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Harbor staff report safety training, lift-station cost and revenue ideas including EV charging and club-based boat rentals
Summary
Oak Harbor harbor staff reported joint emergency-response training with the fire department, discussed adding visual safety ladders, described a $110,000 estimate to move an aging lift station, and outlined revenue and infrastructure ideas including EV charging for electric boats, dinghy storage and Freedom Boat Club interest.
Oak Harbor — Harbor staff told the Marine Advisory Commission they completed joint emergency-response training with the fire department, that safety-ladder placement and visibility need review, and that one marina lift station will likely have to be relocated at an estimated cost of about $110,000 charged to marina reserves. Staff also described possible revenue-generation projects including electric-boat charging infrastructure, dinghy storage and outreach to operators such as Freedom Boat Club.
Harbor Master Elise described the joint drill with the fire department in which staff deployed a hard boom, practiced moving an injured person from a boat using a tarp-style “mega mover,” and…
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