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Residents urge Mercer Island to pause synagogue redevelopment over large tree removals
Summary
Speakers raised concerns about a redevelopment of the HNT synagogue site and associated tree removals—citing an estimated 82 mature trees, a $27,000 fee-in-lieu mitigation, and a hearing-examiner decision that residents say inadequately protected exceptional trees.
Several residents urged the council to review and halt planned tree removal tied to a redevelopment of the former HNT synagogue property (a K–8 school site), saying the environmental and traffic impacts were not adequately addressed in the hearing examiner’s decision.
Winky Le told the council she had just learned the permit was approved and said the arborist report on file did not evaluate…
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