Environmental Commission outlines removal of 9 trees
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
ENVIRONMENT, from Page 2
reconstruction project site. it was
scaled back to 48 with the lessening of the entire scope of the project, but the updated plan has 66
potential trees to be removed, according to Vettese.
“There is a section of Grape
Street between Valley road and
Liberty Street that was cut out. a
section of Pratt Street between
about 300 feet north of Tilton
Street, Mt. Carmel Drive, to
fourth Street was cut out,” Vettese
said.
according to Vettese, 70 percent of the tree roots on these particular roads are on the yard side
of the curb, leaving 30 percent extending out into the street and the
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commission was notified that the
contractor needed an answer for
the new tree removals within a
few days.
“They need to start installing
laterals. if they progressively go
as the project steps go, and that is
to do sanitary sewer first and start
Packard Street first for lateral installation. They will do all of
Packard Street, and then they will
come down and do Grape
[Street]. So, you are probably
about a week-and-a-half, two
weeks away from laterals on this
section of Grape. But they need to
take the trees out of there before
they start putting in the laterals,”
Vettese said.
after some further discussion
on the tree removal permit timeline, the commission and representatives of arH went through
each case, located on perspective
residences such as Grape, Peach,
Pratt and Second Street.
as the two sides discussed each
case, nine trees were determined
to be removed, most of them on
Grape Street with two on Second
Street and one on Peach Street,
and some cases will be decided at
a later date as the contractor will
do the best it can to save those
trees. each tree removed will be
replaced, but not necessarily in
the same location, according to
members of the commission.
The board motioned to approve
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the nine trees to be removed on
these particular sites, leaving the
set that could be saved to be determined in the near future.
as the board resumed the regular order of business, they discussed some town committee
reports. Councilman Dan Bachalis
mentioned an ordinance passed,
establishing an energy and natural
gas aggregation program during
the town council meeting on april
14. Bachalis said it authorizes the
town to explore the possibility of
selecting a single, natural gas and
electricity provider for the entire
municipality.
“Basically, this authorized the
town government to look at selecting a third party to conduct an energy auction, which would
ultimately result in a lower cost to
all the energy users in the town.
The town has done this, specifically for town government, and
has resulted in significant savings
for town government and the town
budget. This would authorize the
town to do the same thing for all
non-town government users from
the town,” Bachalis said.
The drip irrigation project on
the Boyer avenue sports complex
is proceeding as planned, according to Bachalis.
“i know they cleared most of
the land. They brush hogged it and
they didn’t take any trees. They
cleared the ground so they can put
the drip irrigation lines in. We
have received all the permits so
we are proceeding with that. That
has to be completed by mid-September. My understanding is we
will be putting in a dog park at the
site after the project is done,”
Bachalis said.
During the Parks and recreation report, environmental commission vice-chairperson Terri
Caruso-Cafiso said the committee
discussed the upcoming triathlon
and red, White and Blueberry
festival, on Sunday, June 29, and
the planning needed to help with
the action-packed day.
Commission member amy
Menzel had a report on the Hammonton Green Committee. Menzel spoke about two upcoming
events at the eagle Theatre, including a gardening presentation
and eye-Opening film Lecture
Series.
“On [Saturday, May] 31 we will
have an inspirational gardening
evening at the eagle Theatre. it is
a 6:30 p.m…The green committee
will be partnering with them, and
the master gardeners. There will
be several gardener speakers on
hand, and people can bring in their
gardening questions and they can
be answered. There will be two
speakers. We are also looking forward to another eye-Opening
film Lecture Series at an event on
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