NJ CERTIFIED FORESTER'S COMMENTS
JOHN LINSON NJ CERTIFIED FORRESTER & TREE EXPERT OBJECTOR TO PINNACLE IN 2000
JOHN LINSEN: WITH THIS PROJECT ECHOSYSTEM WOULD BE MOST AFFECTED. MOST AFFECTED BE THE RESIDENTS OF BALTUSROL WAY LIVING DOWNHILL FROM THE PROJECT because essentially you are cutting off 35% of the water supply to those trees in the Critical Slope Areas. Residents of Baltusrol over the next 2-3-4-5 years will be struck with lot of dead trees.
Zoning Ordinance 604.2A “Natural features should be preserved wherever possible.” Section C refers to “Conscious Efforts made to preserve Existing Vegetation on the site and then Landscaping provisions in Section 604.1, Section A, it just basically says that landscaping should be designed to improve esthetics, buffering, climatological environment, ornamental and similar features.
Trees and Landscaping planned to buffer the proposed development there is no substance between the bottom of the Hill and Top of the Hill, that is going to provide much buffering. The buffering area left by the applicant between the perimeters of the property consist of plant growth that provide no buffer, the decreased run off because of the construction will hasten the demise of the larger older trees. These are Critical Slopes it is just hard to get something to grow there. It is hard to maintain something on that and there is difficulty in moving on these Critical Slope Areas.
Combine height of the Retaining Wall and the Building is so immense that nothing will really provide immediate visual remediation. The Trees proposed by the applicant will achieve (if they survive) desirable height of 15-20 feet in 25 Years.
WHATEVER IS THERE TRY TO SAVE IT. First try to exclude Deer from this Area, which is not easy. Next thing you must do “Not decrease any of the run off from the property. “SO THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD THAT WOULD NOT BUILD ON CRITICAL SLOPES.”
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A CONFIRMING PLAN because looking at the Critical Slope Areas things where it says, “Location of the Principal or Accessory Structure in Critical Slope Area shall be Minimized to the greatest extent practical and shall be pursuant to all state and federal regulations. A project 40% on Critical Slopes-you are Maximizing to the greatest extent practical, you are not minimizing the impact on the Critical slopes. IT IS A NON CONFIRMING PROJECT.
LINSEN APPEARED FOR COUNSEL BRUCE PITMAN 7-05-2000.
JOHN LINSEN: WITH THIS PROJECT ECHOSYSTEM WOULD BE MOST AFFECTED. MOST AFFECTED BE THE RESIDENTS OF BALTUSROL WAY LIVING DOWNHILL FROM THE PROJECT because essentially you are cutting off 35% of the water supply to those trees in the Critical Slope Areas. Residents of Baltusrol over the next 2-3-4-5 years will be struck with lot of dead trees.
Zoning Ordinance 604.2A “Natural features should be preserved wherever possible.” Section C refers to “Conscious Efforts made to preserve Existing Vegetation on the site and then Landscaping provisions in Section 604.1, Section A, it just basically says that landscaping should be designed to improve esthetics, buffering, climatological environment, ornamental and similar features.
Trees and Landscaping planned to buffer the proposed development there is no substance between the bottom of the Hill and Top of the Hill, that is going to provide much buffering. The buffering area left by the applicant between the perimeters of the property consist of plant growth that provide no buffer, the decreased run off because of the construction will hasten the demise of the larger older trees. These are Critical Slopes it is just hard to get something to grow there. It is hard to maintain something on that and there is difficulty in moving on these Critical Slope Areas.
Combine height of the Retaining Wall and the Building is so immense that nothing will really provide immediate visual remediation. The Trees proposed by the applicant will achieve (if they survive) desirable height of 15-20 feet in 25 Years.
WHATEVER IS THERE TRY TO SAVE IT. First try to exclude Deer from this Area, which is not easy. Next thing you must do “Not decrease any of the run off from the property. “SO THE ONLY WAY YOU COULD THAT WOULD NOT BUILD ON CRITICAL SLOPES.”
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A CONFIRMING PLAN because looking at the Critical Slope Areas things where it says, “Location of the Principal or Accessory Structure in Critical Slope Area shall be Minimized to the greatest extent practical and shall be pursuant to all state and federal regulations. A project 40% on Critical Slopes-you are Maximizing to the greatest extent practical, you are not minimizing the impact on the Critical slopes. IT IS A NON CONFIRMING PROJECT.
LINSEN APPEARED FOR COUNSEL BRUCE PITMAN 7-05-2000.
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