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 39 MR. AFRAN: Well, if I may just reserve a point that in his opinion as an expert is not limited only to looking at this particular case. His concerns that instability obviously drawn on his experience overall. That's why we bring experts here. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: If somebody doesn't follow appropriate standards, apparently what he's saying. Here we are not there yet. We don't know who's going to be doing it and we don't have the plan in front of us. We're going to surmise that they're going to be done within the right way to do it. MR. AFRAN: Mr. Bagoff, with respect, I don't think you have a legal right to make that statement. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: The statement is, let's focus on this area and this application and not what somebody else did. There maybe -- and there are many people and I will ask you as an expert, do other people do it correctly? Do other people do blasting correctly. THE WITNESS: Yes, if they're overseen, it's not an outside agency, but they're overseen -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: That's fine. So both sides heard correctly, in his opinion and people are blasting incorrectly, in his opinion. MR. AFRAN: My concern actually goes back to