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 94 comfortable with to handle their equipment. In the case of Oval Road, it's a 20-foot easement that connects into Essex Fells. In the case of the Howell Road design, it's basically a 16 foot paved road down to Howell. MS. KAPFERER: And are there any -- is there a criteria for slopes? I think -- THE WITNESS: You basically follow the same slopes of the road. So in terms of the slope down to Howell, that's ten percent. Same as it's following the max, so it's traversable. Just to give some sense, a handicapped ramp is 8.3 percent. So while it is a slope, it is not a nonnegotiable slope. MS. KAPFERER: My other questions are about sidewalks. I am not sure that you testified to all of this tonight, so this may be back to last year. THE WITNESS: Most of it is. MS. KAPFERER: Yeah. Answer what you can, I guess. Was there consideration of a sidewalk on Warner Road and Oval Road and outside of the immediate West Highlands to gain access to the sidewalk on Eagle Rock Avenue? THE WITNESS: Not outside our property bounds. MS. KAPFERER: Okay. And I believe this was asked, in your