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Environmental groups urge Island County to keep original Oak Harbor population allocations

5869283 · September 16, 2025
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Summary

Speakers asked the county not to reduce Oak Harbor's population projection and to require the city to plan and provide infrastructure within city limits to meet Growth Management Act requirements.

Residents and environmental advocates urged Island County on Sept. 16 to retain the original population projections and allocations for the Oak Harbor urban growth area (UGA) rather than approving a reduction the city requested. Marnie Jackson, executive director of the Whidbey Environmental Action Network, and Dean Enel, a South Whidbey resident, both asked commissioners to hold Oak Harbor accountable for providing infrastructure and zoning inside city limits…

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