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Minutes · Mar 4, 2026

March 4, 2026, Planning Board Regular Meeting - WEHI Transcript

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53 of 54 sheets Page 19 to 19 of 20 03/11/2026 06:15:33 AM 80:24, 84:4, 88:16, 106:4, 106:6 suppression [2] - 102:4, 102:6 surcharge [1] - 49:19 Surcharges [1] - 48:23 surface [2] - 73:15, 73:19 surprised [1] - 108:12 surrounding [3] - 15:14, 44:25, 94:13 survey [7] - 21:7, 24:20, 24:21, 25:6, 50:9, 99:25 SUSAN [2] - 1:8, 1:10 Suspended [1] - 73:18 suspenders [1] - 26:1 sway [1] - 105:5 synthesis [1] - 94:21 system [17] - 21:12, 21:19, 34:13, 34:14, 34:15, 60:15, 60:16, 64:6, 101:14, 101:17, 101:23, 102:4, 124:15, 124:20, 125:17, 126:24 systems [3] - 48:17, 53:14, 72:25 T table [1] - 26:10 taint [1] - 99:23 tank [1] - 121:20 task [1] - 76:1 taxes [1] - 101:2 teach [1] - 55:23 technical [7] - 5:19, 52:16, 52:21, 55:11, 72:20, 77:13, 112:11 technically [5] - 59:17, 59:21, 59:22, 62:6, 75:25 teens [1] - 108:10 temporary [1] - 84:22 Ten [1] - 10:5 ten [1] - 55:2 tenant [1] - 18:1 tenants [1] - 18:23 tentative [2] - 7:19, 9:13 term [4] - 27:12, 48:15, 52:20, 116:8 terms [11] - 5:22, 8:17, 15:25, 20:3, 20:22, 85:21, 111:24, 120:25, 121:10, 122:5, 133:19 Terrace [4] - 62:4, 88:17, 88:20, 88:23 testified [3] - 41:13, 59:12, 95:8 testify [1] - 97:8 testimony [60] - 4:24, 5:14, 5:16, 5:21, 12:2, 12:5, 12:8, 12:15, 12:16, 12:19, 12:21, 12:24, 13:1, 13:4, 13:5, 13:9, 13:12, 26:9, 26:22, 28:18, 28:20, 30:23, 33:7, 33:10, 33:19, 37:16, 37:19, 37:23, 43:24, 53:24, 54:2, 54:4, 55:14, 55:16, 55:19, 55:21, 56:14, 56:21, 58:3, 58:6, 59:23, 62:14, 63:7, 63:20, 65:15, 68:19, 69:6, 79:23, 84:25, 86:4, 88:6, 88:13, 92:7, 94:12, 96:6, 98:22, 100:13, 120:4, 135:5 testing [1] - 22:7 text [1] - 5:23 that' [1] - 77:21 theoretically [1] - 119:23 there'll [1] - 88:15 they've [8] - 44:21, 55:2, 87:15, 94:18, 101:12, 105:7, 105:8, 112:13 thin [1] - 93:9 thinking [3] - 38:9, 83:15, 95:2 third [4] - 21:5, 30:20, 32:19, 79:12 third-parties [1] - 21:5 three [11] - 26:14, 61:18, 61:19, 78:19, 79:11, 80:21, 103:10, 104:10, 104:11, 105:2 threshold [1] - 72:20 thresholds [1] - 52:16 threw [1] - 87:12 thriving [1] - 103:20 throughout [1] - 22:24 throwing [1] - 73:10 timing [1] - 111:24 TO [1] - 136:5 today [1] - 94:7 together [7] - 24:8, 24:9, 24:10, 25:16, 37:1, 37:8, 126:14 toilet [1] - 66:13 tomorrow [1] - 110:13 tonight [3] - 94:7, 113:18, 116:11 took [3] - 15:20, 58:11, 61:22 top [11] - 33:5, 33:18, 49:15, 51:1, 51:16, 70:1, 70:4, 70:20, 74:3, 74:15, 74:17 topics [1] - 63:14 topography [8]

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orrow [1] - 110:13 tonight [3] - 94:7, 113:18, 116:11 took [3] - 15:20, 58:11, 61:22 top [11] - 33:5, 33:18, 49:15, 51:1, 51:16, 70:1, 70:4, 70:20, 74:3, 74:15, 74:17 topics [1] - 63:14 topography [8] - 6:21, 30:22, 32:14, 67:8, 71:11, 74:13, 78:23, 100:13 topsoil [1] - 48:18 Total [1] - 73:18 total [2] - 58:18, 75:21 totally [1] - 66:9 tough [2] - 39:15, 75:25 tower [7] - 65:15, 66:4, 66:18, 68:8, 68:9, 109:12, 121:22 town [14] - 13:23, 56:25, 57:3, 66:14, 66:16, 67:7, 67:9, 68:19, 84:12, 101:23, 103:4, 104:1, 127:7, 127:9 towns [1] - 59:1 TOWNSHIP [1] - 1:1 Township [4] - 4:6, 10:1, 10:3, 66:11 township [32] - 17:1, 20:18, 21:14, 21:17, 21:20, 34:5, 34:10, 34:11, 34:19, 34:21, 34:22, 35:7, 36:6, 44:24, 45:3, 45:25, 46:3, 46:4, 51:4, 57:2, 61:4, 63:5, 66:6, 70:20, 101:18, 101:19, 109:21, 109:23, 109:25, 123:15, 126:2, 127:25 townships [3] - 51:2, 62:25, 69:17 tracking [1] - 110:8 tract [3] - 95:17, 122:9, 122:15 trades [1] - 54:8 traffic [32] - 5:12, 9:24, 12:25, 13:5, 14:25, 20:17, 23:2, 23:4, 29:20, 40:17, 52:10, 58:15, 59:8, 59:16, 60:7, 76:16, 76:20, 77:21, 79:18, 80:18, 83:25, 84:2, 86:3, 87:4, 87:12, 102:17, 102:18, 105:1, 105:2, 122:10, 126:7, 126:19 train [1] - 22:23 training [1] - 5:25 transcript [7] - 5:20, 12:11, 135:5, 136:6, 136:6, 136:22 transcripts [3] - 5:16, 5:24, 12:9 trapped [2] - 58:3, 58:20 trash [1] - 17:14 treated [2] - 70:2, 73:16 treatment [2] - 53:12, 74:5 tree [16] - 58:11, 61:22, 84:17, 96:1, 96:4, 96:9, 98:13, 98:15, 98:16, 109:1, 109:3, 109:10, 115:8, 117:13, 119:1, 121:6 trees [22] - 19:18, 20:12, 20:13, 20:20, 61:19, 95:16, 95:21, 95:23, 95:24, 98:16, 99:16, 100:1, 100:2, 100:7, 100:12, 100:18, 100:19, 100:20, 105:11, 115:18 trellises [1] - 18:7 Tribe [1] - 43:3 tried [1] - 39:24 trips [6] - 27:14, 79:7, 79:9, 80:16, 80:22, 103:10 truck [3] - 89:14, 89:18, 90:5 trucks [1] - 89:10 true [3] - 60:13, 82:5, 135:4 trust [4] - 28:19, 94:18, 101:12, 116:20 trusted [1] - 116:18 try [6] - 4:19, 39:15, 39:18, 54:5, 57:2, 76:3 turn [3] - 57:17, 57:19, 63:11 19 TWA [1] - 34:24 twice [4] - 25:25, 26:5, 63:18 two [32] - 5:18, 6:10, 8:14, 13:20, 22:21, 26:16, 29:23, 32:4, 33:12, 57:12, 72:8, 72:14, 74:9, 78:19, 79:10, 83:13, 83:21, 86:21, 88:7, 98:7, 98:21, 104:15, 105:18, 108:3, 117:5, 117:7, 117:22, 118:11, 129:6, 129:9, 131:20, 134:2 type [3] - 20:12, 20:23, 50:23 types [1] - 106:16 typical [1] - 112:5 typically [3] - 97:10, 112:4,

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03/11/2026 06:15:33 AM Page 20 to 20 of 20 54 of 54 sheets unplowed [1] - 81:22 unresolved [5] - 58:21, 93:4, 93:5, 108:16, 108:18 unsafe [1] - 81:19 up [73] - 5:21, 16:18, 20:22, 25:19, 31:25, 32:19, 33:1, 34:17, 36:22, 39:16, 39:19, 41:4, 41:15, 45:14, 45:16, 45:25, 46:22, 47:18, 51:13, 51:15, 55:20, 57:6, 62:13, 66:12, 66:15, 66:19, 67:8, 67:16, 68:11, 69:16, 70:4, 70:23, 71:11, 74:16, 75:19, 75:20, 75:21, 76:3, 76:7, 77:5, 79:18, 83:9, 83:12, 84:2, 85:8, 86:25, 87:22, 88:11, 90:25, 91:5, 91:6, 92:6, 92:14, 94:18, 99:6, 99:10, 101:15, 103:1, 104:13, 106:14, 106:15, 108:8, 108:19, 108:20, 108:21, 110:21, 111:22, 112:2, 113:8, 113:15, 116:9, 119:16, 133:6 update [1] - 106:9 updated [1] - 98:5 upgrading [2] - 102:18, 103:23 upper [6] - 19:5, 24:17, 74:19, 75:22, 104:20, 110:2 upsizing [1] - 34:15 upwards [1] - 74:12 urge [1] - 58:6 usability [1] - 79:17 usable [1] - 79:15 USDA [1] - 98:4 users [1] - 79:16 utilities [1] - 127:8 utility [1] - 7:1 utilize [2] - 17:19, 85:18 V vacant [1] - 4:5 valid [2] - 53:2, 70:12 Valley [1] - 81:15 valuation [1] - 43:7 variance [6] - 6:9, 15:16, 30:20, 30:21, 31:14, 81:23 variances [3] - 8:17, 14:3, 26:11 various [2] - 15:20, 55:5 variously [1] - 79:9 vegetation [1] - 6:21 vehicle [3] - 73:15, 73:19, 81:25 vehicles [3] - 19:3, 22:1, 79:17 Vermule [1] - 99:25 Verrizzano [1] - 76:14 versus [4] - 83:19, 84:3, 84:22, 117:11 vertical [1] - 14:23 via [2] - 19:13, 20:19 vibration [1] - 16:24 vibrations [1] - 49:12 Vice [4] - 1:7, 92:24, 131:4, 132:12 vice [4] - 29:17, 42:23, 131:2, 132:10 VICE [10] - 29:18, 42:24, 43:19, 44:8, 44:10, 44:12, 45:4, 92:25, 131:3, 132:11 view [4] - 18:11, 69:21, 95:3, 99:23 violates [2] - 81:1, 100:24 violation [1] - 51:3 visible [1] - 30:25 visitor [1] - 18:23 vital [1] - 9:19 VITE [1] - 1:11 volume [5] - 52:10, 72:6, 75:6, 75:7, 80:19 vote [14] - 73:9, 104:13, 105:16, 108:20, 111:15, 112:20, 112:23, 112:25, 116:11, 124:2, 124:4, 124:7, 132:24 voting [7] - 123:22, 123:23, 129:5, 129:6, 129:8, 129:10, 130:21 W wait [7] - 24:5, 27:3, 36:25, 57:17, 64:21, 64:22, 115:13 Wait [1] - 124:11 waive [1] - 81:18 walk [4] - 38:16, 39:7, 39:15, 39:24 Walker [1] - 61:17 walkers [1] - 40:17 walking [1] - 39:6 walkway [3] - 27:24, 29:22, 29:23 walkways [1] - 6:24 wall [1] - 18:8 walls [1] - 15:18 walsh [1] - 92:14 Walsh [3] - 12:6, 12:16, 63:18 walsh's [1] - 63:20 Walter [1] - 81:3 wants [3] - 18:22, 112:15,

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