City to address tree removal issue

COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene City Council will appoint an ad hoc committee tonight to determine how the city will resist the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers order to remove hundreds of trees along Rosenberry Drive.

The Corps stated earlier this year that the trees along the dike are a flood safety hazard.

Before the city removes them, it will review the federal department's studies to determine what other options the city has before altering the road, also known as Dike road. The committee will be appointed during the council meeting at 6 p.m. in the Community Room of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library.

The city will also consider a zone change near Interlake Medical Center that could be the first step in locating a doctor residency facility in Coeur d'Alene.