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Page 83 1 respectfully request that our application be amended to 2 reflect the 9 feet based on the earlier discussion by 3 my colleague, Ms. Parlavecchio, that for the 4 installation of the brick pillars we're seeking that 5 additional height. 6 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Okay. That seems to be a 7 minor amendment and it's approved. The application is 8 amended. Please continue, Ms. Merainer. 9 THE WITNESS: There are reasons we are 10 asking for a more robust fence. You have seen the 11 fence. We've provided the brochure. The fence we are 12 proposing meets National Electric Safety Code and PSE&G 13 standards. It is stronger due to the steel material 14 and supporting concrete foundations. Some of you have 15 already looked at the fence that's existing. You saw 16 the condition of the pillars. You saw the condition of 17 the wrought iron. Wrought iron was widely used in the 18 early 1900s but now there are better modern 19 equivalents. The fence we are proposing has the slats 20 -- actually fence manufacturers call those the pails. 21 The pails are the vertical sections. The fence we are 22 proposing has slats that are three-and-one-quarter-inch 23 wide. That is to make it less able to be climbed. The 24 concern is someone putting their foot between the slats 25 and managing to get over the fence. Right now the