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Page 17 1 save those trees? 2 THE WITNESS: That's really outside my 3 purview. That's really more of an engineering 4 decision. 5 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: That's an engineering 6 decision? 7 THE WITNESS: Correct. 8 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: Very well. Thank you. 9 How tall are the existing trees that you plan to cut 10 down that are located along Prospect and Mount Pleasant 11 Avenue? 12 THE WITNESS: Again, we're talking about 13 before -- I'd say 50 feet on average. Fifty, 60 feet 14 probably. 15 BOARD MEMBER SCOTT: And how many years 16 would it take for the new trees to provide screening 17 equal to the existing trees? 18 THE WITNESS: Well, that's I guess a little 19 bit of an interesting question. Because we have the 20 evergreen trees going in I would expect a pretty decent 21 screen with those within probably ten years they'll be 22 reaching an appreciable height. So you'll have that 23 visual barrier from the roadway looking into the 24 station. And they'll grow together as well, which is 25 the intent. We plant them so that the foliage