August 25, 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 81 surface run off, containing sediment, chemicals, and microplastics, into this drinking water source, and Such run off can lead to turbidity spikes, harmful algal blooms, and higher pathogen levels in this drinking water source, and The roughly 19,000 residents of South Orange receive their drinking water from the Canoe Brook; and Residential neighborhoods surrounding and adjacent to this core forest are flood prone, experience repeated flood events, and exist in the 0.2% annual chance (500-year) FEMA floodplain; and Open space properties and parklands downstream from this property contain floodways, and or exist in the 1% annual chance (100-year) FEMA floodplain, and experience repeated flood events; and Urban flooding can occur in places that are well outside of mapped floodplains and can be caused by rain falling on increased amounts of impervious surfaces overwhelming the capacity of drainage systems; and This forest contains tens of thousands of trees, providing green infrastructure for stormwater management as well as providing for the absorption of carbon dioxide, the production of oxygen and relief from heat island effect and essential ecological Habitat, and The proposed removal of untold numbers of