August 13 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 22 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. MR. AFRAN: I have a quick question. I just want to clarify. Q. In your understanding Mr. Goll, to what extent is the Army Corps of Engineers standards and manual representing the standard of care in the engineering profession? A. All engineers and geotechnical engineers follow that standard of care. It's something that we reference off of. So it's something to go by. A lot of other organizations also then refer to the Army Corps of Engineers or American Society of Civil Engineers and other professional organizations in the engineering field. MR. AFRAN: Thank you. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay. Mayor McCartney, do you have any questions? MAYOR McCARTNEY: Trying to formulate a question with all this information. So it sounds like what's described here, though it says the factor of safety is 2.0, so you're under that but from a geotechnical engineer is there a way to shore it up? What would have to be done to -- THE WITNESS: You'd have to do an extensive program, going in and stabilizing it, putting in rock