clients.1 With regard to the water supply, have you2 analyzed the site plan application?3 Yes, I have. The RSIS has a section in it that4 A. requires the applicant to deal with water supply for the5 residential development. We did not see any details6 about water supply in the 66 pages engineering documents7 that were supplied to us. And so I took a look at it8 and referencing the RSIS gives of factors on how to9 estimate how much water will be required in that10 division. That residential area.11 MR. AFRAN: Can the board hear, because Mr.12 Green's very soft spoken and the air-conditioning just13 kicked on. I'm afraid no ones going to be able to hear14 him.15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Mr. Green, hold the mic16 very close to your mouth, sir.17 THE WITNESS: I guess I got to shout.18 MR. AFRAN: If Mr. Green's wearing this mic19 in a fixed position would that be better or not?20 Mr. Green, please be like a singer on stage, hold21 Q. that mic right next to your mouth.22 THE WITNESS: All right. I'm not a good23 singer.24 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Whatever you do don't drop25 30 the mic.1 MR. AFRAN: Unless, I hate to say, shut the2 air, but.3 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: No, we've got to leave the4 air on.5 MR. AFRAN: It's very hard, I can't even6 hear, to be honest.7 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Tell you what, let's turn8 the air off for this testimony.9 Let me reiterate. I looked at the requirements10 A. --11 MR. AFRAN: Hang on a second. We're going12 to shut the air so we can hear.13 THE WITNESS: Don't do that.14 MR. AFRAN: I can't hear.15 Again, the RSIS requires --16 A. MR. AFRAN: Wait one second.17 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay. Thank you.18 MR. AFRAN: Thank you.19 Mr. Green, continue please.20 Q. Again, the RSIS, which is a governing document in21 A. the state on how these residential applications are22 supposed to be handled and what they should cover and23 one of those things is domestic water. There was24 nothing in the applicants drawings, other than to say,25 31 look at it in the future. Well, I looked at it in the1 present and discovered that they will need 900 gallons a2 minute in the peak hours in the morning and evening3 when, you know, people are getting up and getting ready4 to go somewhere. And I also calculated the daily usage5 and had to ask a question, where is all this water6 coming from. And there's nothing,

3 when, you know, people are getting up and getting ready4 to go somewhere. And I also calculated the daily usage5 and had to ask a question, where is all this water6 coming from. And there's nothing, nothing in the7 application indicating that. So that's a major issue.8 It has to be addressed in the application for it to be9 complete.10 Is there any source of water supply identified in11 Q. the application?12 No. I did a little inquiring and found out that13 A. this creek on-site is used for make up water to a14 treatment plant that then pumps the water back to some15 of the residents, I guess to the south of the site. I16 guess 300, I don't know what they are, condominiums,17 apartments or whatever they might be, I guess on the18 south side of Oval. Some of you might live there, I19 don't know. But anyhow, all of that water goes back to20 those, to that development and that's tapped out, from21 what I understand.22 What do you base that understanding on?23 Q. Basically Joe who, you know, assigned us this24 A. job, indicated that that was the information that he had25 32 obtained and he can attest to that later on when he1 speaks.2 Okay.3 Q. So assuming that there's no capacity from that4 water source, are there any other sources of water5 supply known by you based on your review of the6 application seen by you?7 Nothing currently available. There's always a8 A. possibility of drilling a well, but they didn't bring9 that up and that's not an easy thing to get done.10 Okay.11 Q. So is there any provision in the site plan --12 Nothing --13 A. -- for a well?14 Q. No.15 A. Or for well water?16 Q. No.17 A. Now, other than the -- you mentioned the brook,18 Q. are you referring to the Canoe Brook?19 I believe that's what it is, yeah.20 A. Okay.21 Q. Not living in the neighborhood, I don't know all22 A. the names of things.23 Okay. That's fine.24 Q. Now, in addition to water supply for domestic25