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cbd6abed-8cda-4dba-9ebd-560688bcfcb2 15 (Pages 57 to 60) Page 57 1 arborist? 2 THE WITNESS: I would consider them both. 3 Based on their credentials and experience I'd consider 4 them to be experts. And as I mentioned, as much as the 5 town forester who will be involved on this site 6 intimately moving forward. So I would expect those 7 discussions to continue. 8 MS. BENNETT: Would you want to know from 9 the PSE&G Forester if he felt specific trees on this 10 site should be preserved? 11 THE WITNESS: As I mentioned we work with 12 the vegetation management team to do that. I can't 13 speak directly to a specific forester. There are lots 14 of employees with PSE&G, and I've been speaking with 15 members of that team. 16 MS. BENNETT: As I understand from the 17 PSE&G Forester there's one Forester. 18 THE WITNESS: That's possible. 19 MS. BENNETT: So I -- 20 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Let's go onto something 21 else, please, Ms. Bennett. He's told you who he's 22 spoken with and not and you're coming to the end of 23 your available time, so please move onto something 24 else. 25 MS. BENNETT: Thank you, Mr. Neuer. Page 59 1 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Well, I see a phone 2 number. 3 MR. FAGAN: She's back. Sally Malanga, 4 welcome to the meeting. Please state your name and 5 address for the record. 6 MS. MALANGA: Thank you. Sally Malanga, 7 Ridge Road. Mr. Futey, I've been listening -- 8 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Ms. Malanga, the exact 9 address, not just Ridge Road. 10 MS. MALANGA: 57 Ridge Road. I've been 11 listening very carefully to the testimony and really 12 appreciate what you've laid out in terms of the tree 13 planting, lots of natives and so on. So you clearly 14 know your trees in the sense of what should be put in 15 in a modern replanting. But the public's really 16 concerned about 12 very large trees ranging from 17 30 inches to 58 inches that Kevin had brought up and 18 Mr. Scott had brought up, and I'm just wondering if you 19 are willing to look at those trees and go back to your 20 engineer and make an extra effort to preserve them for 21 their historical status and the fact that the public 22 really cares about these trees and is concerned about 23 them? And just -- 24 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Ms. Malanga, let me remind 25 you that you're questioning on behalf of yourself. You Page 58 1 Understood. So I think I just have one additional 2 question, Mr. Futey, and I appreciate your time

EUER: Ms. Malanga, let me remind 25 you that you're questioning on behalf of yourself. You Page 58 1 Understood. So I think I just have one additional 2 question, Mr. Futey, and I appreciate your time and the 3 Board's time. 4 In your opinion is there a way to save more 5 trees? 6 THE WITNESS: I don't believe that there 7 are based on the nature of the improvements. We've 8 taken a very conservative look at this, but I don't 9 believe that based on the electrical equipment, like I 10 said, the grading that's required, I think we are -- we 11 have a solid plan. 12 MS. BENNETT: Thank you very much. 13 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Thank you, Ms. Bennett. 14 And Ms. Bennett, for your edification I've made it 15 clear on many occasions as Chairperson of this Board 16 that where an expert does not personally visit the site 17 it has a negative impact on his or her credibility. So 18 don't think that because Mr. Futey has not been to the 19 site it is a free pass. Any other hands up, Mr. Fagan? 20 MR. FAGAN: Yes, Mr. Chairperson. Sally 21 Malanga, welcome to the meeting. Please state your 22 name and address for the record. 23 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Ms. Malanga? 24 MR. FAGAN: She seems to have disappeared 25 from the screen. Page 60 1 don't represent anyone else. You don't represent any 2 organization, and you certainly don't represent the 3 public. You represent Sally Malanga. Kindly ask your 4 question in that vain. 5 MS. MALANGA: Thank you. In consultation 6 with my friends these are the 12 trees that we care 7 about and that we are asking if you'd be willing to 8 back and take another look. If it requires moving a 9 road a few feet just to save the 58-inch London Plane, 10 for example, or making the detention basins 11 underground. There seems to be alternatives that have 12 not been discussed. That is my question to you, Mr. 13 Futey? 14 THE WITNESS: Like I say, I stated in 15 previous answers, these are all engineering related. I 16 can't really speak to the viability of those, but I 17 absolutely appreciate what you're trying to do and 18 appreciate what the public desires. No one is 19 indiscriminately trying to remove anything, but we are 20 also trying to obviously improve the station and meet 21 the requirements for the town in terms of the ordinance 22 which we do, in addition to meeting Federal and state 23 regulations. 24 So there's a lot that's going into this. I 25 do

station and meet 21 the requirements for the town in terms of the ordinance 22 which we do, in addition to meeting Federal and state 23 regulations. 24 So there's a lot that's going into this. I 25 do appreciate what you're doing absolutely without a