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Public Records Requests 

Save the Davis Meeker Garry Oak has been filing public records requests and is putting the most interesting documents here. 
City Administrator telling everyone to keep things hush hush so the public is caught off guard
Save the Davis Meeker Oak obtained an email in which City Administrator Lisa Parks tells staff to keep quiet on the plans to remove the tree.
City Administrator Lisa Parks told staff to keep quiet so the city could remove the Davis Meeker oak without public input.
Email from parks department suggesting grinding the tree's stump to prevent re-growth, since that would continue the protected status
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Email re. an idea for how to evade Tumwater's critical areas ordinance that would require planting 250 Garry oaks after removing the Davis Meeker oak
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Email from one of the fathers of modern risk assessment methodology calling the city arborist's report an embarrassment.
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Email from Asst. City Attorney to Insurance Carrier Claiming Tree is "Now Very Dead"
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Email from mayor's attorney researching how expensive it would be to violate the law
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Email seeking flaggers to help with removal of the tree
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Email from City Arborist Stating Tree Is Not High Risk
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See what the "further assessment" found.

City Planner Saying Tree Removal Is Part of Construction Project
Save the Davis Meeker Oak obtained an email in which a Tumwater city planner states that the removal of the tree is for expansion of Old Highway 99
The Mayor Cancels the June 2024 Tree Board Meeting When the Tree Controversy Is at Its Height
Save the Davis Meeker Oak obtained an email in which the mayor's designee cancels the Tree Board meeting, despite the Davis Meeker oak controversy being at its peak.
Mayor Sullivan and Lisa Parks ask for seedlings from the tree to help their spin campaign before cutting it down.
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Seedlings of the Davis Meeker oak growing on August 22, 2024, to be used for the spin campaign of Mayor Sullivan and Administrator Lisa Parks. Photo credit: Chase Olson of the Tumwater Parks & Recreation Department.

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