Environmental Commission approves tree removal requests
Page 4 • Wednesday, July 18, 2018 • The Hammonton Gazette
by Stephen Pistone
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—the Ham-
monton environmental Commis-
sion unanimously approved five
tree removal applications during
an abbreviated meeting on July 11.
approval of the applications will
result in the removal of 10 trees in
total.
the minimum required number
of commission members for a
legal quorum (four) were present
during the meeting (Martha Matro,
Steven Carr, alicia Murphy and
angelo Donio). Donio, who sat in
for commission chairman Daniel
Bachalis and led the proceedings,
said that due to the number of
commission members who were
excused from the meeting,
Bachalis recommended that the
commission forgo the agenda’s
usual work plan updates, commit-
tee reports and any new business
items, and instead focus solely on
the tree removal applications. a
motion to alter the order of busi-
ness was made by Matro, sec-
onded by Carr and passed
unanimously.
the first tree removal applica-
tion was submitted by Creekview
Development Co. LLC, located at
849 Central ave. the applicant is
seeking to remove five trees that
are reportedly interfering with the
construction of the future site of a
home on the property. a motion to
approve the removal of the trees
was made by Matro, seconded by
Carr and passed unanimously.
Next, the commission approved
the application of f.J. reid Jr., who
requested approval to remove two
dead cherry trees on the premises
at 211 Broadway. a motion to ap-
prove the tree removal application
was made by Murphy, seconded
by Carr and passed unanimously.
the commission also approved
a tree removal application submit-
ted by francis Bagliani, who is
seeking to remove one silver
maple tree at 425 12th St. that is
causing an obstructed view, and
has broken the sidewalk and town
sewer pipe near it.
Donio said she spoke with the
applicant, who is the president of
Bagliani’s Market and told her that
removing the trees would also
allow the market’s owners to con-
nect an existing driveway to an ad-
jacent doctor’s office property it
recently purchased.
“they have a driveway that
comes out on that side of their
property and this tree is right next
to it … and they’re going to be
using that driveway more when
they take over that other property
completely,” Donio said.
a motion to approve Bagliani’s
application was made by Murphy,
seconded by Matro and passed
unanimously.
the fourth application ad-
dressed during the meeting per-
tained to resident Deborah D.
Bunn, who lives at 265 Lakeview
ave. and is seeking the removal of
one tree that was struck by light-
ning and was unquestionably in
need of removal, according to
Donio.
“it’s definitely dead or half-
dead—three quarters dead—and it
was definitely hit by lightning,”
Donio said.
a motion to approve the tree re-
moval was made by Carr, sec-
onded by Matro and passed
unanimously.
Lastly, a fifth tree removal ap-
plication was addressed and ap-
proved, but wasn’t included on the
meeting’s agenda. the application
was submitted by Duke Bates,
who is requesting the removal of a
large tulip poplar tree, located at
120 Valley ave., specifically on
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