Zuccotti Park Eviction? Occupy Wall Street Protestors Receive Notice [FULL TEXT]

October 13, 2011 7:25 PM EDT

An Occupy Wall Street member cleans Zuccotti Park in advance of a scheduled cleaning by Brookfield Properties on Friday.

Brookfield Office Properties released a notice Thursday of its plan to clean Zuccotti Park on Friday despite the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests in the park.

Brookfield describes its notice as one of "cleaning and upkeep operations," which will only force the protestors out of the park temporarily, something Mayor Michael Bloomberg assured protestors of Wednesday night as well. But members and leaders of Occupy Wall Street are worried it's a ploy to remove the protestors permanently.

That feeling comes from the company's reminder, attached to the notice, of its rules prohibiting camping, the erection of tents and other structures, and lying down on the ground, benches sitting areas of walkways.

Full text of the notice is below:

"To whom it may concern:

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"Please be advised that we will be conducting deferred cleaning and maintenance in Zuccotti Park on Friday, October 14th. In the past three weeks we have been unable to perform our normal daily upkeep operations. As a result, and particularly because of the heavy and continuous park usage during this time, conditions in the Park have deteriorated presenting health and cleanliness issues which must be addressed.

"We intend to proceed to clean the Park in sections so that one-third of the Park will be cleaned at a time while the remaining portions of the Park can continue to be used. Cleaning operations will commence on the western portion (Church Street) of the Park at 7:00 AM, and Brookfield representatives will be in the Park to delineate each of the areas being cleaned. It will be necessary for the public to leave the portion of the Park being cleaned while cleaning operations are underway, and to remove any possessions from the area being cleaned. Any possessions left in an area when it is ready to be cleaned will be considered to have been left there because they have been abandoned and they will be disposed of accordingly.

"We anticipate that it will take approximately 4 hours to clean each section of the Park. Once a section has been cleaned, it will be re-opened to the public for lawful use consistent with our regulations."

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