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Page 127 1 in July of 2024. 2 One of the CME comments noted that a new 3 ordinance had been adopted as of June 10th, 2024, 4 which occurred after the original site plan 5 application had been submitted. The original 6 submitted plan was in conformance with the 7 previous ordinance with 170 replacement trees 8 proposed, exceeding the 167 trees required to be 9 replaced. 10 The new ordinance requires a total of 351 11 trees to be planted. This rendered plan shows an 12 increased total number of replacement trees at 317. 13 It is short of the 351 by 34 trees. The project 14 team proposes working with the town forester for 15 additional considerations as a condition of 16 approval. 17 I would like to note that to get to the 18 317 trees, we have maximized the number of trees we 19 believe will fit on the site given the amount of 20 space available. That includes the underground 21 utilities and also preserving existing vegetation. 22 We have also increased the size of the majority of 23 the proposed trees to 4-inch caliber to be in 24 conformance with the new tree ordinance. 25 This was brought up as a comment from the