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Page 38 1 So, you know, in my mind it's like what 2 were you thinking? You like targeted the biggest 3 trees on the site to be removed. 4 So to me, this really -- there has to 5 be another way than to remove these 100-year old 6 trees. 7 And, I mean, other towns, you know, 8 they have landmark trees that are smaller than this. 9 These are really significant trees. So I'm a little 10 excited about it. 11 Q. Would the mere replacement of these 12 trees once they're removed, in your opinion, satisfy 13 the goals of the ordinance of tree preservation? 14 A. That's the thing, that the -- the 15 ordinance, you know, and rightfully so, it tries to 16 compensate for the loss of healthy trees. 17 But, you know, the best deterrent is 18 well don't -- if it's a healthy -- a large, healthy 19 tree, nothing wrong with it, don't take it down in 20 the first place. 21 Because you're not going to have the 22 screening, the height screening of the facility that 23 you presently have. 24 And, you know, it's going to take years 25 for these replacement trees to begin to fulfill the