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65b96228-b9ab-4f72-9291-fa4a14ff04c8 5 (Pages 17 to 20) Page 17 1 let's... I see him. 2 Okay. Mr. Linson is there. 3 Mr. Linson, turn on your video and your 4 microphone please? 5 MS. BRILL: He's coming in. 6 MR. LINSON: Okay. All right. I found 7 how to unmute this thing. 8 MR. TURTELTAUB: Okay. We got him. 9 Okay, good. 10 MR. LINSON: Okay. 11 I can begin? 12 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Well, we need to -- 13 MR. TURTELTAUB: You need to put your 14 camera on. 15 We need to put your camera on, 16 Mr. Linson. 17 MR. LINSON: Okay. 18 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Lower left. 19 MR. LINSON: Oh, start video. 20 There it is. 21 Okay, how's that? 22 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Looks like John 23 Linson. 24 MR. LINSON: You have -- you have 25 visual and sound. Page 19 1 MR. TURTELTAUB: And I do thank the 2 board for its time in getting Mr. Linson on. 3 VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION 4 BY MR. TURTELTAUB: 5 Q. Mr. Linson, if you could, could you 6 please provide the board with the benefit of your 7 background, experiences, especially as it pertains to 8 trees and the preservation of trees? 9 A. Okay. 10 I have a bachelor's degree in forestry 11 from Rutgers University, 1973. 12 I have been a New Jersey licensed tree 13 expert since 1976. 14 I served as Millburn Township forester 15 for 25 years and retired 21 years ago and have served 16 as a consultant to municipalities, primarily I've 17 served -- I've consulted with over 44 municipalities 18 in three counties over the last 21 years, and I 19 served as West Orange forester for 14 years. 20 That's pretty much it. 21 Q. And in those capacities, with respect 22 to tree preservation and enforcement of tree 23 ordinances, could you give the board a little bit of 24 the benefit of your background in that as well? 25 A. Well, serving as -- as a -- as a Page 18 1 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Welcome back. 2 Mr. DeLuca, please be kind enough to 3 swear the witness. 4 MR. DeLUCA: Mr. Linson, if you could 5 please raise your right hand. 6 MR. LINSON: Yes. 7 MR. DeLUCA: Do you swear to tell the 8 truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? 9 MR. LINSON: I do. 10 J O H N D. L I N S O N, SR. 11 52 Ricker Road, Kinnelon, New Jersey, having been 12 duly sworn, testifies as follows: 13 MR. DeLUCA: Thank you. 14 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Before we begin, 15 Ms. Porter, were you alerted to this witness? 16 MS. PORTER: I was alerted to the fact 17 that there would be a tree expert. 18 I was not

MR. DeLUCA: Thank you. 14 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Before we begin, 15 Ms. Porter, were you alerted to this witness? 16 MS. PORTER: I was alerted to the fact 17 that there would be a tree expert. 18 I was not provided with any information 19 as to who it would be, nor any information regarding 20 their credentials. 21 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Any objection before 22 we get into credentials? 23 MS. PORTER: No. 24 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Okay, thank you. 25 Mr. Turteltaub, please continue. Page 20 1 municipal forester, you're subject to all kinds of 2 issues, street renovation and sidewalk renovation is 3 one of the most -- the hardest things on saving 4 trees, but -- and then the development of building 5 lots. 6 So I've developed a pretty good 7 experience in terms of how to save trees when -- and 8 knowing when they can and cannot be saved. 9 And I actually implemented a number of 10 methods in West Orange in the road reconstruction 11 projects and pretty much any tree that an adjacent 12 property wanted to save we were able to save it, so 13 -- but it's the ones that didn't want to save, that 14 didn't want to have a sidewalk that curved around a 15 tree or leaving the old curb in the -- 16 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Mr. Linson, you've 17 answered the question. 18 THE WITNESS: Yeah. Okay. 19 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Any other questions, 20 Mr. Turteltaub? 21 MR. TURTELTAUB: I just have a couple 22 quick ones and then we'll move on to his testimony. 23 BY MR. TURTELTAUB: 24 Q. Mr. Linson, in your capacities working 25 for these municipalities, have you ever been asked to