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Minutes · Aug 25, 2025

August 25, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

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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 37 field, you can imagine the detail of doing this, this is the 1880's. This was forested and many times other parts of northern New Jersey were completely deforested. So this is an area that has been forested at least since 1880's and so, you know, that gives you kind of the context of what is the future going forward for the next 30, 100, 150 years of this parcel. So with that I will wrap up my presentation. Thank you very much for your patience. Thank you for your questions. Here are the maps that I mentioned. Again, it's very user friendly, but you can use this QR code or you can click on these links I provided in the presentation to the board and thank you very much for your attention. Q. I have one quick follow up question. Thank you very much. Could you go back to the soil quality chart. I wanted to clarify one piece of testimony. Now, you mentioned that the purple area is 1B, is it 1B -- A. 1B, correct. Q. And you said that was second tier, meaning it was the most productive before the first, which is the farmland? A. No, this is forest productivity and so 1B, and I

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