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The foundation eventually plans to build a religious and educational facility on the site. Rabbi Yitschak Kagan, as- sociate director of the Lubavitch Foundation, said, "What we wanted to do was widen the path so we could bring supporters to see the property. Although the path was walkable, it was too narrow for cars. We wanted to be able to drive on the property." The foundation, which ex- pects to spend $15 million on facilities at the site, would like to build a 10-foot-wide gravel path with a turn- around at the end, Rabbi Kagan said. The township prohibits tree cutting within designated woodlands without permission from the woodlands review board, said David Merkarski, township planning and envi- ronmental director. The foundation did not have a permit to widen the path, which runs into the property from Maple Road and ex- tends into the woodlands for 300 feet. When the township in- formed the foundation of the woodlands violation, Rabbi Kagan said he didn't realize the foundation needed per- mission just to widen a path. The woodlands along the path did not suffer much damage, he said. Only one tree with a four-inch diameter was removed. The rest of the trees were mostly saplings. "It is just a storm in a teacup," Rabbi Kagan said. But Merkarski disagreed, saying a forester's report immediately after the inci- dent showed more than 1,500 small trees were destroyed. That does not in- clude a section of saplings and brush cleared away in an unregulated scrub forest which runs between Maple Road and the woodland area. "Pleading ignorance is not valid in my opinion," Merkarski said. Township officials had met with foun- dation leaders prior to the incident to explain the woodlands process, Merkar- ski said. The Lubavitch Foundation avoided a potential $500-a- day fine and 90-day jail sentence for the violation by submitting an after-the-fact woodlands permit applica- tion for the path. The woodlands review board is expected to discuss the damaged area and deter- mine how the foundation can make amends at its Sept. 5 meeting. In the meantime, the foundation is working on plans to build its religious and educational retreat. Plans call for a 200-seat syn- agogue, a rabbinical college, student and faculty housing, an administration building and a library. "The Campus of Living Judaism," as the facility is called, is primarily a re- ligious center, not a college, Rabbi Kagan said. The col- lege is only an extension of the synagogue. The foundation is using that description because of a recent ordinance change. The ordinance states chur- ches and synagogues are allowed in areas zoned for residential use, but univer- sities are not. 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