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 62 top before, only about 100 feet away from where they're proposing to blast, in 1998? THE WITNESS: I heard some anecdotal testimony at the June 30 meeting. There was discussion about that. THE PUBLIC: Does that change anything or do you think that event might happen again and something to be concerned about? MR. PLOCKER: I'm going to object. Does he know about the event. Was there an event. I don't know. I'm hearing this for the first time. If he has the details he can testify, but if he doesn't know about it I think it would be speculative. MR. AFRAN: Well, he did say -- I'm sorry. MS. McGOVERN: He's giving a hypothetical. THE PUBLIC: No, it happened. MR. AFRAN: The witness said he heard testimony about it at the prior meeting. MS. McGOVERN: He's taking it as hypothetical, which is permitted for an expert to do. I'm not saying it didn't happen. I am not saying it did happen. Representing it as a hypothetical. MR. AFRAN: Thank you. THE WITNESS: Well, to be clear, I don't know the nature of that failure. I don't know the