12 12 24 PSEG West Orange BOA ZB 24 06 PSEG 35 Mt Pleasant Ave Full Size

Page 66 1 of Walt Kipp's appraisal of the application, that it 2 complies with the replacement requirements. 3 MR. RICCI: Okay. Then my next 4 question is, twice, when you were talking, you 5 referred to that -- that the meeting the ordinance, 6 but it is a bean counting method. 7 What did you mean by that? 8 THE WITNESS: It's -- it's -- it's what 9 the Township committee, in passing this ordinance, 10 deemed to be justification for removing a healthy 11 tree and compensation for the removal of a healthy 12 tree. 13 And it's stronger than most towns. 14 So, you know, it -- they tried to make 15 the decision, the process as black and white as 16 possible. If this is what you want to do, this is 17 what you're going to have to pay in compensation for 18 the right to remove a healthy tree. And they've -- 19 West Orange has a very, very strict replacement 20 schedule, and it's designed as a deterrent for you 21 not to take a healthy tree down, you know. 22 But, you know, if you really want to do 23 that, I mean, bring it down on a smaller scale. 24 If somebody wants to put a pool in 25 their backyard but they have to remove four big oak