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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 37 increase the factors of safety. But when you combine them there's actually the combined affect. So they did look at -- they did look at potential construction, but they didn't look at the actual quality of the rock. THE PUBLIC: Mr. Chairman, may I -- CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: One more, please. THE PUBLIC: I can return. Can I return? CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Go ahead. THE PUBLIC: I'll be quick. So from seeing boring logs is there anything that would guarantee the families on Howell Drives home safety if construction would -- changes the slope? THE WITNESS: I can't guarantee you anything on that. THE PUBLIC: Obviously you talked about extra protection, reenforcements, but doing construction on the slope you take away trees, doesn't that -- what affect would that have on water coming down the slope? Does that create another issue? THE WITNESS: Sorry. If you take away vegetation, roots, things like that, it's more exposed to a rainfall, yea, you get more erosion and instability. THE PUBLIC: Final question. If you live where I live and 15 and more 17, with your property

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