Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen says city officials are still trying to work out some kind of agreement on a carved bear that is located on a city right of way at Third and Warren Avenues in the city.

The bear was carved several years ago by artist Forest Cunningham for Bravo Garris from a tree stump. Garris lives in the home adjacent to the carving, and she says the bear was carved as a tribune to her late husband.

City officials had essentially considered the carving a tree stump on city property and said it had to be removed. But there was a public outcry against efforts to remove the carving last month following local media coverage of the controversy and Mayor Kaysen said at that time he was putting the breaks on the city's demands for removing the bear to allow time for some kind of agreement to be worked out.

The mayor said at that time that he personally likes the carving, but added he does have an obligation as mayor to see to it that city rules are enforced and followed.

Kaysen said Thursday that efforts to work out an agreement are on-going. He said a proposal to move the carving onto Garris' property had been rejected, and said a planned meeting on the issue had been cancelled.

While the mayor said Thursday the carving is in violation of city rules, he also said the city would not ''remove the bear anytime soon" adding another meeting was planned to try to work out an agreement

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