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Minutes · Aug 13, 2025

August 13 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

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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 31 not near a steep slope compared to where my property is located, do you think that the impact of the excavation process would be greater or equal based on the location of the development and relative to my property? THE WITNESS: There's more opportunity -- I'm sorry. There's more opportunity for -- I mean, obviously because there's a slope there, there's more opportunity for failure to occur as opposed to being further back or in an area that is relatively flat. THE PUBLIC: Okay. And in terms of that failure, what does that look like? Is it damage to the foundation, is it causing structural -- THE WITNESS: Of your home? THE PUBLIC: Correct. THE WITNESS: I don't know, but, you know, if there was a slope failure means rock that would slide down and toward your house, depending where the failure was. If it was in that more eastern corner toward 15, it would be -- it would go toward your house. How far would it go, I don't know. But, yeah, sure, if fragments of rock got to your house it would cause some damage. THE PUBLIC: Okay. And in terms of just a follow up to the

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