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Page 62 1 -- removal was warranted. 2 So it's -- more information could have 3 been a little helpful. 4 MR. EBEN: What about the fact that 5 development, West Orange has had development over the 6 years that I have lived in town, and that development 7 is commercial development, because commercial 8 development brings in better tax revenue than just a 9 house here and a house three. 10 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Is there a question, 11 Mr. Eben, please? 12 MR. EBEN: Yes. 13 I'm asking what his experience is with 14 the clearing of trees in a property because you need 15 to have room for an existing tree to breathe and to 16 grow. 17 THE WITNESS: Well, one of the first 18 things they teach you when you go to forestry school 19 is trees are a renewable natural resource. 20 So it's necessary to remove trees. But 21 when you remove trees, it's -- you should be 22 replacing them. 23 And this ordinance does provide for 24 that. You know, if it's determined that a tree has 25 to be removed, there's no other way to work around