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SAVE THE DAVIS-MEEKER GARRY OAK
Public Records Requests
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Save the Davis Meeker Garry Oak has been filing public records requests and is putting the most interesting documents here.
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](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b9a1_a2749e6787354b78abb93fe717721b48~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_158,h_161,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/City%20saying%20tree%20is%20for%20Hwy%2099%20corridor%20planning%202.jpg)
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.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b9a1_029b6f75fa2f4f489611d015bcf95fc7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_110,h_143,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Email%20re_%20keep%20the%20removal%20hush%20hush_Page_1.jpg)
![City Administrator Lisa Parks told staff to keep quiet so the city could remove the Davis Meeker oak without public input.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b9a1_3907222e176949a0b690fea8f4a87b9d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_153,h_198,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Email%20re_%20keep%20the%20removal%20hush%20hush_Page_2.jpg)
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.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b9a1_daee461aea024e6c8632af3895a959bf~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_87,h_64,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/Email%20saying%20Tree%20board%20meeting%20is%20canceled.png)
Email from Asst. City Attorney Claiming Tree is "Now Very Dead"
![Save the Davis Meeker Oak obtained an email from Tumwater's assistant city attorney claiming that the tree is very dead.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b9a1_93e26555367f41e9844a6e8634dcdd49~mv2.jpg/v1/crop/x_0,y_163,w_2437,h_3127/fill/w_157,h_202,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f1b9a1_93e26555367f41e9844a6e8634dcdd49~mv2.jpg)
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