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Oak Harbor planning staff begin drafting climate‑resilience element; consultants identify flooding, extreme precipitation and sea‑level rise as top hazards
Summary
Staff presented initial findings from consultant memoranda recommending a climate‑resilience element in the 2025 comprehensive plan update. The analysis flags NAS Whidbey, the shoreline, wastewater treatment and the Anacortes water supply as vulnerable assets and lists preliminary policy actions.
City planners presented initial consultant findings and policy recommendations for a proposed climate‑resilience element to the comprehensive plan update.
Principal planner Kat Kamak summarized two memos included in the packet: a climate hazards and policy gap analysis and a climate impacts, risks and vulnerabilities summary. Kamak said the state toolkit for implementing House Bill 1181 guided the analysis and that the city received a Department of Commerce grant to support the work. "This element is…
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