I am a Delbarton Alumni, Class of 2001, and am currently attending Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. I am not writing this letter to blindly defend my former school nor am I an expert in architecture, engineering, or town planning. I would also like to state that I have no affiliation to Delbarton and these words are mine, and cannot be attributed to anyone other than me. As a senior at Delbarton I was informed that there was going to be a planning board meeting dealing with Delbarton's proposed retirement community. I had not heard anything about this proposed building, and knew nothing about the project, but I went to the meetings because I was intrigued. Mr. Bobrow, in his letter published January 7, to the Courier News, which doesn't even cover Morris County, pointed out how much money has been "wasted" on this proposal. I would call the money spent to keep the lights on at these meetings a waste, if it was not for their comedic value. Many of the opponents to Delbarton's plans who attended these meetings where know by name to the board members, evidence of their repeated visits to these kinds of meetings to have their complaints heard. I can only hope that the raise more valid points at the other meetings they attended. My favorite comment was made by the resident who stated that since Delbarton only owned half of Sugar Loaf Road, fire vehicles could not use this entrance to Delbarton because they could not fit on Delbarton's half of this narrow road. This ridiculous claim was promptly rebuffed by the Morris Township Fire Chief who informed the resident that this road was a primary access road to Delbarton for one of the Township's hose companies. I was not aware that Mr. Babrow was involved in determining who was allowed to live in Delbarton's proposed community but he seems well founded to make the statement that no monks will live there and that only the most affluent seniors will take up residence there. Mr. Babrow doesn't even prove the point he states, that the money Delbarton makes from this project will aid them in caring for their elderly monks, he merely makes the assumption that none of these monks will live in the CCRC. Mr. Bobrow is once again wrong when he states that the apartment building is slated to be built on the top of a steep slope. This building was actually designed to be built into the hillside, so that even at a height of 5 stories, it's visibility to the surrounding neighborhood would be all but nonexistent. Mr. Bobrow's last point is that Delbarton can make enough money, through other means such as setting aside the land as open space that "all citizens" can enjoy. I would think that Mr. Bobrow is in any position to make comments on the financial status of St. Mary's Abbey, and I would also question how the elderly, with there reduced mobility and possible need for a wheelchair would be taking advantage of heavily wooded open space. Would it not make more sense to build a place for the elderly to live that afforded them all the beauty and splendor of Delbarton's property in a manner where they could actually take advantage of it?