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 59 THE WITNESS: Yes. THE PUBLIC: So can -- so are those homes on the toe of the slope, are they built into the toe of the slope? Because I know my backyard has several -- THE WITNESS: Retaining walls. THE PUBLIC: -- Retaining walls. Correct. THE WITNESS: Yeah, I saw those. THE PUBLIC: So is that part of the toe, the original slope that's already been built into? THE WITNESS: Yes, they cut -- in order to make those houses work, you can see how the topography, the slope goes down, it then gets cut off by a retaining wall and then you get a lower elevation. A much lower elevation that shows that a retaining wall was constructed into the slope. For example that's why I was asking 15 Howell, there's not, at least that's the one closest to that northeastern or that northwestern side of the site. THE PUBLIC: I think most of the homes there have an average of, how many retaining walls would you say were built? THE WITNESS: I don't know. THE PUBLIC: You don't know. So if this was built as it's proposed today, not on a conceptual plan that was originally shown and,