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Minutes · Feb 25, 2026

February 25, 2026 Planning Board Special Meeting - WEHI Transcript

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67 of 68 sheets Page 28 to 28 of 29 03/20/2026 06:14:03 AM virtually [3] - 66:21, 68:20, 73:12 visible [2] - 7:1 vital [3] - 60:8, 70:6, 73:16 VITE [1] - 1:12 vociferous [1] - 39:2 void [1] - 141:15 volume [1] - 129:13 voluntarily [1] - 91:2 voluntary [1] - 92:6 vote [10] - 20:14, 28:18, 86:1, 93:1, 98:13, 99:10, 104:2, 126:14, 146:7, 151:20 voted [2] - 98:8, 101:12 W wait [2] - 77:20, 148:7 waivers [1] - 109:12 wake [2] - 26:4, 68:22 wake-up [1] - 26:4 walk [1] - 36:21 walked [1] - 91:24 walking [3] - 19:7, 131:19, 132:7 wall [1] - 108:16 walls [4] - 107:15, 107:17, 107:18, 108:12 walsh [4] - 41:20, 47:6, 119:17, 120:4 Walsh [5] - 14:4, 15:10, 40:17, 45:4, 74:14 wants [3] - 9:21, 74:23, 114:8 Warner [28] - 4:5, 24:19, 56:12, 76:21, 77:5, 77:6, 77:9, 77:10, 78:3, 79:13, 79:14, 79:18, 80:3, 81:3, 90:6, 94:1, 103:11, 106:18, 125:8, 125:13, 126:10, 128:24, 129:4, 131:10, 131:15, 131:17, 133:10 warner [1] - 21:9 warranted [1] - 135:12 waste [2] - 14:14, 83:9 watch [1] - 151:23 watching [2] - 5:10, 53:11 Watchung [1] - 109:21 water [66] - 39:24, 41:8, 41:12, 41:14, 42:10, 42:16, 42:17, 42:20, 42:22, 43:4, 43:7, 43:9, 43:14, 43:23, 44:1, 44:5, 44:13, 44:17, 44:25, 45:2, 45:19, 46:4, 46:7, 47:19, 65:10, 65:19, 65:22, 65:24, 66:2, 66:4, 66:8, 66:13, 66:19, 67:8, 67:23, 68:1, 68:2, 84:5, 84:23, 84:24, 84:25, 85:3, 88:20, 88:21, 93:23, 117:8, 119:12, 122:16, 123:19, 125:5, 125:7, 125:12, 125:16, 125:17, 125:19, 125:20, 125:25, 126:1, 126:7, 126:15, 126:22, 134:22, 137:16, 146:11, 148:15 Water [6] - 93:24, 125:6, 125:18, 145:10, 148:20, 148:21 waterline [1] - 126:10 waterlines [3] - 125:8, 125:11, 145:9 waters [3] - 66:5, 67:6, 84:21 Wayne [1] - 11:23 ways [6] - 33:16, 79:10, 80:7, 80:11, 80:14, 80:23 weak [1] - 23:14 wear [2] - 10:8, 86:22 Wednesday [2] - 147:24, 151:22 WEDNESDAY [1] - 1:2 Wednesday's [1] - 86:7 week [4] - 28:7, 110:2, 146:6, 148:22 weeks [1] - 147:24 WEHI [2] - 93:16, 147:18 weigh [3] - 88:3, 89:8, 89:9 weisleder [1] - 102:2 Weisleder [3] - 102:4, 102:15, 102:25 welcome [2] - 4:1, 86:16 welfare [17] - 10:24, 17:6, 17:12, 73:20, 84:7, 85:22, 90:25, 96:19, 97:16, 97:20, 98:2, 100:23, 106:14, 116:12, 143:19, 143:25 west [12] - 55:15, 95:8, 95:9, 110:25, 111:5, 111:11, 111:23, 112:22, 118:24, 119:5, 120:24, 134:10 West [18] - 4:4, 4:8, 9:20, 36:11, 38:14, 38:17, 69:2, 92:5, 92:16, 92:20, 93:4, 93:14, 93:24, 100:5, 104:22, 104:24, 105:9, 121:19 WEST [3] -

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