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cbd6abed-8cda-4dba-9ebd-560688bcfcb2 4 (Pages 13 to 16) Page 13 1 Kipp, the Town Forester, who is the ultimate surveyor 2 of the Ordinance verifying our compliance with the new 3 ordinance in terms of the counts, in terms of the 4 species. 5 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: Thank you. Would it 6 be fair to say that if you cut the trees that you 7 propose to cut along the fence, the fence line on 8 Prospect Avenue and Mount Pleasant, it would remove the 9 screening that we were just discussing? 10 THE WITNESS: It will remove some of the 11 trees. A lot of the ones on Prospect Avenue have 12 already been removed. And that was at the direction of 13 the previous Forester, Ron Carr, who approached PSE&G 14 directly because they were posing a hazard. Limbs were 15 falling on the road. That was taken under advisement. 16 Those trees have been removed, so the safety hazard has 17 been taken care of. A lot of those trees on that 18 frontage have already been removed. We're not 19 proposing on removing many more. The only reason would 20 be, again, for the health of the trees only, not for 21 the tree replacement. 22 As you go on to Mount Pleasant we are 23 proposing, we're moving trees around the entry area for 24 the realignment of the road and the bioretention basins 25 and the fence installation. So there's a lot of work Page 15 1 one moment. Ms. Parlavecchio, do you have a Court 2 Reporter tonight? I didn't see the Court Reporter from 3 the last meeting on the screen. 4 MS. PARLAVECCHIO: I believe it is Iris. 5 THE COURT REPORTER: Yes, it is, Mr. 6 Chairman. Iris LaRosa. 7 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Thank you. Mr. Warner, 8 would you administer the oath to Ms. LaRosa? 9 (Whereupon, Mr. Warner administers the oath 10 to the Court Reporter.) 11 I R I S L a R O S A, the Certified 12 Shorthand Reporter is duly sworn. 13 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Thank you, both. Back to 14 you, Mr. Scott. 15 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: Thank you. Mr. Futey, 16 you mentioned that some of the trees were being taken 17 up in order to accommodate a new road or -- 18 THE WITNESS: Road alignment. The 19 realignment of the entry off of Mount Pleasant. 20 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: And in order to do 21 that you will be taking down more trees? 22 THE WITNESS: Well, the ones that are 23 accounted for at the -- closest to the corner of Mount 24 Pleasant and Prospect. And again, there's bioretention 25 basins there's, there's the road

e trees? 22 THE WITNESS: Well, the ones that are 23 accounted for at the -- closest to the corner of Mount 24 Pleasant and Prospect. And again, there's bioretention 25 basins there's, there's the road realignment, and Page 14 1 that's happening there. Trying to save anything there 2 I think would be detrimental to any of the trees there 3 and probably shorten their life, so we're going back 4 with new plants that can then establish in that 5 location, and they're mostly evergreen trees. 6 And that's one of the other things with the 7 new plan that we're going back with. We're being much 8 more intentional about the planting and the screening. 9 We are proposing a number of evergreen tree species 10 which do not exist on the site now. Right now, and I'm 11 sure as you saw when you visited the site, it's 12 primarily deciduous trees from the fence line all the 13 way back to the station. So in the wintertime, for 14 example, deciduous trees lose their leaves. The view 15 into that station you have the branches and everything 16 but you can see all the way through. What our plan 17 does is actually we have a zone more or less in the 18 middle of our planting along Prospect Avenue in 19 particular with those evergreen species. So we'll 20 maintain the I'll call it the visual capacity that you 21 get from what's there today with the deciduous trees 22 but we're going to have an actual evergreen barrier 23 behind that now. Now that we can be a lot more 24 intentional with what we're going back with. 25 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Mr. Scott, excuse me just Page 16 1 there's also the replacement of the fence that's 2 happening there. So there's a lot of work that's 3 happening there, construction access, for example. So 4 most of those trees in that zone in particular are 5 coming down. 6 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: And about how many 7 trees will that be? 8 THE WITNESS: I have in that exact location 9 probably nine trees. 10 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: And those are healthy 11 trees? 12 THE WITNESS: Those are viable trees per 13 the ordinance, yes. 14 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: And do you know how 15 old those trees are? 16 THE WITNESS: I would estimate again we're 17 talking in the 40- to 50-year area. 18 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: So to replace them 19 would take literally the life-span of pretty much all 20 of us here? 21 THE WITNESS: Yes, 40 -- for us a little 22 bit longer, but yes. 23 BOARD MEMBER

ea. 18 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: So to replace them 19 would take literally the life-span of pretty much all 20 of us here? 21 THE WITNESS: Yes, 40 -- for us a little 22 bit longer, but yes. 23 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: Okay. That's what I 24 mean. Have you considered moving the road just a 25 little bit further in a different direction in order to