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Supporting Documentation · Jun 4, 2025

3 12 25 WO PB Draft Minutes

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11 • Mr. Simon asked with regard to the deficiency notice that the property owner received in November 2023 from the soil conservation district that stated rip rap needed to be installed at the conduit outlet swell headwall, is that your recollection of what it said. Mr. Grabowski said it had to be done from end to end • Mr. Simon asked where did it say it had to be done from end to end. Mr. Grabowski said it was a verbal notice. • Mr. Simon asked didn’t the deficiency notice also state that the approved limit of soil disturbance have been exceeded and that the property owner had to submit a revised soil erosion sediment control plan. Mr. Grabowski said he can’t answer that, he wasn’t aware of that. • Mr. Simon asked when you installed rip rap in the drainage ditch, did any portion of that drainage ditch encroach upon the property commonly known as 42 Eagle Ridge Way. Mr. Grabowski said he just put it in where the water was traveling. • Mr. Simon asked do you know when you performed the rip rap installation if you were performing partly on 42 Eagle Ridge Way. Mr. Grabowski said he is not sure. • Mr. Simon asked the length of the clay pipes. Mr. Grabowski said it was 40-50 feet. • Mr. Simon asked the length of the elliptical pipe, was that also approximately 50 feet in linear length. Mr. Grabowski said 50-60 feet, he doesn’t have the exact measurements. • Mr. Simon asked are the elliptical pipes longer than the 2 clay pipes. Mr. Grabowski said yes a little bit. • Mr. Simon asked do you know whether the removal of the clay pipes for the installation of the elliptical pipe partially encroach on either 42 Eagle Ridge Way and/or Lot 11 to the south which is owned by Llewellyn Park. Mr. Grabowski said it is pretty close but to get an exact you would need to get a survey. • Mr. Simon asked when you performed the work related to the retaining wall, was there any particular plan that you followed. Mr. Grabowski said what was there was a circle of wall and tried to rebuild it of what was there. • Mr. Simon asked you performed grading or disturbance of the site in the area of the rear yard beyond that retaining wall. Mr. Grabowski said yes. • Mr. Simon asked when did you put the 10 large tanks. Mr. Grabowski said he doesn’t have the exact dates currently. • Mr. Simon asked do you have training in stormwater management. Mr. Grabowski said he has field experience. • Mr.

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put the 10 large tanks. Mr. Grabowski said he doesn’t have the exact dates currently. • Mr. Simon asked do you have training in stormwater management. Mr. Grabowski said he has field experience. • Mr. Simon asked which engineer were you in consultation with during the time you performed your work at 40 Eagle Ridge Way. Mr. Grabowski said Matarazzo. • Mr. Simon asked when did you start communication with Mr. Matarazzo regarding the work you performed. Mr. Grabowski said he was hired by Mr. Cohn and he would come out and give him a cut sheet for the pool or the building. He didn’t have any in depth conversation about the site. • Mr. Simon asked did you ever discuss the removal of the clay pipes or the installation of the elliptical pipes with Mr. Matarazzo. Mr. Grabowski said no. • Mr. Simon asked prior to June 2021, did you perform work at 40 Eagle Ridge Way. Mr. Grabowski said no. • Mr. Simon asked did you install the rip rap along the entirely of the common lot line between 40 and 42 Eagle Ridge Way. Mr. Grabowski said half of it that was required by soil conservation. • Mr. Simon asked was it the half towards the rear of the property. Mr. Grabowski said it was from the rear to where it flattens out.

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