July 16, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 38 to competent rock so that they could then lay a foundation on it. Well, the blaster thought he was doing our client a favor by over blasting so that the excavator could then go in and dig deeper and it was just easier to take it out. Except what happened is they over blasted. Meaning they completely eliminated the structural strength of that material underneath and they had to go in and retrofit. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Do you belive that blaster -- THE WITNESS: What I'm saying -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: No, we're not going to hear any more about that. Let's focus on this application here. THE WITNESS: I am -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: That's opinion. That is not pertinent here. That's somebody else's application. MR. AFRAN: Well, he's explaining why, if I may, why -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: This is opinion about another site. Focus on this site and information relative to this. But could it be done in the future by somebody else who is or is not doing something in relation to what they think is extra, not here, right now.