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Page 27 1 leave it up to the discretion of the enforcing 2 officer, who may be a forester or may be an engineer 3 or a public works official. 4 But West Orange, by putting it under 5 land use, they put it under the scrutiny of many 6 people. 7 Most of the tree removal in the 8 township is private land owners taking down dead 9 trees in their yards. 10 But when there's a larger project of 11 development or redevelopment and it has to appear 12 before a zoning board or at least if it's denied it 13 would be appealed before the zoning board, it brings 14 it into the scrutiny of many people, so that the 15 discretion of one person is cushioned and 16 strengthened by this -- by the oversight of many 17 people, as we're doing tonight. 18 Q. So given that it's part of the land use 19 ordinance and your understanding is then the 20 evaluation of the tree removal plan and the 21 achievement of the goals of the tree protection 22 ordinance to -- to maximally protect the trees, is 23 that within the purview of this Board then to 24 consider whether that is met? 25 A. Yes, yes, it definitely is.