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I agree with arborist Mr. Marks' statement about safety, with modification. Public safety is a <br />consideration, not the only one. And this concem is answered by planning for safety fencing and <br />waming signs around the trees. Scenic and wildlife values are also important, and these can o„�be <br />appropriately addressed by preserving these trees. These views were thoroughly discussed by the <br />PPLAB before its decision to support the preservation option. <br />disagree with Mr. Marks' statement that any possibility of injury will be removed by removing the trees; <br />what about the hazardous sidewalk that remains between these two trees, and is scheduled to be part of <br />Louisville's "wayfinding" path? People have tripped on faults in this sidewalk, and these will have to be fixed in <br />order to promote public safety in this area. <br />ask the PPLAB members to reject this attempted "end run" around your decision in December to support <br />trying to preserve these magnificent, if old, native trees, and reiterate your earlier choice. I further ask all parties <br />involved to examine the process and personal decisions which led to this request for PPLAB's reconsideration <br />of a prior clear decision. In as much as the request for reconsideration of a vote that went against its' stated <br />preference originated in the Parks Department, and did not come from the PPLAB itself, nor from the City <br />Council --which was supposed to be the next -level deliberative body to discuss the trees' fate, we should all be <br />concerned about having well -considered local government decisions undone by those opposing them. <br />Thank you for considering my views. <br />David B. Powell <br />2 <br />