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Page 66 1 Has it been considered to look at putting 2 the pods elsewhere? And I mention that because in 3 the previous case with Seton Hall Prep, they used 4 underground tanks under their athletic field on 5 Prospect Avenue and the Zoning Board approved those. 6 The Zoning Board also approved a settlement that was 7 brought by Mr. Malanga to preserve an additional 8 acre of trees at The Shillelagh Club. 9 When I look at what you're proposing for 10 the pods, I'm thinking they can be put somewhere 11 else and those trees don't have to come down. 12 Can you address that, please? 13 THE WITNESS: So in order to gravity-drain 14 stormwater to these bioretention basins, there 15 wasn't really any other location for them. We don't 16 advise putting them inside the station mainly 17 because there -- it can impede any repairs that 18 may be needed on the sub -- you know, on the 19 equipment. 20 Additionally, there's a lot of underground 21 utilities that are already all over this existing 22 station that go into duct banks that, you know, 23 leave the site. So the only place to really put 24 them was on the east side. 25 The reason we can't do underground tanks