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Page 72 1 that a better place to have it? 2 THE WITNESS: I think -- I think it 3 works well in a community like this. It's -- and, 4 you know, there's so many different forms of 5 government, you know. 6 But basically I like the fact that if 7 the -- if your forester reviews an application and he 8 finds it's excessive and, you know, you know, like, I 9 would love to save that 58-inch diameter London 10 plane, if he should say, you know, I'm agreeing with 11 everything on this plan except you've got to save 12 this one tree and he denies it, the best part about 13 having it in land use is it goes before a board like 14 this where people like yourself question it and you 15 weigh the alternatives and you -- and you see, you 16 know, has the Applicant attempted to preserve this 17 tree? 18 Are there any alternatives to 19 preserving the tree? And if you've exhausted those 20 alternatives, then you're going to vote to approve 21 the application and let the Applicant remove the 22 trees. 23 But, you know, you -- you, as a member 24 of this board, you know, your voice is important. 25 And, you know, by leaving the entire responsibility