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Council approves $208,700 professional services agreement for Urban Forestry Master Plan (Planet Geo)
Summary
Council authorized a professional services agreement with Planet Geo to produce an Urban Forestry Management Plan tied to a $1.6 million federal grant. The contract award was approved 6–1 after discussion about scope, grant requirements and budget.
The City Council voted 6–1 on April 15 to approve a professional services agreement with Planet Geo to prepare Oak Harbor’s Urban Forestry Management Plan, part of a larger federally funded effort totaling $1.6 million.
City staff said the plan will inventory trees, update municipal standards, identify vulnerable areas, draft planting and maintenance strategies, and create an implementation roadmap that emphasizes disadvantaged communities and workforce development. "In 2023, the city was awarded $1,600,000 in a no match grant funding through the United…
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