September 17, 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 47 required what mitigation plan exists, if any or none, for vibration, over break or potential slope damage and should there be a plan in place? MR. PLOCKER: Again, I believe that's outside the scope of his testimony. But Mr. Seel can go ahead and answer if he wants. THE PUBLIC: He did mention there might be potential blasting. I'm not saying -- MR. PLOCKER: Absolutely. THE PUBLIC: Yeah. THE WITNESS: And in the case of blasting we've always recommend that there be a monitoring program and that would typically involve seismographs often to make certain measurements. THE PUBLIC: In your rebuttal you kind of downplayed the utility trench affect. But did you evaluate the long-term potential for water infiltration along that trench, considering the slope instability? THE WITNESS: We -- I have to go back and look specifically at our latest analysis, but we did saturate the entire slope at one point and showed it was still stable. THE PUBLIC: Okay. And I guess I tried to make heads or tail of this, if I'm wrong please correct me. I don't say I'm