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 32 prior persons question. In terms of the Planning Board, whose responsibility would that be if there is damage to the homes if you guys approve this development? THE WITNESS: I can't answer that. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Thank you. Would any other members of the public have questions, please come up and be identified? THE PUBLIC: Rachel Klein, Howell Drive. Based on your -- so if there's slope failure you indicated it would be possibly rocks falling and damage to the homes. Would there be a warning or this is something we could, oh, like a couple rocks are falling, so somethings going on there. Is there a way to get ourselves, you know, to safety or not have to worry about getting ourselves to safety if this fails or if this goes through? You know, looking towards the future to this building sitting on the slope right above our homes where our children -- where they play, live. THE WITNESS: It's not -- it's not easy to predict in terms of, for example whether it would be a slow sudden -- is the material -- the material on the surface, if the soil material would fail, it would likely, what's called a slump and it would kind of flow down the hill, so you'd probably get, probably get a few minutes of warning. If it's the rock failure, usually