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Saturday, February 18, 2006
Appeal made to halt cutting of city trees
As crews fenced off Pioneer Square's Occidental Park Friday, City Councilman Nick Licata asked the Seattle parks department to hold off on plans to remove 17 trees until a court decides an appeal to delay the project.
The parks department is planning to remove the trees and repave the cobblestoned park to try to make the park more inviting. City officials say the trees cast the park in shadows.
Though many in the neighborhood support the work, many also do not. A lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court claims the city cannot do the work without conducting an environmental analysis.
The city's parks department, however, plans on starting work next week, saying that delays would cost the city money. Licata's letter hadn't arrived at Parks Director Ken Bounds' office at the end of business on Friday, and the work was expected to continue.
Meanwhile, some people opposed to removing the trees tied green ribbons around the ones slated to be cut down.
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