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Council awards recreation and parks master‑plan contract; proposal to require DOE reservation greenbelt overlay withdrawn

3757859 · June 9, 2025
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Summary

Oak Ridge Council approved a professional services contract up to $100,000 for a recreation and parks master plan but rejected placing a prescriptive greenbelt directive for DOE reservation lands into the consultant contract.

The Oak Ridge City Council authorized a professional services agreement with McGill Associates, P.A., of Knoxville for a recreation and parks master plan at a cost not to exceed $100,000.

During discussion Council member Hensley proposed an amendment to the resolution that would have required the consultant and the master plan to include a “recommended greenbelt overlay on all the DOE reservation open space waterfront and forested area” and specified several parcels and easements to be…

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