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Page 61 1 whatever and they allowed these trees to grow up in 2 their -- in place of grass. 3 MR. EBEN: These trees need a certain 4 amount of area to breathe for them to be -- maybe 5 that's the wrong term, but you can't have a tree next 6 to another tree, it's like six inches away. 7 How does one tree -- it needs room to 8 grow, correct? 9 THE WITNESS: Yeah. 10 Well, the trees that are in a park or 11 along a street, the exposure to the public 12 necessitates that they be maintained at a higher 13 level. 14 This is an isolated location where 15 access is limited for security reasons and 16 consequently, the safety factor to the public is nil. 17 I mean, trees still pose a threat. I believe there 18 was reference to Walter Kipp and citing some trees 19 that needed to be removed on the site. 20 And that's the one thing about TR-2 and 21 -3. It didn't indicate the condition of the trees, 22 it just gave the diameter and the species and was it 23 going to be preserved or removed. Many of those 24 trees could have -- the reason for the removal could 25 be because they were in poor condition and they were