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INSIDE THIS ISSUEELSA contract
Committee, residents discuss
contract at meeting. PAGE 2
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Butterfly costume parade participants spread their wings at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed 2012 Butterfly Festival held onSaturday, Aug. 11, at the Watershed Reserve.
Spreading their wings Townshipadopts
Woodlandordinance
BY HEATHER FIOREThe Hopewell Sun
In early July, the HopewellTownship Committee adopted thelong-awaited Forest Managementand Tree Removal ordinance,commonly referred to as theWoodlands ordinance, after morethan a decade of revised draftsand proposals.
Hopewell Townships Environ-mental Commission (EC) startedworking on the ordinance 12years ago, with the help of town-ship officials (particularly Town-ship Administrator/EngineerPaul Pogorzelski and committeemember Vanessa Sandom), othertownship committees, as well as
the Stony Brook-Millstone Water-shed Association.
Over the years, a subcommit-tee was formed with EC membersand other township officials theWoodlands Protection OrdinanceSubcommittee (WPOS) to fullyfocus on the effort, according to14-year member of the EC andmember of the WPOS Mike Au-
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On Aug. 13 at Hopewell Town-ships committee meeting, thecurrent ELSA situation and thewater rate increase at Washing-ton Crossing Park Estates becamethe main topics of discussion.
Several residents mentionedthe current ELSA contract relat-ing to the situation with TheHamptons at Hopewell, which
seemed to raise several questionsand concerns as a resolution onthe budget.
Township attorney Steven
Goodell summarized the wholesituation between HopewellTownship and ELSA to assure theresidents of the towns stance.
He explained that the currentsituation transpired from a 2007agreement between ELSA andBrandon Farms the single-fami-ly affordable housing units nes-tled in the neighborhood near theend of Denow Road in Penning-ton which created a series oflawsuits that the township is now
dealing with.Goodell also explained the
point of the resolution, and reas-sured residents that this wasnt
another agreement being madewith ELSA.
It acknowledges that therewas a semi-agreement betweenThe Hamptons and ELSA, andsays that the sewers that aregoing to be constructed as a resultof not only that agreement butalso as a result of the prior ap-provals, will be owned and main-tained ultimately by Hopewell, al-though theyll be filled by thecompany, he said. And, anybody
whos going to tie in has to provetheyve paid all of the ELSA fees
ELSA contract, water rateincrease discussed at meeting
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This information was preparedby Lieutenant Lance Maloney ofthe Hopewell Township Police De-partment.
On Aug. 8 at 1:24 p.m., officerLincoln Karnoff responded to aPennington Titusville Road ad-dress for the report of a burglary.Sometime between 7:45 a.m. and1:20 p.m., someone entered thehome through an unlocked win-dow and removed televisions,cameras, jewelry, a DVD playerand a lap top computer. The losswas estimated at more than$3,000. Detective Kevin Zorn is as-
sisting with this investigation.
On Aug. 7 at 2:30 p.m., OfficerLouis Vastola responded to a HartAvenue address for the report ofa burglary in progress. Jewelryand an iPod were taken from thehome with the loss being estimat-ed at more than $1,000. The inves-tigation led to arrest warrantsbeing issued for a 20-year-old
male and an 18-year-old female forburglary and theft. The man andwoman were arrested on Aug. 8by the Point Pleasant Police De-partment on the outstanding war-rants. They were both processedat police headquarters and werelater lodged at the Mercer CountyCorrection Center in lieu of bail($25,000 for the male and $10,000for the female). This case will beforwarded to the Mercer CountyProsecutors Office for review.
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If you purchased your house before
2007, youve probably endured
about five years of misery. Your
home probably isnt worth as much as
it was back then. The housing market
has been kicked around, the news al-
ways seemed to be bad and getting
worse, and people had to wonder if thedownward spiral would ever end.
Well, maybe it has.
Zillow reported last month that the
second quarter was a good one for
home prices. They actually went up
year over year. Not a lot, but up is bet-
ter than down.
And, considering the economy has-
nt exactly been on fire, the news is es-
pecially promising.
If the trend continues, its great
news for the economy.
From a purely practical standpoint,rising values can free up equity (al-
though it might take awhile to get peo-
ple right side up on their home val-
ues). Then, homeowners can begin to
tap that equity to make repairs, pay off
other bills, etc. And when people spend
money, jobs are created.
It also would be a boost to the nation-
al psyche. A homes worth long hasbeen a kind of security blanket for
families. Over the years, there had
been ups and downs in the market, but,
again, over time, home values steadily
increased. There was a confidence that
you could always rely on your biggest
investment: your home.
That, of course, all changed about
five years ago.
Thats not to say that all will be well
by next Tuesday. The glut of foreclosedhomes, the negative equity many
homeowners still have and the like will
continue to weigh on the market. Were
not seeing a dramatic, sudden turn of
fortune. But the kind of sustained
growth Zillow reported definitely beats
the alternative.
At the least, maybe homeowners
have seen the worst of the housing
storm. Maybe they begin to regain a
little confidence in the future of their
home. Maybe they can relax. A little.
in our opinion
Out of the basement?After years of declining prices, housing market looks to be headed up
Housing prices are up
Homeowners have been waiting for fiveyears or more for the news that wasreleased late last month: Housingprices are inching up. Maybe the worstof the housing storm has passed.
Singers from the Princeton area andBucks County, Pa., are invited to join VOIC-
ES for an exciting new concert season!Tenor and basses are especially needed,but openings are available in all voiceparts, as well as in Sotto Voce, the chamberchorus. Basic music reading skills are re-quired, in addition to vocal talent (devel-oped or yet to be developed) and a passionfor singing.
Auditions will be held on Wednesday,Aug. 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Music To-gether located at 225 Pennington-HopewellRoad (Rte 654) in Hopewell. Other times areavailable by appointment. Singers interest-ed should contact the audition coordinator,
Sandy Duffy, at (609) 799-2211, or email [email protected].
VOICES 25th Anniversary Season in-cludes O Magnum Mysterium: ChristmasMysteries Expressed in Music, including
ninth century Gregorian chant, severalbaroque pieces with chamber orchestra,
and Mendelssohns There Shall A Starfrom Jacob Come Forth on Dec. 8 and 9;The Year 1887 on March 9 and March 10,with works by Brahms, Debussy, andGilbert and Sullivan premiered in thatyear; Tempo Flux Time Passing, TimeStanding Still, with the Princeton AreaHomeschool Choir on May 18, with musicby Michael Tippett, John Farmer, StephenChatman; and a 25th Anniversary Galaevent in June to close the season. Re-hearsals are held on Monday eveningsfrom 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. at Music Togeth-er, and will start again on Sept. 10.
VOICES provides outstanding perform-ance opportunities at an unusually highartistic level for community singers. Itsrepertoire ranges from Renaissance to con-temporary, from spirituals and show music
to the sacred and classic. In addition tosinging the worlds greatest choral music,
VOICES offers singers the opportunity todevelop an understanding of vocal tech-nique, music history, and performancestyle.
VOICES also offers two unique outreachprograms: interactive concerts at assistedliving facilities and an annual Song Writ-ing Contest for Children ages 5 to 12. In ad-dition, solo, duet, and ensemble opportuni-ties are possible at the outreach concertsand in VOICES special events, such as atthe Open Mic Night to be held at the end ofOctober, or at the 25th Anniversary Galaevent next June.
For further information on VOICESChorale, please visit www.VOIC-ESChorale.org, or subscribe to VOICESNewsletter at www.enewsarcdhive.com/VOICES.
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nance took so long to perfect, andwhy Hopewell Township deemedit necessary to implement a lawlike this.
There were so many discus-sions, and some of them relatedto what should be exempted, what
shouldnt be, etc., and it seemedlike it was going to go on foreverat one point, he said. Theresbeen a recognition on part of the
EC that there is value in trees,
and that they need to be protect-ed, so weve been working on thelanguage for a long time. It hasntbeen constant work, but theresbeen a steady effort to develop anordinance that would protecttrees, and at the same time, notinfringe on peoples right undu-ly.
Aucott also detailed what ob-stacles the WPOS faced while de-veloping the language and word-ing of the ordinance.
There were a lot of things thatpeople viewed as infringement ontheir rights or it appeared as ifthey were unenforceable, he
said. One of the things that we
struggled with was how to definea tree. We also struggled with howto define forest cover; we consid-ered using aerial photos for awhile, but the trouble with thoseis that they get devised all thetime and its not really clearenough, and an ordinance has tobe pretty clear so theres novagueness. The ordinance tries tominimize the fuzziness as towhats covered and whats not.
Basically, the effort to get it
simple, clear, reasonable and de-fensible is the thing that took the
Challenges in wording, languageof ordinance, says Aucott
CHALLENGESContinued from page 1
please see ORDINANCE, page 11
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AUG. 22Thaumatrope Fans Craft: Ages 6
and older. 3 p.m. at Hopewell Pub-lic Library. Sign up required. Visit
www.hopewellpublicilbrary.blogspot.com.
PJs Story Time: 7 p.m. at theHopewell Public Library.
LinkedIn: 7 to 8:15 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Participants willlearn how the LinkedIn onlinecommunity can be used to createa professional network, find leadson jobs and enable collaborativeefforts. During this hands-onworkshop, attendees will create aLinkedIn account and pick up
some quick management tips.Participants are encouraged tobring a laptop to follow alongusing the librarys wireless net-
work. Limited number of laptopscan be reserved at time of signup. Registration required.
Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblingswelcome. 11 to 11:45 a.m. at
Hopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Actionrhymes, songs and felt boardactivities. Age-appropriate craftfollows story time. Parentalsupervision required.
AUG. 23Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblings
welcome. 11 to 11:45 a.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Actionrhymes, songs and felt board
activities. Age-appropriate craftfollows story time. Parentalsupervision required.
Toddler Rock: Ages 18 months to 3.
10 to 10:30 a.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Singing, dancingad rhymes. Play with musicalinstruments, puppets, parachutesand more.
Hopewell Township Planning Boardmeeting: 7:30 p.m. the fourthThursday of the month in theMunicipal Auditorium. For moreinformation visit hopewelltwp.org. AUG. 26
Hopewell Presbyterian Church:Worship service at 10:30 a.m.Intergenerational Sunday Schoolfrom 9 to 10:15 a.m. Coffee fellow-
ship from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.80 West Broad St., Hopewell.
Hopewell United MethodistChurch: Worship service at 10
a.m. Teen/adult education from 9to 9:45 a.m. Sunday school at 10a.m. Youth group at 6:30 p.m. 20Blackwell Ave., Hopewell.
St. Alphonsus Roman CatholicChurch: Mass at 7:30, 9 and 11:15a.m. 54 East Prospect St.,Hopewell.
Word Christian Fellowship Interna-tional: Worship service at 10 a.m.Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. 44Van Dyke Road, Hopewell.
AUG. 27Yoga: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Hopewell
Branch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Bring yoga mator large towel. Registrationrequired; call (609) 737-2610.
Tai Chi: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Learnthis ancient art to promote goodhealth and relaxation. No regis-tration required.
Kids Open Craft: Ages 3 to 8. 4 to5:30 p.m. at Hopewell Branch ofthe Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Children can stop in to con-struct the craft of the week. Staffmember will be present to help.
Hopewell Township Committeeregular meeting: 7 p.m. at the
Hopewell Municipal Building, 201Washington Crossing-PenningtonRoad. Open to the public. Visit
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Story time: 10:30 a.m. at HopewellPublic Library. For toddlers andpre-schoolers. Stories, songs andfingerplays. Registration is notrequired.
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Knitters Group: 7:30 to 9 p.m. atHopewell Public Library. All knit-ters welcome.
Mindful Living Book Club: 7 p.m. atHopewell Public Library. Visitwww.hopewellpubliclibrary.blogspot.com for more information.
Yoga: 5 to 6 p.m. at Hopewell Branchof the Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Bring yoga mat or large tow-el. Registration required; call(609) 737-2610.
New Jersey Writers Society Sup-port Group: 6 to 8:30 p.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. All are
welcome to attend and enjoy thechallenges of becoming betterwriters, defeating writers blockand perfecting the craft. No reg-istration needed.
Baby Time: Ages birth to 2. 11 to11:30 a.m. Adult supervisionrequired. This program is a greatway to introduce children tolibrary story times and reading.Age appropriate books areshared with the group. Songs,nursery rhymes, puppets, and feltboard figures create a rich audio-
visual and social experience.After about 20 minutes of struc-tured group time, there is timefor play and for socializing.
Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblingswelcome. 2 to 3 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Action rhymes,songs and felt board activities.Age-appropriate craft follows sto-ry time. Parental supervisionrequired.
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When asked why they chooseto reside in the Valley, the com-mon denominator for HopewellValley residents seems to be therural character of the Valley asevidenced by the abundant sup-ply of open space. Living in acommunity filled with plentifulfarms, forests, rolling hills, andstreams to enjoy is no accident.Rural character is the result ofthe concerted specific efforts ofvolunteers, local officials and, in
particular, The Friends ofHopewell Valley Open Space, oth-erwise known locally as Fo-HVOS.
FoHVOS is celebrating its 25thanniversary of dedication to pre-serving open space in HopewellValley. FoHVOS started in 1987 inthe living rooms of energized res-idents intent on fighting a majorroadway that was slated to inter-sect a beautiful 116-acre plot ofland on the edge of PenningtonBorough that contained a mature
beech forest and a 17-acre lake.Since then, FoHVOS has grown tobe a non-profit land trust preserv-ing nearly 4,000 acres in the Val-
ley in addition to continuing toprotect and conserve land in thevalley. FoHVOS is an active landsteward, with a focus on not onlyprotecting biodiversity but alsocommitted to protecting publicaccess to open space.
To celebrate its 25th anniver-sary, FoHVOS is hosting a varietyof events this year that appeal toall ages and interests in the Val-ley. As part of its initiative to en-courage public use of open space
lands, FoHVOS has placed a num-ber of geocaches and is hostingguided hikes on the preservedtracts of land. It has alsolaunched a Community Steward-ship Plan, whereby privatelandowners are encouraged to begood stewards of their lands byplanting native species and dis-couraging invasive species.
In recognition of the symbioticrelationship between artists andthe natural beauty of the land,FoHVOS is hosting an art contest
to celebrate the natural beauty ofHopewell Valleys landscape. Inconjunction with VeridianGallery in Pennington, FoHVOS
is now accepting entries for acommunity art competition. Chil-dren ages 5 to adults are invited tocomplete a photograph, draw-ing/sketch, or painting of openspace or a favorite visual land-scape in Hopewell Valley and sub-mit it to Veridian Art Gallery lo-cated at 43 South Main Street inPennington, along with a com-pleted entry form.
Top entries will be featured inFoHVOSs 2013 calendar and all
entries will be displayed at theVeridian Gallery. Further infor-mation is available on theFoHVOS website atwww.fohvos.org.
The culminating event of theyear will be the Fall Gala sched-uled for Oct. 6 at the HopewellValley Vineyards located at 46Yard Road in Hopewell.
This festive event will feature alive and silent auction as well asdinner featuring locally grownwine and entertainment.
For more information on up-coming events or to make a dona-tion, please visit www.FoHVOS.org.
On Aug. 18, The PenningtonFarmers Market celebrated greatnews from vendor Jess Niederer her Chickadee Creek Farm re-cently received USDA OrganicCertification.
Many Pennington FarmersMarket vendors plan to offer theircongratulations by offering com-plimentary items to market visi-tors.
Chickadee Creek Farm is anorganic vegetable and flowerfarm located on Titus Mill Roadin Hopewell Township. Niederertalked about the intensive three-
year process it took to transitionher farm to be a Certified OrganicFarm.
It is very difficult for everycustomer to know everythingabout how a farmer produces the
food they buy, she said. So, theOrganic Certification is a way forcustomers to know that the farm-ing methods are actually healthyfor the land and the food asclaimed. This certification repre-sents a lot of hard work involvingplanning, field maps, soil enrich-ment with organic compost,recording everything we do to or-ganically control pests and weeds,and using all organic seeds andplants.
Joann Held, Board Member ofthe Pennington Farmers Market,expressed her delight at this
achievement.This is such great news to wel-
come another Certified OrganicFarm to our community, shesaid. Jess Niederer has been in-strumental from the outset in
helping the Pennington FarmersMarket become one of the mostvibrant farmers markets in ourarea. What better reason is thereto celebrate? We applaud Chick-adee Creek Farm and thisachievement.
The Pennington Farmers Mar-ket will continue every Saturdayfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through theend of Oct. on Route 31 in front ofRosedale Mills. Vendors at themarket sell locally produced veg-etables, meat, dairy products,wine, honey, flowers, mushrooms,meals to go and baked products.
Visit Pennington Farmers Mar-ket on Facebook, or at www.pen-ningtonfarmersmarket.com. VisitChickadee Creek Farm on Face-book, or at www.chickadeecreek-farm.com.
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time, he said.To devise this ordinance, the
members of the WPOS and otherorganizations looked at tree ordi-nances in other towns and munic-ipalities, and found examples asto what they should include, howthey should word it, and what itshould encompass.
This one [ordinance] takes alot from an ordinance that waspassed and is enforced in JacksonTownship, Aucott said. Itseemed appropriate to use thesame general approach in this or-dinance.
Executive Director of theStony Brook-Millstone WatershedAssociation Jim Waltman ex-plained how this process assuredmembers that the ordinancewould be safe against any futurelawsuits.
Theres a lot of litigation inthis state, so when townships getordinances like this, they oftenget sued; we looked at statistics,he said. We wanted to make sureeveryone had a great deal of con-fidence that the ordinance wasupheld under the state laws.
Aucott explained the logisticsof the ordinance, reiterating itshall be unlawful for any personto remove trees above and beyonda combined total of 150 inches ofDBH (diameter at breast height)within a 10-year period unless atree removal permit has firstbeen obtained.
Aucott also defined the DBH ofa tree, which is measured 4.5 feetfrom the ground.
So, say somebody wanted tocut down 10, 10-inch trees; thats100 inches of DBH, so theyd be al-lowed to do that, Aucott said.
But, if they wanted to cut down
20, 10-inch trees or 10, 20-inchtrees, that would be covered bythe ordinance and then theydhave to get permit to do that.
Once a resident obtains a per-mit to remove the trees from theirproperty, theyll have one of twochoices to essentially replace thetrees that they cut down. Eitherthey will be required to replacethose trees on another area oftheir property at some point intime, or they will have to provide
money to the township Tree Es-crow Fund a fund the townshipwill use for the administrationand promotion of tree and shrub-bery resource sustainability proj-ects and practices on public prop-erty.
Although the ordinance mayseem slightly restrictive, it has avariety of exclusions and excep-tions, which include any and alltrees that are less than 10 inchesin DBH.
So, in regard to trees that are
nine inches in DBH and less, aresident is permitted to cut downas many trees as he or she wisheswithout a permit.
The ordinance also doesntapply to a property where thereare no trees, trees that are re-moved or cut within the forest re-moval plan or removed for theconservation plan, trees that aregrown for commercial purposes,trees growing in a utility right-of-way or areas that are supposed tobe clear for an airport (runwaysafety), dead or diseased treesthat are hazardous, or activitiesthat fall under the right-to-farmlaws (farmer who has a reason toremove trees).
Pierson also added how the or-dinance protects certain speciesof trees because of prior inci-dents that occurred in the town-ship.
There were incidences where
too many trees were being cutdown, and in some cases, wherestreet or special trees were re-moved for no real reason, hesaid. This ordinance has sec-tions that protect trees with his-torical significance and special,large trees anything thats onthe New Jersey State Big Registerlist for being the largest tree ofthat species.
Before an applicant can receivea permit, they will have to pay an
application fee of $25, submit aTree Preservation and Removalplan that has to be approved bythe Administrative Officer (per-son approving permits) within 10business days of its issuance, andhave their site inspected (at a costof $50) by the Administrative Of-ficer to enforce the permit condi-tions.
If the resident inquires to re-move a state record tree or speci-men trees, it will require the ap-proval of the township committee
with the recommendations of theEC.
The permit will be valid for oneyear from the date of issuance,and an extension of up to threemonths may be granted by theAdministrative Officer for agood cause shown according tothe ordinance.
I think the concept of protect-ing trees is a difficult one becauseit sort of falls into an area wherepeople consider something like atree to be their own personalproperty that they can do whatev-er they want to, Aucott said.The concept of this ordinance is,Certainly, trees are present onprivate property, but they are abenefit to the community as awhole, so it that sense, they arenot unlike water resources or airresources that are a commongood in a way.
Ordinance restrictive, but hasvariety of exclusions, exceptions
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before. So, were not authorizingan agreement between them
[Hamptons] and ELSA, were sim-ply saying that were not going toissue a plumbing permit unlessyou prove to us that you satisfied
ELSAs conditions.Since many residents had a lot
of input about the situation,
Mayor Michael Markulec sched-uled a special meeting, which willbe held in early September inorder to address several ELSA is-
sues separately.Another issue that was of im-
portance was the discussion ofthe Washington Crossing ParkEstates water rate increase,which has been in the works fortwo years now.
Township Administrator PaulPogorzelski detailed the situationwith the Estates, and explainedhow the township partnered witha group of concerned residents atthe Estates to create a subcom-
mittee to address the water facili-ty issues.We talked over all various
constraints and components oftheir system and what needs to bedone, and what we have found isthat the system over time that hasfiddled out due to age, he said.The township has done a poor
job in being proactive and main-taining the system, with replace-
ments and extending useful life ofcertain things, so we back ped-dled, evaluated the system, lookedat all of the useful life, and evalu-
ated some of the more criticalcomponents of the system.
Pogorzelski further explainedhow it all boiled down to the pipesthat are a part of the water sys-tem that constantly have to be re-paired, and that will ultimatelyneed to be replaced, along withone other material item.
We have 3-10,000 gallon watertanks that distribute water to thissystem that are in need of paint-ing, he said.
However, there was one otherintangible item that surfacedfrom the residents discussions,which Pogorozelski explained.
The residents, that have somegreat expertise, took current ratestructure of Estates and theycame back with a new rate struc-ture, he said. We looked at thatrate structure, didnt have an is-sues with it, and have hired a util-ity rate consultant. He had somesuggestions, and all of thatbrought us to where we are
today.
The subcommittee devised acouple of revisions to the rateplan, which would lower the baserate amount, and alter the fees
based upon the amount of waterthat each home uses.
Ultimately, the subcommitteeproposed that the original capaci-ty 0-7,000 gallons per quarter at$70 per household stay the sameprice, but be reduced to 0-6,000gallons, and that prices be deter-mined upon the usage of waterbeyond the base of 6,000 gallons.
So, essentially you have thebase rate, and once you use 6,000gallons of water, incrementally
for every 3,000 gallons you usemore than that, theres anotherrate tacked on to that amount, sotheres this whole graduated scalethat theyre proposing, Pogorzel-ski said. The intention is thatthis rate structure will help uscover the cost for the tank paint-ing, and if theres any surplusduring future budgets, that wework with them on replacementfor the old cast-iron pipes that arein system. Thats where were at.
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